• REGARDING OFFSET COMMAND IN STAAD PRO

    HELLO EVERYONE, MY QUESTION IS WHEN I COMPARE TWO MODELS ONE WITH OFFSET COMMAND AND THE OTHER WITHOUT OFFSET AND IN BOTH MODELS I M GETTING DIFFERENT RESULTS WHY??? 1.0 Steel requirement in the top column is less in the offset model as compared to…
  • I am attaching a simple g+2 building which I have analysed in Staad. Have few queries about the same.

    I have given the clear cover to be 25mm in beams and 40mm for columns as per Indian Code. Further, I can see from the design output I can see from the design report that the clear cover is 35mm even though I have given 25mm in the input for the beams…
  • Are columns in a multi storey( a simple G+5 structure braced or unbraced? I feel that it shoudl be unbraced as there are no such wind resisting elements to specify the columns as braced. Pls offer you comments on this sir.

    Are columns in a multi-storey ( a simple G+5 structure with a portal frame design) braced or unbraced? I feel that it should be unbraced as there is no such wind resisting elements to specify the columns as braced. Pls, offer your comments on this sir…
  • 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?