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[. . . ] RISAFoundation Rapid Interactive Structural Analysis ­ Foundation Analysis and Design User's Guide 26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 210 Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 (949) 951-5815 (949) 951-5848 (FAX) www. risatech. com Copyright ©2010, RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. RISAFoundation is a trademark of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. RISA, as applied to structural engineering software, is a trademark of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. [. . . ] Continue adding loads, but this time use the Insert menu to access the Point Loads dialog box: On the Insert menu, click Loads, then click Point Load. In the Load Category Code list, click DL-Dead Load. Under What happens when Apply is pressed?, click Apply Load to All Selected Points. Also, select the Keep this dialog open check box. Click Apply. 58 Part A: Tutorial 3 - Loading Verify that the load was properly applied on your footings. (If you need to move the Draw Point Loads dialog box, click the title bar and hold, then drag the dialog box to the new location. ) Finish adding your loads: In the Load Category Code list, click LL-Live Load. Then, click Close to close the dialog box. Now that you have finished applying your loads, you can verify their accuracy by viewing them in the spreadsheets. On the Spreadsheets menu, click Load Categories. This spreadsheet displays the total number of each type of load you have applied to each load category. This may be used as a quick check to make sure your loads are assigned to the appropriate categories. Close the spreadsheet and return to the model view: Click Close . Load Combinations Now that you have applied all your loads, you can combine them with multiplying factors to create load combinations. RISAFoundation offers two ways to do this: you can either enter your load combinations manually into the spreadsheets, or use the Load Combination Generator to generate your load combinations automatically. For this tutorial, you will generate your load combinations automatically using the Load Combination Generator: On the Spreadsheets menu, click Load Combinations. The Load Combination spreadsheet will display: This spreadsheet contains two default load combinations. To accurately generate all the appropriate combinations per the design code, you must first delete any load combinations currently in the spreadsheet: On the Window toolbar, click Delete Line by pressing the F4 key two times). Now, generate the load combinations: On the Window toolbar, click LC Generator . two times to delete both rows (or use the shortcut 59 Part A: Tutorial 3 - Loading In the Load Combination Region list, click United States. In the Load Combination Code list, click ACI 2005 Strength. Note: These are specified as none because you have not applied any loads in these categories. Verify the dialog box settings, then generate: Click Generate. The spreadsheet contains 7 load combinations and looks like this (you may need to resize the spreadsheet to view them all): Generate additional load combinations, this time specifying a different code: On the Window toolbar, click LC Generator In the Load Combination Code list, click IBC 2006 ASD. again. 60 Part A: Tutorial 3 - Loading The new load combinations will be appended to the 7 previously generated. Now, your Load Combinations spreadsheet contains 15 combinations, as shown below. Close the spreadsheet and return to the model view: Click Close . Loads Display Until this point, you have been able to view your loads graphically, but you have only seen them displayed by load category. [. . . ] Right-click your mouse anywhere on the graphic, and click Print. 147 Part B: Tutorial 5 ­ Solving & Results The Graphic Print Options dialog box will appear: You may specify a title or comment to be included in the title bar: Select the Draw the title bar?check box (if it is not already selected). In the Additional Comments to include in the title bar, type Deflected Shape. Your normal print dialog box will appear (specific to your computer): Select your printer and print. Spreadsheet Printing You may also want to print information directly from a spreadsheet. [. . . ]