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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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Add NZS 1170.5 code to Seismic Codes in STAAD

STAAD does not have NZS 1170.5 in its Seismic Codes. Users in ANZ uses custom spectrum and factored it up to match the base shear. Adding this code will help the users in ANZ work directly with the NZ code and thus speed up their productivity. Use...
Rudra Lahiri over 3 years ago in  1 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 about 5 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Add 75Deg had section database

in standard section data base only 90Deg hat is available, we are mostly using 75Deg hat
Guest 7 months ago in  2 Needs review

Request to keep beta angle 0

Sometimes, a member requires the assignment of a Beta Angle for a particular member, but after some iterations, it might not be needed. In the Beta Angle assignment tab, when someone defines a Beta Angle, it exists—but Beta Angle 0 is removed. In ...
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 7 months ago in  2 Already exists

Add Back to back properties of CF member

Kindly add the back-to-back properties of Lysaght C section (combinedly it becomes I- section) ,it is widely used in cold form structures.
Prashant Patil over 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Waffle /Grid slab and flat slab

Heavy loaded structures...
Sahil Shaikh over 3 years ago in  3 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 about 4 years ago in  2 Future consideration

Builtup section modeled in SHAPE EDITOR converts it into a SLENDER section

Star section or similar section modeled in Shape editor converts it into a SLENDER section and so staad does not design such sections for moment. Numerous times we use such builtup sections, it would be helpful if staad does design for these secti...
Pawan Waghmare 7 months ago in  2 Needs review

Automatic Plate Meshing

Set parameters and have the program create a plate mesh automatically for finite element analysis.
Guest almost 2 years ago in  5 Already exists

Add live load reduction factor as design parameter

There is currently no efficient way to consider the live load reduction factor in STAAD.Pro. It would be fantastic to add a parameter to the design section (e.g., under CSA S16-19 or AISC 360-16) to consider a live load reduction on an element by ...
Guest over 2 years ago in  4 Future consideration