Plaxis

History

2018: Bentley Systems purchased Plaxis

In May, 2018 the software maker for design, construction and operation of infrastructure facilities of Bentley Systems announced Plaxis purchase and also SoilVision. The last, as well as Plaxis, offers software for geotechnical modeling. Financial components of transactions are not opened.

The solutions Plaxis and SoilVision will add a line of the geotechnical and geoecological products gINT which are developed by Bentley Systems. Thanks to it the company will be able to offer geotechnical specialists all necessary functions and a possibility of transition to digital technologies.

Bentley Systems purchased software developers for geotechnical modeling

Algorithm of use of software solutions for such specialists following: projects begin with engineering-geological researches and collecting of the samples processed by means of gINT for universal documentation and accounting; then technical development taking into account properties and work of soil and also flows of underground waters using applications of Svoffice from SoilVision complemented with solutions of Plaxis is made. Then interaction of the soil and construction is analyzed using the software of Plaxis for design, modeling and technical development (for example, Plaxis 2D, Plaxis 3D).

Within the complex environment of modeling of Bentley Systems integration of geotechnical solutions into applications for strength calculations of constructions of Bentley (including STAAD, RAM and SACS) for carrying out technical development is offered.

In the press release words of the CEO of Bentley Systems Greg Bentley who says that "each geotechnical engineer benefited from continuous development of innovations of Plaxis" are cited and that "Plaxis is one of the most successful companies of the software" which he ever saw.^[1]

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