Creation of a new project
In order to start a new project for the calculation of the bearing capacity and settlements using LoadCap click on "File" menu and then “New”. From here a window “Project” will open from which it will be possible to enter the various data useful for the calculation (Fig.A).
Fig. A – New project
Once clicked “ok”, another window “Foundation system data…” will appear. In the cells of this window the data relating to the foundations and GWD “Ground Water Depth”, if present, must be entered. The numeric values already present are default data. Then clic on “apply” to save new values and then “ok”. These data can be entered and modified also by clicking on “general data” bar (Fig.B) and, based on the new data, the foundation will appear graphically.
Fig.B – Foundation data