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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    Wind Loads on Steel Structures

    I think the wind load application should be rewritten to make it simpler and more user friendly. STAAD is at least three times as long as SAP2000 when inputting wind loads.
    Guest over 2 years ago in  12 Needs review

    Using arbitrary Young's modulus (E) in AIJ2005 code calculations

    In the current AIJ2005 code allowable stress calculation of STAAD.Pro, the Young's modulus is fixed at 205000 (N/mm2). On the other hand, in the AIJ2002 code, by using the YNG=1 parameter, the Young's modulus used in the frame analysis can be use...
    佐野 秀昭 Hideaki Sano over 2 years 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.
    Saul Cuen almost 3 years ago in  3 Future consideration

    property reduction factor for plates

    dear staad pro team,i think more important things for shar wall system building for high rise building is property modifires for wall,it is misssing in staad pro i dont know why?all softwares have this important feature why is missing in staad?
    Guest over 2 years ago in  6 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 6 months ago in  1 Needs review

    Separate Ice Load From Member Weight

    To correctly use the ASCE 7 load combinations including atmospheric ice, the ice load (Di) needs to be separate from the member self weight. As STAAD does not include an ice load generation tool, fireproofing can be used to apply ice loads to memb...
    Guest 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Update ASCE7 to the latest version 7-22

    Currently, ASCE7-22 is not available in STAAD. Pro. Wind and Seismic load generation with this code is required for our project execution.
    yuki oyama almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Beam local axis symbol, scaling

    After being introduced to StaadPRO, the one fundamental thing that I can't believe is not implemented is scaling of local beam axis symbols. It's at times almost impossible to find out the local axis of the beams in the graphic area, and this is v...
    Oyvind Fredriksen 6 months ago in  2 Needs review

    Correct the Seismic Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India in STAAD.Pro as per IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016

    Hello STAAD.Pro Team, While generating Seismic Definitions, the software automatically assigns the Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India as 0.16. This value is not aligned with local seismic requirements and also with IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016...
    Guest 6 months ago in  1 Planned

    Built-up tapered section name

    All tapered section name shows as a tapered . its very useful if staad pro show the tapered section show the section in the display- Tapered I- 300x6+200x8+150x8 if its uniform web depth Tapered I- (300-750)x6+200x8+150x8 if its tapered web depth ...
    Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration