STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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    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 about 1 month ago in  2 Will not implement

    OpenSTAAD function to retrieve member forces in global coordinate system

    Is it possible to expose an OpenSTAAD function to retrieve member forces (at a specified member end) in the Global Coordinate System? I understand that there exists a function to retrieve the member forces in the Local Coordinate System and I agre...
    Srinivasa Rao Masanam 3 months ago in  2 Will not implement

    Buckling Restrained Braced Frames

    How can buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) be modeled in STAAD.Pro for retrofit analysis? Which properties or parameters need to be modified in the model to accurately represent the behavior of BRBs?
    Guest 4 months ago in  1 Will not implement

    Drift Parameters in Russian Steel Codes

    If there is no particular reason why the Russian steel design codes(SP 16.13330) do not provide parameters for drift verification (such as CAN in AISC), I would like to formally request that they be added.
    Guest 6 months ago in  4 Will not implement

    Staad Pro Structure Wizard (StWizard) - Pan & Zoom

    For the Structure Wizard in the Analytical workflow:- Mouse Zoom behavior could be aligned with that of the STAAD interface (in STAAD - scroll up is zoom-in and scroll down is zoom-out) Pan by mouse could be advantageous, so is exiting the PAN mod...
    Dani Paul over 2 years ago in  2 Will not implement

    Table providing summary of slenderness ratio's of structural steel members

    Helps in assessing the actual slenderness ratio of each member.Also, such table can be used to upgrade to next size for better load carrying capacity.
    Sreekanth Nuthanapati over 2 years ago in  1 Will not implement

    AUTOMATIC BUCKLING EUROCODE COEFFICIENTS C1,C2,C3 and K.

    For the eurocode to calculate automatically the factors C1,C2,C3 to calculate correctely the Mcr value for elements. Which depends on the bending moment diagram, loading type and support conditions.
    Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Will not implement

    In India we are using HAT section with lip but in staad pro we are not able design this section and it create lots of problem to all users in India to convince clients. So, Please add this section property in your section database.

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    Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Will not implement

    PARAMETRIC MODEL DELETE FEATURE

    Hello i would like to give a suggestion when modelling a structure and create a mesh using parametric model after generating mesh we know the beams are broken into parts depending on the mesh size, if one decides to delete the mesh, then the disin...
    Joseph Lucas Magare about 3 years ago in  1 Will not implement

    Show section shape from Section wizard

    Hello dev team, As of now, STAAD cannot show the section shape from section wizard . This issue may make the engineer confuse about local axis even we can referent to the (v,u) axis. its will be good if STAAD can show the section shape that custom...
    Support REI over 2 years ago in  1 Will not implement