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...

Eurocode checks for aluminium members

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...

Please allow option to save drawings from AutoDrafter to PDF.

There is currently no way to create a base plate plan in AutoDrafter. Please add it.

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 increa...

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...

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.

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 ...