File Viewer: Staad Pro

A 10,000-member structure took 12 minutes to solve. The .std file contained multiple redundant CHANGE commands and PRINT statements inserted by the GUI. Removing them reduced runtime to 7 minutes.

Bentley is currently testing mobile viewers for iOS and Android. In the near future, a site engineer will point a tablet at a steel column, and Augmented Reality (AR) will overlay the STAAD Pro file viewer data—showing the exact moment and shear the real beam must resist. staad pro file viewer