FLAC/Slope 8.10 Update

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Latest Version: 8.10.489 (Description)
Released On: Friday, Feb 10, 2023

Update Instructions

Download the appropriate update file to a convenient location on your hard drive and double-click on the installation (*.msi) file.

FREEWARE

FLAC/Slope 8.10.467 (and greater) is now freeware and is available at no cost. Hard-lock, network, or web licenses are not required to operate this full feature, non-restricted version of the software. Download and install the latest associated version of FLAC and FLAC/Slope will be installed; FLAC can also be run in demo mode. However, free technical support is no longer provided to the freeware version. We encourage you to report any suspected bugs and paid technical support is always available.

LICENSED SOFTWARE

If you have purchased FLAC/Slope 8.10, or an earlier version, please continue to update FLAC/Slope as before by downloading the latest associated version of FLAC. Not all updates will impact FLAC/Slope but it is still recommend to use the latest version of FLAC.

FLAC/Slope 8.1 Freeware Update

Software Update Revisions

Revision Date Description
489 Feb 10, 2023
  • Fixed a bug in history saturation command.
  • Minor update in the Weblicense setting dialog.
  • Updated the Save dialog. for Extrude tool.
  • Fixed a bug in automatic refresh plot(plot should not be updated for solve elastic).
488 Jan 20, 2023
  • Updated Export Sketch for FLAC2D in Build->Virtual->Export.
487 Dec 12, 2022
  • Fixed a delay issue related to the web licenses.
  • Fixed a bug in table plot (table ID not shown properly).
  • Updated manual.
486 Dec 6, 2022
  • Implemented new Lode angle interpolation function in the NorSand model.
485 Oct 26, 2022
  • Fixed instability issue in the NorSand model introduced from the last update.
  • Added FLAC2D extrusion option in Utility->Extrude.
484 Apr 20, 2022
  • Made some updates to the NorSand model.
  • Minor updates in GUI.
483 Nov 23, 2021
  • Fixed a cycling issue related to the network/web licenses.
482 Nov 16, 2021
  • Added tolerance on free field boundaries in GUI->In Situ->Apply.
  • Added option for orginal grid plot in GUI.
481 Sep 28, 2021
  • Fixed a bug in the volume strain used for porosity and permeability lookup tables.
480 Sep 17, 2021
  • Added support for the new web license system.
  • Updated some fish functions in the fish library.
  • Fxied an issue with 'nmregion' in the SHAPE tool.
  • Added option to turn off applied load from water table along boundaries in Settings->GW->Properties tab.
  • Added web license settings in GUI.
479 May 19, 2021
  • Implemented getDensity() function to return zone density for UDM.
  • Minor unpdates in GUI.
  • Remove parameter 'ind_soft' from the NorSand model.
  • Fixed an issue in the Copy Application Data dialog in FLAC/SLOPE.
  • Increased tolerance for the layers tables in FLAC/SLOPE.
478 Feb 18, 2021
  • Fixed a contour plot issue for model properties.
  • Moved 'fmodulus in GUI from Info->zones category to Info->GPs.
  • Fixed a bug in the fastwb logic with attached gridpoints.
  • Changed property name 'pc' to 'pcurrent' in the softsoil and SSC models.
477 Dec 17, 2020
  • Fixed a bug in PH model with small strain stiffness and changed property names 'bulk' and 'shear' to 'bulk_current' and 'shear_current'.
  • Minor update in the modified Hoek-Brown material dialog in FLAC/SLOPE.
476 Oct 14, 2020
  • Added gridpoint intrinsic fish function 'fcont()' for exporting factor of safety values from FoS contouring.
  • Updated fish.xml file.
475 Oct 2, 2020
  • Fixed a color issue in FOS plot window for apply and velocity vectors plots.
  • Fixed an error in the free field logic with attached gridpoints.
  • Updated warning message associated with memory settings.
  • Fixed an unknown format issue in Sketch DXF import window.
  • Minor update to table fomat from table write command.
  • Updated error message related to attached gridpoints when ffield is applied.
474 Aug 17, 2020
  • Fixed an error in the initial dy_damp hyst command(introduced from the last update).
473 Jul 27, 2020
  • Added an optional keyword 'modfacmin' to specify a minimum value for modulus reduction factor of hysteretic damping(Syntax: INITIAL dy_damp hyst ... modfacmin xxx, by default, 1.0e-3),keyword must be given after hysteresis model.
  • Fixed a format issue in the manual.
472 Jul 6, 2020
  • Fixed a restore issue for the NorSand model, which was introduced in the last update.
  • Changed property names 'bulk' and 'shear' to 'bulk_current' and 'shear_current'in the NorSand model.
471 Jun 10, 2020
  • Added an optional keyword 'id' to the history command (Syntax: History ID xxx ), xxx can be a fish variable or integer for history id.
  • Fixed a bug in the tension region contour plot.
  • Added an example in the fish library showing how to apply a force or velocity history on a struct node(Fish\3-Library\StrucDyn).
  • Made some optimizations to the NorSand model.
  • Updated manual.
470 Apr 13, 2020
  • Updated status message for selecting geometry lines in Geometry Builder.
  • Increased filename length limit from 32 to 200 for fish intrinsic function open().
  • Changed property name 'hy' to 'h_y' in the NorSand model to avoid conflict.
  • Updated EULA.
469 Mar 26, 2020
  • Fixed a bug in Geometry Builder when importing *slp file created from FLAC/Slope.
  • Added warning message when the material database is not found.
  • Minor updates in the manual.
468 Feb 13, 2020
  • Fixed a crash issue when a *sav file with too long name is restored.
  • Fixed a bug in 'angle_psr' plot in the Norsand model.
  • Fixed an issue in exporting data from a profile plot.
467 Jan 17, 2020
  • Updated datafile for a thermal example (th_07.dat).
  • Minor fix in GUI.
466 Dec 17, 2019
  • Fixed a bug in FOS contouring.
465 Dec 6, 2019
  • Fixed a bug in fish function IN().
464 Oct 31, 2019
  • FLAC 8.1 release.
  • Updated manual.
463 Oct 2, 2019
  • Fixed color mismatch issue in plots.
  • Fixed a build/rebuild issue in GUI(reading command lines to the record pane slow).
  • Added color options in GUI for marked GPs,zone number,grid number and fixed GPs plots.
462 Sep 12, 2019
  • Fixed a bug in initial pp command when using with 'region' keyword.
  • Updated default values for some properties in PH model.
461 Aug 22, 2019
  • Fixed an issue with Step number in the plot window (Step number not updating when pressing refresh plot in the cycling window.
  • Fixed a bug in the history plot (not updating when pressing refresh plot button).
460 Aug 14, 2019
  • Fixed a bug in the cycling dialog.(Stop button not working).
  • Added datafiles for new constitutive models(\Datafiles810).
  • Fixed a crash issue when using print info output command.
459 Jul 26, 2019
  • Added notes to show NorSand inputs (sxx_ini, syy_ini, szz_ini) are effective initial stresses.
  • Fixed a bug in xydisp contour plot.
  • Fixed a bug in cppudm flag for NornSand model.
  • Fixed a save/restore issue for NorSand state variables.
458 May 24, 2019
  • Updated some property names for NorSand to avoid conflict.
  • Changed GUI jar file name from giic80 to giic81.
  • Removed NorSand and Soft-soil from the C++ dll category (GUI).
457 May 7, 2019
  • Added what is new in FLAC 8.1 document to the HELP menu.
  • Fixed a bug in NorSand model.
456 May 3, 2019
  • FLAC 8.1 pre-release

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