STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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SFA V2025 - Cannot change base plate size

As Bi-Con Engineering discussed SFA V2025 User Experience Feedback with Karimu Rashad on November 12, 2025; and per Case CS0554646. SFA does not have a method to change the base plate size at any time during the design process. The user needs to c...
Milton Manos about 5 hours ago in  0 Needs review

SFA V2025 Reporting - Foundation Size Graphic and Reinforcement Details Report

As Bi-Con Engineering discussed SFA V2025 User Experience Feedback with Karimu Rashad on November 12, 2025; and per Case CS0564076. Report does not provide a description for Reinforcement Details Report for the footings nor the pedestals. SFA V202...
Milton Manos about 6 hours ago in  0 Needs review

OpenSTAAD function to create Enforced and EnforcedBut supports

There are functions to create to Fixed and FixedBut supports but there are no functions to create Enforced and EnforcedBut supports. Is it possible to expose the OpenSTAAD functions for this purpose?
Srinivasa Rao Masanam about 18 hours ago in  0 Needs review

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API RP2A 21st edition is an old, superseded code.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 2 days 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 7 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 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

Physical Modeler for Wind Load ASCE 7-22 Attributes Assignment

Designers of buildings using the Physical Modeler would benefit since they need to use the current ASCE 7-22 code.
Milton Manos 8 days ago in  0 Needs review

Add a Plate Force Envelop to "Results along a Line Command".

When designing shear wall pier segments around an opening, it would be helpful to have an envelope of in-plane plate forces in addition to results for each combination. Selecting "envelope" from the load combinations does not change the values in ...
Steven Vertner 5 days ago in  0 Needs review

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 9 days 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 about 2 months ago in  0 Needs review