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Learn NaxTo for Office. Take your FEM reports to next level
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9 students

Learn NaxTo for Office. Take your FEM reports to next level

With NaxTo you can create FEM reports faster and easier using advanced tools and smart reporting in Microsoft Office
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Created byIdaero Solutions SL
Last updated 6/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to create and update FEM reports in a much easier and faster way using advanced Office tools and automation of repetitive tasks.
  • You will learn how to use NaxTo to manage and organize your FEA results in an easy and visual way directly from Microsoft Office, using NaxToDoc and NaxToCell.
  • You will learn how to work with NaxToDoc and NaxToCell, the NaxTo modules for creating and updating FEM reports directly in Microsoft Office.
  • You will learn to extract images from output files (inp, odb, bdf, dat, op2, xdb, h5, fem, h3d, rst) into Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint using NaxToDoc.
  • You will learn how to link result files directly to Excel cells using NaxToCell, so you can extract and update FEM results just like any other Excel formula.

Course content

2 sections • 10 lectures • 36m total length

  • NaxToDoc at a glance and how to add images3:43

    NaxToDoc is included in NaxTo suite, and is designed to generate and manage images. NaxToDoc allows you to manage and modify images generated in an easy and automated way as never before. You will never lose your work taking a picture in the event of any change. You will have the control over the conditions for taking each picture, that are saved in parameters that you can use to update, replicate, or modify each image easily. You can also manage all images of a document, what is really powerful to save time. You can place your images at any part of your document, being as flexible as you need. This video explains what NaxToDoc is, how to add images to NaxToDoc and how to open NaxTo View directly from NaxToDoc.

  • How to use and what options the NaxToDoc window offers us3:23

    In this video we will explain how to use and what options the NaxToDoc window offers. In this video we will explain how to apply changes in the images of our models, how to apply the changes you have made in an image to other images, how to stop the process, etc.

  • Update Images1:41

    In this video we are going to explain how to update images when changes have been made. NaxToDoc is very fast in updating images when you run new analysis and want to use different results files generated for updating your images.

  • NaxToDoc Exercise0:24

    In the following exercise you are going to put into practice what you have seen in the previous videos to learn how to use NaxToDoc.

Requirements

  • Just interest for start postprocessing with NaxTo in a smartest way!
  • It is strongly recommended to complete the course “Learn how to use NaxTo. Take your FEM analysis to the next level” before taking this course.

Description

This course is the continuation of “Learn how to use NaxTo. Take your FEM analysis to the next level”, and focuses on NaxTo’s Microsoft Office tools. Here you will learn how to use NaxToDoc and NaxToCell to take your FEM reporting and data management to the next level.


You will work with NaxToDoc and NaxToCell, which allow you to create, update and automate technical reports in Word, Excel and PowerPoint directly from your FEA result files. NaxToDoc lets you extract and update images from NASTRAN, ABAQUS, OPTISTRUCT and ANSYS result files into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint without reopening the viewer. NaxToCell links your result files directly to Excel cells through intuitive user-defined functions, making it easy to extract, update and manipulate results just like any other Excel formula.


This course assumes you already know how to install and activate NaxTo and how to work with NaxToView and NaxToPy, which are covered in the first course.


The course is divided into the following sections:


- SECTION 1: NAXTODOC – EXTRACT IMAGES TO MS OFFICE

You will learn how to work with NaxToDoc to extract images from result files (inp, odb, bdf, dat, op2, xdb, h5, fem, h3d, rst) into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Through step by step videos you will see how to update images when the finite element model changes, so your documents are always up to date. This section includes a practical exercise with additional materials.


- SECTION 2: NAXTOCELL – LINK RESULTS TO EXCEL CELLS

You will learn how to use NaxToCell to link result files directly to Excel cells, extract and update results in a much easier and faster way and build automated calculation sheets. You will work with a practical exercise and complementary Excel workbooks so you can keep practicing on your own.


- SECTION 3: MODELS AND TEMPLATES TO PRACTICE

You will have access to models and Office templates (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) so you can keep practicing and adapting the workflows to your own projects.

Who this course is for:

  • FEA users that want to improve their processes

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