STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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    Wind Loading on Tapered Sections

    Dear Colleagues, // STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition - Version 22.12.00.142 // there was a situation where we had to find out the lateral forces due to wind on a light pole (tapered profile) and provide suitable support for the same. Wind was applied usi...
    Dani Paul almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Staad.Pro 2025 Serviceability Check include section from Mexican Tables

    Serviceability check doesn't work when using sections from Mexican Tables or prismatic sections producing the error: "To use this tool the model should have section profiles and materials assigned to all members." When I change all my sections to ...
    Saul Cuen 7 months ago in  1 Already exists

    Steel AutoDrafter Implementation Required

    Dear Sir / Madam, Steel Auto Drafter is not giving beam presentation as per Releases provide in Analytical Modelling. Please check attached screenshot for your ready reference. Steel AutoDrafter drawings should be as per Release and Analytical mod...
    Keyur Patel over 2 years ago in  7 Future consideration

    Add a Plate Force Envelope 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 4 months ago in  1 Needs review

    IS 18168 : 2023 Earthquake Resistant Design and Detailing of Steel Buildings

    It is new code introduced by IS Commitee for Steel Design. Those engineers working on STEEL Design across any industry will have to use all codal provisions suggested by IS8168. Accordingly STAAD Pro has to be upgraded.
    Guest about 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

    Request to make "Result Utilization Ratio" editable

    Could you please make the 'result utilization ratio' field directly editable? Currently, it's set to a default of 1, but we need to set values like 0.9 or 0.95. While it's possible to adjust this using a detailed diagram, the values changes with e...
    Kanagarasu Kandasamy 8 months ago in  4 Already exists

    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 4 months ago in  1 Will not implement

    Auto wind load generation for roof/purlins..

    Frequently used for design of all steel structure with shed/roof CONCERN CODE(ALL) especially IS 875 part 3: 1-Sir, staad CE has support the auto wind load as for clad/unclad buildings, this wind load is applied on the surfaces/periphery of buildi...
    Sahil Shaikh over 3 years ago in  4 Future consideration

    Auto Wind load for roofing

    Implement a method to generate loading on roof structures as per the IS 875 part 3 wind load code using the Cpe method using the values in Table 8 / 9
    Sahil Shaikh over 3 years ago in  6 Future consideration

    Calculate section properties when adding new shape to database

    Two things here:Have the ability for STAAD (in the physical modeler) to calculate the section properties when entering a new shape into an existing database. For example, I'm adding a new hat channel into the AISI cold formed Profiles database. In...
    Ryan Freund over 3 years ago in  4 Future consideration