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  • What is STAAD.Pro?

    The year was 1997, REI (Research engineers international) developed a structural analysis and design computer program. The place was Yorba Linda, CA a suburban city in orange county, California. The program named as STAAD – III. The program initially used by Iowa State University for educational purposes. The first version of STAAD III was made…

  • How to start a new model in STAAD.Pro?

    Previous Topic: What is STAAD Pro? Modeling is the heart of structural design in STAAD Pro. If you have done the modelling right, half the road is travelled. Let us learn how to do modelling in STAAD Pro. Let’s first learn how to create a 3D Space frame Model. For creating a new model, open…

  • How to use data validation in MS Excel?

    Data validation is a tool that reduces errors, it helps in making cells constraint to some particular values only. MS Excel says ” Data validation is an Excel feature that you can use to define restrictions on what data can or should be entered in a cell. You can configure data validation to prevent users from…

  • How to use Vlookup in MS Excel?

    Hi friends, Let us learn about Vlookup function of MS Excel. If, you have a big table and you dont want to drag your mouse each and every time you need some value from that table, you can use Lookup or Vlookup or Hlookup.  These are some of the best techniques of data extraction from…

  • How to change orientation of beams in STAAD.Pro. ?

    Generally, beam starts at left and ends at right in X direction, starts from bottom and ends at top in Z direction, likewise for the case of columns, columns start at bottom and ends at top. If your beams and columns are not in right orientation, they can create confusion in results interpretation. So, you…

  • How to load add-ins and make a customised ribbon button for it?

    Hi, Add-ins are the custom functions/commands/formulae or macros stored in an external file which can be used in any excel file to increase productivity. In order to use Add-Ins, you should be allowing the add ins. to do that follow this steps. 1. Go to file — options — Trust Center — Open trust center…

  • A program to extract beam design results from STAAD.Pro. ANL file.

    STAAD Pro is a great analysis and design software. It gives us concrete design results in output file. the navigation in the output file is so tedious that we usually like graphical/tabular results than navigating to output file. It does not give comprehensive beam design result output directly to excel. But, there is no stop…

  • A Program to extract Column Design Results from STAAD.Pro ANL File.

    STAAD Pro is a great analysis and design software. It gives us concrete design results in output file. the navigation in the output file is so tedious that we usually like graphical/tabular results than navigating to output file. It does not give comprehensive beam design result output directly to excel either. But, there is no…

  • How to make DXF in Autocad and import DXF layout in STAAD.Pro?

    Creating a centerline drawing from a beam column layout and exporting it as DXF will help it to be imported in STAAD.Pro. You can create the centerline the way you want, but here we have shown a method which is a quicker one we feel. The ultimate choice is with you about how to make…

  • How to fill out the cells with the value of cell above in excel?

    Sometimes, a quick tip saves so much time that we feel amazed. This is such one tip to save your hours in the future work. Selecting blank cells and adding value to is a repetitive work, and, if we can make this repetitive work a one time work, the time of all the clicks for…

  • What are the development lengths of bars for different grade of reinforcement and concrete?

    Here are the development lengths of different grade reinforcement bars for different concrete grades. Development lengths are in mm. 1. Development lengths for plain bars of grade Fe250. 2. Development lengths for HYSD bars of grade Fe415. 3. Development lengths for HYSD bars of grade Fe500. Hope you find it useful. Comment if you have…

  • How to Invert Select files in a folder in Windows 7?

    Many a times we need to invert select files to delete them. We select files and CTRL+Select and then again CTRL+Select and delete. But, what if you can select the files you want to retain and invert the selection so that you can delete the rest. Here is a way to do it. 1. select…

  • How to remove Line breaks (enters) from a paragraph?

    Many a times we copy materials from PDFs. Those comes with line breaks, we have to manually remove all enters and join lines. But, no more we do it the same way. Follow the following procedure and removing it becomes a lot simpler. 1. Paste the material to your word file. It looks like this.…

  • How to remove field background in Autocad?

    Many a times we use fields in the texts in Autocad drawings. By default the field background comes grayish white. It annoys us. We want to remove it as soon as possible. Here is how it looks like. You can remove this background by setting fielddisplay value to 0. Just type fielddisplay and it will…

  • How to write text below dimension line in Autocad?

    Here is a simple way to write text below dimension line. Just press X (Backslash followed by capital x) and type your text. You have written text below dimension line. Here is how it looks like. Some more topics you may like to read Shortcuts of Autocad. Basic Commands in Autocad? How to see the…

  • What are the Axis colors in STAAD.Pro?

    Axis color convention in STAAD.Pro is as below: X Axis : Blue Y Axis : Red Z Axis  : Green You can see it in STAAD window by pressing Shift + I. Some other STAAD Pro topics you may like to explore : About Nodes, Beams and Plate Create DXF file for importing in STAAD …

  • Angles for different known slopes and slopes for different angles with Slope calculator.

    Slope Calculator Calculate slope ratio from angle Enter the angle in degrees: ° Slope: 0 Angle Calculator Calculate angle from slope ratio Enter the slope ratio 1 in: Angle: 0° Here are some known slopes with their angle and vice versa.   Slope Angle 1 in 1 45° 1 in 2 26.56° 1 in 3…

  • How to adjust snooze timing in alarm of mobile?

    Many a times you feel that i wish my snooze time be some more or some less so that i can sleep more or wake up earlier. You can, yes you can change the snooze timing in your alarm. Just follow the simple steps and change the snooze timings. 1. Open the Alarm app. 2.…

  • How to program Tatasky remote to work for TV?

    Now you don’t need to have two remotes to operate TV and Tata sky. To make Tata Sky remote work for your TV, just press univ button on your Tata Sky remote and use it as a TV remote.Functions that can be used with tatasky remote includes on/off, mute, volume and input mode. To program…

  • How to see dialog window in Autocad?

    Sometimes, when you run an AutoCAD command that usually displays a file selection dialog window, you instead receive a prompt at the command line. You find it cumbersome to save the file to a particular place or select a particular file in such case. This is because FILEDIA variable is by default became 0. Follow the…

  • How to add reminder in tata sky?

    To add reminder select the program twice you want to set reminder for.

  • What are the permissible horizontal deflection in building?

    # For wind case : permissible max. Horizontal deflection is H/500. # For EQ case : permissible max. Horizontal deflection is H/250. # For EQ case you have to satisfy story drift criteria of 0.004H also. All deflection worked out shall be for service loads only i.e. for unfactored combinations.

  • When to reapply for aadhar card?

    In the following conditions you have to reapply for aadhar card : 1. If their status on e-aadhar website says “rejected”. 2. If it shows “not found” 3. If the status shows “cannot be processed due to technical reasons”.

  • How to start DND(do not disturb) service?

    Regardless of operator, if you’d want to stop all the promotional calls and sms, follow the following procedure and enjoy the undisturbed services. + Type “START 0” and send to 1909. Its done. + call 1909 and follow the IVR. Keep reading tinytopic.