STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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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 about 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

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 11 months ago in  2 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Do not show "Rigid" Member Symbol if member is a free end

AutoDrafter currently shows a rigid member symbol when a member has a free end with no other members connecting to that location. It would be great to remove these redundant symbols
Guest 6 months ago in  1 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Option to Remove Member/Connection Type Legend

Member/Connection Type symbols sometimes crowd a drawing too much, or is too long (e.g., when dealing with Tee members taken by halfing a wide-flange section). It would be nice for an option within the Drawing Style Manager to activate/deactivate ...
Guest 6 months ago in  1 Future consideration

AutoDrafter - Manual Section Size Mark ID

Please allow users to manually override Mark IDs that are generated by AutoDrafter.
Guest 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Clicking "Open in Microstation" does not work for OpenBuildings Designer

Please add support for OpenBuildings Designer being able to open drawings from AutoDrafter.
Guest 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Manual Assignment of Member/Connection Type

AutoDrafter appears to have some automated rules that are not perfect; would be nice to be able to override Member/Connection Type within AutoDrafter (e.g., select a column member, right click, modify properties, change 'Member Type').
Guest 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

Add code checks for AISC 370

There is a new code for Stainless Steel that has been published by AISC. It would be nice to incorporate the code checks for AISC 370 for materials that have been selected as stainless steel.
Dallin STRONG about 3 years ago in  10 Future consideration

Add possibility to include B1 factor in Code checking Parameters with AISC 360 First Order Method

As per actual possibility provided by AISC 360, it is possible to perform design with Direct Analysis Method but also Effective Length Method and First Order method. In some case it is useful to do analysis with First order method (Dynamic Seismic...
Jean Gorsse 6 months ago in  0 Needs review

Applied Load on beams

From 22years using Staad Pro, I propose to update the way to applied a load on beams as It's possible for nodes. In the case of nodes, We can do like this in one line: Joint Load 10 FX 10 FY -22 FZ 33 I propose You to update the syntax of applying...
Guest 4 months ago in  0 Needs review