• How to fix ** ERROR: IBC/UBC LOAD CASES MUST BE FIRST AND NO MORE THAN 8 CASES ARE PERMITTED. **. structure is irregular and unsymmetrical. 12 seismic load cases are required

    STAAD SPACE START JOB INFORMATION ENGINEER DATE 11-May-23 END JOB INFORMATION INPUT WIDTH 79 UNIT METER KN JOINT COORDINATES 49 0 0 11; 50 4 0 11; 51 9 0 11; 52 14 0 11; 53 19 0 11; 54 22 0 11; 55 27.5 0 11; 56 33 0 11; 57 38 0 11; 58 43.5 0 11; 59 47…
  • Design of Solid slab (Conventional slabs)

    Hello Everyone For a while, I was using an Advanced Concrete Design (RCDC) for the design of a solid slab. Today I tried to learn the RAM concept for the slab designs but I saw a design of strips that had never seen before (When I was using RCDC and…
  • Gantry crane moving load along Z axis

    Dear All, Currently i'm designing a gantry crane. 1. I have assigned the loading from Crab to the gantry beam as moving load (Shows in Red color), But i have no idea how to assign the loading (Shows in Green color) when gantry crane is moving along…
  • Gantry crane design

    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…
  • Warning while using Member Load UDL on the new STAAD Version

    I am using Member loading ( UDL ) and getting warning in the analysis output, which for me seems like a software bug, can you please guide me. Input LOAD 20 WIND: WIND X MEMBER LOAD 13 UNI Y 3.28 0 3.25 0 I have give f1,f2,f3 and f4 as the manual…
  • Shear results from query dialog box and postprocessing are different, so which is correct, please help me

  • concrete slab

    Dear sir, good day, I design the attached structure in two ways. when I design it without considering the concrete plate it gives very less utilization ratio? and when I design it without considering the concrete plates on the top of beam it is getting…
  • Moving Load - STAAD PRO

    I need help in STAAD PRO. I am trying to get a moving load to go from one node to another. For example, if I have nodes N1, N2 and N3, and member M1 runs from N1 to N2, while member M2 runs from N2 to N3. How do I get a moving load to move from member…
  • Response Spectrum Analysis STAAD Pro - URGENT

    My question is regarding carrying out a response spectrum analysis in STAAD Pro. This is what I have done so far. I have set up the model in kN and METERS units. I have allowed for the joint weights in the form of udl loads on the beams in all three…
  • Multilinear springs - how to define them properly

    Hi, I'm working in STAAD.Pro V8i I need to define a support with the following: FX - multilinear spring FY - fixed FZ - multilinear spring MX - fixed MY - fixed MZ - releazed So far I successfuly used "FIXED BUT" with Linear…
  • Insider Skills: STAAD this Friday July 19th

    Join us for our Free seminar this Friday July 19th. Click Here for login information and a full description of Insider Skills. This weeks Topics: Wind Load Generation Floor Loading Options Seismic Load Generation Custom Section User…
  • ISM Material Mapping

    Hello! I am new to ISM, and am experimenting with it as a central repository for Prostructures design and STAAD Engineering data. It seems to work at first attempt, but I am having an issue with materials. It seems that the mapping of materials from…
  • Re: FLOOR DIAPHRAGM issues.

    In the attached model the following commands has been used to consider Rigid Floor Diaphragm action: FLOOR DIAPHRAGM DIAPHRAGM 1 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 4.65 DIAPHRAGM 2 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 7.65 DIAPHRAGM 3 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 10.65 DIAPHRAGM…
  • section properties problem in STAAD Pro

    Hai friends Please help us to solve problem with STAAD section informations. Staad developers kindly advice us. All query mentioned in the attached word file Thanks for ur support in advance Regards Bagmass