• Discontinuity elements now block groundwater flow when the material set’s drainage type is set to non-porous.
• The remote scripting server is now only started on the localhost for enhanced protection. Python scripts can still be executed on the local machines this way.
• Strength Factor is now available for the CreepRock N2PC-MCT model as a state parameter in Output (Advanced and Ultimate tier only).

Fixed issues

A large number of issues have been addressed, including:

• [531059] Fixed an issue for displaying the Force Envelopes minimum and maximum values in the plot title below the visualization
• [547943] Fixed an issue when generating interfaces in the Tunnel Designer that would appear on the opposite site in the generated model
• [848880] Very large PLAXIS project files containing many (geometric) objects and many phases could bump into a 2 GB file limit, preventing saving of the data. This restriction has now been removed.
• [1062992] Improved pre-calculation checks to prevent groundwater flow calculations with incorrectly defined material datasets.
• [1066733] In some cases, some calculation result data files were not properly closed, leading to a save error with data.convd.r* files. The save mechanism has been improved to safely deal with this scenario
• [1076614] Improvements on result table display to make it consistent with the result plot views.
• [1112089] Fixed an issue in the Hint Box for showing the correct envelope values for 3D structural force envelopes.
• [1329851] Fixed a slow-convergence issue in the 3D routines for the rock creep model N2PC when a phase starts with a large out-of-balance force.
• [1331102] In rare cases when cancelling a PLAXIS Dynamics phase, the curve data file was not properly released, leading to a File not found error-bugreport. This is now resolved.
• [1334538] Made improvements in the passing of starting command line arguments for the PLAXIS applications, allowing for better automated workflows.
• [1358745] Fixed an issue in the Tunnel Designer when generating a thick lining for segments that have a large start angle.
• [1364866] Fixed an issue in the 3D free field elements, when a lateral side of the model was intersected by a horizontal plane, which prevented a proper wave transmission inside the free field element.
• [1369715] Fixed an issue in the 3D free field elements, making the results more consistent with PLAXIS 2D.
• [1377017] When the number of Steps in the Tunnel Designer Sequencing exceeded 999, the full step name was not shown properly. The column size is not adjusted to see this full Step-name.
• [1387302] Improvements on the explanation of the Fixed-end Anchor in the object reference.
• [1392287] Fixed a memory leak in the PLAXIS Report Generator, leading to a more stable report generation process.
• [1394428] An issue was found when using custom plate connections in Dynamics calculations, leading to a "severe divergence" issue. This is now resolved.
• [1395778] When using the generate tunnel button without an active Geotechnical Select Entitlement (GSE) license, users could get into an invalid PLAXIS project state. This is now resolved by blocking the tunnel generation when GSE is not enabled.
• [1402554] When starting the PLAXIS application with command line arguments to set the API server port and password, these were not always properly used when starting a script from inside PLAXIS (Expert menu). This is now resolved.
• [1404917] [N2PC model] Introduced a new State Parameter result: the Strength Factor
• [1416750] Improved connection with Seequent Central by providing feedback in case of unauthorized access on the Seequent Central server.
• [1424499] Improved behaviour in case one tries to apply a drift correction on an accelerogram with uneven timesteps. This is not allowed anymore.
• [1429134] The relative shear stress for discontinuity table header incorrectly showed a stress unit. The header text now reflects the stress ratio and is in line with the results
• [1440905] In some environments, chaning the displayed results in the cross-section curves could lead to a crash. This is now resolved.
• [1447476] In some cases when changing the scaling of one the the axis in the Output curves setting, a bugreport could be triggered. This is now resolved.
• [1452486] Fixed a unit conversion when feet was used as length unit for the table display of local coordinates in the cross-section table results.
• [1455214] When working with groups in Structures mode, the equivalent group in Staged construction mode was not always created. This is now resolved.
• [1468169] In some cases, structural envelope shear forces could show larger forces values compared to any previous step result due to an incorrect extrapolation function. This now has been fixed.
• [1481638] Resolved an incorrectly displayed text in the Output status bar below the Model Explorer when the filter text was stil empty.
• [1491545] Fixed a calculation issue when using plate elements with a self-weight without interfaces in a dynamics with consolidation phase.
• [1511449] It was possible to set the start from phase to None in version 24.02, leading to an inconsistent phase list. This is now prevented.
• [1512807] The preview of the movement function for loads would incorrectly display the graph values in a wrong time scale. The calculation uses the correct values. The preview window issue is now resolved.
• [1514189] Fixed an issue in a 3D Dynamics with Consolidation analysis when starting from a Fully Coupled Flow-Deformation analysis with the initial (excess) pore pressure determination.
• [1519096] The commands runner in Version 24.02 could slow down when applying changes to Phase settings in the Staged Construction mode. This is now resolved.
• [1521988] When creating a split tunnel in the Tunnel Designer wizard, the option to Advanced the tunnel in Staged Construction did not show in the User Interface in version 24.02. This has been fixed and is available again.
• [1530914] Fixed an issue with length units in the Tunnel Designer when filling in values for the orientation axes.
• [1559370] In the material definition window, the hint in the side panel to help define parameters for the Jointed Rock model would incorrectly display the vertical axis as 'Y'. This visualization hint now corrected to show 'Z' as vertical axis.
• [1599339] The Reached forces Fx, Fy, Fz when using static prescribed displacements, was incorrectly displayed in the Calcultion information table inside PLAXIS Output program, multiplied by a factor 1000. In the curves and in the Input Phase Reached values, the values are correct. This is now fixed and the correct values is shown.
• [1607506] Loading SoilTest test configurations created with older PLAXIS versions (Version 21 or earlier) would lead to a crash. This is now resolved.

Download links

You can update to the latest version using the CONNECTION Client or download the installer via Bentley System's Software downloads.