Sometimes we have to share our models to clients/vendors, and we wish to set a layer of protection on the staad file, such as a password that the user have to enter everytime they try to launch the file. I think it helps to protect corporate and p...

Just as the title. To be able to analyze a structure with Tension-Only members using the Direct Analysis Method.

Provide the ability to have horizontal moving loads in addition to the vertical loads. For example, ASCE 7 requires cranes to be designed for vertical loads and horizontal loads. It would be great if STAAD had the ability to have both the vertical...

Analysis & Design option for Self supporting roofing sheet recommended by RDSO , GOI .........Proflex company MNC is majorly manufacturing those roofing sheets........ The irregular shape of sheet is difficult to model & analyse in staad p...

Let me request to provide the help and Users Manual of Japanese language in Staad pro. Currently It is not existing. So Japanese user cannot use Staad pro as the Calculation Note for Architectural application to Japanese government. If there is it...

For Inclusion of built up section in standard I section combination with Channel section on top flange, which is widely used for gantry girder.

STAAD currently has only LX and LY parameters but does not have separate parameters for cases where a beam has only the top flange restrained or only the bottom flange restrained. It would be useful if both were separated.

Steel Auto-Drafter draws member releases with a 20mm offset by default. The user would like to set this offset distance to an arbitrary distance. Additionally, the user would like to set separate distances for each of the following members: ...

Currently the only way to check the deflection of a slab is to review the deflected shape of the shells' mesh, or in the tabulated results. It would be very useful if the contour plots for shells included the option to contour deflections as well ...

It is hoped that the method of adding stiffeners in the design of American standard column bases can be increased, and it is best to be customizable. For example, extending plate stiffeners can be set on the web of the I-beam.