sbj09
Structural
- Feb 24, 2009
- 1
I recently started a new job and work at a smaller company with mostly mechanical engineers. The mechanicals use NASTRAN for all FEA analysis and have suggested I use this program for structure as well. I am not inclined to use this and would prefer a structural program.
The senior structural engineer works from home and uses an independent, older copy of RISA 3D. He has not upgraded because he says the current RISA input file is not in text format and will not allow you to modify the input file any longer. The text input is necessary for many programs he has written to generate input files.
Has RISA 3D stopped using the input text file? If so, my colleague thought STAAD Pro still has a text file as the input format and would be a better choice. I have used STAAD before and it had a text input in the version I used. Any thoughts?
The senior structural engineer works from home and uses an independent, older copy of RISA 3D. He has not upgraded because he says the current RISA input file is not in text format and will not allow you to modify the input file any longer. The text input is necessary for many programs he has written to generate input files.
Has RISA 3D stopped using the input text file? If so, my colleague thought STAAD Pro still has a text file as the input format and would be a better choice. I have used STAAD before and it had a text input in the version I used. Any thoughts?