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Start implementing DFN's into your 3D FEM modelling by starting a free two week trial of RS3: https://go.rocscience.com/free-trials With the recently implemented feature in RS3 for generating DFNs, users can create single or multiple sets of parallel or cross-jointed discontinuity networks. There are plans to expand the types of DFNs that can be generated soon. We also plan to implement the feature in RocSlope, the recently released 3D software for analyzing wedge stability in blocky rock mass slopes. Currently, both RS3 and RocSlope can import 3D DFN geometries from DXF or other popular file formats such as DWG, Deswick DUF, and Surpac DTM. This feature allows users to include data collected from drone and lidar surveys and processed in software such as Shapemetrix in stability analysis Show more