NEWEST FEATURES

• Users can now create and re-use model batch run files(10/2011)
• Users can now create 1D models directly from a 3D model (10/2011)
• Users can now generate a region polygon from an elevation contour line (10/2011)
• Switching model repositories can now be done from the File menu (10/2011)
• Region geometry can now be "connected to existing geometry by drawing a line segment on existing geometry points (09/2011)
• New Manager layout makes using and finding models easier, more intuitive (08/2011)
• Advanced Find feature for searching for models using a variety of options (08/2011)
• 3D model geometry can now be specified as a series of two or more extruded cross-sections(07/2011)
• Added support for particle tracking in 1D models(07/2011)
• Added support for SMOOTH qualifier for table data(07/2011)
• Source/Sink can now be entered per region(07/2011)
• A background image can be loaded into an existing model (useful for site contour maps and aerial photos) (06/2011)
• Added support for the Surfer ASCII grid file format (06/2011)
• New dialog available to calculate region intersections (06/2011)
• Streamtrace generation can now be canceled or limited in scope (06/2011)
• Rendering speed and memory usage improvements (04/2011)
• Two different variables can now be displayed as iso-surfaces at the same time in the back end (03/2011)
• Contour and node label display settings can now be modified (02/2011)
• PDF export from Acumesh now generates vector data for 3D models instead of bitmaps (02/2011)
• Additional improvements when importing GSI materials into SVOffice (02/2011)
• Specific product feature improvements can be viewed on the product feature pages: SVFlux™, Chemflux™, SVSlope®, SVAirflow™, SVHeat™, & SVSolid™

KEY BENEFITS

• 3D analysis allows analysis of a broader range of applications:
• Seepage / Groundwater Modeling - Heap Leach Modeling, Tailings Pond Modeling, Dam Design and Analysis, Soil Cover Modeling, and more...
• Stress and Deformation Modeling - Foundation Design, Tunnel Design, Anchor Design, Slab on Ground Modeling, and more...
• Freeze and Thaw Modeling - Pipe Design, Roadways, Mining, and more...
• Air Flow Modeling - Foundation Vapor Intrusion, Soil Air Phase Modeling, and more...
• Contaminant Transport Modeling - Contaminant Migration, Waste Containment Modeling, and more...
• Comprehensive statistical analysis allows the modeling solution to be presented in a comprehensive way
• Handling of conductive and convective heat fluxes
• Climatic boundary conditions
• Material properties may be set to vary spatially in any particular region of the model domain in SVFlux™ and SVSlope®
• Coupled saturated/unsaturated slope stability analysis can be performed using SVFlux™ and SVSlope®
• Comprehensive probabilistic analysis can be performed with SVSlope® and SVFlux™
• Slope stability analysis can be performed using both classic method of slices methods and newer stress-based methods allowing greater confidence in the results
• Advanced model coupling: Multiple processes may now be fully coupled between the numerical packages
• Coupling of water/thermal phases allows more comprehensive analysis of i) cover designs and, ii) waste rock flow, and iii) various other applications.
• Coupled density-dependant flow allows handling of salt-water/ fresh water potash mine tailings scenarios and tidal inflow scenarios.
• Coupled seepage and stress analysis allows saturated consolidation analysis to be performed ... COMING SOON!
• Advanced elasto-plastic soil models such as Von Mises, Druker-Praeger allow analysis of plastic materials
• Large strain moving mesh: Implementation of a pure lagrangian large-strain stress analysis allows analysis of models with large deformations ... COMING SOON!
• Training time is minimized through an extensive integrated help system and easy-to-use graphical user interface
• Large library of example models
• Documentation of example models in our Example Manuals
• Time savings through the following features:
• Automatic Mesh Generation - Don't worry about creating the problem mesh, this is automatic.
• Automatic Mesh Refinement - Don't worry about adding mesh density to sensitive zones, this is automatic.
• Geometry Imports - 2D and 3D problems can be defined quickly.
• Right-click menus for access to context-sensitive commands
• Online Manuals - All of our manuals are available online with context-sensitive help. Just hit F1 when a dialog box is open to read its help contents.
• Kriging can now be applied per region, as opposed to the entire model
• Added surface, contour preview graphs to visualize Kriged data before applying it to a model
• Region coloring in the back end can now use the material colors instead of the defaults
• Layer thicknesses can now be contoured in the front end
• PLANE and surface data can now be entered using point, dip and direction
• Surface data can now be defined, filtered or blanked per-region when editing surfaces
• DXF now supports selecting multiple DXF layers when importing scatter data, reading AutoCAD layer data, and LWPOLYLINES with elevation data specified
• Added support for critical timesteps in FlexPDE
• All dialogs with unit displays can now be clicked on to display unit comparisons (example: meters to feet)
• Region boundaries can now be highlighted in the back end for 3D
• Anchors can now be visualized in the back end
• Added support for importing shape files (SHP) and ESRI ASCII grid files into surface, initial conditions dialogs
• PDF export improvements which include generating engineering reports directly from SVOffice
• Material properties can be imported from GeoStudio models
• Additional polygonization methods added to surface intersection tool
• Additional art objects now available
• River boundaries are forced to the edges of the model
• Added support to display individual surfaces in Acumesh
• Plots in the Plot Manager can now be reordered by the user
• Improvements to the region finder algorithm (that finds a region as the intersection between surfaces)
• Art polygons can now be drawn on a model or in AcuMesh
• Creation of a 3D model extruded from a 2D model cross section
• Tutorial sidebar provides quick reference to basic model steps right in the CAD view
• Planar Geometry
• Spatially varying soil properties aids in improving the calculation of factors of safety
• Climatic analysis in the unsaturated / vadose zone is available by coupling ChemFlux™ with SVFlux™, SVHeat™ with SVFlux™, SVSlope® with SVFlux™, or by importing pore-water pressures from SVFlux™
• Rapid drawdown of reservoir levels by the effective stress method is available by coupling SVSlope® with SVFlux™
• Rapid drawdown (RDD) analysis with the Duncan (1990) three-stage total stress method is also available