This section contains the latest PLAXIS manuals.

PLAXIS 2D Latest Version	PLAXIS 3D Latest Version
PLAXIS 2D - General information.pdf	PLAXIS 3D - General information.pdf
PLAXIS 2D - Tutorial Manual.pdf	PLAXIS 3D - Tutorial Manual.pdf
PLAXIS 2D - Reference Manual.pdf	PLAXIS 3D - Reference Manual.pdf
PLAXIS 2D - Material Models Manual.pdf	PLAXIS 3D - Material Models Manual.pdf
PLAXIS 2D - Scientific Manual.pdf	PLAXIS 3D - Scientific Manual.pdf

Other languages

Japanese - Tutorial Manual PLAXIS 2D 2024.2 - チュートリアルマニュアル

Japanese - Tutorial Manual PLAXIS 3D 2024.2 - チュートリアルマニュアル

Chinese - Tutorial Manual PLAXIS 2D 2024.2 - 教程手册

Chinese - Tutorial Manual PLAXIS 3D 2024.2 - 教程手册

Other user manuals and instructions

• PLAXIS-SACS Suction Bucket Analysis Manual
• Calculation Kernel Convergence log
• Slope stability for road construction project: using FEM and LEM [PLAXIS and GeoStudio]
• Slope stability for road construction project: using FEM and LEM [PLAXIS LE]

User manuals for PLAXIS UDSMs

The section Soil models > PLAXIS UDSM contains user manuals for the User Defined Soil Models that are delivered with the installation. For instance:

• Generalized Hardening Soil (GHS) model
• Hoek Brown with softening behaviour
• NorSand
• N2PC-Salt and N2PC-MCT
• OC-Clay 
• PM4Sand
• PM4Silt
• SANISAND-MS

For the full list, please browse to PLAXIS UDSM models