• Missing Custom Section in Database File: RAM Elements

    We have been working on a model and needed to create a number of custom sections to do so. I created all of the custom sections on my machine and when I went to send them to my coworker, I couldn't find them. I believed the custom sections would…
  • 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…
  • Dummy beam

    Hello Everyone. I create a dummy beam with density=0 and E=0 (Figure.1) then I assign the beam (Figure.2) then Staad Error occurs( ***ERROR*** MATERIAL NAME MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY BLANK SPACE )(Figure.3), What is the solution?
  • How to create a cantilever slab by using the Physical modeler?

    How to create a cantilever slab without beams in the Physical modeler in STAAD connect edition?
  • Modelling of slab supporting on piles

    Hi guys, I am modelling a slab supported on piles, the piles are actually tension piles to support upheave beneath the slab. I model the slab using plate elements and use vertical restraint node support at where the piles are located. The issue I…
  • UC Ratio problem

    warehouse.zip wind calculation also in that folder.... try to fix this probem guys
  • URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED ! I have hundreds of warnings and I have no idea what's wrong

    I have hundreds of warnings and I don't know what to do about it. They are all about ZERO STIFFNESS IN DIRECTION__ AT JOINT__ EQN. NO.__ and THERE WERE MORE THAN 12 DOF WITH ZERO STIFFNESS. VILLA QAHTANI R14.std
  • Inclined Load Path due to Member Offset at one Node

    Dear Staad Experts, Attached is a simple Joist with tapered ends. For making the model as close to the real application as possible I have applied a "OFFSET" so as to achieve the top flange straight, due to this the NA has become slanting for the…
  • Tension Only member with initial axial capacity

    Hello to all, In reality horizontal braces (or vertical brace, beam, etc) that is design for tension only resist "some" axial compression capacity. Is there a way that this axial compression capacity can be input in STAAD? For example, a horizontal…
  • Combatibilty Issues between STAAD PRO V8i SELECT SERIES 4 and STAAD OFFSHORE.

    dear friends, we are facing big combatibilty issues between STAAD PRO & STAAD OFFSHORE. some of the use facilities available in staad pro is not at all regonized by STAAD OFFSHORE. Because of this combatibility issues we are facing lots of problem…