Applies To
	Product(s):	STAAD.Pro
	Version(s):	ALL
	Environment:	ALL
	Area:	Modeling Solutions
	Subarea:	Material
	Original Author:	Modestas Turulis. Bentley Technical Support Group

Is it possible to add a custom material to STAAD.Pro so that it could be available for all models, not only in a single model where we create it?

There is no direct way to do this inside STAAD.Pro, but some steps can be taken to add a material directly into the configuration file. Here are the steps:

1) Go to folder C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro 2023\Default and open file StaadPro23.00.00.ini with some text editor, say Notepad.

Note: For STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition, this path would be C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default and file name would be StaadPro22.00.00.ini.

2) Scroll through the text till you find line [Materials-Metric]. Below that line all default materials are listed. Add the required material after the last material in the same format as materials above and change the numeric suffix associated with each property to a value higher by 1 compared to the previously entered material:

Note: [Materials-Metric] are used when the Base Unit system in STAAD.Pro configuration is set to Metric. If the Base Unit system is set to English, then you should add a new material under the [Materials-English].

3) Save the .INI file and see and now once you open STAAD.Pro, that added material should appear in the Materials list.