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Error 1000

Hi I'm trying to run a mass optimization and in my first attempt I found this error and I don't know what it means. Can you help me?

*** See next message about line 210888 from file:
C:/Users/A/Documents/T/E/file.fem
'SPC 2 0 123456 0.0'

*** ERROR # 1000 *** in the input data:
Incorrect data in field # 3.

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ajd-brown

It is likely that you have not assigned a material to your model.

1. Create a Material

2. Create a property

3. Set the properties material as the one you created in step 1.

4. Right click on the property, click assign and select the elements you wish to have that property.

If that doesn't help then more information about the problem is needed before anybody can help you. You can post your .hm file and .out file to help give a better understanding of the problem.

Altair Forum User

Thank you for your answer.

I believe I did that correctly; and I don't have that 'error 1000' problem anymore. However I don't know if I'm missing something or if something I already did is wrong, because I don't get the results I want, I mean, I don't see the 'optimization'. I'm new to this software and I'm trying to learn as fast as I can.

Previously I was applying the constrains and the forces to the non-design components. These components are not meshed, since I read that it is not necessary to mesh the non-design space. When I did that, I had the 'error 1000', so I decided to associate the non-design components to the nodes they have around. This is how I got the solver to run without error. However, I don't see that the software performs an optimization so obviously I'm missing something.

What I want to do is minimize the mass of my structure and maximize its stiffness. The material is aluminum, I assigned the properties in the material card and then assigned this material in the properties card. Then, in each component of my structure, I assigned the respective property. I put the loads and the constraints in the nodes of my non design space, but again I don't know if I put them correctly.

I attach my .hm and my .out.

Thanks a lot for your help.

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