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GEOSYSTEM Software Packages and gINT® Comparison Table

The page compares the features of three GEOSYSTEM packages (LOGDRAFT, LOGDRAFT with LabSuite, and LOGDRAFT with Enterprise Suite) vs. the features found in Bentley's gINT® Logs and gINT Pro. packages.

To compare subsurface logging features:

Compare LOGDRAFT to gINT Logs

If you also do basic soils tests (Proctors, sieves and Atterbergs):

Compare LOGDRAFT + LabSuite to gINT Pro

If you're producing boring logs and have a full-service lab :

Compare LOGDRAFT + Enterprise Suite to gINT Pro

If you aren't producing boring logs (soils tests only)

See this page

General

  LOGDRAFT LOGDRAFT +
LabSuite 		LOGDRAFT +
Enterprise Suite		 gINT
Logs		 gINT
Pro
License fees       $895
per seat,
$180 per seat yearly maintenance
1 		$3595
per seat,
$720 per seat yearly maintenance
1
Licensing Site license Site license Site license Per seat license Per seat license
Updates and patches Free for lifetime of the program version. New version upgrades are free for the first year same same None without the purchase of a maintenance agreement; back maintenance fees must be paid to get upgrades same
Technical support Unlimited free support for the lifetime of the program version same same No support available without the purchase of a maintenance agreement same
Free of copy-
protection
Data storage Proprietary database storage same same Microsoft Access Microsoft Access

  1. Price as of September 1, 2011

Reporting Capabilities

  LOGDRAFT LOGDRAFT +
LabSuite 		LOGDRAFT +
Enterprise Suite		 gINT
Logs		 gINT
Pro
Boring and well logs
2D (cross section) diagrams
3D (fence) diagrams
Site maps 1 1 1
User-configurable report forms Limited
2 		Limited
2
Summary (tabular) reports
Built-in drawing program for editing outputted reports

  1. LOGDRAFT plots plan views from borehole location data, but they are not user-annotateable.

  2. LOGDRAFT's boring log, well log, test pit and summary report forms are user-editable. LabSuite and Enterprise Suite laboratory test report forms are not.

Data Entry Features

  LOGDRAFT LOGDRAFT +
LabSuite 		LOGDRAFT +
Enterprise Suite		 gINT
Logs		 gINT
Pro
Data validation
Spell checker
Complex text formatting (indenting, bold/italic/underline) during data entry      
Context-sensitive help    
User-configurable keyboard macros    

Import and Export Capabilities

  LOGDRAFT LOGDRAFT +
LabSuite 		LOGDRAFT +
Enterprise Suite		 gINT
Logs		 gINT
Pro
Import from general text, .CSV, Excel, AutoCAD and AGS files
Raw laboratory test data import from data acquisition equipment files (GeoTAC, Humboldt et al.)
Google Earth integration
Export to Excel
PDF export
DXF export
TrueType fonts in .DXF file exports
Binary (compressed) .DXF file export

Laboratory Test Support

  LOGDRAFT LOGDRAFT +
LabSuite 		LOGDRAFT +
Enterprise Suite		 gINT
Logs		 gINT
Pro
Atterberg test support     1
California Bearing Ratio test support        
Direct shear test support       1
Frost classification         1
Moisture-Density (Proctor) test support     1
Permeability test support         1
Resistance R-value test support        
Sieve and hydrometer test support 1
Swell/consolidation test support Limited2
Triaxial test support        
Unconfined compression test support 1

  1. gINT Pro. does not provide calculated laboratory test results as the raw test data are entered. The user must save the project to disk before results are calculated.

  2. gINT Pro. does not calculate swell/consolidation parameters such as Pc, Cc, Cr, swell pressure or percentage, and does not support time-rate charts or calculated time-rate results such as D100, etc.

Atterberg Tests

  GEOSYSTEM LabSuite and Enterprise Suite gINT
Pro
Cone penetrometer liquid limit  
One-point liquid limit test
Average multiple moisture contents for plastic limit determination
Container weight (tare) database
Stock report forms
8
(7 chart report formats, 1 data summary report format)
1 report featuring an Atterberg chart, several index properties graph reports
Use calculated grain size and Atterberg results to automatically classify soil via USCS, AASHTO, Burmister, USDA and DOT-specific classification methods
(no support for Burmister classification)

Particle Size Tests

  GEOSYSTEM LabSuite and Enterprise Suite gINT
Pro
Sieve + hydrometer test support
Water content of tested sample
(LabSuite does not support fines water contents)
Sample splits during sieve tests
(multiple sample splits may be performed)
(gINT supports a single sample split)
Enter numbered sieve sizes
(e.g., "#4")
Enter sieve sizes in inches
(e.g., "3" or "1/2")
Use saved lists of sieves
Automatically build hydrometer correction line from hydrometer readings and fluid temperatures
Hygroscopic moisture correction
Composite sieve + hydrometer particle size curve
Support for user-entered material specification envelopes
User review, adjustment and query of computed particle size curve
Histogram reports
Stock report forms 22
(21 chart report formats, 1 data summary report format) 		3
Automatic export of calculated sieve data (e.g., %<#200) to boring logs
Use calculated grain size and Atterberg results to automatically classify soil via USCS, AASHTO, Burmister, USDA and DOT-specific classification methods
(no support for Burmister classification)

Moisture-Density (Proctor) Test Support

  GEOSYSTEM LabSuite and Enterprise Suite gINT
Pro
User-modifiable test specification database  
Caltest 216 support  
Optionally average two moisture content tests per Proctor test run  
Oversize (rock) correction  
Curve model User-selectable between cubic spline and quartic least-squares regression (data averaging) Cubic spline
Curve reshaping (delete points, add shaping points)  
Stock report forms 13
(12 chart report formats, 1 data summary report format) 		2

Swell/Consolidation Tests

  GEOSYSTEM Enterprise Suite gINT
Pro
Plot compression curve from calculated results
Machine deflection database
Interactive compression curve review and adjustment
Pc and Cc determined through interactive construction adjustment
Calculate and report swell pressure, swell percentage and heave percentage
Calculate and report recompression index  
Use time-rate data to calculate D100 via interactive construction adjustment on log(time) and square-root(time) charts
Automatically plot D100 results on the compression curve instead of final dial readings  
ASTM D4546 support? Methods A, B and modified B  
Stock report forms
11
(8 compresion curve report formats, 2 time-rate report formats, 1 data summary report format)
 1
Import of files from lab. test data acquisition systems 1  

  1. For information on currently-supported data acquisition equipment, see this link.

Unconfined Compression and Direct Shear

  GEOSYSTEM Enterprise Suite gINT
Pro
Direct shear: Chart both peak and ultimate stress  
Direct shear: Optionally enter vertical deformation readings  
Direct shear: Support for square and rectangular shear boxes  
Direct shear: Fabric-only (no soil) test support  
Direct shear: Staged test support  
Direct shear: Optional correction of sample areas to account for changes due to strain  
Direct shear: Interactive adjustment of best-fit cohesion line  
Direct shear: Chart vertical deformation vs. horizontal displacement  
Direct shear: Chart stress vs. horizontal displacement  
Stock report forms 4
(3 chart report formats, 1 data summary)		 1 direct shear, 1 unconfined compression report
Library of load ring constants  
Double load ring support
Import of files from lab. test data acquisition systems 1  

  1. For information on currently-supported data acquisition equipment, see this link.