STAAD.Pro - External load combination file

Is it possible to define all of your load combinations in an external text file and have STAAD read that file?  I have a model w/ +10k load combinations and opening/saving/editing the file is too time consuming.

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  • When you create a new file with its associated code name, tables and factors, STAAD stores that file in the "X:\SProV8i\STAAD\Language\USEnglish" folder. That file will have a .INI extension.

    Using Windows Explorer, go into that folder, and locate that INI file. It will be among the most recently modified files. If you double click on it, it normally opens in NotePad. Search and Replace all instances of the wrong strings with the correct ones.

    You have used the phrase "Code Description". In the "Auto Load Comb Rules" dialog box in STAAD.Pro, I only find the terms "Select Code" and "Select Category". If it is the name of the code that you are trying to change, that name is embedded in the File name, and if so, you may just have to correct that file name, and make a corresponding change in another file called Codes.ini in the same folder.

    To guard against the possibility of irreparably damaging those files, you may want to keep a backup before you make these changes.



  • I didn't know that about the autoload generation, that will be helpful in the future.  However, I used the moving load generator and this is the reason why have have lots of load combinations.  The autoload will not do this for loads created using the moving load generator, correct?

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