Software Products

POWERFUL

• Both continuum and discrete model simulations possible
• Numerical stability with large displacements, including collapse
• Build very large models (64-bit)
  
• 12 built-in material behaviors and 8 creep constitutive models
• 6 built-in joint models
• Automatic Factor of Safety analysis
• Capable of groundwater flow, including flow through joints and groundwater matrix (i.e., permeable solids) fluid-flow between fractures
• Proppant simulation in fluid-filled joints
  
• Coupled mechanical-hydro-thermal solutions possible
• Accommodate complex materials and pore pressure distributions
• Assess service limit state criteria
• Create custom functions using FISH or Python
• Perform thermal and dynamic analyses (options)
• Customize material behaviors efficiently using optional C++ User-Defined Models (UDM) for both zones and joints (option)

EFFICIENT

• Multi-core processing
• Optimized solution calculations
• Multi-threaded FISH scripting
• Customize material behaviors efficiently using optional C++ User-Defined Models (UDM)

RELIABLE

• Realistic physical solutions
• Natural evolution of failure
• Transparent methodology with all equations and algorithms fully documented
• Built-in constitutive models are open-source; no black boxes
• Strong software support led by an experienced team of engineers, scientists, and software developers
• Extensive manuals and documentation
• Automated update notification

PROVEN

• Tested against analytical solutions
• Used by Itasca’s own consulting engineers and scientists
• A large repository of worked examples and validations with more than 1,000 published journal and conference papers
• Used worldwide by a wide variety of industries, universities, and government agencies

FLEXIBLE

• General by design
• Access to almost all internal variables using FISH or Python scripting
• CAD interoperability
• Import/export ASCII data
• Human-readable data files
• Users may write their own constitutive models, and may modify, or add to, most of the built-in algorithms using the optional C++ UDM
• Standard license is portable between computers and users
• Multiple seat network licenses available
• Monthly and annual leases available

ECONOMICAL

• No CPU limits
• No annual maintenance fee
• Academic discount
• Two instances of 3DEC can be run on a single computer with a standard license
• Standard license is portable between computers and users
• Monthly and annual leases available