STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Curved Surfaces

Provide a method for defining surfaces which curve out of plane so that they can be used to create curved walls
Carlos Aguera over 3 years ago in  0 Future consideration

Assigning DJ1 / DJ2 to a model to define start/end of members must improve

To be forced to go assign both a node # and every member between 2 nodes for a few beams is not a big deal but when it's a giant model, it takes days to assign these values for deflection checks. Something must be done to make this more user frien...
Guest over 4 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Allow seismic load in any order

I often create models with multiple support conditions. Because of STAAD's requirements on support degrees of freedom I have to model lift cases first. This means that I cannot model seismic cases first as required if I want to use STAAD's seismic...
Randy Killian over 5 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Indicate of number of LOAD LIST ENVELOPE

As shown in the attached screenshot, the STAAD program does not display the load list envelope numbers, which causes inconvenience for users. Please improve this feature.
Guest 3 months ago in  3 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 4 months ago in  1 Future consideration

State the code basis for utilization ratio tables in reports

In STAAD 2023, if a report is created and the Utilization Ratio table is included, a critical Clause is listed for each member. However, there is no indication in/above the table of which code, or code version, that the Clause pertains to. Please ...
Steve Haymore 11 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Time History in multiple load case for blast loads

For Blast loads in some cases we have to apply blast load in all the direction i.e x and z in different load cases. presently the time history load is possible only in one load case. Time history should be allowed to be added in mutiple load cases
Ashok K over 1 year ago in  3 Future consideration

Add Back to back properties of CF member

Kindly add the back-to-back properties of Lysaght C section (combinedly it becomes I- section) ,it is widely used in cold form structures.
Prashant Patil over 1 year ago in  1 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 almost 2 years ago in  4 Future consideration

Eurocode Wind Load Automatic Generation

Please add the ability to automatically generate wind loading to eurocodes.
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration