https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/145422/cannot-able-to-model-plates-on-analytical-modeler-in-staad-connect-editionHi, I try to model thru Analytical and I cant able to model plates because the plate icon is inactive and whenever I try to model thru parametric i get unknown error. Ianen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/441880?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 10 Jan 2018 01:17:13 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:fb3f5ca6-3979-466e-bba4-f9d1de0b860aSye<p>You should use Generate Mesh &gt; Surface Mesh. Although the name says Surface Mesh, this actually generates a mesh of plates and this has not changed in the software. The Plate Mesh option is only active when one has plates already defined and needs to&nbsp;re-mesh ( /refine ) &nbsp;those. Once a plate is selected, the option would be active.</p> <p>The parametric models is not working in the Connect Edition Update 1 ( 21.00.01.12) . You can find details on this in the wiki below</p> <p><a href="/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/37291/the-parametric-models-fails-to-generate-mesh">https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/37291/the-parametric-models-fails-to-generate-mesh</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>