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  • How to fix ** ERROR: IBC/UBC LOAD CASES MUST BE FIRST AND NO MORE THAN 8 CASES ARE PERMITTED. **. structure is irregular and unsymmetrical. 12 seismic load cases are required

    STAAD SPACE START JOB INFORMATION ENGINEER DATE 11-May-23 END JOB INFORMATION INPUT WIDTH 79 UNIT METER KN JOINT COORDINATES 49 0 0 11; 50 4 0 11; 51 9 0 11; 52 14 0 11; 53 19 0 11; 54 22 0 11; 55 27.5 0 11; 56 33 0 11; 57 38 0 11; 58 43.5 0 11; 59 47…
  • RE: Tunnel plate elements SQY for global shear

    Hello, I had a question regarding this simple circular tunnel model shown below. I have the following modeled to check the shear SQY. I know I'm missing something simple here so I hope I can get some help. L=100 ft (total longitudinal length)…
  • 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…
  • MOMENT DISTRIBUTION WHEN PARTIALLY RELEASING MOMENTS IN BEAM

    How does Moment distribution and release for beams work in STAAD Pro ? While designing Secondary Beams, I’m releasing the moments MX, MY, MZ to a 100% at their ends. if I keep the ends fixed, I get a hogging moment say ‘ X ’ kN-m at the ends. However…
  • Gantry crane moving load along Z axis

    Dear All, Currently i'm designing a gantry crane. 1. I have assigned the loading from Crab to the gantry beam as moving load (Shows in Red color), But i have no idea how to assign the loading (Shows in Green color) when gantry crane is moving along…
  • Gantry crane design

    Does anybody designed Gantry crane using STAAD.Pro? Can anybody explain how can i assign whole surface of the rail on the ground as fixed? do i need to divide the rail in to small parts and assigned those nodes as fixed? or do i need to design Gantry…
  • Warning while using Member Load UDL on the new STAAD Version

    I am using Member loading ( UDL ) and getting warning in the analysis output, which for me seems like a software bug, can you please guide me. Input LOAD 20 WIND: WIND X MEMBER LOAD 13 UNI Y 3.28 0 3.25 0 I have give f1,f2,f3 and f4 as the manual…
  • configuracion de Staad.pro

    Buen día amigos, tengo una duda, de alguna manera se puede configurar staad.pro, para que cada propiedad (perfil) lo ponga con diferente color, ya que en mis modelos solo me los da en 2 colores teniendo 5 propiedades distintas..
  • RC Beam Design in a Post tension slab.

    Dears, Concerning the design of RC beams in a PT slab, i am trying to determine the most accurate way to design the beams (determining top and bottom reinforcement). in Ram concept all design procedure is based on design section analysis. i prefer designing…
  • How to pass steel members in Staad pro

    I have designed a steel structure in Staad pro, No errors are found but in output file some members are getting failed. I dont have any ideas in passing those members. If I change section of those members other members are getting failed. please sort…
  • Incline Support Reactions Sign Convention

    Hi, I'm modelling a circular silo and assign incline supports and compression only(KFX) supports, but half of the tank support reaction results into X direction is Positive(+) and the other half support reactions into X direction is Negetive (-). Can…
  • Built-up Columns with four I sections

    I'm working in built-up column with four I sections. I'm getting some results and not sure the results are correct. Can someone please check the model is correct? Thank you. Built-Up column.STD
  • Shear results from query dialog box and postprocessing are different, so which is correct, please help me

  • concrete slab

    Dear sir, good day, I design the attached structure in two ways. when I design it without considering the concrete plate it gives very less utilization ratio? and when I design it without considering the concrete plates on the top of beam it is getting…
  • Single Line Format <-> List format

    I mistakenly converted my input file to single line format. Is there any way to get it back to list format without a lot of keyboard time?
  • Custom Timber Material

    How can i define a new timber material within Staad.Pro with given values for Bending strength etc rather than using a set value such as C16 timber? Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is for my Dissertation.
  • COMPOSITE DESIGN

    HELLO, Is it possible to design the composite beam and composite column in staad ? if not then how do i design it in staad. with the help of macros or what?
  • Re: DESIGN OF RAMP FOR EQ FORCES

    this is the final model. verify it and say whether it is right or not.
  • section properties problem in STAAD Pro

    Hai friends Please help us to solve problem with STAAD section informations. Staad developers kindly advice us. All query mentioned in the attached word file Thanks for ur support in advance Regards Bagmass
  • warning

    hello, 705 715 START FX FZ MX MY 705 715 END FX FZ MX MY . these are the release specification given and one more think is that i my beam is incline.
  • Re: warnings in staad pro

    As per your suggestion i have made changes and i got no warnings. I have also analyze the structure with enforced but with the same condition and it showed no warnings. I want to know what is the real difference between the fixed and enforced but support…
  • Re: FLOOR DIAPHRAGM issues.

    In the attached model the following commands has been used to consider Rigid Floor Diaphragm action: FLOOR DIAPHRAGM DIAPHRAGM 1 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 4.65 DIAPHRAGM 2 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 7.65 DIAPHRAGM 3 TYPE RIGID HEIGHT 10.65 DIAPHRAGM…
  • Re: Slab Element in Staad

    yes i know the said thing but in actual practice we have different conditions for plate such as simply supported, fixed etc. then in space frame with the model say 3*3 bay both sides and height of building say 20 meter then in that case if i am using…
  • ISM Material Mapping

    Hello! I am new to ISM, and am experimenting with it as a central repository for Prostructures design and STAAD Engineering data. It seems to work at first attempt, but I am having an issue with materials. It seems that the mapping of materials from…
  • BETA ANGLE + SEISMIC DESIGN

    Good morning, I am facing a problem in the attribution of BEta angle. This property disappears when i am restarting the program and reopening the STD file. Is there any solution for keeping it ? Image 1: BETA=0degmage 2: Beta=90deg …