Hi, I really need help. I am trying to design an open warehouse made of steel truss roof and column. I keep on getting joint instability on one of my support. I don't know if what I did was right in my modelling process. Should I separate the design…

I'm modeling a 3 stringer short span timber bridge in staad. The model consists of the three beams and deck planks (which are modeled as Plates). All geometry, material properties, supporting, and loading have been assigned. There is only one error in…

I'm modeling a 3 stringer short span timber bridge in staad. The model consists of the three beams and deck planks (which are modeled as Plates). All geometry, material properties, supporting, and loading have been assigned. There is only one error in…

Is there a way in STAAD to merge specifications, similar to what Merge Properties on the Tools menu does? For example if I have a big model and I finish assigning the End and Start Releases. On my specification window I only have 2 lines one for the end…

AISC has recently come out in support of IFC as the preferred method for model data exchange (Reference "The New AISC Interoperability Strategy"; Modern Steel Construction, November 2011). Will IFC be interoperable with ISM? How does Bentley plan to…

Dear all, While analyzing Transmission Towers in Staad.pro, What Support system to be provided to the tower? I had done analysis by using pinned supports, but with pinned supports the longitudinal and Transverse shear forces are coming very high…

Hi, I have to take into account the NOTIONAL LOADS into my Analysis so I need to include their effects in the Load Combinations, so the question is: Which is the correct way to state them?, 1) As a Basic Load, and then called them from Load Combinations…