SOILMESH,< dest >,< sX >,< sY >,< hori> ,<vert >,< xAdj>,<yAdj>,<Zdepth>,<contact>,<rNum>

This command allow the user to make a soil field mesh for a model. This mesh is used to analyze pressure on the excavation volume. The basement must be a continuous convex hull that has uniform external wall along all layers.

• dest – destination model number
• sX - floating point percentage of growth in the X direction of each level
• sY – floating point percentage of growth in the Y direction of each level
• hori – number of new horizontal layers
• vert – number of vertical vertical layers
• xAdj – floating point Centroid correction in the X direction
• yAdj – floating point Centroid correction in the Y direction
• Zdepth - floating point Thickness of each new level in the Z direction
• contact – if equal 0 do not use contact surfaces, else include contact surfaces in the model.
• rNum – the real property number for the contact surface

Note(s): This command created before MERGE and other model combination commands existed. It is recommended that the model created by this command should be saved using WRITE then loaded over the original model to create the soil pressure model. MERGE can be used to combine the two models, however both MERGE and SOILMESH both apply an offset to the group numbers, element number, node numbers, etc. Using MERGE and SOILMESH together will double the offset causing a gap in the models group numbers, element number, node numbers, etc.