Connections

All GENSECs must be connected correctly. Staad Pro nodes are derived from AVEVA E3D Design JLDATU for connected GENSEC elements, and ENDATU for free GENSEC ends. For Support in Staad Pro, the Fixity attribute of the ENDATU is set to FIXED or PINNED to define the end as a fixed/pinned support for free ends.

When using the Beams & Columns application to create braces, care must be taken in ensuring correct JLDATU creation. Braces are preferably created by Bracing Configurations which make sure the correct JLDATU is created.

Errors in Brace modelling result in the output on the right.

Using Bracing Configuration with the correct JLDATU created.

When a GENSEC spans through another GENSEC element, the split functionality must be used to split the GENSEC, otherwise the connections between the intersection points are not created in the Staad Pro output, resulting in an error.