• OpenSTAAD Utilization Ratio and Printing

    I'd like to be able to use OpenSTAAD to display the utilization ratio and print the current view to a pdf. I've read through the OpenSTAAD Documentation and didn't find anything related to these two functions. If this is something that can be done using…
  • Open STAAD C++ function GetNodeCoordinates

    Node 2 is a real node in the STAAD.Pro model located at (1, 0, 0), and the GetNodeNumber method is correctly returning the node number that corresponds to the point coordinates (1,0,0). When I use GetNodeCoordinates(2, &x, &y, &z) , I expect to get the…
  • Optimization using OpenSTAAD

    I am recently using openSTAAD for automating my steel design works. I am aware that applying loads and load combinations are possible using openSTAAD. OpenSTAAD documentation does not elaborately shows how to apply design parameters for steel design…
  • OpenSTAAD Documentation

    OpenSTAAD has many functions available that are not included the OpenSTAAD V8i Help file. Is there documentation for these functions anywhere? More specifically, I'm looking for information about the "GetMinMaxShearForce" function. One of the parameters…