Index: dam clients/DamUI/trunk/src/Dam/Data/DamEngineIo/ConversionHelper.cs
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diff -u -r732 -r736
--- dam clients/DamUI/trunk/src/Dam/Data/DamEngineIo/ConversionHelper.cs	(.../ConversionHelper.cs)	(revision 732)
+++ dam clients/DamUI/trunk/src/Dam/Data/DamEngineIo/ConversionHelper.cs	(.../ConversionHelper.cs)	(revision 736)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Io.XmlInput;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Io.XmlOutput;
+using Deltares.Geotechnics;
 using Deltares.Geotechnics.Soils;
 using Deltares.Standard;
 using Deltares.Standard.Logging;
@@ -678,5 +679,83 @@
             };
             return translationTable[tangentLineType];
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the shear strength model to soil shear strength model.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="shearStrengthModel">The shear strength model.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static SoilShearStrengthModel ConvertToSoilShearStrengthModel(ShearStrengthModel shearStrengthModel)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<ShearStrengthModel, SoilShearStrengthModel>()
+                                               {
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.None, SoilShearStrengthModel.None},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CPhi, SoilShearStrengthModel.CPhi},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.StressTable, SoilShearStrengthModel.StressTable},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.PseudoValues, SoilShearStrengthModel.PseudoValues},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CuMeasured, SoilShearStrengthModel.SuMeasured},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CuCalculated, SoilShearStrengthModel.SuCalculated},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CuGradient, SoilShearStrengthModel.SuGradient},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CuCalculatedYield, SoilShearStrengthModel.SuCalculatedWithYield},
+                                                   {ShearStrengthModel.CPhiOrCuCalculated, SoilShearStrengthModel.CPhiOrSuCalculated},
+                                               };
+            return translationTable[shearStrengthModel];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the soil shear strength model to shear strength model.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="soilShearStrengthModel">The soil shear strength model.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static ShearStrengthModel ConvertToShearStrengthModel(SoilShearStrengthModel soilShearStrengthModel)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<SoilShearStrengthModel, ShearStrengthModel>()
+                                               {
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.None, ShearStrengthModel.None},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.CPhi, ShearStrengthModel.CPhi},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.StressTable, ShearStrengthModel.StressTable},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.PseudoValues, ShearStrengthModel.PseudoValues},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.SuMeasured, ShearStrengthModel.CuMeasured},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.SuCalculated, ShearStrengthModel.CuCalculated},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.SuGradient, ShearStrengthModel.CuGradient},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.SuCalculatedWithYield, ShearStrengthModel.CuCalculatedYield},
+                                                   {SoilShearStrengthModel.CPhiOrSuCalculated, ShearStrengthModel.CPhiOrCuCalculated},
+                                               };
+            return translationTable[soilShearStrengthModel];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the dilatancy type to soil dilatancy dilatancy.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="dilatancyType">Type of the dilatancy.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static SoilDilatancyType ConvertToSoilDilatancyType(DilatancyType dilatancyType)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<DilatancyType, SoilDilatancyType>()
+                                               {
+                                                   {DilatancyType.Zero, SoilDilatancyType.Zero},
+                                                   {DilatancyType.Phi, SoilDilatancyType.Phi},
+                                                   {DilatancyType.MinusPhi, SoilDilatancyType.MinusPhi},
+                                               };
+            return translationTable[dilatancyType];
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the soil dilatancy type to dilatancy type.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="soilDilatancyType">Type of the soil dilatancy.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static DilatancyType ConvertToDilatancyType(SoilDilatancyType soilDilatancyType)
+        {
+            var translationTable = new Dictionary<SoilDilatancyType, DilatancyType>()
+                                               {
+                                                   {SoilDilatancyType.Zero, DilatancyType.Zero},
+                                                   {SoilDilatancyType.Phi, DilatancyType.Phi},
+                                                   {SoilDilatancyType.MinusPhi, DilatancyType.MinusPhi},
+                                               };
+            return translationTable[soilDilatancyType];
+        }
+
+
     }
 }