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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    Allow us to backup and restore linked STAAD Foundation Advanced (SFA) files associated with a STAAD.Pro model

    Currently, copying or renaming the SFA file or folder breaks the link with STAAD.Pro and cannot be restored. This is problematic for users wishing to explore multiple design options. It is fairly common practice to make a backup of your work and p...
    Guest 1 day ago in  0 Needs review

    When design fails, to be able to change section without losing analysis

    Staad.Pro has tools to select member sections, but even those are not optimum, and custom selection of a member section by hand may be more precise. But changing by hand and re-analyzing all the structure is very time consuming. The idea is to be ...
    Saul Cuen about 17 hours 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 19 days ago in  0 Needs review

    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 2 months ago in  3 Planned

    Shrink Beam

    Can we have the option to enter a -ve value so that the functionality of 'stretch' can also be extended to 'shrink' - which helps especially while working on beams not aligned in the x,y,z axes. (currently, inserting a node and trimming it away on...
    Dani Paul 4 days ago in  0 Needs review

    When multiple versions of STAAD.Pro are installed on the same system, the most recently installed version is invoked by default.

    When multiple versions of STAAD.Pro are installed on the same system, the most recently installed version is invoked by default, even if the input file was created using an earlier / later version.Therefore, it is recommended to explicitly specify...
    Guest 7 days ago in  1 Needs review

    Update feature for design of composite column and Beam to IS 11384:2022

    Using two materials in beam or column sections enhances structural performance and allows for reduced member sizes. Composite sections exhibit lower deflections under lateral loads such as wind or seismic forces, resulting in reduced damage. Addit...
    Guest about 2 months ago in  2 Planned

    Implementation of IS18168 for steel design in STAAD Pro

    Latest code released in 2023 for designing of steel members is STILL not available in STAAD.Pro. This has already been implemented in MIDAS.
    View Dosi 8 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Add Basic arithmetic operation in move or insert node

    In software like ETABS, you can add or subtract while moving or adding a new beam, but as of now, STAAD does not have this facility. To do this, the user needs a calculator for such tasks. If STAAD had this feature, it would save time and effort a...
    Rahul Brijpuriya 15 days ago in  0 Needs review

    A few formal comments

    The "Individual Beam Label" command is very useful, I would just redesign it. Now it's like this: if I want, for example, a unit check of only some members, I have to first display all of them and then click out the ones I don't want, so that I ca...
    Guest 6 days ago in  0 Needs review