• STAAD-ADD INN

    hi could anyone know how to add add-inn to staad pro?? Is it possible to have customized add-inn for staad pro??? Regards Mallesh
  • RE: VBA macro for column reinf

    HI, I HAVE DEVELOPED AN EXCEL SHEET FOR EXTRACTING COLUMN REINFORCEMENT DETAILS FROM STAAD .ANL FILE HOPE IT WILL BE USEFUL STAAD COLUMN SUMMARY EXTRACTOR.zip Regards MALLESH +91-9148765688
  • VBA TO vb.NET

    Hi i am facing problem while extracting utility ratio from staad to excel, it was working well with VBA but in VB.net its giving error please check the below code and suggest me suitable solution.Thank you Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object…
  • OpenSTAAD | GetBeamList command is not working

    Greetings STAAD fans, I am developing a VBA to the get the list of beams and after a couple of tries I have notice that the OpenSTAAD | GetBeamList command is not working. Any suggestions? See the following VBA Macro Sub GetBeamList() On Error…
  • OpenSTAAD | Property.CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec

    Greetings STAAD Users, I am creating a Visual Basic Macro using the Properties Command CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec. After a couple of tries, I have being getting trouble with this command. See the following VBA. A portion of the macro is the…
  • Group.select does not work also how to get list of groups.

    : This is a question on VBA STAAD, my command is strGroupName = "A" objOpenSTAAD.View.SelectGroup (strGroupName) I tried above with brackets and without also, but it does not work, i also tried "G1:_A" for group name, it doesnt. Can any one help…
  • "Can’t not create activeX component"

    Hi everyone, I have a problem as below: I used Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 to make Macro and I used the following to get the end-force: objOpenSTAAD2 = CreateObject("OpenSTAAD.Output.1") When programming I put the reference to file: “Interop.OPENSTAADLib…
  • VBA Load Input File

    Hi all, I currently have a VBA script in Excel which produces an input file as a .txt which I manually copy into the editor. Is there a VBA command to load up an input file within Staad? The end of my Excel macro currently opens Staad Pro and creates…
  • OpenSTAAD GetSteelDesignResults

    Does the Method/Function Output.GetSteelDesignResults still work? I'm trying to create a VBA spreadsheet using it. i'm using SS4. Regards!
  • VBA GetSupportReactions

    I use VBA to get support reactions. But results are always Zero. Please help me to find out what is the error. Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim w1 As Object Set w1 = Worksheets("Trial") w1.Activate w1.Range("D9:I2000").Select Selection.ClearContents…
  • Cannot open STAAD from Excel VBA Openstaad- Create Object - Regd

    Dear All, I have done some coding using Excel OPENSTAAD. I used Set objOpenSTAAD = CreateObject("StaadPro.OpenSTAAD"). Usually when i execute the command, STAAD opens up by itself runs the analysis. But all of sudden im getting run time 429 error…
  • OpenSTAAD Objects for VBA (Do Not Seem To Work)?

    Hi there, I'm just learning how to use the OpenSTAAD and I just encountered something that seems not working. I tried adding the OpenSTAAD Library to Object Browser and it displays Output. It seems to me that some of the objects therein are not working…
  • Excel VBA to Generate Joint Coordinates and Member Incidences for STAAD Text Editor using Building Dimensions As User Input

    Hi, Is there anyone who knows how to develop an Excel Spreadsheet that asks for building dimensions (geometry); and translate these dimensions into joint coordinates, and possibly member incidences to copy them over to STAAD Editor. The number of joints…
  • VBA (OpenStaad ) can't get correct member end forces unless the Staad is open

    Hi. The new Staad update is giving me a headache. Our Staad has been updated to the latest version. Because of this, my syntax in my program have to be updated too. The code still can get exact member end forces IF THE STAAD FILE IS OPEN. If the…
  • OpenRE Editing

    Repost from an earlier time: Although OpenRE seems to be a helpful tool, I was curious if there was a way to programically access it (or Elements itself) from an external source (say VBA). If so, this would allow you to export/edit/import the XML…
  • RSS Factored Beam Reactions

    We are using Ram Structural Systems. Often time the beam reactions can be small relative to the size of the beam. A W18x55 may have a reaction of only 20 kips. Our policy is to up the beam reaction to 35 kips. Which is more inline with what someone would…
  • Obtaining Column Point Loads from RSS

    I am trying to obtain the loads coming into a column using the "GetColumPoinLoad()" inthe RamDataAccessLib. However the results I get do not correct. One of the problems is the lPtLoadNo (Point load index number from 0 to lNumPointLoads-1). I do not see…
  • Staad.Pro - Assign Macro to a Button

    Does anyone know if it is possible to create a new button on the toolbar that you can then assign a user-defined macro to? I know there is the generic "run macro" button that Staad comes with (the one with the little four green boxes), but with that…
  • Automation of Report Setup

    Hi, We select some items like images, some input tables and some output tables for report. This list is always same for every report. Can we make any macro or dialog box which will be having all items together so that every time we do not need to select…
  • Re: Extracting Results from STAAD Pro. Using VBA

    I am attaching both my staad file & Macro. After extracting through this macro i found that if I choose an intermediate section which does not fall in 12 ranges in which staad splits the member, there is an error i n the result. i.e the extracted…
  • HELP needed OpenstaadUI library

    Please advice or provide some documents related to OpenStaadUI library as I am trying to use its functions viz Function GetMemberDesignParameters(nBriefRef As Long, nMemberNo As Long, pDesignParams As OSMemberSteelDgnParams) As Long I want to get…
  • Adding combined load cases

    I'm creating combined load cases through excel VBA, using the OpenStaad facility. I use the function: Load.CreateNewLoadCombination LoadCombTitle , LoadCombNo to create the combination load, then: Load.AddLoadAndFactorToCombination LoadCombNo…
  • OpenSTAAD in visual basic

    Hi there, I am currently working on a post processing macro using OpenSTAAD and am having a problem when trying to create the OpenSTAAD object (this line in the code): Set objOpenSTAAD = CreateObject("OpenSTAAD.Output.1") I recieve…
  • RAM Structural System - I need help writing a Data Access Script

    I am using RAM Structural for a building that has dozens of different Surface loads, Line loads, and Point Loads. I have all of the various loadings tabulated in an Exel file. It is my understanding that with Data Access, there should be a way for me…
  • OPEN STAAD - POST ANALYSIS PRINTS

    When using VBA to extract results from Open STAAD, do I need to have any print commands in the STAAD file. For example I am extracting End Member forces, so do I need the "PRINT MEMBER FORCES" command in my STAAD file. Asking as the VBA code i have written…