https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/221169/getting-errors-in-tapered-designHi everyone, It is very weird that I am getting different utilization factors every time I run the analysis (The software picks different forces values at the tapered element) and for some reason, all sections have the same utilization value. Coulden-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/678900?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:10:44 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:bb9d78b2-3e2c-4947-b64c-fadc501919e3Abhisek M<p>V8i is very old version and we do not recommend using the same. I would recommend to upgrade to the latest version and check the issue.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/678566?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:59:42 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4b714336-00c7-41af-9736-a65089235aa1Khawaldah<p><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1635141635600v1.png" alt=" " /></p> <p>I&#39;m getting different values every time I run the analysis.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/678565?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:58:23 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:7025a66e-dd3d-4aad-b475-6350663908c3Khawaldah<p>I&#39;m using STAAD Pro v8i (series 6)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/678559?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:47:14 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:77c20641-66fb-4659-a04c-27b47dd237a2Abhisek M<p>Hello,</p> <p>Which version of STAAD.Pro you are using?</p> <p>I have run the file twice in latest version 22.07.00.160 and got same result as shown below.</p> <p><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/pastedimage1635140906081v1.png" alt=" " /></p> <p>If you are using any older version, please upgrade to the latest version and check.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>