FLAC 8.10 Update

Download Recent Update

Latest Version: 8.10.490 (Description)
Released On: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023

Update Instructions

Download the update file to a convenient location on your hard drive and double-click on the file.

Please note that the VCRUNTIME140_1.DLL resource file is necessary when upgrading your FLAC 8.10 license (i.e., from an earlier major version or adding an option). If you see the following System Error Message, please download and run the vc_redist_x64.exe file. It is also included in the LicenseKeyUpdater directory.

For a quick reference guide, download FLAC 8.1 BASICS (12 MB, PDF).

FLAC 8.1 64-bit Update

Software Update Revisions

Revision Date Description
490 Nov. 17, 2023
  • Fixed a bug in the 2-phase flow vectors plotting for axisymmetic mode.
  • Minor update to the NorSand model.
  • Added option to update the applied pressures from water table along the boundaries in FLAC/SLOPE.
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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