*** ERROR 14: Missing element ...

puneet.shahare
puneet.shahare Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Solver- optistruct

 

I am getting the error 14 for every contact surface. It says - *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008278 referenced by    SURF # 30.

 

I have tried creating the contact surfaces again on these elements, but the problem persists.

 

There are overall 25260 such elements ( basically all the elements attached to the contacts surfaces).

 

does anyone here has the solution for this?

 

 

error msg

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*** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008278 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007965 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007963 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007961 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007959 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007957 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007955 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007953 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007951 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007879 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007843 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007746 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007748 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007749 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007751 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007753 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007755 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007757 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007758 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007760 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007761 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007861 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007897 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7007969 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008281 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008423 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008422 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008453 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004997 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004995 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004993 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004991 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008447 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008416 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008414 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008412 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008410 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008408 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008406 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008404 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7008435 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004979 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004981 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004983 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7004985 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006380 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006382 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006418 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006420 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006422 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006530 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006532 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006534 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006536 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006538 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006713 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006817 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006816 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006815 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006814 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006813 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  element #7006811 referenced by    SURF # 30.
 *** ERROR 14: Missing  ele

Answers

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    The error message suggests that you reference elements in SURF # 1 (and others) that are not (anymore) in your model.
    Please update the SURFs.

  • puneet.shahare
    puneet.shahare Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    @Rahul R 

     

    However, I could find the elements (e.g. element #7008278) using the Find element tool. I also tried to delete the contact surfaces and apply loads directly,

     now I am get the error that  ERROR 14: Missing  element #----referenced by    PLOAD4 # 2.

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    Please share the .out file of the run?

  • Rahul Rajan_21763
    Rahul Rajan_21763 New Altair Community Member
    edited August 2019

    Thanks for sharing the files. Please update the element type to CHEXA for component name v_shell_lower/upper. Currently it is set to DHEXA8.