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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    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 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

    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