STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Provide wind generation on Fireproof Members

STAAD does not consider the additional width of the fireproofed members; producing underestimated wind generated loads for open structures like piperacks. Please include this feature as this would make several of my colleagues happy.
Guest over 5 years ago in  5 Future consideration

Staad Pro does not include Seismic load NBCC 2015

Dear All, I highly recommend to include calculation of seismic load using NBCC 2015. I see it as a big gap in Staad Pro not to include Seismic loading using NBCC 2015 Thanks a lot
Guest over 4 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Do not Auto split the design parameter & loadings.

When dealing with a substantial number of members within a STAAD model, the design parameters tend to split automatically. Consequently, this automatic splitting poses challenges when attempting to review the design parameters. The same situation ...
Kanagarasu Kandasamy about 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD function to extract the Beam Forces summary table for the selected beams

Hi, Typically, to get end forces to design the connection for a certain beam size, a group is created and the bounding beam forces for the group are extracted using the "Beam Results - Beam Forces - Summary table" using the "Results Setup - Range ...
Tom Pallister over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

Add the ability to add wind loads to plate elements

It would be nice to be able to apply wind loads on plate elements. Especially given that there is a wind load definition specifically for tanks, but no way to model that tank other than plate elements. The alternatives are a cumbersome to implemen...
Dallin STRONG over 3 years ago in  2 Future consideration

WIND CORNER PRESSURE AND ROOF IN WIND LOAD GENERATOR

Hello i would like to drop my suggestion for consideration, as we know up to now Wind Load generator, can only generate wind on panels. But during design we may have to apply corner wind pressure especially in connection design and also to apply w...
Joseph Lucas Magare over 2 years ago in  2 Needs review

Warning based on superceded (old) code appears in Seismic analysis using IS 1893 pt 1.

STAAD Pro CONNECT Edition shows a warning based on IS 1893 part 1:2002, when the latest code available currently under use is IS 1893 part 1:2016. Kindly clarify why should warnings based on old codes appear when the user has specifically selected...
ABHISHEK Ramesh 7 months ago in  0 Needs review

Canadian Seismic Load per 2015 NBC code parameters

Would like to get implemented NBC 2015 Code parameter.
Guest over 1 year ago in  0 Future consideration

Stress Ratio Results for Multiple Load Cases

Show code check results for more than just the worst case. Should be able to see what the next worst, and next worse after that and so on. It's been over 10 years since I used it but I believe SACS does this. If so, could take a look at it.
Randy Killian about 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Steel Check Code for all code, please make it uniform format

ANL file for steel code has changed format can you revert back again or atleast put to option on Track command to retain original format.
Guest 7 months ago in  0 Needs review