Running STAAD files sequentially overnight

Due to workstation limitations, I need to run (analyse) two seperate staad model files overnight at work, from my windows machine.

I recall (from way-back-when) that this can be achieved by creating a user executable file (or was it a *.cmd or *.bat file, I can't recall) using just Notepad containing a couple of lines of simple DOS commands and pointing to the filepaths. Can anyone help? Tried googling this but didn't get very far.

Cheers

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  • Thanks for your reply

    I've looked into this and you can also run direct from the command line as follows:

    "filepath where SProStaad.exe is saved in quotation marks" /s staadfilepath.std

    for example, open Notepad and save these lines as a *.bat file (saving in Notepad under "all files" as save type). The /s is a switch to run files sequentially.

    "C:\Program Files\SProV8i\STAAD\SProStaad\SProStaad.exe" /s C:\MyStaadFiles\Model_1.std

    "C:\Program Files\SProV8i\STAAD\SProStaad\SProStaad.exe" /s C:\MyStaadFiles\Model_2.std

    "C:\Program Files\SProV8i\STAAD\SProStaad\SProStaad.exe" /s C:\MyStaadFiles\Model_3.std

    "C:\Program Files\SProV8i\STAAD\SProStaad\SProStaad.exe" /s C:\MyStaadFiles\Model_4.std

    etc etc.........

    Double click your batch file and it will run the staad files sequentially. This is a vanilla way of running multiple files without having to open an application with VB.

    Have a good day

    Answer Verified By: Matt Goswell