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1. dx and dy The element can be provided with a frame and a back ground colour to suit your personal requirements If the element needs to be returned to its original condition this can be done using the Reset button Alternatively you can alter the size and shape of the element using the mouse see menu item Output preferences Move objects Sec tion 5 4 16 The heading Time settlement graph shown in the title element can be edited in the menu item Output preferences Texts table Output sheets texts button see Section 5 4 2 The texts Project 1 line and Project 2 line are entered immediately after double clicking the element or using the menu item Edit General see Section 5 2 4 5 4 6 Time settlement graphs menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 Because the time settlement graphs are the central graphical element it cannot be switched off Proceed as described above to alter the position or layout of the Time settlement graphs element 5 4 7 Company menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 Simply proceed as described there to edit the Company element The input for this element can be edited immediately after do2. annex numbers can be rotated by 90 in the diagram view if the Annex and report element is opened directly by double clicking 5 4 10 Remarks menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Remarks element simply proceed as described there The input for this element can be edited immediately after double clicking on the element or via the menu item Edit Remarks see Section 5 2 7 5 4 11 Edited by date menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Edited by date element simply proceed as described there The input for this element can be edited immediately after double clicking on the element or via the menu item Edit General see Section 5 2 4 5 4 12 Diagram table menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Diagram table element simply proceed as described there GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 25 of 30 September 2008 5 4 13 Output table test data menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that descri
3. menu item In the default program preferences the form is shown with cutting borders For output to an A4 printer a reduction of the printer output is generally necessary as proprietary printers cannot fully cover an A4 page The margin preferences can be defined in the following dialogue box Margin preferences x with borders Left margin mm 1 00 Lower margin mra 1 00 Cancel By deactivating the With borders check box and with an appropriate choice of left and lower margins it is generally possible to create a non reduced printer output It is necessary to also adapt the page height and width see Section 5 4 1 5 4 4 Position info menu item The positions and layout of the individual elements on the output sheet can be altered using the following menu items This menu item provides information on the options for altering the posi tion and layout more quickly using the mouse GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 23 of 30 September 2008 5 4 5 Title change position menu item The position and layout of the title element can be altered via the dialogue box for this menu item if the Title display check box is activated xi lw Title display e With frame e With background colour dx sio dy 230 Background colour NN Pen colour Pen width mrm 0 30 Cancel Reset The position of the element on the output sheet and its size can be defined or edited by means of the variables x and y
4. 3 10 feo none x nano E z 12 ura none h 30 CE none OO C A ti i S SCS none In the Text boxes a text must be entered by hand which is later used as a description Af ter clicking the arrows in the Enter what column the values or text in the drop down list entered or determined by the program can be allocated to the to the rows of the diagram table Lines with a None allocation are not displayed If information needs to be added to the table that 1s not found in the default texts in the ta ble a Free text can be used In the Edit Tests menu item you will then see an addi tional Further input button and can enter text according to your requirements in the dia logue box Y our texts and allocation can be saved in a ktx file using the Save button and opened again using the Load button The program default texts or allocations can be restored us ing the Reset button GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 22 of 30 September 2008 e Edit widths If the table 1s arranged vertically a fixed width for each column can be defined using this button Please note however that the total width of the table needs to fit into the layout of your output sheet In order to achieve a uniform distribution within the specified total width e g as defined using F11 click the All the same width button e Arrange horizontally Arrange vertically This command button defines the alignment of the diagram table 5 4 3 Margins
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6. program the data will be automatically loaded the next time the program is started and need not be entered again 5 3 11 Load graphics preferences menu item You can reload a graphics preferences file into the program which was saved using the Graph ics preferences Save graphics preferences menu item Only the corresponding data will be refreshed GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 20 of 30 September 2008 5 4 Output preferences menu 5 4 1 Page size menu item The default page set up is A4 landscape when the program is started You can edit the page format in the dialogue box 5 4 2 Texts table menu item The default labelling of some output sheet elements can be edited in this menu item s dialogue box Among other things the name of the output sheet can be specified here An option box opens in which the various fields can be selected for editing using the correspondingly labelled buttons Output sheet texts Output sheet texts Diagram texts Diagram table Edit texts and allocations Edit widths Arrange horizontally Arrange vertically After clicking the Output sheet texts button the following dialogue box opens CT ix Heading Time settlement curve Report Rept 0 Row 1 Test number Row 2 Samplinglocation Row 3 Deh Row Er Type of sampling Row Es Date of sampling Cancel Reset I a Dl al 31 21 41 41 1 a GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 21 of 30 Sep
7. sheet If you are viewing the output table j can navigate between the output tables for the individual tests using the arrow tools in the Smarticon bar In order to return to the graphical visu alisation of the time settlement tests click on the now active menu item View diagram or sim ply on the 1 tool in the Smarticon bar You can move between the output table and the graphi cal visualisation using this tool GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 16 of 30 September 2008 5 3 2 Preferences menu item After selecting this menu item a dialogue box appears in which you can edit preferences for graphical presentation x Curve presentation Curves with markers If Mark measured values Show each nth marker lf Connect points Settlement In E Marker size EJ Smoothing out method Mo smoothing bl Info Ages divizions Linear 0 User defined axes Cancel e Graph presentation group box By activating the appropriate check boxes the measured data can be visualised as a time settlement graph provided with markers at given intervals or directly attached to the mea sured data The marker size is user defined If Graphs with markers is activated the spacing can be altered by changing the value of x Each time settlement graph uses a different marker thus ensuring simple differentiation between several time settlement graphs even on monochrome printouts This also allows easier a
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9. Evaluation and visualisation of time settlement tests GGU TIMESET VERSION 4 Last revision September 2008 Copyright GGU Zentrale Verwaltung mbH Braunschweig Technical implementation and sales Civilserve GmbH Steinfeld Contents O A AE E RN 4 2 Licence protection and installation c c sscssssscscccorsccssssssseecsssssocovscccceecccssssssscessssssossssces 4 Apa SUAS AAA EE a ETANALO ARONNE INESSE ANERE O aeara aas 5 A Starine CHE PORTA A A A EE 5 5 Description of menu ICONS ida ekaa 6 IF PIE MEM cari Seal aca al eat as aaa tan cane 6 IAM ING We MEA ias 6 Dell TOA We UCI E A T E E E N T TE E din costes 6 SL Append A ile 6 Iet Save Mene ann dnde 6 PES SS AVS AS mentes in iii r E 6 SLO Import ASCH file gt MEN ib 7 IL EPO ASCE meni EA ais y 5 1 8 Printer preferences menu item nai es J SLO Prntand export Ment Went divo 8 SO Bach print mena O oros cataecek tov aeurerens btsvasdal eseaece bdowesteleai ih daiveshvneseaoaestoess 10 FELE Tl IMT Ue A e ara sicceceed statereniasaanetees ie sine mata tavessanutten eta aines 10 SHZ ly 2 34 Men EMS IRON 10 A A uenneete iam ale 1 SAL FESS mene ea a a a a Passa sede 11 Leza Wap ME es a 14 32 A Dr AA ltel eae Merete tas as lace Uaioe alee 14 za General Menu eMe diia pl nodule seeds 14 320 Amex NMUmbers menu Msi i a aro EIA 15 2207 Company men el ete e ad 16 IEP Reimar ks Mendo i ci 16 3 UTApaios preterences Men scsi a 16 5 3 1 View
10. Generate button Make the following entries to get the numbering shown above Create annex number for output table x Test front 3 2 f 1st number rear 1 1st letter rear a Lancel Enter the text to appear in front of the automatic numbering in the first input box this can be a different number to the annex number for the graphics It is then possible to select between num bering with numerals or a letter sequence Activate the required command button and enter the first number or letter in lower or upper case GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 15 of 30 September 2008 5 2 6 Company menu item You can enter your company address in four lines These lines will be entered at the top left of the form 5 2 7 Remarks menu item Using this menu item it is possible to enter remarks to the tests in four lines of text which are displayed at the lower right of the form 5 3 Graphics preferences menu 5 3 1 View output table View diagram menu items The default screen visualisation is the time settlement tests graphics If you go to the View out put table menu item the following dialogue box opens Yiew output table j x Output table of which test Cancel i _2 e 8 _3 ane The 1 2 etc buttons represent the tests entered The most important test data can be viewed for every test If more than 35 measurements are available for the selected test the number must be reduced for the output
11. Hep Mn l 21 Sd GU On MS web Menu te ado Di On AS GU SUpPORL Men EMO Del 330 Whats ew 7 MENU MCN ad 21 5 5 7 Eanes Preterences ment Maa 27 gt SENDS E N E EE I A I A A E E S E T EE E 28 PAR E AAA O 29 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 3 of 30 September 2008 1 Preface The GGU TIMESET program allows evaluation and visualisation of time settlement tests The program is designed to allow simple data input The system is permanently displayed on the screen Every alteration to the data is shown on the screen so that optimum control of input data is guaranteed Graphics output supports the true type fonts supplied with WINDOWS so that excel lent layout is guaranteed Colour output and any graphics e g files in formats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc are supported DXF files can also be imported by means of the integrated Mini CAD module see the Mini CAD manual The program has been thoroughly tested on numerous examples from the literature and in engi neering practice No faults have been found Nevertheless liability for completeness and correct ness of the program and the manual and for any damage resulting from incompleteness or incor rectness cannot be accepted 2 Licence protection and installation In order to guarantee a high degree of quality a hardware based copy protection system 1s used for the GGU TIMESET program The GGU software protected by the CodeMeter copy protection system is only available in conjunc
12. active at the next time the program is started By clicking on the tools smarticons you can directly reach most of the program functions The meaning of the Smarticons appears as a text box if you hover with the mouse pointer over the tools Some of the tool functions can be activated from the normal menu items Zoom out If you have previously zoomed in this tool returns to a full screen display Zoom Zoom With the zoom functions you can zoom in or out of parts of the image by clicking the left mouse button T Undo move object If you have previously edited the position or size of an element on the output sheet F11 or used Output preferences Move objects you can undo the last changement with this tool Cl a Restore move object If you have previously undone a changement you can restore with this tool Copy print area Use this tool to copy only parts of the graphics in order to paste them e g to a report You will see information on this function and can then mark an area which is copied to the clipboard or can be saved in a file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer 5 3 10 Save graphics preferences menu item Some of the preferences you made with the menu items of the Graphics preferences menu as well as the inputs using the Edit Company menu item can be saved to a file If you select GGU TIMESET alg as file name and save the file on the same level as the
13. bed in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Output table test data element simply proceed as described there 5 4 14 Output table results menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Output table results element simply proceed as described there 5 4 15 Reset all menu item With this button all preferences for the aforementioned elements which may have been edited with the previous menu item will be reset to the program defaults 5 4 16 Move objects menu item When you go to this item you can move the various objects with the aid of the mouse Move the mouse over the object to be moved When you are located above a moveable object the mouse pointer appears in the shape of a cross You can now press and hold the left mouse button and drag the object to the required position After going to this menu item only one object at a time can be moved using the mouse or its size be altered In order to move or edit several objects this function can be more quickly activated by pressing F11 or the icon The size of an object can also be altered using this menu item or the F11 key If you move over the frame of a changeable object after activating this function the mouse assumed the shape of a double headed arrow H
14. change the time to a very large value so that the record is moved to the end Subsequent reduction of the number of values then deletes this record from the list The following additional actions are possible in the editor box of the selected single test e Delete test After a confirmation prompt the single test is deleted e Duplicate test The test can be duplicated All input is copied and the dialogue box of the newly generated test is opened automatically GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 12 of 30 September 2008 e Import ASCII file The measured data can imported from a file in standard ASCII format After importing an appropriate file the current line of the ASCII file is displayed at the top The time can be given in seconds or as a time for example in the format 14 16 54 The file can be naviga ted using the arrow buttons on the right Enter the column number in which the respective data is located in the Time column and the Settlement column If all the information is correct the result for the row is shown in the box below the column Otherwise Error appears If necessary change the column delimiter If the file contains invalid as well as valid rows these will simply be skipped during the subsequent import If the measured data are not in the correct units a correction factor can be entered under Settlement factor Finally select the Import data button The test can then be further processed or evalua ted e Smo
15. enu item Y ou will see information on program improvements in comparison to older versions Language preferences menu item This menu item allows you to switch the menus and the graphics from German to English and vice versa To work in German deactivate the two switches Dialoge Men s bersetzen translate dialogues menus und Graphiktexte bersetzen translate graphics Alternatively you can work bilingually e g with German dialogue boxes but with graphic output in English The program always starts with the language setting applicable when it was last ended GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 27 of 30 September 2008 6 Tips You can scroll the screen with the keyboard using the cursor keys and the Page up and Page down keys By clicking and pulling with the mouse with Ctrl pressed you activate the zoom function 1 e the selected section will fill the screen Furthermore you can use the mouse wheel to zoom 1n out or scrolling the screen presentation The following mouse wheel functions are available e Mouse wheel up move screen image up e Mouse wheel down move screen image down e Ctrl mouse wheel up enlarge screen image zoom in e Ctrl mouse wheel down shrink screen image zoom out e Shift mouse wheel up move screen image right e Shift mouse wheel down move screen image left If you click the right mouse button anywhere on the screen a context menu containing the princi pal menu items ope
16. er to visualise them together on one sheet The tests contained in the added file will be appended to the current record Please note that the information concerning the page format general entries e g company name project description report no and preferences e g time settlement graphs pens are not imported with the appended file Any annotations or preferences should therefore be defined after appending 5 1 4 Save menu item You can save data entered or edited during program use to a file in order to have them available at a later date or to archive them The data is saved without prompting with the name of the current file Loading again later creates exactly the same presentation as was present at the time of saving 5 1 5 Save as menu item You can save data entered during program use to an existing file or to a new file 1 e using a new file name For reasons of clarity it makes sense to use zst as file suffix as this is the suffix used in the file requester box for the menu item File Load If you choose not to enter an exten sion when saving zst will be used automatically GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 6 of 30 September 2008 5 1 6 Import ASCII file menu item Using this menu item it is possible to import ASCII files You can import files from three compa nies Wille Micronic and Strabentest Import ASCII file x Import what type of ASCII file Micron ASCI file Strabentest ASCII f
17. eter SUCK atea 4 Colours time settlement graph pens 19 Column width diagram table 23 Company edit clement cccceeeeeeeeeeeeees 24 Company enter address ccccsssseeeeeeeeeeeees 16 CO ocio 28 Control parameter smoothing time settlement graphs cccceeeeeeeeeeees 17 COPY PNE ASA usuaris e 9 20 Delete all time settlement tests 14 Diagram header input oooooonnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnno 14 Diagram table alignment eee 23 Diagram table define entries 22 Diagram table edit element eee 25 Diagram table edit text allocation 22 Diagram table load save text allocation 22 DXF Mile EXPO een coctcrte sussarea cree tarseaies 8 DD XP TG TODO a ais 4 EME OCI A lee a E ee owen te 9 File loadsa Ve eedonia NE a 6 Font size define cuida tii 18 Free text define input box in diagram table 22 AA A 28 GGUCAD Tile EXPO srein ii 8 GGUMiniCAD file export eres 9 Graphics integrate via Mini CAD 19 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 29 of 30 Initial hetoht entei unas 12 TiS Cal AGO aiii 4 Knowled se Based 27 Language preferences ooooooooooonncnnccnnnnnnnnnnnnos 5 27 Layout Output Sheet seised oeiia 21 LICENCE Protec dido 4 Marsis does ia 23 Marker edit seting S morroiaren ne 17 Measured data display oooccccccccncncnnnnn o 1
18. ettlement can then be entered Refresh and zoom menu item The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the screen is not refreshed after every alteration If e g after using the zoom function see below only part of the image is visible you can achie ve acomplete view using this menu item Use current zoom of 1 000 Lee 24 os os 10 15 25 40 80 Lancel A zoom factor between 0 4 and 8 0 can be entered in the input box By then clicking on Use to exit the box the current factor is accepted By clicking on the 0 4 0 6 etc buttons the se lected factor 1s used directly and the dialogue box closed It is much simpler however to get a complete overview using Esc Pressing Esc allows a com plete screen presentation using the zoom factor specified in this menu item The F2 key allows screen refreshing without altering the coordinates and zoom factor Zoom info menu item By clicking two diametrically opposed points you can enlarge a section of the screen in order to view details better An information box provides information on activating the zoom function and on ava
19. graphics to a file in order to be further processed with third party soft ware Output is in the standardised EMF format Enhanced Metafile format Use of the Metafile format guarantees the best possible quality when transferring graphics If you select the Copy print area tool from the toolbar you can copy parts of the graphics to the clipboard or save them to an EMF file Alternatively you can send the marked area directly to your printer Using the Mini CAD program module you can also import EMF files generated us ing other GGU applications into your graphics e MiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable importing to different GGU appli cations with the Mini CAD module e GGUMiniCAD allows export of the graphics to a file in order to enable processing in the GGUMiniCAD program e Cancel Printing is cancelled GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 9 of 30 September 2008 5 1 10 Batch print menu item If you would like to print several appendices at once select this menu item You will see the fol lowing dialogue box x Printer Cancel Add Delete all Delete File list DA Test 2 zst DT est S zst Create a list of files for printing using Add and selecting the desired files The number of files is displayed in the dialogue box header Using Delete you can mark and delete selected individual files from the list After selecting the Delete all button you can compile a
20. ilable options Legend font selection menu item With this menu item you can switch to a different true type font All available true type fonts are displayed in the dialogue box Font size selection menu item You can edit font sizes of texts in mm within the various input areas GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 18 of 30 September 2008 5 3 7 5 3 8 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 19 of 30 September 2008 Pen colour and width menu item For reasons of clarity different colours are used as default for graphic presentation of the time settlement graphs as well as the type of dashing With this menu item you can alter the prefer ences to suit your wishes x Done Load Save Far all CI aE El p El El Standard 20 Type of dashing Dash length mm Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test Test 6 Test 3 Test 10 Test 11 Test 12 Test 13 Test 14 Test 15 Test 16 continuous dashed dash dotted aU 30 2 2 20 el 20 2 2 el 2 2 2 20 el continuous continuous continuous continuous continuous continuous continuous Continuous continuous continuous z continuous Continuous a PEE EE EEE EEE EEE GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE continuous E sto A tes gt _ PERA _ PCEN Mt Mts _ evs M7 Mm tee tess Beso Me _ tests _ texts _ Bow _ ow BE testis The pen width line type and dashing can be edited for the time sett
21. ile Lancel Once you have selected the company the corresponding data can be automatically imported If you need to read data in a format provided by a different company please contact CIVILSERVE info civilserve com 5 1 7 Export to ASCII menu item The test data can be exported to an ASCII file allowing processing in other applications 5 1 8 Printer preferences menu item You can edit printer preferences e g swap between portrait and landscape or change the printer in accordance with WINDOWS conventions GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 7 of 30 September 2008 5 1 9 Print and export menu item Y ou can select your output format in a dialogue box You have the following possibilities e Printer allows graphic output of the current screen to the WINDOWS standard printer or to any other printer selected using the menu item File Printer preferences But you may also select a different printer in the following dialogue box by pressing the Printer prefs change printer button RS Page sizes Output device Wwcrvil server Lexmark TE30 Output device mm x 206 y 201 Image mm x 420 0 y 297 0 Printer Printer prefe change printer Landscape Output preferences oom factor 1 000 Fit to page Page overlap mm 0 000 Page overlap y mm 0 000 Output of 4 pages 2 wide to 4 Print pages Mo of copies Ps Cancel In the upper group box the maximu
22. lement graphs and after click ing the buttons with the test numbers the pen colours be adapted If the same line colour is to be used for all time settlement graphs press the For all button and specify the required colour The pen preferences can be saved as an stf file or be loaded from such using Save and Load in order to give a variety of pen combinations On monochrome printers e g laser printers colours are shown in a corresponding grey scale Graphic elements employing very light colours may be difficult to see In such cases it makes sense to edit the colour preferences Mini CAD toolbar menu item Using this menu item you can add free text to the graphics and add lines circles polygons and images e g files in formats BMP JPG PSP TIF etc A pop up menu opens the icons and functions used are described in more detail in the Mini CAD manual provided 5 3 9 Toolbar preferences menu item After starting the program a horizontal toolbar appears below the program menu bar If you would rather work with a popup window with several columns you can specify your preferences using this menu item The smarticons can also be switched off At the bottom of the program window you find a status bar with further information You can also activate or switch off the status bar here The preferences will be saved in the GGU TIMESET alg file see menu item Graphics preferences Save graphics preferences and will be
23. llocation of several time settlement graphs to the data in the diagram table Simply include the time settlement graph signature in the diagram table see menu item Output preferences Texts Table Edit texts and allocations button in the 5 4 2 section e Smoothing out method group box You can select from four smoothing out methods A message box provides information on the type of smoothing No smoothing no smoothing Method 1 strict Bezier spline Method 2 loose Bezier spline Method 3 rational spline interpolation Very rounded graphs are generated using smoothing out methods 2 and 3 Deviations bet ween the measured data and the time settlement graphs are visible when the measured test data is marked For method 3 smoothing can be influenced with the Control parameter The value of the control parameters may only be in the range between gt 1 0 and lt 1000 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 17 of 30 September 2008 9 3 3 9 3 4 9 3 5 9 3 6 e Axes divisions group box A linear logarithmic or a root scale can be selected for visualisation of the graph s time a XIS e User defined axes button The program automatically selects a sensible axes scale for the graphical visualisation of the time settlement graphs If the User defined axes button is clicked a dialogue box opens in which the check box Use the following axes values must be activated The re quired minimum and maximum values for time and s
24. m dimensions which the printer can accept are given Below this the dimensions of the image to be printed are given If the image 1s larger than the output format of the printer the image will be printed to several pages in the above e xample 4 In order to facilitate better re connection of the images the possibility of ente ring an overlap for each page in x and y direction is given Alternatively you also have the possibility of selecting a smaller zoom factor ensuring output to one page Fit to pa ge button Following this you can enlarge to the original format on a copying machine to ensure true scaling Furthermore you may enter the number of copies to be printed e DXF file allows output of the graphics to a DXF file DXF is a common file format for transferring graphics between a variety of applications e GGUCAD file allows output of the graphics to a file in order to enable further processing with the GGUCAD program Compared to output as a DXF file this has the advantage that no loss of colour quality occurs during export GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 8 of 30 September 2008 e Clipboard The graphics are copied to the WINDOWS clipboard From there they can be imported into other WINDOWS programs for further processing e g into a word processor In order to import into any other WINDOWS program you must generally use the Edit Paste function of the respective application e Metafile allows output of the
25. new list Selection of the desired printer and printer preferences is achieved by pressing the Printer button You then start printing by using the Print button In the dialogue box which then appears you can select further preferences for printer output such as e g the number of copies These prefer ences will be applied to all files in the list 5 1 11 Exit menu item After a confirmation prompt you can quit the program 5 1 12 1 2 3 4 menu items The 1 2 3 4 menu items show the last four files worked on By selecting one of these menu items the listed file will be loaded If you have saved files in any other folder than the program folder you can save yourself the occasionally onerous rummaging through various sub folders GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 10 of 30 September 2008 5 2 Edit menu 5 2 1 Tests menu item This point represents the program s central menu item As an example after clicking this menu item the following dialogue box opens x Tests editor Mer a ea Three tests are already present in this example The tests are automatically numbered and the test numbers 1 2 3 shown on the respective buttons The following actions are possible e To menu bar You return to the original menu bar e New You can now enter data for a new test e ga 2 hae By clicking the buttons labelled with the test numbers you can open and edit the data for the corresponding test Presentati
26. ns Test General Company Preferences Output sheet Print and export By double clicking the left mouse button on output sheet elements or Mini CAD objects the edi tor for the selected object immediately opens allowing 1t to be edited By double clicking output sheet elements while holding the Shift key the preferences for the position size and appearance of the element open for editing in the editor Some of the function keys are assigned program functions The allocations are noted after the corresponding menu items The individual function key allocations are e Esc refreshes the screen contents and sets the screen back to the given format A4 land scape This 1s useful 1f for example you have used the zoom function to display parts of the screen and would like to quickly return to a complete overview e F1 opens the Help file e F2 refreshes the screen without altering the current magnification e F11 activates the menu item Output preferences Move objects GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 28 of 30 September 2008 7 Index A Alignment diagram table eeeeeees 23 Annex number edit element ooccnncnnnncn 23 Annex number generate for output sheets 15 Annex number rotate by 90 eens 25 ASCH CxMOre ile asia 7 ASCILampott ile aissa 7 Axes scaling time settlement graphs 18 Borders turn on off iii 23 Clip OO Abs spirits abaci d 9 Code M
27. old the left mouse button and move the frame until the object has reached the required size To retain the ratio of the sides pull at one corner only If on one side only is pulled the object will become higher or wider The last change made in the position or size of an object can be undone using Back or by click GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 26 of 30 September 2008 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 menu Copyright menu item You will see a copyright message and information on the program version number The System button shows information on your computer configuration and the folders used by GGU TIMESET Maxima menu item Information on the maximum number of tests possible is displayed in a message box Help menu item The GGU TIMESET online help is opened using an installed browser e g MS Internet Ex plorer The help function can also be accessed using the F1 function key GGU on the web menu item Using this menu item you can access the GGU Software website www ggu software com Keep in touch with new program versions and the regular download offers If you would like to be automatically notified about program innovations please register for the Newsletter in our Knowledge Base Go to the following website http kbase civilserve com GGU Support menu item This menu item takes to the GGU Software Support area at www ggu software com What s new m
28. on of the time settlement graphs and the corresponding columns or rows in the diagram table always follows the sequence of the test numbers The presentation sequence can be altered by going to Edit Swap see Section 5 2 2 The selected tests are then assigned the specified new test numbers After clicking on New or on the button of an existing test a dialogue box opens for entering the test data A maximum of 16 single tests can be entered You can access the editor quickly by double clicking in the table region containing the required time settlement test The following dialogue box opens x Designation f Initial height mrm 20 000 Mormal stress 10 00 Edit values Delete test Duplicate test Import ASCII file Smooth GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 11 of 30 September 2008 Enter the designation initial height mm and normal stress of the single test in this box The measured data is entered after clicking the Edit values button xi Cancel Sort Edit no of values A a i i 15 0 0390 i i 30 0 0420 i i i 0 0470 i 2 i 0 0490 i 4 i 0 0520 i 5 i 0 0570 i 15 i 0 0590 i 30 i 0 0600 i i 0 0620 2 i 0 0 0630 In the example used here 12 data pairs have already been entered The number of measured values can be edited by clicking the Edit no of values button The values are sorted according to time by pressing the Sort button If irrelevant intermediate data needs to be deleted
29. oth Perturbed measured data series can be smoothed using this program routine Save the re cord before employing this function as the smoothing operation cannot be undone The fol lowing dialogue box opens Smoothing test 1 x Align measured values on spline curvel No undalll Use each nth measured value 12 measured values present y Pio Weighting 1 00000 E 10 Weighting O then smooth curves Cancel e OK You will arrive back at the previous dialogue box All values entered will be accepted GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 13 of 30 September 2008 5 2 2 5 2 3 5 2 4 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 14 of 30 September 2008 Swap menu item Important time settlement test data e g initial height normal stress are displayed in the table below the diagram For several time settlement tests the presentation sequence corresponds to the input sequence from left to right If you would like to change this sequence you can do so after selecting this menu item Delete all menu item After a security request all tests will be deleted After this you can enter a new test using the Edit Tests menu item see Section 5 2 1 General menu item Go to this menu item to enter general data such as the project identification report number etc This data is displayed in the correct elements of the output sheet General Project 1st line GGU TIMESET Project 2nd line Po Edited by Burs Edit da
30. output table View diagram menu items occcccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 16 Io Prel ENCES meni alioli 17 J33 Refresh and Zoom MENU Mr a 18 IA ZOOM MEO MENU EM onee o n E E ETE ETE 18 523 Legend font sekcion mentira 18 33 0 Fontsize selection MENU Item ssrin ES 18 dd Pen colour and width meni ie ella 19 5 358 MinteCAD toolbar Men caia 19 5 3 9 Toolbar preferences Menu ten rsrsrsr de a E aa E E r 20 LO Save Sraphics preferences Menta ene nen 20 5 3 1 Load sraphites preferences ment HEM E a 20 o AAA ENEE Enan nd EEE ESATTE KEEA APENE Nadr EE 21 Sl PASS Size Menu Ei ai T bis ZA TAL Texts table menma MEM ici 21 RO Mie Menta deca toll 23 SA Position IMO MEU TEM ab 23 343 lathe change position men Me 24 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 2 of 30 September 2008 5 4 6 Time settlement graphs Menu ItelM ccocooooonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 24 ES COMpany MENU CO A A 24 os TESEO ELO MENU atada 25 SAY ANNEX And report MENW LEM senen steered tasaneanesereatenees 25 3410 Remarks menuitem A AE A A A AS 25 SALL Edited Dy date Menta oa 25 S412 Driasranitable menmi ACN rinde 25 5 4 13 Output table test data menu temin a a E e A 26 5 4 14 Output table results menu item cin abs 26 A AAA T ete Cael pave a a 26 DVO Moye objects NEN A ls e a 26 I A RU ee ev WOOT HORN oer OU UNITS OU enced nr errant 27 A COPE menu Em a 27 S2 MIx ma AA A 21 9 060
31. played on the screen The menu bar will then show five menus e File e Edit e Graphics preferences e Output preferences e After clicking one of these menus the so called menu items roll down allowing you access to all program functions The program works on the principle of What you see is what you get This means that the screen presentation represents overall what you will see on your printer In the last consequence this would mean that the screen presentation would have to be refreshed after every alteration you make For reasons of efficiency and as this can take several seconds for complex screen contents the GGU TIMESET screen is not refreshed after every alteration If you would like to refresh the screen contents press either F2 or Esc The Esc key additio nally sets the screen presentation back to your current zoom which has the default value 1 5 cor responding to an A4 sheet in landscape format GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 5 of 30 September 2008 5 Description of menu items 5 1 File menu 5 1 1 New menu item All data entered will be deleted after a confirmation prompt You can then define new tests 5 1 2 Load menu item You can load a file with test data which was created and saved at a previous sitting and then edit the test data 5 1 3 Append menu item Using this menu item it is possible to load the results of a number of time settlement tests stored on disk as separate files in ord
32. te 021994 Test number BD Sampling locators BE Depth fig2 135m is Soll type es Type of sampling undisturbed Date of sampling jomis Report 3999 94 Cancel The marked texts in the dialogue box also appear in the output sheet Input boxes can be altered or switched off such as Test number as shown in the above dialogue box by going to the menu item Output preferences Texts table and pressing the Output sheet texts button see Sec tion 5 4 2 5 2 5 Annex numbers menu item Here it is possible to define the numbering of the time settlement graph annexes and output table sheets The numbers can be either user defined or determined automatically by the program The following dialogue box with 16 input lines for output sheets opens regardless of the actual num ber of tests entered This is the maximum possible number of single tests anner nos es Graphics 3 1 Output table page 1 3 21 Output table page 3 2 2 3 23 2 3 4 ET Output table page 5 E E r g Output table page Output table page Output table page EE 3 2 7 2 28 Output table page 3 aa 000 Output table page 10 2100 2 Output table page 11 Ban Output table page 12 212000 Output table page 13 321390 Output table page 14 32i Output table page 15 3215 0 Output table page 16 218 Cancel Create Output table page Output table page The numbers for the output sheets can be easily generated by the program using the
33. tember 2008 Y our input in lines 1 to 6 of the above dialogue box as well as the input for Report and An nex also represent the designations for the input boxes in the Edit General menu item dialo gue box If lines are deactivated in the above dialogue box the corresponding input boxes in the Edit General menu item dialogue box are also deactivated see Section 5 2 4 Use Reset to restore the default labelling settings A dialogue box opens after pressing the Diagram texts button allowing the x and y axes label ling for the time settlement diagram to be edited Here too the default labelling can be restored using the Reset button In the Diagram table group box in the above Texts table dialogue box the required texts text allocations and type of visualisation can be edited e Edit texts and allocation A dialogue box opens for specifying the parameters and properties to be displayed in the diagram table It is possible to display up to a maximum of 15 lines The sequence corre sponds to the numbering in the following dialogue box Diagram table output table texts x Line Text Enter what Designation Cancel L Designation 2 Signature Signature Reset 3 Initial height mm Initial height Save 4 Normal stress 00 Normal stress Load a max Settlement mm Max settlement mrm Po Test duration Test duration o Consolidation coefficient Consolidation coefficient
34. tion with the CodeMeter stick copy protection component hardware for connection to the PC CM stick Because of the way the system is configured the protected software can only be operated with the corresponding CM stick This creates a fixed link between the software licence and the CM stick copy protection hardware the licence as such is thus represented by the CM stick The correct Runtime Kit for the CodeMeter stick must be installed on your PC Upon start up and during running the GGU TIMESET program checks that a CM stick is connected If it has been removed the program can no longer be executed For installation of GGU software and the CodeMeter software please refer to the information in the Installation notes for GGU Software International which are supplied with the program GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 4 of 30 September 2008 3 Language selection GGU TIMESET is a bilingual program The program always starts with the language setting applicable when 1t was last ended The language preferences can be changed at any time in the menu using the menu item Spracheinstellung for German or Language preferences for English 4 Starting the program After starting the program you will see two menus at the top of the window e File e By going to the File menu a previously saved file can be loaded by means of the Load menu item or a new one created using New After clicking File New an empty form is dis
35. uble clicking on the element or via the menu item Edit Company see Section 5 2 6 GGU TIMESET User Manual Page 24 of 30 September 2008 5 4 8 Test no etc menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Test no etc element simply proceed as described there The input for this element can be edited immediately after double clicking on the element or via the menu item Edit General see Section 5 2 4 For this element you also have the option of adapting the texts in front of the input boxes to suit your needs Go to the menu item Output preferences Texts table Output sheets texts button see Section 5 4 2 5 4 9 Annex and report menu item Almost exactly the same dialogue box opens with the same preference options as that described in the Output preferences Title change position menu item see Section 5 4 5 To edit the Annex and report element simply proceed as described there The input for this element can be edited directly by double clicking the element or by going to the menu item Edit General see Section 5 2 4 For this element you also have the option of adapt ing the texts in front of the input boxes to suit your needs Go to the menu item Output prefer ences Texts table Output sheets texts button see Section 5 4 2 In addition the report and
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