STAAD Foundation Advanced Help

Export data into a spreadsheet

The current STAAD Foundation Advanced project can be exported to a spreadsheet file. This can be useful to easily make large amounts of changes to the input data (structure, geometry, loads, etc.). The resulting input can be re-imported into your STAAD Foundation Advanced project file or used to create a new project file.

  1. Click the Export to Spreadsheet tool on the Home ribbon tab. The STAAD Foundation Export to Excel File dialog box opens.
  2. Select a location an type a name for your file, with the file extension .xml.
  3. Click Open. The exported file is saved in the Excel XML format and can be opened using Microsoft Office Excel®.
Parent topic: Import Foundation Input from a Microsoft Office Excel® spreadsheet