https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/94606/can-the-tapered-section-steel-member-be-designed-by-aisc-2010-lrfdI&#39;m designing a steel shelter by portal frame with the span of 27 meter. Because the column is tapered section, I defined the member by &quot;Tapered I&quot;. If I use &quot;CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005&quot; for code checking, the design work by staadpro is ok. But If I useen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/537854?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:58:02 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:67cb261b-88c7-488d-93d1-c521afe84df4Son Nguyen<p>AISC 360-16 referred to AISC design guide 25 for web tapered members. So does it means that Staad.Pro is designing the tapered members in accordance with AISC design guide 25? Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/537842?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:05:45 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f8561319-de47-476d-83c9-eabc883f62deModestas<p>AISC 360-16 design code can design tapered sections in the most recent STAAD.Pro CONNEC Edition version 22.01.00.39.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/537823?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:41:30 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:cf217668-54e7-4b9a-bdff-7181ccceec20Son Nguyen<p>Could you update me the status of tapered section element design in Staad.Pro now? which one is it referred to?&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274776?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 08:52:10 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c53c3519-da0a-4108-9f51-568f7dda180fBiswatosh<p>It is very likely to be available in the upcoming release.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274763?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:19:01 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:909beb9e-5077-4889-ab65-eecbec88bdc6Modestas<p>Yes, that is correct. An enhancement request is posted of the developers to implement Tapered I section design as per AISC 360-10, however, I am not sure when this might happen.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274761?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:12:58 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b656928d-8458-4f82-910e-bb3dd4353ea9rockjz<p>OH,it&#39;s very old one.</p> <p>So may I make a conlusion that if I want to use a tapered section member, the latest version of checking code is AISC360-05? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274759?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:02:38 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:34c67e02-c62a-4d75-98ed-3843b8fce627Modestas<p>Yes, it was published in 1989.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274757?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:43:17 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e070a021-a775-4d60-9aaf-e8328db0cb85rockjz<p>Is it the version published in 1989?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274754?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:03:12 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:99966f1e-4da3-485f-8423-9b7104874d6aModestas<p>AISC ASD 9th edition is used in the Steel Designer.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274753?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05:56:59 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:8419b1f6-1808-4dc9-9b79-7419bc977319rockjz<p>But it can be designed in &quot;steel design mode&quot; by AISC ASD selected in &nbsp;&quot;design brief&quot;, &nbsp;what is the version of this AISC ASD, AISC360-05 or AISC360-10?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/274745?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 13 Feb 2014 04:18:37 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:07dd276a-cd41-4c4f-a48a-0a33d5d769eeModestas<p>The design of tapered sections is not implemented for AISC 360-10 design code in STAAD.Pro yet.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>