DeepEX AI Assistant
- Mar 3, 2025
- 3 min read
Design Deep Excavations Faster with AI-Powered Engineering Assistance
Building a deep excavation model often begins with repetitive tasks.
Engineers must define soil layers, create excavation stages, select support systems, assign loads, and configure analysis settings before they can even begin evaluating design alternatives.
For experienced users, this process consumes valuable engineering time. For new users, it can represent a significant learning curve.
The DeepEX AI Assistant helps eliminate these obstacles by allowing engineers to create, modify, and optimize excavation models using natural language commands.
Instead of navigating menus and manually defining every project component, users can simply describe what they want to build—and DeepEX translates those instructions into a working engineering model.
The Challenge: Starting Every Project from Scratch
Every excavation project begins with the same fundamental tasks:
Defining soil profiles
Creating retaining walls
Assigning excavation depths
Configuring support systems
Establishing construction stages
Defining groundwater conditions
Setting design parameters
While these steps are necessary, they often consume a large portion of the engineering workflow before meaningful design decisions can be made.
How DeepEX Helps
The AI Assistant can generate complete excavation models directly from conversational instructions.
For example, users can describe:
"Create a 25-foot deep anchored excavation with three tieback levels in medium dense sand and groundwater 5 feet below grade."
The AI Assistant automatically creates the corresponding model within DeepEX, allowing engineers to focus on evaluating results rather than building geometry.
Modify Models Using Natural Language
Engineering projects evolve constantly.
Wall sections change, excavation depths increase, support systems are modified, and soil assumptions are refined.
Traditionally, these revisions require multiple manual updates throughout the model.
How DeepEX Helps
The AI Assistant allows users to modify existing models through simple instructions.
Examples include:
Add another support level
Increase excavation depth
Change the wall section
Modify groundwater elevation
Update soil properties
Add surcharges
Change support spacing
The result is a faster and more intuitive design process.
Generate Soil Parameters from Available Information
One of the most challenging aspects of preliminary design is estimating representative soil properties.
Engineers often begin with:
Borehole logs
SPT values
Geotechnical reports
Preliminary site investigations
Translating this information into engineering parameters can be time-consuming.
How DeepEX Helps
The AI Assistant can interpret available site information and help generate reasonable soil parameters for preliminary modeling.
This enables engineers to develop initial excavation concepts more quickly while maintaining engineering oversight and judgment.
Learn DeepEX While You Work
Even experienced engineers occasionally need assistance locating commands, understanding workflows, or finding documentation.
New users often spend significant time searching through manuals before becoming productive.
How DeepEX Helps
The AI Assistant serves as an intelligent guide within DeepEX.
Users can ask questions such as:
How do I model a tied-back wall?
How do I define groundwater?
How can I run a FEM analysis?
What does this result mean?
The assistant provides guidance directly from the DeepEX knowledge base and documentation, helping users work more efficiently without interrupting their workflow.
Explore More Design Alternatives in Less Time
Many projects benefit from evaluating multiple excavation concepts.
However, manually building and comparing alternative models can be labor-intensive.
As a result, engineers may only investigate a limited number of options.
How DeepEX Helps
The AI Assistant dramatically reduces model creation time, allowing engineers to quickly compare:
Tieback excavations
Braced excavations
Raker-supported systems
Deadman wall systems
Cofferdams
Circular excavations
Tiered excavations
Underpinning systems
MSE retaining structures
By reducing setup time, engineers can spend more time optimizing designs and identifying the most economical solution.
Why Engineers Use the DeepEX AI Assistant
The DeepEX AI Assistant acts as a design accelerator, helping engineers move from project concept to analysis more quickly.
With the AI Assistant, engineers can:
✔ Create excavation models using conversational commands
✔ Modify projects without navigating complex menus
✔ Generate preliminary soil parameters from available data
✔ Learn DeepEX more quickly
✔ Access documentation instantly
✔ Explore more design alternatives in less time
✔ Increase productivity across both junior and senior engineering teams
Built for the Future of Geotechnical Design
The DeepEX AI Assistant combines modern artificial intelligence with industry-leading excavation design technology.
Rather than replacing engineering judgment, it helps engineers automate repetitive tasks, reduce modeling effort, and focus on what matters most—making sound engineering decisions.
Whether you are creating your first DeepEX model or managing complex excavation projects every day, the AI Assistant helps you work faster, learn faster, and design more efficiently.
Availability
The DeepEX AI Assistant is an optional module, available to be added in all current DeepEX software packages.
Let us show you how to reduce your design time by up to 90%!