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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    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 1 day ago in  0 Needs review

    Preserve Mixed-Case Load Case and Combination Titles

    STAAD.Pro automatically converts load case and load combination titles to uppercase when reopening a model, even though mixed-case formatting is preserved in the Command File. Please allow titles to retain original letter case in the Load & De...
    Hesham Elbehy 1 day ago in  0 Needs review

    Inclusion of the newly released Indian Seismic Code IS 1893 (Part 1&5): 2025 in STAAD.Pro.

    Since STAAD.Pro currently supports earlier IS 1893 versions, having the 2025 version integrated will be essential to ensure code-compliant analysis and safe design in India. The 2025 revision introduces major updates: A revised earthquake zone m...
    Guest 9 days ago in  1 Needs review

    updated versions of IS 1893 Part - 1 & IS 1893 Part – 4 to be made available for STAAD.Pro Users in India

    Updated versions of IS 1893 Part - 1 & IS 1893 Part – 4 to be made available for STAAD.Pro Users in India
    Guest 10 days ago in  2 Needs review

    Implement code check according to 1999-1-1 (Eurocode Aluminium)

    There is no aluminium code check for european users. Also the only aluminium code available is the American standard Aluminium design manual 1994 edition, which is outdated. Code check equivalent to EC1993-1-1 would have been highly appreciated.
    Oyvind Fredriksen 4 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Implementation of IS18168 for steel design in STAAD Pro

    Latest code released in 2023 for designing of steel members is STILL not available in STAAD.Pro. This has already been implemented in MIDAS.
    View Dosi 7 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Proper implementation of Shear Walls

    Hi The current methodology for Shear Walls, involves modelling the walls in Staad.Pro and then importing them into RCDC. When a user does this, he will identify the number of bugs that are there and that Staad. Pro and RCDC dont talk to each other...
    H. E. Sriprakash Shastry about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

    Request for Plate Corner Stress OpenSTAAD Function

    In the OpenSTAAD module, the function to extract plate corner stress results is currently not available. Kindly include the appropriate OpenSTAAD function or method to retrieve plate corner stresses. Thank you.
    sithukkannan M 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

    b/tf and d/tw ratio to be reported in Staad Output for Built up sections

    For the Rolled sections, it is easy to know the b/t and d/t values. However, for Built up sections, it is bit tricky. Staad Output file directly reports the Section classification. It would give more clarity during member Optimization if these val...
    Guest 2 months ago in  2 Needs review

    how to find forces for reinforcement calculation in a reinforced concrete slab

    The raft foundation in STAAD.Pro has been loaded and the base pressure calculated. I am looking for guidelines on which internal forces should be considered to calculate the reinforcement in the slab. Is it possible to obtain the required reinforc...
    Guest 14 days ago in  0 Needs review