October 14th 2021
Question:
I want to model rockfalls from a rockface above a road. But the rockface has an area which is overhanging. Does your software allow for overhanging rockfaces to be modelled.
Answer:
To model overhanging rock faces, you would have to do some work-arounds:
Cut the DEM, such that the overhanging part is not part of the DEM anymore, and then model this part of the DEM. If rocks will fall out of the overhanging ceiling, then you could project the part of the ceiling to the DEM below, and use fix or variable Z-Offsets to model these falling rocks.
Then model the part above the overhanging face. You will have to create a DEM, where the part below the overhanging face does not exist anymore. This is ok, as rocks from above the overhanging part will not affect the area below the overhanging face.
