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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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Min/Max values of internal forces

In the Postprocessor, we have three basic options for viewing internal forces on members: All, Summary and Envelope. The Summary option gives one table, where the maximum and minimum axial forces, shear forces and moments are, for example, in memb...
Guest about 2 months ago in  2 Will not implement

Save the analysis results for optimisation of STAAD model

There is need to additional features of optimization of BU members which is not addressed by The STAAD SELECT and SELECT OPTIMISE commands - There should be 3 commands - Perform only analysis Perform only design (on the basis of previously sav...
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Saved Views should also save zoom

Saved views only save the rotation position not the zoom extent, They should also include saving the zoom extent. So if I am zoomed in on a specific area then I should be able to click the saved view and it brings me directly to the part with the ...
Dallin STRONG 28 days ago in  0 Needs review

Add the ability to change the active displayed design parameter via openstaad

I am not even sure this is the right description, but in postprocessing under results>Design Parameter, you can change the active display design parameter. It says something like Parameter 1, 2, Maximum. It would be awesome to be able to pass t...
Dallin STRONG 28 days ago in  0 Needs review

Get the ability to turn off and on individual labeling via OpenSTAAD

I don't think its there already, but it would be nice to do that, especially if I could just program a openstaad thing that eliminated the need to click each one individually. It would be nice to be able to pass a node, beam, plate, solid number a...
Dallin STRONG 28 days ago in  0 Needs review

Can we get a a GetViewList Function in OpenSTAAD

I am loving the new OpenSTAAD API that has views in it. They are great and I am finally getting around to using them. Can we get a function call GetViewList. Some of the options in the API require a view name as an input, it would be nice to be ab...
Dallin STRONG 30 days ago in  1 Planned

There should be an option to move the saved views directly to the report. Also the caption to be available with the picture in the report.

Saved Views created in earlier STAAD.Pro versions are not available for direct inclusion in reports within the current report module. This functionality to be added in the current report module for quick generation of graphical report.
Guest 30 days ago in  0 Needs review

Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z

Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z We are working with OpenSTAAD and need to programmatically modify the response spectrum direction values in X, Y, and Z. In the attached image, the val...
ANNY VILLEGAS over 1 year ago in  3 Future consideration

Show support number in command file for easier tracking of support changes

Request: Please add the support reference number/name in the command file output along with the support command. For Example, if a support is defined as S1, S2 or S3 in the support table, the same reference should also appear in the command file w...
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Implementation of Export to .docx with Native Word Tables

Details: Generation of Native Tables: STAAD.Pro Advance should create tables using Microsoft Word's internal structure. Basic Format Maintenance: Maintain borders and initial alignment to facilitate identification, prioritizing editability. Text N...
ANNY VILLEGAS over 1 year ago in  2 Needs review