I'm using STAAD.Pro Script Editor and OpenSTAAD API Reference to generate a structural model.
Unfortunately, the OpenSTAAD function (OSPropertyUI::CreateHSSRoundPropertyFromTable) to create HSS Round shapes from table is not available.
Question: Is Bentley Software / Technical Group is aware or been notified about this missing function? Any help will be much appreciated.
Surojit Ghosh
If you want to create HSS round shape property, please use function CreatePipePropertyFromTable function
The syntax for rectangular hollow section. square hollow section, HSS round section:
Set objOpenSTAAD = GetObject(, "StaadPro.OpenSTAAD")Dim prop(3) As LongDim memb(3) As LongFor i = 0 To 3 prop(i) = i memb(i) = i + 1Next i
''For Rectangular Hollow Section'''prop(0) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(1, "HSST6X3X0.375", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(1) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(1, "HSSP20x0.5", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(2) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(4, "HSST305X305X16", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(3) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(7, "50X30X2.6RHS", 0, 0, 0, 0)
''For Square Hollow Section'''prop(0) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(7, "40x2.6SHS", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(1) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(7, "40x3.2SHS", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(2) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(7, "40x4SHS", 0, 0, 0, 0)'prop(3) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateTubePropertyFromTable(7, "40x5SHS", 0, 0, 0, 0)
''For HSS round section''prop(0) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreatePipePropertyFromTable(1, "HSSP16X0.25", 0, 0, 0)prop(1) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreatePipePropertyFromTable(4, "HSSP324X6.4", 0, 0, 0)prop(2) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreatePipePropertyFromTable(7, "42.4X2.6CHS", 0, 0, 0)prop(3) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreatePipePropertyFromTable(11, "CHS114.3X4.5", 0, 0, 0)
For i = 0 To 3 objOpenSTAAD.Property.AssignBeamProperty memb(i), prop(i)Next i
objOpenSTAAD.Property.AssignMaterialToMember "STEEL", membEnd Sub
Answer Verified By: Denisson Cruz
Thank you, Shreyanka Bhattacharjee.
Surprisingly, ''For HSS round section'' it also works with prop(0) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateBeamPropertyFromTable(1, "HSSP16X0.25", 0, 0, 0). But prop(0) = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreatePipePropertyFromTable(1, "HSSP16X0.25", 0, 0, 0) is better.