Applicable mechanical properties and/or soil parameters are now clearly displayed
when selected as:
Auto-computed entries (when APILE computes the values internally, based on other inputted parameters)
User-specified entries (when the user over-rides internal computations by entering explicit values).
New input and computations for
Straight-Tapered Piles (pile that are Straight at the top and Tapered at the bottom).
Introducing a powerful command-line interface with
guidelines in User's Manual enabling parametric runs using simple
scripting languages such as Visual Basic or Python.
New example for input via command-line interface for mutiple analyses of
complex pile model with variable ground surface, pile length and
pile top/tip elevations.
Improved graphics functionality where right-clicking on graphs allows to
Copy data to clipboard so it can be pasted into a spreadsheet or document
for further processing/analyzing or presentation purposes.
Added a new utility with the entire selection of HP piles from
AISC 16 (US Standard) and from
CISD 12 (Canadian Standard) and from
to automate their dimensions and computed values of area and perimeter.
Expanded most CPT-based capacity methods with user-specified values of
soil sensitivity for clay layers.
APILE 2025
List of new features includes:
Added the
Tomlinson (1979) Table D for computations of 'Alpha' (Adhesion Factor) in clays when
using the FHWA Method for Axial Pile Capacity. This new feature expands the user selections
of
FHWA Adhesion Factors with the adition of softer clays than the ones included with
the previous APILE.
The new Alm & Hamre (A&H) Method for APILE Offshore Version, allows users to specify any
initial pile side friction (fsi factor)
that should be used for the Top and Bottom of any Clay Layer.
New image in the
background canvas of the APILE interface displays features of the working model. APILE v2025
Users are now able to double click some of the displayed features to access the corresponding
data entries. This new functionality allows for quick and easy access to main data entry screens
(such as Soil Layers and Pile Details).
Added several other improvements in functionality:
Improved the
'Data > Soil Layers' dialog:
- Rows can be re-arranged with 'click-and-drag' mouse functionality
- Any of the cells can be 'copy' and 'pasted' to Clipboard (for 'pasting' into other
applications or other cells/soil layers
Replaced the Windows Notepad default viewer of output text files with a
custom output content viewing application. The new interface provides
quick access to output text data and applicable output graphs.
Considerably reduced the delay in accessing any of the plots under the 'Graphics' menu.
Improved error handling when APILE cannot successfully run a model and terminates
without any generated plot data.
A new request for
'username' entry is provided when the program first starts after a fresh software
installation. This 'username' can be edited at any time in the ‘Help > User Information’ menu. The
user can enter any line of information to personalize the individual installation of the APILE software,
thus identifying the person that ran the analyses.
New and enhanced User's and Technical Manuals for APILE v2025.
Introduction and
management of optional Cloud Subscription Licensing.
Other minor changes were made throughout the program interface to improve
data input and output displays.
APILE 2023
List of new features includes:
Import plus Interpret any CPT Data files:
Open any data file provided from a Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
and interpret according to
various available methods.
Source CPT data files can be in
any units (even mixed Metric/English units).
New user-selectable feature for
soil properties at tip of pile,
to obtain end bearing without any averaging, at +/-1.5D averaging,
or at +/-3D averaging.
New viewer of output plots
where users can quickly observe results in graphical form and/or
produce/export of basic plots (more detailed formatting of output plots are recommended
with Exporting to Excel spreadsheet).
New feature for
exporting results from APILE model
(with definition of soil transfers) to separate GRLWeap 14 software
for further studies of pile drivability.
New and enhanced v2023 of the Technical Manual is now distributed in standard PDF file format.
All changes to any output plot/graphics (titles, legends, etc) done by
the user are now associated and saved with the APILE model and remain available when
re-opening the same input-data file.
Other minor changes were made throughout the program interface to improve
data input and output displays.