Course Description

STAAD Pro stands for Structural Analysis and Designing Program. This Software is the most used Software for civil Engineering designing. It is not like AutoCAD. We work in only 2 dimensions in AutoCad and that is not detailed. In this software, you work 3 dimension-ally. Mainly the Software reduces your manual calculation and time.

STAAD.Pro stands for Structural Analysis and Design. STAAD.Pro software is widely used in analyzing and designing structures – buildings, bridges, towers, transportation, industrial and utility structures. Designs can involve building structures including culverts, petrochemical plants, tunnels, bridges, piles; and building materials like steel, concrete, timber, aluminium, and cold-formed steel.

What will you learn?

We introduce you to STAAD. Pro state of the art user interface, visualization tools, powerful analysis and design engines with the advanced finite element (FEM) and dynamic analysis capabilities. Some of the features that we focus in training include:

1. You will know how to complete object-oriented intuitive 2D/3D graphics model generation.

2. You will know how to use pull-down menus, floating toolbars, tooltip help

3. You will know how to carry out flexible zoom and multiple views

4. You will know how to have isometric and perspective views and 3D shapes

5. You will know how to use built-in command file editor and simple command language

6. You will know how to generate graphics/text input

7. You will know how to do efficient algorithm that minimises disk space requirements

8. You will know how to take presentation quality printer plots of geometry and results as part of a run output

9. You will know how to perform accurate and numerically efficient plate/shell element incorporating out-of-plane shear and in-plane rotation; automatic element mesh generation; comprehensive element stress output including in-plane stresses, out-of-plane shear, bending and principal stresses at nodal as well as user-specified points

10. You will learn how to achieve user-specified design parameters to customise design

11. You will know how to perform code check, member selection and optimized member selection consisting of analysis/design cycles.

12. You will know how to design concrete beams/columns/slabs/footings as per all major international code

Prerequisites

STAAD.Pro is structural analysis software, usually used by civil engineers, to design the raw structure of a building. It is a package of complex calculation, involving placement of beams and columns. To master this software, you should have thorough engineering background, especially mechanical or Civil

If you are designing the structure confirming IS code then you need to have a good idea of what's going through the codes before you check Staad outputs. For e.g., while designing steel beams you need to check whether it is laterally supported or unsupported, unsupported length etc, moment calculation for different cases according to IS code and then do a manual check with the Staad output. Do manual check for maximum deflection limit for critical spans etc. Compare storey drift manually and with Staad output etc.