Project Settings Overview

The Project Settings option is used to configure the main setup parameters for your RS2 model.

The Project Settings should always be chosen at the start of the modeling, since some of the settings determine the availability and operation of various modeling options. In particular, the number of Stages, Analysis Type, Units and Groundwater Method, should always be chosen before you start creating your model.

The Project Settings dialog is organized into the following sections (pages) which are accessed by selecting the name of the page from the list at the left of the dialog:

• Units
• Solver Options
• Stress Analysis
• Stages
• Soil Profile
• Groundwater
• Thermal
• Dynamic
• Statistics
• Strength Reduction

Project Settings is available in the toolbar, Analysis menu or default right-click menu.

In addition, the Project Summary page is available under the Analysis menu.

NOTE: Whenever the Unit system is changed in the Project Settings dialog, the currently selected units automatically become the default Unit system for all NEW files.

Default Settings

You can customize the default Project Settings by selecting the Default.. button at the bottom left corner. This allows you to specify the current settings as the default, or restore the original program defaults, for all new files. For each option, you can either apply the changes to all pages/tabs, or apply only to the currently selected page/tab in the project settings dialog.

For example, if you are on the Stress Analysis page and select Defaults > Make current settings the default, then choose Applies to: Current page/tab and click OK, the current settings on the Stress Analysis page will be saved as the default for all new models.

Note that the following settings cannot be saved as user defaults, and always revert to the program defaults:

• Groundwater Method
• Dynamic Analysis toggle (on/off)