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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