STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Import support reaction at base in SFA

User use different software for modelling building depending on how much user-friendly the software is. Now reactions at base level are required to design mat or any footing for which SFA can be used. But since there is no option like in earlier o...
Chandrashekar Prabhudesai 2 months ago in  0 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 almost 3 years ago in  4 Future consideration

Add ability to show "Colour by Utilization Ratio" for 3D view in post processing workflow

It would be good to have a 3D view in post processing with colours of the beam as defined with a UR value. It is possible to have this with beam view now, but would be good if we have it for 3D view like SACS have. (as shown below for example).
Guest 9 months ago in  2 Needs review

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 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Immediate Steel Take Off

Add function to produce a steel take off immediately without having to run the full analysis.
Randy Killian over 1 year ago in  5 Future consideration

TO ADD DOUBLE ANGLE FRONT TO FRONT SECTION IN DATABASE

WHILE CREATING A LATTICE FRAME WE NEED TO OPT FOR TWO ANGLES APART FRONT TO FRONT, BUT AS OFF NOW STAAD ONLY PROVIDES DOUBLE ANGLE WITH BACK TO BACK CONFIGURATION AND NOT FRONT TO FRONT, THUS IT IS REQUESTED TO ADD UP DOUBLE ANGLE SECTION WITH FRO...
Guest 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Editor : Outlining - Collapse / Expand

Not sure if that's a glitch or an advantage; noticed that in STAAD.Pro 2024 version 24.00.02.354 while the collapse button only collapses, the expand button can both expand and collapse; so, may be we can have only one big button like the contents...
Dani Paul about 1 month ago in  2 Needs review

Inclusion of SS EN 1998-1 Seismic Action & Accidental Torsion

Application of seismic action (including accidental torsion) for structure in Singapore using EN 1998-1 is cumbersome. Request to include this code in future development.
Guest 8 months ago in  2 Needs review

Automatically generate Image Reports

Please add an option to generate an image report for every load case. The image report are showing how the forces are affecting the structure (see attached screenshots). Currently it is only possible to manually create a screenshot for each load c...
Michael Kikinzon over 2 years ago in  1 Needs review

Member Release Bubble - scale / highlight

At present member releases shown as circles at beam ends, makes the view a bit congested with node numbers ON, which makes it difficult to cross verify the DJ1 & DJ2 parameters. if we have an option to scale down the circle (or) introduce a 't...
Dani Paul almost 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration