STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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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 4 months ago in  Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Turn On/Off Layers

Some layers in autodrafter clog up the view of the drawing (e.g., member centerlines). It would be great if layers can be turned on/off within AutoDrafter Drawing Style Manager.
Guest over 1 year ago in  Needs review

Provision of Effective Elastic Section Modules, Plastic Section Modules and beta values in output file while calculating bending capacity of slender member as per IS: 800-2007 (LSD)

In general, Most of PEB companies design the web as Slender members if the project location is in low seismic region. In such cases when we give the design report to consultant for approval, we get comment that web area is considered in calculatin...
vijay krishna over 1 year ago in  Needs review

property reduction factor for plates

dear staad pro team,i think more important things for shar wall system building for high rise building is property modifires for wall,it is misssing in staad pro i dont know why?all softwares have this important feature why is missing in staad?
Barham ibrahim over 2 years ago in  Needs review

WIND CORNER PRESSURE AND ROOF IN WIND LOAD GENERATOR

Hello i would like to drop my suggestion for consideration, as we know up to now Wind Load generator, can only generate wind on panels. But during design we may have to apply corner wind pressure especially in connection design and also to apply w...
Joseph Lucas Magare over 3 years ago in  Needs review

Algerian Seismic Codes RPA 2024 in Staad Pro

Could you please add Algerian Seismic Codes RPA 2024 (newly released) in Staad Pro for Seismic load generation.
Guest 7 months ago in  Needs review

GPU Acceleration for Improved Rendering

STAAD.Pro currently uses the GPU for basic rendering, but performance often depends on integrated graphics, which limits responsiveness for large models. Optimizing the software to fully leverage dedicated GPUs would deliver smoother navigation, f...
Brett Wyman 9 months ago in  Needs review

Applying Eurocode Wind and Seismic Loads in STAAD.Pro

STAAD.Pro already supports Eurocode for steel and concrete design, but it still doesn’t have automatic wind and seismic load generation according to Eurocode. Why is this feature missing, and when can we expect Bentley to add it? With so many Euro...
Guest 10 months ago in  Needs review

Story Shear for Wind and Seismic Loads:

At present, only storey drift & displacements are reported. There is a need to include storey shear values for both the X and Z directions to support comprehensive analysis.- There is an enhancement request already in place for this. For Euroc...
Rashmi Ramachandra about 1 year ago in  Needs review

Add possibility to include B1 factor in Code checking Parameters with AISC 360 First Order Method

As per actual possibility provided by AISC 360, it is possible to perform design with Direct Analysis Method but also Effective Length Method and First Order method. In some case it is useful to do analysis with First order method (Dynamic Seismic...
Jean Gorsse over 1 year ago in  Needs review