In the latest STAAD connect edition, why does the concrete design tab not show up in the properties of any selected beam although I have assigned concrete design command? It's easier to see the number and sizes of bars required rather than reading the required area of steel from the output viewer.
Another question, is there a way to change the units in the output viewer from US to metric units? My file is already created in KN/m but the concrete design results in the output viewer are in kips/inches.
I think you are using the ACI design code. When CODE ACI is used in the version 21.00.02.30, the software designs as per the ACI 318 2014 version of the code which currently has some limitations like the Concrete Design tab not being available within the Member Query dialog box and output being only reported in English units. You may actually change the code command to
CODE ACI 2011
and it should not have any of these issues. We are working on these options for the ACI 318 2014 code
Which design code are you using?