I am excited to announce the latest new release of the STAAD.Pro V8i SELECTseries 3 published on the Bentley SELECT server and is now available for download. The new release has undergone not only the stringent quality assurance programme that all STAAD.Pro releases go through, but also additional QA processes required for applications that are to be used on nuclear projects, notably the specific 10CFR21 reporting requirements*. This has resulted...

HI all Shall I get detail report (like hand calculation) for steel member design as per IS800-2007 LS code.

Several significant enhancements and features have been implemented in RAM Structural System V8 i SELECTseries 5 Release 14.05. This version is scheduled for release Summer 2012. Several of the enhancements that will be available in that version are listed below. Enhanced Graphics and User Interface in RAM Frame The user interface and graphics in RAM Frame have been completely updated. This includes enhanced graphics and commands for displaying, rotating...

Have updated to STAAd Offshore Version 3.0.0.9 and the Base Units are set to Imperial. On the old version i just changed the base units to Metric as seen below, but in this version the file "STAADlib.cfg" doesnt seem to exist. Version 2.0.6.1 Open the OpenSTAAD configuration file in TextPad or NotePad:- C:\Program Files\Common Files\BentleyShared\IEG\OpenSTAADBentley\Data\STAADlib.cfg Change the BaseUnits command to: [BaseUnits] BaseUnit...

The ability to model, analyze and design hanging columns has been added to the RAM Structural System V8 i Release 14.04. Hanging columns can be wide flange shapes, HSS, double and single angles, channels, round bars or flat bar shapes. The same functionality that is available for columns such as modeling, designing, viewing, etc., is also available for hanging columns. Just like regular columns, hanging columns can be sloped. See it in action on YouTube...

Hello The enclosed converter could be useful to them who frequently use Sap2000 and Staadpro.

STAAD.Pro V8i SELECTseries 3 I am pleased to announce the release of the latest SELECT series version of STAAD.Pro V8i ISM Along with the usual collection of minor fixes and enhancements (all of which are documented in the Release Report), this release is the first that adds the ISM functionality that is becoming a central part of the structural applications in the Bentley portfolio. ISM is designed around models defined by physical entities rather...

Many of our staff members here at Bentley are engineers who participate in standards writing organizations. Rakesh Pathakm, PhD is a Software Research Engineer with the RAM Structural System team and also serves on the Emerging Analysis Methods in Earthquake Engineering Subcommittee of the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). This SEI subcommittee is currently hoping to gauge the difficulties practicing structural engineers have in performing...

The latest build STAAD(X) Tower V8 i was released last month. This release includes several new features and enhancements for the modeling of communication structures, with an emphasis on self-supporting tower structures. Some of the key new features include: A wider variety of mounts as discrete appurtenances are now available for all communication structures, such as: T-Arms, T-Frames, Sector Frames, Side Arms, and Ice Shields. A wide variety of...

The American Institute of Steel Construction has just published Design Guide 25, titled Frame Design Using Web-Tapered Members . This publication details the design of web-tapered members, which are commonly used in the metal building industry. RAM Elements has had the capability to analyze and design these members since version 11.0 (v12.0 is the latest release); something no other software tool on the market is capable of doing! Let's take a...

RAM Connection V8 i can used as a standalone tool for the design of a wide variety of steel connections. Bentley Application Engineer, Kim Olson, demonstrates how to design a simple shear connection as well as a lateral connection in this brief video. Integration with RAM Elements V8 i RAM Connection is also available for the design of the same wide variety of connections from within RAM Elements V8 i . In this video, Kim demonstrates a moment connection...

We have just released v2 of Bentley's Integrated Structural Modeling—or ISM—technology with Structural Synchronizer V8 i (SELECTseries 2), which is now available for download from SELECT , along with several new ISM v2 compatible Bentley engineering and drafting applications. What is ISM? ISM is a technology which allows for structural data exchange, revision tracking, model visualization, and change management in wide vareity of structural...

I have had several requests to see OpenSTAAD used in specific applications, Excel, Word and MicroStation. So here is a simple enough example attached to this blog to whet your appetite. It is a very simple DGN file with an area that will be used to display text. That text will be taken from a STAAD.Pro model and made up from a load case number and the title. 1) Start STAAD.Pro and open a model with some load cases defined. 2) Start MicroStation and...

In order to facilitate an easier access to the support department for the Indian users, Bentley Systems has come up with dedictaed support lines as below. The support department is located at the Kolkata office, India. These numbers can be accessed by the users outside India as well. Primary Numbers: + 91 33 4018 3140 + 91 33 4018 3141 + 91 33 4018 3145 Alternate Numbers: +91 33 4018 3144 +91 33 4018 3139

Version 14.04 of the RAM Structural System V8 i is scheduled to be released July 2011. This version contains several significant enhancements. Some of these are listed below. Hanging Columns The ability to model, analyze and design hanging columns has been incorporated. Hanging columns can be steel I-shapes, channels, angles, double angles, tees, rectangular HS, round HS, round bars and flat bars. Hanging columns can also be concrete rectangular and...

This is a video recorded by a former colleague in Australia - James Forbes - regarding using the physical member features in STAAD.Pro V8i for steel member design. Though it is focused on using the AS 4100 code in the the "batch" mode (designing in the modeling mode), most of the principles here are used in other codes as well as in the Advanced Steel Design mode. In particular, you'll learn how to form physical members for analytical...

In order to meet the extended needs of STAAD.Pro users working in the nuclear market, STAAD.Pro V8i SELECTseries 2 has undergone the additional QA procedures in order to produce a new release that meets the requirements of the NRC. Apart from addressing over 200 reported issues and enhancement requests (all documented in the Revision History document), there have been a few key enhancements. These include:- 1) Additional nuclear design code ASME NF...

We're pleased to announce that an update to STAAD(X) Tower V8i is now available for download from Bentley SELECT. STAAD(X) Tower is a standalone product which is used for the modeling, analysis, and design of communication tower structures. This release focuses primarily on tower generation enhancements for both monopole and self-supporting tower structures, with additional new features available for monopole towers. Tapered Monopoles and Round...

Most of the Structural programs from Bentley, including STAAD.pro, RAM Structural System, and RAM Elements, consider the notion of a physical member vs. a segmented finite element model, and there are certain pros and cons to that approach. Here’s a simple structural framing plan to illustrate what I mean, the girder (beam #1) supports unequally spaced beams (8’; 8’; 8’ and 6’). Simple Framing Plan with Girder supporting...

RAM Connection V8 i comes with a wide variety of connection templates pre-installed but there is occasionally a need to add a custom template of your own definition. Here are the steps involved in setting up a custom connection template for use in STAAD.Pro V8 i : Prepare a Custom Template File Open a STAAD.Pro model containing steel members and perform an analysis. Note: This can be any model; not necessary the one in which you need the custom connection...

The Bentley Structural screencast has been on a very long hiatus. But it is back with a new video on an exciting new addition to RAM Connection: base plate design. This feature has long been requested by you users and in this screencast, I'll give you an overview on how to design two different types of base plate connections: Column Base Plate Gusset Base Plate So, please check out the following video to see this new feature in action: RAM Connection...

This week included the release of the latest version of RAM Conce pt , Bentley's solution for the analysis and design of floor slabs and mats for both reinforced and prestressed concrete. This latest version comes with new tools and properties for tendons, a "check only" option in design, automatic hook tool, and improved interoperability with RAM Structural System. New Tendon Layers and Tools New tendon layers and objects in RAM Conce...

Last month saw the release of updates to two of Bentley's engineering applications: STAAD.Pro and AutoPIPE . Both programs are popular in plant engineering environments and now these two products work together to seamlessly allow structural and pipe stress engineers to exchange and update model data. Better tools for collaboration across disciplines are increasingly important to companies facing shorter schedules and leaner, more efficient engineering...

We are pleased to announce the release of the new commercial build of STAAD.Pro v8i, SELECT series 2. Enhanced Integration has been a major focus of this new release. Manage all your Bentley Structural applications using the free new Structural Dashboard. Plant engineers get a major boost with the integration with AutoPIPE. Speed up foundation design with the new integration of STAAD.foundation as a new mode in the GUI. The RAM Connection integration...

With most of the structural applications, automatic backup files are created periodically and they can easily be restored should anything bad happen to your main file. Here’s a summary of how they work by programs. RAM Elements Periodically the program makes a copy of the main file, filename .etz and saves it in the same folder with the file extension .bak . Just rename the file with a .etz extension and you can use it in the main program. The...