I'm having no problems with the modelling & analysis; but I need to accurately document the Input/Output for some future engineer to read after I'm dead. I have a large truss frame that is modelled in millimeters due to a convenience of data acquisition. So in the geometry table for the modelling for example, node #227 has coordinates 35680.5288, 35983.5305, 0.0000. (Yes, I know that's an unnecessary accuracy, but this data was imported, not manually entered.)
My problem is that in the "Nodes" table in the post-processing Report, that node is given as 227, 35.7E+3, 36E+3, 0.00. This is accurate, but useless. How can I change the format and column widths in these post-processing reports to display miore significant digits?
TIA
Add the following lines in the STAAD Input file using the editor
UNIT MMS
PRINT JOINT COORDINATES
After you run the analysis, view the output file. The data will be presented in a pretty convenient format to several decimal places. You can copy and paste the data into a text file or perhaps an Excel sheet. Or, create the text file first and import its contents into the Excel sheet.
@SKLose - Thanks. I'm aware of the options for exporting/copying/pasting the data outside of the Reoprts utility. I've been doing that for several interim report tasks, but I was hoping that the report format itself could be modified to allow a comprehensive and consistent presentation for future review/reconstruction.