Floor ONEWAY Loads error

Hi, i have a problem when ytrying to use floor oneway loads,

I specify the range in x,y,z and i use the "towards" option, because i don´t want the program to use always the short direction:

ONEWAY LOAD
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -14.51 -10.49 ZRANGE -15.51 -2.49 GY
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -10.51 -8.99 ZRANGE -11.01 -3.39 GY -
TOWARDS 103
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -10.51 0.01 ZRANGE -15.51 -10.99 GY -
TOWARDS 115
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -1.51 0.01 ZRANGE -11.01 -3.39 GY
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -10.51 0.01 ZRANGE -3.41 -2.49 GY
YRANGE 2.16 2.18 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -0.01 18.01 ZRANGE -4.21 -2.79 GY
YRANGE 5.81 5.82 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -14.51 -10.49 ZRANGE -15.51 -4.39 GY
YRANGE 5.81 5.82 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -10.51 0.01 ZRANGE -15.51 -10.99 GY -
TOWARDS 196
YRANGE 5.81 5.82 ONE -0.25 XRANGE -0.01 6.01 ZRANGE -12.41 3.09 GY TOWARDS -
225
YRANGE 5.81 5.82 ONE -0.25 XRANGE 5.99 18.01 ZRANGE -8.61 3.09 GY TOWARDS 241

After entering the load, i checked the loads applied and they seem to be OK. But then i get some warnings:

*=> Warning, Beam # 0 is not found in structure, removed from list.
*=> Warning, Check ONEWAY LOAD syntax

After this, the loads diagrams show that the "towards" is not working. The loads now are distributed in the short direction.

Any aideas??

Thanks!

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  • latest STAAD.Pro CE

    my observation in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition - Version 22.12.00.142 (not sure if this is rectified in STAAD.Pro 2023 - Version 23.00.01.25)

    - i've defined floor loads under Reference Loads

    - these floor loads, i've applied to the structure using the 'group' option and as the loading is for grating, 'One Way wrt a member 10683'  (for instance) is assigned for direction

    - but, when the structure / beam is renumbered completely (starting with 20001), it shows error that member 10683 is not found in the model

    - and since the loads are not applied, it needs manual intervention to feed the member number again