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.



  • Kris when I say code description it is actually select code that I created with the description from our country's code. So if we need to edit the select code and select category entry we need to modify the two files you mentioned above.

    Your help is greatly appreciated.

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