Column 1: Staad Pro Profiles

The column contains information about the Staad Pro profile. There are various profile types in Staad Pro and they are:

Standard Profile

The Staad Pro profile name is used. The keyword TABLE is used followed by the profile name. For example, 'TABLE ST UC305X305X240'.

Prismatic Sections

The keyword is PRIS followed by <variable><value> pair. For example, a rectangle section with YD and ZD variables is defined with the depth and width defined in column 3:

PRIS YD <depth*0.001> ZD <width*0.001>

User Provided Table

The "UPTABLE num" keyword followed by a variable description can be used to UPT profiles. The num must be defined in the previous section of the mapping file. For example:

UPTABLE 1 I<Heig><Widt><WThi><FThi>

When the variables are defined in column 3.

Note:
Dot(.) of profile name is not supported in the current version of SAI. 88.9_OD_5.5 and must be replaced by 88_OD_5 in the USER PROVIDED TABLE.

Note:
Profile names in STAAD Pro must follow a rule, rules can be generated for profiles of the same type.
For example, if there are two profiles called 88.9_OD_5.5 and 114.3OD8.6 in the USER PROVIDED TABLE, they can be better named as 88_OD_5 and 114_OD_8 respectively. A naming rule can be defined as <int(d1)>_OD_<int(d2)>. The suffix n in dn must follow the definition in the mapping file defined in column 3.