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Printing joint forces in STAAD

A print command such as "PRINT JOINT FORCES LIST 1 2 3 etc." that would output all the member end forces at a specified node, for the specified load cases. This is currently possible using macros/openSTAAD, but would be very helpful if added to th...
Marcos Luna over 1 year ago in  3 Will not implement

Automatic load generations (i.e. Wind Load or Seismic Load) to be used in the Reference Loads

Currently Automatic Wind/seismic Load cases can be generated in the Primary Load case only. Adding these in reference loads will give flexibility of applying different factors for different scenarios in basic load cases.
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Already exists

Tapered Sections naming in STAAD.Pro

I think it is a good idea to allow users to name their Tapered sections as with the prismatic sections or sections created by user table. Because many times user creates many tapered sections in his model, andt when it comes to modifying one of th...
Guest over 5 years ago in  2 Future consideration

Capability in viewing steel design detail output as you could previously! V23

Evidently when performing steel design to Euro code (perhaps the same for other codes) you can only now see utilisation ratios. You no longer have the capability of seeing the detailed design results to check if your effective length or steel grad...
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Change reactions tab report

A current complaint. Please change the way reactions are shown in Reactions tab. Maybe as simple as leave the box just right next to the corresponding node, and not having them overlap in all the screen while moving and rotating. Just leave the an...
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Already exists

Streamlining Workflow in STAAD.Pro: Reintroducing Shortcut Keys for Enhanced Analysis

Hello, In the previous version of STAAD V8i, there was a convenient shortcut key (F9) to run the analysis. However, it seems that this shortcut key has been removed in the advanced version, known as Connect Edition. To enhance the user experience ...
Kanagarasu Kandasamy almost 2 years ago in  1 Already exists

To be able to select and change multiple nodes coordinates to an input value

As far as I know, when I need to edit multiple nodes to a desire coordinate, I have to select each of the nodes and input the value one by one, as Staad manage Relative Move only. It would be efficient just to select all the nodes, and type a coor...
Guest almost 2 years ago in  4 Already exists

ASME-STS-1 2021

Add the ASME-STS-1 2021 file as an option for the results of the analysis. There are only four equations from ASME, then everything defaults to AISC 2016, so most of the work is done.
Guest almost 2 years ago in  6 Future consideration

Direct Analysis Method. Reduction stiffness for Strength and nominal stiffness for Service

According to the code and standard practice, stiffness reduction for DAM applies for Required Strength analysis, but for Design Strength calculation and for Service check, nominal stiffness is to be used. To be able to indicate Staad which combina...
Guest almost 2 years ago in  3 Already exists

It would be nice to be able to list the allowable stress in a report

SAMPLE BUCKLING LENGTH ALLOWABLESTRESS MEMB LY(m) LZ(m) UNL(m) KY KZ UNF FA(N/mm2) FT(N/mm2) FCZ(N/mm2) 1001 1.000 2.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 93.400 156.670 138.250 1002 2.500 5.000 2.500 1.000 1.000 1.000 93.400 156.670 138.250 1003 4.000 8.00...
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration