2010 Bentley Systems Incorporated Introduction to g INT
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Introduction to g. INT Gary Logan and Ian Joyce g. INT EMEA
Agenda – Morning Session (10. 15 – 12. 30) • Introduction to g. INT software • What is g. INT? • Who uses g. INT? • What problems does g. INT address? • g. INT integration with other Bentley products • g. INT support for enterprise subsurface data management Note – Coffee Break 11. 15 – 11. 30 Lunch – 12. 30 – 13. 15 2 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • The next release g. INT V 8 i - What is included?
Agenda – Afternoon Session (13: 15 – 15. 45) Open Discussion • What’s the next step? • Data exchange and transfer of existing datasets from/to g. INT • Localization of g. INT. Standard Templates etc. for Denmark • Training. What’s needed to get started? • Knowledge sharing – work group under the Bentleyuser. dk Civil SIG? g. INT in Denmark • Examples of onshore and offshore g. INT logs that have been developed by Jens Galsgaard and Stine Fogh from GEO 3 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Note – Coffee Break 14. 30 – 14. 45
Brief overview of g. INT • Company started in 1986 by Salvatore Caronna • Currently over 8000 licenses in 68 countries © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Acquired by Bentley in October 2009. 4 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
What is g. INT • g. INT is a database manager and reporting engine for subsurface exploration • Used: For data storage For data validation For data queries For data reporting Data sharing with other programs © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated – – – 5 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
Target Audience (Who needs g. INT) Anyone who investigates the subsurface or utilizes subsurface data could use g. INT. • Because g. INT is reporting engine and manages data it is used as a standalone program for subsurface reporting by primary users © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Because g. INT is database it is used as a subsurface data repository (geotechnical and geoenvironmental) by subsurface data consumers – secondary users 6 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 6
Target Audience (Who needs g. INT) Primary g. INT users (use g. INT as standalone software) are: • Geotechnical Engineers and Engineering Geologists • Treat soil and rock as engineering materials to be analyzed for the design of civil structures (foundations, slope stability, retaining walls, tunnels, etc. ). • Environmental Scientists • Investigate what hazardous/polluting materials are underground and how to implement site remediation. • Mining Specialists © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Searching for ore bodies and designing civil structures for mine construction. 7 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 7
Target Audience (Who needs g. INT) Secondary g. INT users (subsurface data consumers) are: • GIS Analysts • Display subsurface data on the map in terms of point/location/borehole attributes, exposing g. INT data within GIS environment, calling for borehole logs, subsurface profiles and other reports directly from GIS environment. • Civil Engineers • In road design and land development to determine and model subsurface strata such as bottom of fill and top of bedrock, create thematic maps, calculate volumes, create isopachs, etc. • In determining soil properties for analysis of soil-structure interaction and foundations • Water Resources, Hydraulic and Hydrologic Testing • Determine subsurface strata, Hydrologic soils designation on topography maps, hydraulic conductivity, etc. 8 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 8 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Structural Engineers
g. INT Clients Transportation and Government Agencies • US Army Corps of Engineers (36 offices) • US Bureau of Reclamation (13 offices) • USDA NRCS (11 offices) • US Geological Survey • EPA • Federal Highways Administration (3 offices) 9 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM • 6 Canadian Provincial Ministries of Transportation • Agriculture Canada • UK Local Authorities including Cornwall, Lancashire, and Leeds • Queensland Main Roads Department, Australia • Roads & Traffic Authority, NSW, Australia • NSW Department of Water and Energy, Australia © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • 32 US State DOTs (96 offices)
g. INT Clients Leading Consultants • AECOM (78 offices) • MACTEC (23 offices) • AMEC (73 offices) • Montgomery Watson Harza • ATC Associates (25 offices) • CDM (20 offices) • CH 2 M HILL (16 offices) • Conestoga-Rovers (18 offices) • Fugro (28 offices) • Golder Associates (56 offices) • Kleinfelder (39 offices) • Ramboll 10 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM (22 offices) • PSI (56 offices) • Stantec (Secor) (22 offices) • Shaw Group (34 offices) • Terracon (80 offices) • Tetra Tech (28 offices) • URS Corporation • WSP (27 offices) (101 offices) © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • ARUP (24 offices)
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 1. g. INT as Standalone Program 11 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
What is g. INT • g. INT is a database manager and reporting engine for subsurface exploration • Used: For data storage For data validation For data queries For data reporting Data sharing with other programs © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated – – – 12 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
How subsurface data is managed • Paper • Excel • CAD © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Database 13 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated How subsurface data is managed (paper) 14 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
Data Collection and Consolidation Electronic Field Data Paper Data PDA Lab Data 15 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Other Software & Formats
Types of subsurface data reports Data re-usability! 16 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Borehole logs and well logs
Types of subsurface data reports Data re-usability! 17 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Fences, cross-sections/profiles
Types of subsurface data reports Data re-usability! 18 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Lab reports, tables, graphs and summaries
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Reports 19 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 19
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Reports 20 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 20
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Site Maps 21 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 21
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Smart Reports 22 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 22
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Complex reporting Data re-usability! 23 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Surfaces 24 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 24
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Surfaces 25 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 25
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Alignments 26 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 26
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Alignments 27 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 27
Associate site maps with projects Raster images © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated drawings (DXF, Land. XML, or hand drawn) 28 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 28
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Zones 29 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 29
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2. g. INT as Subsurface Data Repository 30 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
What is g. INT • g. INT is a database manager and reporting engine for subsurface exploration • Used: For data storage For data validation For data queries For data reporting Data sharing with other programs © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated – – – 31 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
© 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Reusing data 32 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
g. INT - central repository (Interoperability) • Powered by Bentley, but can be used as a central repository of subsurface data by a range of engineering software © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Micro. Station In. Roads MXROAD GEOPAK Geo Web Publisher 33 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
g. INT – Bentley Interoperability g. INT can supply Logs and Fences (Profiles) to Microstation via DXF. Data re-usability! 34 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Micro. Station/Navigator
g. INT – Bentley Interoperability • Micro. Station • In. Roads • MXROADS • GEOPAK g. INT can supply data for sub-surfaces: Bedrock, FILL, Water table, etc. thematic maps (depths, soil classification) Volume cals: Rock cut, soil replacement Data re-usability! 35 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated For creating contours, isopach
g. INT – Bentley Interoperability • Micro. Station • In. Roads • MXROADS g. INT can supply data for boring locations (site map), profiles, sections and 3 D visualisation in GEOPAK Data re-usability! 36 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • GEOPAK
g. INT – Fine Software Interoperability g. INT can supply subsurface data to GEO 5, geotech software package for foundation design, sheet piling design, retaining wall design, stability analysis, settlement analysis and FEM analysis. Data re-usability! 37 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • GEO 5 suite
Publish boreholes to Google Earth • Click on borehole to display details © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Customizable icons show hole types or data characteristics 38 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
g. INT for Google Earth Create. kml files, harvest data, link to logs, reports and images Data re-usability! 39 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated g. INT – Google Earth Interoperability
g. INT for Arc. GIS add-in View, report and query g. INT data from Arc. GIS Data re-usability! 40 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated g. INT – ESRI Interoperability
Which product is right? • g. INT Logs (Logs Only) • g. INT Professional – All reporting – MS Access based – MS SQL Server based – Includes g. INT for Arc. GIS 41 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • g. INT Professional Plus
g. INT Professional Plus • Offers centralized data storage, multi-project reporting and dramatically extended querying power. • Uses MS SQL Server backend, not the MS Access. TM database used in the standard versions of g. INT Professional Plus © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Enables users to enforce consistency across all data resources. 42 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
Reference Materials • g. INT Web site (www. bentley. com/g. INT) • g. INT On. Demand e. Seminars: http: //www. bentley. com/en-US/Corporate/Events/On. Demand/g. INT+On. Demand+e. Seminars. htm • Live Civil e. Seminars http: //www. bentley. com/en-US/Corporate/Events/Live+e. Seminars/Civil+Live+e. Seminars. htm – 3 D Visualization of g. INT Subsurface Data in Micro. Station © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated – g. INT Integration with In. Roads and GEOPAK 43 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM
Summary Why g. INT and a Good Database is Necessary • Centralizes control of your subsurface data (field and lab) • Standardizes storage and reporting • Improves data accuracy/quality (QA/QC) • Automates complex data management processes • Transforms raw data into information via reports • Data reusability: different reports, export, evaluation • Data reusability: interoperability with other software 44 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Eliminates redundant data entry
The Next Release g. INT V 8 i – What is included? • Expected release by the end of Q 1 2011 • This release marks the end of the second phase of the integration with Bentley. The first phase was completed with an update released in June 2010. That release incorporated SELECTserver licensing and was the first build available from SELECTserver downloads. • Last major release was September 2008. © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Over 100 new capabilities in the V 8 i release. 45 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 45
g. INT V 8 i Project. Wise Integration: • Except for a few places where it was not appropriate, everywhere in g. INT where a file can be opened or saved the user can select to use Project. Wise. • This gives a central repository for all files related to g. INT which would be stored with all other files related to the user’s projects. • The most common uses for this feature by our users: © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Electronic data files that are imported into the g. INT database. • Raster images (photos, aerial photos, etc. ) that are also imported into the g. INT database. • Exported final reports from g. INT: PDF, DGN, Excel, KML (Google Earth), and data for import to analysis programs. 46 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 46
g. INT V 8 i • DGN (Bentley Design File) Export • ECW Support • Enhanced Compression Wavelet files are highly compressed raster images that are very fast to render. They are also geocoded, that is, the location of the image is embedded within the file. 47 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 47 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Allows export of all reports and g. INT drawings to Micro. Station and many other programs that support DGN. • This supersedes the use of the g. INT DXF (v 12) export format that our users have been using for many years. The DGN export eliminates the main complaints of that format: Inaccurate font translations and the inability to set entity properties by level. • The most common use for this feature by our users is to import g. INT reports into final design drawings, usually for roads and bridges.
g. INT V 8 i • Coordinate Conversions © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • g. INT has incorporated the Micro. Station coordinate conversion libraries. • Allows users to specify a project coordinate system. Entering North and East coordinates generates corresponding WGS 84 Latitude and Longitude and visa versa. 48 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 48
g. INT V 8 i • Coordinate Conversions (continued) • For many organizations borehole locations are many times surveyed using GPS devices which give only latitude and longitude. g. INT needs projected coordinates to accurately plot features in plan (site maps) and profile (fence diagrams). A utility feature provides a list of projected systems that cover any specified latitude and longitude. Selecting one of these project systems for the project coordinate system, the latitude and longitudes can be entered and the north and east automatically calculated by the program. • Organizations may have two or more adjacent projects with different coordinate systems and they would like to run reports on the combined projects. The new feature allows such reporting to occur with accurate relative locations of the boreholes. 49 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 49 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • With output using an SQL Server database with multiple projects that have different coordinate systems, the program automatically resolves their coordinates to a common system. • The most common uses of this feature by our users:
g. INT V 8 i • AGS 4 Support • In 1992 the UK Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (a trade organization; www. ags. org. uk) published the first version of a data interchange format for geotechnical and geoenvironmental investigations. g. INT was the first program that supported it. • g. INT has always supported upgrades to the format. Version 4 is no exception. • With many consultants and government agencies all work requires the use of the format. 50 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 50 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • The format has spread to Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and the Middle East and is required by consultants from these countries doing work throughout the world.
g. INT V 8 i • Deviated Borehole Support • Deviated boreholes are holes not drilled in a straight line. The bearing and plunge of the hole can change with depth. • The AGS 4 format supports deviated holes so therefore g. INT must support them as well. © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • In addition, this is a very important feature for the mining industry. 51 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 51
g. INT V 8 i • European Numeric Data Entry • g. INT does require that the user’s system regional settings be configured with a period as the decimal separator. The program will automatically changes those settings if they are not correct and return them to their original configuration on program termination. • Most continental European countries use a comma as the decimal separator. • This new capability gives the user the ability, if desired, to perform data entry with that format as well. 52 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 52 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Prior to the acquisition g. INT had an option to output all reports using European numeric format.
g. INT V 8 i © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Fence Drapes 53 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 53
g. INT V 8 i • Fence Drapes • Drawing application tied to the project where graphics depicting features in elevation along a line (straight, zig zagged, or curved). • These can be placed on a 2 D fence report. The program performs the appropriate projection calculations for accurate display. • As many drapes as desired can be placed on a report • The main uses for this feature are: • Interpreted layering geometry. • Existing features along an alignment (rivers, bridges, buildings, roads, etc. ). 54 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 54 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated • Results of seismic tests (see sample output with shear wave velocities).
Conclusion • Global Presence in 68 countries • Local Support - GEO • Flexible licensing (SELECT Server) • Flexible and Scalable Solution • Integration with Bentley and many other products Pricing g. INT Professional – DKK 5, 180 SELECT g. INT Professional Plus – 7, 195 SELECT 55 | WWW. BENTLEY. COM 55 © 2010 Bentley Systems, Incorporated g. INT Logs – DKK 1, 290 SELECT
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