A. To run analysis on the cloud

To use Bentley's Cloud Services to perform analysis and design on your model, use the following procedure.

Note: Requires you to be logged into your valid CONNECT account.

Technical Preview:

This feature is part of a Technical Preview. It has not been reviewed per Bentley's standard quality assurance program and should be considered for review only.

On the Analysis and Design ribbon tab, select the Run Cloud Analysis tool in the Cloud Analysis Services group.

The Run Cloud Analysis dialog opens.
Type a Job Name. This must be a unique name.
Note: Only alphanumeric characters are allowed. The name should not contain any spaces.
(Optional) Type a Job Description.
Select the Analysis Engine to use. The various releases of STAAD.Pro are included in the drop-down list.
Click Submit. You are notified once the analysis job has been successfully created and queued.

Once the analysis job is complete, you will be notified with a message from the Windows task area.

You can use the Download Results tools to either open the results for postprocessing STAAD.Pro or to save to your local computer for review or other postprocessing later.