Slide v6.0 Update History

Version 6.017 – May 14 2012

1. Modeler/Interpret. When showing print preview the viewport is now always reset to the same viewport as the model view window. Previously it would switch to last saved preview settings.
2. Modeler/Interpret. Fixed scaling for loads and other symbols – it no longer scales up on zoom in as was done in previous version.
3. Modeler/Interpret. “Scale with Zoom” option for Property Table and Textbox tools is now off by default.
4. Scaling bug with slope limits selection caused inaccurate behaviour when model was zoomed in.
5. Fixed bug when exporting query data to excel where interslice and slice data were switched.
6. Fixed a bug that disabled copying/pasting queries from Interpret to Modeler when certain dynamic text boxes were present.

Version 6.016 – April 20 2012

1. Modeler/Interpret. Function keys for Snap and Grid did not work.
2. Modeler/Interpret. Improved scaling of textbox and property table tools when printing. Their size and location should better match on-screen size.
3. Modeler/Interpret. Improved overall scaling of display item.
4. Interpret. In the Show Coordinates dialog in the Interpreter (View Menu), the Coordinates on Selected Vertices option didn’t work.
5. Modeler. When selecting Save As… the default location in the file selection window is now always the same as the source file.
6. Modeler/Interpret. A number of fixes for the properties table.
7. Interpret. Now properly exports to Excel the minimum in each bin when plotting FS along the slope.
8. Modeler. In the Surfaces…Edit…Delete option, right-clicking and selecting the selection filter would result in “Encountered an improper argument” error message.
9. Compute. Combining support with the advanced option of applying support forces to interslice boundaries would result in a crash if the slope segment on which the support was added was vertical.
10. Modeler. Fixed a problem with the program performing extremely slow when working with files on a network share. The problem would manifest after you compute the model or simply re-save a file that was saved to network drive.
11. Modeler. Interpret icon on the toolbar is now enabled regardless whether the loaded file contains results or not.
12. Interpret. In rare cases a file would give an error when reading it.
13. Modeler/Interpret. The status bar buttons (Snap and Grid) would sometimes get blacked out.

Version 6.015 – January 24 2012

1. All property table tools now have units, if applicable.
2. Modeler/Compute. The BS8006 design standard had the friction and cohesion factors switched. Fixed.
3. Modeler. Infoviewer now reports the material dependent pullout strengths for grouted tiebacks with friction.
4. Modeler. Fixed a display bug that would incorrectly display metric units on the plan view after the external boundary was deleted.

Version 6.014 – December 5 2011

1. Added new material type: Snowden Modified Anisotropic Linear.
2. Modeler. Fixed a bug when modifying bolt patterns and sometimes wrong settings would be presented in the edit window. This would happen when user deletes and adds new patterns.
3. Modeler. Fixed option for deleting or assigning individual bolts in a pattern. Right-click menu didn't work properly in this mode.
4. Modeler. Changed the way Compute and Interpret toolbar buttons function to make them less confusing to the user.
5. Fixed an issue with combining the elevation with the depth filter. Improved accuracy for large extent models with small slopes.
6. Modeler. Improved GSlope import – added detection of failure direction and import of specified slip surface.
7. Added Earth Resistance to the BS8006 design standard. This implements the moment correction factor (pg104, BS 8006:1995).
8. Interpret. When adding polyline tool or groundwater query pasting coordinates into coordinate table (press ‘t’ on prompt) didn’t work if the first point was not entered.
9. Interpret. Removed point number preceding coordinates in clipboard output when using “Copy Coordinates” on slip surface.
10. Interpret. Added Export to DXF for slip surface.

Version 6.013 – October 18 2011

1. Modeler. Fixed Slide better handles the import of grids with negative pore pressures.
2. Modeler. The Negative Pore Pressure Cutoff option for transient groundwater analyses did not work correctly. Fixed.
3. Interpret. Fixed double-buffering issue that sometime caused a lot of flickering.
4. All. Fixed detection of another instance which sometimes would erroneously delete all temporary files thus causing troubles with undo, staging and mess up currently computing files.
5. Modeler/Interpret. Online Help would now launch in Internet Explorer if Google Chrome is the default browser. The online help does not properly work in Google Chrome.
6. Modeler. Formatting of the scroll bar in the water pressure grid dialog was improved.
7. Compute. Online Under rare conditions, a data file would be written that the Interpreter could not open. Fixed.
8. Compute. Fixed the Axis option. Adding an axis of rotation for a single slip surface did not work.
9. Modeler. Prevented most crashes during meshing of models with poor geometry. An error message will now pop up informing user of failure and advising to run geometry cleanup.

Version 6.012 – July 14 2011

1. Modeler/Interpret. Fixed bug which didn’t allow you to delete axis entities from the main menu.
2. Compute. The explore all vertices option for optimization of noncircular surfaces would sometimes result in reverse curvature failure surfaces. Fixed.
3. Interpret. The Excel button didn’t work in the Export Query Data dialog. Fixed.
4. Compute. In extremely rare cases, surfaces with tension cracks could create invalid data files.

Version 6.011 – May 10 2011

1. Modeler. Slide 5.0 fiiles with a groundwater analysis and imperial units were not read correctly. This resulted in permeability units that were feet/second in version 5 being read as feet/year in version 6.
2. Modeler. Groundwater analyses using permeability units of cm/s and mm/s. The permeability values were not written correctly to the data file.
3. Interpret. Volumetric Water Content contours were showing wrong values for materials with custom volumetric curves.
4. Modeler. A warning is now displayed if you try to compute a file in which the water table does not span all the materials that use it.

Version 6.010 – April 28 2011

1. Modeler. Fixed window positioning issues with multiple monitors. Some dialog windows would initially come up on the primary monitor instead of the current monitor user is working on.
2. Modeler. Change slope angle bug (program was crashing). Fixed.
3. Modeler. The coordinate table no longer does any truncation of values.
4. Huge display spaces (large resolutions on large monitors) would have trouble rendering the CAD view. Fixed.

Version 6.009 – March 28 2011

1. Modeler. In some circumstances when using design standards, whether a load was variable or permanent was not being read correctly.
2. Interpret. Fixed a crash when opening previously saved file or loading View options. If a file with transient analysis was saved in Interpret while viewing one of the last stages, then this stage and all stages after it were deleted in Modeler, the file would crash Interpret.
3. Modeler/Interpret. Printing from Info Viewer to Adobe PDF would sometimes abort after first page with an error message. Fixed.
4. Modeler/Interpret. Added option to File->Preferences for mouse wheel zooming. The choice is either zooming about the mouse cursor or zooming about the center of the view (Slide 5 way).
5. Interpret. Progress bar would not show when opening files with non-circular analysis.
6. Modeler. Fixed relative coordinates entry. Typing relative coordinates on the prompt in the form “@dx,dy” and “@r,theta” didn’t work when adding or moving boundaries or vertices.
7. Interpret. Added “Copy Coordinates to Clipboard” right-click menu option to FEA water table, Iso-line, and flow line for easy export to Notepad, Excel or any other spreadsheet tool.
8. Modeler.  Paste from Interpret for polyline tools was fixed.  The import dialog has also been resized to fit all the text.
9. Modeler.  Paste from Roclab/Rocdata uses the correct units.
10. Modeler/Interpret. Material names in Data Tips would show incorrect symbols if non-ASCII characters were used in the names.
11. Interpret. Hydraulic properties used in FEA groundwater analysis would not be shown in Data Tips for if slope stability results are present.
12. All Modules. Slide would return error when trying to save or compute a file with non-English characters in the file name or path.
13. Modeler. Saving a previously computed file after changes that should only affect slope stability analysis would also invalidate transient groundwater results. This would only happen for transient analysis models with initial pore pressure state other than FEA groundwater.
14. Modeler/Interpret. Adhesion and friction was listed for geotextile support elements with both ends fixed.  Since these values are not used in the computation of support force, they are no longer listed.
15. Modeler.  The axis range for shear/normal function plots was locked at zero to one. Fixed.
16. Modeler/Interpret. Fixed a bug with window tab order after print preview is closed. The order was changed and the current window was first on the tab list after closing print preview.
17. Slide Modeler. Fixed bug in Modeler for transient groundwater analysis where initial condition is not set to FEA and the mesh is 4 or 8-noded. Modeler would improperly write out initial conditions file which would crash in Interpret or abort file reading with  an error.
18. Engine. Slide 6 FEA engine and Phase2 engine shared the same temp folder. Running both engines at once could wipe out results of another instance.
19. All modules. Added error checking for “Access denied” case when saving or updating SLIM file. If a file is in system protected location or locked by another process, Slide would not report the error.
20. Modeler. Fixed a bug with GeoStudio file import. For certain files Slide would display error message “Unable to parse XML” and would not import them.
21. Modeler. Fixed a bug with GeoStudio file import. If a Slope/W file had surcharge load close to a vertical slope edge sometime Slide would add a vertical load on the edge.
22. Modeler.  If you have previously defined an Anisotropic Function in the same model with the same name (User defined 1), then add Generalized Anisotropic function to the same model with the same name (User defined 1), the program will crash.
23. Modeler/Interpret. Fixed zoom with a mouse wheel on multiple monitors.
24. Advanced printing article added to help system.

Version 6.008 – January 14 2011

1. Modeler. Changing project title and saving the file would delete results. This was missed in 6.007 feature addition.
2. Modeler. Added Copy/Paste buttons to Project Summary grid to allow users to easily copy paste similar data between projects.
3. Interpret. Fixed issue with faint white triangles showing up on top of contours when printing to PDF.
4. Modeler and Interpret. Groundwater parameters for steady state and transient analyses are now listed in the Info Viewer.
5. Model and Interpret. If you hit Reset inside the Edit Table Contents dialog the program would crash.
6. Modeler and Interpret. Fixed issue with color selection pop-up and multiple monitors – the pop-up would only show up on primary monitor

Version 6.007 – December 22 2010

Version 6.006 – November 25 2010

Version 6.005 - September 12 2010

Version 6.004 - August 5 2010

Version 6.003 - July 7 2010

Version 6.002 - June 23 2010

Version 6.001 - May 4 2010