STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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In wind load generator, please incorporate wind load in other directions such as X & Z. Also, wind load on roof truss & corners needs to be incorporated.

There is no way to add wind load in other direction in case of unclad building. For example : - staad taking load case only in one direction i.e. +X, whenever I try to add another case in z direction, previous case gets deleted automatically. So, ...
Shubhankar Chatterjee almost 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Slab deflection plots

Currently the only way to check the deflection of a slab is to review the deflected shape of the shells' mesh, or in the tabulated results. It would be very useful if the contour plots for shells included the option to contour deflections as well ...
Guest over 1 year ago in  2 Future consideration

Combined profile of a wide flange and channel as a single object

For Inclusion of built up section in standard I section combination with Channel section on top flange, which is widely used for gantry girder.
Guest over 1 year ago in  5 Already exists

Direct Analysis Method with Tension-Only members

Just as the title. To be able to analyze a structure with Tension-Only members using the Direct Analysis Method.
Guest almost 2 years ago in  1 Future consideration

In India we are using HAT section with lip but in staad pro we are not able design this section and it create lots of problem to all users in India to convince clients. So, Please add this section property in your section database.

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Guest 7 months ago in  1 Will not implement

Moving Loads Acting in Horizontal Directions

Provide the ability to have horizontal moving loads in addition to the vertical loads. For example, ASCE 7 requires cranes to be designed for vertical loads and horizontal loads. It would be great if STAAD had the ability to have both the vertical...
Jeremy Jacobs about 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Steel AutoDrafter: Customized Offset Distance

Steel Auto-Drafter draws member releases with a 20mm offset by default. The user would like to set this offset distance to an arbitrary distance. Additionally, the user would like to set separate distances for each of the following members: ...
Abhisek Mandal over 2 years ago in  6 Future consideration

Auto wind load generation for roof/purlins..

Frequently used for design of all steel structure with shed/roof CONCERN CODE(ALL) especially IS 875 part 3: 1-Sir, staad CE has support the auto wind load as for clad/unclad buildings, this wind load is applied on the surfaces/periphery of buildi...
Sahil Shaikh over 2 years ago in  3 Future consideration

Add tapered rectangular tube section r2

Extend the current tapered tube definition to allow for the specification and analysis of tapered rectangular tube profiles (i..e where the length of the two side dimensions differs). Currently STAAD.Pro supports the definition and analysis of tap...
Guest almost 2 years 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