STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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automatic coupling plate element boundary

Need a function similar to Midas automatic coupling plate element boundary
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Already exists

Calculate section properties when adding new shape to database

Two things here:Have the ability for STAAD (in the physical modeler) to calculate the section properties when entering a new shape into an existing database. For example, I'm adding a new hat channel into the AISI cold formed Profiles database. In...
Ryan Freund over 2 years ago in  2 Future consideration

Staad Pro Structure Wizard (StWizard) - Pan & Zoom

For the Structure Wizard in the Analytical workflow:- Mouse Zoom behavior could be aligned with that of the STAAD interface (in STAAD - scroll up is zoom-in and scroll down is zoom-out) Pan by mouse could be advantageous, so is exiting the PAN mod...
Dani Paul over 1 year ago in  2 Will not implement

OpenSTAAD function to extract the Beam Forces summary table for the selected beams

Hi, Typically, to get end forces to design the connection for a certain beam size, a group is created and the bounding beam forces for the group are extracted using the "Beam Results - Beam Forces - Summary table" using the "Results Setup - Range ...
Tom Pallister 9 months ago in  1 Future consideration

Table providing summary of slenderness ratio's of structural steel members

Helps in assessing the actual slenderness ratio of each member.Also, such table can be used to upgrade to next size for better load carrying capacity.
Sreekanth Nuthanapati about 1 year ago in  1 Will not implement

Full integration with AutoPIPE and STAAD

Pipelink is quite rudimentary. It does not provide the ability to assign guide supports to different nodes. For example, horizontal loads need to be applied to Vertical Members, while vertical loads need to be applied to Horizontal Members. The sa...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed 3 months ago in  3 Needs review

ASEC7 vertical structural irregularities check

The STAAD.Pro now can not check the the vertical structural irregularities 5a/5b in the ASCE 7 table 12.3-2 by ant command stream, but as the code demand, the designer need check this irregularities, it is very difficult and cost time for designer...
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Needs review

Modify design parameter "PROFILE"

Design Parameter "PROFILE" seems to check only first 3 characters. If I understand correctly, STAAD already selects the lightest section only for the same kind of section as the current one, and the limit on the height can be set by variables DMAX...
Guest 7 months ago in  3 Future consideration

Calculation of Stability index Q as per annex E of IS456

To determine whether a column is a no sway or a sway column, stability index Q may be computed as given in annex-e of IS456. It's a very time consuming and cumbersome calculation while we are freezing the column sizes. if Q is directly calculated ...
Guest 7 months ago in  4 Future consideration

Please provide report data in txt format for export in versions after 2023, as we need to maintain consistency with previous versions

Please provide report data in txt format for export in versions after 2023, as we need to maintain consistency with previous versions
Guest 3 months ago in  1 Needs review