Girts in staad

Question

Hi there, 
 I'm modelling a steel frame in STAAD and looking to include c channel girts in the model. The girts (red lines) are to be located on the front face of the column with wall panels (green line) attached as shown below. I plan on using meshed plates for the wall panel and channels from section database as the girts. My question is how do I model both the girts and channel so they are on the face of the column and channel respectively. 
 Thanks.

Abhisek M · Answer

Hello, 
 It can be done using offset option available in STAAD. 
 
 I have creates a sample model attached here. please check. 
 5810.Structure2.STD 
 The offset options are available within specification tab. You need to use beam and plate offset options here.

Modestas · Answer

This is a known issue which occurs when a plate offset using the Local or Global option is applied to the plates. This defect is already reported to the development team (#705991) and it should be addressed soon. Please note that these error messages do not have any impact on the analysis results. If you want to avoid those errors, you can use a Z Offset option in the Plate Offset specification instead of Local or Global options.