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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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PARAMETRIC MODEL DELETE FEATURE

Hello i would like to give a suggestion when modelling a structure and create a mesh using parametric model after generating mesh we know the beams are broken into parts depending on the mesh size, if one decides to delete the mesh, then the disin...
Joseph Lucas Magare over 2 years ago in  1 Will not implement

OpenSTAAD Function to extract Area of reinforcement from STAAD Output.

Looking for a OpenSTAAD Function to extract Area of reinforcement from STAAD Output. I have explored the OpenSTAAD help and I couldn't able to find. If you have any solutions, please suggest.
rajendran jeysivaa about 1 year ago in  3 Needs review

Tapered bracket cantilever design

In design of buildings sometimes we need to takeup tapered bracket or counterbalance supported tapered cantilever cross section At the moment we can not design tapering cross section in staad pro connection edition
Guest over 2 years ago in  1 Needs review

Multiple design parameters results in post processing window for Indian code IS 800-2007 is requested.

This will reduce the tedious process of turning on and off each design parameter from editor file and then running the full input file again multiple times. If this can be implemented for AISC-360 then it shall be implemented for other codes also.
Guest about 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD function to extract plate corner stresses.

Anyone who perform post-processing/detailed analysis on plated structures will benefit from this. The function could take a plate ID and loadcase as input, and give plate corner stresses for all corners as output.
Nikolai Aasprong almost 2 years ago in  1 Already exists

Add load to the node/beam/element group using OpenSTAAD

Hi, I have an OpenSTAAD program that generates groups and that applies loads to the elements/beams/nodes in those groups. However I'd like to apply the load to the group directly using openSTAAD as you can in the STAAD Command File? What I want to...
Tom Pallister about 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

Extend the Take off Command to Plate elements

It'd be nice to be able to use the take-off command on plate elements. Similarly to beams where the take off give the section, length, and weight. Having the take off give thickness, area, and weight would be really helpful.
Dallin STRONG over 2 years ago in  4 Future consideration

Insert node in members having built-up I-Section property.

Hi, When inserting a node into a beam having a tapered I-section property, the software automatically generates the properties for the new section and places it at the end of the property section. This poses significant challenges during the optim...
Kanagarasu Kandasamy almost 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

JIS/TIS c-light lip section database for coldform steel design

Too many requirement for design the JIS/TIS c-light lip section as cold formed steel using STAAD. So, is it possible to have an JIS/TIS c-light lip section properties included in the database. If there are these section database in STAAD, it's can...
Support REI almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Non linear time history analysis in staad pro CE

Non linear time history analysis still not implemented in staad pro for different types of structure like residential, industrial structure etc, kindly add non linear time history analysis in staad CE as it gives realistic and more conservative an...
Sahil Shaikh over 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration