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3DEC Version 7.0 Released!

3DEC Version 7.0 is now released and offers the following:

POWERFUL

  • Best of all worlds: model continuum zones, rigid blocks, and jointing
  • Simulate large displacements, including separation of blocks and collapse
  • Generate models automatically from CAD geometry files (DXF, STL, and GEOM)
  • Bonded block modeling (BBM) to simulate intact material damage
  • Twelve built-in material behaviors and eight creep constitutive models
  • Six built-in joint constitutive models
  • Built-in Voronoi block generator
  • Model ground water flow, including along joints
  • New hybrid bolts and all FLAC3D structural elements

EFFICIENT

  • Multi-core processing with optimized solutions
  • Multi-threaded FISH and Python scripting
  • Customize material behaviors using optional C++ User-Defined Models (UDM)

RELIABLE

  • Realistic physical solutions
  • Natural evolution of failure
  • Transparent methodology that’s fully documented
  • Built-in constitutive models are open source

PROVEN

  • Tested against analytical solutions
  • Used daily by Itasca’s consulting engineers and scientists
  • A large repository of practical examples (thousands of published journal and conference papers)
  • Used worldwide by a wide variety of industries, universities, and government agencies

FLEXIBLE

  • General by design
  • Access nearly all internal variables using FISH or Python scripting
  • Powerful and user-friendly user interface

ECONOMICAL

  • No CPU limits
  • No annual maintenance fee
  • Academic discount available for research and teaching

Read more about what is new in Version 7.0 here!

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