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&lt;td&gt;Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash. Alternately, when one opens&amp;nbsp;a model after an abnormal program termination (crash), the software would show a message that the file got terminated abnormally and one can recover the data by choosing Yes to the prompt. One should make sure to&amp;nbsp;choose that option to get back the model data.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro v8i&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: staad file is corrupt, autorecovery, backup, recovering staad model data, unable to open a staad model, autorecovery.zip, how to get back my staad model data, lost my model data&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Recovering STAAD model data</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data/revision/7</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:03:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1829dc65-dc5d-48ef-be4b-a2f8764ca415</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 2/4/2022 9:03:37 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash. Alternately, when one opens&amp;nbsp;a model after an abnormal program termination (crash), the software would show a message that the file got terminated abnormally and one can recover the data by choosing Yes to the prompt. One should make sure to&amp;nbsp;choose that option to get back the model data.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro v8i&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;td&gt;Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash. Alternately, when one opens&amp;nbsp;a model after an abnormal program termination (crash), the software would show a message that the file got terminated abnormally and one can recover the data by choosing Yes to the prompt. One should make sure to&amp;nbsp;choose that option to get back the model data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro v8i&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: staad file is corrupt, autorecovery, backup, recovering staad model data, unable to open a staad model, autorecovery.zip, how to get back my staad model data, lost my model data&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Recovering STAAD model data</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data/revision/5</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:00:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1829dc65-dc5d-48ef-be4b-a2f8764ca415</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 2/4/2022 9:00:23 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash. Alternately, when one opens&amp;nbsp;a model after an abnormal program termination (crash), the software would show a message that the file got terminated abnormally and one can recover the data by choosing Yes to the prompt. One should make sure to&amp;nbsp;choose that option to get back the model data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAAD.Pro v8i&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: staad file is corrupt, autorecovery, backup, recovering staad model data, unable to open a staad model, autorecovery.zip, how to get back my staad model data, lost my model data&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Recovering STAAD model data</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:15:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1829dc65-dc5d-48ef-be4b-a2f8764ca415</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 12/13/2019 6:15:02 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>Recovering STAAD model data</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data/revision/3</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:14:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1829dc65-dc5d-48ef-be4b-a2f8764ca415</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/21806/recovering-staad-model-data#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 12/13/2019 6:14:07 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting from STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 22.02.00.26, there is now an autorecovery option included in the software which would&amp;nbsp;create a file named &amp;quot;your_modelname_AutoRecovery.zip&amp;quot; within the same folder as the STAAD.Pro model. This file would get created automatically in case of an abnormal shutdown.&amp;nbsp;If you unzip the&amp;nbsp;file, you would be able to get the .std file which&amp;nbsp;would have all the data that&amp;nbsp;the file had, till the crash.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other forms of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;STAAD.Pro&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;General&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to recover the STAAD.Pro model data if my file gets corrupted ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Other form of the same question :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After the software crashed I am not able to open the file. The software would not let me open the file anymore saying the file is not valid. How can I get back my model data ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) got deleted. How can I get the data back ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;If the software crashes or the software is forced to shut down abnormally for any reason, normally the software would retain the information already there in the file. However if you ever run into a situation where you are unable to open the .std file and the software generates messages saying the file is not a valid staad file or if you find that the file size for the STAAD.Pro model file ( .std file) is reduced to 0 bytes, then you may follow the method described below to recover the model data using back up files.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Go to the folder where your model file is. There are two types of backup files which you may find,those with the extension .sbk and those with the extension .ed.backup.&amp;nbsp; Of these file types, locate the one with the most recent date and time and use that for the recovery process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Create a new folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Copy ONLY the .ed.backup file or the .sbk file into that folder.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;For a .ed.backup file, if you simply change the extension from .ed.backup to .std, you will be able to get back the STAAD.Pro model.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;However if you have a .sbk file, simply changing the extension will not work as there would be some binary form of data at the beginning of the file which would have to be taken out first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Right click on the .sbk and choose Open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Choose the option to select a program from a list of installed programs and click OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;In the next dialog box, you will be asked to select a program. Before you choose any program, ensure that the check box which says &amp;ldquo;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&amp;rdquo; is unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now select Notepad or Wordpad as the program and click on OK.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;The sbk file will now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Delete everything in the file ahead of the commands STAAD SPACE or STAAD PLANE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Now change the extension from .sbk to .std and you should be able to open the file in STAAD.Pro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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