[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":67},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article:profiles:en":3},{"title":4,"seoTitle":5,"description":6,"label":7,"lead":8,"blocks":9},"Profiles Struct4U Engineering Tools","The profile function in all Struct4U programs · Struct4U","One profile function in XFEM4U, XFrame2D, XBeam2D and XConstruct: concrete, timber and steel sections, openings, built-up sections and a large database.","Tips · November 2023","In all programs of the Struct4U Engineering Tools we use the profiles function: in XFEM4U, XFrame2D, XBeam2D and XConstruct. You can define concrete, timber, steel and other profiles here.",[10,18,31,41,61],{"type":11,"items":12},"list",[13,14,15,16,17],"Easily make openings in standard profiles.","Find your profile very quickly by typing in the profile name, with different syntax options.","Move the parts of a built-up profile graphically, including snap functions.","A large profile database with thousands of profiles.","All profiles are parametric, so you can make a new version of an existing profile with a different size in a few mouse clicks.",{"type":19,"image":20,"caption":30},"figure",{"src":21,"width":22,"height":23,"alt":24,"sources":25},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-xfem4u-1600.webp",1600,1000,"XFEM4U: a beam with a built-up profile, and the profile properties window with an HEA 240 and two plates, the section drawing and its properties",[26,29],{"src":27,"width":28},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-xfem4u-800.webp",800,{"src":21,"width":22},"A built-up profile in XFEM4U: an HEA 240 with two plates, and its section properties on the right.",{"type":19,"image":32,"caption":40},{"src":33,"width":22,"height":34,"alt":35,"sources":36},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-ipe330-1600.webp",1162,"The profile properties window with two IPE 330 sections combined into one, the second rotated by 90 degrees, and the section properties on the right",[37,39],{"src":38,"width":28},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-ipe330-800.webp",{"src":33,"width":22},"Two IPE 330 sections combined into one profile: the second is rotated by 90° and moved into place graphically.",{"type":42,"images":43,"caption":60},"gallery",[44,52],{"src":45,"width":22,"height":46,"alt":47,"sources":48},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-concrete-1600.webp",1163,"The add profile window for a concrete beam of 300 by 400 mm in C20\u002F25 and B500B, with two bars of 12 mm at the top and two of 16 mm at the bottom, and the list of basic shapes",[49,51],{"src":50,"width":28},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-concrete-800.webp",{"src":45,"width":22},{"src":53,"width":22,"height":54,"alt":55,"sources":56},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-timber-1600.webp",1074,"The add profile window for a timber profile in C18, with the list of basic shapes open and a round shape selected",[57,59],{"src":58,"width":28},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fprofiles-timber-800.webp",{"src":53,"width":22},"Left, a concrete profile of 300 × 400 mm in C20\u002F25 with 2Ø12 at the top and 2Ø16 at the bottom; the shape is chosen from the list. Right, a timber profile, here with a round basic shape.",{"type":62,"tone":63,"date":64,"text":65},"callout","editor","2026-09-28",[66],"Since this post the database has gained the old German N.P. and B profiles (XFEM4U version 2025-01-01, January 2024; XConstruct version 2025-01-01, September 2024). All programs now also have a material editor for your own grades of steel, concrete, rebar and timber; see [XFEM4U 2025.1](blog:xfem4u-2025-1).",1792702121287]