Perimeter Support Designer

The Perimeter Support Design View allows you to add or edit support (bolts, shotcrete or pressure) to the perimeter of your excavation. The Perimeter Support Designer is a 2-dimensional view which displays:

The two-dimensional display of the perimeter wedges allows you to easily determine the extent of pattern bolting, shotcrete or pressure which must be applied, in order to support the perimeter wedges.

You can access the Perimeter Support Designer at any time by:

Remember: to add support to the Perimeter of the excavation, you must be viewing the Perimeter Support Design View.

Sidebar Options

For the Perimeter Support Design View, the following options are available in the Sidebar:

Wedge Visibility

Bolt Properties

Add Bolt Pattern

Edit Bolt Pattern

Delete Bolt Pattern

Shotcrete Properties

Add Shotcrete Layer

Edit Shotcrete Layer

Delete Shotcrete Layer

Tunnel Axis Orientation

Wedge Information

Most of the options in the Sidebar are also available from the main menu (e.g. Support menu) or the right-click menu. The Sidebar simply provides alternative shortcuts to these options.

Pressure

The options for defining Pressure support (Add Pressure, Edit Pressure, Delete Pressure) are available through the Support menu. They are not available from the Sidebar.