It sounds like a lame use of FEM but, over the course of just a few moderately complex buildings each year, I can justify the cost of RISA floor on just that basis. Basically all the boring as sin accounting work. It almost doubles the cost but allows me to efficiently automate almost everything to do with load take down, load casing, and live load reduction. I'll add that adding RISA FLOOR to RISA 3D has been a serious boon for me. RE: Affordable Structural Analysis and Design Software mwhit74 (Structural) 8 Mar 18 14:20 Ideally, I'd want someone to take the course at least twice before trying to teach it. But, he's never even got a chance to attend the course. Andrew (the new Josh) will get there eventually. It also takes a lot of theoretical understanding of dynamics. Not just showing people what to do, but understanding why the program works the way it does. It takes a lot of knowledge of the program. And, I don't know that there is anyone there who can pick up the baton. The only people who have ever taught the class are now gone (Roger, Mike, and myself).

One word of caution though, I don't know that they have anyone to teach day three (structural dynamics).

So, it's always a careful balancing act for the instructors to find some middle ground. The folks who have been using RISA for a long time usually say the classes move too slowly. The folks who are totally new to the program always say that the classes move much too fast. The biggest challenge is that in each class you have a mix of experience levels using the program. I'm somewhat biased, of course, because I helped to establish most of the content. Everyone who takes it should walk away being able to be more efficient with the program. It depends on your level of experience with the program, but the RISA training courses are (in my opinion) really valuable.

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