Preferences

 

 

Set general preferences in the program.

Applicable Modules:

Tunnel

Slope

Soft Ground

Foundation

Seepage

Dynamic

 

 

 

From the Main Menu, select Tools > Preferences > Preferences

From the Command Line, type 'Preference'

 

 

 

 

General Information

Company Information

Set the company information.

Name

Name of the company, branch office, etc.

Logo

Specify the file path for the logo file to be used in the Post-processing.

 

Work Information

Work Path

Check on to specify the work path. The default setting of SoilWorks will be used when checked off.  

No. of outputs for current file

Specify the number of files recently worked on to be displayed at the main icon.

 

Backup Information

Auto-save Time Interval

Set the time interval for automatically saving work files.  

Make a backup file (*.bak)

Check on to create a backup file when the file is saved.  

 

Temporary Path

Specify the path for saving the backup file.

 

Data Tolerance

General Tolerance

Tolerance considered as zero

Program considers any number less than the specified value as 0.

 

Data Tolerance

Duplicate Tolerance

Specify the tolerance value within which two points will be considered to be overlapped and will be merged.

Intersecting Tolerance

Specify the tolerance within which two elements will be considered to be intersected and will be connected.

 

Report Format

Image Caption Font

Click the button to set the font, size, color and effect of the graphics caption.

Text Font

Click the button to set the font, size, color and effect of the characters.

Table Style and Font

Click the button to set the font for the title and contents in the cells, font size, color and effect of the table.

Output Unit System

Set the unit system to be used for generating the report.

 

Analysis Option

Automatically Consider Water Pressure

Select whether or not to automatically consider water pressure and set the direction of the water pressure.  

Inner Direction of Model

Set the water pressure to exert toward the inner direction of the model.

Outer Direction of Model

Set the water pressure to exert toward the outer direction of the model.

Not Considered

Do not apply water pressure automatically.

 

Print Ground Element Forces

Check on to produce the output of the ground elements’ internal forces.

 

Initialize all the preference settings to the defaults.

Initialize the preference settings of the presently selected tab to the defaults.

Click to update the preference settings defined and close the dialog box.

Click the ESC key to close the dialog box.

Click to update the preference settings defined.