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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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 4 days ago in  2 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 10 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 4 months ago in  0 Needs review

Providing a Steel Box section by Tube option in User provided table

For Providing a Steel Box section with different Flange and web thickness , we have to make the section in Section Wizard which is time consuming during Optimization and also 3D visualisation is not there. If the feature similar to Tube in User pr...
Guest 15 days ago in  0 Needs review

Change units in Reports

Need the ability to choose the units used in a report. Currently, my reports use kips and inches. When the density of material is shown it is listed as 0.000 because it is displaying to 3 decimal places. To show the value you have to change format...
Randy Killian 7 days ago in  0 Needs review

Applying Eurocode Wind and Seismic Loads in STAAD.Pro

STAAD.Pro already supports Eurocode for steel and concrete design, but it still doesn’t have automatic wind and seismic load generation according to Eurocode. Why is this feature missing, and when can we expect Bentley to add it? With so many Euro...
Guest 11 days ago in  0 Needs review

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 4 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Implementation of Export to .docx with Native Word Tables

Details: Generation of Native Tables: STAAD.Pro Advance should create tables using Microsoft Word's internal structure. Basic Format Maintenance: Maintain borders and initial alignment to facilitate identification, prioritizing editability. Text N...
ANNY VILLEGAS 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

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 7 months ago in  2 Future consideration

ENABLE DESIGN MODELING FOR CORRUGATED STEEL DECK DIAPHRAGMS

Section 12.3 of ASCE 7 - 22 states that unless a diaphragm can be idealized as either flexible or rigid, structural analysis should explicitly include consideration of the stiffness of the diaphragm (i.e. semirigid modeling). I am publishing an ar...
Guest 25 days ago in  0 Needs review