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GeoStudio 3D 

3D geotechnical analysis software for soil and rock 

A comprehensive solution for geotechnical project analysis dots

GeoStudio 3D offers a range of numerical analysis tools for simulating conditions at and below the ground surface. From natural soil and rock slopes, to dewatering systems or tailings storage facilities, you can use GeoStudio 3D to model the conditions you need for better insights into your geotechnical projects.  

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Key Benefits 

Confidently simulate surface and subsurface conditions in 3D

Collaborate seamlessly 

Leverage the power of the Seequent portfolio, including Leapfrog and PLAXIS, to share geometry and materials via a seamless cloud-based workflow.

Integrated stability analyses

Easily incorporate finite element results into a limit equilibrium analysis for a comprehensive view of slope stability.   

Analyse complex ground behaviour

Use the comprehensive constitutive model library for soil and rock, in all your stability, groundwater flow, and stress-strain analyses.

One model, multiple analyses

Explore complex geotechnical processes using a number of analyses, geometries, and dimensions in a single project file. 

Insights through visualisation 

Graphing and visualisation tools to help you interpret results, compare them to the physical system, and gain deep insights into the problem at hand. 

Start simple, add complexity 

Explore geotechnical systems with multi-analysis and multi-geometry capabilities, and a simple-to-complex iterative workflow to unlock knowledge. 

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Product Plans

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GeoStudio 3D 

GeoStudio 3D offers the foundational capability to perform Limit Equilibrium slope stability analysis using SLOPE3D for soil and rock for problems that do not require the consideration of groundwater flow, finite element stresses or pore water pressures, or dynamic stresses.   

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GeoStudio 3D  includes the following:

SLOPE3D

SLOPE3D expands on limit equilibrium capabilities by offering a practical yet sophisticated approach for capturing 3D slope failure mechanisms in both soil and rock, given a variety of slip surface shapes, pore water pressure conditions and soil properties.

GeoStudio 3D Advanced 

GeoStudio 3D Advanced provides the ability to simulate steady-state and transient groundwater flow in both saturated and unsaturated soil and rock. It can be used to analyse geotechnical engineering challenges across the value chain and to analyse conditions using pore water pressures directly in the 3D stability analysis. 

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GeoStudio 3D Advanced  includes the following:

SEEP3D

SEEP3D is a powerful finite element software product for modelling 3D groundwater flow in porous media. SEEP3D can model simple saturated steady-state problems or sophisticated saturated / unsaturated transient analyses using the same comprehensive set of material models and boundary conditions as SEEP/W.

SLOPE3D

SLOPE3D expands on limit equilibrium capabilities by offering a practical yet sophisticated approach for capturing 3D slope failure mechanisms in both soil and rock, given a variety of slip surface shapes, pore water pressure conditions and soil properties.

Feature comparison

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GeoStudio 3D 
GeoStudio 3D Advanced 
Groundwater seepage

3D cross-section, 3D axisymmetric, and 2D geometry options

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Comprehensive saturated/unsaturated formulation

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Convenient initial pore water pressure condition definition

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Estimation routines for defining hydraulic functions

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Optional isothermal vapor transfer

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Results graphing and visualisation options, including isosurfaces and contouring

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Steady-state or transient groundwater flow

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Under-relaxation and convergence strategies for pore water pressure computation

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Slope stability

Comprehensive material model library for soil and rock

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Full range of slip surface search techniques

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Partial factor analysis capabilities including limit state design support

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Pore water pressure definition using piezometric lines, spatial functions, Ru, and B-bar

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Pore water pressure definition with finite element seepage analysis

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Probabilistic and sensitivity analysis capabilities

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Reinforcement definition options including vendor reinforcement library

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Rigorous limit equilibrium slope stability formulation

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Staged pseudo static formulation

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Staged rapid drawdown functionality

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Surcharge and seismic load functionality

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Thirteen limit equilibrium methods including Morgenstern-Price and Spencer

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Pricing

GeoStudio 3D pricing plans

GeoStudio 3D 

USD $6,900.00 (excl. tax)

12 months named license Includes
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license

Only 12 month named licences are available to purchase online. For shared and enterprise licences, please contact us.

Named license - allows unlimited use of the software for a single dedicated user during the subscription period.

Shared license - allows any number of users to access the software over the subscription period, limited to one user per seat at any given time.

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Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

GeoStudio 3D Advanced 

USD $10,350.00 (excl. tax)

12 months named license Includes
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license

Only 12 month named licences are available to purchase online. For shared and enterprise licences, please contact us.

Named license - allows unlimited use of the software for a single dedicated user during the subscription period.

Shared license - allows any number of users to access the software over the subscription period, limited to one user per seat at any given time.

shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

For enterprise, shared, and other GeoStudio 3D licenses, talk to us

Contact us
shop

Go to Virtuosity

Seequent products can be purchased securely through Virtuosity, Bentley's e-store. Seequent is the Bentley subsurface company.

Prices shown on Virtuosity will be displayed in your local currency excluding tax.

Resources

Free, on-demand training and support resources

Accelerate your GeoStudio 3D usage with a fundamentals course, knowledge base articles, or support from our team of geotechnical experts

Seequent Learning Centre

Get started fast or upskill whilst working with our onboarding and advanced free eLearning courses available for GeoStudio.

Seequent Knowledge Base

Search our knowledge base for quick reference articles when needing to troubleshoot or resolve any errors you encounter.

Seequent Support

Expert support from our global team of geoscience professionals when you submit a ticket on the MySeequent customer portal.

Customer stories

GeoStudio live in action

Explore webinars, case studies, and articles showcasing GeoStudio's diverse real-world applications

GeoStudio

How AECOM used GeoStudio for the transient analysis of seepage in complex tailings dams

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Environmental

Groundwater Pumping and Drawdown Maps in SEEP3D

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Civil

Mastering SLOPE3D: Coupled 3D Stability and Seepage Analysis of a Heap Leach Pad

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A screenshot of a topographical 3D model within Seequent's SLOPE3D in their GeoStudio portfolio

GeoStudio

Mastering SLOPE3D: Structurally Controlled Stability Analysis of an Open Pit

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We have over 40 years’ experience in enabling geotechnical analysis in research and industry.