When having an embedded pile connected to e.g. a plate, and an interface is placed along this plate element, the connection between the embedded pile row and plate element is not correct in PLAXIS 2D2012.01: the top of the embedded pile row is connected to the soil node of the interface instead of the plate element, i.e. the interface also exists between the embedded pile row and the plate. This means:
This issue has been resolved in PLAXIS 2DAE.00 and PLAXIS 2D Classic.
Workarounds when using PLAXIS 2D2012.01 are: