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  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • Plaxis Python API - Change parameters of soil materials

    Hi, I am trying to change the soil parameters of a soil already present in the Plaxis Model using Python and V22 (new material database). How do you have to address the parameter in order to change the value? For example, if I try to change E50Ref…
  • how can ı do Monte carlo simulations fast in python

    Hello I m doing monte carlo simulations in python scripting to plaxis (2D V22 )for transient seepage analysis in embankment dams to find effect of permeabilty changes. I m using a workstaiton with 64gb ram and ssd harddisk. But analysis take one and…
  • 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…
  • How to open and close a PLAXIS project with Python

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version CONNECT Edition V20 and later Date created 15 February 2022 Date modified 24 August 2022 Original author Stefanos Papavasileiou - Bentley Technical Support Group When…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • How to set name of user water level in python API?

    waterlevel_s = g_i .waterlevel(( -50 , self . WaterLevelLeft ), ( 0 , self . WaterLevelLeft )) I have a water level as can be seen above. I would like to give it a name so I can retrieve it later. I have tried " waterlevel_s.Name = "WL_Left_" + self…
  • What order should g_i.embeddedbeammat() for embedded beam row properties be?

    I have the following line g_i .embeddedbeammat(( "MaterialName" , deadman_material_name ),( "E" , deadman_E ), ("Width", deadman_width),( "w" , deadman_unit_weight ),( "PredefinedBeamType" , 2 ),( "Lspacing" , deadman_spacing ),( "SkinResistance"…
  • How to prevent two polygons from merging as same soil/material in python API? Seems that when you add a different polygon on top of an already existing polygon, Plaxis automatically assigns a soil material of the polygon underneath?

    As further description to the title, it seems in the python API when you add a polygon on top of an already existing soil polygon, when you run a gotostages or gotoflows function, the soil/material assigned to the smaller polygon (yellow below) in the…
  • How to get results for total stress on an interface in python PLAXIS api.

    I'm at the stage where I think it is g_o.ResultTypes.TotalStress possibly or g_o.ResultTypes.Plate.TotalStress. Not sure what the command will be exactly.
  • In the python API, I would like to find the x and y positions of soil section in g_i.soils in order to set water levels on each side of a retaining wall.

    In the API I can set a water level to a section as part of g_i.soils, however due to the presence of reinforcement I can't always know what the index is for soil on the left and soil on the right. Knowing the y position of each object in g_i.soils would…
  • Automatically generated cross-sections of embankments

    Application PLAXIS 2D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 Date created 08 February 2021 Date modified 08 February 2021 Introduction A road embankment is usually a long structure and lies on non-homogeneous subsoil…
  • Adding functionality to PLAXIS Calculation Manager: pre- and post-processing

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 3 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 3 Date created 15 December 2020 Date modified 15 December 2020 General The Calculation manager tool…
  • Could not find module plxscripting

    Using visual studio 2019 and added a new python environment with the path "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Geotechnical\PLAXIS Python Distribution\01.00\python". The plxscripting folder exists within the Lib folder but does not appear on the list of imported packages…
  • How to install additional Python modules in PLAXIS

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20 Date created 13 October 2020 Date modified 13 October 2020 When using the PLAXIS scripting environment it is common…
  • SciTE issues when running a Python script

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Issue status Solved First Affected Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 2 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 2 Found in Version PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20 Update 2 PLAXIS 3D CONNECT…
  • Using PLAXIS Remote scripting with the Python wrapper

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 29 April 2015 Date modified 04 April 2022 The PLAXIS software provides an HTTP based API (REST HTTP API), for which a special Python wrapper…
  • Encrypted scripting server vulnerable to replay attacks

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 18 May 2017 Date modified 16 May 2017 Date modified 16 May 2017 Known issue ID SW-11114 Applications PLAXIS 2D, PLAXIS 3D Firewall Plaxis…
  • Remote Scripting API: Drivemining

    Application PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Version PLAXIS 2D PLAXIS 3D Date created 01 November 2013 Date modified 01 November 2013 Since PLAXIS 3D 2013 it is possible to run scripts written in the Python programming language…