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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Convert beams to shells for FEA

It would be great to be able to mesh a STAAD stick model using the assigned profiles (i.e. having the software replace the beam with a set of plates to match the flange/web sizes and thicknesses) in order to do some high level finite element analy...
Guest 6 months ago in  3 Needs review

One Cursor to select all objects

It is highly inefficient to require the user to switch cursors for each selection in STAAD. STAAD shall identify the context of operation automatically, and select the object required. Users should be able to select nodes, beams, plates, loads, te...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed 9 months ago in  2 Needs review

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 10 months ago in  2 Future consideration

Moving load in vertical plane and horizontal plane as well.

As of now, moving load feature is available only in vertical plane. But moving load in horizontal plane isn't available yet. But, as per industry demand, moving load to be applied longitudinal and transverse direction, simultaneously. Staad pro s...
Sahil Shaikh 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

Warning based on superceded (old) code appears in Seismic analysis using IS 1893 pt 1.

STAAD Pro CONNECT Edition shows a warning based on IS 1893 part 1:2002, when the latest code available currently under use is IS 1893 part 1:2016. Kindly clarify why should warnings based on old codes appear when the user has specifically selected...
ABHISHEK Ramesh 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Steel AutoDrafter Implementation Required

Dear Sir / Madam, Steel Auto Drafter is not giving beam presentation as per Releases provide in Analytical Modelling. Please check attached screenshot for your ready reference. Steel AutoDrafter drawings should be as per Release and Analytical mod...
Keyur Patel over 1 year ago in  7 Future consideration

Steel Check Code for all code, please make it uniform format

ANL file for steel code has changed format can you revert back again or atleast put to option on Track command to retain original format.
Guest 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Wind Loading on Tapered Sections

Dear Colleagues, // STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition - Version 22.12.00.142 // there was a situation where we had to find out the lateral forces due to wind on a light pole (tapered profile) and provide suitable support for the same. Wind was applied usi...
Dani Paul about 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

Add steel fireproofing specification to STAAD.pro Physical Modeler.

Currently, the only way to use STAAD.pro fireproofing specification is thru the Analytical Modeler. If you have a physical model, you have to break the connection and then edit the Input file to remove the "DO NOT EDIT" restrictions so that you ca...
Guest 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Allow an option to include Failed Member list in the report even when there are no failed members

In the new 2023 version, the new report builder doesn't allow you to include the failed member list when there aren't any failed members. v22 did allow for that and would report there are no failed members. Which was an easy concise way of saying ...
Dallin STRONG over 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration