STADD ENGINEERS MUMBAI

B-703, New Samadhan CHS Ltd.,

Senapati Bapat Road,
Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028.
Tel. : 2430 8872

STADDPro 2007
STAAD.Pro 2007 New Features
• New Start Page to access commonly accessed functions
• Enhanced Grid Tool to work with multiple grids, store for later
use, reuse on other projects and use DXF files
• Fly-out toolbars to free up desktop real estate
• Physical Member Query
• In-plane area loads on plates to model friction loading
• Hot rolled channels can now be defined as front to front to
complement the back to back definitions
• Automatic property calculation of User Provide Table (UPT)
angle sections
• Tool to consolidate multiple property references
• Section property reduction in analysis to account for cracking
• Tension / compression only spring supports easier to define
• Enhanced ELASTIC MAT / PLATE MAT options
• New Reference load cases for primary loads that do not require
analysis in themselves
• Enhanced Beta Angle Definition and Assignment
• P-Delta analysis including stress stiffening effect of the KG
matrix
• P-Delta analysis including small Delta
• Modal Analysis including stress stiffening effect of KG Matrix
• Buckling Load analysis
• Enhanced Master/Slave command processing
• New Advanced Solver substantially faster for large model
problems
• New Eurocode 3:2005 steel design
• New static check table to view equilibrium checks previously
only available in the output file
• New Beam and Column designs to the Russian Concrete code
SP52
• New RAM Connection Design Mode to design steelwork
connections with both basic and smart connections
• Enhanced link to AutoPipe with persistency of pipe models
across STAAD.Pro sessions
 STADDPro 2006
STAADPro2006 New Features:

• Grouping analytical members into physical members using a

special member group PMEMBER. Properties and loads can be
assigned to physical member.

• Transfer forces for steel connection design will automatically be

calculated

• Automatic calculation of buckling lengths

• Plastic pushover analysis to identify plastic hinges and member

states at different load steps.

• Full steady state and harmonic analysis with modal and composite
damping

• IS800 draft code

• IS 1893 Load definition through utility

• Modeling of In-fill Brick wall panels

• Torsion clause of IS 1893-2002.

 STADD.Pro 2005
STAADPro2005 New Features:

Graphics Environment:-

• Exporting and Importing files in the CIS/2 format

• Configurable Selection Cursor with user defined Filter
• New interface to define a composite floor deck system
• Define Member Attributes before Creating Member Elements
• Define Plate Attributes before Creating Plate Elements
• Circular Opening in Parametric Model and Enhancement of Insert
Node Operation
• Automatic creation of Floor Panel Infill Plates

Steel Design

• LRFD Steel Designer with physical members

• Design of Single Angle per Geometric Axis
• Design of Face-to-Face double channels
• New shear and moment connections
• Design open web joists (based on SJI tables) and castellated beams
(SMI Smart Beams)
• Calculation of Effective Length Factors (K Factors) for Steel Design
• Advanced Connections using the New Descon Integration
• Fireproofing and the Automatic Fireproofing Specification in
STAAD.Pro
• Column With Lacings And Battens as per IS:800

Concrete Design

• Shear Wall Design as per IS:456

• Interactive Slab design as per Indian standard
• New Bar Combination for IS:13920
• Enhanced Earthquake Resistant RC Design (IS:13920)
• Design of I and L-shaped concrete beams/columns ACI:318-02

Timber & Aluminium Design

• New AITC Code

Analysis

• Missing mass for time history

• Generate floor spectra from time history
• Turn on/off shear deformation for static and dynamic analysis
• Define Cut Off Time for Time History Analysis

Load Types & Load Generation

• New wind loading on open lattice structures

• New load assignment dialog boxes
• Generation of Wind Load As Per ASCE -7-95
• Floor load on user defined member groups
• New floor load generator which automatically updates the pressure
distribution if the floor changes. Also, allows for elimination of
members
• Adding and editing tables containing factors for automatic load
combination generation

Model Verification

• Enhanced illustration of Master-slave Specifications

• Enhanced illustration of Fixed-But Supports

Results Verification

• Stress contour on Displaced Surface or Volume

• Repositioning Support Reaction Labels
• Line display of Support Reaction
• Line display of Plate Stress Contour
• New Contour System for Member Axial Force
• New Contour System for Section Utilization Ratio
• Simultaneous Display of Stress Contours for Plates, Surfaces and
Solids
• Stress contour on Displaced Surface or Volume

STAAD.PRO 2004 NEW FEATURES

GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT
 ™ NEW COLOR CODING TO DISTINGUISH LOCAL Z-AXIS FOR
PLATE ELEMENT
™ ADD SURFACE OPENING
™ COPYING GEOMETRY ONLY WITH TRANSNATIONAL REPEAT
™ OPENGL ENHANCEMENT FOR 3D RENDERING

STEEL DESIGN

™ COLD FORM STEEL SECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AS PER IS : 801

™ TRANSMISSION TOWER DESIGN IS AVAILABLE AS PER IS : 802
™ COMPOSITE BEAM DESIGN AS PER THE AMERICAN LRFD 3RD
EDITION CODE.
™ ENHANCEMENT IN COLOR DISPLAY FOR CONNECTIONS.

CONCRETE DESIGN

™ ENHANCED SHEAR WALL DESIGN

™ IMPROVED CONCRETE SLAB DESIGN IN THE INTERACTIVE
DESIGN FACILITIES
™ SHEAR WALL WITH OPENINGS – DESIGN AS PER ACI CODE.

ANALYSIS

™ PRINT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF PORTIONS OF THE

STRUCTURE
™ PRINT SUPPORT GENERATOR FOR MAT FOUNDATIONS
™ CALCULATIONS OF EFFECTIVE LENGTH FACTORS ( K FACTORS )
FOR STEEL DESIGN
™ SHEAR WALL WITH OPENINGS – MODELLING AND ANALYSIS
™ SPECIFYING A REDUCED SET OF ACTIVE MODES FOR RESPONSE
SPECTRUM AND TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS

STAAD.PRO 2004 NEW FEATURES

LOAD TYPES AND LOAD GENERATION

 ™ PRESSURE PARAMETER FOR CURVED MEMBERS
™ LOAD GENERATION ON BEAMS USING “ONE WAY SLAB LOADING”
TECHNIQUE
™ FLOOR LOAD GENERATION FOR VERTICAL SURFACES
™ AUTO LOAD COMBINATION GENERATOR
™ IBC 2000/2003 SEISMIC LOAD GENERATION

MODEL VERIFICATION

™ CHECK FOR SOLID ELEMENTS WITH NEGATIVE VOLUME

™ CHECK FOR WARPED SOLIDS
™ CHECK OVERLAPPING PLATES
™ CHECK BEAM PLATE CONNECTIVELY

RESULT VERIFICATION

™ BEAM STRESS MANAGER

™ RE-INDEXING STRESS CONTOUR DIAGRAMS
™ CUTTING LINES THROUGH PLATES TO DETERMINE THE FORCES AND
STRESSES ALONG ANY LINE.

STAAD. Pro 2003

 The Next Generation of
Computerized Structural Engineering
STAAD.Pro 2003 is the next generation of the world’s most popular
structural engineering software. The STAAD.Pro teams around the world
have transformed STAAD.Pro into an open architecture environment. Users
can now link STAAD.Pro graphics, and analysis and design results into any
third party applications. STAAD.Pro includes new advanced analysis and
design features like nonlinear cable members, P-Delta for plates, integrated
section property calculator and bridge loader modules (IRC: 6-1966) and the
new IBC 2000, AISI cold-formed steel, AASHTO 2000 and welding design
codes. A new level of customer support, including automatic bug
notification, real-time support through chatting/desktop sharing and online
training sessions, helps to complete the new offering of STAAD.Pro.

STAAD.Pro 2003
Additional features of 2003:

Enhancement in graphic environment and data generation facilities.

Open STAAD environment enhancement
Analysis of shear wall
Analysis and design of slabs
Inclusion of Interactive steel design as per IS-800
Inclusion of IS-801, IS-802 and IS1893-2001.
Inclusion of Revised Earthquake code IS1893-2002.
……….. And many more new features ……..

STAAD.Pro 2002 Overview

Additional features of 2002:
¾ Quick data input through property sheets and spreadsheets.
¾ Toggle display of loads, supports, properties, joints, members, etc.
¾ Copy and paste through clipboard.
¾ Script style programming language to extract data and execute external software.
¾ Performs multiple analyses in the same run.
¾ Performs analyses and design in one run.
Graphics Environment

Model Generation
¾ Library of commonly used structures can be picked and modified to add to other
parts.
¾ User-controlled scale factors for deflected or mode shapes.
¾ Intelligent objects (beams, plates, columns) to report geometry.
¾ Structure Wizard to create meshes with holes and curved surfaces.

Design Codes

Steel Design
¾ Composite beam design as per AISC ASD.
¾ Torsion design as per Pub. T-117.

Concrete Design
¾ Interactive concrete design and detailing with bar scheduling and interactive rebar
layout.
¾ Design “physical members” by combining separate beam entities as one.

Aluminum Design
¾ Optional aluminum design as per ASD 1994 Code.

Analysis and Design

General Features
¾ Plate elements contain extra “drilling” degree of freedom.
¾ Tapered tubular cross-sections.
¾ Unidirectional support (compression-only / Tension-only supports) for generation of
soil springs.
¾ Master/slave capabilities.
¾ I-beam warping end restraint added as an option for torsional stiffness.
¾ Buckling analysis.
¾ Conjugate gradient solver to handle almost any size job.
¾ Plate elements consider inclined supports.
¾ Member and spring specification.
¾ Automatic spring support generator for mat foundations.

Dynamic Analysis
¾ Missing mass for response spectrum load cases.
¾ Logarithmic interpolation for time history and spectrum.
¾ Composite damping to specify damping ratio for each member/element.
¾ Base shear calculation includes direction factors.
Load Types & Load Generation
¾ Imposed displacements in any number of load cases, any number of DOF, any type of
element, and with inclined supports.
¾ Temperature gradient along local Z axis of member.

Model Verification
¾ Capability to open multiple windows on screen for simultaneous viewing of different
items.
¾ Compatibility with spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel.
¾ Plots of displacement vs. time, velocity vs. time, acceleration vs. time for dynamic
analysis.

Results Verification
¾ Textual and graphical results verification and display.
¾ Bending Moment and Shear Force diagrams of individual members as well as the
entire structure (through single double-click).
¾ On-screen Report generation with Sort/Search.
¾ VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) export feature enables “Walk Through”
Model verification using any standard Web Browser.

Special Features

Query and Report Generator

¾ These powerful graphics based facilities provide on-screen result verification and
customized report generation. User-friendly navigation and organization of data helps
you get the information you need with a few simple clicks.
¾ Point and click on a member to obtain all the information on its Geometry, Cross-
sectional properties, Forces, etc. even design information such as Allowable Stresses,
Governing Code Criteria, Reinforcement layout are available.
¾ Sort and Search based on required criteria to create customized reports. Arrange and
rank the data based on Forces, Moments, Displacements, Stresses, etc. in ascending
or descending order.
¾ Customize reports to include only the information you want, where you want it,
including your company logo.

Integration: STAAD.Pro 2002 with STAAD.etc

¾ Significant powerful, integrated component analysis and design tools.
¾ Use STAAD.etc within STAAD.Pro to analyze and design the footings and create a
footing layout.
¾ Use STAAD.etc within STAAD.Pro to analyze and design shear and moment bolt
groups.
STAAD.Pro 2002 Software Release Report
Model Generation
¾ Roaming grid labeling for construction lines.
¾ Equation editor to create parametric equations to define node coordinates.
¾ Auto mesh of user defined polygonal element boundary by simple mouse clicks.
¾ Unlimited Undo and Redo.
¾ All values can be input as fractions with their units directly in any edit box (i.e. 5’1/2”
or 12.36m).
¾ More structure wizard models including user-defined parametric structures to create
any structural template.
¾ Define any point as centre for cylindrical and reverse cylindrical coordinate system.
¾ New user defined steel databases to add customized sections or steel libraries.

Model Verification
¾ Multiple zooming and shadow box windows.
¾ Automatic toggling of steel and concrete parameters, loads and ranges of
node/beam/plate/solid label.
¾ Automatic view restoration facility to keep window arrangements intact.
¾ New 3D rendering of structure using shading and lighting.

Load Generation
¾ New advanced wind load generator taking into consideration user-defined panels.

Design
¾ New IS: 456-2000 RC Designer.
¾ New AASHTO 2000 code.
¾ New IBC 2000 code.
¾ New AISI Cold-Formed Steel Design and section library (optional).
¾ New welding design code.
¾ Automatic calcuoation of cracked moment of inertia for concrete design.

Analysis
¾ Non-linear cable members for catenary cables.
¾ P-Delta analysis enabled for plates.
¾ New Automated bridge loader to calculate 3D influence surfaces, traffic lanes, critical
vehicle loading positions, etc.(optional).
¾ Calculation of maximum base shear for time history loading.
¾ Influence area reported for spring supports for elastic mats.
¾ Scale factors for ground acceleration for time history loading.
¾ Warnings for ‘load losses’ due to poorly defined plate releases.
¾ Enhanced solid stress contour definition for brick elements.

Results Verification
¾ Custom-defined tool-tips for displaying pre- and post-processing data for any entity
with mouse roll over.
¾ Export saved pictures into any format and in any size.
¾ New plate and solid element query box through double-clicking.
¾ New slider control for member query box to see shear, bending and deflection values
at any point along the beam.
¾ New super query box to change any beam/element attribute on the fly
¾ Table of contents for STAAD viewer to go directly to different parts of the ANL file.
¾ Dynamic query feature to create customized queries for data mining STAAD output
(i.e. Find All Nodal Deflections<0.06inches in the Global Y Whose Z Coordinate is>
20ft. for Load Cases > Load Case 5).

Interoperability
¾ New Footing plan calculation and layout schematic form STAAD.etc (optional).
¾ Integration with Section wizard for section property calculation of any shape.
¾ New open and customizable international steel library database.
¾ Integration with Layout product for linking STAAD.Pro data to layout templates.
¾ open STAAD API to link STAAD data into any 3rd party or in-house applications like
Excel, AutoCAD, Visio, etc. using any script language like VB, VBA, JAVA,C, C++,
FORTRAN (fully COM compliant).

Customer Support, Maintenance and Service

To ensure you receive maximum benefits from your investment in REI products, we offer
a comprehensive Maintenance and Service program. This program is designed to provide
you with an information pipeline to answer the questions that you may have or problems
that you may encounter using any of the REI products and to ensure that you always have
immediate access to the latest releases and upgrades.
Profit from our Maintenance Program with:

¾ Technical Support
• Unlimited toll-free access to domestic technical support.
• E-support: Online technical support 24 hours per day.
 • Dynamic knowledge-based system for FAQ’s and example problems (changes
everyday with input from REI support engineers around the world).
¾ Product Updates and Enhancements
• Automatic Software updates and enhancements mailed to you upon availability.
• Downloadable updates and patches (Archived updates also available).
• Automatic Bug Notification System to inform users of new patches, builds or
updates very time they run STAAD.
¾ Other Services
• Training programs can also be held at your site and customized based on your
requirements.
¾ Discounts
• Substantial discounts on future upgrades, additional licenses of software and
training programs.