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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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Time History in multiple load case for blast loads

For Blast loads in some cases we have to apply blast load in all the direction i.e x and z in different load cases. presently the time history load is possible only in one load case. Time history should be allowed to be added in mutiple load cases
Ashok K about 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

To customize formula or coefficient for Live Load reduction

Now, Staad.Pro includes the option of Reducible Live Load by UBC/IBC. But the formula included is 16-23 instead of 16-22. Also, Staad uses equation 16-23 for load type Live and type Roof Live, instead of using section 1607.11 for Roof Live and equ...
Saul Cuen over 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

HAT SECTION WITH LIPS

Kindly make provision for Hat section with Lips( straight lip and inclined lip) in the section database. Please make it such a way that if we enter the depth, width, thickness and give "generate" and all the properties gets generated automatically...
browin david about 3 years ago in  4 Future consideration

Repeat the node/beam/plate and loadcase number on each line of the result tables

-In order to easily sort the results in Excel when importing a Result table, it would be a lot more helpful to repeat the node number on each row of the Support Reactions table & Displacements table. -Same comment for the beam number and L/C o...
Sébastien Julien over 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

divide/ split a plate element in the physical modeler by using reference line

request to add a future to split/divide a plate element in physical modeler by using a reference line
Guest about 2 years ago in  3 Already exists

For concrete design, DESIGN LOAD case should show to critical load case, regardless if minimum rebar is enough

When I model a concrete column in Staad.Pro, and perform the design, if the minimum rebar, lets say 1% is good enough for all load cases, the design load reported in the screen is the first load case. I understand because that rebar is OK for all ...
Saul Cuen 7 months ago in  1 Planned

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 about 6 years ago in  5 Future consideration

Automatic combinations should only include notional loads in the direction of the main lateral load

Hello, There’s no point in applying the notional load against other lateral loads. In STAAD, it’s possible that the Load Combination where automatically generated so the notional loads are generated for all directions even if they countermeasure t...
Jacques ARNOLD about 2 years ago in  2 Needs review

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 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