Static analysis results in invisible/missing elements in .h3d
I have a fairly simple model for a static analysis (single force, a few SPC elements). The whole load case is just meant to test the element connectivity in the model. However, when running the analysis, the resulting .h3d file doesn't show any elements on my machine. There seem to be some calculations happening, as the contour plot shows actual values on the legend when applied to the result, and displaying the measures also leads to some points highlighted that now float in empty space. Still, no elements anywhere in the model. I attached the .h3d and .fem-files, but at least the .fem looks okay to me. This is what the screen looks like, with the static MinMax result turned on - the points are there, but no elements as you can see:
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Hello JBrai_21295,
There are duplicate Nodes (and Elements).
Please use Equivalence to get rid of the duplicate nodes.
Then check and remove duplicate elements.
Best regards,
Gunter1
Altair Employee
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Hello JBrai_21295,
There are duplicate Nodes (and Elements).
Please use Equivalence to get rid of the duplicate nodes.
Then check and remove duplicate elements.
Best regards,
Gunter1 -
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Carport_DONE.fem attached.
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That did the trick, thanks a lot! The duplicate elements also explain why trying to equivalence them produced strange results, which is the reason I wanted to check the connectivity in the first place.
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i've tested your model in here, with some different configs, and the same happened. I"ve never seen this before. :(
i was able to plot results using HM Post tab.
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