[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":86},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article:engineering-tools-2023:en":3},{"title":4,"seoTitle":5,"description":6,"label":7,"lead":8,"blocks":9},"Struct4U Engineering Tools 2023","What’s new in the Struct4U Engineering Tools 2023 · Struct4U","November 2022: new versions of XFEM4U, XFrame2D, XBeam2D and XConstruct, with ANSI\u002FAISC 360-16 steel checks, a student version and a network licence.","Release · November 2022","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.",[10,24,27,34,54,65,75,77,79],{"type":11,"image":12,"caption":22,"frame":23},"figure",{"src":13,"width":14,"height":15,"alt":16,"sources":17},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-load-generator-1067.webp",1067,900,"XFEM4U: a 3D steel hall with the load generator window, set to wind zone II, terrain category II and snow zone 3",[18,21],{"src":19,"width":20},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-load-generator-800.webp",800,{"src":13,"width":14},"The load generator in XFEM4U: wind to EN 1991-1-4 and snow to EN 1991-1-3 for a steel hall.","plain",{"type":25,"text":26},"p","The main changes:",{"type":28,"items":29},"list",[30,31,32,33],"The American standard for steel structures, ANSI\u002FAISC 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.",{"type":35,"images":36,"caption":53},"gallery",[37,44],{"src":38,"width":39,"height":40,"alt":41,"sources":42},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-aisc-report-762.webp",762,1079,"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",[43],{"src":38,"width":39},{"src":45,"width":46,"height":47,"alt":48,"sources":49},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-ltb-report-929.webp",929,1272,"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",[50,52],{"src":51,"width":20},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-ltb-report-800.webp",{"src":45,"width":46},"Two report pages. Left, a steel check to ANSI\u002FAISC 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.",{"type":11,"image":55,"caption":64,"frame":23},{"src":56,"width":57,"height":58,"alt":59,"sources":60},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-xframe2d-1600.webp",1600,861,"XFrame2D 2023.1: a two-storey frame with the input window of beam 7, an HE 260 A",[61,63],{"src":62,"width":20},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-xframe2d-800.webp",{"src":56,"width":57},"XFrame2D 2023.1: the input window of a beam, with options such as a tapered beam and an elastic foundation.",{"type":11,"image":66,"caption":74,"frame":23},{"src":67,"width":57,"height":68,"alt":69,"sources":70},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-beam-load-1600.webp",871,"XFEM4U: the beam load window with a trapezoidal load of 3 to 8 kN\u002Fm over part of a beam",[71,73],{"src":72,"width":20},"\u002Fimg\u002Fresources\u002Fblog\u002Fengineering-tools-2023-beam-load-800.webp",{"src":67,"width":57},"XFEM4U: a trapezoidal load over part of a beam.",{"type":25,"text":76},"You can find more information about the new features in the release notes of each program, listed in the [changelog](page:changelog).",{"type":25,"text":78},"Sneak preview: we are currently implementing a unique high-precision method for calculating water accumulation in 3D.",{"type":80,"tone":81,"date":82,"text":83},"callout","editor","2026-09-28",[84,85],"XFEM4U also designs concrete to ANSI\u002FACI 318-19. Water accumulation on flat roofs has been in XFEM4U since version 2024-01-01 (April 2023). The Knowledge Center this post linked to (wiki.struct4u.com) no longer exists: the manuals are now under [Docs](page:docs), and the release notes of every program are in the [changelog](page:changelog).","Students request their free licence on the [student licence](page:student-license) page. The network licence costs from {price:netBasic} per simultaneous user per year ([prices](page:prices), price list {price:month}).",1792702121335]