Is it necessary to give value of weight of element in PLAXIS 2D?https://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/f/forum/233912/is-it-necessary-to-give-value-of-weight-of-element-in-plaxis-2dI am using plate element in PLAXIS 2D model . is it necessary to give the value of weight of plate in general properties tab?en-USTelligent Community 12RE: Is it necessary to give value of weight of element in PLAXIS 2D?https://communities.bentley.com/thread/742716?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:32:19 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:486625a3-b976-4f80-9d59-df28b669f17cDhyaa Alhaq Abualghethe<p>Ok, dear Stefanon, I will do that, thank you for your advise.</p> <div class="eJOY__extension_root_class" id="eJOY__extension_root"></div> <div class="LTRStyle" style="direction:ltr;display:none;text-align:left;" id="WidgetFloaterPanels"> <div style="display:none;" id="WidgetFloater"> <div id="WidgetLogoPanel"><span id="WidgetTranslateWithSpan"><span>TRANSLATE with </span></span> <span 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GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:f630d260-17b6-470b-acc9-849d19ddef78Stefanos Papavasileiou<p>Dear Dhyaa,</p> <p>This is a question that only the geotechnical engineer who designs the project can answer.&nbsp;</p> <p>I would advise you to carefully inspect your Output results after running the analysis and evaluate whether this approach is acceptable.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Is it necessary to give value of weight of element in PLAXIS 2D?https://communities.bentley.com/thread/742614?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:17:27 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:872c78e3-e8cd-4fd8-bdb0-0b2a4d6a98a9Dhyaa Alhaq Abualghethe<p>are you sure there is no problem in the results</p> <div class="eJOY__extension_root_class" id="eJOY__extension_root"></div> <div class="LTRStyle" style="direction:ltr;display:none;text-align:left;" id="WidgetFloaterPanels"> <div style="display:none;" id="WidgetFloater"> <div id="WidgetLogoPanel"><span id="WidgetTranslateWithSpan"><span>TRANSLATE 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GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1795091c-2f20-45eb-8f58-fc12f2a0cdfdVasileios Basas<p>Hi Shailja,</p> <p>If you want to account for the weight of the plate, then you should also specify its unit weight (w). Otherwise, if left blank, the plate is considered weightless.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>