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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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Command lines as notes

Hi. Now, when I want to make notes from command lines, I have to put an "asterisk" in front of each line and when I want them to be commands again, I have to delete all the asterisks. Could it be possible to create a possibility that the given com...
Guest 2 months ago in  2 Future consideration

MTO in Steel Auto Drafter

Steel auto drafter needs enhancement in calculating MTO, so that the values match with STAAD.Pro outputs. Refer Feature (PBI ) # 763817
Guest 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

For implementation of code IS 802: PART 4: 2023 ## Lattice Switchyards structures

As of now, STAAD. Pro supports the older version of IS 802, specifically IS 802:1995, for the design of steel structures such as gantry structures and equipment support structures The updated version, IS 802:2023, which includes revised load facto...
Richa Tiwari about 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Feature Request: Support for Tapered Section Transfer from STAAD to Tekla

Nowadays, PEB (Pre‑Engineered Building) structures are quite popular, and they are often modeled using tapered sections in STAAD. Tekla is widely used for detailing steel structures. For conventional structures without tapered beams, Tekla handles...
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

Feature Request: Beam and Property Merging Functionality in STAAD

When dealing with large models, such as truss arrangements, a beam is often split into several segments. This sometimes results in multiple properties and specifications—such as releases, loads and parameters—also being split, which creates inconv...
RAHUL BRIJPUIYA 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

Implementation of IS18168 for steel design in STAAD Pro

No description provided
Vinayak Prabhavalkar about 1 year ago in  1 Planned

Enhance the program for processing of reactions of support nodes that are also control nodes

Resolve the limitation in the processing of reactions of support nodes that are also control nodes in a control/dependent relationship. This should be achieved by adding to the Reactions reported at a control node, the member end values of members...
Abhisek Mandal 5 months ago in  0 Needs review

Enhanced Beam End Force Filtering for Beam‑Node Ranges and Groups

When reviewing beam end forces in STAAD, the Results Setup dialog does not behave intuitively when the range is defined by node number. For example, in a simple 3‑span line model, if I want to review the shear on the RHS of the second support (Bea...
Brett Wyman 7 months ago in  1 Already exists

Accidental Torsion under Seismic Loads:

Currently, accidental torsion analysis is only supported when using the Standard response spectrum excluding Eurocode, which needs to be specified. The functionality is not available for Custom spectra, which is a critical limitation that needs to...
Rashmi Ramachandra about 1 year ago in  1 Future consideration

GPU Acceleration for Improved Rendering

STAAD.Pro currently uses the GPU for basic rendering, but performance often depends on integrated graphics, which limits responsiveness for large models. Optimizing the software to fully leverage dedicated GPUs would deliver smoother navigation, f...
Brett Wyman 10 months ago in  0 Needs review