STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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    Preserve Analysis Results for Non-Structural Command File Changes

    Description: Currently, STAAD deletes all analysis results whenever the command file is modified, even for changes that do not affect the structural analysis—such as adding comments, defining groups, or creating envelopes. This forces users to rer...
    Brett Wyman 3 months ago in  2 Future consideration

    updated versions of IS 1893 Part - 1 & IS 1893 Part – 4 to be made available for STAAD.Pro Users in India

    Updated versions of IS 1893 Part - 1 & IS 1893 Part – 4 to be made available for STAAD.Pro Users in India
    Guest 4 months ago in  3 Planned

    When design fails, to be able to change section without losing analysis

    Staad.Pro has tools to select member sections, but even those are not optimum, and custom selection of a member section by hand may be more precise. But changing by hand and re-analyzing all the structure is very time consuming. The idea is to be ...
    Saul Cuen about 1 month ago in  1 Future consideration

    Property tab to be of full size

    Could you please make a change in UI of STAAD Pro. in which we can view more property in the property tab so that it becomes easy to view all the properties without scrolling and wasting a lot of time finding the assigned property? I think it will...
    Guest 10 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Feature Request: Automatic Ax and Ay Calculation for General Sections in STAAD.Pro

    The requirement of Ax and Ay data is necessary when a profile is created using the General Section option. This option was available in STAAD.Pro 2022 and earlier versions. However, the same option is not available in STAAD.Pro 2023, STAAD.Pro 202...
    Ganesan A 20 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Add Basic arithmetic operation in move or insert node

    In software like ETABS, you can add or subtract while moving or adding a new beam, but as of now, STAAD does not have this facility. To do this, the user needs a calculator for such tasks. If STAAD had this feature, it would save time and effort a...
    Rahul Brijpuriya about 2 months ago in  2 Needs review

    Update code from API RP2A 21st Edition currently used in STAAD PRO to API RP2A 22nd Edition

    API RP2A 21st edition is an old, superseded code. API RP2A 21st edition is NOT accepted by our Clients as a steel design code check for tubular members. API RP2A 22nd edition is accepted by our Clients. It would be straight forward for STAAD to up...
    Guest 4 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    Replace the Indian Section list based on the IS 808

    As stated in case CS0627780, STAAD.Pro is currently using a section list based on the older version of the standard, IS 808:1989. However, this code has been superseded by the updated version, IS 808:2021. There are significant differences in sect...
    RAHUL BRIJPUIYA about 1 month ago in  4 Planned

    Query dialog Taper profiles need Modification

    The current elevation of the taper member in a Member Property (Member Query) dialog, only displays a single cross section. Initially this was at the end of the member, but has recently been changed to show the average (i.e. centre section) profil...
    Abhisek Mandal 22 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Steel AD_Drawing & Detailing of Tapered sections

    Presently Steel AD shows the tapered section with the average width and average depth. The weight calculation is based on average dimensions. tapered section are denoted as * in the material take off list.Here the ask is to draw the tapered sectio...
    Abhisek Mandal 22 days ago in  0 Needs review