STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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    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 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Why isn't there a Eurocode Wind Definitions?

    STAAD Pro is used throughout Europe and provides in-depth code checks for most structural analysis. Wouldn't it be a good idea to include the wind parameters from EC3 1-4 in the Wind Definitions rather than only include american, indian, chinese a...
    Guest over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

    Add built-in Protect feature for the model

    Sometimes we have to share our models to clients/vendors, and we wish to set a layer of protection on the staad file, such as a password that the user have to enter everytime they try to launch the file. I think it helps to protect corporate and p...
    Guest over 1 year ago in  3 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 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Getting Ratio of the design calculation by OpenStaad API

    There is no command to get the design calculation results in OpenStaad and I would like you to provide it.
    Hidetaka Kaida over 3 years ago in  5 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 about 4 years 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 almost 5 years ago in  2 Future consideration

    Buckling Curve Selection for Axial + Bending and LTB:

    For the design of double angle sections, the software currently does not perform the design due to the inability to plot buckling curves. An option to manually select buckling curves for both cases should be provided to enable proper design of the...
    Rashmi Ramachandra over 1 year ago in  0 Needs review

    Steel structure optimization for tapered sections and built-up section

    Optimization of steel structure in staad pro as per (Indian code like IS-800 _2007, IS-801 etc. has many limitations till now. It has to be resolved earlier, Some of limitations are ~ optimization for tapered sections not supported by staad ~ opti...
    Sahil Shaikh almost 3 years ago in  1 Needs review

    Request Ability To Filter By Load Envelope in Report Setup

    This request is on behalf of a user named Kim Duong with Rummel Klepper & Kahl. This user has expressed that when setting up a report it would be useful to be able to filter the load cases using defined load envelopes (as one can in Post Proce...
    Phil Riegel 8 months ago in  0 Needs review