https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/115884/optimize-composite-steel-beams-in-staad-proWill STAAD.Pro optimize composite steel beams? I was initially designing my floor as non-composite and using STAAD.Pro to optimize the steel member sizes. Now, I need to check what the steel member sizes would be if I had a composite deck. I&#39;ve neveren-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/355804?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:06:20 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1ad30d32-81bd-4219-8f0d-7b92a6181e20Sye<p>STAAD.Pro will be able to optimize composite beams only for the AISC ASD 9th edition code ( command CODE AISC ). For LRFD 3rd edition code ( command CODE LRFD ), it would be able to check the composite section but not optimize it. Design of composite sections are not available yet for the AISC 360-05 or AISC 360-10 codes ( command CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005 or CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010 ). &nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>