Foundation Analysis Software for Safe, Efficient Designs
OPTUM GX is a powerful foundation analysis software for both shallow and deep foundations, including footings, piles, and mats/raft foundations. Built on our Optimization-Based Finite Element Method (OBFEM) solver, it ensures stability under demanding loads with fast, reliable results.
Unlike conventional FEM tools, OPTUM GX delivers direct Ultimate and Serviceability Limit State calculations — no incremental load steps required. Engineers get bearing capacity, settlements, and safety factors in minutes, making it the go-to solution for projects where safety, efficiency, and deadlines all matter.
Benchmark FEM results and gain added confidence- Visualize soil failure mechanisms for better insight
- Optimize foundation geometry for both safety and cost savings
By combining limit analysis and FEM, OPTUM GX provides results that are not only theoretically sound but also practically reliable for large-scale projects.
Why OPTUM GX for Foundation Analysis Software
Upper, Lower, and Mixed Limit Analysis for Verified Foundation Safety
Unlike conventional displacement-based FEM tools, OPTUM GX provides both upper and lower bound collapse loads, offering engineers a verified safety envelope rather than a single estimate. For even higher accuracy, OPTUM GX features Mixed Elements — a formulation that simultaneously satisfies both equilibrium and yield conditions. By optimizing stresses and velocities together, the mixed approach effectively merges the advantages of static and kinematic limit analyses. This results in solutions that converge extremely close to the true collapse load, minimizing the traditional gap between upper and lower bounds. The outcome is fewer design iterations, faster approvals, and optimized foundations that save both time and materials.
Design Any Foundation Type in One Powerful software
OPTUM GX eliminates the need for multiple specialized programs. Whether working with spread footings, combined footings, mats/rafts, or complex pile groups, engineers can perform the entire foundation analysis process in one tool. This not only streamlines workflows but also ensures consistency across different foundation types.
Simulate Complex Soil Conditions
The software models realistic soil behavior, enabling accurate checks for settlement, uplift resistance, and lateral capacity. Engineers can investigate how foundations perform under eccentric, inclined, or combined V–H–M loading, ensuring stability even under demanding and unconventional load conditions.
Built-In Code Checks and Foundation Design Reports
OPTUM GX automatically generates professional PDF outputs summarizing soil pressures, safety factors, settlements, and overall bearing capacity. These reports are designed for project documentation, allowing engineers to move seamlessly from analysis to approval without additional manual steps.
Footing and Mat Analysis
As footing design software, OPTUM GX allows rapid modeling of isolated or combined footings, as well as mat foundations under variable loading scenarios. Adaptive meshing and the integration of limit analysis ensure results converge quickly to accurate values. Engineers can directly evaluate ultimate bearing capacity without spending hours running incremental analyses.
Pile and Deep Foundation Design
For deep foundations, OPTUM GX provides full control over pile geometry, layouts, and group behavior. It captures both shaft resistance and end-bearing capacity, reflecting how piles behave in real ground conditions rather than in idealized charts. This enables more efficient pile sizing, reduces overly conservative designs, and provides dependable checks for uplift and lateral stability. In layered or complex soils, OPTUM GX is especially powerful — ensuring the balance between skin friction and end-bearing is optimized for cost and performance.
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Why Geotechnical Engineers Choose OPTUM GX
OPTUM GX unifies shallow and deep foundation design in one platform — no separate modules or add-ons required. Unlike tools such as SkyCiv Foundation Designer or ASDIP Foundation, which rely on simplified spreadsheet-style approaches, OPTUM GX is powered by our OBFEM solver that automatically captures nonlinear soil behavior. With a wide range of soil material models and advanced visualization, it delivers realistic and reliable solutions to modern foundation design challenges.
By combining soil–structure interaction with plasticity theory, OPTUM GX provides practicing engineers with accurate predictions of both settlements and ultimate bearing capacity — eliminating the need for manual cross-checks or multiple tools.
Whereas PLAXIS 3D and similar FEM software focus on large-scale 3D modeling, OPTUM GX is purpose-built for geotechnical foundation design. It removes the need for incremental load stepping, repeated mesh refinements, and days of computation. Instead, receive direct ULS and SLS results — upper and lower bound collapse loads plus settlements — in minutes.
The result is faster, reproducible workflows with fewer iterations, lower licensing complexity, and a tool that is both rigorous and practical.
Comparison of Geotechnical Calculation Methods: LEM, FEM, and FELA
Full GUI-based workflow
Footings, mats, piles supported
Realistic soil-structure interaction
Upper and Lower bound Limit Analysis
Automated capacity and settlement checks
Scripting options (Python)
Professional licensing
Fast learning curve
OPTUM GX
Built-in with easy GUI
Native
Included
Oboarding <1-2 days
FEM
Approximate
Complex geometry creation
Time consuming
Partially possible in other FEM Packages
Paid
Possible paid option
Rigid or expensive
Often steep
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