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User Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS

01
Chapter 1. Introduction

03
Chapter 2. General Infomation

39
Chapter 3. Geometry

121
Chapter 4. Mesh

281
Chapter 5. Analysis Method

373
Chapter 6. Analysis

415
Chapter 7. Result&Tools

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Chapter 1 Introduction

Section 1. Introduction

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Chapter 2 General
Section 1. Start File
1.1 Create File and Save 1.2 Import 1.3 Export 1.4 Close 3 3 5 10 11 12 12 15 17 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 27 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 38

Section 2. View Toolbar

2.1 View Toolbar 2.2 Display Mode(Geometry) 2.3 Display Mode(Mesh)

Section 3. Modeling Guide Toolbar

3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5

Modeling Guide Toolbar Show/Hide GCS Move Work Plane Define Grid Define Snap

Section 4. Select Toolbar

4.1 Select Toolbar 4.2 Select Screen 4.3 Selection Filter 4.4 Intersect 4.5 Select Node/Element by ID

Section 5. Advanced View Control Toolbar

5.1 Clipping Plane 5.2 Mirror Plane 5.3 Iso Value Surface

Section 6. Node /Element Toolbar Section 7. Run Analysis Toolbar

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Chapter 3 Geometry
Section 1. Point and Curve
1.1 Point 1.2 Line 1.3 Arc 1.4 Circle 1.5 Polyline 1.6 Rectangle 1.7 Elipse 1.8 B-Spline 1.9 Profile 1.10 Ploygon 1.11 Helix 1.12 Tunnel 1.13 Filet Curve & Chamfer 1.14 Make Wire 1.15 Extend Curve 1.16 Intersect 1.17 Trim Curve 1.18 Break Curve 1.19 Merge Curve 1.20 Offset Curve 1.21 Shortest Path Line 39 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 54 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 64 65 67 68 69 71 72 75 76 77 79 80 81

Section 2. Surface and Solid

2.1 Cylinder 2.2 Cone 2.3 Box 2.4 Wedge 2.5 Sphere 2.6 Torous 2.7 Make Face 2.8 Filet and Chamfer 2.9 Offset 2.10 Imprint 2.11 Auto Connect 2.12 Merge Face-Edge 2.13 Bedding Plane

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Chapter 3 Geometry

Section 3. Boolean
3.1 Solid 3.2 Surface

82 82 85 87 87 88 90 90 92 93 95 96 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 104 105 106 107 109 109 110 111 112 112 115 117 118 120

Section 4. Divide
4.1 Solid 4.2 Surface

Section 5. Protrude
5.1 Extrude 5.2 Revolve 5.3 Loft 5.4 Sweep

Section 6. Transform
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7

Translate Rotate Mirror Scale Sweep-Translate Project Attach

Section 7. Sub Shape

7.1 Super Shape 7.2 Remove 7.3 Extract 7.4 Explode

Section 8. Remove
8.1 Face/Edge 8.2 Remove Manual 8.3 Imprinted Object

Section 9. Tools
9.1 Options 9.2 Terrain Geometry Maker 9.3 Frame to Solid 9.4 Check Geometry 9.5 Measure

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Chapter 4 Mesh
Section 1. Property/Coordinate/Function
1.1 Material 1.2 General Material(Behavioral Properties) 1.3 Material Properties 1.4 Property 1.5 Section Property 1.6 Coordinate System 1.7 Function 121 121 123 153 162 164 174 176 190 190 191 191 192 193 193 195 200 204 205 205 206 207 208 208 213 218 221 225 228

Section 2. Control
2.1 Size Control 2.2 Default Size Control 2.3 Property Control 2.4 Match Property

Section 3. Generate
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4

1D 2D 3D Remesh

Section 4. Mesh Set

4.1 Rename 4.2 Copy 4.3 Create

Section 5. Protrude
5.1 Extrude 5.2 Revolve 5.3 Fill 5.4 Sweep 5.5 Project 5.6 Offset

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Chapter 4 Mesh
Section 6. Transform
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 231 231 232 234 235 236 237 237 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 245 254 255 256 257 263 264 265 268 268 272 273 273 274 278

Translate Rotate Mirror Scale Sweep

Section 7. Node
7.1 Create 7.2 Delete 7.3 Merge 7.4 Project 7.5 Align 7.6 Modify 7.7 Coordinate System

Section 8. Element
8.1 Create 8.2 Delete 8.3 Modify 8.4 Modify Topology 8.5 Parameters 8.6 Connection 8.7 Extract 8.8 Divide 8.9 Measure 8.10 Interface 8.11 Pile/Pile Tip

Section 9. Tools
9.1 Renumber 9.2 Check 9.3 Table

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Chapter 5 Analysis Method

Section 1. Contact
1.1 Define Contact

281 282 283 284 289 293 294 296 298 299 301 302 304 305 306 308 311 313 315 316 317 318

Section 2. Construction Stage

2.1 Stage Definition Wizard 2.2 Construction Stage Set 2.3 Simulate Construction Stage 2.4 Auto Set

Section 3. Boundary Condition

3.1 Define Set 3.2 Constraint 3.3 Constraint Equation 3.4 Change Property 3.5 Slip Circular Surface 3.6 Slip Polygonal Surface 3.7 Water Level 3.8 Nodal Head 3.9 Nodal Flux 3.10 Surface Flux 3.11 Review 3.12 Draining Condition 3.13 Non-consolidation 3.14 Transmitting

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Chapter 5 Analysis Method

Section 4. Load
4.1 Self Weight 4.2 Force/Moment 4.3 Displacement 4.4 Pressure 4.5 Water Pressure 4.6 Beam Load 4.7 Temperature Load 4.8 Prestress 4.9 Initial Equilibrium Force 4.10 Load Set 4.11 Combined Load Set 4.12 Response Spectrum 4.13 Ground Acceleration 4.14 Time Varying Static 4.15 Dynamic Nodal(Surface) 4.16 Load to Mass 4.17 Train Dynamic Load Table

321 322 323 325 326 327 328 329 331 333 334 334 335 338 341 342 344 345 346 346 353 354 357 361

Section 5. Wizard and Tools

5.1 Tunnel Modeling 5.2 Anchor Modeling 5.3 Seismic Data Generator 5.4 Dynamic Load Data Generator 5.5 Free Field Analysis

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Chapter 6 Analysis

Section 1. Analysis Case

1.1 General 1.2 Solution Type 1.3 Analysis Control(Option) 1.4 Time Step 1.5 Output Control 1.6 Analysis Setting 1.7 Parametric Analysis

373 374 375 390 405 408 409 410

Section 2. Analysis
2.1 Perform/Batch Analysis

411 411 412 412

Section 3. History
3.1 History Output Probes

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Chapter 7 Result and Tools

Section 1. Result
1.1 Combination 1.2 Calculation

415 415 416 417 417 419 422 425 426 427 428 431 432 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 438 440

Section 2. General
2.1 Contour 2.2 Vector 2.3 Diagram 2.4 Smooth 2.5 Fill 2.6 Edge Type 2.7 Deform 2.8 No Results

Section 3. Advanced Function

3.1 Probe 3.2 Multi Step Iso Surface 3.3 Extract 3.4 Local Direction Force Sum 3.5 Cutting Diagram 3.6 Others Elementary Contour Plot 3.7 Others Summation of Reaction 3.8 Others Convert to Decibel 3.9 Others 3D-2D Wizard

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Chapter 7 Result and Tools

Section 4. Special Post

4.1 Seepage 4.2 Slope Stability(SAM) Result 4.3 History

442 442 444 445 447 447 448 449 449 450 450 451 451 452 452 454 454

Section 5. Etc.
5.1 Image File 5.2 Initialize

Section 6. Geometry
6.1 Change Color 6.2 Color Type 6.3 Random Color

Section 7. Node/Element
7.1 Query

Section 8. Export to 3D PDF

8.1 Export to 3D PDF

Section 9. Flight Simulation

9.1 Flight Simulation