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STAAD can be used for the analysis and design of a wide range of structural projects from plants, buildings, and bridges to towers, tunnels, metro stations, water/wastewater treatment plants, and then some.

Basically, the commands like Floor load or Area load are used when the entity transmitting the load, such as a slab, is no piece of the structural model. The Area Load or way Load might be used for modeling single direction distribution and the Floor Load might be used for modeling two-way distribution.

STAAD Pro is a structural analysis and design software that is widely used to dissect and design structures for bridges, towers, buildings, transportation, industrial and utility structures.