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Drawing Brace
To draw a wall, click the Shoring Pile button on the Toolbar first. The wall line must be drawn from the dredge line to the top. The user does not have to draw the embedment. The program will adjust the embedment length automatically after calculation.
Once the retaining wall is in place, braces can be drawn in to their locations. Drawing braces is similar to drawing nails. If you are not familiar with drawing nails, please read the Soil/rock nailing Design sections. If regular braces are used, click the Unbond Nail Button first. The braces can then be drawn in.
If tiebacks are used, the tiebacks can be drawn in as drawing bond and undone nails. Nail array can also be used to generate a series of tiebacks.
After completing the profile, the user can perform the analysis. To perform a shoring analysis, choose Shoring from the Analysis menu. Visual Slope is able to detect what type of retaining system the user is working on based on the provided profile. The following sections describe how to perform an analysis for a cantilevered, braced, or tieback shoring system.