Staad provides the option to create a custom open section using a defined polygon (refer to the snapshot below). Sections created this way can be visualized as 3D objects when rendered instead of showing a simple line. Is there a way to create the same…

I am designing a structure with steel truss supported by concrete columns, performing the analysis and design, I already have the right sections for every members. And since I am designing now the connection (truss-concrete column), I needed to delete…

Hey All, While Modelling A Building In Staad Connect Edition, When I Model A Slab Of 5 X 5 m Size In C.E., It Takes The Length As 5.00001 m Irrespective of 5m Length Input, And So It Gives Error While Generating Floor Load With Boundary Of 5 X…

If I have adjacent plates ( connected together) when I mesh the first Plate How can I join it to the next plate using command ?

See the attached image. I am wondering if there is a way I can use one large plate to connect all of the braces and the beam to the column, using bolts into the large gusset that is shop welded to the column. Can I replicate this in RAM? if so, how? Thanks…

Hello, Please find the staad file and clarify the following: 1. Why there is a difference value shown in statics check results. The loads and reactions must be equal and opposite. There might be slight difference as the analysis type is Direct analysis…

Hi, I just saw the news for the new release, and wondering if there is more information on what the setting "Combination Methods" does? Is this only for the physical modeler for generating automatic combinations? If I made a manual Primary Load…