The Pile Cap View/Update dialog box is made up of four tabs that display information and allow for user input along with a display screen with a visual representation of the footing.

If the pile cap is designed successfully, the View/Update dialog will open with the Results tab in front. If there are any design errors or warnings, the Warnings tab will be in front.

Once an appropriate design has been achieved in the View/Update dialog, the Update Database button can be used to save the current foundation design. Update Database saves the dimensions, the reinforcement, and design. Issuing the Update Database command marks the foundation as "User Defined". Until the design is cleared using the Process > Clear Design command, the Foundation program make no attempt to optimize the foundation design. Rather, it will only check the existing design.

Clicking the Close button will dismiss the dialog. If any changes made to the design were not saved using the Update Database command, they will be lost.

The Design tab is purely informational and requires no user input. It displays a summary of information for the pile footing, including some of the criteria used in the design of the footing.

The Results tab provides the engineer with tools for modifying the geometric information or steel reinforcement for the current design. Once a design has been modified, the Redesign button becomes available and the stoplight turns to yellow, indicating that information displayed in the dialog box does not yet reflect a valid design. Clicking the Redesign button will reanalyze and design the footing.

The View Results button invokes the Pile Cap Footing Design report which contains more detailed information about the pile footing design.

The View Pile Forces button invokes the Pile Combination Forces report.

The Material Properties tab is identical to that in the Spread Footing View/Update dialog. Material properties for the foundation can be viewed and modified. As with the Results tab, any modification to data on this tab will cause the Redesign button to become available and the stoplight to turn yellow.

The Warnings tab lists any design warnings for the footing. If the footing design fails, this tab will be in front when the dialog appears. If a redesign fails, this tab will come to the front. Whenever the stoplight on the View/Update dialog is red, the Warnings tab will contain a list of design warnings that prevented a valid pile footing design.