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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Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z

Request for Function Creation in OpenSTAAD to Modify Response Spectrum Direction in X, Y, and Z We are working with OpenSTAAD and need to programmatically modify the response spectrum direction values in X, Y, and Z. In the attached image, the val...
ANNY VILLEGAS 22 days ago in  3 Needs review

Modelling and Design of tapered channel

I Need to design lot of platforms with cantilever beams. Tapered channel is easy to fabricate in plate and most economical section for cantilever conditions. Hence I request you to include this options in the staad. Moreover, tapered I is already ...
Guest 11 days ago in  3 Needs review

STAAD.Pro AISC/CSA Code Checks - Eccentric Axial Specification

There is currently no way, other than directly adding rigid body members with the necessary releases, to simulate an an axial angle or tee member (brace) under eccentric axial load. This causes a high amount of manual calculations to determine the...
Guest about 1 month ago in  4 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Save as PDF

Please allow option to save drawings from AutoDrafter to PDF.
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Base Plate Plan

There is currently no way to create a base plate plan in AutoDrafter. Please add it.
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Isometric View (Full MTO Table)

It is only possible to create a plan/section by selecting a member at that location, and must be in the plane of either a plan or section. MTO take-off "drawing" only shows table - a great addition would be to add the isometric view of the structu...
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Allow Turn On/Off Layers

Some layers in autodrafter clog up the view of the drawing (e.g., member centerlines). It would be great if layers can be turned on/off within AutoDrafter Drawing Style Manager.
Guest about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

To add Brazilian Design Code / NBR (Normas Brasileiras)

In light of the increasing opportunities in the construction business in Brazil, we strongly hope that STAAD Pro will support the Brazilian codes "NBR" in STAAD Pro. Specifically, we would like to see the following representative NBR codes include...
秀人 須藤 7 months ago in  4 Needs review

Editor : Outlining - Collapse / Expand

Not sure if that's a glitch or an advantage; noticed that in STAAD.Pro 2024 version 24.00.02.354 while the collapse button only collapses, the expand button can both expand and collapse; so, may be we can have only one big button like the contents...
Dani Paul 12 days ago in  2 Needs review

AutoDrafter - Do not show "Rigid" Member Symbol if member is a free end

AutoDrafter currently shows a rigid member symbol when a member has a free end with no other members connecting to that location. It would be great to remove these redundant symbols
Guest about 1 month ago in  1 Needs review