                             SWEDGE

                      Surface WEDGE analysis

    Probabilistic analysis of the geometry and stability
                       of surface wedges
                (c) Copyright 2000 Rocscience Inc.


ABOUT THE DEMO
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The demo of Swedge can be used to  display the data associated with the default
new document. Saving the user-defined model data is not permitted. Reading of
any Swedge data files is not permitted. You can however use all the data
interpretation and visualization capabilities of the program to test its
functionality. Also supplied with the demo is the Swedge tutorial manual. The
manual is in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe PDF Reader installed
on your machine you can download it for free from http://www.adobe.com. Using the
tutorials you can easily evaluate the functionality of the program.

STEPS TO EVALUATE SWEDGE USING THE DEMO
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1. Open/Print the Tutorial Manual. Read through the manual to get an idea
   of the capabilities of the program.

2. Start the program. When the program starts a new default document containing
   a wedge analysis is shown. Use this default document to evaluate the program
   by varying different parameters and plotting results.


DISCLAIMER
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Rocscience Inc. disclaims any responsibility for the correctness of the data
generated by the SWEDGE program, or for the consequences resulting from the
use thereof.  Any use or misuse of this program is the sole responsibility
of the user.

REGISTRATION
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When you purchase SWEDGE you receive:

    - a registered copy of the program and manual
    - fax and email support
    - notification of new releases
    - free internet update service

If you use this program, then you MUST register and pay for your copy.
That way we will be able to provide you with support, inform you of any bug
fixes and help finance any future enhancements to the program.  

SWEDGE IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN OR SHAREWARE.

To obtain information and order forms for SWEDGE, as well as the rest of
our rock engineering programs, (i.e., EXAMINE-2D, EXAMINE-3D, EXAMINE-TAB,
UNWEDGE, PHASE2, DIPS, ROCKDATA, SLIDE, CPILLAR and ROCFALL) please contact:

              Rocscience Inc.
              c/o Ms. Evelyn Cunningham, Office Manager
              31 Balsam Ave.
              Toronto, Ontario
              Canada   M4E 3B5

              Telephone: 1-416-698-8217
              Fax      : 1-416-698-0908
              email    : software@rocscience.com
              WWW      : http://www.rocscience.com

UPDATES
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Free updates for MINOR releases (i.e. bug fixes) of each program are available
from our Internet Web (WWW) site http://www.rocscience.com.
Make sure you read the update policy before downloading the latest version.
You might have to pay for an upgrade to the last MAJOR release (i.e. improved
functionality) of the software. Please check the web site prior to submitting
a bug report.  Your problem may already have been fixed.

DISTRIBUTION
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You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use on a single
computer the enclosed copy of SWEDGE and its user documentation.  Use of
any portion of SWEDGE in any other software that you intend to distribute
is strictly prohibited. Use of SWEDGE by non-registered users is
strictly prohibited. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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The participation of the following people is gratefully acknowledged:

Project Leader (Version 1.0 and 1.1)          - Evert Hoek
Project Leader (Version 2.0 and 3.0)          - John Curran & Brent Corkum
Overall conceptual design of SWEDGE           - Joe Carvalho & Roberto Kochen*
Programming of SWEDGE 3.0                     - Brent Corkum
Manuals and Help                              - Igor Pashutinski

*Roberto Kochen is a professor at the University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil. His stay at the University of Toronto was funded by the
"Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas do Brasil (CNPq)".
