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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Solid element auto generation

There is one excel spreadsheet available in Bentley community which works fine to create automatic error free solids but don't know why it's not integrated in the STAAD GUI.
Guest 2 days ago in  0 Needs review

Modelling and Design of tapered channel

I Need to design lot of platforms with cantilever beams. Tapered channel is easy to fabricate in plate and most economical section for cantilever conditions. Hence I request you to include this options in the staad. Moreover, tapered I is already ...
Guest 12 days ago in  3 Needs review

Editor : Outlining - Collapse / Expand

Not sure if that's a glitch or an advantage; noticed that in STAAD.Pro 2024 version 24.00.02.354 while the collapse button only collapses, the expand button can both expand and collapse; so, may be we can have only one big button like the contents...
Dani Paul 14 days ago in  2 Needs review

Design of double I section as column is required.

In most of the industrial sheds, double I section spaced apart is used as crane column and single I section is used to support the roof above. In present STAADpro ver 24 facility to design double I section as per IS800 LSD is not available . This ...
Guest 18 days ago in  1 Needs review

Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z

Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z We are working with OpenSTAAD and need to programmatically modify the response spectrum direction values in X, Y, and Z. In the attached image, the val...
ANNY VILLEGAS 24 days ago in  3 Needs review

STAAD.Pro AISC/CSA Code Checks - Eccentric Axial Specification

There is currently no way, other than directly adding rigid body members with the necessary releases, to simulate an an axial angle or tee member (brace) under eccentric axial load. This causes a high amount of manual calculations to determine the...
Guest about 1 month ago in  4 Needs review

Import support reaction at base in SFA

User use different software for modelling building depending on how much user-friendly the software is. Now reactions at base level are required to design mat or any footing for which SFA can be used. But since there is no option like in earlier o...
Chandrashekar Prabhudesai about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Do not show "Rigid" Member Symbol if member is a free end

AutoDrafter currently shows a rigid member symbol when a member has a free end with no other members connecting to that location. It would be great to remove these redundant symbols
Guest about 1 month ago in  1 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Manual Section Size Mark ID

Please allow users to manually override Mark IDs that are generated by AutoDrafter.
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Clicking "Open in Microstation" does not work for OpenBuildings Designer

Please add support for OpenBuildings Designer being able to open drawings from AutoDrafter.
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review