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PLAXIS 3D

Reliable and powerful 3D finite element analysis

Solve your most complex geotechnical challenges dots

PLAXIS 3D enables geotechnical engineers to perform advanced three-dimensional finite element analysis for high-profile projects, including excavations, embankments, foundations, tunnelling, mining, and geomechanics.

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KEY BENEFITS 

Complex analysis made easy

Work quickly and seamlessly

Intuitive geotechnical workflows with several input modes to easily create a subsurface model with structures, loads, or flow boundary conditions.  

Simulate construction processes 

Realistically assess stress, displacements and safety using constitutive models, a staged construction mode, and various calculation types. 

Maximise safety

Accurately model ground-structure interaction and dewatering through advanced soil and rock material models, structural elements, and flow analysis.

Analyse fractured rock masses 

Use discontinuity and reinforcement elements to assess surface settlements or rock mass responses to tunnelling, mining or reservoir depletion.

Automate workflows 

Automate model build up and design process or build custom applications with Python scripting to run in PLAXIS 3D.

Integrated workflows

Avoid redundant data entry by leveraging integrations between PLAXIS and other Seequent products or easily import industry-standard CAD data formats. 

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PRODUCT PLANS

Explore PLAXIS 3D plans

PLAXIS 3D

PLAXIS 3D offers comprehensive functionality to perform advanced three-dimensional finite element analysis for high-profile projects. With three product plans to choose from, you can address creep, steady-state groundwater, consolidation analysis, dynamics and other time-dependent effects.

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Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

PLAXIS 3D Advanced

Enhance your geotechnical design capabilities with more advanced features and material models to consider creep or flow-deformation coupling through consolidation analysis. Also includes a multicore solver that adds powerful functionality so you can solve problems even faster.

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Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

PLAXIS 3D Ultimate

Get the functionality you need to deal with the most challenging geotechnical projects. With PLAXIS 3D Ultimate, you can analyse the effects of vibration from earthquakes or moving traffic loads in soil and rock or simulate complex hydrological conditions with time-dependent water level and flow variations.

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Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

Feature comparison

Compare PLAXIS 3D features

PLAXIS 3D
PLAXIS 3D Advanced
PLAXIS 3D Ultimate
Calculation types

Consolidation deformation calculation type

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Dynamic deformation calculation type

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Dynamic with consolidation deformation calculation type

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Field Stress initial calculation type

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Flow Only initial calculation type

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Fully coupled flow-deformation calculation type

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Gravity Loading initial calculation type

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K0 Procedure initial calculation type

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Phreatic Level pore pressure calculation type

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Plastic deformation calculation type

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Safety deformation calculation type

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Steady-State Groundwater Flow pore pressure calculation type

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Transient Groundwater Flow pore pressure calculation type

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Use Pore Pressures from Previous Phase pore pressure calculation type

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Interoperability

Automatic geotechnical model generation from/by OpenTunnel Designer 

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CAD import and export

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Generate stratigraphy from imported CPT logs

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Import Leapfrog surfaces from Seequent Central

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ProjectWise integration, loading from and saving to ProjectWise server

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Remote scripting for input, output, and SoilTest

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Soil and rock material models

Concrete

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Hardening soil

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Hardening soil small strain stiffness

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Hoek-Brown, with parameter guide

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Jointed Rock Model

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Linear Elastic

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Modified Cam-Clay

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Mohr-Coulomb

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NGI-ADP

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Sekiguchi-Ohta (inviscid)

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Sekiguchi-Ohta (viscid)

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Soft soil

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Soft soil creep

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UBC3D-PLM (liquefaction)

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UDCAM-S and cyclic accumulation tool

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User-Defined soil and rock models

Barcelona Basic Model

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Clay and Sand model (CASM)

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Creep-SCLAY1S

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Fluid

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Generalised Hardening Soil

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Hoek-Brown with Softening (strength softening and GSI softening models)

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Hypoplastic Model with Inter-Granular Strain

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Isotropic Jointed Rock with Mohr-Coulomb Failure Criterion

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Masonry

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N2PC-MCT Rock Creep (Norton-based double power creep with Mohr-Coulomb and tension cut-off failure surface)

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NorSand

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Overconsolidated Clay

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SANISAND-MS

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SHANSEP Mohr-Coulomb

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SHANSEP NGI-ADP

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Swelling rock

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Visco-Elastic Perfectly Plastic

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PRICING

A plan for every need

PLAXIS 3D

USD $10,339.00 (excl. tax)

12 months named license Includes
license

Only 12 month named licences are available to purchase online. For shared and enterprise licences, please contact us.

Named license - allows unlimited use of the software for a single dedicated user during the subscription period.

Shared license - allows any number of users to access the software over the subscription period, limited to one user per seat at any given time.

shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

PLAXIS 3D Advanced

USD $13,835.00 (excl. tax)

12 months named license Includes
license

Only 12 month named licences are available to purchase online. For shared and enterprise licences, please contact us.

Named license - allows unlimited use of the software for a single dedicated user during the subscription period.

Shared license - allows any number of users to access the software over the subscription period, limited to one user per seat at any given time.

shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

PLAXIS 3D Ultimate

USD $16,961.00 (excl. tax)

12 months named license Includes
license

Only 12 month named licences are available to purchase online. For shared and enterprise licences, please contact us.

Named license - allows unlimited use of the software for a single dedicated user during the subscription period.

Shared license - allows any number of users to access the software over the subscription period, limited to one user per seat at any given time.

shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

For enterprise, shared, and other PLAXIS 3D ​licences​, talk to us 

Contact us
shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

RESOURCES

Training and support

PLAXIS Training

Redeem tokens you get with your PLAXIS purchase for expert services and training that meet your onboarding and project needs.

PLAXIS Webinars

Explore our on-demand webinars with general tips and tricks or specialised guides to take your workflows to the next level.

PLAXIS Support

Get expert support from our global team of geo-engineering professionals when you submit a ticket on the customer portal. 

CUSTOMER​ STORIES

PLAXIS ​at work​

​See the impact of​ PLAXIS in research and industry 

Case Studies

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We have 30 years' experience enabling expert geotechnical analysis in research and industry.