Optimize composite steel beams in STAAD.Pro

Question

Will 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've never tried to optimize composite steel beams in STAAD.pro before so I am unsure.

Thanks for any insight you can offer, it is greatly appreciated!!!

Sye · Answer

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 ).