STAAD File: Beam Section Shapes

Description

The majority of standard sections available in STAAD are available in Strand7. For any sections that are not available, it is possible to create a Strand7 custom beam cross section library (BSL) to define the missing information. This library can then be included as a search database in the Default Country Type section of the STAAD import dialog. Custom beam cross section libraries are created in Utility: Make Library.

Strand7 supports the following STAAD cross section types:

• I-Beam
• WideFlange
• Angles
• Lipped Channels
• Tees
• Prismatic
• Rectangular shapes
• Concrete tees
• Concrete tees tapered (average taper is used)
• Rectangular hollows
• Circular hollows
• Channels with stiff flanges
• Concrete Ells
• Concrete Ells tapered (average taper is used)
• Solid rounds
• Trapezoids
• Double angles
• Double channels

All other sections are not supported.

User-provided cross section tables are not supported.

Tapered sections are not fully supported. Instead, the average depth of the section is used for a constant depth beam.

The ASSIGN profile command is not supported.

Imported STAAD cable members are interpreted as cutoff bars in Strand7 with zero compressive strength and an optional pre tension.

See Also

• File Formats: STAAD File