• 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…
  • property reduction factors

    Hello everyone can anyone just guide me in the specification section. the term property reduction factor . what does staad do when i am assigning the term to the elements say beams.
  • column design

    hello everyone in my model design by staad i found columns ( corner columns for example) i see that top column is having high amount of axial force & bending moments compared to column beneath it. so while designing the column i am having so much problem…
  • BETA ANGLE + SEISMIC DESIGN

    Good morning, I am facing a problem in the attribution of BEta angle. This property disappears when i am restarting the program and reopening the STD file. Is there any solution for keeping it ? Image 1: BETA=0degmage 2: Beta=90deg …
  • Re: Slab Element in Staad

    yes i know the said thing but in actual practice we have different conditions for plate such as simply supported, fixed etc. then in space frame with the model say 3*3 bay both sides and height of building say 20 meter then in that case if i am using…
  • Single Line Format <-> List format

    I mistakenly converted my input file to single line format. Is there any way to get it back to list format without a lot of keyboard time?
  • SmartPlant 3D- STAAD.Pro interface through CIS/2 translator

    Hi! I am trying to import SmartPlant 3D Structural model to STAAD.Pro through CIS/2 translator. I am able to import steel sections of Indian Section library. But I am unable to import Rectangular Section (Prismatic member not available in STAAD Section…
  • Analysis vs Staad Uniform loaded cantilever beam

    Hello As part of my project I had been going through some examples as shown on the verification manual of Staad Pro v8i and version 2007. However, I been having issues with some of the examples as some do not show the full detail of calculation description…
  • composite beams & slabs

    Hello everybody, I am having some doubt about the slab orientation in composite slab design tab. the question is that if i want to design the solid slab connected with steel beam then what is to be done should i take the span as spanning between the…