I work on STAAD.Pro. It is a software to analyse and design structures. It is capable of designing structure made with steel, concrete, timber, aluminum etc. It is a powerful software.
HOW TO USE
First of all, open the software, start a new project and select the units and type of structure you want to work on. Then, it’s window will be opened. Here you will draw beams, columns or what ever structural element. After geometry is drawn, you have to assign property to the geometry. To do that go to geometry tab and then to the property tab and there define the materials and then assign them. Then go to support tab, define the supports and assign them. Then go to loads and definitions tab and define loads and assign them. Then go to Design tab and select the sub tab, you are dealing with. Then select the relevant code and define parameters. Then go to Analysis tab and analyse the structure. Sort out the errors if you confront any.
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