Soil displacements relative to a particular location

Question

Hello, 
 I'm modelling a spudcan (offshore foundation) penetration problem, using the updated mesh type calculation. 
 I want to extract the soil displacement relative to a particular location (i.e. x=0.25D, 0.5D, 1D, etc..). 
 What I'm obtaining right now is a node which was at 0.25D in the first stage but moved at the end of that calculation stage, and so Plaxis is giving me the absolute displacement of that node, which doesn't represent the required relative displacement at the end of the stage at 0.25D. 
 Any help with how to get this relative displacement? 
 Thank you

Martin Hawkes · Accepted Answer

You could use the output command: 
 _getsingleresult Phase_# ResultTypes.Soil.Utot your_x_coord your_y_coord 
 or substitute Ux or Uy instead of Utot if you're interested in horizontal and vertical displacements 
 This will return the displacement at a coordinate rather than at a node that is moved when you use the updated mesh. Unfortunately this will only give you the displacements at the end of each phase and not the intermediate steps.

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Martin and Camilo, 
 The same command can work with steps provided that you have saved any intermediate steps before the calculation starts ( LINK ). 
 Then, the command can be written as: 
 getsingleresult Step_## ResultTypes.Soil.Utot x_coord y_coord

Soil displacements relative to a particular location

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