SOILVISION CONNECT Edition V10 Release Notes

SOILVISION CONNECT Edition V10 (10.00.00.13) contains the following improvements and updates compared to SVOFFICE v5.4.08:

New and improved features

• Subscription Entitlement Service (SES) Licensing
  • The new SOILVISION releases use the same licensing system as the rest of the applications in your Bentley Playbook.
  • SES Licensing provides a unique ID throughout all Bentley applications, removing the need for dongle keys and manual license version management.
  • Migration of licensing from Hardware Lock licensing to a flexible virtual licensing management system
  • Additionally, access personal learning material, paths and history, timely product related news, automatic product updates, and notifications.
    
    
  • Learn more about the new SOILVISION licenses and transitioning to SES in the SOILVISION Wiki section of Bentley Communities.
    
    
• SVDESIGNER - gINT/Generic Borehole Geometry Import
  
  • Import lithology data from a gINT database or from CSV files to build 3D surfaces and volumes
    
    
• SVSLOPE - 3D Probability Analysis and 3D Sensitivity Analysis
  • Probability: Perform probabilistic analysis to report outputs as a probability of unsatisfactory performance or a reliability index
  • Sensitivity: Vary soil properties in 3D analyses
    
    
• SVSLOPE - Automatic critical sliding direction determination
  
  • An addition to Orientation Analysis, this capability automatically finds the orientation of the critical sliding mass, reducing modeling time
    
    
• SVSLOPE - Hybrid Ellipsoid
  
  • Allows further control of the ellipsoidal shape of slip surfaces and thus improved FOS results
    
    
• SVSLOPE - Addition of advanced seismic methods
  • Spectral Pseudo-Static Loading and Newmark methods
    
    
• SVSOILS - gINT Material Import
  • SVSOILS can now import materials from a standard gINT database
    
    
• SVSOILS - 35,000 soils added to SVSOILS database
  
  • GIS-referenced soils from across the United States added to SVSOILS
  • Soils sourced from the Zapata (ASU) database

Other Improvements:

• New hull alpha mesh generation option for surface generation in SVDESIGNER
• DXF export options have been upgraded to support recent releases of AutoCAD
• SVDESIGNER Apply Merge Distance reliability improvements
• Sticky Points option is no longer applied to hidden objects in SVDESIGNER
• Pinchout detection precision improvements
• 3D contour dialog improvements
• Added support for Block Search, Non-strength Material, Undrained Strength Ratio Material, and other improvements for importing SLIDE models
• Option added to SVSLOPE to consider how pore-water pressure is interpreted above the piezometric level or water table when using the B-bar method
• Added display of B-bar, Ru-coefficient, Piezometric lines, and water surface information in the material legend
• Added more options to control appearance of Piezometers in SVDESIGNER
• Tension cracks now supported when creating a 2D model from a 3D model
• Labels can be displayed for piezometer objects in SVDESIGNER
• Option added to SVFLUX to constraint flow boundary conditions applied to a Well based on a minimum head limit
• and more

Fixed issues

• Artwork drawn over top of regions in 2D was not editable
• Corrected some specific cases when a Non-Strength material was used and there were multiple layers of non-strength materials or seismic loading was applied in SVSLOPE
• Cross section display issues when using a Win7 operating system
• Corrected miscellaneous mesh generation issues in SVDESIGNER
• 3D Tension Crack improvements were not enabled for users with SVOffice v5.4.08
• 3D Range Plots were not properly displaying plot distances when the Plot is not horizontal or vertical in SVFLUX
• Maximum Suction option for the Water Table initial conditions option was not working correctly in SVFLUX
• Exceptions occurred in SVDESIGNER in slicing when a partial grid doesn't reach a region
• Other minor issues