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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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Open STAAD function for changing a existing tapper property

Please add one open STAAD function in which we can edit existing tapper property it will same much time
Arjun Prabhu Masure over 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

Slab deflection plots

Currently the only way to check the deflection of a slab is to review the deflected shape of the shells' mesh, or in the tabulated results. It would be very useful if the contour plots for shells included the option to contour deflections as well ...
Guest about 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

Applied Load on beams

From 22years using Staad Pro, I propose to update the way to applied a load on beams as It's possible for nodes. In the case of nodes, We can do like this in one line: Joint Load 10 FX 10 FY -22 FZ 33 I propose You to update the syntax of applying...
Guest 11 months ago in  0 Needs review

Add tapered rectangular tube section r2

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 supports the definition and analysis of tap...
Guest over 2 years ago in  1 Already exists

Moving Load Moving in Global Vertical Direction

The ability to apply horizontal moving loads that move in the vertical direction (up a column) (e.g. elevator loads on a column).
Jeremy Jacobs about 3 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Convert beams to shells for FEA

It would be great to be able to mesh a STAAD stick model using the assigned profiles (i.e. having the software replace the beam with a set of plates to match the flange/web sizes and thicknesses) in order to do some high level finite element analy...
Guest over 1 year ago in  3 Needs review

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 almost 3 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