New in PLAXIS 3D CONNECT Edition V20
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Soil stratigraphy modelling
Input has improved the way soil layers are modeled. As an addition to the "Modify Soil Layers" window, the soil stratigraphy is now also available in the model explorer under "Stratigraphy". The "Boreholes" group is also moved there.
Loft polycurves
Added the loft command to create a surface between two or more different cross-sections.
Force fully drained behaviour newly activated clusters
Added option 'Force fully drained behaviour newly activated clusters' for consolidation and fully coupled calculation type. To be consistent with 2D, the option will be checked by default.
Check geometry
Checks in the checkgeometry command have been extended. In addition, it is now also possible to execute this command from the calculation modes.
Validate command for materials
To improve the support for scripting, material properties can now be set to an invalid state without getting an error message. A new validate command for materials was added which checks every property at once.
More info on intersection failure
Improved feedback when intersection fails, like returning the involved geometry.
SoilTest scripting
PLAXIS SoilTest now supports command line and remote scripting. See the new section SoilTest in the commands and objects reference for further info
Check on calculation conditions
New command for checking the calculation conditions. These conditions are now also checked when running the calculate command.
Interactive documentation for Python
Interactive documentation - Jupyter notebooks - for the Python scripting layer has been added.
ResultTypes
Commandline in Output now needs explicit "ResultTypes." prefix when accessing resulttypes; also in scripting.
Total discharge through interface
The total discharge through a cross section of an interface element is displayed below the plot in Output.