RSWall’s Support Designer: Turning Complexity into Clarity

If you ask any engineer, they will all agree: reinforcement design is rarely straightforward. Designing Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls shouldn’t feel like rolling dice, and it doesn’t have to be a balancing act anymore.

RSWall’s Support Designer cuts through the manual calculations, endless tweaks, and second guessing; leaving trial-and-error behind in favour of optimized reinforcement layouts that deliver both strength and certainty. This latest feature solves the toughest challenge in MSE wall design: achieving the safety and assurance that every project demands.

What is the RSWall Support Designer?

The Support Designer is a powerful new tool that takes the complexity out of reinforcement design by automatically finding economical configurations that meet your project's safety requirements. Whether you’re refining an existing layout or starting from scratch, the Support Designer accelerates each step of the iterative process – helping you find the best configurations without the guesswork. Set your design constraints, choose parameters for optimization, and let the system handle the heavy lifting for you.

How it Works

The Support Designer streamlines your workflow in three clear steps:

Step 1. Design Constraints: Set your optimization tolerance, iteration limits, and safety factors. Specify how many design alternatives you'd like to explore.

Step 2. Parameter Configuration: Define which reinforcement properties to optimize (such as tensile strength, connection strength, spacing, or length) and which to hold constant. Use design-standard recommendations to set ranges for optimization and input costs for each reinforcement.

Step 3. Results & Selection: Compare multiple optimized design alternatives, ranked by cost and compliance with your design criteria, to pick the layout that fits your project best.

Why it Matters

Traditional reinforcement design has long been a trial-and-error game, relying on manual calculations and guesswork to meet safety and cost targets. The Support Designer removes this uncertainty by:

• Automating the optimization process: No more manual parameter tweaking.
  
• Minimizing costs: The system finds the most economical solution within your constraints.
  
• Providing multiple alternatives: Compare different approaches to find the best fit for your project.

Built for Real-World Use

Whether your work involves highway embankments, retaining walls, or other MSE structures, the Support Designer adapts to your requirements.

It handles complex, multi-parameter optimizations while keeping the user interface intuitive and results actionable. This feature transforms what was once a slow, repetitive process into an intelligent, accelerated workflow — helping you design safe, reliable walls faster.

Ready to Optimize?

The Support Designer is now available in RSWall, empowering you to create precise, compliant reinforcement layouts with confidence and efficiency. Experience a smarter way to tackle the complexities of MSE wall design with Rocscience.