smokiibear, while I am not 100% sure what you are trying to do you may want to start with the Help section specifically concerning plates in RISA-3D: https://risa.com/risahelp/risa2d/Content/3D_2D_Only_Topics/Plates.htm.
If what you are trying to do is model the plates that connect members in a...
Hi miguelo29e, to me it looks like it is just some small display issue (either locally or in RISA-3D v16.0.3). Regardless, I have verified that this is not an issue in v16.0.5 or either of the v17 releases (v17 or v17.0.1). Please let us know if you have any other issues after updating. Thanks.