If you are creating a multi-stage model in Phase2, you need to define the number of Stages in the Project Settings dialog. To define or edit the number of stages, select the Stages tab of the Project Settings dialog. The following options are available.
Number of Stages
If you are creating a new model then simply enter the Number of Stages in the edit box or use the spinner control to increase or decrease the number. The grid at the left of the dialog will be updated to reflect the number of stages. You can then enter user-defined stage names if you wish, or use the default stage names (i.e. Stage 1, Stage 2 ...)
If you are editing an existing model, and you want to add or remove stages from the END of the current list of stages, then you can change the Number of Stages to the desired number. Stages will be added or deleted from the END of the current list of stages.
The maximum number of stages allowed is 300.
Edit Stages
If you are editing an existing model, and you want to add or remove stages starting at some INTERMEDIATE stage, then you must use the Edit Stages option.
To add stages, click on a stage name and select the Insert Before or Insert After buttons to insert the desired number of stages before or after the selected stage.
To delete stages, click on a stage name and select Delete.
The stages are automatically named according to the stage number (i.e. Stage 1, Stage 2 ...)
After stages have been created you can rename them as required, or use the default names.
If you add or delete intermediate stages for an existing model, you should check the model carefully to make sure that all excavations, support, properties etc, are assigned at the desired stages. You may have to edit the model after adding or deleting intermediate stages to achieve the desired stage assignments.
Stage Names
The stage names can be customized at any time:
in the Project Settings dialog
by right-clicking on a Stage Tab and selecting Rename from the popup menu
by double-clicking on a Stage Tab.
NOTE: if you customize a stage name, then the corresponding Stage Tab will still indicate the stage number, displayed before the name.