PLAXIS 2D

Engineering companies and institutions in the civil and geotechnical engineering industry count on PLAXIS for a variety of projects. From excavations, embankments, and foundations to tunneling, mining, and reservoir geomechanics, engineers rely on PLAXIS as their go-to finite element analysis application.

Languages supported: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified)

9.6/10 (Expert Score) ★★★★★
Product is rated as #6 in category Geology and Seismic Software
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PLAXIS 2D is a powerful and user-friendly finite-element package intended for 2D analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics.

PLAXIS is used worldwide by top engineering companies and institutions in the civil and geotechnical engineering industry. Applications range from excavations, embankments, and foundations to tunneling, mining, and reservoir geomechanics.

PLAXIS is equipped with a broad range of advanced features to model a diverse range of geotechnical problems, all from within a single integrated software package. Simulate various soil and rock behaviour such as: dynamics for loading modeling, PlaxFlow for time-dependent groundwater analysis, and Thermal for analysis of heat flow on the hydraulic and mechanical behaviour of soil.

Efficiently create models with a logical geotechnical workflow. Define everything from complex soil profiles or geological cross-sections to structural elements, such as piles, anchors, geotextiles, and prescribed loads and displacements. Import geometry and automatically mesh to create a finite element mesh almost immediately.

Bentley’s geotechnical applications are backed by world-class expertise and used worldwide to support producing safer structures and environments for all. Strengthen your solutions with the digital workflows and trusted computation of PLAXIS.

PLAXIS 2D
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PLAXIS 2D Reviews

GONZALO G.

Advanced user of PLAXIS 2D
★★★★★
PLAXIS CONNECT EDITION review

What do you like best?

Plaxis is a powerful tool for assessing and calculating geotechnical problems. With this tool you can modelize step-by-step calculations considering all phases of construction.

The soil models included are capable enough to represent the soil behaviour, specially the soil model Hardening-soil (H-S) and Cam-Clay.

What do you dislike?

With the last version (Connect Edition) some features (specially Python scripts, macros, etc) have moved from standard license to premium ones, known as GSE (Geothechnical Select Entitlement). These features are not new and have been on standard license for years. This has happened once Plaxis company was bought by Bentley.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Plaxis is a must regarding 2D geotechnical solving problems.

It's a tool for assessing any geotechnical problem, maybe not the best for designing the solution but for checking tha everything works.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

All kind of problems related to geotechnical problems.

The benefits from using Plaxis is a deep knowledge of the behaviour of the soil regarding all the involved factors.

Review source: G2.com

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