Staad Pro version: v8i SS6 20.07.11.90
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4310M CPU @ 2.70GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Model summary: physical member # 21
Time taken (for code check ONLY): 55 minutes
LOG file and input file are attached.
Please advise how to improve the performance.
**************************************************************************** * START OF ANALYSIS * **************************************************************************** * Initiating Analysis At Wed Jul 26 09:12:41 2017 PROGRAM: STAAD.Pro VERSION: 20.07.11.90 9:12:42:38 ENTERING STAAD 9:12:42:41 entering mainn 9:12:42:42 START JOB INFORMATION 9:12:42:42 INPUT WIDTH 79 9:12:42:42 UNIT METER KN 9:12:42:58 JOINT COORDINATES 9:12:42:59 ENTERING JOINTC 9:12:42:59 JOINTC NEWJ 200000 9:12:42:65 MAX NODE NO. 1322 9:12:42:66 MEMBER INCIDENCES 9:12:42:67 ELEMENT INCIDENCES SH 9:12:42:67 ENTERING ELEMEN 9:12:42:88 DEFINE PMEMBER 9:12:42:91 START GROUP DEFINITIO 9:12:42:92 consecutive groups merged 9:12:42:93 ELEMENT PROPERTY 9:12:42:93 ENTERING ELEMEN 9:12:42:95 DEFINE MATERIAL START 9:12:42:96 MEMBER PROPERTY AUSTR 9:12:43: 0 ++ Finished Reading Member Properties ... 9:12:43: 0 MEMBER PROPERTY AUSTR 9:12:43: 2 ++ Finished Reading Member Properties ... 9:12:43: 3 MEMBER PROPERTY COLDF 9:12:43: 4 ++ Finished Reading Member Properties ... 9:12:43: 5 MEMBER PROPERTY COLDF 9:12:43: 6 ++ Finished Reading Member Properties ... 9:12:43: 7 MEMBER PROPERTY AUSTR 9:12:43: 8 ++ Finished Reading Member Properties ... 9:12:43: 9 CONSTANTS 9:12:43:11 SUPPORTS 9:12:43:11 ENTERING SUPPORT 9:12:43:12 SLAVE RIGID MASTER 10 9:12:43:12 DUPLICATE ELEMENT CHECK 9:12:43:13 CHECKING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY 9:12:43:13 CHECK UNCONNECTED JOINTS AND 9:12:43:14 CALCULATE MAX JOINT CONNECTIVITY 9:12:43:15 MAX CONNECTIVITY 9 9:12:43:15 MINIMIZING MATRIX BANDWIDTH 9:12:43:16 ENTERING RENMBR2 9:12:43:16 MINMAX= 1289 9:12:43:94 ENTERING SUPPORT 9:12:43:97 NRJOLD 0 9:12:43:97 SUPPORT NOLD 0 9:12:43:98 SUPPORT N 7872 9:12:44: 0 DEFINE WIND LOAD 9:12:44: 1 LOAD 1 LOADTYPE DEAD 9:12:44: 1 BEFORE LOADPR 9:12:44: 2 REOPEN AS DIR 0 9:12:44: 3 ENTER LOADPR 9:12:44: 5 PERFORM ANALYSIS 9:12:44: 5 pdel iter 0 9:12:44: 6 MAXIMUM E = 2.973274E+08 9:12:44: 6 MINIMUM E = 3.150002E+03 9:12:44: 6 slavep last call 9:12:44: 7 ICT 7437 9:12:44: 7 MBW DOF BAND= 3766 9:12:44: 8 NUMBER OF PRIMARY CASES 54 9:12:44: 8 NUMBER OF CASES 79 9:12:44: 9 #OF CASES W/ELEM INMEMORY 79 9:12:44: 9 MEMORY FOR MEMBER LOADS 456936 9:12:44:10 MEMORY FOR PLATE LOADS 723008 9:12:44:11 MEMORY FOR DISPLACEMENTS 623310 9:12:44:12 BEFORE SOLVER 1 9:12:44:13 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:19 case no= 1 seq. no= 1 idynl= 0 9:12:44:20 MASSSET 0 9:12:44:20 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:21 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:21 case no= 2 seq. no= 2 idynl= 0 9:12:44:22 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:22 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:23 case no= 3 seq. no= 3 idynl= 0 9:12:44:24 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:24 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:25 case no= 4 seq. no= 4 idynl= 0 9:12:44:25 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:26 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:26 case no= 5 seq. no= 5 idynl= 0 9:12:44:27 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:28 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:28 case no= 6 seq. no= 6 idynl= 0 9:12:44:29 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:30 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:30 case no= 7 seq. no= 7 idynl= 0 9:12:44:31 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:32 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:32 case no= 8 seq. no= 8 idynl= 0 9:12:44:33 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:33 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:34 case no= 9 seq. no= 9 idynl= 0 9:12:44:34 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:34 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:35 case no= 10 seq. no= 10 idynl= 0 9:12:44:36 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:36 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:37 case no= 11 seq. no= 11 idynl= 0 9:12:44:37 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:38 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:38 case no= 12 seq. no= 12 idynl= 0 9:12:44:39 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:40 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:40 case no= 13 seq. no= 13 idynl= 0 9:12:44:41 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:41 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:42 case no= 14 seq. no= 14 idynl= 0 9:12:44:42 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:43 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:43 case no= 15 seq. no= 15 idynl= 0 9:12:44:44 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:44 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:45 case no= 16 seq. no= 16 idynl= 0 9:12:44:45 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:46 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:46 case no= 17 seq. no= 17 idynl= 0 9:12:44:47 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:47 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:48 case no= 18 seq. no= 18 idynl= 0 9:12:44:48 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:49 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:49 case no= 19 seq. no= 19 idynl= 0 9:12:44:50 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:50 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:51 case no= 20 seq. no= 20 idynl= 0 9:12:44:52 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:52 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:53 case no= 21 seq. no= 21 idynl= 0 9:12:44:53 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:54 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:54 case no= 22 seq. no= 22 idynl= 0 9:12:44:55 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:55 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:56 case no= 23 seq. no= 23 idynl= 0 9:12:44:56 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:57 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:57 case no= 24 seq. no= 24 idynl= 0 9:12:44:57 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:58 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:59 case no= 25 seq. no= 25 idynl= 0 9:12:44:59 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:59 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:60 case no= 26 seq. no= 26 idynl= 0 9:12:44:60 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:61 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:62 case no= 27 seq. no= 27 idynl= 0 9:12:44:62 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:63 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:63 case no= 28 seq. no= 28 idynl= 0 9:12:44:64 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:64 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:65 case no= 29 seq. no= 29 idynl= 0 9:12:44:65 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:66 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:66 case no= 30 seq. no= 30 idynl= 0 9:12:44:67 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:67 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:68 case no= 31 seq. no= 31 idynl= 0 9:12:44:68 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:69 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:69 case no= 32 seq. no= 32 idynl= 0 9:12:44:70 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:70 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:72 case no= 33 seq. no= 33 idynl= 0 9:12:44:73 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:73 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:76 case no= 34 seq. no= 34 idynl= 0 9:12:44:76 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:77 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:77 case no= 35 seq. no= 35 idynl= 0 9:12:44:78 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:78 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:79 case no= 36 seq. no= 36 idynl= 0 9:12:44:79 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:80 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:81 case no= 37 seq. no= 37 idynl= 0 9:12:44:81 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:81 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:82 case no= 38 seq. no= 38 idynl= 0 9:12:44:82 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:83 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:84 case no= 39 seq. no= 39 idynl= 0 9:12:44:84 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:85 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:85 case no= 40 seq. no= 40 idynl= 0 9:12:44:86 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:86 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:44:93 case no= 41 seq. no= 41 idynl= 0 9:12:44:93 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:44:94 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45: 0 case no= 42 seq. no= 42 idynl= 0 9:12:45: 1 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45: 1 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45: 6 case no= 43 seq. no= 43 idynl= 0 9:12:45: 7 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45: 8 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:13 case no= 44 seq. no= 44 idynl= 0 9:12:45:13 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:13 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:14 case no= 45 seq. no= 45 idynl= 0 9:12:45:14 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:15 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:16 case no= 46 seq. no= 46 idynl= 0 9:12:45:16 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:17 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:17 case no= 47 seq. no= 47 idynl= 0 9:12:45:18 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:18 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:19 case no= 48 seq. no= 48 idynl= 0 9:12:45:20 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:20 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:20 case no= 49 seq. no= 49 idynl= 0 9:12:45:21 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:22 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:22 case no= 50 seq. no= 50 idynl= 0 9:12:45:23 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:24 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:24 case no= 51 seq. no= 51 idynl= 0 9:12:45:24 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:25 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:26 case no= 52 seq. no= 52 idynl= 0 9:12:45:26 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:27 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:27 case no= 53 seq. no= 53 idynl= 0 9:12:45:28 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:29 Start Input for Next Load Case 9:12:45:29 case no= 54 seq. no= 54 idynl= 0 9:12:45:30 LOADEND ISLAVE 0 9:12:45:31 NVPREV 0 9:12:45:31 AMAXNON 3.561024E+00 9:12:45:31 IRECSIZL= 4000 9:12:45:32 MTX BLOCKSIZE= 116746 9:12:45:33 MI= 3796 9:12:45:33 NORECL= 30 9:12:45:34 NORECL1= 1 9:12:45:34 IWORD= 32000 9:12:45:35 JRECSIZE= 4000 9:12:45:35 IWORDJ= 32000 9:12:45:36 IBYTE= 4 9:12:45:36 JOINTS= 1315 9:12:45:36 MEMBERS= 482 9:12:45:37 PLATES = 1144 9:12:45:37 SOLIDS = 0 9:12:45:38 NO. OF EQUATIONS= 7437 9:12:45:38 idyn= 0 9:12:45:39 ipd= 0 9:12:45:40 icablanl= 0 9:12:45:41 ++ Processing Element Stiffness Matrix. 9:12:45:59 BANDWIDTH FROM ELEMENTS 3762 9:12:45:59 NV1 54 9:12:45:60 ++ Processing Global Stiffness Matrix. 9:12:45:61 MBAND 3766 9:12:45:61 NBLOCK 240 9:12:45:62 NEQB 31 9:12:45:63 NBLK 4 9:12:45:65 Form Mtx Block 24 9:12:45:67 Form Mtx Block 48 9:12:45:69 Form Mtx Block 72 9:12:45:71 Form Mtx Block 96 9:12:45:73 Form Mtx Block 120 9:12:45:76 Form Mtx Block 144 9:12:45:78 Form Mtx Block 168 9:12:45:79 Form Mtx Block 192 9:12:45:81 Form Mtx Block 216 9:12:45:83 Form Mtx Block 240 9:12:45:84 ++ Finished Processing Global Stiffness Matrix. 9:12:45:85 ++ Processing Triangular Factorization-2. 9:12:45:86 NBLK 7 9:12:46:57 Processing Matrix Block 71 of 240 9:12:47:41 Processing Matrix Block 148 of 240 9:12:48: 5 Processing Matrix Block 225 of 240 9:12:48:11 NBLOCK= 240 9:12:48:12 ++ Finished Triangular Factorization. 9:12:48:14 ++ Calculating Joint Displacement. 9:12:48:38 forward substitute 9:12:48:76 back substitute 9:12:49:41 end redld 9:12:49:42 ++ Finished Joint Displacement Calculation. 9:12:49:43 ++ Calculating Element Forces & Reactions. 9:12:59:28 COMBINATION CASES= 281 9:12:59:33 MAX CM MEMORY (KILOWORDS) 1954 9:12:59:34 AFTER SOLVER 1 9:12:59:34 REOPEN AS SEQ 0 9:12:59:35 DEFINE ENVELOPE 9:12:59:44 LOAD LIST 101 TO 112 9:12:59:45 PARAMETER 1 9:12:59:46 CHECK CODE PMEMB 1 TO 9:12:59:46 ENTERING SECTNM110 IQ= 482 9:12:59:47 NSEC= 11 9:12:59:48 ISECTN= 0 9:12:59:62 sectnm110 do 925 9:12:59:77 sectnm110 do 932 9:13: 9:98 Steel/Alum/Timber Design 13 10: 8:15:25 ++ Finished Design ... 55 m: 10: 8:15:31 Steel/Timber Design exit 10: 8:15:31 FINISH 10: 8:15:35 All Commands FINISHed 10: 8:15:41 Compute Plate Stresses for GUI 10:10:16:60 DATASAVE for SPRO GUI 10:10:16:61 ++ Creating Displacement File (DSP)... 10:10:17:41 ++ Creating Reaction File (REA)... 10:10:17:42 ++ Creating Section Force File (BEN)... 10:10:17:43 ENTERING SECTNM110 IQ= 482 10:10:17:43 NSEC= 11 10:10:17:43 ISECTN= 0 10:10:17:64 sectnm110 do 925 10:10:17:87 sectnm110 do 932 10:10:27:16 ++ Creating Section Force File (BMD)... 10:10:28:37 ++ Creating Section Displace File (SEC)... 10:10:28:38 ENTERING ENVLP1 ITYP1= -5 10:10:28:38 SECT DISPLACE 10:10:28:39 envelp do 606 10:10:29:86 ++ Creating Section Displace File (SCN)... 10:10:34:83 ++ Creating Element Stress File (EST)... 10:10:36:12 ++ Creating Element JT Stress File (EJT)... 10:10:38:80 ++ Creating Element JT Force File (ECF)... 10:10:41:92 ++ Creating Design information File (DGN)... 10:10:41:94 ALLOCATED CM MEMORY (KILOWORDS) 80000 10:10:41:95 MAX CM MEMORY (KILOWORDS) 2427 10:10:41:96 DBS LONG SEC NAME * End Of Analysis At Wed Jul 26 10:10:42 2017 * CPU usage = 3480.118000 * STAAD Exit Code: 100, Warning Count: 1, Error Count: 0, Duration: 3480.12 1 1 0 3480.12 **************************************************************************** * END OF ANALYSIS * ****************************************************************************
It took 37 minutes to finish the analysis and design on my machine and this seems too long. Let me check with the development team if that is expected and get back to you.
This issue was acknowledged as a defect by the development team and was logged on the internal defect tracking system with a number 732066. It should be fixed in the upcoming STAAD.Pro versions.
Answer Verified By: Ouer (Oliver) HU