08-02-2009, 01:45 PM
Hi Insanity,
I am not really an expert user of STAAD.Pro but still I will try help.. :D
1. For complicated structures, I usually used AutoCAD for the geometry then import it to STAAD.Pro after then I proceed assigning geometry, loading etc.
Using Structure Wizard of STAAD, maybe you can use the cylindrical surface option under Surface/Plate models. Separate the whole structure into 3 and then combine the geometry afterward. I don't know if this will work, I haven't tried this yet.
2. You can design combined concrete and steel structures just like steel trusses setting on the top of a concrete building. I suggest modeling them both, separately and combined, compare, then considered the one with critical results.
STAAD.Pro has not yet the facility to combined 2 different structures especially if the two structures have lot of entities and members. You will lost geometry, loading etc and oftentimes the program will crush. The copy and paste method will work for simple structures with few members only.
I am not really an expert user of STAAD.Pro but still I will try help.. :D
1. For complicated structures, I usually used AutoCAD for the geometry then import it to STAAD.Pro after then I proceed assigning geometry, loading etc.
Using Structure Wizard of STAAD, maybe you can use the cylindrical surface option under Surface/Plate models. Separate the whole structure into 3 and then combine the geometry afterward. I don't know if this will work, I haven't tried this yet.
2. You can design combined concrete and steel structures just like steel trusses setting on the top of a concrete building. I suggest modeling them both, separately and combined, compare, then considered the one with critical results.
STAAD.Pro has not yet the facility to combined 2 different structures especially if the two structures have lot of entities and members. You will lost geometry, loading etc and oftentimes the program will crush. The copy and paste method will work for simple structures with few members only.
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