Index: DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/FillDamFromXmlInput.cs
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diff -u -r1183 -r1188
--- DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/FillDamFromXmlInput.cs	(.../FillDamFromXmlInput.cs)	(revision 1183)
+++ DamEngine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Interface/FillDamFromXmlInput.cs	(.../FillDamFromXmlInput.cs)	(revision 1188)
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
                 soil.SlopeRestProfile = inputSoil.SlopeRestProfileSpecified ? inputSoil.SlopeRestProfile : double.NaN;
                 soil.DilatancyType = inputSoil.DilatancyTypeSpecified ?
                     (DilatancyType?)ConversionHelper.ConvertToDilatancyType(inputSoil.DilatancyType) : null;
+                soil.SoilType = inputSoil.SoilTypeSpecified ? ConversionHelper.ConvertToSoilType(inputSoil.SoilType) : SoilType.Clay;
                 soils.Add(soil);
             }
         }
@@ -372,7 +373,9 @@
                     location.RwBankProtectionBottomLevel = assesmentRegionalOptions.RegionalBankProtectionBottomLevel;
                     location.DredgingDepth = assesmentRegionalOptions.DredgingDepth;
                     location.DetrimentFactor = assesmentRegionalOptions.DetrimentFactor;
-                    location.DikeMaterialType = ConversionHelper.ConvertToSoilType(assesmentRegionalOptions.DikeSoilType);
+                    location.DikeMaterialType = assesmentRegionalOptions.DikeSoilTypeSpecified ? 
+                        ConversionHelper.ConvertToSoilType(assesmentRegionalOptions.DikeSoilType) : 
+                        SoilType.Clay;
                 }
                 // Design options
                 var designOptions = inputLocation.DesignOptions;