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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    Provide STAAD Foundation Advanced a method to manage the link to a STAAD.Pro model

    When a STAAD Foundation model is created from a STAAD.Pro model, that is added to the STAAD.Pro folder. This process creates pointers in both data sets that link the two models together and allow for notification when changes takes place. However,...
    Guest 10 days ago in  7 Future consideration

    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 9 days ago in  1 Future consideration

    Preserve Analysis Results for Non-Structural Command File Changes

    Description: Currently, STAAD deletes all analysis results whenever the command file is modified, even for changes that do not affect the structural analysis—such as adding comments, defining groups, or creating envelopes. This forces users to rer...
    Brett Wyman about 2 months ago in  2 Future consideration

    Update code from API RP2A 21st Edition currently used in STAAD PRO to API RP2A 22nd Edition

    API RP2A 21st edition is an old, superseded code. API RP2A 21st edition is NOT accepted by our Clients as a steel design code check for tubular members. API RP2A 22nd edition is accepted by our Clients. It would be straight forward for STAAD to up...
    Guest 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Automatic Linking of Connections in Connection Designer with Steel AutoDrafter

    I would like to suggest a significant improvement to the software. Currently, marking each connection one by one in engineering drawings is time-consuming and prone to errors. It would be extremely useful to link the connections generated in Conne...
    ANNY VILLEGAS 11 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 8 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Incorporation of Images in the Input Data for the "Connection Design" Module of STAAD Pro

    We would like to propose the incorporation of an image in the input data that shows the selection in the structure of the connections being calculated. This functionality would apply to the calculation reports exported by the "Connection Design" m...
    ANNY VILLEGAS 11 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    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 11 months ago in  3 Future consideration

    NSCP 2022 Philippines Seismic Load(similar to ASCE 7-10) addition

    Requesting to add NSCP 2022 Philippines Seismic Load(similar to ASCE 7-10) addition to STAAD.Pro. Xstructures can provide all formula and technical documentation
    Guest over 2 years ago in  4 Future consideration

    3D View Independent Member Colors

    Currently, the 3D rendered view assigns colors by section type, meaning all members with the same section must share one color. This makes it difficult to distinguish existing vs. proposed members or highlight specific components during review. Re...
    Hesham Elbehy 2 months ago in  1 Future consideration