Module 1 – Introduction to STAAD.Pro

• Introduction to STAAD.Pro and structural engineering software
• Interface, menus, toolbars and workspace
• Creating and managing structural projects
• Understanding STAAD.Pro workflow
• Basic concepts of structural modeling and analysis
• Units and project settings
• Saving and organizing project files

Module 2 – Structural Engineering Fundamentals

• Basic structural engineering concepts
• Load-bearing systems
• Beams, columns, slabs and foundations
• Structural supports and restraints
• Understanding load transfer
• Basic concepts of stress and strain
• Introduction to structural analysis

Module 3 – Project Setup and Model Creation

• Creating a new STAAD.Pro project
• Selecting units and design parameters
• Defining structure type
• Setting up grids and coordinate systems
• Node and member creation
• Structural geometry development
• Model organization and navigation

Module 4 – Nodes, Beams and Structural Members

• Creating and editing nodes
• Creating beam and frame members
• Member numbering and identification
• Member orientation and beta angles
• Copying, moving and deleting members
• Structural connectivity
• Checking model geometry

Module 5 – Material and Section Properties

• Defining structural materials
• Concrete and steel material properties
• Defining standard sections
• Creating custom member sections
• Assigning section properties
• Understanding section parameters
• Reviewing member properties

Module 6 – Supports and Boundary Conditions

• Introduction to structural supports
• Fixed, pinned and roller supports
• Creating support conditions
• Assigning supports to nodes
• Member releases and end conditions
• Understanding boundary restraints
• Checking structural stability

Module 7 – Load Definition and Load Cases

• Introduction to structural loads
• Dead load and self-weight
• Live/imposed load
• Floor and member loads
• Joint loads
• Wind and other environmental loads
• Creating and managing load cases

Module 8 – Load Combinations

• Introduction to load combinations
• Creating primary load cases
• Defining load combinations
• Ultimate and serviceability combinations
• Factored and unfactored loads
• Load combination organization
• Checking applied load combinations

Module 9 – Structural Analysis

• Introduction to structural analysis in STAAD.Pro
• Running analysis
• Understanding analysis commands
• Linear static analysis
• Reviewing analysis warnings and errors
• Model stability checks
• Interpreting basic analysis results

Module 10 – Steel Structure Modeling

• Steel frame modeling
• Steel beams and columns
• Trusses and bracing systems
• Industrial structure modeling
• Steel section selection
• Steel member releases
• Basic steel design workflow

Module 11 – RCC Structure Modeling

• RCC building modeling
• Concrete columns and beams
• Slab and floor system representation
• Shear walls
• Structural supports
• RCC member properties
• Basic RCC analysis workflow

Module 12 – Seismic Load Analysis

• Introduction to earthquake-resistant structural analysis
• Seismic load concepts
• Defining seismic parameters
• Applying seismic load cases
• Load combinations for seismic analysis
• Storey displacement concepts
• Understanding structural response to earthquake loads

Module 13 – Wind Load Analysis

• Introduction to wind loading
• Wind load parameters
• Defining wind load cases
• Applying wind loads to structural models
• Wind load combinations
• Reviewing member forces and reactions
• Interpreting wind analysis results

Module 14 – Advanced Structural Analysis

• Modal analysis concepts
• Dynamic analysis fundamentals
• Response spectrum analysis
• P-Delta analysis
• Analysis of irregular structures
• Nonlinear analysis concepts
• Advanced analysis settings

Module 15 – Steel Design

• Introduction to steel design in STAAD.Pro
• Design parameters
• Steel design codes
• Member capacity checks
• Slenderness and stability concepts
• Design results and utilization ratios
• Identifying failed and critical members

Module 16 – RCC Design

• Introduction to RCC design in STAAD.Pro
• Concrete design parameters
• Beam design
• Column design
• Reinforcement requirements
• Design checks and results
• Understanding RCC design reports

Module 17 – Foundation and Structural Support Design

• Introduction to foundation design concepts
• Isolated foundation modeling concepts
• Support reactions for foundation design
• Column base and support conditions
• Foundation load extraction
• Soil and bearing pressure concepts
• Foundation design workflow

Module 18 – Results, Reports and Documentation

• Reviewing node displacements
• Member forces and stresses
• Support reactions
• Shear force and bending moment results
• Design results
• Creating structural reports
• Exporting and documenting project results

Module 19 – Practical STAAD.Pro Projects

• Practical RCC building project
• Multi-storey structural modeling
• Steel industrial structure project
• Load application and combinations
• Seismic and wind analysis
• Structural design checks
• Result interpretation and documentation

Module 20 – Final STAAD.Pro Project & Assessment

• Complete structural project development
• Model creation from structural drawings
• Material and section assignment
• Load and load combination definition
• Structural analysis
• Steel/RCC design checks
• Final report preparation
• Project presentation and assessment