Justification

The interface recommends that NA is used as the Justification for columns and braces. CTOP is used as the Justification for beams (or TOS if using the old steel profile catalogue).

In Staad Pro, the centre line is used as a reference. Hence the output from the model has all profile strings together assuming the line between the nodes lies along the centre.

The offset switch outputs with an offset to compensate for the justification of the beam. Only the height is compensated with offset. The example displays the Model output without Output Offset.

The example displays the Model output with Output Offset.