GEOSYSTEM Soil Test Software Packages and gINT® Comparison Table
The page compares the features of two GEOSYSTEM soil test packages (LabSuite and Enterprise Suite) vs. the features found in Bentley's gINT® Pro. package.
This page compares our soil test reporting capability to that found in gINT Pro. To compare soil test reporting and boring log report capabilities, see this page instead.
To compare basic soils test reports (Proctors, sieves and Atterbergs):
Compare LabSuite to gINT Pro
If you have a full-service lab :
Compare Enterprise Suite to gINT Pro
General
| LabSuite | Enterprise Suite | gINT Pro |
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| License fees |
$3595 per seat, $720 per seat yearly maintenance 1 |
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| Licensing | Site license | Site license | Per seat license |
| Updates and patches | Free for lifetime of the program version. New version upgrades are free for the first year | same | None without the purchase of a maintenance agreement; back maintenance fees must be paid to get upgrades |
| Technical support | Unlimited free support for the lifetime of the program version | same | No support available without the purchase of a maintenance agreement |
| Free of copy- protection |
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| Data storage | Proprietary database storage | same | Microsoft Access |
Import and Export Capabilities
| LabSuite | Enterprise Suite | gINT Pro |
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| Import from general text, .CSV, Excel, AutoCAD and AGS files |
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| Raw laboratory test data import from data acquisition equipment files (GeoTAC, Humboldt et al.) |
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| Export to Excel |
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| PDF export |
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| DXF export |
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Laboratory Test Support
| LabSuite | Enterprise Suite | gINT Pro |
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| Atterberg test support | |
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| California Bearing Ratio test support | |
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| Direct shear test support | |
1 |
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| Frost classification | 1 |
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| Limerock Bearing Ratio test support | |
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| Moisture-Density (Proctor) test support | |
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1 |
| Permeability test support | 1 |
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| Resistance R-value test support | |
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| Sieve and hydrometer test support |
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| Swell/consolidation test support |
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Limited 2 | |
| Triaxial test support | |
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| Unconfined compression test support |
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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.
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 |
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| Cone penetrometer liquid limit |
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| One-point liquid limit test |
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| Average multiple moisture contents for plastic limit determination |
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| Container weight (tare) database |
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| Stock report forms |
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(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 |
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(no support for Burmister classification) |
Particle Size Tests
| GEOSYSTEM LabSuite and Enterprise Suite |
gINT Pro |
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| Sieve + hydrometer test support |
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| Water content of tested sample |
(LabSuite does not support fines water contents) |
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| Sample splits during sieve tests |
(multiple sample splits may be performed) |
(gINT supports a single sample split) |
| Enter numbered sieve sizes (e.g., "#4") |
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| Enter sieve sizes in inches (e.g., "3" or "1/2") |
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| Use saved lists of sieves |
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| Automatically build hydrometer correction line from hydrometer readings and fluid temperatures |
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| Hygroscopic moisture correction |
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| Composite sieve + hydrometer particle size curve |
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| Support for user-entered material specification envelopes |
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| User review, adjustment and query of computed particle size curve |
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| Histogram reports |
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| Stock report forms |
22 (21 chart report formats, 1 data summary report format) |
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| Automatic export of calculated sieve data (e.g., %<#200) to boring logs |
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| Use calculated grain size and Atterberg results to automatically classify soil via USCS, AASHTO, Burmister, USDA and DOT-specific classification methods |
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(no support for Burmister classification) |
Moisture-Density (Proctor) Test Support
| GEOSYSTEM LabSuite and Enterprise Suite |
gINT Pro |
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| User-modifiable test specification database | |
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| Caltest 216 support | |
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| Optionally average two moisture content tests per Proctor test run | |
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| Oversize (rock) correction | |
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| Curve model | User-selectable between cubic spline and quartic least-squares regression (data averaging) | Cubic spline |
| Curve reshaping (delete points, add shaping points) | |
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| Stock report forms |
13 (12 chart report formats, 1 data summary report format) |
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Swell/Consolidation Tests
| GEOSYSTEM Enterprise Suite |
gINT Pro |
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| Plot compression curve from calculated results |
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| Machine deflection database |
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| Interactive compression curve review and adjustment |
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| Pc and Cc determined through interactive construction adjustment |
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| Calculate and report swell pressure, swell percentage and heave percentage |
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| Calculate and report recompression index | |
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| Use time-rate data to calculate D100 via interactive construction adjustment on log(time) and square-root(time) charts |
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| Automatically plot D100 results on the compression curve instead of final dial readings | |
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| 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 |
For information on currently-supported data acquisition equipment, see this link.
Unconfined Compression and Direct Shear
| GEOSYSTEM Enterprise Suite |
gINT Pro |
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| Direct shear: Chart both peak and ultimate stress | |
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| Direct shear: Optionally enter vertical deformation readings | |
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| Direct shear: Support for square and rectangular shear boxes | |
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| Direct shear: Fabric-only (no soil) test support | |
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| Direct shear: Staged test support | |
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| Direct shear: Optional correction of sample areas to account for changes due to strain | |
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| Direct shear: Interactive adjustment of best-fit cohesion line | |
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| Direct shear: Chart vertical deformation vs. horizontal displacement | |
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| Direct shear: Chart stress vs. horizontal displacement | |
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| Stock report forms | 4 (3 chart report formats, 1 data summary) |
1 direct shear, 1 unconfined compression report |
| Library of load ring constants | |
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| Double load ring support | |
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| Import of files from lab. test data acquisition systems | 1 |
For information on currently-supported data acquisition equipment, see this link.