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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    Exporting Reactions from STAAD Pro Advance 2024 to STAAD Foundation Advance 2024

    In light of the upcoming discontinuation of STAAD Foundation V9, we kindly request an update to the reaction export functionality from STAAD Pro (Staad Pro Advanced 2024 - Version 24.00.02.354) to STAAD Foundation Advance Version 2024 (Staad Found...
    ANNY VILLEGAS 11 months ago in  4 Shipped

    Incorporation of ASCE Multipliers in STAAD Load Combination Generator

    We kindly request considering the inclusion in the load combination generator aids of the option to independently input the multiplier values according to ASCE (Rho, Qe, Omega x, Omega z, Cdx, Cdz, I) for the different types of combinations. Pleas...
    ANNY VILLEGAS 11 months ago in  2 Shipped

    Streamlining Deflection Checks in STAAD.Pro through Automated Parameter Assignment and Load Combination Grouping

    I propose an enhancement in STAAD.Pro to simplify and automate the deflection check process for beam-type elements by facilitating the assignment of DFF , DJ1 , and DJ2 parameters, as well as the selection of appropriate load combinations for each...
    ANNY VILLEGAS 11 months ago in  3 Shipped

    STAAD UNL,LY,LZ,KY,KZ.

    I am suggesting STAAD to implement new features for users, which will make the users use a short time in steel design. 1. As we know, sometimes we may have a secondary beam where this beam will create a node in the primary beam. Now, to make the s...
    Joseph Lucas Magare 12 months ago in  1 Shipped

    Automatic effective length calculation

    In staad pro CE, in analytical modeler, when we add new node/s, the existing member is divided into segments, and the program takes length/effective length of that member as part, not takes as a whole member length about its major or minor axis ac...
    Sahil Shaikh over 3 years ago in  22 Shipped

    Update CANADA/NRC seismic load calculation

    Currently the latest NBC in the STAAD seimsic load generator is 2010. The changes for 2015 NBC are essentially none, and 2020 NBC is coming into force soon as well. This should be a pretty easy fix
    Noel Zimmer almost 3 years ago in  3 Shipped

    AutoDrafter - Show Tee Sections (From Halved Wide Flanges) as the WT callout

    Sometimes these drawings are sent to other colleagues that do 3D modeling, and sometimes do not know that W200x27 TEE === WT100x13. It would be an improvement for the Schedule of Sections and MTOs show the correct WT callout, when a STAAD users sp...
    Guest 11 months ago in  1 Shipped

    ADD SERVER BASED SECTION DATABASE

    Allow teams to have the database file located on a server where multiple STAAD.Pro applications running on different machines can point to. Would allow modifications made on the database to be accessed by all STAAD.Pro applications that point to t...
    Rafael Salgado over 3 years ago in  4 Shipped

    Added functionality of new Effective Length Calculator

    I am liking this new calculator it super cool. But I have two ideas to build on it 1) The training video that Bentley created to demonstrate this calculator had the demonstrator use the calculator and then open up the input file to delete out the ...
    Dallin STRONG about 2 years ago in  4 Shipped

    Create an OpenSTAAD method that can do pictures

    I was really hoping that OpenSTAAD had a method that would be able to take pictures of my model for me. I can't seem to find anything that suggest this is possible. We create reports that are being submitted, and generally we snap pictures of the ...
    Dallin STRONG over 2 years ago in  4 Shipped