STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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AutoDrafter - Allow Turn On/Off Layers

Some layers in autodrafter clog up the view of the drawing (e.g., member centerlines). It would be great if layers can be turned on/off within AutoDrafter Drawing Style Manager.
Guest 9 months ago in  0 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 almost 3 years ago in  1 Needs review

Immediate Steel Take Off

Add function to produce a steel take off immediately without having to run the full analysis.
Randy Killian about 2 years ago in  5 Future consideration

Add flexible / Semi rigid Diaphragm

Currently only rigid diaphragm option exists in Staad, we need to account for flexible diaphragms.
Rashmi Ramachandra 6 months ago in  1 Needs review

Story Shear for Wind and Seismic Loads:

At present, only storey drift & displacements are reported. There is a need to include storey shear values for both the X and Z directions to support comprehensive analysis.- There is an enhancement request already in place for this. For Euroc...
Rashmi Ramachandra 6 months ago in  2 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 over 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

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 10 months ago in  0 Needs review

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 8 months ago in  3 Future consideration

Staad.Pro 2025 Serviceability Check include section from Mexican Tables

Serviceability check doesn't work when using sections from Mexican Tables or prismatic sections producing the error: "To use this tool the model should have section profiles and materials assigned to all members." When I change all my sections to ...
Saul Cuen 4 months ago in  1 Already exists

Change units in Reports

Need the ability to choose the units used in a report. Currently, my reports use kips and inches. When the density of material is shown it is listed as 0.000 because it is displaying to 3 decimal places. To show the value you have to change format...
Randy Killian 2 months ago in  1 Needs review