How does one get a report indicating whether the applied loads are in equilibrium with the support reactions?
There is an option which can be provided along with the PERFORM ANALYSIS command for getting this information. It is called PRINT STATICS CHECK. It is explained in Section 5.37 of the STAAD.Pro Technical Reference Manual. The sample below shows how this is done. LOAD 3 LATERAL FORCES JOINT LOAD 4 6 8 10 FX 12.5 LOAD COMBINATION 10 1 1.2 2 1.4 3 0.9 PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT STATICS CHECK PRINT ANALYSIS RESULTS UNIT NEWTON MMS START CONCRETE DESIGN CODE BRITISH FYLD 425 ALL FC 35 ALL DESIGN COLUMN 45 57 END CONCRETE DESIGN FINISH If you prefer to use the graphical method for specifying this option, this is how it can be done. In the Modelling mode, click on the Commands menu from the top of the screen. Select Analysis | Perform Analysis. A Perform Analysis dialog box will be displayed. Set the radio button on Print Statics Check. Click on OK. Save the file and run the analysis. Then view the output file. (This can be done from File | View | Output file | STAAD Output). If you scroll down t
