Quick Start Guide

Overview

This page guides you through the setup and explains basic use of the Lab Tool. 

gINT

gINT Professional or Professional Plus must be installed and licensed on your computer to use the Lab Tool.

gINT trial download and installation

Download gINT

Download the current release of gINT from https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/ and log-in using your Bentley Select Username and password, for detailed instructions see How to download gINT from Bentley Website. 

If you need a trial installer of gINT, contact to sales@datgel.com.

Install and activate gINT trial

  1. Installation: 
    1. Ensure you are logged in as a local administrator, or have local administrator credentials ready to use.  Run the file gint########en.exe.
    2. The installation of Connection Client and gINT software starts.
    3. When the Custom Setup install wizard form appears, you should set "gINT Standard User Files" to "Entire feature will be unavailable".  This is the default.
    4. Select the gINT product Professional or Professional Plus
  2. Activation: Ensure you are logged into the Bentley Connection Client (program in system tray). If you don't have a Bentley Systems login, then register one. That could be done using a company email or a personal email.  That later will be a safe way to ensure your use of gINT is not later billed as a Quarterly Term License.

Open gINT

Company Information

First time you open gINT, the Company Information window will pop-up. Only the company name is required.

Later, you may access to this window in the menu Help > Company Information

System Properties

When you click OK in the Company Information window, the System Properties window will pop-up. In this window you store the general system properties.

File Location Defaults

The File Locations Defaults are used to quick save and access to the required gINT files folders. It is useful to configure the folders according your workflow.

  1. If you are trialling the software, you can select the Datgel product\gINT Files folder for all options. 
  2. If you are a gINT and Datgel product user, we recommend the following settings.
    1. Set Project Database and Drawings to the top of the folder hierarchy where you store project data
    2. Set Data Template, Scripts and Custom coordinate to the non-project specific folder on your file server, e.g. R:\gINT-Datgel\. Also store the library here.
    3. Check the box, Allow more than one user to open a file for editing.

Data Entry

  1. Check the box for Omit 'Must Save' prompt when save is required.
  2. Do not check European Numeric Format during Data Entry.  This feature causes errors with scientific notation fields and importing data.  Also ensue Windows has dot . for a decimal place.

gIDraw

If you cannot see the drawing cursor in drawing applications, then check Use small drawing cursor.

Output

  1. Set Unspecified Line Thickness (inches): 0.007
  2. Set Unspecified Point Thickness (inches): 0.01
  3. Set Number of digits to force sci. notation on frame divisions: 9
  4. Check Boundary Line inserted below last text segment at a depth.

DXF Files

No change.

General

  1. If you wish to use Database Design, Report Design etc., you must uncheck Hide Design Applications. This is unchecked by default. 
  2. You may like to adjust the Automatic File Backups option.

You may access to this form in the menu File > System Properties

Datgel Lab Tool Download

The Lab Tool package and Datgel Toolbox Installer can be downloaded from datgel.com. Standard modules and Advanced module are available.

Package Content

The Download .zip folder contains all you need to install and evaluate the Datgel Lab Tool. The content is:

  1. Documentation folder includes:
    1. Example reports
    2. EULA
    3. Links to the product and licensing online user guides
    4. Link to email to support.
  2. gINT Files folder includes:
    1. gINT Project, gINT Library and gINT Data Template files .
      1. "dlt-<s or a> <unit and list filer> trial X.XX.X lib.glb" or "dlt-<s or a> <unit and list filer> X.XX.X lib.glb" (gINT library file)
      2. "dlt-<s or a> <unit and list filer> X.XX.X.gpj" (gINT project file)
      3. "dlt-<s or a> <unit and list filer> X.XX.X.gdt" (gINT data template)
    2. Correspondence files for import and export of data (.gci and .gcx)
    3. Image sub-folders
  3. Example Data

Unzip and copy the content of the folder to your local computer.

Install Datgel Toolbox

Before Installation

A few basic preparations can help ensure an effortless installation.

  • Make sure that the computer where you plan to install the program meets the minimum hardware and software requirements.
  • Connect your PC to Internet before installation (the process may need a working Internet connection).
  • The Datgel Toolbox program requires that the Microsoft .NET 4.8 framework is installed on the PC prior to the installation of the Tool. If your PC does not have this, then it will be automatically downloaded and installed during the Tool installation process.
  • Log into the PC with Administrator privileges before starting installation.
  • It is recommended that you exit out of other applications that maybe running on your PC.
  • Close gINT before you start installation.

Installation

  • Run the installer, typically named Datgel.Toolbox.20##.#.#_YYYY-MM-DDTHHmmss.exe.
  • When you come to the Components screen, be sure to select this product, or you can simply install all Components. 
  • The gINT*.exe.config files for gINT versions V8i and 10..# are edited by Datgel software during installation.

Datgel Licensing

Trial Version
  • Datgel's license system is based on a user identity created when you registered on datgel.com, called Datgel ID.
  • When you first download a trial package a limited duration license is assigned to your Datgel ID, which would expire normally after 14 days.
  • When you open the trial product library, the license check will be prompted.  Your default web browser will open and you will be asked to login with your Datgel ID.
  • The trial form will show each session, showing the count down to expire and links to purchase.
  • You can also see the status in the Datgel Licensing Manager app.
Full Version
  • Datgel's license system is based on a user identity created when you registered on datgel.com, called Datgel ID.
  • When you open the product library or otherwise first run the product in that session, the license check will be prompted.  Your default web browser will open and you will be asked to login with your Datgel ID.
  • You can also see the status in the Datgel Licensing Manager app.

Using the tool

Open gINT

  1. Start gINT
  2. When you open gINT if it asked for a library, then browse to the downloaded .zip folder and select the library file (.glb).  Otherwise after gINT opens select File > Change Library, and browse to the aforementioned library. Note: the library is locked for the Trial version.
  3. Select File > Open Project. Browse to the downloaded .zip folder and select the project file (.gpj)

Review existing example data

The gINT files included in the package contain some example data that covers all type of calculations and reports included in the Tool. 

Main Group | Point table stores the general information related to the Borehole (Hole depth, coordinates, elevation, etc). Each row is a test location, such as a borehole or test pit. 

Calculations

The Datgel Lab Tool includes calculations for a laboratory tests according the most used standards. 

To test the calculations, go to the Lab-Class | Moisture Content table and select the borehole "V-dlt Golden" from the yellow drop-down list. You can see fields related to the Moisture content test.

Delete the existing green fields.

Click Save or Ctrl+S to initiate the calculations. 

Moisture_Content values are calculated and are written into to the fields.

To test the CBR calculation and graph, go to the Lab-Comp Rel | CBR Tests and select the V-dlt Golden.

The table has data for a CBR test.  Note there are other related tables, CBR, CBR Moisture and CBR Soaking.

Go to Add-Ins > Lab Tool > CBR Graph, the graph form will open and you will be able to adjust some parameters.

Output a Graph Report

The full Lab Tool library contains 58 reports. 

The following example explains how to output a CBR test report. 

  1. Go to OUTPUT | Graphs
  2. Select the L CR CBR PENETRATION report from the object selector (yellow drop-down list).
  3. Select the desired test from the KeySet picker: Click on the  button and select PointID V-dlt-Golden and specimen depth 0.1.

  4. Click on the button and choose the name for new pdf document. Choose the location and click  Save. Choose resolution 600 dpi.
  5. Click  Export and review the report.
  6. Alternatively, click the    button to preview the report. You can review next page using the yellow drop-down list or press F6 button.





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