“SO-Shear” is aimed at the evaluation of direct shear tests (laboratory and insitu). It has a user-friendly interface and lots of smart capabilities are implemented. Individual tabs are assigned for project information and tests. In addition to test data and corresponding calculations, software outputs are available in 12 formats. Note that direct shear tests could randomly be generated based on user-defined criteria. More information, free trial version, ... on our website: http://www.soiloffice.com/SOShear