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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    Remove List size limit from the application

    Currently there is a limitation in the application, where the list size is checked against a threshold defined in the INI file (currently set to 280 as default). If the list exceeds this limit, the command is split onto the next line and multiple ...
    Abhisek Mandal 26 days ago in  0 Needs review

    USER TABLE FOR STAR SECTIONS / PLUS i PROFILES SIMILAR TO WIDE FLANGE SECTIONS

    Star Angle configurations are widely used in industrial structures where significant Moment of Inertia is required in both axes. Enable a "User Property to Table" option for Star Sections similar to the existing Wide Flange/I-Section templates.
    A SHANTHA DEVI about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

    ERROR RESULT DISPLAY NOT WORKING EFFECIENTLY.

    Current Problem: In large-scale models, the output file generates a significant volume of data. Currently, Errors are clubbed together with Warnings and Notes/Messages in a single list. When dealing with complex structures, it is extremely difficu...
    A SHANTHA DEVI about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

    DISPLAY OF STEEL FY IN PROPERTY TAB

    When using IS800:1984 (WSM), the Yield Stress (FY) is correctly published and displayed in the Property Tab when clicking on an individual member. However, when performing LSM as per IS800:2007, this information is no longer available in the Membe...
    A SHANTHA DEVI about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

    WIDTH MAX AND WIDTH MIN SIMILAR TO DMAX AND DMIN

    Enable member selection based on width criteria in addition to the existing depth criteria. Introduce new design parameters (e.g., BMAX and BMIN) that allow the software to filter the sections that meet both depth and width constraints simultane...
    A SHANTHA DEVI about 1 month 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 3 months ago in  3 Needs review

    enhance the logic of identifying the primary and secondary members in Steel Auto Drafter

    This is to enhance the logic of identifying the primary and secondary members along with the logic for their member releases. Currently, the horizontal members are identified as secondary members, and vertical members are identified as primary eve...
    Abhisek Mandal 14 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Please include IS 18168:2023 provisions in immediate upcoming version of Staad Pro.

    For LRFS systems add checks for plastic sections as per table2 for each of the component, column beam strength ratios as per section 8.2 at different levels by considering actual Pu/Pd ratios etc & other relevant clauses.
    Guest about 1 month ago in  1 Planned

    Enhance the paste dialog for node, beam, plate and solid table to include entity numbers

    Enhance the paste dialog for node, beam, plate and solid table to include entity numbers from Excel. Currently, the program considers only the fields where you can provide input, here in this case of Node Table they are the coordinate columns. Hen...
    Abhisek Mandal 15 days ago in  0 Needs review

    Request to Implement ETABS‑Like Interactive Database Feature in STAAD

    In ETABS, there is an option called Interactive Database, which allows the user to export any table to Excel, modify the data as needed, and then re‑import the updated information back into ETABS. This process is simple, user‑friendly, and easy to...
    RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 15 days ago in  0 Needs review