The tunneling process demonstrated in tutorial-7 within Plaxis 3Dhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/geotech-analysis/f/forum/246068/the-tunneling-process-demonstrated-in-tutorial-7-within-plaxis-3dWe used tutorial-7 in Plaxis 3D to model the tunneling. We cut the section in the y-direction to create the Figure (attached). How can we prevent the initial settlement in the tunneling model? Thank You in Advanceen-USTelligent Community 12RE: The tunneling process demonstrated in tutorial-7 within Plaxis 3Dhttps://communities.bentley.com/thread/768954?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:11:58 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:2ff41b01-8d36-4f5f-9a34-c2aa674b5b98Dennis Waterman<p>Dear Nattavich,</p> <p>It&#39;s not clear what tutorial you&#39;re referring to, because the tunnel tutorial in the PLAXIS 3D manual is tutorial 5 and not tutorial 7. Also, the tunnel tutorial has only 5 calculation phases and in your graph you&#39;re referring to phases 17, 30, 40, 50 and 55.<br /><br />Finally, I would like to point out that tutorial exercises are to demonstrate functionality of the software and should NOT be used as basis for a real project.</p> <p>With kind regards,</p> <p>Dennis Waterman</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>