STAAD.Pro Ideas Portal

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Delete Pictures in STAADPro v2023

There appears to be no way to delete obsolete pictures when setting up a Report. Previous STAAD files are commonly used as a template for the next project, so as to avoid setting up new units, etc. The picture album becomes unwieldy without the ab...
Guest 9 months ago in  1 Planned

Company Logo needs to be changed for every project, that is a tedious practice.

While generating Report, Company Logo needs to be changed for every project, that is a tedious practice. The changes should be permanent and for company.
Guest 2 months ago in  1 Already exists

Stress Ratio Results for Multiple Load Cases

Show code check results for more than just the worst case. Should be able to see what the next worst, and next worse after that and so on. It's been over 10 years since I used it but I believe SACS does this. If so, could take a look at it.
Randy Killian 10 months ago in  3 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD function to extract the capacity of members

OpenSTAAD function to extract the capacity of members, so that it will be used for additional checks as per Code
B Senthilkumar 10 months ago in  7 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD Function to Redefine Member/Plate Incidence

There will be many occasions where a user wants to redefine the incidence of one or more members or plates. It would be helpful if there is an OpenSTAAD function to carry out this task as this saves a lot of effort and time. I understand that ther...
Srinivasa Rao Masanam 5 months ago in  3 Already exists

Automatic combinations should only include notional loads in the direction of the main lateral load

Hello, There’s no point in applying the notional load against other lateral loads. In STAAD, it’s possible that the Load Combination where automatically generated so the notional loads are generated for all directions even if they countermeasure t...
Jacques ARNOLD 5 months ago in  2 Needs review

Add live load reduction factor as design parameter

There is currently no efficient way to consider the live load reduction factor in STAAD.Pro. It would be fantastic to add a parameter to the design section (e.g., under CSA S16-19 or AISC 360-16) to consider a live load reduction on an element by ...
Guest 8 months ago in  4 Future consideration

OpenSTAAD Function to Renumber Node

We request to at the OpenSTAAD function to renumber Nodes just like we do with beams.
Kanagarasu Kandasamy 3 months ago in  1 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 1 year ago in  3 Future consideration

Moving Load Moving in Global Vertical Direction

The ability to apply horizontal moving loads that move in the vertical direction (up a column) (e.g. elevator loads on a column).
Jeremy Jacobs over 1 year ago in  3 Future consideration