1. Drawing Editor – New Program
- A completely new program designed for creating drawings and outputs from any GEO5 application.
Main Features:
- Transfer images and drawings from any GEO5 program with a single click
- Add dimensions, descriptions, legends, title blocks, or company logos
- Import photos and external graphic materials in various formats
- Work in defined technical scales or fit drawings automatically to the window size
- Create clear, professional drawings ready for printing or PDF export
Benefit: Professional outputs directly within GEO5 – no need for external CAD software, saving time and maintaining a unified appearance of project documentation.
2. Point Cloud – Major Upgrade
- The program has been completely redesigned and now functions as an independent, fully featured tool.
New functionalities include:
- Modeling multiple construction stages to monitor project development over time
- Direct data transfer to and from Stratigraphy using FineClipboard
- ASCII import (TXT, ASC, etc.) for broader data compatibility
- Creation of high-quality graphical outputs for printing and documentation
Benefit: Better tracking of construction progress, faster data processing, and less need for data conversions.
3. GEO5 – FIN EC Communication (Design of Reinforced Concrete, Steel, and Timber Members)
- It is now possible to automatically transfer input data and results from GEO5 programs to FIN EC for the design and verification of reinforced concrete, steel, and timber members.
- This enables the calculation of bearing capacity, cracks, and deformations without manual data entry between geotechnical and structural programs.
Benefit: Fast and reliable data exchange – saves time and eliminates potential errors when transferring between structural and geotechnical programs.
4. Sheeting Check, Sheeting Design, Anti-Slide Pile – Effect of Steel Corrosion and Interlock Slip in Sheet Pile Walls
- The program now allows engineers to consider corrosion rates of steel retaining elements (sheet piles, pipes, I and U sections).
- For U-type sheet piles, it is also possible to account for the effect of interlock slip on wall stiffness and bearing capacity using coefficients βB and βD.
- The consideration of corrosion and interlock slip is available for all design standards supported by the program.
Benefit: New options for designing retaining walls – enabling more realistic analysis and design of sheet pile and retaining structures.
5. Slope Stability (+ FEM) – Variable Undrained Shear Strength (cu) with Depth
- It is now possible to define the undrained shear strength (cu) of fine-grained soils as a function of depth.
Benefit: More realistic design and assessment of slope stability and geotechnical structures in fine-grained soils.
6. Cantilever Wall – New Custom Wall Shapes
- Users can now define custom retaining wall shapes, including special geometries commonly used in Belgium and China.
7. Spread Footing and Spread Footing CPT – New Geometry: Three-Step Footing
- A new geometry type allows defining foundations with up to three height steps.
Benefit: More flexible foundation design and optimized material usage.
8. FEM – New Features
- Calculation of internal forces on a virtual beam along any chosen reference line.
- New catalogs and types of steel and composite cross-sections.
- Additional output parameters such as modulus of elasticity, mobilized shear strength, and others.
- Parallelized result processing – computations are now distributed across multiple CPU cores, reducing calculation time by up to 40%.
Benefit: Simplified modeling, faster work with structures, and easier verification of results.
9. Stratigraphy – New Functions
- New modeling workflow without the need for a “master borehole” – layers and interfaces can now be defined directly.
- Ability to load source data (background maps, site documentation) in PDF format.
- Import of geotechnical data in AGS format.
- Creation of user-defined hatch patterns for different soil and rock types.
- Soil and rock hatch patterns according to the British Standard BS 5930 – Code of Practice for Site Investigations.
Benefit: Faster creation of 3D geological models and easier integration of geotechnical data into the project workflow 10. Pile Group – Mass Selection and Editing
- Users can now select and edit multiple piles at once in large-scale projects.
Benefit: Significant time savings and consistent data management in complex pile group designs.
11. Switching Help Language
- All GEO5 programs now allow users to switch the language of the contextual help directly within the interface.
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