RE: Plaxis 3D file opening issue - issue with shared drive or file location?

James Lee — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:29:02 GMT

Hi Vasileios,

Thanks for the help, seems to be a problem with the file path length. Saving to a location with shorter file path sorts the problem out - thanks again.

RE: Plaxis 3D file opening issue - issue with shared drive or file location?

Vasileios Basas — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:12:04 GMT

Hi James,

It looks like the folder containing the project files has a different name or is at a different location than the one expected.

Typically, your folder should contain the PLAXIS file (e.g. “Project.p3d”), and a sub-folder containing the project files with the same name (e.g. “Project.p3dat”). If that sub-folder is not present or has a different name than the PLAXIS file, the project will not be recognized, and you will get the “Not for commercial use” watermark.

My initial guess is that the file path may be too long, which could cause this issue. Can you copy your project file and folder to a different folder with a shorter path (e.g. N:\PLAXIS\)

It is also possible that you may have copied only the .p3d file to a different location but forgot to do the same with the sub-folder, or your access to the sub-folder is blocked for some reason.