It can carry out linear elastic (static and dynamic) and nonlinear dynamic analysis (although I am not sure how good the nonlinear analysis algorithms are, not having used those features).

Design of steel and reinforced concrete buildings as per the codes of selected countries can also be carried out with STAAD Pro.

This software can generate loads (wind and earthquake) as per building codes of selected countries.

STAAD Pro is capable of analysing and designing civil engineering structures such as buildings, bridges, and plane and space trusses.

Another form of integration supported by the STAAD Pro is the analysis schema of the CIMsteel Integration Standard, version 2 commonly known as CIS/2 and used by a number modelling and analysis applications. Additionally, STAAD Pro has added direct links to applications such as RAM Connection and STAAD Foundation to provide engineers working with those applications which handle design post processing not handled by STAAD Pro itself. In recent years it has become part of integrated structural analysis and design solutions mainly using an exposed API called OpenSTAAD to access and drive the program using a Visual Basic macro system included in the application or by including OpenSTAAD functionality in applications that themselves include suitable programmable macro systems. It can also make use of various forms of dynamic analysis from modal extraction to time history and response spectrum analysis. It can make use of various forms of analysis from the traditional 1st order static analysis, 2nd order p-delta analysis, geometric non-linear analysis or a buckling analysis.

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