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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Khawaldah's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/8a18bf24_2d00_c820_2d00_432a_2d00_a8dd_2d00_ede060084b79</link><description>Khawaldah's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>delete existing primary load cases</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/243802/delete-existing-primary-load-cases</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:14:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5cc5a792-cffe-4236-95e8-23e537163cf5</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear All,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Could anyone help me to delete existing primary load cases in openstaad ? because every time I do the analysis, loads repeat instead of replacing the previous load case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is my code:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sub GenerateModel()&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim cx(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cy(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cz(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim Node(1) As Integer&lt;br /&gt;Dim N1 As Integer&lt;br /&gt;Dim N2 As Integer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set suro = GetObject(, &amp;quot;StaadPro.OpenSTAAD&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;For I = 0 To 1&lt;br /&gt;cx(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt;cy(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt;cz(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt;cx(1) = 10&lt;br /&gt;cy(1) = 6&lt;br /&gt;cz(1) = 0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Node(I) = suro.geometry.CreateNode((I + 1), cx(I), cy(I), cz(I))&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Next&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;N1 = 1&lt;br /&gt;N2 = 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beam = suro.geometry.CreateBeam(1, N1, N2)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Add suppoty&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Sub CreatePinnedSupport()&lt;br /&gt;Dim objOpenSTAAD As Object&lt;br /&gt;Dim SelNodesNo As Long&lt;br /&gt;Dim SelNodes() As Long&lt;br /&gt;Dim pinnedSupport As Long&lt;br /&gt;Dim assignSupport As Variant&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SelNodesNo = 1&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;Create Pinned Support&lt;br /&gt;pinnedSupport = suro.Support.CreateSupportPinned&lt;br /&gt;assignSupport = suro.Support.AssignSupportToNode(1, pinnedSupport)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Assign section properties&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim TaperedProperties(6) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim PropNo As Long&lt;br /&gt;Dim BeamNo As Long&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Units are in meter for F1-F7 parameter&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(0) = 0.2 &amp;#39;F1&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(1) = 0.005 &amp;#39;F2&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(2) = 0.8 &amp;#39;F3&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(3) = 0.15 &amp;#39;F4&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(4) = 0.01 &amp;#39;F5&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(5) = 0.15 &amp;#39;F6&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(6) = 0.01 &amp;#39;F7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PropNo = suro.Property.CreateTaperedIProperty(TaperedProperties)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BeamNo = 1 &amp;#39;MEMBER NUMBER&lt;br /&gt;suro.Property.AssignBeamProperty BeamNo, PropNo&lt;br /&gt;suro.Property.AssignMaterialToMember &amp;quot;STEEL&amp;quot;, BeamNo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Add load&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim Live As Boolean&lt;br /&gt;Dim resVal As Boolean&lt;br /&gt;Dim RetVal As Boolean&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;suro.Load.CreateNewPrimaryLoad Live&lt;br /&gt;RetVal = suro.Load.AddMemberConcForce(1, 5, -26.4, 3, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live = False&lt;br /&gt;resVal = suro.Load.DeletePrimaryLoadCases(Live)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End Sub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>delete existing load cases</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/243485/delete-existing-load-cases</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:37:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cbfec3f0-85f7-44c4-9381-db17e28ff40d</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear All, It has been so long since I first asked this question with no answer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to delete existing load cases in openstaad or at least clear STAAD editor? because every time I do the analysis, loads repeat instead of replacing the previous load case, just like the case of node and member coordinates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is my code:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sub GenerateModel()&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim cx(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cy(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cz(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim Node(1) As Integer&lt;br /&gt;Dim N1 As Integer&lt;br /&gt;Dim N2 As Integer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set suro = GetObject(, &amp;quot;StaadPro.OpenSTAAD&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;For I = 0 To 1&lt;br /&gt; cx(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt; cy(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt; cz(0) = 0&lt;br /&gt; cx(1) = 10&lt;br /&gt; cy(1) = 6&lt;br /&gt; cz(1) = 0&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Node(I) = suro.geometry.CreateNode((I + 1), cx(I), cy(I), cz(I))&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Next&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;N1 = 1&lt;br /&gt;N2 = 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beam = suro.geometry.CreateBeam(1, N1, N2)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Add suppoty&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Sub CreatePinnedSupport()&lt;br /&gt; Dim objOpenSTAAD As Object&lt;br /&gt; Dim SelNodesNo As Long&lt;br /&gt; Dim SelNodes() As Long&lt;br /&gt; Dim pinnedSupport As Long&lt;br /&gt; Dim assignSupport As Variant&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; SelNodesNo = 1&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;Create Pinned Support&lt;br /&gt; pinnedSupport = suro.Support.CreateSupportPinned&lt;br /&gt; assignSupport = suro.Support.AssignSupportToNode(1, pinnedSupport)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Assign section properties&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim TaperedProperties(6) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim PropNo As Long&lt;br /&gt;Dim BeamNo As Long&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;Units are in meter for F1-F7 parameter&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(0) = 0.2 &amp;#39;F1&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(1) = 0.005 &amp;#39;F2&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(2) = 0.8 &amp;#39;F3&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(3) = 0.15 &amp;#39;F4&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(4) = 0.01 &amp;#39;F5&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(5) = 0.15 &amp;#39;F6&lt;br /&gt;TaperedProperties(6) = 0.01 &amp;#39;F7&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PropNo = suro.Property.CreateTaperedIProperty(TaperedProperties)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BeamNo = 1 &amp;#39;MEMBER NUMBER&lt;br /&gt;suro.Property.AssignBeamProperty BeamNo, PropNo&lt;br /&gt;suro.Property.AssignMaterialToMember &amp;quot;STEEL&amp;quot;, BeamNo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39; Add load&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim Live As Boolean&lt;br /&gt;Dim resVal As Boolean&lt;br /&gt;Dim RetVal As Boolean&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;suro.Load.CreateNewPrimaryLoad Live&lt;br /&gt;RetVal = suro.Load.AddMemberConcForce(1, 5, -26.4, 3, 0)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live = False&lt;br /&gt;resVal = suro.Load.DeletePrimaryLoadCases(Live)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End Sub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&amp;#39;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Deleting the existing load case and combinations in Openstaad</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/241361/deleting-the-existing-load-case-and-combinations-in-openstaad</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:08:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:18c3940b-0700-409f-ac1c-83460f991afc</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;h1 class="name"&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;div class="content"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I am trying to delete existing load cases - primary and combinations from an existing file using openstaad .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there are no functions to delete the existing load cases, can anyone tell me how to do this in openstaad .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>delete existing load cases in openstaad</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/241574/delete-existing-load-cases-in-openstaad</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:40:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f423e8ad-97ad-4874-9195-3007e71a029e</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I am trying to delete existing load cases - primary and combinations from an existing file using openstaad .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there are no functions to delete the existing load cases, can anyone tell me how to do this in openstaad .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Clear model using OpenSTAAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/238742/clear-model-using-openstaad</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:46:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:847a0697-f2d5-451c-bdb6-75d521827295</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What command can I use to clear everything in the STAAD file using OpenSTAAD.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>How to overwrite loads in OpenSTAAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/237307/how-to-overwrite-loads-in-openstaad</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2022 13:52:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:65e932b7-0e49-41bb-9251-f4f2edda1bce</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can I overwrite loads (or any other properties) using OpenSTAAD, every time I edit something and run my&amp;nbsp;script new loads are added.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Assigning tapered section using OpenSTAAD</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/235943/assigning-tapered-section-using-openstaad</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:34:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ee46f3a7-7e83-4ea3-bc46-b475520ae6a2</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The script below is for a very simple model (single member). I&amp;#39;m trying to assign a steel tapered section (200 5 800 150 10 150 10), but I&amp;#39;m facing some troubles. Could you help me with the script?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sub GenerateModel()&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dim cx(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cy(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim cz(1) As Double&lt;br /&gt;Dim Node(1) As Integer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set suro = GetObject(, &amp;quot;StaadPro.OpenSTAAD&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;Set OSGeometry = suro.geometry&lt;br /&gt;Set OSProperty = suro.Property&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For i = 0 To 1&lt;br /&gt; cx(i) = i&lt;br /&gt; cy(i) = i * 4&lt;br /&gt; cz(i) = 0&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Node(i) = suro.geometry.CreateNode((i + 1), cx(i), cy(i), cz(i))&lt;br /&gt;Next&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beam = suro.geometry.CreateBeam(1, 1, 2)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;End Sub&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Activex component can&amp;#39;t create object openstaad</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/235326/activex-component-can-t-create-object-openstaad</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:48:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1e2458bc-8e8a-4288-86c9-235f931fa578</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Could you help with this error, please? Thanks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1662731406593v1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Built up section connection</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/225418/built-up-section-connection</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:31:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:24f908ed-6ecb-4be6-ae2b-d39b54d3adce</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you know steel connection design in STAAD pro Advanced CONNECT doesn&amp;#39;t accept built-up sections for some types of connections (for instance, Cap plate). In order to go around that, I have tried to modify the hot-rolled section database by adding these built-up sections. STAAD can take these new sections correctly. However, Connection Design doesn&amp;#39;t recognize these sections and it only works when I use exactly the same name of one of the original sections, otherwise, it says:&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Connection supports only symmetric flanges member&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Is there any way to go around this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>STAAD Pro reads only the moment at the element start point</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/225221/staad-pro-reads-only-the-moment-at-the-element-start-point</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:53:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:dfa89861-080b-47d4-afce-d5dbe25fd2ba</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;STAAD Pro reads only the moment at the element start point to design&amp;nbsp;tapered steel section elements. Is there any way to fix it? Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Foundation support (compression only) doesn&amp;#39;t work with some load cases</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/222688/foundation-support-compression-only-doesn-t-work-with-some-load-cases</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:36:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:87b5f32a-d4cb-4c77-8ed6-d0fadbbd0aa4</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m using footing support (Y direction and compression only). I have notice that it only work with some load cases (gravity) by not lateral load cases. Could you please take a look at the model and tell me what is the problem. thanks:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/RANA-HW-2-_2800_3_2900_-_2800_2_2900_.std"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../RANA-HW-2-_2800_3_2900_-_2800_2_2900_.std&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Getting errors in tapered design</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/221169/getting-errors-in-tapered-design</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:05:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d0207933-3dda-420b-940f-a104055fcfce</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is very weird that I am getting different utilization factors every time I run the analysis (The software picks different forces values at the tapered element) and for some reason, all sections have the same utilization value. Could you check my code, please?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;STAAD SPACE&lt;br /&gt;START JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;END JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;INPUT WIDTH 79&lt;br /&gt;UNIT METER KN&lt;br /&gt;JOINT COORDINATES&lt;br /&gt;1 0 0 0; 2 0 6.9 0; 3 14.75 10.525 0; 4 29.5 0 0; 5 29.5 6.9 0; 6 8 0 0;&lt;br /&gt;8 14.75 0 0; 9 8 8.8661 0; 10 26.5867 7.61598 0; 11 17.8468 9.76393 0;&lt;br /&gt;12 13.2925 10.1668 0; 13 16.2068 10.167 0;&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER INCIDENCES&lt;br /&gt;1 1 2; 2 2 9; 3 4 5; 4 5 10; 5 6 9; 6 8 3; 7 9 12; 8 10 11; 9 11 13; 10 12 3;&lt;br /&gt;11 13 3;&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE MATERIAL START&lt;br /&gt;ISOTROPIC STEEL&lt;br /&gt;E 2.05e+008&lt;br /&gt;POISSON 0.3&lt;br /&gt;DENSITY 76.8195&lt;br /&gt;ALPHA 1.2e-005&lt;br /&gt;DAMP 0.03&lt;br /&gt;TYPE STEEL&lt;br /&gt;STRENGTH FY 253200 FU 407800 RY 1.5 RT 1.2&lt;br /&gt;ISOTROPIC STAINLESSSTEEL&lt;br /&gt;E 1.9793e+008&lt;br /&gt;POISSON 0.3&lt;br /&gt;DENSITY 76.8195&lt;br /&gt;ALPHA 1.8e-005&lt;br /&gt;DAMP 0.03&lt;br /&gt;END DEFINE MATERIAL&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN&lt;br /&gt;1 3 TAPERED 0.216 0.004 0.366 0.15 0.008 0.15 0.008&lt;br /&gt;5 6 TAPERED 0.266 0.005 0.266 0.15 0.008 0.15 0.008&lt;br /&gt;2 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN&lt;br /&gt;8 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;4 TAPERED 0.562 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;9 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;10 TAPERED 0.262 0.005 0.645 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;7 TAPERED 0.262 0.004 0.262 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;11 TAPERED 0.262 0.005 0.645 0.15 0.006 0.15 0.006&lt;br /&gt;CONSTANTS&lt;br /&gt;MATERIAL STEEL ALL&lt;br /&gt;SUPPORTS&lt;br /&gt;1 4 6 8 PINNED&lt;br /&gt;2 3 5 FIXED BUT FX FY MX MY MZ KFZ 1&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DL&lt;br /&gt;SELFWEIGHT Y -1 &lt;br /&gt;MEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 TO 4 7 TO 11 UNI GY -1.3&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live TITLE LL&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;2 4 7 TO 11 UNI GY -3.6&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W+X&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 UNI GX 4.2&lt;br /&gt;2 UNI Y 3.5&lt;br /&gt;7 10 UNI Y 2.1&lt;br /&gt;4 8 9 11 UNI Y 1.3&lt;br /&gt;3 UNI GX 0.9&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 4 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W-X&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 UNI GX -0.9&lt;br /&gt;2 UNI Y 1.3&lt;br /&gt;7 10 UNI Y 2.1&lt;br /&gt;4 8 9 11 UNI Y 3.5&lt;br /&gt;3 UNI GX -4.2&lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 5 1.4DL&lt;br /&gt;1 1.4 &lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 6 1.2DL+1.6LL&lt;br /&gt;1 1.2 2 1.6 &lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 7 0.9DL+W+X&lt;br /&gt;1 0.9 3 1.0 &lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 8 DL+W-X&lt;br /&gt;1 0.9 4 1.0 &lt;br /&gt;PERFORM ANALYSIS&lt;br /&gt;PARAMETER 1&lt;br /&gt;CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010&lt;br /&gt;BEAM 0 ALL&lt;br /&gt;CB 1 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11&lt;br /&gt;FLX 1 ALL&lt;br /&gt;FU 413688 ALL&lt;br /&gt;FYLD 345000 ALL&lt;br /&gt;KZ 1.5 MEMB 1 3 5 6&lt;br /&gt;KY 1 MEMB 1 3 5 6&lt;br /&gt;METHOD LRFD&lt;br /&gt;MTY 1 MEMB 1 3 5 6&lt;br /&gt;MTY 2 MEMB 2 4 7 TO 11&lt;br /&gt;LY 2 MEMB 2 4 7 TO 11&lt;br /&gt;TRACK 2 ALL&lt;br /&gt;UNB 1.5 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11&lt;br /&gt;UNT 1.5 MEMB 1 TO 4 7 TO 11&lt;br /&gt;INT 3 ALL&lt;br /&gt;CHECK CODE ALL&lt;br /&gt;PARAMETER 2&lt;br /&gt;CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010&lt;br /&gt;STEEL TAKE OFF ALL&lt;br /&gt;FINISH&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Let me Help You</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/achievements/687f4b6d-e18a-4e55-836c-49926ca2c9d9</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 07:18:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:04d044ab-8948-4a3b-85b8-6da9b1857a5e</guid><dc:creator /><description>Answer a question that is verified as helpful or correct.</description></item><item><title>Tension only spring</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/220654/tension-only-spring</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:39:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2fdad686-020d-455b-99ff-251130137096</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hi all,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;could you help me figure out why I do not see the effect of the tension only spring that I&amp;#39;m using in this simple model?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;STAAD SPACE&lt;br /&gt;START JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;ENGINEER DATE 12-Oct-21&lt;br /&gt;END JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;INPUT WIDTH 79&lt;br /&gt;SET NL 3&lt;br /&gt;UNIT METER KN&lt;br /&gt;JOINT COORDINATES&lt;br /&gt;1 0 0 0; 2 5 0 0; 3 0 0 1; 4 0 0 -1;&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER INCIDENCES&lt;br /&gt;1 1 2; 2 1 3; 3 1 4;&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE MATERIAL START&lt;br /&gt;ISOTROPIC CONCRETE&lt;br /&gt;E 2.17185e+007&lt;br /&gt;POISSON 0.17&lt;br /&gt;DENSITY 23.5616&lt;br /&gt;ALPHA 1e-005&lt;br /&gt;DAMP 0.05&lt;br /&gt;TYPE CONCRETE&lt;br /&gt;STRENGTH FCU 27579&lt;br /&gt;END DEFINE MATERIAL&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN&lt;br /&gt;1 TO 3 PRIS YD 0.3&lt;br /&gt;CONSTANTS&lt;br /&gt;MATERIAL CONCRETE ALL&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SUPPORTS&lt;br /&gt;2 FIXED BUT FX&lt;br /&gt;1 FIXED BUT MX MY MZ KFX 1000 KFY 1000 KFZ 1000&lt;br /&gt;3 4 PINNED&lt;br /&gt;SPRING TENSION&lt;br /&gt;1 KFX&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 1 LOADTYPE None TITLE LOAD CASE 1&lt;br /&gt;JOINT LOAD&lt;br /&gt;2 FX -10&lt;br /&gt;PERFORM ANALYSIS&lt;br /&gt;CHANGE&lt;br /&gt;FINISH&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>live load pattern</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/220334/live-load-pattern</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:23:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:065fb6aa-201c-4146-8f54-6a2a9acd22f2</guid><dc:creator>Khawaldah</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey all,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m trying to generate load combinations that include different liver load patterns but I ended up getting all the live loads at the same load combination. Do I need to do that manually?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>