Steel AutoDrafter

Question

2350.Portal Frame.STD 
 Dear All Respected 
 When i move from model to Steel AutoDrafter then showing "Error Reading Staad File" Another issue few member property are not shown Would you pls advice how can i overcome on above issue 
 Thanks in advance

Abhijeet Gundaye · Answer

Hi 
 Steel AD doesn't support tapered sections. When the tapered section is used as column, generally one face is constant and other face become tapered. Similarly for Beams, the top flange is straight and bottom flange become tapered. these are some limitation in reading tapered section thus not supported by Steel AD. in next release of STAAD (Update-5), Steel AD will read the tapered section with average dimensions of web and flange. in future, we will try to add the actual tapered section with some assumptions/inputs from users.