Hi... How can i design lift shear wall in Staad Pro Advanced version? Unlike v81, surface option is not available in advanced version. I am not familiar with physical modelling in advanced version. Would it be accurate to design walls as plate?
Yes surface elements have been taken out from the CONNECT Edition as it had lot of limitations. A new surface/wall element is under development and it would allow you to model shear walls in the CONNECT Edition and get those designed using RCDC. For now you may use plates to model the walls. The following wiki has some additional information on this topic
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/23103/modeling-shear-walls-using-plates
Answer Verified By: Jaspreet Singh
New surface/wall element when will be introduced?
There has been some change in plans since my last post, with regards to having a new element type. No new element is required. You just need to use Parametric Models to generate the plate element mesh for the shear wall and then you would be able to design these walls in using Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC)
using parametric model shows error fail to generate mesh. Hence not able to design these in RCDC.
Hibelow links will help you creating parametric surface and design wall in RCDC.1. Adding parametric surface (wall) in STAAD
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/274483
2. Column & wall Design_General flow_RCDC
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/274391
3. Force Comparison of Parametric Surface force import from STAAD in RCDC for Shear wall Design
https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/274206