Web appv1.3.0

STAAD To CAD

Section drawings of STAAD.Pro frames, ready for AutoCAD

Instant access in SS Workbench.

Overview

STAAD To CAD turns the frames of your STAAD.Pro model into section drawings, without drafting by hand.

Select one frame in STAAD.Pro and press Get frame.

Members view: the frame in 3D with STAAD's member numbers, and its members listed beside it. Members that can be merged (split rafters and columns) are highlighted; Merge lets you pick which groups to join, and each merged member is drawn and named as one.
Drawing view: the section drawing, with each member written out (web depth start ~ end × thickness, top and bottom flanges, length) or marked M1, M2 … with a sections table. Every label sits above its member, along it. Set the text height, and drag any label to a clearer place.

Export DXF downloads the drawing. Select the next frame and press Get another frame: on the go, nothing to save or manage.

Get a frame from STAAD.Pro and see it in 3D with member numbers
Merge split members: groups that can be merged are highlighted, pick the ones you want
Each member named in full (web, flanges, length), or marks with a sections table
Adjustable text height
Labels above each member, along it; drag any label to a clear place
Export the drawing as a DXF in one click
Your work is saved: close the tab and resume where you left off

1.3.0: the desktop drawing, with a 3D Members view

Members view: the frame in 3D, members list, highlighted merge groups and a Merge window
Drawing view: members named in full or marks with a sections table, text height, labels above each member
A numbered steps panel (Frame, Merge, Drawing, Export); dragged labels get a small leader to their member
On the go: get a frame, merge, export; nothing to save

1.2.0: approval drawings from tagged frames

Tag splices, knees, end plates and member types; pieces run between tagged nodes
Steel-line geometry, connection plates, purlins and girts
Marks with a sections table, or OF / WEB / IF callouts

1.1.0: frame cross-section drawings

GET shows the frame as a drawing straight away, with split members merged
Member marks, sections table, dimensions, slope symbols, ridge centre line, grid bubbles and title
Save frames to a collection and Export all in one DXF

1.0.0: first release