Documentation and Theory Overview

RocSlope2 is a tool which allows users to efficiently analyze the formation of 3D blocks from the combination of joint intersections and natural or man-made slopes, such as those found in open-pit mines and in civil engineering projects like road cuts for the assessment of wedge, planar, and toppling failures.

Getting Started

If you are a new user of RocSlope2, you should begin by completing the RocSlope2 Quick Start Tutorial to help familiarize yourself with the software’s main functions.

How to Use this Guide

Documentation

The Documentation tab helps you to get familiar with program features and provides details on specific tools/functions of the software. This section includes topics like terminology, general features, input data, analysis methods, viewing and display options, and more.

Begin with the RocSlope2 Program Overview section for an overview of the program and analysis assumptions.

Tutorials

The Tutorials tab provides easy to follow, step-by-step instructions demonstrating how to use various features of the program and provide guidance for more specific analysis features of RocSlope2. It is recommended that you go through as many of the tutorials as possible to get acquainted with the many different capabilities of the software.

Begin with the RocSlope2 Quick Start Tutorial for an introduction to the basic modelling and data interpretation features of RocSlope2.