• Damage assessment of adjacent buildings caused by excavations using the Burland's chart

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D 2023.1 PLAXIS 2D 2023.2 Original Author Hung Ho Manh - Technical Support Group Date created 10 October 2023 Date modified 10 October 2023 Introduction Excavations (open…

  • How to do damage assessment of building caused by excavation using Burland's chart and PLAXIS

    The following shows how to use the script to evaluate the damage assessment of a building. A user needs to ensure that the project has been run and is ready to extract outputs (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Excavation model Usage instructions for Python script…
    • extract_output_burland_chart.zip

  • Quick way of export Mstage or Msf plot or data?

    Hi guys, I'm trying to export Mstage and Msf plots from Plx using Python. The one way I've found on forum is step=[] Msf=[] plt.figure() for phase in MsfPhases:       step_x=[]       Msf_x=[]       for c,s in enumerate(phase.Steps[::10…

  • Plaxis snaplinear is not working

    Hi guys, I'm trying to create geometry in python and it's not exactly standard rectangles or anything. So when I add points to the lines, the point may not be accurately sitting on the line (not snap to the line) if I use python to create points with…

  • Python scripting: interfaces got split in stages, how do I activate selected interfaces?

    Hey guys, I'm now working on a small case where a plate in inserted in two layers of soil. The soil and plate models are also imported from .dxf file. The plate is imported as a whole line and I created the plate as well as the interfaces as a whole…

  • automate escenarios PLAXIS LE 2D

    I fount this page Introducing the PLAXIS LE Slope Stability Solver API but it is only forme slope stability, can the groundwater analysis be automated?

  • Can a model in PLAXIS LE 2D be automatize?

    I download the PLAXIS LE 2D sofware but the graphics are not similar to PLAXIS 2D. I need to know if it can be automatize to run a lot of models at once.

  • There is no plxscripting module!

    Hello, I need to use the Plaxis script to get the result but I have this error (No module plxscripting) in the script! I did below steps: 1- Activated remote scripting server 2- Started SciTE editor 3- Included boilerplate below: from plxscripting. easy…

  • There is no plxscripting module !!

    Hello, I need to use the plaxis script to get the result but I have this error (No module plxscripting) in the script! I did below steps: 1- Activated remote scripting server 2- Started SciTE editor 3- Included boilerplate below: from plxscripting. easy…

  • PLAXIS Automation

    Hello, Is PLAXIS API only available to those who have the SELECT ENTITLEMENT (SELECT) subscription? Regards, Mariele

  • Support capacity evaluation of a tunnel lining in PLAXIS 2D

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V22 Update 1 and later Original Author Richard Witasse - Application Engineer Date created 01 November 2022 Date modified 01 November 2022 The project…

  • How to define composite section plate properties and evaluate tunnel liner capacity with PLAXIS

    Shotcrete is often used in tunnelling and mining to seal freshly uncovered surfaces and for the support of cavities. In tunnelling, shotcrete is used at various stages throughout the process (construction and post-construction), whereas it is locally…
    • tunnel_support_capacity.zip

  • Optimize excavation calculation time for wall horizontal displacement criteria

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V22 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V22 Date created 23 September 2022 Date modified 23 September 2022 Original author Hung Ho Manh - Bentley Technical Support…

  • Stop calculation at wall horizontal displacement limit - Version 0.1

    A Python script is developed to stop the calculation at an intermediate phase if the horizontal displacement is larger than a given limitation in excavation problems. For full instructions. possibilities, limitations, and the latest updates, please…
    • Stop calculation at wall horizontal disp limit.zip

  • Automated assigning of Loading to Rigid Body Reference points using Python

    Hi, I have a question which might have been already answered elsewhere but I couldn't find it. Basically I am trying to automate (using python) a load assignment procedure to a collection of rigid bodies (again which are multiple rigid bodies having…

  • Changing Soil Material in Calculation Stages using python

    I have a list of Material Datasets saved in a List in Python (e.g. for unfactored Undrained materials the List is Unfac_Undr_MatSets ) . in the Staged Construction, I want to change the Material in each borehole volume from respective material in Drained…

  • CONNECTION Client user message causes problems on remote server.

    Beste support, Wij gebruiken Plaxis in de Connect Edition en hebben een aantal licenties voor het hele bedrijf om te delen. Deze licentie gebruiken wij ook op een server waar wij middels pyton code de software automatisch aansturen. Als er voldoende…

  • PLAXIS 2D Parametric Excavation Model Generator - example

    In the March 2022 Coffee Corner [ More Efficient PLAXIS Usage with Python API including a deep excavation case ], an example was given to define a deep excavation model with basic parameters such as excavation width and depth, embedment length of the…
    • Parametric_Excavation_V0.2.zip

  • PLAXIS 2D | Python Scripting | Geometry to JSON Converter Error

    Hello, I am trying to have multiple runs using Python scripts in PLAXIS 2D v.22. Analyses are performed smooth and well in the beginning. Nothing goes wrong, I take the desired outputs at the end of the analyses. However, after a certain time / number…
  • Coffee Corner: Geotechnical Analysis - More Efficient PLAXIS Usage with Python API - AM and PM Sessions Available!

    Coffee Corner: Geotechnical Analysis - More Efficient PLAXIS Usage with Python API - AM and PM Sessions Available!

    Webinar Title: Coffee Corner: Geotechnical Analysis - More Efficient PLAXIS Usage with Python API (AM and PM Sessions Available!) Presenter: Micha van der Sloot, Senior Manager User Success - Geotechnical, Bentley Systems, Inc. Date: Tuesday, March 08…

  • Export and format plots from PLAXIS Output using Python

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition Date created 01 September 2021 Date modified 24 November 2022 Introduction The PLAXIS Output program offers the possibility…

  • How to retrieve results from PLAXIS Output by the node number

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V21 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V21 Date created 30 July 2021 Date modified 30 July 2021 Description In this article, a simple example is provided…

  • Introducing the PLAXIS LE Slope Stability Solver API

    Application PLAXIS 2D LE PLAXIS 3D LE Version PLAXIS 2D LE CONNECT Edition V21.01 PLAXIS 3D LE CONNECT Edition V21.01 Status Technology Preview Date created 15 April 2020 Date modified 16 April 2020 With…

  • Accessing excel worksheet via Plaxis scripting

    Hi, I am running a sensitivity analysis for an excavation after demolition of an existing structure. The analysis includes a number of pile elements and plate elements. The pile locations are updated by sometimes a 0.5m or so. Now, with Plaxis Input…

  • No module named 'plxscripting'

    Hi there, I'm trying to run a python script with PLAXIS 2D with IDLE and SciTE, but I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:/PLX_IDLE.py", line 4, in <module> from plxscripting.easy import * ModuleNotFoundError: No module…
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