STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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OpenSTAAD function to remove the unused isotropic materials

Staad by default adds some materials to the model (please refer to the snapshot attached). Majority of these will not be used during automation (as the materials will be created separately based on the need) and hence the materials section remains...
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 7 months ago in  1 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD Function for Creating a Section using Profile Polygon

StaadPro provides the option to create a custom open section by defining a profile polygon (refer to the snapshot attached). Sections created this can be visualized as 3D objects when rendered instead of just showing a simple line. This helps in c...
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 7 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Steel AutoDrafter Implementation Required

Dear Sir / Madam, Steel Auto Drafter is not giving beam presentation as per Releases provide in Analytical Modelling. Please check attached screenshot for your ready reference. Steel AutoDrafter drawings should be as per Release and Analytical mod...
Keyur Patel 7 months ago in  5 Future consideration

Add live load reduction factor as design parameter

There is currently no efficient way to consider the live load reduction factor in STAAD.Pro. It would be fantastic to add a parameter to the design section (e.g., under CSA S16-19 or AISC 360-16) to consider a live load reduction on an element by ...
Guest 8 months ago in  4 Future consideration

Option to input load values in STAAD as a function F(x) where x varies ( e.g x= depth)

In recent times, I have been designing a large number of buried underground structures. (I figured many Engineers may have similar experiences on this too). For buried structures, a few of the applied loads are a function of a single variable i.e....
Ola Joda 8 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Plate Stresses Graphical Contours to be included in QUICK COMMANDS

Could you please add shortcut to view Plate stresses Graphical Contours ( Mx, My, Mxy, SQx, SQy, Sx, Sy) in the Customize quick commands Pop-Up shortcut using space bar. The current function only brings up tables which is a bit cumbersome when mak...
Ola Joda 8 months ago in  4 Future consideration

Open STAAD Function to remove member loads.

Kindly add open staad function to remove selected member loads. Thank you.
Kanagarasu Kandasamy 8 months ago in  3 Future consideration

ISECTION WITH COVER PLATES IN EURO CODE

STAAD is not able to design the I-SECTION with TB(i.e. Top and bottom cover plates) in Eurocode. Code used :- CODE EN 1993-1-1:2005 SECTION USED :- UB1016X305X487 TB This warning is shown in the output file as below.***STAAD.Pro WARNING***MEMBER 1...
Guest 8 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Eurocode Wind Load Automatic Generation

Please add the ability to automatically generate wind loading to eurocodes.
Guest 9 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Do not Auto split the design parameter & loadings.

When dealing with a substantial number of members within a STAAD model, the design parameters tend to split automatically. Consequently, this automatic splitting poses challenges when attempting to review the design parameters. The same situation ...
Kanagarasu Kandasamy 9 months ago in  1 Future consideration