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Known limitations for STAAD.Pro

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For now, the link works for a wide variety of connections/joints. However, please take into account yet unsupported functionality.

Geometrical eccentricity

Limitation:ย Geometrical eccentricity - joint node is not in the central point

Workaround: Import the joint and move the beams manually to the proper positions. Imported internal forces include the eccentricity effects, only the geometrical offset is missing.

Known limitations of STAAD.Pro link
Known limitations of STAAD.Pro link

Load combinations

Limitation: Load combinations that reference other load combinations cannot be imported. These combinations are automatically skipped during import.

Workaround:ย Create new load combinations in STAAD.Pro that contain only basic load cases, or modify the existing ones to follow the same rule.

Limitation: SRSS and ABS load combination types are not supported. These special combination methods require non-algebraic mathematical processing.
Because Checkbot performs a strict algebraic summation of load cases (including sign), SRSS and ABS combinations are excluded from import.

Workaround:ย Replace existing SRSS and ABS combinations, or create new ones, with standard algebraic combinations that use only basic load cases. These simplified combinations will import correctly.

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