Updates & Changes

• Bugfix - Franki pile table missing

• Program maintenance

• PDFs replaced by online manuals (call via F1 and menu).
• Bugfix - Save dialogue in classic user interface has problems with file endings and filters.
• Under ‘What's new’ link to the website for change logs.

• Bugfix: Grouted ductile driven pile: Skin friction qc = 25 MN/m²

• Bugfix: Tension pile and G governing: Rd = Gd and not Rd = Gd / gam(p).

• GGU-CONNECT ready
• Grouted ductile driven pile revised.

• Bugfix: Model factor eta(s) Closed steel tube

• Ratio value (min., max.) can be entered separately for each soil.
• Grouted ductile driven pile implemented.
  Beta phase: Data in the annual report 2022 are not complete.

Info: Paid major update (free of charge for licensees with subscription or update insurance under the software service agreement)

• Design situation 'DS-E' according to current standard now 'DS-A/DS-E'
• Design situation 'DS-E(old)' added.

• Requirement for minimum pile length removed. Is not included in the current EA piles.

• Bugfix: Soil properties legend for tubular driven piles with D >= 1.5 m.

• Product management

• Bugfix: Representation R,d for tension piles and weight decisive.

• Product management

• Product management

• Product management

• Product management

• Bugfix: Greek letters and "copy area"

• Bugfix: Rectangular driven pile and activated check box "Adopt 2014 annual report".

• Calculation for non-load-bearing soil (end resistance) can be allowed.

• Product management: Tension piles

• Bugfix dimension spring stiffness

• Spring stiffness in output table

• Bugfix Tension pile: Model factors implemented.

• Product management

• Product management

• Surcharge factor renamed adjustment factor.

• Recommendations on Piling: Alternative method for determination of the pile base resistance implemented.

• Bugfix: 2014 annual report and closed steel tube

• Product management

• 2014 EAP annual report implemented.
• PDF import implemented.
• Mini-CAD: Layer designations can be defined.
• Expandable database with soil properties for common soils.
• Screen visualisation accelerated.

Info: Paid major update (free of charge for licensees with subscription or update insurance under the software service agreement)

• Revision of tension pile if weight of pull-out cone is governing.
• Producrt management

• Bugfix: Tension pile if weight of pull-out cone is governing

• Product management

• Bugfix: Determination of D(eq) double steel girder section

• product management

• product management

• Bugfix: Calculate utilisation factor for single pile

• Text for absolute heights can be entered.

• product management

• product management

• Force unit now also in kN
• product management

• Abbreviations explanation below output table

• product management

• Menu item 'Ground level' implemented with

• Bugfix: Utilisation factor: Single pile as tension pile

• Programm management

• Bugfix: Determination of R,k and R,d if R(E,k) is determined via allowable settlement.

• Bugfix: F,E,k entry in resistance-settlement diagram.

• Bugfix: Single pile with actions and specified allowable settlement.

• Single pile: actions can be defined and the associated utilisation factor calculated.

• Product management

• Bugfix: Model factors for 'Open steel tube and hollow box'

• Program updated
• Model factors for 'steel girder section, double steel girder section and closed steel tube' adapted to Piling Recommendations (EAP), 2nd German Edition (Table 5.5).

• Model factor for 'Open steel tube and hollow box' for diameters < 0.3 m can no longer become greater than '1.0'.

• Model factors for 'Open steel tube and hollow box' adapted to Piling Recommendations (EAP), 2nd edition (Table 5.5).

• Product management

• Partial safety factors to Eurocode 7

• Bugfix: Single pile result legend

• Bugfix: Single pile result legend

• Bugfix: Open/Save dialog box in Vista and Windows 7.

• Bored pile bugfix: Output of s(sg) and s(020) in legend and dialogue box for 'single pile' and large pile lengths. No impact on result.

• Bored pile bugfix: Output of s(sg) and s(020) in legend and dialogue box for 'single pile' and large pile lengths. No impact on result.

• EAP + partial displacement bored pile: determination of thickness of load-bearing zone below pile toe for diameters <= 0.50 m

• EAP + partial displacement bored pile: determination of thickness of load-bearing zone below pile toe for diameters <= 0.50 m

• Mini-CAD Version 7.10

• Mini-CAD Version 7.10

• Calculation of perimeter of 'double steel girder section'

• Calculation of perimeter of 'double steel girder section'

• Maximum allowable height to width ratio increased for precast driven piles.

• New partial factor to DIN 1054 Corrigendum 4 (Oct 2008)

• Settlement curve visualisation improved.

• Input of gamma for tension piles according to EAP

• The correct value is now entered into the output table with "R,d".

• New standard: output table either with "R,d" or "Allow. V"

• EAP and very many improvements implemented.

• Bugfix: Input of user-defined axis values for length variation.

• Automatic reduction of end resistance to 75% for belled piles possible.

• Limitation to allowable settlement now also for new standard.

• Driven pile design new tabular values (C.2) in DIN 1054 (Jan. 2005) added.

• "Soil properties" dialogue box optimised.

• New main version 3.0!

• Driven pile designing to Tables C.1 + C.2 in DIN 1054.

• New DIN 1054 implemented.

• For negative allowable V-values, the corresponding values in the table are marked in red.

• Save/Load in the soil properties table now with soil designation.

• General cosmetics.

• Batch print implemented.

• Absolute heights implemented.

• Pull-out radius can be limited.

• New Mini-CAD implemented.

• "Copy area" symbol for export of graphic elements to e.g. "Word" implemented.