GGU-SETTLE: "Contours" menu item

In analogy to the menu item "Foundations/Stress contours" the stress distribution in the triangular foundations can be visualised as a coloured contour diagram with the aid of this menu item. The following dialog box opens:

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Beside the stresses, the excavation unloading, the foundation bases or the limiting depths can be visualised as contours. Choose between normal line, coloured or 3D visualisation. If the "With triangular foundations" check box is activated, the foundation mesh is also visualised. The values given in the option box are entered at the foundation nodes.

Details of contour visualisation (normal, coloured, 3D) can be found in the menu item "Evaluation/Settlement contours" in the respective sub-sections.