Used to set program-wide parameters for
STAAD.Pro.
Opens when
Configure is selected on the application Start
page.
General tab
Setting |
Description |
Language
|
Select the user interface language from the drop-down list. You
must restart the program to see that language used in user interface.
|
Base Unit
|
There are two base unit systems in the program
which control the units (length, force, temperature, etc.) in which, values –
specifically results and other information presented in the tables and reports
– are displayed. The base unit system also dictates what type of default values
the program will use when attributes such as Modulus of Elasticity, Density,
etc., are assigned based on material types – Steel, Concrete, Aluminum –
selected from the program’s library .
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English - the data is handled by the program using the length unit as inches and
the force unit of kips (
kilopounds, or 1,000 lbs).
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Metric - the data is handled by the program using the length unit as meter and
the force unit as kilonewton.
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Global Axis |
Select which axis represents the gravity direction
in your model by default. Subsequently all modeling, analysis, and
post-processing items would be based on this coordinate system.
Select either the
Y up or
Z up option.
Note: Some features
in
STAAD.Pro require that Y up be used
for the global axis orientation.
Note: When the Z up option is selected in the Application Configuration dialog, then the Physical model option is disabled for creating new models.
|
Diagram Background
|
Select either a
White or
Black background for the view window. This
selection will also set some default colors in which beams, plates and solids
are drawn. For example, a white background is accompanied by black lines for
drawing beams.
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Theme
|
Select the basic color theme used in the application.
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Options tab
Setting |
Description |
Startup |
Setting |
Description |
Display License Options |
Check this option during the application launch to
be prompted with License Information dialog (see GS. Starting STAAD.Pro) listing enabled licensing options. |
Display STAAD News Feed |
Check this option to open the news feed reader when
the program starts. |
Display CONNECT Project Chooser when opening STAAD model |
Check this option to display the CONNECT Project Chooser
dialog when opening a STAAD model.
|
|
Analysis |
Setting |
Description |
Warn if analysis performed across network
|
Check this option to receive a warning if the analysis file is located on a
network location. In some network instances, this can cause a
drastric increase in analysis time.
|
Use temporary location
|
Check this option to use a temporary location on your local
computer for analysis. This can improve analysis speed for
network files. The Folder used can be
typed in or selected using by clicking
Browse. |
|
Additional Options
|
Setting |
Description |
Save Auxiliary Data on close
|
During the course of performing analysis,
design, and post-processing operations, multiple files associated with a STAAD
project are generated. Set this option to direct the program to save all files
in the STAAD project when the project is closed.
|
Delete Results Data If Out of Sync
|
Set this option to delete results files when
a project is opened if the input file has been modified more recently than
those input files. This option is helpful in ensuring that results invalidated
by recent changes to the input file will not be used in error.
|
Save AutoRecovery information every X
minutes
|
Check this option and specify the AutoRecovery time interval in
order to have the program automatically save a backup of your
program status. In the event of a program crash, the program
will detect the autorecovery file the next time you open the
STAAD project and prompt you to open the recovered state. |
|
File Format tab
Setting |
Description |
Input format
|
Setting |
Description |
Single Line Format Commands
|
Select whether
Joint coordinates as well as
Member,
Plate, and
Solid incidences will be written one
per input line or multiple per input line by setting the associated options
here.
|
Write expanded list
|
Set this option to instruct the program to
write out joint, member or element numbers individually, for example:
1 2 3 4 5 instead of
1 TO 5 and consequently, creates voluminous
input.
|
Joint Coordinate Significant Figures
|
Specify the number of significant digits used
for nodal coordinates. This is used for models which require a high degree of
precision.
|
|
Output format
|
Setting |
Description |
Add key file information
|
Set this option to Instruct the program to
list all the key files that were used with the analysis including the date of
the principal files.
Note: Even if
the general case is that the Key Information is displayed, it can be tuned off
in a particular analysis if the data file contains the command
SET NOFILE .
|
|
Error format
|
Setting |
Description |
Create Error File
|
You may choose not to have the error file
created at all, though this isn’t advisable. Un-check the box provided for that
purpose if you choose to do so.
|
Log maximum errors per single input
|
A single line of input may contain more than
one error. We can set how many such errors we want shown for each input line.
|
Log maximum errors
|
You can also set the maximum number of errors
you want reported for the entire file. That number is 100 by default.
|
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Design Codes tab
STAAD.Pro supports several
major international design codes. Select the default design code to use when
selecting the material-based design in the program.
Note: You may not use more
than one design code in one single run, even if the Input Command File has more
than one
CODE
command. Also note the design code specified by
the Design Code tab must match that specified in the Input Command File.
Section Database tab
Select this tab to open the Section Database dialog, which is used to select the
default catalog section database file to use for each country. You can also specify
user-defined tables for use in the program.
Workflows tab
Select this top to choose which workflows are displayed in the
Workflows panel of the application.