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Interoperability · November 2023
Interoperability XFEM4U, XFrame2D XML
In XFrame2D and XFEM4U there is an XML import and XML export function for interoperability with other software packages.
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You can use this in many ways:
fetching models from XFrame2D into XFEM4U;
generating models with Python or VBA;
but also creating parametric structures, for example in Microsoft Excel for trusses or other structures. Think with us! Share your ideas via Struct4U Ideas↗ (opens in a new tab).
FIG. 1A castellated beam, described parametrically in Python (left), as a 3D model (top right) and calculated in XFEM4U (bottom right).
FIG. 2Exchange as shown in November 2023: one steel structure in XFEM4U (bottom left), in the Speckle web viewer (top) and in Revit (bottom right).
FIG. 3An Excel sheet that builds a roof truss from a few dimensions and writes it as an XML file for XFrame2D. The steps are in the sheet: fill in the parameters, save the XML tab as Unicode text with the extension .xml, and import it in XFrame2D.
FIG. 4The imported truss in XFrame2D.
Currently we are finalising new functions in our tools:
XFEM4U API V1;
new modules in XConstruct: a pile cap on two piles, and a masonry wall according to NPR 9096;
