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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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Render Profiles from Shape Editor in STAAD.Pro

If i create any member using "Shape Editor" using built up members (Stadd pro version 24.00.02.354), then during "3d rendering" it shows only line diagram. Although this problem is continuing from the earlier version also. Is ther any solutions of...
Guest over 1 year ago in  Needs review

Beam Orientation arrows - scale/size

In STAAD.Pro Advanced 2024, please add tool to adjust the scale (size) of the "Beam Orientation" arrows. it is impossible to distinguish from one member to another with the arrows so large.... this was an isolated view of a portion of a much large...
Jim Rudelich over 1 year ago in  Needs review

ASCE 7-22 and AISC 360-22

Please add AISC 360-22 and ASCE 7-22 in STAAD PRo. Codes already 2-years old.
Guest over 1 year ago in  Needs review

Add ability to show "Color by Section" under Properties Tab

Under Properties in Analytical Modeling, one can currently only highlight assigned geometry for a single section at a time. A button could be added to the table that allows you to show all section properties in the current view by color, and then ...
Marcos Luna about 3 years ago in  Already exists

Wind Loading on Tapered Sections

Dear Colleagues, // STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition - Version 22.12.00.142 // there was a situation where we had to find out the lateral forces due to wind on a light pole (tapered profile) and provide suitable support for the same. Wind was applied usi...
Dani Paul over 3 years ago in  Future consideration

Inclusion of updated IS code IS 1893 (part 4):2024 for design of steel structures

Changes in seismic design parameters or changes in class of Industrial structures in new code will lead to changes in seismic forces experienced by the structure. This may lead to different results than the one obtained from the old code (2015 ver...
Veeresh Dambal over 1 year ago in  Future consideration

Staad Pro does not include Seismic load NBCC 2015

Dear All, I highly recommend to include calculation of seismic load using NBCC 2015. I see it as a big gap in Staad Pro not to include Seismic loading using NBCC 2015 Thanks a lot
Guest over 5 years ago in  Future consideration

b/tf and d/tw ratio to be reported in Staad Output for Built up sections

For the Rolled sections, it is easy to know the b/t and d/t values. However, for Built up sections, it is bit tricky. Staad Output file directly reports the Section classification. It would give more clarity during member Optimization if these val...
Guest 12 months ago in  Needs review

Providing a Steel Box section by Tube option in User provided table

For Providing a Steel Box section with different Flange and web thickness , we have to make the section in Section Wizard which is time consuming during Optimization and also 3D visualisation is not there. If the feature similar to Tube in User pr...
Guest 12 months ago in  Needs review

STAAD.Pro AISC/CSA Code Checks - Eccentric Axial Specification

There is currently no way, other than directly adding rigid body members with the necessary releases, to simulate an an axial angle or tee member (brace) under eccentric axial load. This causes a high amount of manual calculations to determine the...
Michael Duncanson over 1 year ago in  Needs review