Does anybody designed Gantry crane using STAAD.Pro? Can anybody explain how can i assign whole surface of the rail on the ground as fixed? do i need to divide the rail in to small parts and assigned those nodes as fixed? or do i need to design Gantry…

Dear sir, Kindly advise how we can attach two beams with a single beam as shown in the attached drawings section 5a in staad pro.. the primary beam size is UB1016*305 AND SECONDARY TWO BEAMS ARE UC 203*203*46KG. staad file is also attached . Kindly…

Sorry i'm beginner. Node, as shown below, I need to create a node. How do I create a node? Please some teach to me.

Hi i'am beginner for staad pro. I would like to implement a section of the pin joints. Please teach to me.

Please refer to the attachment, the design results performed by hand calculation not matching to the steel design as per AISC 360-10. Pls refer to the attachment and clarify.

To design the industrial structure we are ending up with 5604 * 2 = 11208 No. of load cases (direct analysis), please advice the below, * Maximum no. of load cases allowed in the Staad.Pro V8i (Select series 4) 20.07.09.31 (FYI, we had run the model…

When we do steel design using AISC 360-05 the run time was 262secs, when the same file run using AISC 360-10 for steel design it takes 3832secs. Can you please clarify and advice to over come the long run time using AISC 360-10.

Are the weight definition in the Seismic is directional sensitive (i.e. -ive to add before the weight values for gravity (downward direction))?

Hi, Presently i am using Staad Pro V8i (Select series 4) 20.07.09.31, and input given as below for example, DEFINE DIRECT ANALYSIS FLEX 1 ALL FYLD 345000 ALL AXIAL ALL NOTIONAL LOAD FACTOR 0.002 END LOAD 201 1.2 DL+ 1.6 LL REPEAT…

The units for the steel design results are printed / displayed in the properties window in the KIP Feet instead of current units. This case occurs only while designing using AISC 360-10 (when using AISC 360-05, the results are displayed/printed in the…