STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

Welcome to the STAAD.Pro Ideas portal. The purpose of this site is to post ideas for enhancements and new features. We value your feedback and our team regularly reviews your suggestions for consideration in future releases.

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    Include reactions from control nodes in the Statics Checks summary

    This idea is submitted on behalf of Michael Mills from Payne-Huber Engineering STAAD.Pro won't currently include the reactions from Control Nodes in the Statics Check. Although this is documented (TR.28.1 Control/Dependent Specification), it can l...
    Ricardo Pichardo 1 day ago in  1 Future consideration

    Shape Editor. Allow some properties to be modified before exporting to UPT

    This idea is submitted on behalf of Jose Castañeda from Integra Construcciones Metalicas The Shape Editor will automatically fill AY and AZ zero values that can later trigger errors in STAAD.Pro. If these are up to the user to determine, it would ...
    Ricardo Pichardo 1 day ago in  0 Needs review

    Make the detailed AISI design output available in the Reports Workflow

    This idea is submitted on behalf of Cameron Empey from Betchtel. There's no way to include the TRACK 2 AISI output in the report. Please make that an available item to add. PBI Ref:1785991
    Ricardo Pichardo 1 day ago in  1 Future consideration

    Reports Workflow. Improve table formatting

    This Idea is submitted on behalf of Adane Teferi, from HDR. The table formatting for some tables is a bit too crowded to be readable. Headers and cells' contents alike are sometimes spilled over multiple rows without a definite pattern. Also, note...
    Ricardo Pichardo 2 days ago in  1 Needs review

    Automatic Load Scaling

    The floor loads in dead and live load cases are shown in some default scales. We can change the scale manually but it does not stay. Whenever the different load items from different load cases are selected the scale get reset. The user defined sca...
    Abhisek Mandal 21 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Adding measurement tool

    The node‑to‑node distance tool in STAAD.Pro is quite basic and, in its current form, not particularly useful when distances need to be measured independently along the X, Y, and Z axes. Bentley already provides this functionality in some of its ot...
    Guest 2 months ago in  1 Needs review

    Provide STAAD Foundation Advanced a method to manage the link to a STAAD.Pro model

    When a STAAD Foundation model is created from a STAAD.Pro model, that is added to the STAAD.Pro folder. This process creates pointers in both data sets that link the two models together and allow for notification when changes takes place. However,...
    Guest about 1 month ago in  7 Future consideration

    Inclusion of the newly released Indian Seismic Code IS 1893 (Part 1&5): 2025 in STAAD.Pro.

    Since STAAD.Pro currently supports earlier IS 1893 versions, having the 2025 version integrated will be essential to ensure code-compliant analysis and safe design in India. The 2025 revision introduces major updates: A revised earthquake zone m...
    Guest 4 months ago in  3 Planned

    Remove List size limit from the application

    Currently there is a limitation in the application, where the list size is checked against a threshold defined in the INI file (currently set to 280 as default). If the list exceeds this limit, the command is split onto the next line and multiple ...
    Abhisek Mandal 7 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Enhance Resolution for Dxf drawing

    In many cases when we generate drawing through STEEL AutoDrafter, the drawing appears broken in the screen. But if you zoom the window it will show you the proper drawing. Also, if you save the drawing as .dxf and open in any cad file then there i...
    Abhisek Mandal 7 days ago in  0 Needs review