End Support Designer View
The End Support Designer View allows you to add or edit support (bolts, shotcrete or pressure) to the ends of your excavation. The End Support Designer is a 2-dimensional view which displays:
- The Opening Section boundary
- The End Wedges, in two dimensions, at each end of the excavation
- The End Support which has been applied (bolts, shotcrete, pressure)
Remember: to add support to the ends of the excavation, you must be viewing the End Support Designer View.
You can access the End Support Designer at any time by:
- Selecting the End Support Designer
toolbar button - Selecting End Support from the Select View sub-menu of the View menu.
Sidebar Options
For the End Support Designer 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/Edit 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 option for defining Pressure support on the ends (Add / Edit Pressure) is only available through the Support menu. It is not available from the Sidebar.