Plaxis not starting remotly

Question

Hello, 
 I have prepared a Python script to accelerate routinely calculation in Plaxis. I would like it to open Plaxis and start executing the actions I have set in the script withou me having to open Plaxis, close the stat window and set the server manually. My scritp instructs Plaxis to open remotelly however, the stating window and a 'non-active server' prevent the scritp from seting boreholes, geometry, mesh... and so on. 
 1) Are there any Python codding lines that would allow to close the start window? 
 2) Is there a way to 'Configure remote scripting server...' using Python?

Micha van der Sloot · Accepted Answer

Hi Joao, 
 In this case, it would be best to use the subprocess module. Also, it helps to add a small timeout for PLAXIS to launch and fetch the input server and global objects (s_i, g_i) 
 This works for me: 
 
 import subprocess 
 import os 
 from plxscripting.easy import *

inputport = 10000
 plaxispw = r'YOURPASSWORD' 
 plaxis_path = r'C:\Program Files\Bentley\Geotechnical\PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20' 
 plaxis_input = 'PLAXIS2DxInput.exe'

# first launch PLAXIS 
 args = [ os . path . join ( plaxis_path , plaxis_input ),
 "--AppServerPort={}" . format ( inputport ),
 "--AppServerPassWord={}" . format ( plaxispw )]
 inputprocess = subprocess . Popen ( args )

# then initialize the new_server with additional waiting time 
 # due to startup of PLAXIS 
 s_i , g_i = new_server ( 'localhost' , inputport , password = plaxispw , timeout = 10.0)
 s_i . new ()

... add your code here

If you want to open a second instance after this code is done and closing PLAXIS, you can add this to the code to make sure PLAXIS Input is stopped: 
 
 ## and to make sure PLAXIS is closed after the run: 
 ## Popen process .terminate() this is a hard stop! nice closure of the project is recommended 
 s_i . close ()
 inputprocess . terminate ()

Alternatively, you can check if you opened PLAXIS already, and reuse the existing running PLAXIS application. 
 Resources for Python/s subprocess module: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/subprocess.html

Micha van der Sloot · Answer

It is possible to start PLAXIS Input with specifying the port number and the password. So if you launch PLAXIS via the command line (or the Python subprocess module) 
 When using the remote scripting in an automated process, you can start the server without manual interaction by launching your PLAXIS application with the AppServerPort and ApppServerPassword command line parameters. 
 For example in order to start the server in PLAXIS 2D on port 21403 using mypassword as the password: 
 C:\Program Files\Bentley\Geotechnical\PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20\PLAXIS2Dx.exe --AppServerPassword=mypassword --AppServerPort=21403

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Hello Andres, 
 Possibly you are trying to run the Python script using the python.exe from Spyder and not from PLAXIS. Therefore all the modules you are looking for are not present in the Python distribution Spyder provides (naturally). 
 There are two options here: 
 
 You point Spyder to the PLAXIS Python Distribution. Via Spyder you can point to the PLAXIS Python Distribution, which by default for the CONNECT Edition is stored at (do not pick the internal one): C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Geotechnical Look for the instructions for your IDE environment, or search online, like e.g. Spyder:
 
 stackoverflow.com/.../how-to-change-python-version-in-anaconda-spyder 
 www.quora.com/How-do-I-change-the-Python-version-in-Spider

You install the necessary modules on Spyder's Python Distribution. You can read about it here: https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/w/plaxis-soilvision-wiki/51822/how-to-install-additional-python-modules-in-plaxis 
 
 If you still have problems, please submit a service request: https://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport

Plaxis not starting remotly

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