Working from home with PLAXIS LE

In these challenging times when COVID-19 is imposing significant disruptions to day to day activities and affecting normal business flow of our much-valued users and employees, we at Bentley are mindfully committed to ensuring a smooth transition of work from the office to a remote location or home. Our innovative software and services are all geared for working from home or remote locations and do not impose the need to be in an office set-up.

For a general overview of how this works for Bentley products refer to

To ensure a smooth transition of work and effectiveness of your daily workflows with PLAXIS LE, we have assembled information that you can refer to while working remotely or from home. We are working hard to deliver high levels of customer service, and welcome feedback, questions, and ideas on how we can serve you better in a remote work environment.

See here for a video showing you the steps to get started quickly.

This document applies to the PLAXIS 2D LE/3D LE/Designer CONNECT Edition versions.
For information on older legacy versions, please read here.

Home installation

You may decide to install the software on your home computer. If you do this, once signed in via the CONNECTION Client using your normal work email login, you will have the same licenses available as you do in the office.

Machine requirements

There are several options to work remotely. You may decide to install the software on your home computer. See these minimum machine requirements for:

SoilVision Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 8 (64-bit) or newer
Free Disk Space: 350MB
Graphics Card: 256MB VRAM (available display memory)
Video Display Resolution: 1024px x 768px
Internet connection

SoilVision Recommended System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Free Disk Space: 2.0GB (Full install including electronic manuals, help files and all example models)
Graphics Card: 2GB VRAM (available display memory) with full support for OpenGL 3.3
Video Display Resolution: 1920px x 1080px
Internet connection

Downloading software

All Bentley software is downloadable via the Bentley Software Downloads pages: https://softwaredownloads.bentley.com/

Direct download links


PLAXIS 2D LE CONNECT Edition V21	PLAXIS 3D LE CONNECT Edition V21	PLAXIS Designer CONNECT Edition V21

General download and installation directions are available here.
If you want to see what's new, read the Release notes

You need to be a CONNECTED user to download and use PLAXIS LE.
During of installation of PLAXIS LE, the CONNECTION Client will be installed too. The Bentley CONNECTION Client is the heart of the Subscription Entitlement Service Licensing system on any workstation. This provides the mechanism for the Bentley applications to operate against your company settings.
After initial connection, you can check out a licence to work offline, see Reserving a License
After starting PLAXIS LE, make sure that you start with the correct entitlements enabled, e.g. Geotechnical SELECT Entitlements.

Accessing Product documentation

PLAXIS LE Manuals are installed with your PLAXIS LE product’s application, and accessible via Help > Manuals inside the programs. See also Manuals.
Background papers, tips & tricks, verifications and videos are available in the PLAXIS LE WIKI.

Resolving licensing issues

How to get help

Service Request Manager for any technical question and support.
Our technical experts are ready to help
https://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport

Bentley Communities (WIKI and FORUM):
This WIKI and the Forum.

CONNECT Center
https://connect.bentley.com

Useful articles about working remotely

Created by Stefanos Papavasileiou
When: Tue, Feb 2 2021 5:21 AM
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