STAAD.Pro Modeling Solutions

This page contains Wikis related to Modeling in STAAD.Pro Analytical Modeling workflow. Wikis in this page are grouped based on the pages which are shown in the Analytical Modeler:

Geometry

1. Modeling a Retaining Wall
2. Connectivity Issues
3. Difference Between Plate, Shell, and Surface Elements
4. Total Joint/Element Limits Exceeded
5. Modeling Corrugated Steel Plates
6. Joint Coordinates Modified when Model Moved
7. Model Shear Walls Using Plates
8. Cannot Copy a Member, Node or do Transitional Repeat
9. Modeling base plate with anchors in STAAD.Pro
10. Identifying face numbers for Solid Elements
11. How to check modelling error in Structure
12. Can I analyze and design a hollow core slab using STAAD.Pro?
13. How to change input units in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition ?
14. Challenges involved in modeling with surface elements in STAAD.Pro
15. Mesh generation error while adding an opening in the Parametric Models
16. Box Culvert Modeling in STAAD.Pro
17. Limitations of the curved beams in STAAD.Pro
18. Magnifying or Scaling down a model
19. STAAD.Pro Wall Analysis For Dams [TN]
20. How to model Pile cap attached to batter and vertical piles in STAAD.Pro
21. Plate Error - BADLY SHAPED, WARPED, NOT CONVEX, OR NOT NUMBERED COUNTER-CLOCKWISE
22. Avoiding Stress Concentrations
23. Change Model Units in an Existing Model
24. Check Beam Connectivity Using the "Highlight Intersecting Beams" Tool
25. Duplicated Nodes Warning
26. Error - Member/Element cannot be a member of more than 10 groups
27. How do I merge Two STAAD.Pro models?
28. Modeling sheet pile in STAAD.Pro
29. Plate Diaphragm - Flexible Diaphragm or Rigid Diaphragm
30. Splitting Continuous Beams
31. User Defined Grid System
32. Machine Foundation Analysis
33. Model Flat slab-drop cap in STAAD.Pro
34. How to find the coordinates of two intersecting members
35. How can I change / modify unit system?
36. Use of larger numbers in joint coordinates in STAAD.Pro models
37. How do I generate plate mesh while facing the situation stated below
38. How to move a node or group of nodes by a certain distance.
39. How can I convert surface elements to plate elements
40. How do I model a slab having two different thicknesses such that their top faces are aligned?
41. How to generate a solid mesh using a plate mesh
42. Member, Plate and Solid - which one to use?
43. Modeling intersection of two cylinders in STAAD.Pro
44. Optimum Plate mesh
45. Modeling a base plate on a concrete pedestal
46. Can STAAD.Pro be used in designing a mat foundation?
47. Length to thickness ratio of individual plate element

Properties

1. Section Properties not Entered for Member
2. Steel Section Encased in Concrete or with Concrete Core
3. Modify Section Database
4. New Section Database
5. “WARNING- TD or TB IS ZERO IN USER TABLE …”
6. How to Merge Properties
7. Creating a custom section in the User Provided Table (UPT)
8. How Do I Assign WT Sections to Members In My Model
9. Section Wizard Tutorial
10. How to account for joists in stiffness analysis in STAAD.Pro?
11. How to enter section properties for a non-standard or built-up shape as a User Table of type "General"
12. The meaning of Ct value for the W shape
13. Define the Orientation of the Local Axis
14. IZ of prismatic section is missing for a Plane structure
15. How to Add Specification to Selected Member Profile
16. Steel Sections are missing
17. STAAD.Pro Section database appears to be corrupted or greyed out
18. How can I access sections from older AISC section databases in the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition?
19. How to change default Section database as per User's need?
20. Migrating existing custom Steel section databases to the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition
21. Prismatic and General Section
22. Backup section database after updating the STAAD.Pro CE
23. Transfer user modified Section Database files to other system
24. Section properties reported by the Section Wizard do not match with hand calculations
25. Changing units in the Section Wizard
26. St. Venant's Torsional Constant
27. Create Section by Specifying Profile Points
28. Model Solid Rods
29. How to assign properties to solids?

Materials

1. Create Material Macro
2. ERROR***MATERIAL GROUP AND EXPLICIT CONSTANT SPECIFICATION CANNOT BE USED TOGETHER
3. POISSON'S RATIO HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFIED
4. Timber material is missing
5. Modeling and orthotropic plate

Specifications

1. Beam and Plate Orientation
2. Compression Force in Tension Members
3. Define Cable Section
4. Model Slab on Top of Beams
5. Different member release for different load cases
6. What is member release in STAAD.Pro?
7. Partial Moment Releases
8. Concept of member offset in STAAD.Pro
9. Fire Proofing Specification in STAAD
10. HOW TO DEFINE MULTIPLE RIGID DIAPHRAGM AT SAME Y LEVEL
11. I am trying to model a beam connecting to the flange of a column
12. Assigning Offsets to Plate Elements
13. Braces Carry Lateral Loads Only
14. Member releases in an excel sheet
15. Ignore the Stiffness of Certain Members
16. INACTIVE MEMBER Command
17. Control\Dependent Command to Define a Rigid Diaphragm
18. When two nodes are connected via the control/dependent specification, how can the forces and moments transferred by that connection be directly read?
19. When I try to analyze my model it terminates with the error "invalid sparse matrix creation"
20. ERROR NO REFERENCE LOAD CASE OF TYPE MASS/GRIVITY/DEAD/LIVE IS DEFINED FOR MASS MODELING
21. Mass used to calculate the center of mass of the diaphragm
22. Floor weight consideration for rigid diaphragm
23. ERROR ACCIDENTAL LOAD SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED IN SEISMIC DEFINITION
24. Moments of inertia Iz and Iy do not match the values in the AISC steel publication for the angle section
25. Cracked section properties when modeling with concrete
26. Applying control/dependent specification in non global directions
27. Changing the Orientation of Beams and Plates
28. How to change the local axis orientation X and Y for plates?

Supports

1. Fixed and Enforced Support
2. Scale Down Supports
3. Specify Values of Stiffness for Compression and Tension at a Support
4. Multiple Support Conditions in Same Model
5. Aspects to Consider Analyzing Mat Foundations
6. Multi Linear Spring Support
7. What are Inclined Supports and how do I use them?
8. Tension/Compression Only Spring Support
9. Difference between Y and Y-ONLY type foundation support
10. My Model Contains Compression Only Soil Springs In Which The Wind Loads Are Producing Very Large Displacements. How Do I Resolve This?
11. Difference Between ELASTIC MAT and PLATE MAT
12. Elastic Foundation Error 0550
13. Is a spring in compression or tension?

Loading

1. Applying Line Loads on Plates
2. Applying concentrated loads on a plate element
3. Defining Temperature Load
4. Distributing Wheel Loads
5. Total Weight of Plates
6. Edit Load Rules for Auto Load Combination Generation
7. Load Path Consideration
8. Specify Seismic Weights Through Reference Load Cases
9. How to convert a LOAD COMBINATION to a REPEAT LOAD

10. How to use loads of the same loading type in mutually exclusive combinations when using automatic load combination

11. Loads are not displayed in the STAAD.Pro graphical user interface

12. How to use Mass model Generator
13. How to generate floor loading on an inclined floor/roof ?
14. A warning message while running the Eurocode Load Combination Generator appears
15. Eurocode Load Combination Generator creates some unrealistic load combinations
16. Setting Display units for load values in STAAD
17. Modifying a Wind Load definition in the GUI
18. Reference Loads An Introduction
19. Change Units After Entering Loading Functions
20. PRESTRESS vs POSTSTRESS member load in STAAD.Pro
21. Rock Anchors and Post Tensioning
22. Member Tension And Combination Load Cases
23. What is a Fixed End Member Load?
24. Reported Warnings in applied Uniformly Distributed Member Load
25. Difference Between a Load Combination and a Repeat Load
26. Eliminate Floor Load Warning
27. Reference Load Case
28. Seasonal Temperature loading
29. Temperature Load and Alpha Value for Mean Temperature
30. Temperature load on plate element
31. WARNING - UNEXPECTED COMMAND IN LOAD DATA
32. Why Am I Unable to Edit the Design Code in My Wind Load Definition?
33. Load determination from displacement value
34. Transfer load from slab to beam without modelling the slab
35. Repeat load within a Repeat load case
36. Apply loads on wall of silo
37. Use of FLOOR LOAD vs ELEMENT LOAD
38. Moving load on curved beam
39. Wind load calculation process in STAAD
40. Moving load generation for a wide truck
41. Consider moving load not applied over a beam
42. Wind load on Truss member
43. Find out critical reaction for a moving load
44. How to combine Moving Load with other existing Loads
45. Wind load applied to member groups in STAAD
46. Note indicating floor diaphragm is to be defined before wind definition
47. Generating Load Combinations by using Eurocode
48. Code selection for Wind Load generation is grayed out
49. WARNING-NO MEMBERS IN SPECIFIED VERTICAL RANGE - in STAAD.Pro moving load generation
50. Unit for Temperature Loading
51. **WARNING-A MOVING LOAD THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED BEYOND THE X AND Z RANGES

Other

1. Center of Gravity
2. Convert "SET Z UP" to "SET Y UP"
3. How to measure node to node distance and dimension beams in STAAD.Pro Connect Edition ?
4. Cannot edit models created in the Physical modeler using the Analytical modeler
5. How to determine the local Axes in created ‘InFill’ plates
6. Not able to see certain entities in my model
7. Turning off Labels
8. Turning off numbers from some specific nodes/members/plates/solids in the Analytical Modeler
9. STAAD commands are written in an extensive list in the input file
10. Assigning Properties, Specification, and Design Parameters using Beam Groups
11. Limitation on Number of Plates
12. Make Tool Tips Visible
13. Quickly find Total Number of Nodes & Beams in a Model
14. Viewing Individual Floors

See also:

STAAD.Pro Analysis Solutions

STAAD.Pro Design Solutions