Tension Only member with initial axial capacityhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/91411/tension-only-member-with-initial-axial-capacityHello to all, In reality horizontal braces (or vertical brace, beam, etc) that is design for tension only resist &quot;some&quot; axial compression capacity. Is there a way that this axial compression capacity can be input in STAAD? For example, a horizontalen-USTelligent Community 12Re: Tension Only member with initial axial capacityhttps://communities.bentley.com/thread/262164?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:51:50 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f2ad8357-50d8-490a-b4d9-87ff6586b0bcSye<p>Capacity cannot be input. This is calculated by the software and is based on the design parameters input by the user. For the scenario you mentioned, it would be more appropriate to specify these as TRUSS members which can take tension as well as compression. In that case the member will be checked by STAAD.Pro for both TENSION and COMPRESSION. If the member passes the code check, you automatically know that the actual force in the member is less than the capacities in compression/tension. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>