Intro
The Group Pile Generator plug-in automates the creation of group piles with optional pile caps in MIDAS CIVIL NX. Designed for efficiency, it integrates directly with your existing Civil file data, reducing manual input and ensuring consistency in pile design.
Applicable standards
- General Use
Benefits of this plugin
- Ease of Use: Users only need to select the highest node level to define the end of the foundation.
- Seamless Data Integration: Automatically imports section and material data from your MIDAS CIVIL NX file.
- Improved Performance: Once you setting the group pile, then the user can create many piles efficiently.
How to use this plugin?
- Select Structural Group and Boundary Group, Pile Material, Pile Section, Pile Cap Material(option), and Pile Cap Section(option)
- Input start node numbers
- Input Pile array numbers with center to center Spacing, Edge length, Pile Diameter, Length, and Cap height(option). The Length unit has two options; D: Pile dimension, L: Global unit
- If the user wants to create pile cap together, then click the check box and input pile cap(option) information.
- Before create group pile, select a bottom of pier node.
[Group Pile Creator]
Note
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- Local Axis Consistency: All selected nodes must share the same local axis for proper pile alignment.
- Input Validation: Ensure numerical inputs (e.g., spacing, depth) are **> 0** to avoid errors.