Tips and Tricks - PLAXIS LE


This section contains Tips and Tricks for PLAXIS 2D LE and PLAXIS 3D LE and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Creating dykes using extrusion in 3D

PLAXIS 3D LE, extrusion feature is used to create 3D models from 2D cross-sections

Tagged: PLAXIS LE, dykes, extrude
Eurocode 7 Design Standard with PLAXIS LE

The Eurocode 7 standard is implemented as a feature in both PLAXIS 2D LE and PLAXIS 3D LE applications.

Tagged: 2D, 3D, PLAXIS LE, eurocode 7, partial factor
How can spatial variability help me
Tagged: PLAXIS LE, earth dams, geotechnical, heap leach, seepage
How to import DXF contours as a surface into PLAXIS 2D LE
Tagged: PLAXIS 2D le, PLAXIS LE, contours, dxf, grid, how to, import, mesh, surfaces
Is PLAXIS LE Manager (formerly known as SVMANAGER) a separate program?
Tagged: PLAXIS LE, PLAXIS LE manager, svmanager
Material Volume Mesh

Material Volume Meshes (MVMs) makes it significantly simpler to model numerous features such as dykes or ore bodies with complex shapes.

Tagged: PLAXIS LE, material volume mesh, mesh
Multi-Plane Analysis (MPA ) in PLAXIS 3D LE

Multi-Plane Analysis (MPA™) enables rapid, thorough, and simple to perform analysis of a 3D site at many different locations simultaneously.

Tagged: 3D, Multi-Plane Analysis, PLAXIS LE, slope stability
Pseudo-3D Consolidation Analysis in PLAXIS 3D LE

Model saturated consolidation of mine tailings in a pseudo-3D approach using the 1D large-strain consolidation theory

Tagged: PLAXIS LE, large-strain consolidation, tailings
When is it appropriate to use APEM - Alternate Point Estimation Method
Tagged: PLAXIS LE, geotechnical, probability, statistical
When is it appropriate to use dynamic programming
Tagged: PLAXIS LE, geotechnical, slope stability