Digging into an existing Behlen Building to see what kind of additional load (if any, I know, it's not likely) can be added to the roof. I have the original drawings - the building was designed in 1988. I'm trying to decipher the purlin designations, but, aside from the purlins being 8" Z...
At the risk of being insensitive, is SlideRuleEra still around? I was trying to access www.slideruleera.net this morning and that site appears to no longer exists. I don't suppose anyone created a copy of all the data that was there?
Please note that is a "v" (as in Violin) not a "y".
For those here who practice in Florida, how are you calling out required special inspections?
This question is being driven by Sections 1704 and 1705 being listed as RESERVED. Chapter 19 (Concrete) and Chapter 22 (Steel) say to reference Chapter 17 for special inspections, but then there's...
I'm using RISA-3D v.20.0.2.
Has anyone found a way to have the "Quarter Points" and "Third Points" boxes unchecked by default when you start the program? I remember being able to disable the 1/3 and 1/4 point snapping in the older versions (v17) of RISA.
Please note that is a "v" (as in...
Just had an email come in from a fabricator showing what they called an "edge condition" on some W12x35's. I've never seen anything like this, so I'm curious if others have. Any idea what causes it? And, more importantly, any long term adverse effects (increased susceptibility to rusting, hot...
