STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Beam local axis symbol, scaling

After being introduced to StaadPRO, the one fundamental thing that I can't believe is not implemented is scaling of local beam axis symbols. It's at times almost impossible to find out the local axis of the beams in the graphic area, and this is v...
Oyvind Fredriksen 2 months ago in  0 Needs review

Request to Correct Default Seismic Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India in STAAD.Pro as per IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016

Hello STAAD.Pro Team, While generating Seismic Definitions, the software automatically assigns the Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India as 0.16. This value is not aligned with local seismic requirements and also with IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016...
Guest 2 months ago in  0 Needs review

Drift Parameters in Russian Steel Codes

If there is no particular reason why the Russian steel design codes(SP 16.13330) do not provide parameters for drift verification (such as CAN in AISC), I would like to formally request that they be added.
Guest 2 months ago in  4 Will not implement

ENABLE DESIGN MODELING FOR CORRUGATED STEEL DECK DIAPHRAGMS

Section 12.3 of ASCE 7 - 22 states that unless a diaphragm can be idealized as either flexible or rigid, structural analysis should explicitly include consideration of the stiffness of the diaphragm (i.e. semirigid modeling). I am publishing an ar...
Guest 2 months ago in  2 Needs review

Provide option to Rename the Group

Sometimes, during the initial stages, we may assign a group name—say, XYZ—but later someone might want to change that group name. There should be an option to rename the group without opening the STAAD editor file.
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 2 months ago in  1 Future consideration

ADD Z section under user table manger option

As the use of cold form sections becomes more prevalent, it's essential for STAAD to support C and Z shapes more comprehensively. These sections vary significantly across manufacturers and are not always available in the STAAD database. Furthermor...
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 3 months ago in  1 Already exists

OpenSTAAD function for Circular Repeat

Is there a function to carry out the Circular Repeat (similar to DoTranslationalRepeat)?. If not, is it possible to introduce this function?
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 3 months ago in  3 Planned

OpenSTAAD function to control meshing of a parametric surface

At present we can define, generate mesh and commit the mesh using the parametric surface functions exposed by OpenSTAAD. However, many times passing the meshing parameters programmatically such as Meshing Type, Boundary Connectivity is important t...
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

IMPLEMENTATION OF 4 PLATE WITH DIFFERENT THICKNESS

There is no option for 4 plates or tube beams with different thickness. Also, it could be fantastic an option with tapered tube section with different flange width or thickness
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Already exists

Distinct OpenSTAAD objects for each instance of Staad (in Python)

OpenSTAAD objects for each instance of Staad help in interacting programmatically with multiple models simultaneously. In VBA it can be done by Set objOpenStaad = GetObject(staad path). Can you please share how to do the same thing in Python ?
Guest 3 months ago in  0 Needs review