STAAD.Pro Help

I. Settings dialog

This dialog is used to control display settings for the STAAD.Pro Editor.

General tab

SettingDescription
Display options
SettingDescription
Display Line Number Set this option to include line numbers to the left of the command lines in the editor. Line numbers are not printed.
Highlight Current Line Set this option to highlight the entire line where the cursor is located in the editor.
Outline Group Set this option to have sections of the input file "grouped" together in the editor.
Color Coded Text Set this option to highlight input using different colors by keyword, values, etc. in the input file. Printed input files will use the same color coding.
Note: The output file (.ANL) does not use color coding for the input echo. Only warnings, errors, and messages will be displayed in color when the information is indicated for this.
Default Encoding Select the default character encoding system used by the viewer.
Editor options These options are only available in the Editor mode.
SettingDescription
Enable IntelliSense Set this option to enable code-completion for input file editing.
Enable Snippets Set this option to enable the snippets functionality in the right-click pop-up menu in the editor. Snippets allow you quickly add predefined blocks of code to your input file.

Fonts and Colors tab

SettingDescription
File Type Select the file extension corresponding to the type of file you want to style.
Font Select an installed Windows font from the drop-down list to use for the text editor.
Size Select a font size from the drop-down list to use for the text editor.
Items Select one of the text window display items from this list. The color can be selected from the Item Color drop-down pallet.
Item Color Click the down arrow to select a color for the selected Items.

Print tab

SettingDescription
Header Set this option to include a header with the selected options:
SettingDescription
Logo (Input files only) Set this checkbox to include the file path in the Company Logo File field. Click Browse to locate an image file.
Job Information (Input files only) Set this option to include the JOB NAME, JOB CLIENT, and ENGINEER NAME job information values from the START JOB INFORMATION command block.
Date/Time (Output files only) Select the time stamp to use for the file.
Footer Set this option to include a footer with the selected options:
SettingDescription
Path and Filename Set this option to include the file path, file name, and timestamp of the file in the footer of each page of the printout.
Page Number Set this option to include page numbers in the footer of each page of the printout.
Margins Set the page margins around the page here.