Before starting the global stability analysis, make sure that you have installed Slope of the same version as the software from which the analysis starts (SPW, MDC, etc.) and enter the installation path in the global stability analysis screen.
It can sometimes happen that the PC on which the programmes are installed does not start the global stability module (SPW/Slope, MDC/Slope, etc.) correctly and therefore Slope is started normally, not reading the work. These circumstances are attributable to the machine on which the software is installed and vary from case to case (write, read permissions, incorrect uninstallation of old versions, etc.).
In any case, it is possible to overcome this problem by manually uploading the project file to Slope. In the example to be shown we will consider the global stability analysis using the software SPW – Bulkhead Design and Calculation. Once we have clicked on Run and set the Slope directory, the latter shows us the empty project screen on the screen, since for the reasons explained above, the software is started and not the global stability analysis module:
To load the job, simply go to Open and then select the *.spwtoslope file filter to open (but MDC, GDW, ESD, etc. files can be opened with the same criteria):
The file to be searched for is in the user’s documents folder C:\user\Documents and, in this case, is called GlobalStabilityAnalysis.SPWTOSLOPE. To see the directory where it is saved, in the case of other software, just look at the top bar of Slope:
Once the file has been opened, the SPW design geometry file will be loaded into Slope, from which a copy can be saved.
It is recommended to save a copy of the global stability analysis file as the one opened according to the procedure just described is a temporary file, i.e. it is a file in which the last design data used by the respective source software (MDC, SPW, etc.) is saved. It is also recommended to keep the latter open while working on Slope, in order to avoid data loss