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Status Needs review
Created by Guest
Created on May 21, 2025

Capacity Design as per NZS3404

Currently STAAD is performing only geometrical check of the members in accordance with Chapter 12 of NZS 3404. However, no design is performed based on the capacity design principles provided in this Chapter. As industries in New Zealand is increasingly adopting the capacity design approach, it would be great if we can build this capacity into STAAD Software, so that the design can be done directly similar to elastic design approach.