The IDX Beam Analysis Tool opens in its own window within the CAD application. The default settings use imperial units with a beam that is a W_10x19 Wide Flange Steel Section, 30 feet in length, with a 100 pound point load in the middle. It has a Fixed End support on the left and a Roller support on the right. From there you can change the length of the beam, add supports and loads (including torsion), and see all effects.

The next several pages include details about IDX Beam Analysis Tool.



Supported Platforms
The IDX Beam Analysis Tool is available as a plug-in for AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, TurboCAD Pro v12-17, DoubleCAD XT v2, and DoubleCAD XT Pro v2. The tool requires a licensed copy of the base CAD platform running on a supported operating system. See AutoCAD, TurboCAD, or DoubleCAD system requirements for your version to determine support for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 versions.

The IDX Beam Analysis Tool requires an additional 14 MB free disk space.

Known limitations:

At this time the versions running in AutoCAD are supported for the base version of AutoCAD, plus AutoCAD Mechanical, and AutoCAD Architecture.  We do not specifically test for or support other editions of AutoCAD such as Civil3D or MEP.

The version running on TurboCAD Pro 14 through 17 can read/write and exchange intelligent beam objects in drawings saved as TCW v12, v14, v15, v16, v17, and DWG 2007 file formats. The TurboCAD Pro v12 edition of the product supports intelligent beam objects in only TCW v12 file format. All versions of the Beam Analysis Tool support the same intelligent beam object XML exchange format and write to the same HTML style pages.