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Two observations from a compression-only mat foundation model

I am attaching files regarding the calculation of a foundation slab on springs. The calculation itself was successful. This message serves to point out confusing information in the output and proposes a solution. You can find a detailed descriptio...
about 14 hours ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Allow hyphen character for UPT file name path

Currently while importing the UPT file, we get a warning if file path of the UPT file contains hyphen (-). The warning is "File path contains invalid characters (-). Please remove such characters from the path and retry". Program should allow larg...
about 20 hours ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Retrieve STAAD model after sudden power cut

During a sudden power cut, STAAD file and .sbk file got corrupted and the STAAD file content cannot be retrieved. Provide a method to retrieve the content of the STAAD file/.sbk file
about 21 hours ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Enhance Header Rendering to Ensure Resolution-Independent Display of fixed labels

The header text elements “By” and “Ref” in Report, are wrapped on certain system resolution and scaling. Improve the UI implementation to ensure that header text elements: Render correctly across all supported resolutions and DPI scaling setting...
about 21 hours ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Remove 6 inch limitations in STAAD Foundation Advanced 2026

There is a maximum limit 6" for pile embedment and also for bottom steel reinforcing in mat foundations in SFA 2026. There is no code basis for this limitation and there are cases where this could be significantly larger. Currently is is making th...
2 months ago in STAAD Concrete 0 Needs review

Improve calculation of nominal concrete shear of a footing in STAAD Foundation Advanced

This idea is intended to report an issue related to the calculation of nominal concrete shear using STAAD Foundation Advanced V2025. This calculation is performed using ACI 318-19 Equation 22.5.5.1(a), which applies only to non-prestressed members...
4 months ago in STAAD Concrete 1 Planned

Availability of ASCE/SBC Wind Load Generation in STAAD

Dear Bentley Team, Could you please advise when the option to generate wind loads in accordance with ASCE or the Saudi Building Code (SBC) will be available in STAAD? At present, I can only find the wind load generation options for IS 875 (Part 3)...
30 days ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Adding measurement tool

The node‑to‑node distance tool in STAAD.Pro is quite basic and, in its current form, not particularly useful when distances need to be measured independently along the X, Y, and Z axes. Bentley already provides this functionality in some of its ot...
8 months ago in STAAD.Pro 8 Needs review

Enhancement Request: Automatic Property Color Assignment

Currently, under the Properties tab, all section properties are displayed in the same color, making it difficult to quickly identify different member types in the model. Previously, a color assignment option existed, but users had to manually assi...
29 days ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review

Code check for EN 1993-1-1 is most of cases wrong when a continious member is divided into several part

Ref present Staad versions and beam code check according to Eurocode 1993-1-1 Equation 6.61 and 6.62. Staad divide all beams at every incoming beam location and it is not possible to join together several beams to get correct buckling lengths. Eur...
22 days ago in STAAD.Pro 0 Needs review