• 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…
  • RE: Tunnel plate elements SQY for global shear

    Hello, I had a question regarding this simple circular tunnel model shown below. I have the following modeled to check the shear SQY. I know I'm missing something simple here so I hope I can get some help. L=100 ft (total longitudinal length)…
  • 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…
  • MOMENT DISTRIBUTION WHEN PARTIALLY RELEASING MOMENTS IN BEAM

    How does Moment distribution and release for beams work in STAAD Pro ? While designing Secondary Beams, I’m releasing the moments MX, MY, MZ to a 100% at their ends. if I keep the ends fixed, I get a hogging moment say ‘ X ’ kN-m at the ends. However…
  • 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…
  • configuracion de Staad.pro

    Buen día amigos, tengo una duda, de alguna manera se puede configurar staad.pro, para que cada propiedad (perfil) lo ponga con diferente color, ya que en mis modelos solo me los da en 2 colores teniendo 5 propiedades distintas..
  • How to pass steel members in Staad pro

    I have designed a steel structure in Staad pro, No errors are found but in output file some members are getting failed. I dont have any ideas in passing those members. If I change section of those members other members are getting failed. please sort…
  • Built-up Columns with four I sections

    I'm working in built-up column with four I sections. I'm getting some results and not sure the results are correct. Can someone please check the model is correct? Thank you. Built-Up column.STD
  • 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…
  • 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?
  • warning

    hello, 705 715 START FX FZ MX MY 705 715 END FX FZ MX MY . these are the release specification given and one more think is that i my beam is incline.
  • Custom Timber Material

    How can i define a new timber material within Staad.Pro with given values for Bending strength etc rather than using a set value such as C16 timber? Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is for my Dissertation.
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • Shear stresses of the plate per unit length

    Question: How to get a shear force per unit length for plate element in STAAD.Pro? Answer : Shear Stresses of the plate are reported in [Force/ unit length/ thickness] units in STAAD.Pro. In order to get shear force per unit length, one has to multiply…
  • STAAD.Pro v8i SELECTseries 1 (build 20.07.06.35)

    There has been a new QA&R posting of STAAD.Pro V8i SELECTSeries 1 (build 20.07.06.35) on the Bentley SELECT server that addresses a number of issues which were not addressed in build 20.07.06.34 released on 18th March 2010. The additional issues addressed…
  • 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…