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Thank you for posting this idea. This seems like the basis of a more generic feature, that of being able to define parametric data and functions as part of the STAAD data set. In other words
1) Allow variables to be defined and used as symbols for values, e.g. defining the four nodes of a basic frame :-
STAAD SPACE
H = 10
W = 20
JOINT CORDINATES
1 0 0 0
2 W 0 0
3 0 H 0
4 W H 0
...
2) Separately, this could be expanded to provide equations in place of values e.g. defining two bays of the same width:-
STAAD SPACE
H = 10
W = 20
JOINT CORDINATES
1 0 0 0
2 W 0 0
3 0 H 0
4 W H 0
5 2*W 0 0
6 2*W H 0
...
What needs to be thought though is how this data format would be handled in the GUI? When does the equation or variable get rendered into actual values? However, in general this is an idea that will be added to the backlog.