SEEP3D
Add SEEP3D to SEEP/W to unlock the power of 3D groundwater flow analysis. Designed for geotechnical engineers who must understand seepage in levees, earth dams, natural slopes, and excavations, SEEP3D has the same intuitive workflow found in our 2D products. SEEP3D provides limited BUILD3D tools to quickly create simple 3D geometry by extrusion, apply materials and boundary conditions to 3D objects, generate a finite element mesh, and solve and interpret 3D results.
BUILD3D
BUILD3D is a revolutionary, time-saving tool for constructing 3D analysis-ready geometries. Its powerful, feature-based design allows for quick construction of 3D geotechnical models with complex topography or geology, and sweeping tunnels or rivers. When added to a SEEP3D license, BUILD3D offers a suite of intuitive sketch tools and powerful Boolean operations beyond simple extrusion, including sketch, sweep, cut, merge, and imprint. The BUILD3D license also unlocks the ability to import and export STEP/STL files for use with CAD programs.
Features
Feature |
BUILD3D |
BUILD3D Lite |
Description |
Sketch |
✓ |
✓ |
Sketch on redefined construction planes |
Plane |
✓ |
|
Create arbitrarily defined planes |
Edit Plane |
✓ |
|
Translate, rotate construction planes |
Fit Plane |
✓ |
|
Create irregular surfaces (e.g. topography) |
Extrude |
✓ |
✓ |
Extrude a 2D section into 3D with specified slice positions |
Sweep |
✓ |
|
Sweep a 2D section along an arbitrary path |
Merge |
✓ |
✓ |
Merge geometry to produce better meshes |
Cut |
✓ |
|
Five powerful Boolean cutting operations |
Imprint |
✓ |
|
Boundary condition defintion at locations on 3D surfaces |
Section |
✓ |
✓ |
Create 2D analyses by taking sections through 3D model |
Make Bodies |
✓ |
|
Create 3D surfaces and polylines directly from sketches |
Delete Body |
✓ |
✓ |
Remove body to simulate excavations or simplify model |
Import/Export File |
✓ |
|
Exchange STEP geometry with CAD |
Import Analysis |
✓ |
✓ |
Create a 3D analysis from 2D analysis |
BUILD3D Lite is provided with SEEP3D at no cost.