To define Joint Properties (e.g. shear strength, water pressure, waviness):
Select Input Data from the toolbar, the Analysis menu or the right click menu.
Select the Joint Properties tab in the Input Data dialog.
For a new file, a single default property type will already be defined. If you only require a single property (i.e. all of your joints have the same strength characteristics), then you can simply define the properties (shear strength, water pressure, waviness) for this one property type.
If you need more than one property type (for example: if each of your joints has different strength characteristics), then select the Add button to create additional properties. When you select the Add button, you will see the Add Joint Property dialog, which gives you the following options:
Copy current properties - this will create a copy of the currently selected joint property
Add default properties - this will create a new property with the default property settings
Note: you can enter the "Number of properties to add" if you want to create more than one new property type at the same time.
Import from file - this allows you to import joint properties from another Unwedge file. Enter a filename path in the edit box, or select the dialog button to navigate to a file.
When you select OK in the Add Joint Property dialog, new joint property(s) will be added to the list of properties in the Joint Properties dialog. If you used the Import from file option, all joint properties will be imported from the selected file.
You can change the default naming of the joint properties, as follows:
first click on a name in the list
then click again on the name, or select the Rename button, and edit the property name
To define the properties, for each property in the list, click on the property name and enter the following information:
For information select the links to the above topics.
Once your joint properties have all been defined, you must assign them to the desired joints. To assign joint properties:
Select the Joint Orientations tab in the Input Data dialog.
For each joint in the list, assign the desired joint property in the Properties column (click in the Properties column, and select the name of a joint property from the drop-list).
Note: if you only have one joint property type (i.e. the same property for all joints), this does not need to be assigned, it will already be assigned by default to all joints. Assigning properties is only required if you have more than one joint property type.