GGU-SETTLE: General information on representation of contour lines

This menu item allows visualisation of the analysed settlements in a contour diagram. Further, the program creates a triangle mesh from all analysed settlements. If an analysis has not yet been performed, an error message is displayed. This triangle mesh, which has nothing to do with the interpolation mesh for the constrained modulus profiles, is used by the program as the basis of interpolation for contour calculation. A dialog box opens allowing the type of contours to be selected:

The box above opens for triangular foundations. It is also possible to switch the foundation mesh visualisation on or off. In this case, node labelling can be selected.

By pressing the "Calculate volume and area" button a message box opens which contains the area of the triangular mesh from all calculated settlements and the volume of the resulting settlement depression beneath.