STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Provide option to Rename the Group

Sometimes, during the initial stages, we may assign a group name—say, XYZ—but later someone might want to change that group name. There should be an option to rename the group without opening the STAAD editor file.
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 2 months ago in  1 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD function to control meshing of a parametric surface

At present we can define, generate mesh and commit the mesh using the parametric surface functions exposed by OpenSTAAD. However, many times passing the meshing parameters programmatically such as Meshing Type, Boundary Connectivity is important t...
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Shrink diagram enhancement

It would be helpful if the Shrink command under Structure Diagram would only shrink the members with released ends. This would make the diagrams look more like a design drawing and would make it easier to check that you have released the right mem...
Nick Wilde 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

[OpenStaad] Add a Design.DeleteDesignCommand function in open staad.

Currently, using the Design.AssignDesignCommand function to add a design command like "CODE CHECK" is ideal only for one execution using VBA. If you execute the code multiple times, the "CODE CHECK' command is added to the command equal to the num...
Neptali Barte 5 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Why isn't there a Eurocode Wind Definitions?

STAAD Pro is used throughout Europe and provides in-depth code checks for most structural analysis. Wouldn't it be a good idea to include the wind parameters from EC3 1-4 in the Wind Definitions rather than only include american, indian, chinese a...
Guest 5 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Add built-in Protect feature for the model

Sometimes we have to share our models to clients/vendors, and we wish to set a layer of protection on the staad file, such as a password that the user have to enter everytime they try to launch the file. I think it helps to protect corporate and p...
Guest 5 months ago in  3 Future consideration

For implementation of code IS 802: PART 4: 2023 ## Lattice Switchyards structures

As of now, STAAD. Pro supports the older version of IS 802, specifically IS 802:1995, for the design of steel structures such as gantry structures and equipment support structures The updated version, IS 802:2023, which includes revised load facto...
Richa Tiwari 5 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Particular Cases for Validation and Calculation of Ly and Lz Lengths in STAAD.Pro

We have noticed that, under certain configurations, the “Effective Length Calculator” tool in STAAD.Pro may yield results that are not conservative, which poses a risk to the structural safety of the project. Allowing users to validate and manuall...
ANNY VILLEGAS 5 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Accidental Torsion under Seismic Loads:

Currently, accidental torsion analysis is only supported when using the Standard response spectrum excluding Eurocode, which needs to be specified. The functionality is not available for Custom spectra, which is a critical limitation that needs to...
Rashmi Ramachandra 6 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Provision of status bar to extract plate stress and visual representation at any desired direction

I am trying to model in physical modeler of staad and it gives random orientation of plates. Now if I have to read and visualize the stress in particular direction ( not only for one line), i am not able to do that. if possible, please provide a b...
Deepanshu Patel 7 months ago in  8 Future consideration