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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    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 9 months ago in  3 Needs review

    Make it easier to see the full design of individually selected steel members

    Create a default way to see the design of one or multiple selected steel beams. Once I select code and "design all". I would like to be able to click on one or more beams and instantly have a button to view the full design input and output. I beli...
    Ryan Freund about 4 years ago in  6 Future consideration

    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 8 months ago in  0 Needs review

    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 about 1 year ago in  3 Needs review

    STAAD Command Line Editor - VS Code Extension Support

    The STAAD Command File Editor is good, however when experiencing Visual Studio Code and other QOL extensions like 'TODO Tree' (see example screenshot), it is a shame there is no VS Code extension for syntax / "intellisense" for STAAD input file / ...
    Michael Duncanson 7 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Extraction of steel design results with GetMemberSteelDesignResults function for multiple design parameter block

    Request from Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd The usability of function GetMultipleMemberSteelDesignResults should be extended so that the function can extract the steel design for multiple steel design parameter block for all steel design code . Also t...
    Shreyanka Bhattacharjee 5 months ago in  2 Future consideration

    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 about 1 year ago in  1 Needs review

    Improve Report Generation Image Handling and Formatting

    Enhance the Report Generation workflow to improve image presentation and usability by: Improving image quality when zoomed images are included in reports. Providing a more intuitive and configurable page-fit option for images in generated repo...
    Shreyanka Bhattacharjee 3 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    When design fails, to be able to change section without losing analysis

    Staad.Pro has tools to select member sections, but even those are not optimum, and custom selection of a member section by hand may be more precise. But changing by hand and re-analyzing all the structure is very time consuming. The idea is to be ...
    Saul Cuen 9 months ago in  1 Future consideration

    When multiple versions of STAAD.Pro are installed on the same system, the most recently installed version is invoked by default.

    When multiple versions of STAAD.Pro are installed on the same system, the most recently installed version is invoked by default, even if the input file was created using an earlier / later version.Therefore, it is recommended to explicitly specify...
    Guest 9 months ago in  2 Will not implement