Deep Excavation

"🏗️ Are you still transferring superstructure reactions into foundation models manually?

This is one of those workflows that can easily become:
👉 Time-consuming
👉 Error-prone
👉 Difficult to verify

Especially when multiple load combinations are involved.

In this video, we show how loads can be imported directly from ETABS into DeepFND for single pile analysis.

✔ Export joint reactions from ETABS
✔ Import the reactions directly into DeepFND
✔ Automatically generate pile design sections
✔ Analyze axial and lateral pile behavior for all load combinations

Because foundation design becomes much more efficient when the superstructure and foundation workflows are properly connected.

How are you currently transferring loads between your structural and foundation models?

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"🏗️ How much time do you spend just setting up excavation models before the real engineering even begins?

For many projects, model generation itself becomes a bottleneck.

👉 Defining stages manually
👉 Adjusting support elevations
👉 Assigning wall sections
👉 Configuring load combinations and groundwater conditions

…and repeating the process every time a design changes.

In this video, we show how the DeepEX Model Wizard can generate complete excavation models — including construction stages — in just minutes.

✔ Select the project type
✔ Define soils and stratigraphy
✔ Adjust walls and supports
✔ Apply surcharges and design codes
✔ Generate the full staged model automatically

Because faster model setup means engineers can spend more time evaluating behavior, optimizing designs, and reducing project risk.

What part of the excavation model setup usually takes the most time in your workflow?

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"🌉 Are you analyzing your bridge abutments as simple retaining walls… while ignoring how the piles actually interact with the system?

Pile-supported abutments are not just walls with foundations.

👉 Backfill pressures
👉 Pile stiffness
👉 Groundwater conditions
👉 External surcharges
👉 Soil–pile interaction

…all influence the final behavior of the structure.

In this video, we show how to:
✔ Create a pile-supported abutment model in DeepEX
✔ Define pile layouts, geometry, and reinforcement
✔ Simulate staged backfilling and external loads
✔ And review wall and pile stresses, moments, shears, and displacements

Because understanding how the wall and piles work together can significantly improve both design efficiency and project reliability.

How detailed is your typical pile-supported abutment analysis workflow?

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