RE: Design of Physical Steel Beams with Intermediate Nodes
This forum is for Bridge Products.
Please post the question on STAAD or Structural Analysis and one of the Support engineer will help you to resolve your issue.
RE: LARS Rating Analysis Output - "Insurfficient section information for getting check points"
Instead of a defect or a hole I would suggest you to reduce the size of the flange or web based on the equivalent size of the defect or hole.
reducing the size of the flange or web based gives better results in the output.