Note: The Structure shown in this blog is a Plant Structure not a Building Structure.  Plant related equipment will be placed in this facility such as storage tanks, pipes etc.  There are no wall panels in this structure.  Guard rails and plant staircases are shown.  A huge storage tank (not shown) is provided at the center of this structure which will rest on a MAT foundation.  The MAT foundation is designed using STAAD.foundation…

1.0 Introduction:

Based on the support calls received by the STAAD.Pro Technical Support Group, Engineers may be interested in exporting their STAAD.Pro models to other modeling and detailing packages available. One way to accomplish this goal is to use the STAAD.Pro CIS/2 export feature.

The CIS/2 export feature the STAAD.Pro is based on the ISO-10303-21 (i.e. Part 21 in short)

STRUCTURAL_FRAME_SCHEMA. This…

Ravi Ozarker, P.Eng., Applications Engineer, Bentley Systems Inc.

Transmission towers have to be designed as per the applicable transmission tower design code using the analysis data obtained from design loads.  The design loads may most probably include dead, wind, snow/ice, conductor, and seismic.

 

 

Design of a transmission line involves checking for ground clearance (should include the…

      Applies To        Product(s): STAAD.Pro   Version(s): All   Environment:  N/A   Area:  ANALYSIS OF STEEL STRUCTURES IN STAAD.Pro   Subarea:  N/A   Original Author:

Ravi Ozarker, P.Eng.
Bentley Technical Support Group

   

 

Ravi Ozarker, P.Eng., Applications Engineer, Bentley Systems Inc.

Thanks to Ray Cutis, Senior Advisory Software Developer for all the help that he has offered me to write…

                                                        

1.0      INTRODUCTION

 

Bentley's STAAD.Pro V8i and RAM.Connection have joined forces to now provide STAAD customers design structural steel connections in an integrated environment.  Once the steel structure has been analyzed and designed using STAAD.Pro, member profiles and design forces can be automatically be exported out to RAM.Connection to design connections.  The user will be able to view connection design…

INTRODUCTION:

 

STAAD.Pro V8i has a facility for automatic generation of spring supports to model footings and MAT foundations.

STAAD.Pro foundation support generator

STAAD.Pro has a foundation support generator with the following three options:

1. Footing

2. Elastic MAT

3. Plate MAT

In this blog, only the Footing and Plate MAT options will be discussed.

 

Option 1: F…