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===Release Notes===
===Release Notes===
Releasenotes of XFEM4U: [[http://www.struct4u.com/nl/Release%20notes%20XFEM4U%20en.pdf link]]
Release notes of XFEM4U: [https://software.struct4u.com/downloads/XFEM4U/Release_notes_XFEM4U_en.pdf link]


===Possibilities and limitations===
===Features and limitations===


Full list of features of XFEM4U can be found [[XFEM4U | here.]]
Full list of features of XFEM4U can be found [[XFEM4U | here.]]
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[[XFEM4U Plates | 4.5 Plates]]
[[XFEM4U Plates | 4.5 Plates]]


[[XFEM4U Outer Panels | 4.6 Outer Panels]]
[[XFEM4U Grid Lines/ levels | 4.6 Grid lines/levels]]


[[XFEM4U Hall Wizard | 4.7 Hall Wizard]]
[[XFEM4U Outer Panels | 4.7 Outer Panels]]
 
[[XFEM4U Hall Wizard | 4.8 Hall Wizard]]


'''5. Loads'''
'''5. Loads'''
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[[XFEM4U Loads | 5.3 Loads]]
[[XFEM4U Loads | 5.3 Loads]]


'''6. Analysis'''
[[XFEM4U Load generator | 5.4 Load generator]]


[[XFEM4U Analysis | 6.1 Calculation]]
'''6. Analysis & Design'''


'''6. Structural Design'''
[[XFEM4U Analysis | 6.1 Calculation settings]]


[[XFEM4U Eurocode Steel | 6.1 Eurocode Steel & Timber Design]]
[[Documentation Eurocode | 6.2 Eurocode Steel & Timber Design]]


[[XFEM4U Eurocode RC  | 6.2 Eurocode Reinforced Concrete Design]]
[[XFEM4U Eurocode RC  | 6.3 Eurocode Reinforced Concrete Design]]


[[Eurocode Steel Connections | 6.3 Eurocode Steel Joint Design]]
[[Eurocode Steel Connections | 6.4 Eurocode Steel Joint Design]]


'''7. Building Code AESC'''
'''[[Documentation ANSI | 7. Building Code ANSI]]'''


'''8. Display calculation results'''
'''8. Display calculation results'''
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[[XFEM4U Display Results | 8.1 Display results]]
[[XFEM4U Display Results | 8.1 Display results]]


[[XFEM4U Spy | 8.2 spy: results per beam]]
[[XFEM4U Analysis | 8.2 Calculation settings]]


[[XFEM4U Analysis | 8.3 Calculation settings]]
[[Struct4U Optimization | 8.3 Optimization]]
 
[[Struct4U Optimization | 8.4 Optimization]]


'''9. UI and other settings'''
'''9. UI and other settings'''
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[[XFEM4U Backup files | 9.8 Backup files]]
[[XFEM4U Backup files | 9.8 Backup files]]


[[XFEM4U UI and settings | 11. UI and other settings]]
[[XFEM4U Context menu | 9.9 Context menu]]


'''12. Background information about calculations'''
'''10. Background information about calculations'''


[[XBeam2D Deflection Calculation | 10.1 Deflection]]
[[XBeam2D Deflection Calculation | 10.1 Deflection]]
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[[FEM best practices and examples | 10.4 Finite Element Mesh & Solver]]
[[FEM best practices and examples | 10.4 Finite Element Mesh & Solver]]
[[XFEM4U UI and settings | 11. UI and other settings]]

Latest revision as of 20:13, 11 November 2022

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Introduction

This page contains the documentation of XFEM4U. It is meant as a full description of all functions and possibilities of the program. Other relevant information about XFEM4U can be found in the following links:

Release Notes

Release notes of XFEM4U: link

Features and limitations

Full list of features of XFEM4U can be found here.

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Chapters user manual

1. Get Started

2. Basic concept User Interface

2.1 Design Arrangements and coordinates

3. Export/Import

3.1 Autodesk Revit/Dynamo

3.2 Tekla Structures

3.3 XML Interface

3.4 DWG/DXF

3.5 SDNF

4. Geometry

4.1 Nodes

4.2 Supports

4.3 Beams

4.4 Section/Profile

4.5 Plates

4.6 Grid lines/levels

4.7 Outer Panels

4.8 Hall Wizard

5. Loads

5.1 Load cases

5.2 Load combinations

5.3 Loads

5.4 Load generator

6. Analysis & Design

6.1 Calculation settings

6.2 Eurocode Steel & Timber Design

6.3 Eurocode Reinforced Concrete Design

6.4 Eurocode Steel Joint Design

7. Building Code ANSI

8. Display calculation results

8.1 Display results

8.2 Calculation settings

8.3 Optimization

9. UI and other settings

9.1 Edit

9.2 Selection

9.3 View

9.4 Display options

9.5 Dockable windows

9.6 Changing dimensions

9.7 Menu

9.7.1 Preferences

9.7.2 Drawing

9.7.3 Snap options

9.7.4 Regular grid

9.7.5 Output

9.7.6 User defined profiles

9.7.7 Preview

9.8 Backup files

9.9 Context menu

10. Background information about calculations

10.1 Deflection

10.2 Tapered section

10.3 Background steel & timber Eurocode

10.4 Finite Element Mesh & Solver

11. UI and other settings