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VAT","Fig.","Screenshot from the manual.",{"carousel":11,"prev":12,"next":13,"pause":14,"play":15,"position":16},"carousel","Previous picture","Next picture","Pause the slideshow","Play the slideshow","Picture {n} of {total}","(English)","Download","Explore","opens in a new tab",{"basic2d":22,"advanced":23,"premium":24},"Basic 2D","Advanced 2D + 3D","Premium",{"steel":26,"concrete":27,"timber":28,"masonry":29,"geo":30},"Steel","Concrete","Timber","Masonry","Geotechnics",{"nl":32,"be":33,"uk":34,"de":35,"it":36,"es":37,"pt":38},"Netherlands","Belgium","United Kingdom","Germany","Italy","Spain","Portugal",{"title":40,"ppu":41,"perHour":42,"perYear":43,"billed":44,"or":45,"included":46,"note2d":47,"note3d":48,"premium":49,"wordAddIn":50,"welcome":51,"compare":52,"spreadsheetTitle":53,"spreadsheetFree":54,"spreadsheetRuns":55,"spreadsheetTier":56,"premiumIn":57,"premiumNote":58,"ppuIncluded":59,"ppuRuns":60},"Licence","pay-per-use","\u002Fhour","\u002Fyear","Billed per minute. Never more than {cap} per computer per calendar year, all programs together.","or","Included in {tier}","Single user, on up to 2 workstations. Also in Advanced and Premium.","Single user. Includes XBeam2D, XFrame2D, XConstruct and XSpreadsheets.","Premium ({premium}\u002Fyear) adds IDEA StatiCa export, Tekla import, DXF export and Python, plus priority support. Pay-per-use includes those features too.","The Word add-in is included, with pay-per-use and with every licence.","Download free. Register in the program and get {credit} of pay-per-use credit as a welcome gift.","Compare pay-per-use and licences","Price","Free download","The models run in XFrame2D ({hourly2d}\u002Fhour) or XFEM4U ({hourly3d}\u002Fhour) on pay-per-use, billed per minute.","Or in your licence: XSpreadsheets counts in the 2D tier, from Basic 2D at {basic}\u002Fyear.","Included in Premium 2D + 3D","Single user, on up to 2 workstations. Everything in Advanced 2D + 3D, plus IDEA StatiCa export, Tekla import, DXF export and priority support.","Included with pay-per-use","You pay for the program that calculates the model: XFEM4U at {hourly3d}\u002Fhour or XFrame2D at {hourly2d}\u002Fhour, billed per minute.",{"download":62,"pricing":63},"Download free","Pricing",{"seo":65,"kicker":68,"h1":69,"lead":70,"howLink":71,"video":72,"how":76,"why":89,"demo":105,"states":133,"req":152,"limits":171,"faqLabel":180,"faqTitle":181,"faq":182,"notes":198,"close":203},{"title":66,"description":67},"Word add-in: live calculation reports in Word · Struct4U","Put XFEM4U, XFrame2D, XBeam2D and XConstruct reports into your own Word document as linked blocks that update when the model changes. No extra cost.","Word add-in · included at no extra cost","Your results in your own Word template, and they update when the model changes.","Drop a saved model on the Calculations pane in Word. The program calculates it in the background and inserts the report as a linked block. When the model changes, the block is marked out of date and updates in place, and the rest of your document stays as it was.","How it works",{"play":73,"alt":74,"caption":75,"english":17},"Watch the demo","Demo video: a Struct4U calculation report inserted into a Word document with the add-in.","Demo with an XFrame2D model. It loads only when you click.",{"label":71,"title":77,"lead":78,"steps":79},"Install, insert, update.","Three steps, and the report you insert is exactly the DOCX output of the program.",[80,83,86],{"title":81,"text":82},"Install","The add-in comes with XFEM4U, XFrame2D, XBeam2D and XConstruct. Word gets a Struct4U tab.",{"title":84,"text":85},"Insert","Open the Calculations pane and drop one or more models on it. Each report goes in at the cursor as a linked, protected block.",{"title":87,"text":88},"Update","Change a model and its block turns Out of date. Click Update, or Update all. Opening the document asks first.",{"label":90,"title":91,"lead":92,"before":93,"after":99},"Why","Linked, not pasted.","A pasted screenshot is out of date the moment the model changes. A linked block knows where it came from.",{"title":94,"items":95},"Pasted into Word",[96,97,98],"Goes stale when the model changes, without telling you.","Has to be redone by hand for every revision.","Is a picture: you can’t search it or refer into it.",{"title":100,"items":101},"A linked report block",[102,103,104],"Knows its model by a fingerprint of the model’s contents, not by the file date.","Keeps your page numbering, bookmarks and cross-references through an update.","Is never refreshed silently: a checked and signed report doesn’t change under its author.",{"caption":106,"doc":107,"heading":108,"text":109,"pane":110,"model":111,"state":112,"change":113,"update":87,"updateAll":114,"reset":115,"live":116,"rows":119,"note":132},"Try it: a recreation of the Calculations pane beside a report block.","Report.docx","4.2 Steel frame, grid line 3","The calculation below is linked to the model.","Calculations","Model","State","Change a model","Update all","Reset",{"changed":117,"updated":118},"portal.xfr2 changed: its block is out of date.","All blocks are up to date.",[120,123,126,129],{"model":121,"program":122},"hall.xfem","XFEM4U",{"model":124,"program":125},"portal.xfr2","XFrame2D",{"model":127,"program":128},"beam-B1.xbe2","XBeam2D",{"model":130,"program":131},"end-plate.xcst","XConstruct","In Word, a document with out-of-date blocks asks when you open it: “1 calculation in hal.docx is out of date. Update it now?” No leaves it exactly as it was.",{"caption":134,"state":112,"meaning":135,"rows":136},"The states a block can have","Meaning",[137,140,143,146,149],{"state":138,"meaning":139},"Up to date","The report matches the model as it is now.",{"state":141,"meaning":142},"Out of date","The model has changed since the report was inserted.",{"state":144,"meaning":145},"Model missing","The model file is no longer where the block recorded it.",{"state":147,"meaning":148},"Model locked","The model file is there but can’t be read: it is open elsewhere, or you have no access.",{"state":150,"meaning":151},"Needs attention","Almost always a block copied inside Word. Only the original can be updated.",{"label":153,"title":154,"rows":155,"versions":170},"Requirements","What you need.",[156,159,162,165,167],{"th":157,"td":158},"Word","Microsoft Word for Windows, the desktop version. Word for the web and Word for Mac can’t load the add-in.",{"th":160,"td":161},"Programs","{versions} or later.",{"th":163,"td":164},"Runtime",".NET Framework 4.8 and the Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office runtime. The installer adds the Office runtime if it is missing.",{"th":40,"td":166},"Included with pay-per-use and with every licence (Basic 2D, Advanced, Premium), at no extra cost. Each insert or update is a normal calculation run of the program.",{"th":168,"td":169},"Language","The add-in follows Word’s interface language: Dutch in a Dutch Word, English in an English one. The report inside follows the program’s language setting.","{name} {version}",{"label":172,"title":173,"items":174},"Limits","Where it stops.",[175,176,177,178,179],"Word for Windows only: not Word for the web or Word for Mac.","One calculation at a time per Word session. A calculation that runs longer than {minutes} minutes is stopped, and the document is left unchanged.","A report block is protected. To edit its text, Unlink it: it becomes ordinary text and is never updated again.","A block copied inside Word can’t be updated. Insert the model a second time instead.","Blocks can’t be reordered from the pane: remove one and insert it again where you want it.","FAQ","Questions",[183,186,189,192,195],{"q":184,"a":185},"Does the add-in cost extra?","No. It is included with pay-per-use and with every licence: Basic 2D, Advanced and Premium.",{"q":187,"a":188},"Does it work with all four programs?","Yes. It takes XFEM4U (.xfem and the older .xfr3), XFrame2D (.xfr2), XBeam2D (.xbe2) and XConstruct (.xcst) models, so one document can hold reports from all four.",{"q":190,"a":191},"What goes into the report?","Exactly the DOCX output of the program, with what the model’s own output selection asks for. To change it, set the output selection in the program, save the model and update the block.",{"q":193,"a":194},"Does it update without asking?","Never. You click Update or Update all, or you answer Yes when an opened document asks. If an update can’t finish, the existing report stays as it was.",{"q":196,"a":197},"Can I edit the text of a report?","Not while it is linked, because the next update would overwrite your edits. Unlink the block to turn it into ordinary text you can edit.",{"how":199,"why":200,"req":201,"limits":202},"The add-in installs into one shared folder, whichever Struct4U programs you install.","An update replaces the contents of the same block, so bookmarks into it survive.","Source: the Word add-in pages of the four manuals, September 2026.","Stated in the manuals, section Limitations.",{"title":204,"text":205},"Write the report once. Keep it current.","The add-in comes with every program. Download free and register in the program: you get {credit} of pay-per-use credit as a welcome gift.",1792702115482]