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How to reflect the model with area connectors properly?

User: "mansin"
Altair Community Member
Updated by mansin

Hi, everyone.

    I encountered a problem when I reflected a model with area connectors. The model is symmetric, but the whole model must be analyzed in some cases.  I reflected the original half model (half model.hm) about xz plane of AxisSystem1 (ID=1) by using *duplicateentities and *reflectmarkwithoption and *equivalence commands, then merged the same components and load collectors. However, the analysis of the symmetry model (symmetry.hm ) cannot be executed properly and gives too much errors such as, 

 

 *** See next message about line 47237 from file:
     E:/HyperWorks_Work/Symmetry/Symmetry.fem
  'RBE3       26648           23617       0   22003   23619   23620   23621'
  
 This line was interpreted as:
 47237:RBE3, 26648, , 23617, 0, 22003, 23619, 23620, 23621
  
 *** ERROR # 1000 *** in the input data:
 Incorrect data in field # 5.
  Expected COMPONENT numbers, found  INTEGER (0).
  
 *** ERROR # 1000 *** in the input data:
 Incorrect data in field # 7.
  Expected COMPONENT numbers, found  INTEGER (23619).
  
 
 *** See next message about line 47238 from file:
     E:/HyperWorks_Work/Symmetry/Symmetry.fem
  'RBE3       26649           16110       0   23623   16111   16112   16113'
  
 This line was interpreted as:
 47238:RBE3, 26649, , 16110, 0, 23623, 16111, 16112, 16113
  
 *** ERROR # 1000 *** in the input data:
 Incorrect data in field # 5.
  Expected COMPONENT numbers, found  INTEGER (0).

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The errors in .out file reflect that the RBE3 elements in the reflected Glue component have wrong information. The RBE3 elements seem not to be reflected properly.

BTW, the half model can be analyzed normally.

I don't know where the problem is. Can anybody gives me some advices?

Thanks.

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