Hello members,
This is my first time using STAAD and I am having trouble applying wind loads to my structure. The wind loads aren't being applied to certain supports, trusses, and has massive gaps on the outside shear walls. Thank you.3343.Structure2.STD
The issue here is that, the wind load generator needs closed panels to be able to generate the wind loading. The fact that there is no column at the corner as marked below, is preventing the formation of the closed panel. As a workaround, you may define a dummy member between the support and the corresponding vertical node and assign a material with very low E and zero density to that member. You may have to make similar modifications at other locations in your model as well.
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This fixed the issue. Thank you very much!