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STAADor(STAAD.Pro)isastructuralanalysisanddesigncomputerprogramoriginallydevelopedby
ResearchEngineersInternationalinYorbaLinda,CA.Inlate2005,ResearchEngineersInternational
wasboughtbyBentleySystems.[1][2]
AnolderversioncalledStaadIIIforwindowsisusedbyIowaState
Universityforeducationalpurposesforcivilandstructural
engineers.[3]
ThecommercialversionSTAAD.Proisoneofthemostwidelyused
structuralanalysisanddesignsoftware.Itsupportsseveralsteel,
concreteandtimberdesigncodes.
Itcanmakeuseofvariousformsofanalysisfromthetraditional1st
orderstaticanalysis,2ndorderpdeltaanalysis,geometricnon
linearanalysisorabucklinganalysis.Itcanalsomakeuseof
variousformsofdynamicanalysisfrommodalextractiontotime
historyandresponsespectrumanalysis.

StaadPrologo

Inrecentyearsithasbecomepartofintegratedstructuralanalysisanddesignsolutionsmainlyusingan
exposedAPIcalledOpenSTAADtoaccessanddrivetheprogramusinganVBmacrosystemincluded
intheapplicationorotherbyincludingOpenSTAADfunctionalityinapplicationsthatthemselves
includesuitableprogrammablemacrosystems.AdditionallySTAAD.Prohasaddeddirectlinksto
applicationssuchasRAMConnectionandSTAAD.Foundationtoprovideengineersworkingwiththose
applicationswhichhandledesignpostprocessingnothandledbySTAAD.Proitself.Anotherformof
integrationsupportedbySTAAD.ProistheanalysisschemaoftheCIMsteelIntegrationStandard,
version2commonlyknownasCIS/2andusedbyanumbermodellingandanalysisapplications.

References
1. 3DStructuralAnalysis&DesignEngineeringSoftwareSTAAD.Pro(http://www.bentley.com/en
US/Products/STAAD.Pro/)
2. BentleyannouncementtoacquireSTAAD(http://discussion.bentley.com/cgibin/dnewsweb.exe?
cmd=article&group=bentley.announcements&item=448&utag=)
3. StartingSTAAD(http://www.public.iastate.edu/~fanous/staad/logstaad.html)

Externallinks
http://www.bentley.com/enUS/Products/STAAD.Pro
http://www.staadpro.com/
http://www.cinet.co.za/englogic/staadpro.htm
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