2009 Retrospect

December 9, 2009

This past calendar year has been marked by the recession and its influences around the globe. SoilVision Systems Ltd. has continued down the path of aggressive software development and, in many ways, this year has been an inspiration to my staff and I. I have the pleasure of working with a group of ambitious and talented individuals who have continued to improve SVOffice. This group has produced an almost overwhelming list of new capabilities for SVOffice. Significant improvements have also been made to our website and the way we communicate with our customers. The response from customers to date has been enthusiastic.

Specific milestones include:

• New Product Features
• User Interface Improvements
• New Website Features

As 2009 draws to a close, we wish you the best from myself and the team at SoilVision Systems Ltd.

Best regards,

Murray Fredlund, PhD., P.Eng.
SoilVision Systems Ltd.

New Product Features

• Planar Geometry
• Two methods of performing Rapid Drawdown on earth dams and levees: Duncan Three-Stage Total Stress Method and Effective Stress Method
• Fast analysis of Multiple Geometry Scenarios
• Climatic coupling improvement
• Coupled climatic slope stability analysis
• Advanced model coupling between our software packages:
• Coupling of air/water/thermal phases allowing more comprehensive analysis of cover designs, waste rock flow, and a variety of other applications
• Coupled density-dependant flow allowing handling of salt water / fresh water potash mine tailings scenarios and tidal inflow scenarios

Project manager model keyword search function
• Improved 1D Speed
• Bimodal SWCC
• Piezometer Calibration
• Tornado Diagrams
• Comprehensive Probabilistic analysis
• Spatially varying soil properties in our SVFlux™ and SVSlope® packages

User Interface Improvements

• Improved visualization color mapping such as temperature and factor of safety
• Improved 3D visualization contouring
• Project manager model keyword search function
• More intuitive boundary conditions legend and application methods
• More intuitive drag and drop region functions when building your models

Website Quick Links

New Website Features

On our website and communications we have incorporated:

• Monthly eNewsletters to keep you up to date with our latest features.
• A Quick Links sidebar on our website provides easier access to descriptions of new features.
• Language translation is now available on our website using the Google Translate service.
• Success stories give you ideas of how to expand your own revenue streams through a dedicated section on our website featuring these stories.
• Our model gallery has been greatly expanded and has the added capabilities of searching for examples by product or keywords.



• New animated tutorials show the use of our software.
• Our product web pages have been re-organized to allow fast access to the most important information.



• Example manuals have been added to our documentation, both in the software and online. You can find our Examples manual in the Downloads area pictured above.
• Our website menu has been streamlined to make finding support easier.