OpenTunnel Designer CONNECT Edition Help

How to Define Rock Bolts

In the case of rock bolts reinforcement, user has 1 option to define the geometry, the Define option where the user can enter the 2d sketcher mode and manually add/remove elements.

In Define mode, the user has 1 option for tagging the geometry:
  • Tag rock bolts - the diameter of rock bolts needs to be defined by the user in the tag tool; the length of the column will be equal to the length of the line that has been tagged;


    Tag rock bolts



  • Once the user saves his changes, in the GUI the following information can be seen:
    • The current number of the defined columns.
    • The material that is to be assigned to all columns.
    • The user can specify if this information is to be sent to PLAXIS or not.