STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Min/Max values of internal forces

In the Postprocessor, we have three basic options for viewing internal forces on members: All, Summary and Envelope. The Summary option gives one table, where the maximum and minimum axial forces, shear forces and moments are, for example, in memb...
Guest about 2 months ago in  Will not implement

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 8 months ago in  Will not implement

BS 5950 earilier code

We have the requirement of adequacy check of existing piperack built in 1991. Could you pls add the code BS 5950 1990 so that we can present to client that we complied the requirement of checking the existing structure with existing codal requirem...
Guest 3 months ago in  Will not implement

Request for Installation Option to Exclude Unlicensed Product in STAAD Pro 2025.

{CS0705564}User owned STAAD Pro Basic License Quantity 20. They could not find an option to deselect the installation of RCDC and SFA from the Installation window. Since they do not hold licenses for RCDC & SFA,They do not wish to install thes...
Aaradhya Rahate 3 months ago in  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 10 months ago in  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 almost 2 years ago in  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 about 3 years ago in  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 almost 3 years ago in  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 10 months ago in  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 over 3 years ago in  Will not implement