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WHAT IS RISA 3D FREE
RISA has a free Demo version which can be requested from their website (see below). Personally, I'd recommend downloading a Demo version of each program. Risa 3D JoshPlumSE (Structural) 11 Jun 12 12:12 Our office is in between, we have people who really like to use RISA 3D and some people who like to use RAM Elements, I prefer to use RISA over RAM Elements, but as I said we have both.
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Luckily both RISA and Bentley have amazing technical support staff. Typically I only use RISA 3D for simple floor analysis that does not take into account composite action (RISA Floor will). I do not think either program is really all that good at designing in that neither one takes into account composite sections easily. I think that RISA 3D is laid out a little better to get faster answers for simple problems.
WHAT IS RISA 3D LICENSE
Also note for the RISA license you do not need to explicitly take the hardware lock with you, you can commute the license and not have to remove the hardware lock (saving you from having to keep pulling it from the server) Once if has been checked out you can go back to the same place and manually check it back in by clicking on it and hitting check in. To check out the license go to start-all programs-Bentley engineering-RAM Elements-Licensing-Select Server License configuration-Click on RAM Elements and then click on check out, make sure you change the date to a couple of days later, the default is one year from the day you check it out. If you know you are going to go to a clients office and play around with the model couldn't you just check out the license to RAM Elements? This allows you to check out the license to the local machine (it will no longer be available on the selectserver) and allows you to use the program until the license automatically checks the license back in at the time you had selected or you can manually check them in when you get back to the office. Risa 3D abusementpark (Structural) 10 Jun 12 11:15
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I agree with Ron that the RISA service is excellent. RISA's output is adequate but there is a lot of hidden parameters in the design portions that make it difficult to verify the programs assumptions and results. RISA tends to wait long periods of time between program updates with much fewer bug fixes but you have to wait a long time to get any updates. Ram output (per haynewp) is very "full" in that a lot of parameters, assumptions, etc are provided. OK - so how many projects in my history do I have to go back to and re-check or re-run? Almost bombarding me with bug fixes which in some cases were quite un-nerving ("this bug fix corrects the program in that it was previously incorrectly deriving the moment capacity of a WT member in compression and bending where the stem was in compression."). My experience with Ram was that they were constantly sending my bug fixes and program updates. RISA Floor is good - OK - but still is maturing and there are aspects that are frustrating but overall nothing to cancel my subscription over. In terms of apples to apples comparison between Ram Steel and RISA Floor - I think the Ram program would tend to provide a more mature, less quirky experience and is very fast. I've not used Advanse so can't compare them directly. In terms of the 3D analysis - RISA 3D is great. I've used RISA products since about 1989 (or earlier) including RISA 2D, 3D, Floor, Foundation, Footing, Base, and Section.
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I've used Ram Steel and Ram's lateral system (can't recall the name) but not Ram Advanse - which is the 3D modeler competing with RISA 3D. "Seems like you could use remote access to your office computer to work on laptop from home." Yes that would be great.however if you're on a laptop at your clients office.they would have to give you access to their wifi for internet issue if you have a physical lock. "You do work on RAM Elements while visiting your clients?" I don't "do work" while visiting my clients, but I have brought my laptop (or use to when I had a physical lock) into my clients office to spin the model around and make sure we were on the same page with some of our more interesting projects. I have also had issues with the Bentley Select Server.license checked out/not checked out.I have called tech support many times on this and it very well may be a problem on our end.However, this problem is eliminated by offering a physical hardware lock which RAM INTERNATIONAL use to provide. It started about a year ago when I purchased a new computer, so it might be the sparse solver issue that Seth mentioned. I have had problems with Ram Struct Sys crashing when running frame analysis. "What crashes? I use RAM products religiously and haven't had any problems."