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Getting Started

Installation and Licensing

Further details on installation and licensing issues are provided in the separate ‘LimitState:GEO Installation and Licensing Guide’.

Starting LimitState:GEO

To start LimitState:GEO, on the Start menu, point to All Programs, then click on LimitState:GEO. On starting LimitState:GEO the following welcome screen should appear:

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You then have three options:

1. Create a new project - select this option and click OK to bring up the New Project Dialog. You may then select either an ‘Empty project’ (which provides you with full flexibility to define the geometry of your problem), or one of the many application-specific predefined projects (e.g.the Slope Stability Project), each of which will activate a wizard to guide you through the process of specifying your problem.
2. Open an existing project - select this option and click OK to display the open file dialog.
3. Open a recently accessed project - select this option, choose a file from the list and click OK to return to a recent project.

Guidance Available in this Manual

Guidance is available as follows:

1. For a quickstart introduction to LimitState:GEO refer to the Quick start tutorial.
2. For an explanation of how to use the Wizards to rapidly set up and solve common problems refer to the Wizards section.
3. For a description of the theory underlying the solutions generated by LimitState:GEO refer to the Theory chapter.
4. For guidance on using LimitState:GEO to model a range of problem types refer to the Modelling chapter.
5. For full instructions on use of the program user interface and description of its features refer to the User Guide part.