Existing custom steel section databases cannot be opened in the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition

Carlos Aguera — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:54:46 GMT

Current Revision posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Carlos Aguera on 2/23/2023 10:54:46 AM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:	21.03.00.146
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Details on how to convert older section database files (mdb) to the newer format (.db3) can be found here

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem has been addressed in the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 21.03.00.146.

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot be opened in the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition

Sye — Mon, 20 May 2019 22:07:05 GMT

Revision 6 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 5/20/2019 10:07:05 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:	21.03.00.146
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Details on how to convert older section database files (mdb) to the newer format (.db3) can be found here

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem has been addressed in the STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition version 21.03.00.146.

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot be opened in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition

Sye — Mon, 20 May 2019 22:06:29 GMT

Revision 5 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 5/20/2019 10:06:29 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:	21.03.00.146
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Details on how to convert older section database files (mdb) to the newer format (.db3) can be found here

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem has been addressed in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition version 21.03.00.146.

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot be opened in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition

Sye — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:19:47 GMT

Revision 4 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 4/6/2018 11:19:47 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Details on how to convert older section database files (mdb) to the newer format (.db3) can be found here

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem will be addressed in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition Update 3 .

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot be opened in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition

Sye — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:33:54 GMT

Revision 3 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 4/6/2018 10:33:54 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem will be addressed in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition Update 3 .

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot opened in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition

Sye — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:27:56 GMT

Revision 2 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 4/6/2018 10:27:56 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Note : You may not be able to launch the Section Database Manager from within the Specification ribbon menu after you make the change. However the user sections should be accessible

Solution

The problem will be addressed in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition Update 3 .

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30

Existing custom steel section databases cannot opened in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition

Sye — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:24:43 GMT

Revision 1 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 4/6/2018 10:24:43 PM

	Product:	STAAD.pro
	First Affected Version:	21.00.02.30
	Found in Version:	21.00.02.30
	Fixed and Released in Version:
	Area:	Custom Steel Section Database
	Issue #:	870111

Problem Description

Older custom steel section databases created by users do not show up within the Section Database for the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition.

Steps to Reproduce

Copy the older section database file (let’s say “aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3”) into the Sections folder of the installation [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections]
Go to Specification > Section Database and the new database does not show up

Workaround

Go to the user profile folder “C:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Default\Sections”
Open the “Custom.ini” using Notepad or Worpad
Search for ‘[CustomDBFlags]’
Under the above section, Set ‘1’ against ‘AISCSections’
Next, search for ‘[CustomDBNames]’
Under this section, Set ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS’ against ‘AISCSections’
Now, copy the ‘aiscsections_ml_SLS.db3’ database to ‘C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections’
There are a couple of more copies of the “Custom.ini” file within the following folders.
C:\Program Files\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\STAAD\Sections
C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Engineering\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Sections
In case you do not see the same entries updated in those files, please go ahead and manually change the data as suggested in steps 3 to 6 in these files too.
StaadPro should now pick up sections from the above user database.

Solution

The problem will be addressed in the STAAD.Pro Connect Edition Update 3 .

Tags: custom section database, section database, known issue, db3, user section, Database, 21.00.02.30