Additional Topics

This section covers subjects that sit outside the main ribbon and menu reference: design according to the American standard, concrete beam grid detailing, importing CAD geometry, driving XFEM4U from a script, and inserting calculation reports into Microsoft Word.

In this section

• ANSI / AISC 360-16 - Steel design How the American steel design module works, and why the Direct Analysis Method removes the need to calculate buckling lengths.

• Beam grid concrete - pile distances and stirrups Adjusting pile distances graphically, and how the stirrups are designed from shear force and torsion.

• DWG / DXF import Importing a DXF as an underlay to draw on, or converting its lines directly into beams.

• Parametric design with Python Building a 3D model from a script and opening it in XFEM4U, with a complete worked example.

• Word add-in Inserting an XFEM4U calculation report into a Word document as a linked block, and keeping it up to date when the model changes.