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Outdated NEN 9997-1 in the manual and rad unit is not consistent in the manual

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 05:20:42 +0200

=Issue 1=
There is an outdated NEN 9997-1+C2:2017 in the manual, see red box below.
The current revision is NEN 9997-1:2025+C1:2025. The table number is also splitted into two tables numbers and on different page numbers.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?stand..._types.htm

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=Issue 2=
Change ".3 rad" into "0.3 radians" to be consistent everywhere with the radians unit in the text in the manual, see red boxes below.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?modules.htm

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=Issue 3=
Change "NEN 3650-2:2020" everywhere in the manual into "NEN 3650-2:2020+A1:2024", because this is the current revision.
Note that in Q1 or Q2 of 2026 the NEN 3650-1, NEN 3650-2, NEN 3650-3 and NEN 3651 will change again and will get release year 2026 behind the code number, so the manual needs to change again everywhere.

Spelling typos in the manual and a calculation error in the Soil Model Wizard

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:09:04 +0200

There are a few spelling typos in the manual and a calculation error in the Soil Model Wizard. Change "then" into "than" with the letter "a". See the red boxes below.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?h200532.htm

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https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?toggle.htm

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https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?top-s...on_rvt.htm

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The sentence "A large depth is defined as a height of soil coverage on top of the pipeline greater then 8.6 times the outer diameter of the pipeline." is not correct. It is not given in the NEN 3650-1 Dutch code and the fixed value 8.6 x DOUT is not always true (approximate range between 5 x DOUT and 10 x DOUT depending on the variable soil parameters (see also NEN 3650-1:2020 article C.4.2.4.3 "Bij grotere dekkingen (H > 5 à 10 x de leidingmiddellijn) geeft de methode van Marston hierdoor geen goede benadering meer van de passieve grondbelasting.")). It is better to change the sentence in "A large depth is defined, when Qp is greater than P'max.". So, the lowest value: MIN.VALUE(Qp,P'max) should be used for RVT to be exact. The calculation in the Soil Model Wizard in Ple4Win needs to be changed regarding to this calculation condition!

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?numbe...igures.htm

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For the purple boxes a dot is mssing at the end and for the orange boxes the colon ":"-symbol is missing.

Update the image in help file at The User Interface

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:52:00 +0200

Update the image in help file at The User Interface. This image should be updated when "Steel-in-steel" Long table name (2 times) is changed into "Steel-in-Steel" in the next version after version 4.8.1.

The User Interface
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Document on Ple4Win website outdated

Mon, 26 May 2025 15:55:20 +0200

A document on the Ple4Win website has been outdated, see below.
It is based on version 4.7.0, see version number in the document.

https://www.ple4win.nl/support/documents/

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http://ple4win.nl/wp-content/uploads/202...-4.7.0.pdf

Module M should be changed to Module M0 and Module M1 (Alternating Yielding) should be added.

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Write some words fully to be consistent in the manual and application

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:58:07 +0200

Hey Billy,

Write some words fully, so it can be listed in the search list in the manual, and to be consistent in the manual and application:
- Change "pl." into "pipeline" (two times) to be consistent in the manual, see red box below.
- Change "hor." into "horizontal" to be consistent in the manual and application, see red box below.
- Change "max." into "maximum" to be consistent in the manual and application, see red box below.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?h3201.htm

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https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?horiz...ion_rh.htm

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Displacement at max. soil friction [UF]

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Change also the fully words in the Educational and Professional version of Ple4Win:

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Typos in the manual v4.8.1 and application

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:34:17 +0200

Hey Billy,

There are a few typos in the manual v4.8.1 and application.

Typo 1 (in manual):
"organization" should be in standard English-British "organisation", see red box below:

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?copyright.htm

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Typo 2 (in manual):
Replace "KLH /KLT" into "KLH/KLT" without the (double) spaces, see red box below.
And replace "KLH / KLS" into "KLH/KLS" without the spaces, see red box below.
The reason is to be consistent in the manual.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?h3204.htm

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Typo 3 (in manual):
Between "Options" and "for" two spaces should be replace by one space, see red box below:

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?h1003o.htm

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Typo 4 (in manual):
- "History-table" on the right should be "history-table" with a lowercase "h" to be consistent with the other menu items, see red box on the right side.
- "Status-table" on the right should be "status-table" with a lowercase "s" to be consistent with the other menu items, see red box on the right side.
- "Notices-table" in the View menu should be "Notices-table". The underline should be on one letter, which is activated by the button , see red box on the left side in the View menu.
- "notices table-table" should be "notices-table" with one "table" name, see red box on the right side.
- Rename "Workarea" in the View menu into "Workspace", see red box below and the name "Workspace" in the menu in the image in typo 5.

https://help.ple4win.nl/index.html?toolbarmain.htm

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Typo 5 (in Eductional version of Ple4Win v4.8.0, might also be the case in the professional version v4.8.1):
Change the old menu item "Warnings and Errors-table" into "Notices-table" in the application, see red boxes below.

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Typo "license" in the Educational and Professional Ple4Win application

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 02:08:48 +0200

There is a typo in "license" in the Educational Ple4Win application v4.8.0 and the Professional v4.8.1.
"license" should be in British English "licence".

Ple4Win educational v4.8.0:

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Ple4Win professional v4.8.1:

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Broken links in the online help manual

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:04:52 +0200

Hello,

There are a few broken links in the online help manual v4.7.2. Click on the red boxes, see below for the screenshot.
The following links doesn't work:

https://help.ple4win.com/predefined-materials.htm
https://help.ple4win.com/input-tools.htm

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There might be more links down. I don't know what is causing this.

Typo on website - Download using Microsoft Edge

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:57:23 +0200

"apologize" should be changed into "apologise".

https://www.ple4win.nl/download-using-microsoft-edge/

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Soil Model Wizard info on Ple4Win website

Sat, 09 Sep 2023 23:05:24 +0200

Hello,

"2012" should be changed into the year "2020", see below:

https://www.ple4win.nl/ple4win/the-progr...el-wizard/

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Typos in the manual

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:30:40 +0200

Profile Location Editor (ple4win.com)
There is a typo in the manual, see below.
"indents" should be replaced with "idents".

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Module X1 (ple4win.com)
There is a typo in the manual, see below.
"visualization" should be replaced with "visualisation".

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Typos on r+k Consult website and manual v4.7.1

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:50:23 +0100

Language:
Specialization and specialisation are both English terms.
Specialized and specialised are both English terms.

Usage:
Specialization is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while specialisation is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

===
Issue 1: "specialization" should be changed into "specialisation"
Issue 2: "specialized" should be changed into "specialised"
===

Currently on the website both terms ("specialized" and "specialised") are used and is not consistent.

https://www.rkconsult.nl/

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https://www.rkconsult.nl/

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https://www.rkconsult.nl/front-slider/sl...lmovement/

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https://www.rkconsult.nl/front-slider/slideonland/

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6 pictures are missing in the manual v4.7.1

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 23:13:46 +0100

Hi,

6 pictures are missing in the section "How to update the firmware" of this link: Firmware update (ple4win.com)

Typos in Ple4Win Manual v4.7.1 and on website

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:02:01 +0100

There are a few typos in the Ple4Win manual and on the Ple4Win website:

=Issue 1=
https://help.ple4win.com/glossary.htm

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"analyses" should be changed into "analysis"
=End of issue 1=

=Issue 2=
Ple4Win

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Welcome to Ple4Win

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In the Ple4Win manual "As such the program is used in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Israel." should be changed into "As such the program is used in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Israel and USA."

USA is missing in the manual.
=End of issue 2=

=Issue 3=
Module Structure (ple4win.com)

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There is no "NEN 3650-1+C1:2020". The NEN reference should be changed into "NEN 3650-1:2020" without the C1.
=End of issue 3=

=Issue 4=
Mitre bends (ple4win.com)

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There is no "NEN 3650-1+C1:2020". The NEN reference should be changed into "NEN 3650-1:2020" without the C1.

Also the "PolydifMitre" picture is missing on this page.
=End of issue 4=

Two pictures on rkconsult website are old

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 04:50:56 +0100

Location - r+k Consulting Engineers

The two pictures on the website link above are old. The location of the pictures is your old address.