STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Multiple mass definition for spectra load cases.

Hello, I found a problem when I have to analyze a structure in two different situation. One with equipment in operation and another one with equipment empty. For eatrhquake I used "Response spectra". It is knows that response spectra use only the ...
Dragos Andrei 2 months ago in  1 Needs review

Add tapered rectangular tube section 

Add tapered rectangular tube section  Extend the current tapered tube definition to allow for the specification and analysis of tapered rectangular tube profiles (i..e where the length of the two side dimensions differs). Currently STAAD.Pro suppo...
Guest 10 months ago in  1 Already exists

Steel AutoDrafter: Customized Offset Distance

Steel Auto-Drafter draws member releases with a 20mm offset by default. The user would like to set this offset distance to an arbitrary distance. Additionally, the user would like to set separate distances for each of the following members: ...
Abhisek Mandal over 1 year ago in  6 Future consideration

Make Staad Multi Processor (Multi-Threaded)

This would cut down the analysis time required by STAAD significantly. If it is too much work to change the solver code to benefit from multi-threads, can at least each basic load or each load combination be run at a different thread? There's no r...
Rafael Salgado over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

To customize formula or coefficient for Live Load reduction

Now, Staad.Pro includes the option of Reducible Live Load by UBC/IBC. But the formula included is 16-23 instead of 16-22. Also, Staad uses equation 16-23 for load type Live and type Roof Live, instead of using section 1607.11 for Roof Live and equ...
Guest 11 months ago in  2 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD Function to Delete/Remove Existing Design Brief(s)

There exists a function to create a new design brief OSDesignUI::CreateDesingBrief(). However, there is no function to remove/delete existing design brief(s). Please review and consider adding this function.
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 4 months ago in  3 Future consideration

Add grid lines

Grid lines are already included when using Auto Drafter. That idea could be very useful in GUI.
Guest 11 months ago in  3 Future consideration

Better integration of physical members in Analysis Model

When a physical member is created, STAAD should handle the collection of beams as one entity. When a section of material is assigned, it should always be to the physical member. End releases will only exist at the ends of the physical member. Curr...
Guest 2 months ago in  1 Already exists

Improve the placing of annotation text in plots

The possibility to presents diagrams with annotation is very importent for the documentation of analysis. Today the annotation of values for forces, moments, dispacements and so on does often clash with the geometry plot. The possibilites to adjus...
Guest 2 months ago in  1 Needs review

Add feature of modelling of chequered plates and grating in staad pro CE

In a multistorey steel structure, chequered plates and grating are widely used (as like slab used in RCDC) building, there is an option of modelling RCC slab in staad pro,like parametric modelling option,plate element option etc, but there isn't a...
Sahil Shaikh 5 months ago in  1 Already exists