Geocentrix Repute - Intelligent pile design and analysis

Repute vs Piglet

Feature	Program
Feature	Piglet	Repute (Professional)
Latest version (date)	5.1 (2004)	2.0 (2009)
Developed by	University of Western Australia	Geocentrix
Engineering features
Method of analysis	Approximate closed form	Boundary Element Method
Group effects solution	Interaction factors	Continuum-based
Maximum no of piles (x elements) analysed	Piglet 300 (n/a)	300 (x 50)
Multi-layered soil profile/Gibson soil	/	/
3-dimensional loading/including torque		/
Non-linear soil model		hyperbolic
Allows general (asymmetric) pile layout
Piles with different lengths/moduli in group	/	/
Independent axial and lateral pile moduli
Flexible pile cap/effective pile cap contact*	/	/
Pile head pinned/rigidly connected to cap	/	/
Rigid layer below pile toe
Usability features
Operating system	Windows	Windows XP/Vista/7
User interface	Excel-spreadsheet	Fully graphical, including drag-drop and in-place editing
Validation of data on input/calculation	/ ?	/
Graphical display of results
Fully customizable reports
*Both programs provide rigid pile cap/non-effective pile cap contact