Updates & Changes

• PDFs replaced by online manuals (access 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.

• Productmanagement

• GGU-CONNECT ready integration

• Product management

• Top of footing can be defined if "Automatic self-weight" is activated

• Program maintenance

• Product management

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

• Export to GGU-SLAB optimised
• Product management

• Bugfix: Soil properties legend presentation

• Vibrodisplacement compaction after Priebe implemented.
• Export to GGU-SLAB implemented.

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

• Bugfix: Pad footing analysis with phi = 0  and very small cohesion.

• Bugfix: Pad footing analysis with phi = 0 
• version 9.13: Treatment of footings with low vertical load and activated check box "Automatic self-weight" improved.

• Product management

• Bearing stress sig(0f) renamed sig(R)

• Product management

• Bugfix: Base inclination <> 0.0 and direction of action Hx > 0.0

• Program section "Base inclination <> 0.0" completely revised. Bearing capacity failure plane can then only be displayed on the left "Base inclination <> 0.0" now only functions for rectangular footings. Direction of action of Hx is now taken into consideration.

• Bugfix: Settlement analysis for rectangular footing with high preco

• Product management

• Bugfix: Possible program crash when switching to rectangular footing or circular footing eliminated.

• Bugfix: Labelling in stress influence diagram for several footings

• Product management

• Screen visualisation accelerated.

• PDF import implemented.
• Mini-CAD: Layer designations can be defined.
• Expandable database with soil properties for common soils.

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

• Bugfix: Stress labelling for circle in plan view

• Bugfix: Labelling in stress influence diagram for several footings

• product management

• Bugfix: Stress influence diagram for rectangular and circular footings Designation "characteristic point" replaced by "footing centre"

• product management

• Text for absolute heights can be entered.

• Show design situation text

• product management

Display force and moment arrows at margins

• product management
• Bugfix:

• Circular footings do not work with berms or slope inclination <> 0.0

• Programmpflege

Productmanagement (absolute heights)

• Menu item 'Ground level' implemented with absolute heights to simplify work.

• Bugfix: Self-weight component for circular footings

• Warning for sliding resistance analysis where phi > 35°

• product management

• Export to GGU-STABILITY improved.

• 3 additional equations for depth coefficients implemented.

• EQU analysis can be switched off.
• Recurring warning can be switched off for the current session.

• Bugfix: Inclination coefficient for cohesion always >= '0.0'.

• Reference to Austrian Standard ÖNORM EN 1997-1 implemented.

• Abbreviations Gr and Gl for bearing capacity failure and sliding replaced by the designations used in EC 7 R,v and R,h

• Bugfix: Visualisation of settlements for several footings and preconsolidation, as well as analysis and output using sigma(R,d)

• Bugfix: Punching at footing depths > 0.0 m

• Bugfix circular and annular footings: Calculation of torsional stiffness

• Annular footing: analysis of equivalent area optimised.

• product management

• Bugfix: 'Allow. sig' replaced by 'sig,Rd' in simple output table
• Bugfix: Punching analysis using old method.

• Product management

• Representation of Es and E in soil legend improved, if nue <> 0.0.

• Circular and annular footings implemented.

• V(E,k) can be entered in Table.

• Bugfix: Sliding safety (new standard) for negative, changeable vertical force

• Bugfix: Sliding safety (new standard) below permanent loads

• Bugfix: Subgrade reaction modulus analysis EC 7 and analysis using sigma(R,d)

• Product management

• Bugfix: Settlement analysis with kappa and inclined base tilt.

• Bugfix: Settlement analysis with kappa and inclined base tilt.

• Global safety factor concept can now be selected again.

• Designations improved again. For example, now uniformly used 'Rn' for bearing capacity.

• Result table and footing diagram now also with sigma(R,d).
• New designation to Eurocode 7 may be selected.

• Result table for several foundations now also with Rd (optional).

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis with V(permanent), M(total) and H(total),if eccentricities e(a) or e(b) are too large.

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis with V(permanent), M(total) and H(total),if eccentricities e(a) or e(b) are too large.

• Bugfix: Bearing capacity analysis with V(permanent), M(total) and H(total),if eccentricities e(a) or e(b) are too large.

• Sliding resistance with user-defined angle
• Wet unit weight input: gamma can now also be smaller than '10.0'
• Bearing capacity equations after Terzaghi, Meyerhoff, Hansen and Vesic implemented.

• Bugfix: Sliding safety for negative, variable vertical force.

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

• 'Limit soil pressure' check box removed from 'Pad footing'.

• Output table with berms and line loads

• New Features

• Visualisation of limiting depth and subgrade reaction moduli in footing diagram for preconsolidation > 0.0

• Visualisation of limiting depth and subgrade reaction moduli in footing diagram for preconsolidation > 0.0

• Visualisation of subgrade reaction moduli in footing diagram for preconsolidation > 0.0

• Load case 3 without overturning analysis implemented for pad foundations.

• Optimisation: bearing capacity for steep slopes.

• Export to GGU-STABILITY implemented.

• Export Hx to GGU-STABILITY

• 'Punching' graphical and table output improved.

• 'Punching' graphical and table output improved.

• 'Compute Young's modulus from Es and nu' check box implemented.

• 'Compute Young's modulus from Es and nu' check box implemented.

• 'Compute Young's modulus from Es and nu' check box implemented.

• Output of self-weight component in graphics now correct.

• Output of self-weight component in graphics now correct.

• Visualisation of corner stresses and settlements in pad footings

• Visualisation of corner stresses and settlements in pad footings

• Visualisation of corner stresses and settlements in pad footings

• Visualisation of corner stresses and settlements in pad footings

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

• New Features

• New standard

• New standard

• New standard

• New Features

• New standard

• Stress visualisation (new standard) now also under permanent loads.

• Iteration of log. spiral improved for berms.

• Output table presentation improved

• Changeable vertical load can now be > 0.0

• Calculation of footing self-weight, if groundwater is above the footing base

• Output table can be printed as graphic

• New DIN 4017

• Punching verification

• Preferences for 'Multiple footings/Pad footing' in the 'Analysis options' dialogue box

• Bearing capacity can only be verified for short side.

• New standard: Recovery of system with vertical loads approaching "0.0".

• Bugfix: Soil input for number of soils >28.

• Bugfix: Soil input for number of soils >28.

• Bugfix: Soil input for number of soils >28.

• Iteration at phi=0.0 improved.

• Bugfix: "New standard / Single footing": When switching from the new standard to the old standard the foundation values (V, Hx, Hy, Mx, My) are now correctly reset. Errors only occur if, when using the new standard, changeable loads were previously entered.

• Bugfix: "Settlement" entered in "General" legend for limit depth "With allow. sigma only".

• Bugfix: Calculation of 2nd kernel width below permanent loads (new standard).

• Delivery Version 4.x

• Partial safety factor concept implemented.

• Undo funciton during arrangement of the graphic elements improved.

• Lines of equal subgrade reaction implemented in the foundation diagram.

• Calculation of logarithmic spiral optimized.

• Batch print implemented.

• Slip safety is now carried out with H = root(Hx²+Hy²).

• Colour palette can be saved.

• Berms implemented.

• All element edges of legends now moveable with F11.