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Release · November 2022

Struct4U Engineering Tools 2023

What’s new in the Struct4U Engineering Tools 2023. New versions of all of Struct4U’s programs have been released: XFEM4U 2023.1, XFrame2D 2023.1, XBeam2D 2023 and XConstruct 2023.1, with numerous improvements and enhancements.

Published: 8 November 2022
By: Struct4U
Reading time: 1 min read

XFEM4U: a 3D steel hall with the load generator window, set to wind zone II, terrain category II and snow zone 3 — FIG. 1The load generator in XFEM4U: wind to EN 1991-1-4 and snow to EN 1991-1-3 for a steel hall.

The main changes:

The American standard for steel structures, ANSI/AISC 360-16, has been implemented in XFEM4U.
Struct4U has a new logo, website and branding.
From now on you can easily request a free student version.
A new licence type has been added for medium to large enterprises: the network licence.

Report page with a steel check to AISC 360-16 for beam 14, an IPE 160: flange and web slenderness, yielding and lateral-torsional buckling, each with its formula number — FIG. 2Two report pages. Left, a steel check to ANSI/AISC 360-16 with the Direct Analysis Method; right, a lateral-torsional buckling check with the critical moment from the Dutch national annex. Both show each formula with the values that go in.

Report page with a lateral-torsional buckling check: the critical moment from the Dutch national annex, the reduction factor χLT and the modified factor from equation 6.58 — FIG. 2Two report pages. Left, a steel check to ANSI/AISC 360-16 with the Direct Analysis Method; right, a lateral-torsional buckling check with the critical moment from the Dutch national annex. Both show each formula with the values that go in.

XFrame2D 2023.1: a two-storey frame with the input window of beam 7, an HE 260 A — FIG. 3XFrame2D 2023.1: the input window of a beam, with options such as a tapered beam and an elastic foundation.

XFEM4U: the beam load window with a trapezoidal load of 3 to 8 kN/m over part of a beam — FIG. 4XFEM4U: a trapezoidal load over part of a beam.

You can find more information about the new features in the release notes of each program, listed in the changelog.

Sneak preview: we are currently implementing a unique high-precision method for calculating water accumulation in 3D.

Originally published on struct4u.com on 8 November 2022.

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XFEM4U 3D frames, plates and walls XFEM4U Manual XFrame2D 2D frames in steel and timber XFrame2D Manual XBeam2D Beams in steel, concrete and timber XBeam2D Manual XConstruct Sections, columns, punching, connections XConstruct Manual

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Every check names its clause and shows the values that went in.

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