Geotechnical Module

Powerful software featuring intuitive workflow for geotechnical engineers and geologists

Geotechnical tools
The I-Site Studio Geotechnical Module features powerful analysis tools, which combine with standard I-Site Studio functionality to provide a complete geotechnical solution for geologists and engineers.

Dip and strike Display the dip and strike of a feature. Input >> Any point selection. >> Use laser scan data, facets from surfaces and other connected scans. Output >> Use the colour dip and strike tool to colour facet networks based on the dip or strike values of the individual facets. >> Use data as a preliminary way of marking exposed discontinuities. >> Export with dip direction.

Discontinuity Select an area of interest to automatically identify all other areas in the view that meet the selection criteria. Discontinuities can also be merged to avoid duplicating data. Input >> Any surface, connected scan or scan triangulation. >> Discontinuity data from another application can also be imported. Output >> Discontinuity sets automatically separated into individual containers for further analysis. >> Use the Merge Discontinuity function to blend overlapping discontinuities that are better represented as a single discontinuity. This avoids incorrect bias in other geotechnical functions.

Stereonet Plot a stereonet of all discontinuities and other structurally defined objects. Input >> Suitable data, imported to specification. >> Use discontinuties created from the Extract Discontinuity tool. Output >> Visualise poles to planes. >> Create Great Circles to represent potential problem areas based on friction angles and daylight envelopes. >> Generate stereonet contours to help identify discontinuity sets. >> Identify structural trends for analysing stability.

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Kinematic Analysis Create great circles (planes), analyse potential failures, add daylight envelopes and friction cones. Input >> A stereonet. Output >> A great circle with the option to include data such as daylight envelope, toppling envelope, angle of inclination or friction cone.

Rose Diagram Plot the frequency of data versus the direction of the data to identify directional trends. Input >> Suitable data, imported to specification. >> Discontinuties generated by the Extract Discontinuity tool are also suitable. Output >> Choose strike direction, dip direction, plunge of plane poles or Terzaghi weighting plot types. >> Specify the number of angular divisions required. >> Rose diagram displays direction and frequency of data.

Analyse Surface Change Detect changes in surfaces such as walls, batters, development drives and faces above and underground. Overlapping surfaces scanned at different times are used to display movement and rate of movement. Input >> Surfaces with an acquisition date, to allow the relative age of the data to be determined. Output >> Colour surfaces based on the movement or velocity of movement from a previous surface. >> Export the calculated distance measurements to a CSV text file that displays the x, y, z coordinates for each point, the distance from the previous surface and the distance from the base surface. >> Set notification thresholds for distance, velocity and acceleration. >> Plot histograms of the differences. >> Export as 3D View to see points beyond the distance threshold.

geological mapping APPLICATIONS

>> View scan data with photographic detail and intensity variations to highlight material boundaries. >> Create smart lines to track along the edges of faults and geological boundaries. >> Adjust photograph qualities to improve colours and recognition of features. >> Drape photographs over surfaces to improve capture during scanning >> Query geometry to find the intersecting point of planes, and to find the angle/distance between two objects. >> Create a 3D PDF to store 3D information in an easy to access format.

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