STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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    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 10 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Separate Ice Load From Member Weight

    To correctly use the ASCE 7 load combinations including atmospheric ice, the ice load (Di) needs to be separate from the member self weight. As STAAD does not include an ice load generation tool, fireproofing can be used to apply ice loads to memb...
    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 almost 3 years ago in  1 Future consideration

    Beam local axis symbol, scaling

    After being introduced to StaadPRO, the one fundamental thing that I can't believe is not implemented is scaling of local beam axis symbols. It's at times almost impossible to find out the local axis of the beams in the graphic area, and this is v...
    Oyvind Fredriksen 3 months ago in  2 Needs review

    IS 18168 : 2023 Earthquake Resistant Design and Detailing of Steel Buildings

    It is new code introduced by IS Commitee for Steel Design. Those engineers working on STEEL Design across any industry will have to use all codal provisions suggested by IS8168. Accordingly STAAD Pro has to be upgraded.
    Guest almost 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

    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 2 years ago in  7 Future consideration

    TO ADD DOUBLE ANGLE FRONT TO FRONT SECTION IN DATABASE

    WHILE CREATING A LATTICE FRAME WE NEED TO OPT FOR TWO ANGLES APART FRONT TO FRONT, BUT AS OFF NOW STAAD ONLY PROVIDES DOUBLE ANGLE WITH BACK TO BACK CONFIGURATION AND NOT FRONT TO FRONT, THUS IT IS REQUESTED TO ADD UP DOUBLE ANGLE SECTION WITH FRO...
    Guest 10 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Buckling Curve Selection for Axial + Bending and LTB:

    For the design of double angle sections, the software currently does not perform the design due to the inability to plot buckling curves. An option to manually select buckling curves for both cases should be provided to enable proper design of the...
    Rashmi Ramachandra 7 months ago in  0 Needs review

    Correct the Seismic Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India in STAAD.Pro as per IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016

    Hello STAAD.Pro Team, While generating Seismic Definitions, the software automatically assigns the Zone Factor for Cuddalore, Tamilnadu, India as 0.16. This value is not aligned with local seismic requirements and also with IS 1893 - Part 1 - 2016...
    Guest 4 months ago in  1 Planned

    Drift Parameters in Russian Steel Codes

    If there is no particular reason why the Russian steel design codes(SP 16.13330) do not provide parameters for drift verification (such as CAN in AISC), I would like to formally request that they be added.
    Guest 4 months ago in  4 Will not implement