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How to have the latest PLAXIS 2D version and PLAXIS 2D AE simultaneously installed in your computer for converting older files
The procedure of converting projects created with PLAXIS 2D Classic, PLAXS 2D 2012 or an earlier version (with extension .P2D) can only be done with PLAXIS 2D AE. Since it is inconvenient to constantly switch between installed versions, you may use this tip to have both versions (2D AE and latest 2D 2015) are available in your system:
- open PLAXIS Connect to see which version is installed
- if PLAXIS 2D AE.02 is not yet installed: click to see the Available versions (see the figure below)
- select PLAXIS 2D AE.02 and click to Install
- go to the installation folder of PLAXIS 2D; by default this is in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plaxis\PLAXIS 2D - copy the folder to a different location (this folder should now contain the full 2D AE.02 version) and rename the copied folder properly, e.g. to PLAXIS 2DAE
- open PLAXIS Connect again to update to the latest version
- PLAXIS 2D AE and the latest PLAXIS 2D version should now be available in two separate locations with default being the latest version.
- In order to use the 2D AE version, PLAXIS Input should be launched from the separate folder, created in previous steps by starting PLAXIS2DXInput.exe
Notes
- In order to use a PLAXIS 2D version, you must have access to the appropriate licence;
- Any shortcuts, or file extension association (e.g. when double clicking a file) will always refer to the latest fully installed location.
- For converting even older files with the extension *.plx, you can use the 2D Classic version,which can be found in the subfolder called classic, located inside the 2D AE program folder. See here for more details.
How to downgrade your PLAXIS 2D version
By using PLAXIS Connect it is easy to change versions:
