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User Specified Single Failure Surface
Visual Slope allows the user to specify a potential failure surface for analysis. The method for the analysis will depend on the shape of the failure surface. The failure surface is defined by a series of X and Y coordinates. The user can type the coordinates into the data cells manually, or the use drawing method. To use the drawing method, the use can single click the X coordinate cell. A button will appear. The user can click the button and move the cursor to the point on the failure surface and click at that point. The X and Y coordinate of that point will be input to the data cells. A failure surface line will appear on the screen after the second point is defined.
Repeating the above process, the user can draw a failure surface. The failure surface should be specified consecutively from the left to the right. The two end of the failure surface should be slightly beyond the ground surface of the slope.
User can also import one of the most critical failure surfaces for the last analysis by clicking the "Import" button. Click one of the FS buttons. That failure surface is imported.