Perimeter Support: Edit Pressure

The Edit Pressure option (Perimeter Support) allows you to edit Pressure which has been added to the perimeter of the excavation. With this option:

To edit Pressure on the perimeter:

  1. First, make sure you are viewing the Perimeter Support Design view (select the Perimeter Support Design button from the toolbar).

  2. Select the Edit Pressure option from the Edit sub-menu of the Support menu.

TIP - you can also right click directly on a Pressure you wish to edit and select Edit Pressure from the popup menu. This will directly display the Edit Pressure dialog, so you can skip step 3.

  1. You will be prompted to select a Pressure. Click anywhere on the arrows representing the Pressure that you wish to edit. The Pressure will be selected (highlighted by dotted lines). Right click and select Done Selection, or press Enter, and you will see the Edit Pressure dialog.

  2. In the dialog, you can change the magnitude of the Pressure, or the method of force application (active or passive). You can also adjust the endpoints of the Pressure, as described below.

  3. To adjust the start and/or end point of the selected Pressure:

  1. Remember, if you made a mistake with the editing, you can always just select Undo to restore the original pressure.