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Modeling Custom Shapes in STAAD PRO PDF
Modeling Custom Shapes in STAAD PRO PDF
STAAD.Pro 2007
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6 February 2008
STAAD.Pro section database contains sections Unfortunately, profile points from a dxf file
from seventeen different countries. For the U.S., cannot be imported into this dialog box. One
design codes, in addition to the AISC section may import the points into STAAD.Section
steel profiles, American Steel Joist, cold formed wizard from a dxf file and then transfer those
steel, timber and aluminum databases are also points to the profile table shown in Figure 2.
provided with STAAD.Pro. If a new section
profile is introduced in the market or a very old
AISC section is missing in the section database,
the user has the power to modify the existing
section profile tables by using the Tools-
>Modify Section Database menu command.
For example, let us assume that the user wanted Once the structural geometry is created in
to create a custom “L” shaped section in STAAD.Pro, the engineer could assign the
STAAD.Pro. The user would have to click on custom property to the respective members by
the Add New Property button in the Create User clicking on the User Table button located in the
Provided Table dialog box and as a result the General -> Property control tab item data area
General dialog box will appear in the shown in Figure 3. The User Property Table
STAAD.Pro interface as shown in Figure 2. dialog box will appear with the custom sections
listed in the table. The engineer has to select the
The user may type in the section properties or custom section and assign it to the members in
may request STAAD.Pro to calculate the section his/her STAAD.Pro model.
properties if he/she had the profile points ready.
stress diagram for the L-sections as illustrated in
Figure 6.
Figure 3: The User Table button in the Properties Dialog Figure 6: Combined Axial and Bending Stress Diagrams
box