Project Properties

 

Project Details

 

This pane is meant to aid project management by keeping a record about the project.  Click the “Project Properties” tile on the application to navigate into the project details tab. 

 

 

Project Title

Enter the title of the project here.  This title will also appear in various diagrams, on the title page of word document and excel spreadsheet.   This field is optional but it’s a good practice to fill for your own tracking. 

 

Project Description

Enter a brief description of the project here for your reference.  This description will also appear when exported to word, pdf document and excel spreadsheet.  This field is optional. 

 

Project Number

Enter your project number for your reference.  This field is optional. 

 

Project Executor

Enter the name of the project executor for your reference here.  This field is optional. 

 

Project Checker

Enter the name of the project checker for your reference here.  This field is optional. 

 

Date

Enter the date in DD/MM/YYYY format.  You can also use the date icon to select the date.  When a new project is started, this defaults to the system date. 

 

 

 

Design Factor of Safety

Specify the design factor of safety used in the project by moving the slider.  This is used in the calculation of the design load of the pile, pile head, pile base settlement at design load.  These values in turn are used in calculating the pile group settlement for the applied load. 

 

 

Units

The below two-unit systems are supported.  Use the radio button to select one. 

 

SI Units – Force is specified in kilo Newtons (kN) and distances in meters (m).

 

Common American units – Force is specified in kips and length in feet (ft). 

 

Project Directory

Click on the folder icon to select the project directory for this project.  It’s recommended to use separate folders for each project.  This will override the default directory used by the application for saving information