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  • Missing some User Fields when importing DWFx

    I tried to import a DWFx model (exported from a Revit 2020 model) into Synchro 2017. All Structural Columns and Structural Framings have enough User Fields to use, neither the others, so I'm having trouble when controlling and assigning Resources to Tasks…

  • STAAD Section Class for Built-up box section UPT files

    Hi, In the STAAD section wizard, after creating a built-up box section, I manually change the values of Shear Resisiting Areas ('Ay' 'Az'), width, and thickness of flange and web (TD, TB, D, B) before exporting it as a UPT file. For such section…

  • STAAD Foundations Punching Shear Dcritical value incorrect

    Hello, I have exported the load cases from a STAAD model to a foundation model, and I have begun the design for pile caps. However, I am getting strange values for Dcritical. I have a 48" thick pile cap, and the effective depth calculation reads as follows…

  • Coffee Corner: Structural for SEAPAC - Complete Workflow for Liquid Retaining Structures

    Title: Coffee Corner: Structural for SEAPAC - Complete Workflow for Liquid Retaining Structures Host/Presenters: Madhan Elumalai, Senior Technical Manager, Bentley Systems Inc Date/Time: 17 June 2021 at 11:00 AM SGT Register Now! Exciting news…

  • Modeling Slopped Roofs and Impacts on Wind Design

    Lately I've been running into issues with my lateral analysis on a large, square steel framed building. The roof is an 1-1/2" metal deck that slopes in one direction and drops 10' over the length of the building, which I've modeled as a semirigid diaphragm…

  • Maxsurf Modeler - Adding Stringers

    Hello everyone, I'm trying to create the structural elements of a boat with the Maxsurf Modeler. Frames, decks and plates are added but I can not add stringers correctly. I want to add it on a straight line, but it is added on plates. Below is…

  • SIG Workshop: STAAD for EMEA - Punching Shear Analysis and Design Using RAM Concept

    SIG Workshop: STAAD for EMEA - Punching Shear Analysis and Design Using RAM Concept Date/Time: November 26, 2020 11:00 AM CET Presenter: Badreddine Ziane, Senior Manager – Application Engineering, Bentley Systems, Inc. Presenter: Richard Tully, Principal…

  • Significance of mesh intensity and target plate length, and the relationship between the two variables

    Hi everyone, I would like to inquire what is the significance of mesh intensity in joint meshing. In the Utilities manual, section 3.2.3, the following highlighted statements are made (see screenshot below): Which lead to these questions: What…

  • 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?

  • Von Mises correct?

    Hi I use STAAD Pro Connect V22 Update 3. Here I display a color plot of stresses in a plate between girders. I get Von Mises stresses more than twice as large as the Tresca stresses. How can this be? In theory Tresca shall be equal or larger than Von…

  • SIG Workshop: Generating Load Combinations in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition

    SIG Workshop: Generating Load Combinations in STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition Date/Time: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 1:00 PM EDT Presenter: Sabrina Tedeschi,Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now! This STAAD Special Interest…

  • SIG Workshop: Software de Análisis Estructural en Español – Análisis P-delta en RAM Elements

    SIG Workshop: Software de Análisis Estructural en Español – Análisis P-delta en RAM Elements Date/Time: 30 Septiembre 2020 at 11:00 A.M. CDT Presenter: Andrea Castelo, Ingeniera de aplicaciones, Estructural, Bentley Systems, Inc. Regístrese ahora …

  • Bentley Accredited BIM Modeler: Basic Structural Modeling with OpenBuildings Designer

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Designer Version(s): CONNECT Edition Area: Accreditation Subarea: Structural Basic Structural Modeling with OpenBuildings Designer The Bentley Accredited BIM Modeler: Basic Structural…

  • Virtual SIG Workshop: STAAD for EMEA - Review of SET Command Specifications to Control Your Solution

    Virtual SIG Workshop: STAAD for EMEA - Review of SET Command Specifications to Control Your Solution Date/Time: 24 September 2020 at 11:00 A.M. CEST Presenter: Badreddine Ziane, Senior Manager – Application Engineering, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register…

  • SIG Workshop: STAAD - Modeling and Understanding Rigid Diaphragms in STAAD.Pro

    SIG Workshop: STAAD - Modeling and Understanding Rigid Diaphragms in STAAD.Pro Date/Time: September 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM EDT Presenter: Sabrina Tedeschi, Senior Application Engineer, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now! This STAAD Special Interest…

  • SIG Virtual Workshop: RAM - Generating Wind Loads in RAM Elements

    Title: SIG Virtual Workshop: RAM - Generating Wind Loads in RAM Elements Date/Time: 27 August 2020 01:00 P.M. EDT Presenter: Sabrina Tedeschi, Senior Application Engineer, Structural, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now Bentley’s multidiscipline…

  • Does STAAD consider 1% Seismic force for SDC A structure?

    for Seismic design category A structure, 10% of story dead load is required to consider (refer 11.7.2 of ASCE7-05). Does STAAD apply 1% of story dead load as Seismic load or it will calculate as per prescribed procedure based on chapter 12~15 of ASCE7…

  • SIG Virtual Workshop: STAAD: Using Tricks of the Trade in STAAD.Pro Editor

    Title: SIG VirtualWorkshop: STAAD: Using Tricks of the Trade in STAAD.Pro Editor Date/Time: 20 August 2020 01:00 P.M. EDT Presenter: Karimu Rashad, Senior Application Engineer, Structural, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now This STAAD Special…

  • 01. Can AutoPIPE create a model from an ISM file?

    Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE Version(s): ALL; Area: all Date Logged & Current Version July 2020 12.03.00.17 Problem: Can AutoPIPE create a model from an ISM file? Solution: At this time, July 2020, AutoPIPE…

  • Nodal Displacement and Member displacement and its allowable as per BS5950

    I have modelled one simple structure in STAAD PRO and found that there are two types of displacement value in post processing. NODE and MEMBER. Which displacement shall i use for comparing with allowable displacement as per BS5950 code.

  • SIG Virtual Workshop: RAM – Staged Construction Using RAM Structural System

    Title: SIG Virtual Workshop: RAM – Staged Construction Using RAM Structural System Date/Time: June 25, 2020 1:00 P.M. EDT Presenter: Ann Marie Garko-Hill, Senior Manager Application Engineering, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now This RAM…

  • SIG Virtual Workshop: STAAD – From STAAD 3D Models to 2D Design Deliverables

    Title: SIG Virtual Workshop: STAAD – From STAAD 3D Models to 2D Design Deliverables Date/Time: June 18, 2020 01:00 P.M. EDT Presenter: Karimu Rashad, Senior Application Engineer, Structural, Bentley Systems, Inc. Register Now This STAAD Special…

  • On Demand Training Opportunity - Designing Structural Components with RAM Elements Detailing Modules

    A series of on-demand training videos have been added to the Bentley LEARN Server to learn how to Design Structural Components with the RAM Elements Detailing Modules . The following topics are included in this on-demand training opportunity: Designing…
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  • STAAD SIG Virtual Workshop: Applications of Non-Linear Cable Analysis

    Cables find applications in many type of structures. In this virtual workshop we shall learn the benefits of non-linear cable analysis and it's applications. In this one hour workshop you will learn the following: Linear and non-linear cable analysis…
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