CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
5 November 2007
Product News
Bentley Releases STAAD.Pro 2007
Bentley's Research Engineers Solutions Center has released STAAD.Pro 2007 - Bentley's comprehensive structural analysis program for static, dynamic, or pushover analysis of bridges, containment structures, embedded structures (tunnels and culverts), pipe racks, steel, concrete, aluminum or timber buildings, transmission towers, stadiums, and other structures.
The STAAD.Pro 2007 interoperable design software supports more than 70 international design codes. It addresses recent changes in European, U.S., and Southeast Asian design codes, and is well suited for a variety of vertical applications, including plant, civil, and building.
STAAD.Pro 2007's key features and enhancements include:
Integration of RAM Connection - Users of STAAD.Pro 2007 can analyze, design, and produce 2D drawings of simple and complex connections within the STAAD.Pro environment. Shear tabs, moments connections, splices, and bracing connections (gusset plates, chevron, and knee) can be modeled, optimized, and grouped (as well as individually customized), taking into consideration all applicable load cases.
Integration of AutoPIPE - Pipe stress engineers can integrate their piping model with the structural model and vice versa. This eliminates the need to manually transfer loads and support positions on isometric drawings and shortens the time to produce final contract drawings and purchase steel. The combined model will be more accurate since it takes into consideration a combined stiffness.
Importing of Grids - Multiple construction grids can be used simultaneously to assist in laying out the initial framing, or an architectural grid can be imported from MicroStation or AutoCAD (with all of the layers and blocks intact) and used to trace the structural framing.
Updated Design Codes - A small P-d analysis can be performed taking into consideration cambering/imperfections in the model as well as a stress stiffening effect in linear or dynamic analysis. This method of analysis is critical to the proper design of members in compliance with the AISC 360-05 code. The EC3 (eventual replacement for the BS5950 steel code), SP52, and National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2005) have all been incorporated.
Advanced Analytical Features - New analytical features include buckling analysis, generation of traction loading to simulate fluids or other materials sliding in a bin or silo, and taking into consideration the cracked properties in a concrete model such as a dam or a pier.
Tighter Integration with Bentley Structural - The bidirectional integration with Bentley Structural has been improved to facilitate the capture of changes (without having to re-import the entire model) and provide support for tapered members used in the pre-engineering metal building industries, better support for concrete members and slabs, and improved automated contract drawings from the STAAD.Pro model.
Faster Engine (optional) - A new, advanced engine increases runtime speeds by more than 1000 times, especially in models dealing with dynamics, soil-structure interaction, large models, and nonlinear elements such as tension/compression-only members. As a result, problems that took hours to solve now take minutes. Hundreds of more iterations and "what-if" scenarios can be performed in less than five percent of the original time.
Users of Bentley's STAAD.Pro product line who are also subscribers under Bentley's SELECT Program agreement will receive STAAD.Pro 2007 free of charge. All other users may contact their Bentley account manager or regional engineer for upgrade information at +1 800 726 7789, or from outside the U.S. at +1 760 431 3610.
For more information on STAAD.Pro 2007, visit the product page http://www.bentley.com/STAADPro or contact Bentley's Solutions Center at 2744 Loker Avenue West, Carlsbad, California, 92010 USA; phone: +1 800 726 7789, press 2 for sales (or +1 760 431 3610); fax: +1 760 431 5214; email: structural@bentley.com .
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