Documentation XFEM4U

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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

Releasenotes of XFEM4U: link

Possibilities 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