Nastran Error List

MD Nastran/MSC.
Nastran Complete Error List Current Update: Jan 14, 2011 -----------------------------------------This section includes a description of all known errors and general limitations in all releases of MSC.Nastran and MD Nastran. The "version is the version on the f06 title page". Recent versions are sometimes referred to by the CD id as follows: MSC.Nastran 2005R3 = 2005.5.0 MSC.Nastran 2005R3b = 20005.5.2 MD Nastran R1 = 2006.0.0 MD Nastran R2 = 2007.0.0 MSC.Nastran 2007r1 = 2007.0.0 MD Nastran R2.1 = 2007.1.0 MD Nastran R3 = 2008.0.0 MD Nastran 2010 = 2010.1.0 MD Nastran 2010.1.1 = 2010.1.1 MD_MSC Nastran 2010.1.3 = 2010.1.3 If the Version = "GL" then this indicates a General Limitation which indicates a fix is not planned. Continuous updates to the error list are available to MD Nastran / MSC Nastran clients on the MSC SimCompanion web page http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KI8008006 The MSC Support pages can also be used to search for keywords to easily locate individual errors - http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com
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CR 399 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD, QRG - Unexpected Normalization Complex eigenvalue analysis with the inverse power method of eigenvalue extraction will always normalize to MAX. POINT normalization requests are ignored. The Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide has been updated to indicate that point normalization is only available for the det method. CR 785 MSC / MD Nastran MSGMESH, MSGSTRESS, MSGVIEW - MSGMESH, DIAG 29 - Infinite CPU Loop If MSGMESH is used with the link specification update feature, an infinite loop occurs. An infinite loop no longer occurs; UFM 53 will be issued indicating an incorrect format for the mesh entries. CR 868 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PUNCH - Incorrect Format
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CR 868 STRESS(PUNCH) will not properly output the HEXA, PENTA, BEND, BEAM, TRIA6, or QUAD8 elements. Element margins of safety (ROD, CONROD, TUBE, and BAR elements) will produce poor punched formats if stress allowables are not given on the referenced MATi entries. CR 890 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFDR - UFM 3008 The open core requirement for the GPFDR module can be as large as (6 X BUFFSIZE + 14 X number of grids) if the grids use a nonrectangular displacement coordinate system. For problems in basic coordinates, the grid requirement drops to 8 X number of grids. CR 1103 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - TRD, TRD1, FRRD, FRR - UFM 3005 If the MGIV method of real eigenvalue extraction computes modes for massless DOF with uncoupled stiffness terms, the eigenvalue is large (1.E+35) as it should be, but the generalized stiffness is 0.0 (it should also be 1.E+35). Null eigenvectors may be produced. An avoidance is to use PARAM,HFREQ or PARAM,LMODES to discard these bad modes in dynamics. CR 1357 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GI - Poor Accuracy The linear splines used to connect structural and aerodynamic degrees of freedom are sensitive to modeling techniques, particularly on short-word machines. This included all machines except CRAY, CDC and NEC. It is good practice to have the spline axis coincide with the structural grid points, and to avoid discontinuities in the lines joining structural grid points by using separate splines on each side of the discontinuity. CR 1575
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CR 1575 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - VDR - No Output If an OUTPUT(XYPLOT) command is in case control, but there are no other XYPLOT commands, all printed output requests are ignored. An avoidance is to put in XYPLOT requests or remove the OUTPUT(XYPLOT) command. CR 1679 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4,TRIA3 - Wrong Answers When the MID4 option of the PSHELL card is used to simulate offset of the element centerline from the grid point plane, the element is somewhat too stiff. The error increases with the ratio of offset to element width. An avoidance is to use RBAR elements to model the offsets . CR 1712 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - RANDOM - SWM 3002, UWM 979 If a non-existent point is referenced in an output request when there are multiple subcases, the RANDOM module will cease processing at that point and issue SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002. The following user warning message is now issued:
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0*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979, AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID 2000 -ACCE- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 102
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CR 1738 Grid Point Stress - Preface - UFM 603 If the SURFACE Case Control card has a continuation card, and the first words that appear on this card are OUTPUT SYSTEM, the error occurs. An avoidance is to start the continuation with another word. CR 1739 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAG 4 - Addressing ERROR If DIAG 4 is used on restart, the program may exit abnormally at the start of the run. The DIAG 4 cross reference output for Label Names will be incorrect if no labels exist in the DMAP, and the parameter section of the cross reference will not contain any parameters although parameters are present. An avoidance is to put a label in the DMAP. CR 1758 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Restarts - Various In superelement static cyclic symmetry (SOL 81), some restart paths do not function well. The following restart paths have been demonstrated to work, using the indicated input and DMAP Alters. Other types of restarts can be made, using these techniques. A. Conventional Superelement Restarts.
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Use the same techniques applicable to noncyclic symmetry superelement analysis. 1. Exit during Phase I. 2. Structural Changes in a Superelement. 3. Load Change Restart
B. Time Limit in a Harmonic Loop SET N = 0, residual only
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CR 1758 SEMG = N PARAM,RESDUAL,-1 (bulk data) Input all bulk data, or use PARAM,NODATA,-1 and delete all the bulk data except PARAM entries.
C. Loads Change in One Tip Superelement, Same Number of Loading Conditions, Sam Known Error Product Abstract CR 1759 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - RF24D20, Superelement - Wrong Labels If SPC labels at grid points are requested for plotting ("GSPC") and resequencing is requested, the SPC labels are attached to the wrong components. An avoidance is to make a separate run for these plots without resequencing, and insert an EXIT after the RFAlter, or not request the SEKR operation in superelements. CR 1765 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - CYCLIC2 - UFM 3005, UFM 4319, UWM 4359 There are two errors related to the use of the CYSUP Bulk Data entry when rotational symmetry is applied to a model with three or more segments. 1. If the rigid body rotations are to be supported, but there exists no stiffness at the components specified on the CYSUP entry, then UFM 3005 may be issued. But, if components 4 and 5 (out-of-plane rotations) are then constrained by an SPCi card or a GRID card, in order to avoid UFM 3005, then UFM 4319 will be issued. For components 4 and 5, an avoidance of UFM 4319 is to define rotational springs to ground (e.g., CELAS2). For component 6 (in-plane rotation), an avoidance of UFM 3005 is to apply a single-point constraint (e.g., SPCi), which is contrary to Remark 1 under the CYSUP Bulk Data entry description. b. The specif
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CR 1801 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLOT - SFM 4276 If modern plate elements are present, and SHRINK or DIAG 34 are requested, the error may occur. CR 1802 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Preface - CPU Loop If the THRU range on an input card is larger than 131,071 for CDC/7600 and CYBER computers, or 8,388,608 for CRAY computers, the error may occur. It has been observed on a PLOAD2 card with a larger range. (Cyber,CDC 7600,CRAY only) An avoidance is to split the THRU range into smaller sets, so that none exceeds the limit. CR 1803 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PQUAD4 - UFM 2010 If both PQUAD4 and PSHELL (and/or PCOMP) cards exist in the same deck, the misleading message references PSHELL cards. The PQUAD4 card is obsolete, and is removed from current documentation. It should be replaced with the PSHELL card. The PQUAD4 card will be deleted from the code on a future system. An avoidance is to replace PQUAD4 card with PSHELL cards wherever they exist as they cause various confusing errors. CR 1804 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SELA - Wrong Answers
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CR 1804 For large problems, if the first several upstream load vectors are null, the remaining upstream load vectors may be ignored. This can be detected with DIAG 20. An avoidance is to place a token load on all upstream superelements.
CR 1805 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PCOMP - Wrong Answers For layered composite materials with an unsymmetric layup, the generated transverse shear matrix MID3 is incorrect. CR 1806 MSC / MD Nastran Database - LOAD/UNLOAD - Wrong Answers If a database is unloaded to a sequential file using the DBMGR //3 command, then restored to a direct access file using the load command, any keywords stored in the database dictionary will be lost. Most keywords are only for diagnostic use (i.e., "SEMGDONE"), and will cause no further errors. The one exception at present is the keyword "NOSETRUE", which appears when all grid points are in the residual structure. This will cause the fatal message above on PARAM,NODATA or PARAM,DLOAD restarts. An avoidance is to use the following alter for this type of restart: ALTER 10 $ MSC/61B, AFTER DBMGR //11 SETVAL //V,N,NOSE/-1 $ CR 1807 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS, Method 2 - Wrong Answers If a passive group appears within the first 20 columns of a matrix, some terms may be dropped. The error was first observed on a large static reduction. An avoidance is to block Method 2 by using the NASTRAN card entry FBSOPT=-1,
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CR 1807 when passive columns occur.
CR 1808 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBSTORE - DBM 288 This error occurs when more than 32,768 GINO blocks are stored in a single database, and a store of an equivalenced file is attempted. (IBM only) An avoidance is to use several databases, none larger than 32,000 GINO blocks. CR 1809 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - HBDY - Wrong Answers SOL 74 gives wrong answers for nonlinear HBDY types AREA3 and AREA4. An avoidance is to use the POINT option instead. CR 1810 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Midside Nodes - Wrong Answers The QUAD8, TRIA6, and HBDY elements use an incorrect average temperature for material properties when the number of active grid points is not the same for all elements of the same type. (Deleted midside grid points are not active grid points; all connected grid points are active.) An avoidance is to delete the same number of nodes on all elements of the same type in the model. CR 1811 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - SDR3 - UFM 4605 If DISP, VELO, or ACCE are requested for a set of grid points and the
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CR 1811 set is empty, USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605 occurs. An avoidance is to remove output requests for empty sets.
CR 1812 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Multiple Runs - ITRENT 1111 If two or more MSC/NASTRAN executions are made in the same job, the error may occur. (Univac only) An avoidance is to submit each run as a separate job. CR 1813 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - PARAM,RSPECTRA,0 - Wrong Answers The response spectra option provided in transient analysis gives wrong answers for acceleration spectra at high frequencies. The peak accelerations for high frequency oscillators will not match the results of a transient analysis where a stiff spring and small mass have been attached to the structure to directly represent the oscillator. The displacement and velocity from the response spectra results will match those of the oscillator represented with spring and mass. Avoidance: The user should set the value of delta t on the TSTEP input such that 10 time steps occur during one cycle of oscillation for the highest frequency of interest.
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CR 1814 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - Overflow If incompatible matrices are input to the MPYAD module, and one is of form 3, an unclear diagnostic results. A good practice is not to input form 3 matrices to MPYAD, as this capability will be removed in a future system. The form 3 matrix [A] can be changed to form 6 by the following steps: ADD A, /A6 $ ADD WILL GENERATE PROPER MATRIX EQUIV A6,A/ALWAYS $ A6 REPLACES A
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CR 1815 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - XYPUNCH - Missing Output The PCHRESP parameter described on p. 4.3-23 (2/15/82) of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual is not implemented. The function it was to perform (punch TABLED1 cards based on output data) can be performed with a DMAP Alter. Delete the XYTRAN module statements, and replace them with an identical statement except for the sixth parameter. Set it to S,Y,PCHRESP=0. (MSC/62 only) CR 1816 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SOL 66 - Wrong Answers If the large displacement option is used, and more than one rotation is enforced at a grid point with SPCD cards, the transformations are incorrect when increments are specified on the NLPARM card. An avoidance is to use separate subcases, each with a single increment, rather than many increments on a single subcase. (MSC/62 only) CR 1817 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - TRD1 - UFM 3050 If an IC card is selected in case control in SOL 31, which is illegal, the wrong fatal message ("insufficient time") is printed. The correct text can be found under UFM 3051, listed in Section 6 of the U.M. CR 1819 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - EMG - EMGPOM If HEX8 and HEX20 elements are used with other elements, and there
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CR 1819 is insufficient memory available, unclear diagnostics may result. (IBM, Cyber, CDC/7600, CRAY, Univac only) An avoidance is to request more memory.
CR 1820 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBSTORE - SFM 4167 The maximum number of database dictionary entries is influenced by the fourth input parameter for the DBMGR command when creating the database. The default value will almost always result in more than one GINO block being used for the dictionary. If the dictionary has only one block, the database will be unusable. (Univac only) An avoidance is to insure that the dictionary is assigned more than one block. This can be determined from SIM 4162, under the "WRITTEN" entry. This number should be greater than 1 when the database is created. If it is not, increase the fourth input parameter to at least twice the value printed under the "NUMBER OF ENTRIES MAXIMUM" for SIM 4162. CR 1821 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Documentation - Wrong Answers The DMAP Alter described in the Application Note of January 1982 titled "Inertia Relief in Superelement Analysis" has a typographical error that causes inertia loads of the wrong sign. The second to last statement on page 7 should be changed from SOLVE QRR,QR/CRX/ $ etc. to SOLVE QRR,QR/CRX//-1 $ Update pages for the application note will be delivered with the next newsletter. CR 1822 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - MID3 - Wrong Answers
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CR 1822 In SOL 66, the values output for transverse shear forces for the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements are incorrect if MID3 (field 7 on the PSHELL card) is nonzero. An avoidance is to leave MID3 blank. CR 1823 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - 1VARY - UFM, CARD TO VARY NOT FOUND Multiple 1VARY cards for the same type of data card may not sort correctly. CR 1824 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Routines - Method 3 - Various GINO Messages If Method 3 matrix multiplication is selected, and there is not sufficient memory available, various system errors may occur. The method selected can be determined by DIAG 19. Avoidances are to increase memory, or block Method 3. CR 1825 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Punched Output - Extra Output If output is requested in punched format, elements whose printed formats include more than one element per line will also print the last few elements, if they do not fill the line. CR 1826 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 77 - Parameter Print If illegal loads are requested in buckling analysis using cyclic symmetry, the program branches from the CYCLIC1 module to the PRTPARM module, then prints all parameters. This condition can be detected by noting that parameter GEOM3C has the value
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CR 1826 minus one. One such case was observed when GRAV entries were selected. This user error now results in a meaningful fatal message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4342, THE LOAD BULK DATA CARD GIVEN BELOW IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS OR SEGMENTS OR SYMMETRY TYPE.
An avoidance is to check the load entry types against the limitations described in Section 3.2 of the Application Manual. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1827 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - Branched Surface - Wrong Answers When requesting stresses for a surface with branches using geometric interpolation without a value for tolerance, some stresses at branch points may be incorrect. An avoidance is to use the BRANCH option. CR 1828 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CFTUBE - Wrong Answers If the CFTUBE is used in SOLs 24, 61, or 62, which is illegal, SOL 24 produces wrong answers, and the others fatal error message GETSTB ERROR CODE 1604 or some equivalent message in the SSG3 module. CFTUBE elements are supported only in SOL 74. CR 1829 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBMGR, DBSTORE - IO6600 F.E. 1203
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CR 1829 Any database file longer than 262, 143 PRUs may fail with this error on restart. An avoidance is to restrict all database files to be under this size. The size of a database is specified in GINO blocks. A good approximation of the maximum allowable number is one million/SYSBUF. (SYSBUF is the size of the GINO buffer, which has a default of 1792.) Thus with default buffer size, limit database files to about 8900 blocks. (CDC/Cyber running under NOS only.)
CR 1830 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA1 - Wrong Answers The ATEIG subroutine for eigenvalue solution has a limit of 30 iterations. If convergence is not achieved, the subroutine continues with intermediate results without giving a warning message. This yields incorrect eigenvalues for that condition. This has been detected when implausible real eigenvalues were produced when complex eigenvalues were expected. CR 1831 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - UMERGE - SFM 3007 In SOL 62, if a data recovery restart is made while performing no Phase I operations, the error will occur. An avoidance is to add PARAM,NORSET,-1 above the subcase level. CR 1832 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - RF24D13B - SFM 4275 The error occurs when the RF Alter is used for restarts where only output requests are changed, but not loading conditions. The RF Alter should not be used for this condition. A standard restart may be used.
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CR 1833 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SOL 66 - UFM 1105 If CHKPNT YES appears in the Executive Deck, the error may occur at random places. If checkpointing is required, use the alter: ALTER 1 $ PARAM //DIAGOFF//47 $ In general, it is more efficient to recover the input data from the database rather than use checkpointing. CR 1834 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - ROD,HEXA - Wrong Answers In SOLS. 64, 66, and 99 the following errors occur: A. ROD elements give wrong answers if they have torsion properties (J>0.), and the element changes direction, even slightly, due to large deflection effects. B. HEXA elements give wrong answers when two of the axes X,Y, or Z (see U.M. p. 2.4-70) are of nearly equal length (that is, the element has almost square faces) and are not perpendicular. (Part B fixed in Version 62A) CR 1835 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - Poor Efficiency If a plot is made of a constant function, such that the maximum and minimum y values are the same, the automatic scaling algorithm may converge very slowly. This problem has been observed only on CYBER computers, where it appeared to be a CP loop. An avoidance is to set one of the scales manually with the plotting commands YMIN=0.0; YTMIN=0.0; YBMIN=0.0. CR 1836 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1836 Restarts - Preface - IO66RD F.E. 314 For CYBER computers using the SCOPE 3.4 operating system, the error will occur if the buffer size is greater than 512 words, and the NPTP is sent directly to TAPE. An avoidance is to use the "L" parameter on the "REQUEST, NPTP..." card. CR 1837 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - SOL 76 - SFM 14 All of the solution sequences will compile in the recommended default region of 200K octal except SOL 76. It will compile with an RFL of 205K octal. (CYBER only) CR 1839 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - SPCD - Wrong Answers If an enforced temperature is input on SPC or SPCD cards in SOL 74, wrong answers result. An avoidance is to place the degree of freedom on a SPC1 card, and set its value with a TEMP Bulk Data card. CR 1840 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - OLOADs - Missing Output If plots or print of OLOADs are requested in SOLs 70-72, 75, or 76, and there are no extra points, the error occurs. An avoidance is to place the following alter before the DMAP statement DBSTORE PGD, etc. For SOL 72, for example, the alter is: ALTER 974 $ MSC/62 EQUIV PP, PGD/NOUE $
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CR 1841 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - LOGIC ERROR 582 For unsymmetric decomposition with spill, the error may occur. (CYBER only) Changes in region size sometime eliminates the problem. CR 1842 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencing - SEQP - Various System Errors If the resequencing module spills in the SEQMR subroutine, various system errors occur. (CRAY, VAX, UNIVAC only). Avoidances are to: A. Increase the memory request, or B. Use PARAM, MPCX, -1. CR 1843 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEND - Wrong Answers The BEND element produces incorrect element forces and stresses when thermal loads are applied to them. CR 1844 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PCOMP - Wrong Answers The interlaminate shear stresses are incorrect for laminae that have nonzero orientations. CR 1845 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - XYPLOT - Missing Plot Output
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CR 1845 XYPLOT requests for MPRES output are ignored. An avoidance for SOL 31 is: ALTER 548 $ AFTER MDATA MSC/61, MSC/62 SDR3 OEP,,,,,/OEP2,,,,,/ $ XYTRAN XYCDB,,,,OEP2,/XYPPLOT/SOLTYPE/DSET/S,N,PFILE/ S,N,CARDNO/S,N,NOPLOT $ COND NOPPLOT,NOPLOT $ XYPLOT XYPPLOT // $ LABEL NOPPLOT $ Other solution sequences may also use this alter if appropriate changes are made to the alter line number. This error is fixed in the sss solution sequences; however the xyplot request is pres not mpres.
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CR 1846 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - XYPLOT - Missing Plot Output In SOL 99, an XYPLOT requests may be ignored when there is no printed output requested. An avoidance is to request at least one grid point for printed output.
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CR 1847 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - TABLES1 - Wrong Answers In solutions 66 and 99, if the stress-strain curve does not pass through the origin for FORM=1 the data is accepted, producing unrealistic answers. On future systems, such input will cause a fatal error. CR 1848 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP2 - UFM 4222 If SEUSETi cards reference interior points, the error occurs. They may be applied to exterior points. In
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CR 1848 future systems they may also be applied to interior points.
CR 1849 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEUSET - UFM 315 The card description of this card in Section 2.4 of the User's Manual has fields 2 and 3 interchanged. The correct format is: SEUSET, (SEID), (SNAME), ...
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CR 1850 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - GPFDR - UWM 2342,2354 In SOL's 81 through 83, the message results when GPF0RCE or ESE output is requested. An avoidance is to delete the DMAP line number for the GPFDR module, and change the APP parameter to APP1. For example, ALTER 822,822 $ SOL 81, MSC/62 GPFDR CASEDR,UGVS,KELM,KDICT,ECTS,EQEXINS, GPECT,PG,QGS,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,VELEM/ONRGY1, OGPFB1/APP1/V,Y, TINY $
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CR 1851 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Routines - MPYTIM - Integer divide by zero If large problems are run with small memory requests, the error may occur. An avoidance is to increase the memory request. CR 1852 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1852 Restart - Dynamics - No Damping If a restart is made from SOL 24 to a dynamics solution sequence, any damping cards present in SOL 24 (i.e. CVISC) may be ignored. An avoidance is to delete one damping card on restart and reinsert it. CR 1853 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - 3380 Disk Drives - Various System Errors (21OCT82) Users may not run any version of MSC/NASTRAN prior to MSC/62 on an IBM configuration that references 3380 disk drives. A variety of I/O related fatal messages may result from the earlier version's inability to compute blocksize correctly on these drives. The most likely messages are one or more of the SFM 4212 codes. Some users have had limited success by using half-track blocking with Version 61B. However, use of Version 62 is the recommended procedure. Furthermore, users may not copy (using IBM utilities) a MSC/NASTRAN database existing on non 3380 disks to a file usable by MSC/NASTRAN on a 3380 disk. (IBM only) This procedure may be accomplished however, by using a short MSC/NASTRAN DMAP sequence to read the existing file from the non 3380 disk and then write a CR 1854 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - EMG - SFM 3007 If a SOL 66 run restarts from a prior run which had no updates of the stiffness matrix, the recovered stiffness matrix may be incorrect. An avoidance is to restart the run from the beginning. CR 1855 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1855 Material Nonlinearity - Contour Plots - SFM 4276 In SOL 66, when contour plots are requested for both linear and nonlinear elements, SFM 4276 will occur. Also, if all elements are linear, SFM 3002 might occur. An avoidance is to make linear elements into nonlinear elements by setting the yield stress very high. CR 1856 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Multiple File databa - Purge of Upstream database If PARAM, DBSET1 is set to a value greater than zero, the entire upstream database will be purged during the SEKR operation. An avoidance is to repair two database purge statements that are in error. For SOLUTION 61, the fixes are: ALTER 440,440 $ MSC/62 DBMGR //5/MODEL/SEID/0/DBSET1//GO$ ALTER 452,452 $ DBMGR //5/MODEL/SEID/0/DBSET1//KTT$ The change involves inserting a "0" parameter before DBSET1, and reducing the number of slashes after DBSET1 from three to two. Two similar statements will be found in all the superelement solution sequences, at different line numbers. They can be found by use of DIAG 14, followed by a search for statements of the form: DBMGR //5... GO $, and DBMGR //5..... KTT $ This error does not affect superelement run CR 1857 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RF24D40 - Various Fatal Messages or Wrong Answers If a user-supplied DMAP loop is provided around this alter, and the FBS module is within this loop it will result in various fatal messages or wrong answer after the first pass. An avoidance is to copy and modify the alter by inserting the following two DMAP statements; After the first ALTER statement insert: PARAM //STSR/V,N,SAVE74/74
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CR 1857 $ Just after the third occurrence of the SDR2 module insert: PARAM //STSR/V,N,SAVE74/-74 $
CR 1858 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Demand Runs - FATAL MESSAGE 202 If two or more MSC/NASTRAN executions are made in the same demand session, the error may occur. (Univac only) An avoidance is to free all MSC/NASTRAN files (i.e. PRIXX, and SECXX's) between executions in demand mode. CR 1859 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IBM - Compilation Errors The UTIL data set which is the third data set on the IBM deliverable tape was incorrectly blocked at 13030 bytes. This is acceptable except for installations having only DASD devices which support shorter maximum blocksizes (i.e. 3340 devices). At these sites the UTIL data set, as issued, cannot be restored. The most heavily used programs in the UTIL data set are DECKEDIT, NASTPLOT and TECKPLT. Of these, DECKEDIT and NASTPLOT are available in the NASTRAN data set which is the second file on the deliverable tape. TECKPLT is identical with the program as issued in Version 61 and could be obtained from that source. If any other programs are required from the UTIL data set, or any of the above solutions are unacceptable, please contact MSC. (IBM only) An avoidance, i CR 1860 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - TA1 - Wrong Answers or Overflow
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CR 1860 In SOL 66 and 99, Orthotropic Materials defined by MAT2 or MAT9 do not work in SOL 66 or SOL 99 for any type of elements.
CR 1861 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - EMA - Overflow In SOL 64, 66, or 99, if the static displacement vector provided to the second subcase for differential stiffness calculations is null, the results of the second subcase may be implausibly large, or the EMA module may first terminate due to overflow. An avoidance is to request loads in the first subcase that will produce a nonnull displacement vector. CR 1863 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Dynamics - No Damping The Application Note of May 1981 describes a method for obtaining differential stiffness effects in dynamic analysis by performing a static analysis in SOL 64, followed by a special restart into SOL 63, or SOL's 67 through 72. At present, damping is not computed in SOL 64, and may not be computed on the restart run without erasing the differential stiffness matrix. The following alter will provide damping: Alter for damping in SOL 64 /61B or /62 ALTER 62,62 $ MSC/61B/62, SOL 64 EMG EST1,GCSTMS,GMPT,GDIT,GGEOM2,,,/ KELM1,KDICT1,MELM,MDICT,BELM,BDICT/ S,N,NOKGG=1/S,N,NOMGG=1/S,N,NOBGG=1/// V,Y,COUPMASS=-1 $ ALTER 68 $ EMA GPECT,BDICT,BELM,GBGPDT,GSILS, GCSTMS/BJJ, / $ DBSTORE BJJ//MODEL/0 $ CR 1864
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CR 1864 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Documentation - H/SEA The following errors have been found in the Handbook for Superelement Analysis, for Version 61. 1. Appendix J, page 3 Deck SEH616A Add after "DBSTORE EQEXINS..." DBMGR //7/////-2/UGVS/ULV $ This statement is needed to provide the presence of ULV for the next run, Deck SEH617. Its absence causes the data recovery run for the external superelement to terminate without producing output. 2. Appendix J, pages 4 and 5 Several decks use the DBMGR //3 and DBMGR //4 commands. They use the default values for the third parameter, used for "search control". The default value allows several blocks with the same name to appear in the data base, which can lead to baffling fatal errors or wrong answers. It is good practice to set the third parameter CR 1865 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - SOL 66,99 - Wrong Answers If SOL 66 or 99 is used with only LGDISP, the beam element has incorrect stress recovery output, if I1 does not equal I2. Output (recovered) stresses are only affected, and the solution is still correct. An avoidance is to either: 1. Make a "Dummy" material nonlinear group (w/yield stress set to a high value) 2. Run only with I1 equal to I2. CR 1866 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SOL 66, 99 - Wrong Answers In SOL 66 or 99, a beam element with thermal loads and nonbasic coordinates
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CR 1866 used by its end grid points gives incorrect results. An avoidance is to use the basic coordinate system to define the beam element grid points.
CR 1867 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Restarts - Missing Modal Deformation Plots In SOL 48 restarts, requests for modal deformation plots are ignored unless the requests were also made in the cold start. The following alter is an avoidance: ALTER 197 $ MODTRL FCASEBK1 /////1// $
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CR 1868 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - Subcases - Wrong Answers When there are multiple subcases in a run and in a particular subcase there is a stress request but not a grid point stress request then the subsequent subcase grid point stress results will be wrong. This is a stress recovery error only and does not effect the solution. An avoidance is to put grid point stress requests (even if for only one element) in every subcase. CR 1869 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - SSG1 - GINO Fatal Message 3029 In SOL 64, if only GRAV Loading is being used, GINO Fatal 3029 will occur in Subcase 2. An avoidance is to include a dummy load. CR 1870 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1870 Miscellaneous - Composite Element wi - Incorrect Resutlsts Thermal loading at grid points (using TEMP or TEMPD) gives wrong temperature gradients and corresponding incorrect results in composite elements. An avoidance is to apply TEMP loads directly to elements. CR 1871 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Thermal Loads - Wrong Answers or UFM 4587 Temperature load cases, i.e., TEMP(LOAD)=j in SOL 81, combined with other types of loads will provide incorrect force and stress output because the thermal strains are not correctly handled. If temperature loading only is requested, then UFM 4587 will occur. This situation arises because the identification number of the temperature load "j" is not included in the CASEDR data block output by the SEDR module. An avoidance is to utilize the following alter: ALTER 642 $ MSC/63 $ALTER 653 $ MSC/62 TABEDIT CASEDR, CONT,,,/A1 $ EQUIV A1, CASEDR/ALWAYS $ in the Executive Control Deck, and to include the following DTI cards in the Bulk Data Deck: DTI, CONT, 1, CR, [1] , DW, 7, 7, 1, DTI1 +TI1, "j" ENDREC DTI, CONT, 2, ER, ENDREC The number in brackets, i CR 1872 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - Mode Error 1 This error condition may occur when multiplying large matrices. It is further characterized by aborting with a "P address" between 36000 and 37400. The P address is printed out in the dump on the line that starts "P ="). This error was reported to be fixed in Version 62A, in a prior report.
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CR 1872 Field usage of Versions 62A shows that the fix was not fully effective. (CYBER, CDC/7600 only) Avoidances are to: 1. RFL up or down by about half of the largest dimension of any input matrix. 2. Set the REAL parameter on the NASTRAN card to core size minus the largest dimension of any input matrix. Core size may be determined from DIAG 13. 3. Deselect Method 1 and Method 1T. This should be done locally using a DMAP Alter statement, rather than on the NASTRAN c
CR 1873 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARM Field - Incorrect PARMs The PARM option provided in the PROC delivered with NASTRAN allows up to 100 characters of input, based on inherent JCL limits. (See Section 7.6.2.1 of the A.M.) Submitting more data results in JCL fatal error messages. MSC/NASTRAN will process less data than this, however, with the remaining data set to unpredictable values. The equation for the limit of data properly processed by MSC/NASTRAN is 4S*7+(OTHERS)*4<41 WORDS, where "S" is the number of S(I) type parameters, and "OTHERS" is the number of conventional symbolic parameters. (IBM only) An avoidance is to stay beneath this limit, and set any remaining parameters on the NASTRAN card. CR 1874 MSC / MD Nastran Database - COPY to TAPE - Various, including IO6600 1203,1204 For CYBER computers, Section 7.6 of the Application Manual gives examples of Control Language cards used to copy databases from disk to tape, then back to disk. The CDC utility program COPYBF is listed to perform this task. Most data centers have had better results when using the COPY utility program, particularly when the errors
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CR 1874 above are encountered. The best advice for individual users is to contact their data center personnel when developing these Control Language cards, because each data center may have modified utilities. The MSC documentation will be changed to from COPYBF to the COPY utility, after testing. For example, the line in the example of page 7.6-345 (April 1981) would be changed from COPYBF(TAPE,DB01) to COPY(TAPE,DB01)
CR 1875 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 81 - Wrong Answers LOADSET and LSEQ cards may not be used in this solution sequence. An avoidance is to use the LOADCYi cards, which provide most of the same functions. In Version 67 UFM 6229 will be issued to inform the user that these commands are not supported in static analysis with cyclic symmetry. CR 1876 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - Modal Damping - Wrong Answers In modal transient response solution sequences, results for modes with more than critical damping are incorrect when the uncoupled method is used. (TABDMP1 input only for damping results in use of the uncoupled method.) An avoidance is to force the coupled method by adding an insignificantly small damping value to the existing damping by use of a B2PP DMIG matrix. CR 1877 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1877 Elements - BEND - Wrong Answers In modal frequency response, using the DDRMM method (which is now the default), stresses for end B appear in the wrong output position. CR 1878 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEND - Wrong Answers If the input describing BEND elements results in negative radius R-sub-B or arc angle THETA B greater than 180 degrees, both of which are illegal, a user fatal message is not produced. Implausible answers result. CR 1879 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Version 61B to Versi - SFM 41 On restarts between different versions, new features may cause restart errors. One example is the element strain energy density feature introduced in Version 62. It requires a file named VELEM, which contains element volumes. One avoidance is to force execution of the module which generates the file. For example: ALTER 43, 43 $ SOL 24, OR ALTER 50, 50 $ SOL 3 ELTPRT ,,,,,EST/VELEM/V,Y,EST=2$ DELETE, REINSERT FORCE RESTART CR 1881 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DMIG - Continue on Error If PARAM, ERROR, is used, the design intent is that fatal errors in Phase I will cause termination of processing for one superelement, then branching to the next superelement. Termination of the run should occur
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CR 1881 after all Phase I operations have been attempted. It has been found that certain Phase II or Phase III user fatal errors may not cause termination of the run. An example is input of conflicting data for one or more elements of a P type matrix. If PARAM, ERROR, 0 is used, all pages of output should be scanned for error messages.
CR 1883 MSC / MD Nastran Database - Store or Fetch - SFM 4212 ERROR CODE 41, or IO 370 FATAL MESSAGE 600 (30NOV82) This error occurs when more than one block is stored per track. An avoidance is to use full track blocking, that is, adjust BUFFSIZE on the NASTRAN card to be equal to the value given for the device being used as given on page 7.6-8 of the Application Manual. Note that this implies that old data with smaller buffsizes must be discarded, and that the REGION parameter may need to be increased, as described in the reference. (IBM only) If an old database has encountered this problem, and it is required to restart from it, rather than discard it, the following strategy may work: a. Purge enough files at the end of the database to release the last [M] blocks written on, where [M] is the number of blocks per track CR 1884 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - Installation - Various (5OCT82) MSC/62 will not operate on VS1 operating systems or older operating systems because of the absence of code for modulo storage devices. An avoidance is to install the PTF which supports modulo devices. It is not necessary to have these devices available, merely to have provisions for them in the operating system. CR 1885 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1885 Frequency Response - Subcases - Missing Output In SOL 30, if looping occurs, output requests after the first subcase will be ignored. Looping is caused by changes of FREQ, SDAMP, TFL, or P type DMIG's cards between subcases. An avoidance is put in the DMAP Alter: ALTER 622 $ FILE IQG1=SAVE/IPHIG1=SAVE/ IES1=SAVE/IEF1=SAVE $ FILE IQG2=SAVE/IPHIG2=SAVE/ IES2=SAVE/IEF2=SAVE $ TABPT IQG1,IPHIG1,IES1,IEF1//$ TABPT IQG2,IPHIG2,IES2,IEF2//$ CR 1886 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - Restart - Missing output (12OCT82) If no output results on a data recovery restart in SOL 30 or SOL 31, or some requested items are not present, the cause is usually because the modal output files were retrieved from the OPTP. Only data selected on the prior run may be selected on the restart run. The modules that generate this output (SDR1, SDR2) can be scheduled for reexecution by deleting any PARAM,DDRMM,(N) cards that exist, and reinserting them. If there are none, insert the default value (0) for N, that is, add PARAM, DDRMM, 0 to the bulk data. CR 1887 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - Documentation - No Loads Available The example problem shown on pp. 2.14-111,-112 (April 1982) is missing two cards, and will not run to completion. The cards needed are: FORCE,175,10000,10,50.0,-1.0 FORCE,175,10001,10,50.0,-1.0 CR 1888 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1888 Superelements - Preface - Machine Dependent System Errors For XYPLOT requests, if there are no cards between OUTPUT(XYPLOT) and SEPLOT (N), the error may occur. For example SFM 4276 GREAD ERROR CODE 3002 appears on VAX computers. An avoidance is to insert a card between the two listed. For example, PLOTTER NAST is adequate. CR 1889 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - AMG - Divide by zero (0C4) Some aeroelastic models using CAER02 cards cause divide check error in Subroutine AMGPFS on IBM Version 62 due to a compiler error. (IBM only) A super-zap avoidance is available from MSC. CR 1890 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Restart - No Inertial Loads If PARAM,SOLID is changed on restart, the mass matrix must be regenerated by the SEMG operation. If it is not, inertial loads in static analysis will be null (GRAV, RFORCE) and superelements will be massless in dynamic analysis. A less costly avoidance then reexecution of the SEMG operation is to add another name to the stored mass matrices by use of the database equivalence statement: BEGIN $ STANDALONE DMAP PROGRAM DBMGR //7/C,Y,OLDSOLID=0/C,Y,SEID/ C,Y,NEWSOLID/C,Y,SEID//MJJ/MJJ $ END $ CEND ... ... BEGIN BULK PARAM,NEWSOLID,2 PARAM,SEID,10 ENDDATA
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CR 1890 This is a stand-alone run which restarts from a run which used the default for PARAM,SOLID (which is zero). It is run in
CR 1891 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - Bodies - UFM 2025 When SOL 75 or 76 has bodies and interference groups combined in the bulk data a UFM 2025 will occur during execution of the GI module. This is probably caused by having bodies in the first group. An avoidance is to try to keep all bodies in last group. CR 1892 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencing - Preface - UFM 316 If the SEQP module is requested to punch SEQGP cards, and these cards are used on a subsequent run, some SEQID numbers may not be unique, which causes the preface error, referencing the SEQGP cards. This has been observed on models where some grid points are not connected by elements. Avoidances are to: 1. Discard the SEQGP cards and rerun the sequencer. The module that processes these card images performs correctly when duplicate SEQID's are present, or 2. Delete the cards in error, and replace one of the illegal SEQID's by adding .1 to it. That is, change 10002 to 10002.1 CR 1893 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Decomposition - I/O 6600 FATAL ERROR 201 (21OCT82) If spill occurs during matrix decomposition, the error may occur. (CYBER and CDC/7600 only) Avoidances sometimes are to: 1. Place the following Executable code Patch on the NASTRAN card. Note that the character in
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CR 1893 front of decimal points is an O, not a zero: SYSTEM (O.6251)=O.04000221510400022151 $ CYBER, /62 or SYSTEM (O.6014)=O.04000074530400007453 $ CDC/7600, /62 or 2. Increase or decrease core by twice the order of the matrix, or 3. Change the BUFFSIZE
CR 1894 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA - SFM 4276 FREAD ERROR CODE 3002 This error has been observed when there are more than 10 superelements. A machine-dependent error message results. Usually, the message number is SFM 4276 FREAD ERROR CODE 3002. An avoidance is to increase the memory request. CR 1895 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SOL 24,Heat - Restart Failure On UNIVAC 1100/80, Version 61B will fail with a contingency type=2 message when a restart, with plot requests is made in SOL 24,HEAT and module GP2 is not executed. An avoidance is to run Version 62 or include the following alter to Version 61B: ALTER 15 TABPT PSIL // $ CR 1896 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1896 Material Nonlinearity - Gap Element - Wrong Results In Solutions 66 and 99, the shear force is incorrect for GAP elements with tension (i.e. open). If shear force is not required, set KT=0 on the PGAP data card. If shear force is desired, the following avoidance will assure that open gaps have a tiny compression: Set F0 on the PGAP data card to KB*(maximum expected opening), with KB tiny. CR 1897 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - Interference Groups - UFM 2025 Whenever interference groups are used in conjunction with bodies on the first interference group, the GI module will produce UFM 2025. This is caused by APD preparing an incorrect CSTMA data block. CR 1898 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - CYCLIC4 - SFM 3007 If the size of the matrices after the cyclic transformation is greater than 65,536, SWM ****, "BAD TRAILER FOR FILE ****" will appear several times, then the run will eventually fail. The trailers will indicate that the number of rows or columns of some matrices will be greater than the limit shown above. An avoidance is to put ASETi cards on boundary points. CR 1899 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - OUTPUT4 - Wrong Answers For the BCD option, if the first column in a matrix to be output contains null columns, the matrix output may be missing columns. If there are more than one matrix output per DMAP call,
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CR 1899 the matrix produced by OUTPUT4 will produce a "CONVERSION ERROR" if processed by INPUTT4. Avoidances are to: 1. Put one small number in null columns, 2. Output only one matrix per OUTPUT4 DMAP call.
CR 1900 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD Method 1 - 0C4 or Wrong Answers (22OCT82) If large regions are used, the error may occur. This error has been observed when using Method 1 on a multiply of a 300 row square matrix times, a 300 row by 10 column matrix. The first column of the answer was correct, with other columns missing many numbers. (IBM only) Avoidances are to: 1. Decrease the region to 800K Bytes, or 2. Deselect Method 1 CR 1901 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT4 - Wrong Answers 1. If the input matrix is in a different precision than the output matrix,the matrix trailers will be calculated incorrectly, leading to wrong answers or various system errors in modules which use these files. 2. The binary output format, using the dense matrix option, produces bad trailers on short work machines. Again, modules which use these files will have unpredictable behavior. An avoidance is to request the sparse matrix option on short word machines. CR 1903 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBSTORE - SFM 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 This error occurs when more than 32,768 GINO blocks are stored in a single database. (VAX only) An avoidance is to use several databases, none larger than 32000 GINO
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CR 1903 blocks.
CR 1904 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - VAX/VMS 3.0 - Multiple RF Alters When using multiple RF Alters, the plus symbol, (+) in the NASTRAN command is illegal under VAX/VMS 3.0 operating system. An avoidance is to change the NASTRAN procedure so the reference to RFA in the SUBMIT command is "RFA". CR 1905 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - SOL 30, 31 - Poor Efficiency For restarts from SOL 3 to SOL 30 or SOL 31, the default value of parameter DDRMM may not be set properly, leading to use of a more expensive data recovery method. There have been a series of such DMAP errors over the last few systems, which occur in different paths through the program. A good practice is to place PARAM,DDRMM,0 in the deck in SOL 30 and 31, and not rely on defaults. CR 1906 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Preface - UFM 327 Large Bulk Data Decks may fail with UFM 327, especially when there exists a large number of cards of one type; such as, DMIG. Symptoms of the error appear after the bulk data has been sorted. Two symptoms are: (1) data appearing in different fields than the unsorted input or (2) cards sorted in the wrong order. (IBM only) For DMIG cards, a possible avoidance is to use the INPUTT4 module as an alternative to matrix input. The error exists in load module LINKNS01 and can be corrected with the SUPERZAP program. The following data should be supplied to SUPERZAP to make the fix: CSECT=DEFFLD, OFFSET=006A,
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CR 1906 VER=95F93000, and REP=95F92000.
CR 1907 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - GINO 1409 If the F1-F2 option is used on the EIGR card using the GIV method, a SUPORT card is used, and F1 is below the frequency of the first flexible mode, the error may occur. An avoidance is to use the ND field instead of the F1- F2 fields. CR 1908 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - AMP - 0C1 This error has been observed in Version 62. (IBM only) An avoidance is: ALTER 982 PRTPARM //$ CR 1909 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - INREL - SFM 4276 ERROR CODE 3012 This error may occur if dynamic reduction or component mode synthesis is used. An avoidance is to deselect Method 4 transpose matrix multiplication on the NASTRAN card. CR 1910 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - MAT2 - Input data ignored If a pair of MAT1 and MAT2 cards have the same ID (which is illegal), the MAT1 card is used, and the MAT2 card is ignored.
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CR 1911 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - XCEI - Gino 1102 If DTI or DMI cards are present, and data pool housekeeping occurs, the error may occur. This condition is most likely to occur when there is extensive looping, such as in superelement or cyclic symmetry processing. An avoidance is to store the DTI and DMI cards in the database on a seperate run, and perform the runs where looping occurs by fetching these files from the database. This function is performed automatically in the superelement sequences for the DTI cards SETREE, ESTDATA, SPECSEL, and SPSEL. That is, if they are present on a run, they may be deleted on subsequent runs, where they will be automatically fetched from the database. CR 1912 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - IFP - UFM 4384 The error occurs with PCOMP cards when unsymmetric ply orientations of exactly plus or minus 45 degrees are used, and the MAT8 card has a thermal coefficient of expansion. An avoidance is to input the orientations at plus or minus 46 degrees. CR 1913 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - TA1 - Wrong Answers or Overflow In SOLs 66 and 99 with large displacements, anisotropic linear materials produce incorrect results when the material orientation is nonzero or MID2 is not equal to MID1 in shells. Use only MID2=MID1 and THETA = 0.0 on QUAD4, TRIA elements. This error is related to error 1860, which was partially fixed for MSC/62A. See error reports for MSC/62 for behavior in that version.
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CR 1914 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA - Wrong Answers Wrong Loads occur with the HEXA element under thermal loads when using the integration method 2 (default) and the element geometry has taper (i.e. when the Gauss point Jacobians are unequal). An avoidance is to use the new integration method 0. CR 1915 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SDR2 - Floating Point Overflow A plate element (QUAD4, QUAD8, TRIA3 OR TRIA6) with a very small thickness may fail in SDR2 if the thickness cubed underflows to zero, even if membrane analysis is only requested. CR 1916 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - Poor Efficiency Method 2 FBS time estimates are overly conservative, and can lead to "insufficient time" fatal errors or use of Method 1 when Method 2 would be cheaper. A rule of thumb is that if Method 1 requires more than five passes, Method 2 is probably cheaper. Method 2 can be forced with the FBSOPT Keyword on the NASTRAN card. The insufficient time exits can be prevented by placing a large value for time limits on the executive control card TIME. CR 1917 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - PENTA - Wrong Answers or UWM 4420 UWM 4420 or "NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL" or other messages
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CR 1917 can occur when left handed PENTA elements are used in Heat Transfer. An avoidance is to use right handed numbering convention.
CR 1918 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - Superelements - Restarts In SOL 66, multiple file databases and usage of PARAM,RESDUAL will not work. CR 1919 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - Superelements - Restart Failure In SOL 66, with tip superelements, if the SEID is less than or equal to the number of nonlinear loops, the superelement data may be purged thus crippling the restart capability. An avoidance is to use large SEID numbers (larger than the DMAP loop indices). CR 1920 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SOL 66 - SFM 3081 In SOL 66 when MPC's are used in a subcase and then removed in a later subcase, SFM 3081 and SFM 3007 (subroutine NLMAPS) will occur. An avoidance is to include a dummy MPC in the subcase where the real MPC had been removed. CR 1921 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SSG1 - Illegal Operation If a METHOD card is present, but a LOAD Case Control card is not present, an error may occur. On IBM, for
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CR 1921 instance, an 0C1 message appears. An avoidance is to add a LOAD Case Control card.
CR 1922 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencing - PARAM,START - CPU Loop The PARAM,START card, used to influence the starting point used by the sequencer, may cause an endless loop in the SEQP module. This parameter should not be used. CR 1923 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - UMERGE1 - SFM 3007 This error occurs in SOL's 75 and 76 when PARAM,OPPHIPA,1 is used. An avoidance is to add the following alter: ALTER 968,968 $ MSC/62, SOL 76 ALTER 905,905 $ MSC/62, SOL 75 EQUIV PHIKA,PHIKH/NOUE COND SKPPKH,NOUE $ PARAML PHIDH//TRAILER/1/V,N,NOMDS $ PARAM //C,N,SUB/V,N,NOIS/NOMDS/NOUE $ MATGEN /PHIDV/6/NOMDS/NOIS/NOUE $ MERGE PHIKA,,,,PHIPV,/PHIKH/1 LABEL SKPPKH $ CR 1924 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,NODATA - SFM 3001, Various The DYNAMICS data block is not properly recovered from the database for data recovery restarts. This may lead to errors for modules which require it for input, such as RANDOM. An avoidance for this type of restart is: ALTER 1100 $ BEFORE DPD MSC/62, SOL 71 DBFETCH /DYNAMICS,,,,/ $ CR 1925
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CR 1925 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOL 75 - Missing Output Flutter Analysis with the KE-method does not loop in the FA1 module as described in the Aeroelastic Supplement. The FLUTTER card selects a list of density ratios, Mach numbers and reduced frequencies for the KE-method. When the KE-method is used, the first Mach number on the referenced FLFACT card will use all the density ratios and all the reduced frequencies on their respective FLFACT cards. The remaining Mach numbers will use only the first density ratio. The printed flutter summaries are correct, but not all of the requested output will be computed. It is recommended that only one Mach number appear on the FLFACT card per run. The remaining output can be obtained by a restart, while referring to only one Mach number. CR 1926 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buc - READ - SFM 3007 In SOL 65, if superelements are present, the differential stiffness matrix is not stored in the database, leading to the above error, or perhaps others. An avoidance is to add the following alter. It also eliminates the use of PARAM,SOLID1. The DMAP will be changed in a similar manner for MSC/63, so that this alter will provide a database that will be upward compatible with MSC/63. ALTER 203,203 $ REPLACE FETCH ON UGVS. MSC/62A. SOL 65 DBMGR //11/SOLID/SEID/DBSET3/S,N,NP//UGVSTAT $ TEST FOR PRESENCE COND LBLREST,NP $ DBMGR //9/SOLID/SEID/SOLID/SEID/DBSET3/UGVS/UGVSTAT $ RENAME LABEL LBLREST $ AVOID RENAME ON SOL65-SOL65 RESTART DBFETCH /UGVSTAT,ETT,,,/SOLID/SEID//DBSET3 $ ALTER 209,209 $ EMG EST,CSTMS,MPT,DIT,GEOM2S,UGVSTAT,ETT,EDT /KDELM,KDDICT,,,,/1/0/0/ CR 1928
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CR 1928 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Thermal Loads - Wrong Results In SOL 66 or SOL 99 with thermal loads on solid elements, if some subcases do not have thermal loads, wrong results will occur. Run may also crash in subroutine NHEXD or NPEND. An avoidance is to include a thermal load that has no delta temperature in subcases where thermal loads are not wanted. CR 1929 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Thermal Loads - Wrong Results In SOL 66 and SOL 99, nonlinear HEXA and PENTA elements give wrong results when thermal loading is present. (CDC and CRAY only) CR 1930 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - SOL TRANSIENT - UFM 4372 If the solution sequence request SOL TRANSIENT etc. is used, SOL 99 will always be selected, regardless of whether words such as DIRECT or MODAL are present. This includes the words that should select SOL's 27, 31, 69, 72, or 89. For nonsuperelement solution sequences, the run will terminate after the sequencer, without diagnostics. In superelement solution sequences, UFM 4372 occurs. An avoidance is to use a solution number rather than words for all transient analysis solution sequences. CR 1931 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP2 - Illegal Operation
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CR 1931 If no SUPER cards are present in the Case Control Deck, and SET cards exist, the error may occur. The error actually occurs in the PARAML module, after the SEP2 module, but the PARAML module does not cause messages in the Performance Summary Table. For example, "MODE ERROR" appears on Cyber computers. An avoidance is to place a SUPER=ALL card above the subcase level.
CR 1932 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SOL 99 - Wrong Results Stress output for the HEXA and PENTA elements in SOL 99 is wrong. This is a back-end recovery error only. CR 1933 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - MODACC - SFM 3002 If there is insufficient time available to compute all solutions requested in the FRRDI module in SOL 26, UWM 3045 appears, followed by SFM 3002. An avoidance is to reduce the numbers of frequencies on the FREQi cards, and/or increase the value on the TIME card. On restarts, it is necessary to force the FRRDI module to execute. A new, unreferenced FREQ card added to the Bulk Data Deck will cause this type of restart. CR 1934 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Checkpoint to Tape - Insufficient Privilege For Version 3.0 Operating Systems, MSC/NASTRAN does not recognize tapes. (VAX only) An avoidance may be to use the following .COM file: ASSIGN "MTA0" NPTP or ASSIGN "_MTA0" NPTP CR 1935
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CR 1935 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Preface - Various Imbedded blanks are not allowed on most Bulk Data card fields, and will usually cause preface errors. However, fields starting with zero (i.e. "0 1") will not cause the error to be detected. This error will be fixed in Version 63. It will also cause fatal error messages for other illegal cards that may be accepted on earlier versions. One such example is a real number input as - 1.0. The blank after the minus sign is illegal. CR 1936 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - SFM 3011 For the complex inverse power method, if the search region contains no roots at all, the noninformative diagnostic may occur. An avoidance is to move the search region nearer to the roots. Their imaginary part may be estimated by finding the real roots of the system in SOL 3. CR 1937 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA and PENTA - Wrong Results For Version 62, the default for IN on the PSOLID card was changed from IN=0 to IN=2. If a HEXA or PENTA element has mid-side nodes the default IN=2 will give questionable results. An avoidance is to set IN=3 for those particular elements. CR 1938 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - Wrong Answers If Method 1 is used when multiplying complex double precision matrices,
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CR 1938 wrong answers may be produced. This has been observed in an aeroelasticity problem, where the QHH matrix output from the AMP module had null columns where there should be full columns. The relevant input to the AMP module is usually single precision here, but was changed to double precision with a DMAP Alter. (IBM only) An avoidance is to block Method 1 on the NASTRAN card.
CR 1939 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Reduction - READ - UFM 3005 Generalized Dynamic Reduction sometimes produces singular MXX matrices. Typical model characteristics for this error include large masses for enforced displacement and/or uncoupled modes (for example, some modes dominated by plate bending, with other modes dominated by plate extension). The problem appears most often on long-word machines. (CRAY, CYBER, CDC/7600 only.) An avoidance is to reduce PARAM,EPSBIG from its default value of 1.E12. One deck that failed with UFM 3005 produced good modes when PARAM,EPSBIG,1.E8 was used. This parameter controls the number of raw eigenvectors discarded when they are not orthogonal to other vectors. A lower value of the parameter results in discarding of more vectors. CR 1941 MSC / MD Nastran ELEMENTS - QUAD4,TRIA3 - WRONG ANSWERS The stress output is incorrect for the subcase with no thermal loads when that subcase follows another subcase where a TEMPP1 card is referenced. An avoidance is to add a TEMP(LOAD) request that references a zero temperature rise. CR 1942 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1942 Material Nonlinearity - GAP Element - Documentation Error The documentation of shear force on the GAP element is incorrect. UM p.2.4-284c, figure 4 should have Fo replaced with zeros on all the given equations. CR 1943 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CNGRNT - SFM EMGPOM The use of the CNGRNT Bulk Data card when referencing HEXA or PENTA elements may fail. MSC is considering deletion of the CNGRNT card in future versions. Clients who may experience hardships because of this should contact Client Service at MSC. CR 1944 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - Contour Plots - Wrong Answers Contour plots which use the "MID" option do not provide correct answers for principal stresses and Hencky-Von Mises Stress. CR 1945 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - LOADCYH - Wrong Answers If the scale factor S1 (field 6) in a LOADCYH card is different from 1.0, and L1 (field 7) of the same card refers to a GRAV or RFORCE type load, erroneous results will occur. An avoidance is to use the desired scale factor value in Field 3 of the same card. CR 1946 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1946 Superelements - SEP2 - Wrong Answers If an SPC1 card uses the THRU option, and the range is within the range of exterior plus interior points of a superelement, but there are no grid points in the range of the THRU, one grid point below the THRU range and one grid point above the range will be incorrectly placed in the SPC set. This can either cause set conflicts in the GP4 module, or unintended constraints to ground. (All computers but VAX) An avoidance is to use an explicit set of grid points on the SPC1 card, rather than on the THRU option. CR 1947 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP2 - CPU Loop If a superelement has illegal subcases an endless loop may occur in the SEP2 module. This has been observed on VAX computers, for an image superelement with no subcases at all. An avoidance is to use the partially expanded subcase structure explained in Section 5.3.5 of the Handbook for Superelement Analysis. This method places a SUPER=ALL card above the subcase structure. CR 1948 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Transverse Shear - UWM 3103 Composite elements fail to generate correct MAT2 cards if three or more layers are identical. An avoidance is to make a slight variation for each ply's thickness or material orientation. CR 1949 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA - UFM 4156 If generalized dynamic reduction is requested for several superelements,
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CR 1949 then one superelement performs dynamic reduction, but a subsequent one does not, the error occurs downstream. This happens because there are no natural frequencies below FMAX, and the KLAA matrix for the first superelement is erroneously reused for the second superelement. An avoidance for SOL 63 is: ALTER 712,703 $ MSC/62A. DELETE SIMILAR STORE $ THAT ALSO HAS KLAA DBSTORE MLAA//SOLID/SEID/DBSET2 $ ALTER 660 $ AFTER LABEL CARL6 DBSTORE KLAA//SOLID/SEID/DBSET2 $ DBSTORE GOAQ//SOLID/SEID/DBSET1 $ Then, rerun the SEMR operation for the upstream superelement named in the fatal message.
CR 1950 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEDR - SEDR FATAL ERROR If PARAM,SOLID is changed on restart, but the SEMG operation is not reexecuted, the error occurs. This happens on load change restarts. Avoidances are to: 1. Also rerun SEMG - it is relatively cheap, or 2. Use the following alter to move a DMAP statement. The line numbers here are based on SOL 61. ALTER 206,206 $ DELETE HERE. MSC/62A ALTER 219 $ MOVE IT HERE DBMGR //7/MODEL/PEID/SOLID/SEID/DBSET1/ EQEXINS/EQEXINS $ EQUIV
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CR 1951 If DIAG 33 (request for Von Mises Stress) is used, the MAX SHEAR stress printed in the grid point stress output is wrong; it is the Von Mises Stress. CR 1952 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM - Wrong Answers The BEAM element mass matrix is not correct when neutral axis and nonstructural mass axis offsets are simultaneously used on the y and z element coordinate system. The resulting mass matrix is negative definite and results in negative eigenvalues that are neither computational zeros nor machine infinities. An avoidance is to set the mass density to zero on the MAT1 card, and input the beam element masses on CONM2 cards. Another avoidance is to use only a y or z offset (but not both) by transforming the element coordinate system. CR 1953 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAGONAL - Wrong Answers The WHOLE option in conjunction with the identity option for the DIAGONAL module produces an identity matrix instead of a whole matrix of ones. CR 1954 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SSGHT - UFM 2157 The following elements, QUAD4, TRIA3, HEXA, and PENTA are likely to encounter this overlay error in nonlinear heat transfer (SSGHT module) whenever TEMP(MATE) and/or coordinate systems are used. (IBM only)
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CR 1955 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLELAST - Wrong Answers The NLELAST type material nonlinearity identified on a MATS1 card in Field 4 does not work for three dimensional (solid) elements in Version 62A. CR 1956 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - QRG, GAP Element - SFM 4202 The GAP element has no differential stiffness and produces SFM 4202 when used in conjunction with Solution 64 or SOL 4. CR 1957 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - INREL - 0C1 This error has been observed in Versions 62 and 62A. It is an overlay error that occurs when the GOA data block is purged, i.e. no omitted degrees of freedom. (IBM only) An avoidance is to put a physical degree of freedom in the a-set. This will cause formation of GOA. CR 1958 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBMGR - Wrong Answers The DBSTORE operation will not purge superseded versions of data blocks on restarts when multiple database files (e.g., DB01, DB02, etc.) are present in the database subset. Subsequent fetch operations may fetch the superseded data block. Any one of a number of errors may occur depending on the type of restart and input data deck changes made. A sure avoidance is to hand purge all data blocks to be regenerated. Another avoidance is to number the most empty database file first, that is, name it DBO1.
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CR 1959 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLCOMB - SFM 3007 Solution 66 (Material Nonlinearity) will produce the System Fatal Message 3007 when two subcases request the same TEMP(LOAD)=XX selecting only a TEMPD card (no TEMP or TEMP1, etc.) and the second subcase has an additional applied load. An avoidance is to avoid repeating the same temperature set identification, by supplying the same data with a different set identification number. CR 1960 MSC / MD Nastran Limitations on Problem Size - Missing and Erroneou - No Message Whenever large output files (OFP records) and PLOAD1 cards are used, output problems may occur. An avoidance is to increase memory or reduce the output request. Another avoidance is to use an ALTER to directly OFP the SDR2 output and avoid the SDRX module which causes the error. CR 1961 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - FA1 - 0C4 When the KE-method is used with two Mach numbers on the FLFACT card referenced by Field 5 of the FLUTTER an 0C4 error is produced on IBM versions 61B, 62, and 62A. It is caused by an overlay error in the FA1 module. An avoidance is to use only one Mach number on the referenced FLFACT card. CR 1963 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER, NLTRD, SDRNL - Wrong Answers
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CR 1963 Wrong answers for SOL 66 or 99 are obtained when shear stress exists in 3 dimensional elements with Tresca, Mohr-Coulomb, and Drucker-Prager yield criteria. An avoidance is to use Von Mises criterion with 3-dimensional elements. CR 1964 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER, NLTRD, SDRNL - Wrong Answers A wrong stress solution for SOL 66 or 99 can occur when a TABLES1 card is used to define more than two piecewise linear curves for plastic material properties of a one dimensional element. An avoidance is to define plastic properties of one dimensional elements on MATS1 card without using TABLES1. CR 1965 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SOL 5 - SFM 3007 Boundary condition changes in SOL 5 are allowed with the RF5D65 rigid format alter. However, when rigid elements are present in the model without an MPC request, the SFM 3007 is obtained from the SCE1 module. An avoidance is to include an MPC request in the case control as indicated by the comments in the description of the RF5D65 in the User Manual, Section 3.5. CR 1966 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - O set - Wrong Answers If an O-set degree of freedom is connected to nonlinear elements, which is a modeling error, wrong answers are obtained with no message. The user is cautioned to be careful with the use of ASET and OMIT cards in SOL 99. CR 1967
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CR 1967 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - Wrong Answers Wrong answers occur for Method 4 Transpose (4T) when a complex double precision matrix is post multiplied by a complex double precision matrix which has multiple strings in one column or the column is longer than the buffer size. (VAX only) An avoidance is to deselect method 4T (see UM section 2.1). CR 1968 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SDRXD - UFM 3200 Selection of PLOAD1 cards in the dynamics solution sequences by more than one LSEQ card requires that the LSEQ cards be in sorted order in the SORTED Bulk Data Deck. Otherwise a User Fatal Message 3200 is obtained that reads "Logic error detected by subroutines TBLEDT 90=Locate code or value". An avoidance is to change the order of the input cards so the sorted LSEQ cards are in sort. CR 1969 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - Wrong Answers Matrices built with DMI input data cards will not be generated correctly if the THRU option is used to fill with zero. An avoidance is to not input zeros since they are not needed. CR 1970 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DFBS - SFM 2198 If SYSTEM(60) = (large number) on the NASTRAN card, and the matrix contains mechanisms, UIM 4158 will state that row 0 has a maximum ratio in the DECOMP module, then the FBS module will fail with a purged first
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CR 1970 input data block. The error occurs because this system cell is used for two purposes. It blocks the passive column logic, and also causes the module to terminate at the first mechanism encountered if 10**(-large number) underflows, as this is the number used to replace a zero on the factor diagonal. An avoidance is to remove SYSTEM(60) from the NASTRAN card.
CR 1972 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Beam Volumes - Calculated as zero The module ELTPRT used by RF24D32 computes a zero volume for the BEAM element when there is no continuation card defining other stations. It does not affect the solution, except that strain energy densities are set to zero also. An avoidance is to include a continuation card with YESA in the BCD field, and 1.0 in the station location field. CR 1973 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - Floating Point Overflow Models with very large eigenvalues have been observed to terminate in the READ module, when using the GIV method. This is usually caused by a deficient degree of freedom in the mass matrix that is approaching singularity. An avoidance is to use the MGIV method. CR 1975 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - Extra Points - Various An extra point that has the same identification number as a grid identification number has been observed to fail in TRD1 with a User Fatal Message 3005, ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE
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CR 1975 SINGULAR MATRIX (NONE) IN SUBROUTINE INITL. An avoidance is to change the identification number of the grid or extra point so that it is unique.
CR 1976 MSC / MD Nastran Database - Restarts - DMAP Error, Wrong Answers or May Fail If a previous run has created and stored a K4JJ matrix and the subsequent run tries to eliminate the structural damping matrix by recreating all matrices (e.g. with SEALL = ALL), the prior K4JJ matrix will be fetched from the database. This will cause wrong answers to be generated. It may also fail with SFM 3007 in the MATREDU module if the USET table is incompatible with the K4JJ matrix. An avoidance is to start with a clean database, or prepurge K4JJ with the DBMGR //5 command. See Appendix D of the Handbook for Superelement Analysis. CR 1977 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLTRD - Poor Convergence When extra points (EPOINT) are used in SOL 99, poor convergence and large unbalanced errors may occur. Nonlinear loads on extra points are not initialized to zero. It is suggested that you try to avoid the use of extra points with SOL 99 for Version 62A. CR 1978 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - Poor Convergence The material nonlinear solutions (SOL 66 and SOL 99) have an incorrect scale factor on the error scalar test variables in the nonlinear iteration module output. (Apollo and CDC only) No avoidance is known. However, the solution usually converges. CR 1979
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CR 1979 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Reduction - SUPORT or CSET - Wrong Answers When generalized dynamic reduction is used and there are no r-set or c-set degrees of freedom, some or all of the generalized coordinates may be erroneously discarded. An avoidance is to use PARAM,EPSRC,1.E-30 in the Bulk Data Deck. CR 1980 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - SSG1 - No Load Vector When a gravity load is combined with another load the gravity load will be ignored under the following condition; the GRAV load identification number is lower than the other load identification number and the CID on the GRAV card is not blank or zero. This is a UNIVAC only error, caused by improper overlay. An avoidance is to put the GRAV identification number higher than the other load identification numbers. CR 1981 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - GKAD - GINO Fatal Error 3012 The GKAD module fails when m-set (MPCS RBAR etc.) and o-set (omit) and no s-set (SPCs) are used in a dynamic solution. This error will occur only when a K2PP, B2PP, M2PP or Transfer Function is requested. It was observed that a GINO Fatal Error 3012 was generated by the GKAD module on a CYBER 750. An avoidance is to input an SPC on an unused degree of freedom. CR 1982 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - Card Replication
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CR 1982 Bulk Data card generation by replication described on page 2.4-4 of the User's Manual will not increment real fields that contain the E format real numbers (e.g. 1.E-4, 1.333-6).
CR 1983 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - Card Replication Bulk Data card generation by replication described on Page 2.4-4 of the User's Manual will not index the fields properly unless parentheses enclose the incremental number. This is not the case for the MSG/MESH replicator. CR 1984 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - CYCLIC1, CYCLIC2, UI - Bad Format of Messages User Information Message 4326 has been observed to output LOADCYH and GRAV card input data with improper formats. User Fatal Message 4316 has the leading three asterisks missing from the message. CR 1985 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - Restart Sol 63 from - Missing Output Restart of SOL 63 from SOL 64 with an Element Strain Energy request will not output the strain energy density. This is caused by SOL 64 not storing the element volumes on the database. An avoidance is to input an Alter to SOL 63 to generate the element volumes: ALTER 114 $ MSC/62A ELTPRT ,,,,,EST/VELEM/EST L$
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CR 1986 Miscellaneous - Replication - CP Loop Use of the replicator Bulk Data card = (0), which is not legal, causes the program to run until stopped. The replicator in MESH causes a proper fatal error. CR 1987 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SSGHT - Wrong Answers The TRIARG element produces wrong answers for the nonlinear heat transfer analysis. There is no known avoidance. CR 1988 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - SFM 4276 The large displacements for SOL 66 with the KMETHOD set to LSQN and KSTEP set to unity on the NLPARM card will cause the NLITER module to issue a System Fatal Message 4276. An avoidance is to use KMETHOD of SEMIQN instead of LSQN in Field 5 of the NLPARM card. CR 1989 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SSG3 - Divide by zero If a NOUTPUT or HOUTPUT card is not present in the case control, i.e. no cyclic output request, the SSG3 module will encounter a divide by zero. An avoidance is to place a NOUTPUT or HOUTPUT card in the Case Control Deck. CR 1990 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1990 Cyclic Symmetry - GRAV,RFORCE - Wrong Answers The request of GRAV or RFORCE loads with a LOADCYH card will have the S1 load factor on the LOADCYH ignored and a unit value will be used. A possible avoidance is, use the S load factor to change the scale. CR 1991 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP1 - Missing output The use of the "NONE" for output requests will cause the remaining subcases to have no output generated even when requested. For example, the following case control CEND . . STRESS=ALL SUBCASE 1 STRESS=NONE SUBCASE 2 STRESS=ALL BEGIN BULK will not generate any stress output. An avoidance is, do not use NONE as an output request.
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CR 1992 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DMI, Form 3 - Wrong Answers If the special diagonal matrix form, known as FORM 3 on DMI cards, is input to the ADD module, and the matrix contains a zero on the diagonal, wrong answers will result. If the ADD mdule is used to convert a vector to a diagonal matrix, as is done in some DMAP Alters in conjunction with the MODTRL module, and a term of the input matrix is null, then the output matrix will be null. An avoidance is to replace all zero terms with very small numbers, or use FORM 2 instead.
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CR 1993 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DMI,Form 7 - Wrong Answers If the special row vector form, known as FORM 7 on DMI cards, is input to the ADD module, and the vector contains a zero entry, wrong answers will result. An avoidance is to replace all zero terms with small numbers. A better avoidance is to change FORM 7 to FORM 2, which will produce a column vector. The column vector can be changed to a row vector with the TRNSP module. CR 1994 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - BAR - SFM 3007 BAR element force or stress data recovery in the dynamic solution sequences with distributed loads (PLOAD1) may cause a System Fatal Message 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE SDRXE5. This error is caused by having a set request in case control which does not include the highest numbered BAR element ID. An avoidance is to include the highest numbered BAR element ID in the output request. CR 1995 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SHEAR - Miscellaneous Errors If the differential stiffness matrix for a CSHEAR element has a nonbasic displacement coordinate system on any associated grid points, it may generate an unpredictable error such as a Mode Error or SFM 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE REIG on buckling problems, or wrong answers. (CDC, 7600, and CRAY only) An avoidance is to use the basic coordinate system for the displacement coordinate sytem for the associated grid points, or replace the SHEAR element with a QUAD4 element.
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CR 1996 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - Plotting - Missing Plot Output SOL 99 does not allow plotting of the stress data for the ROD element. No known avoidance. CR 1997 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLCOMB - SFM 3007 If all nonlinear elements become perfectly plastic, even though linear elements are present, then a System Fatal Message 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCINT< will occur. This is caused by an empty KDICT data block being input to the NLCOMB module. An avoidance is to use a small but finite value for the work hardening slope. CR 1998 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - SFM 4547 A one dimensional nonlinear element can not be modeled as a perfectlyplastic element. A finite value of the work hardening slope has to be used otherwise a System Fatal Message 4547 occurs, NO ELEMENT STIFFNESS CAN BE FOUND FOR ELEMENT XXX. The run terminates with a SFM 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NKUPTD. An avoidance is to use a small but finite value for the work hardening slope. CR 1999 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - SFM 3001
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CR 1999 The READ module used in an APPROACH DMAP with the third output (MI) purged can cause a System Fatal Message 3001. An avoidance is to supply the third output data block in the DMAP calling sequence. CR 2000 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Image Superelements - Wrong Answers If identical or mirror image superelements have scalar points as exterior points, they will produce wrong answers, unless these scalar points meet the conditions described in the avoidances below. This type of error can be detected by applying enforced deflections (SPCD cards) that should result in null internal loads ("rigid body checks"). Avoidances are to do any or all of the following. 1. Make the number of scalar points attached to each superelement an integer multiple of six, and/or 2. Number the scalar point IDs to be larger than any exterior grid point ID, for both the primary and image superelements, or 3. Replace the scalar points with grid points. (See the H/SEA, Section 4.1.5.)
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CR 2001 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - STRSORT - S1 Default The documentation in Section 3.1.3 of the User's Manual states that the S1 parameter defaults to 0. This is the default for V-61B. In Version 62 and 62A, the default was changed to -1. CR 2002 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 2002 Response Spectra - MODACC - OFREQ Requests The case control OFREQ request does not select the modes for response spectra analysis. Its presence is ignored in SOL 63. CR 2003 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SCALAR - Wrong Defaults The SCALAR module default values for the first and second parameters as documented in the User's Manual are not consistent with the MPL (Module Property List) default values. The U.M. indicates unity values whereas the MPL sets the values to 0. The SCALAR module obtains a value of zero for the matrix term using the default values. An avoidance is to not use the default values. CR 2004 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - GPFDR - CPU Loop Using SUBCOM/SUBSEQ commands in Cyclic Symmetry will result in a CPU loop in the GPFDR module. Cyclic Symmetry does not support the use of SUBCOM/SUBSEQ commands in the case control. An avoidance is to replace the SUBCOM with an appropriate SUBCASE and combine loads by using the LOAD Bulk Data card. CR 2005 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CDC 800 Series - Wrong Answers The CDC 800 Series computer will run only with the extended purge enabled. This is sometimes referred to as the slow mode. If the external purge is disabled then wrong answers or miscellaneous aborts may occur. If for
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CR 2005 example at your site the JCL card, MACHINE, EP=ON, then you are running with extended purge enabled. A binary patch has been made to Version 62B and a tape with the patched executable will be sent to all CDC clients currently authorized to use 800 series computers.
CR 2006 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLTRD - GINO FATAL MESSAGE 1409 TSTEPNL Material nonlinear transient solution (SOL 99) may obtain a GINO Fatal Message 1409 when the total number of time steps on the TSTEPNL card is not a multiple of the output interval. An avoidance is to use an even multiple of total number of time steps for the output interval. CR 2007 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - UMERGE - SFM 3007 In SOL 66 and 99 if the S-, O-, M- and R- sets are empty, a SFM 3007 will occur in UMERGE (V65) or UPARTN (V64). Avoidance: An avoidance is to include a dummy grid point that is totally constrained. CR 2008 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - FACOM Timing Data - Wrong Time Information The timing messages are wrong for the FACOM M/180 and M/200 models because the timing data block is not correct for these two models. It is suggested that users specify the "CFG" keyword on the "PARM" field, see page 7.6-4 of IBM Application Manual. "CFG" whould be set to 5 or 6 for M/180 or M/200, respectively. It should be noted that the model printed on the title page will be blank. (IBM 62A only) CR 2009
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CR 2009 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Doublet Lattice Meth - Divide by zero The description of the CAER01 card indicates that the chord dimension X12 or X43 may be zero but not both to obtain triangular surfaces. If X12 is set to zero but not X43 then the APD module obtains a divide by zero. An avoidance is to interchange the geometry on the CAER01 card to have X43 zero. CR 2010 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SDR2 - Wrong Answers The TRIA3 element force output for the bending moments is wrong and is often output as zero in SOL 66 and 99. The stress output is correct. There is no known avoidance. CR 2011 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW - Wrong Answers If AREA4 type CHBDY elements are not rectangular, the VIEW printed output is incorrect. However, the punched output is correct. This error is related to error 1715. An avoidance is to punch RADMTX and RADLST cards, then use them as input. CR 2012 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - Wrong Answers The PENTA element will yield wrong answers when used in SOL 66 or 99, unless the SIGMA-yz is zero. CR 2013
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CR 2013 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GPSP1, AUTOSPC - SFM 4276 If all degrees of freedom in a model are constrained by AUTOSPC, the USET trailer is not reset, causing SFM 4276.
Description An avoidance is to include a dummy disjoint problem with a nonconstrained degree of freedom. Known Error Product Abstract CR 2014 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SDRX - Missing Output A combination of BAR, BEAM, and BEND elements has been found that does not generate any output. A combination that causes this to happen is as follows: if PLOAD1 or CBARAO cards exist and element forces and stresses are requested and BAR and BEAM elements exist, but element stress or force output is requested for the BEAM and not the BAR, then the BEAM output data may possibly not be obtained. Other combinations of the BAR, BEAM, and BEND elements and similar output requests may have missing output. An avoidance is to use sets in the case control that include one each of the other elements. For example, if BEAMs and BARs exist, and only the BEAM stresses are requested, but forces are requested for the BAR and BEAM element, then ask for one BAR element in the output s CR 2015 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLTRD - Wrong Answers Large damping and multiple subcases will produce wrong answers in SOL 99. An avoidance is to not use subcases that have large damping changes. CR 2016 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 2016 Database - DBMGR - SFM 4165 The block amount check on a DBMGR//4 call fails if the allocated disk space for the database is completely filled up. An avoidance is to increase the allocation of the number of blocks for a database on a DBMGR//4 DMAP statement. CR 2017 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Composites - Wrong Answers If a nonzero ply orientation angle is used with a MAT8 card that has G1,z not equal to G2,z the resulting transverse shear terms [G3] will have a sign error on the off-diagonal terms. An Avoidance is to set G1,z and G2,z equal. CR 2020 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Composites - Wrong Answers When several plies are identical (i.e. equal thickness, material and angle), the stress recovery for interlamina shear stress may give wrong results. An avoidance is to change ply angles slightly so that identical plies become unique. CR 2021 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Case Control SET Car - UFM 614 The SET card on the Case Control Deck must satisfy the following rule: An EXCEPT list may not include a THRU list. An avoidance is to remove the THRU that is intended for the EXCEPT. CR 2022
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CR 2022 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CHKPNT - NASTRAN FATAL MESSAGE 9876 If the CHKPNT module is used to checkpoint a data block in Link 8 an 0C4 fatal error will be encountered. This error is caused by an overlay error. (IBM only). An avoidance would be to force a link switch before the CHKPNT module. CR 2023 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - RANDOM - Wrong Answers A RANDOM request for AUTO correlation functions with the coupled formulation will generate wrong answers except for zero values for the lag constants on the RANDT1 card. There is no known avoidance. CR 2024 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Composites - Wrong Answers for Thermal Loads When a composite plate is not symmetric about its grid plane, the resulting alpha terms are incorrect, thus causing poor results in thermal analysis. A possible avoidance for some applications is to use a plate that is symmetric about its grid plane (i.e., zero G-4 terms). CR 2025 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - SOL 64 - SPCFORCES The SPCFORCE request in SOL 64 produces different output than the other solution sequences. The output represents the difference between the element forces and applied loads which includes the forces of multi-point constraints and nonconvergence errors
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CR 2025 at free points, in addition to forces of single point constraint. In Version 68 this limitation has been removed by adding a new feature. The new feature is governed by the bulk data parameter SPCFOPT as follows: SPCFOPT = -1 capability disabled; old SOL 64 results = 0 (default) SPC forces computed correctly = +1 same as 0, adds MPC and residual force output using MATGPR An avoidance is to use SOL 66 to perform the geometric nonlinear analysis.
CR 2028 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - Element Dampers - Missing Output For modal frequency and transient response, element force output requests for CVISC and CDAMPi elements are ignored if the matrix method of data recovery is used. Avoidance: An avoidance for frequency response is to request the mode displacement method of data recovery by setting PARAM,DDRMM,-1. For transient response it is recommended that an MPC relationship be developed such that the motion of an added SPOINT is equivalent to the relative motion between the end point of the damper element. The velocity output for the SPOINT can then be made to equal the force in the viscous damper. The following would be an example for SPOINT id 1001, where grid ids 11 and 12 are the ends of the damper and B is the damping value. MPC,1,1001,1,1.,10,1,B ,,11,1,-B
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CR 2038 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Composite Transverse Shear Modulus Limitations The transverse shear flexibility terms for composite plate elements calculated from the PCOMP and MAT8 entries assume that primary bending occurs in the
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CR 2038 overall material coordinate system defined by the angle on the CQUAD4 (CTRIA3, etc.) entries. Transverse shear flexibility and stresses may have poor accuracy if transverse shear bending loads are not in the direction of the material X and Y axes, or if significant twist loads are present. This is a general limitation in all general purpose finite element programs due to the plate having insufficient degrees of freedom to account completely for stresses caused by both transverse shear bending loads and twist loads. This is documented in other words in the MSC/NASTRAN V68 Reference Manual, Chapter 6 - Material Properties, Section 6.5 -
CR 2043 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 78 - Fatal Error Whenever applied loads are placed on degrees of freedom in the s-set, the SDR1 module will encounter the fatal error, ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES. The PSF data block output by the FRLG module has not been made compatible with the displacement vector. Avoidances are to remove the offending loads or not request SPCFORCES. Another avoidance is to use SOL 88. CR 2049 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - H/DA - UWM 4312 The page describing the CONM2 Bulk Data entry in the Handbook for Dynamic Analysis is in error. The fields identified for mass moments of inertia are incorrect. See the User's Manual description of this entry for the correct format. This also applies to the TF Bulk Data entry. This error is considered fixed because this manual has been superseded by the Dynamic User's Guide. CR 2053 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 2053 Elements - IFP - Poor Format, UFM 316 Bulk Data entries which have noninteger values in Field 2 will yield a poor message if there is an input error on the entry. This may occur on input data entries such as: AXSLOT, BDYLIST, FSLIST, and VARIAN. Version 70 issues the following clear message, thus the error is considered fixed: USER FATAL MESSAGE 313 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL NUMBER OF WORDS ON BULK DATA ENTRY AXSLOT ******** SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 1 There is no known avoidance. However, the sorted "Card Count" will indicate the offending entry.
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CR 2057 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook of Dynamic - UFM 3005 If the Lagrange Multiplier method described in Section 3.5.4.3 of the Handbook of Dynamic Analysis is used, a fatal message of the form "Attempt to operate on the singular matrix (NONE) in subroutine INITL" will result.
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An avoidance is to add very small numbers on the diagonal terms of the stiffness matrix for the Lagrange Multiplier variables. Numbers of the size of 1.E-30 have been adequate for cases tested by MSC. In addition, extra points used with Lagrange Multipliers should be sequenced after the grid points, which can be done by defining extra points with identification numbers greater than 1000. CR 2064 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook of Dynamic - Missing Subsections On page 7.3-8 of the Handbook of Dynamic Analysis, subsections 7.3.6 and 7.3.7 are referenced. However, they are not present. They will be delivered as Application Notes in a future newsletter.
CR 2066 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SESET - Insufficient Core or Poor Efficiency Use of large THRU ranges on SESET Bulk Data entries in superelement analysis may cause excessive run time (or apparent core requirements) if the range contains only a few grid points. This has also been observed in cases where there are no grids in the range specified on the SESET entry. The cause is under investigation. An avoidance is to use THRU ranges that are densely filled with grids, or to explicitly define each grid on the SESET entry. Another avoidance is to place each grid into the appropriate superelement on Field 9 of the GRID entry.
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CR 2090 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - DDR2 - GINO FATAL ERROR 3012, UFM 5423 When the modal acceleration data recovery method is used in SOL 31 or SOL 72 and a SUPORT entry is present, SFE 3012 may result in the DDR2 module. Since in most conditions the SUPORT entry must be present in a modal transient response with rigid body modes, the mode acceleration method may not be used on a structure having rigid body modes. There is no known avoidance.
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CR 2095 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEAM - GINO FATAL MESSAGE 3012 Follower forces for the BEAM element are ignored in SOL 66. Attempted use of follower forces (on the PLOAD1 Bulk Data card) may result in GINO FATAL MESSAGE 3012 during data recovery (in module SDRX). There is no known avoidance.
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CR 2101 Elements - RBE3 - Poor Diagnostic, UFM 2332A When duplicate grid ID and component numbers are specified on an RBE3 Bulk Data card, UFM 2332A, INDEPENDENT MPC COMPONENT (SIL) XX IS ALSO THE DEPENDENT COMPONENT, may result. This message is misleading in that the error has nothing to do with independent MPC components. This message is also poor in that the Scalar Index List (SIL) is referenced, and not the offending duplicate grid ID. CR 2113 MSC / MD Nastran MSGMESH, MSGSTRESS, MSGVIEW - MAREA - Fatal Error When the MAREA entry is used to equivalence parallel generator lines to a single active line, MSGMESH may incorrectly equivalence end points of the parallel generator lines. An avoidance is to use MLINE entries after the offending MAREA entries to equivalence end points of the generator line to single active points.
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CR 2117 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - SET2 - SFM 5042 If a SET2 entry references a SET entry which in turn lists element or grid point identification numbers greater than 131,071 and also uses the THRU option, then the program will issue SFM 5042. This error has been marked fixed in 67 because we have not ported to CDC since Version 66. (CDC only)
Description An avoidance is to reduce the element or grid point identification numbers. Another avoidance is to specify each identification number separately and not use the THRU option. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 2125 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SOL 24 - UFM 4574 UFM 4574 occurs if all displacement vectors for a boundary condition
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CR 2125 loop are null. This also occurs for a nonlooping solution with a null load vector. An avoidance is to create a nonnull load (and displacement) vector by applying a small, nonzero load.
CR 2141 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP - No Message Whenever any of the superelement solution sequences uses only external superelements, the SEQP module output indicates that the residual structure is sequenced and no message is given to indicate that the sequencing output will be discarded.
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An avoidance that allows resequencing of the residual structure is to input the external superelement matrices as INPUTT4, DMI or DMIG input and not use CSUPER entries to indicate the external superelement. Another avoidance is to place most of the residual structure in an internal superelement. Note that when internal superelements are present in the input data, the SEQP module does not output any statistics about the residual structure. CR 2150 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBMGR - SFM 4212, SFM 4276 If a database or multiple databases are to be unloaded to a single device, then the total number of blocks cannot exceed 65,535. This is an MSC/NASTRAN internal I/O limit and applies to any output file such as an NPTP. Avoidance: Multiple databases may be unloaded to separate units. Increasing the BUFFSIZE will allow fewer blocks to be written and thus may also help avoiding this error. CR 2152 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - SOL 66 Restart Param - UFM 5225, SFM 3007 A SOL 66 cold start with parameters that are intended for use in restarts;
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CR 2152 such as, SUBID, LOOPID, and LOADINC, will produce fatal message 5225 and, in some cases, 3007. An avoidance is to assure that the above parameters do not appear in the Bulk Data Deck of a cold start.
CR 2187 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - UMERGE - SFM 3007 This error occurs in the operation on the YS vector immediately after the GP4 module if all the degrees of freedom in the residual structure are in the s-set. An avoidance is to have at least one degree of freedom in the residual structure, that is free to move and nonsingular. CR 2206 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - SDR2 - Missing Output A request for acceleration or velocity output at a given set of points in a response spectra run will not be honored unless a displacement request for the same set of points is also present. An avoidance is to include a displacement request for the same set of points where accelerations or velocities are requested. For example: SET 28 = 1,7,9,12,56,83 DISP(PLOT) = 28 ACCEL = 28 VELO = 28 CR 2217 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - Solution Sequences - SFM 3001 On some machines, an insufficient number of files may be allocated during the processing of solution sequences which may result in the unintentional purging of data blocks. This error was observed in SOL 89 in the VDR
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CR 2217 module. The EQDYN data block, which is a required input data block for the VDR module has been unintentionally purged in a prior operation. (APOLLO, IBM, CDC 7600 only) On the Apollo and IBM machines, an avoidance is to increase the MAXFILES system cell on the NASTRAN command from the default of 40 to 60. On the CDC 7600 machine, an avoidance is to insert a DMAP Alter that would circumvent the unintentional purging. In the particular error described above, the avoidance is to insert the following alter: ALTER 817 $ MSC/64 PARAML GOA//PRES////V,N,NPP $
CR 2230 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Primer, - Incorrect Description In section 9.10.1.2 of the MSC/NASTRAN Primer by Harry Schaeffer, it states for the CHEXA element that the "nodes G1 through G4 must define a face having an inward normal." This is not an actual requirement. The normal may point outward also. CR 2251 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOLs 75 and 76 - Restarts To perform efficient restarts with aeroelastic solution sequences, one may be required to possess knowledge of the manner in which the DMAP handles the looping over the Mach number and reduced frequency pairs. This DMAP knowledge is only required when a run is terminated during the aerodynamic matrix generation loop. A typical termination may be caused by exceeding the allowed CPU time. Another case may occur when the user wishes to switch from SOL 75 and restart in SOL 76, but has not included the entry PARAM,GUSTAERO,-1 in the SOL 75 run. The DMAP loop which includes the AMG and AMP modules was written expressly to perform efficient restarts for generation of the aerodynamic matrices. However, this efficiency comes with an associated
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CR 2251 cost. The decomposition factors of the ae
CR 2262 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - RF24D32 - No Message If Rigid Format alter RF24D32 is used, then SOL 24 may not detect errors related to stiffness matrix generation. For example, if a PBAR entry improperly references a MAT2 card, then no message will appear. Whereas, without the alter, SOL 24 will issue UFM 2113. The error occurs because the stiffness matrix generation steps, in which UFM 2113 would be issued, are skipped in RF24D32 in order to reduce the CPU time. On CRAY machines the run may terminate with a Floating Point Exception. An avoidance is to modify the EMG statement in the alter so that it will generate the KELM and KDICT data blocks. See below: EMG EST,CSTM,MPT,DIT,GEOM2,,,/KELM,KDICT,MELM,MDICT,,/ -1/S,N,NOMGGX/0///C,Y,COUPMASS $ However, this modification will increase
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CR 2295 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - BEAM - UIM 4550 or Infinite CPU Loop A beam element with geometric nonlinearity may not allow solution convergence if the distortion is such that the elemental x-axis crosses the updated orientation vector. In SOL 66 or 99, UIM 4550 will be issued and, in SOL 64, an infinite CPU loop may occur. An avoidance is to specify an orientation vector that is perpendicular to the element.
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CR 2296 Miscellaneous - Punched Output - Wrong Answers Punched output may contain seemingly meaningless numbers intermixed with the correct output. This will occur for element strain energy punched output (ESE(PUNCH)=n) and other output that has alpha strings intermixed with the real numbers. It can also happen with any punch if the punch thinks a certain number is real when it is really integer, or the reverse. The DEC Alpha is particularly sensitive to this in that it will crash when it occurs with no message and no "end of job" in the .f06. In the .log file you get: time: command terminated abnormally The punch file will be missing data and a large file named "core" will be in the JID directory. Avoidance: As an avoidance in Version 68, setting system(210)=1 will cure the crash. Unfortunately, it will also occasionally cau
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CR 2312 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - Unrecognized Qualifier The command procedure described in Section 7.6.8 in the Application Manual will issue the message "~'NASEXE0'EXTRACT - %DCL-W-IVQUAL Unrecongnized Qualifier" in VAX VMS Version 4 and up. Consequently, the procedure will not function properly. (VAX VMS 4, MSC/64 only) The avoidance is to replace three lines in the procedure which invoke the SOS editor with equivalent commands from the EDT editor. After: $LIBR/TEXT/LIST=TEMPFILE.XYZ 'P1''P2' Insert: $EDIT TEMPFILE.XYZ D 1 THRU 8 EXIT Delete the next 3 lines which invoke the SOS editor.
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CR 2319 Static Analysis - PLOAD1 and SORT2 - Wrong Answers In SOL 24, the effects of distributed loading with PLOAD1 are not reflected in the element stress and force output in the SORT2 format. The fix to this error requires changes to the SOL 24 DMAP which would necessitate all user DMAPs to be modified. Since there are several possible avoidances it has been decided that it is in the user's best interest to maintain the upward compatibility of the user's DMAPs and leave this error as a general limitation. One avoidance is to use SOL 61 or SOL 101. An alternate avoidance is to apply the following DMAP alter. compile sol24 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 176 SDRX CASECC,OEF1,OES1,GEOM2,GEOM3,EST,CSTM,MPT,DIT/ OEF1X,OES1X/S,N,NOX $ alter 178,178 SDR3 OUGV1,OPG1,OQG1,OEF1X,OES1X,/OUGV2,OPG2,OQG2,OEF2,OES
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CR 2322 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSGMESH Analyst's Gu - Incorrect Documentation On page 3-3 in the MSGVIEW portion of the MSGMESH Analyst's Guide, it states that MSGVIEW plot sets are printed in the the MSGMESH output. This print option was removed prior to the release of MSC/NASTRAN Version 64. CR 2330 MSC / MD Nastran Random Response Analysis - RANDPS - SWM 3002, Missing Output If multiple RANDPS entries appear in the Bulk Data with the same set identification number (SID) and the same subcases specified for J and K, then SWM 3002 will be issued and random analysis data recovery will not be completed. A correction to this error was integrated into Version 65B and later systems but the fix is incorrect. The incorrect fix results in UFM 5418 whenever duplication of fields J,
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CR 2330 K and X is encountered on any RANDPS entry. The code should check for duplication of SID, J, and K. This error has been corrected in Version 69. Avoidance: An avoidance for systems prior to Version 65B is to specify unique SIDs for each RANDPS entry. In Version 65B and later systems the avoidance is to modify the X value (field 5) whenever there are duplicates across fields 3,4,
CR 2341 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity (SOL 64 - Follower Forces, SPC - Wrong Answers In SOL 64, follower forces are computed using the load requests of the present iteration and the geometry of the previous iteration. However, the geometric effects on follower forces, implied by a SPCD request, is not reflected until the next iteration. There is no known avoidance.
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CR 2375 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - XYPLOT, CDAMPi,CVISC - Missing Plot Output In the documentation for XYPLOTS, User's Manual Section 4, it implies the CDAMPi AND CVISCi elements are treated exactly the same as CELASi AND CONROD elements, respectively for plot requests. However, General Limitation 2028 states: "For modal formulations, element force output requests for CVISCi and CDAMPi elements are ignored, if the matrix method of data recovery is used." An avoidance is given for this General Limitation and is applicable for XYPLOT output requests. Avoidance: An avoidance is to request the mode displacement method by including PARAM,DDRMM,-1 in the Bulk Data Deck. The XY output for damping and elastic elements must be requested by separate commands.
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CR 2377 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Follower Forces - Wrong Answers This error is related to Error 2237 but it occurs for all follower force type loads, including thermal loads, in SOL 66. Wrong answers are produced when a stiffness matrix update and new load factor are computed simultaneously. This is likely to happen with the ITER (LSQN) and SEMI (SEMIQN) methods, since stiffness matrix updates are prescribed by these methods. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to use the AUTO method (with a large KSTEP, e.g., 20) to prevent any stiffness matrix updates from occurring.
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CR 2378 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - Lanczos - Unexplainable User Message If the Lanczos method is used for an eigenvalue analysis, the following termination message may be issued in the eigenvalue analysis summary: NOT ALL EIGENVALUES FOUND IN RANGE. This message is given when three consecutive shifts have failed to produce any new eigenvalues. (V65 only) Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. The user should try rerunning the problem with a different frequency range in order to force the shift algorithm to select a different series of shift values. Please refer to Error 2571 for a related error.
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CR 2383 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - GP1 - UFM 2012 Superelement solution sequences 74 and 89 fail to accept upstream superelements when an SPOINT entry exists. Avoidance: The avoidance is to change all SPOINT type entries to GRIDS entries. CR 2388
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CR 2388 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - - NASTRAN Will Not Execute VAX must have VMS 4.0 Operating System or greater in order to run MSC/65.
Description Avoidance: If clients have VMS 3.X Operating System installed and want to leave it at 3.X, they should use MSC/64. (VAX V65 only)
CR 2393 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - GPSTR2 - Divide by zero If in SOL 5 a grid point stress output request is made above the subcase level, a machine dependent error indicating divide by zero will be issued. (V65 only)
Description Avoidance: Grid point stress output requests should be placed within the first subcase only. In Version 66, the user should use SOL 105. Known Error Product CR 2406 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - SDAMPING - Wrong Answers, Missing Messages The SDAMPING Case Control command can select only one entry in the superelement sequences. No warning messages are issued that any subsequent SDAMP requests are being ignored. The solution uses the initial SDAMP request and produces plausible but wrong results. UM 2.3 description of the command has a qualified remark directing the user to include multiple FREQ requests which needs a further qualification to indicate that it applies only to the Rigid Formats. MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 will be enhanced to support multiple SDAMP entries. Avoidance: If the user wishes to use multiple SDAMP requests in the
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CR 2406 Solution Sequences Unstructured or Structured, then multiple restarts must be employed.
CR 2414 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - SOLs 27,31,69,72,109,112 - SORT1 Output Unavailable When performing either Direct Transient Response, SOL 27, or Modal Transient Response, SOL 31, if SORT1 output is requested SORT2 output will be obtained. Avoidance: Either SOL 69 or 109 with PARAM,CURVPLOT,1 or SOL 72 or 112 with PARAM,CURVPLOT,1 and PARAM,DDRMM,-1 may be substituted for SOL 27 and SOL 31 respectively. Else one of the following alters must be included depending on the solution and PARAM,DDRMM option requested: ALTER 449 $ SOL 27 JUMP LSORT1 $ ALTER 477,478 $ ALTER 481,481 $ ALTER 557 $ SOL 31 WITH DDRMM=-1 JUMP LSORT1 $ ALTER 586,586 ALTER 588,588 ALTER 524 $ SOL 31 WITH DDRMM=0 (DEFAULT) JUMP LBLDRM1 $ ALTER 586,586 $ ALTER 588,588 $
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CR 2432 MSC / MD Nastran Hydroelastic Analysis - VECPLOT/PLOT - SFM 4276 If determination of the differential stiffness matrix is desired in a SOL 64 run with hydroelastic elements present in the model, SFM 4276, Recovery Code 7777 will occur in the VECPLOT
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CR 2432 and PLOT modules. Avoidance: The following alter must be included to avert this problem. $ -------------------- FOR MSC/64 & MSC/65 ------------------$ MODIFIES THE SIL AND BDPDT TABLE FOR HYDROELASTIC ALTER 44,44 $ UNDEFORMED SHAPE PLOT PLTTRAN GBGPDT,GSILS/BGPDP,SIP/V,N,LUSET/S,N,LUSEP $ TABPT BGPDP,SIP,GBGPDT,GSILS, // $ PLOT PLTPAR,GPSETS,ELSETS,CASECC,BGPDP,GEQEXINS,SIP,, GECTS,,/ PLOTX1/NSILS/LUSEP/S,N,JUMPPLOT/1/S,N,PFILE $ $ ALTER 163,163 $ FOR VECPLOT PL
CR 2443 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response and Random - RANDOM - SFM 3002 If in Random Analysis the referenced RANDPS entry references subcases that do not exist, SFM 3002 will be issued indicating an EOF has been reached. Avoidance: The user should check his input to insure the referenced subcases exist. If the user is using superelements or attempting random analysis of the solution set, please refer to error numbers 2431 and 2471 for additional information. CR 2452 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MCE1 - UFM 5303 In MSC/NASTRAN II, if the [Rmm] matrix which defines the multipoint constraint equations is not diagonal, the UDCOMP subroutine which is not available in MSC/NASTRAN II will be called resulting in UFM 5303. Avoidance: In the coding of rigid elements the user can avoid off diagonal terms in the [Rmm] matrix by not specifying degrees of freedom as dependent on one rigid element and independent on another. In most practical applications, this error cannot be avoided for the RBE3 element. CR 2462
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CR 2462 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook for Superelement Analysis - Comp. Mode Synthesis The Handbook for Superelement analysis, Section 3.1.10, references an MSC "internal document" on component mode synthesis. This document is now available as MSR-71, and may be ordered in the same manner as other user documentation. The decks for the examples referred to in Section 4.1 and 4.2 of MSR-71 will be included on the delivery tape in Version 67.5 and later systems and will be named COMP4P1*.DAT and COMP42*.DAT. However, the method described in MSR-71 which utilizes SOL 41, 42, and 43 is no longer the preferred approach for component mode synthesis. These solutions are no longer maintained. The preferred approach is documented in a paper presented at the 1990 World User's Conference entitled "Creation of and use of "CraigBampton" Models using MSC/NASTRAN" written b CR 2471 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response and Random - RANDOM - Wrong Answers Error 2423 and General Limitation 1602 instruct the user to duplicate requests for random analysis of the solution set in SOL 71, once as a solution set request, ie. SDISP, and once as a nonsolution set request, ie. DISP. However, when more than one subcase is involved on the related RANDPS Bulk Data entry, the PSDF results will incorrectly be that of only one subcase.
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Avoidance: To get proper results the user must strictly adhere to the following procedure: 1. You must make a case control request for the solution set variables desired, SDISP, SVELO or SACCE, with the SORT2 modifier. Physical output requests should not be included within the same run. 2. The XYPLOT requests for random output should be for
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CR 2496 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - HBDA, Dynamic Reduction - Poor Answers Documentation for the use of GDR, section 4.1 of the Handbook for Dynamic Analysis, instructs the user to use the defaults for NQDES, NIRV, and NIT, else accuracy or efficiency penalties will be experienced. It assures the user that all vibration modes below FMAX will be computed accurately if these procedures are followed. Although these recommendations are valid for most models, investigations have revealed models where these defaults are not adequate. This topic is discussed further in Section 5.1 of the Handbook for Dynamic Analysis. Models with many closely spaced roots and/or a large number of roots requested are particularly susceptible to missed roots and loss of accuracy. The user should be aware that there are limitations to the method and the number of accurate roots is dep CR 2503 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA2 - SFM 3003 In SOL 75 using the KE flutter method, piston theory aerodynamics, SFM 3003 will be encountered in the FA2 module. (IBM only) Avoidance: No known avoidance is available. CR 2515 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEND - Wrong Answers If the alternate form of the PBEND card is used and FSI is set to 2 or 3, incorrect answers will result. FSI=2 will produce incorrect stresses. Whereas, FSI=3 applies a flexibility correction factor for a curved pipe under pressure rather than an equivalent straight pipe. This leads to poor answers for displacements. Furthermore, the location of the four points chosen for stress output as documented in Section 1.3 of the User's Manual may not be the maximum stress locations.
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CR 2515 Avoidance: Other than using FSI set to 1, there is no known avoidance.
CR 2554 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity (SOL 64 - - SFM 4275, SFM 4276 Requests for displacements output only in a SOL 64 run may result in "SFM 4275 DURING A DB READ OPERATION" followed by "SFM 4276 IONAST EC 1302". (Apollo V65, CRAY X-MP/COS V65A only) Avoidance: This problem is not yet fully understood. However, a request for additional output such as SPCFORCE and ELFORCE in conjunction with the DISP request has averted the problem on both machines where the problem has been discovered. CR 2583 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - UWM 5409, UFM 4553, 4542 If in material nonlinear analysis the structure is not subjected to any mechanical loads but is subjected to thermal loads, UFM 4542: NO LOAD INCREMENT EXISTS FOR NONLINEAR SUBCASE may be output. This is a limitation of the design and will happen whenever the temperature loads cause no loads to be passed down to the l-set. For example, a symmetric flat plate supported on all sides or a simple beam supported on both ends subjected to only thermal loads will produce the fatal message. A possible alternative to UFM 4542 is some noise loads get passed down to the l-set and job will fail with maximum number of bisections or minimum load step has been reach. Avoidance: If the fatal message is obtained, a small dummy mechanical load will have to be applied.
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CR 2588 Elements - CBAR,CBEAM - Poor Answers If the orientation vector for a CBAR or CBEAM element is defined nearly parallel with the elements axis, UFM 2026 may fail to appear. The resulting element coordinate system may be randomly defined, which may result in poor answers depending on the section properties of the element.
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Avoidance: The user should ensure that the orientation vectors are at an angle of at least one degree from the element axis so as not to introduce numerical difficulties in the problem. In Version 66 this error message has been changed to UWM 5464 or 5487 which will be issued whenever the orientation angle is less than one degree. In Version 66 if the orientation angle is exactly zero, then the job will eventually fail. Some machines may issue SFM 4276 EC 7777 in the output, however, other may CR 2609 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLTVEC,SEUPPLOT - PACKUNPK FM 211 The SEUPPLOT feature may not be reliable for large models and multi-level superelement decks. Observed problems include: PACKUNPK FATAL MESSAGE 211 in the PLTVEC module, missing plot output, and incorrect deformed plots. In most cases the aforementioned fatal message will occur as the result of an improper restart. The problem is not yet fully understood and users are request to forward problem data decks to MSC. Avoidance: The user may be able to avoid difficulties by plotting one superelement at a time using SEPLOT. The scale information output by the PLOT module may be useful in obtaining plots of individual superelements that are to a compatible scale.
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CR 2612 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual,S - UWM 4591 The MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual page 2.2-13 illustrates the SURFACE
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CR 2612 command format. The OUTPUT parameter shown in field four is not a legal parameter. Use of this parameter on the SURFACE command will result in UWM 4591, ILLEGAL PARAMETER SPECIFICATION ON A SURFACE OR VOLUME CARD. This documentaion has been superseded by the Quick Reference Guide. The SURFACE command as well as all other plot commands are now documented in the QRG. Avoidance: Remove the OUTPUT parameter from the SURFACE command format description in the Application Manual.
CR 2623 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - A.M. 2.4 - Generalized Dynamic Reduction Section 2.4 of the Application Manual documents the algorithm used in the DYCNTR Module to determine the DYNRED parameters when the auto select feature is used. This documentation incorrectly states that the solution for the equations in brackets are rounded up to the next integer value when in actuality they are truncated to the next lowest integer value. Furthermore, the documentation does not list two of the criteria used in the algorithm. The first is that the LCSET cannot be greater than the number of non null mass columns and the second is that the LCSET will be adjusted up such that Nr, the number of initial random vectors calculated within the module, will divide evenly into LCSET. Avoidance: The differences should be noted in the A.M.
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CR 2627 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER - Excessive Wall Clock Time When running SOL 66 on Version 64 for the IBM VM/CMS, excessive elapsed time may be encountered. The ratio of elapsed time to CPU time may be as great as 50:1 (IBM VM/CMS V64 and V65C only) Avoidance: The problem is the result of the overhead involved with link switching. This error is considered corrected by offering a single link version of the IBM VM/CMS system in Version 67.5. A possible
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CR 2627 avoidance is to try to decrease DMAP looping by selecting appropriate parameters on the NLPARM card. For example, avoid using ITER or LSQN with KSTEP=1. In other words, make the problem converge as fast as possible by minimizing stiffness updates.
CR 2641 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - NLITER, MPYAD - SFM 3001, SFM 3007, UFM 5423 CLOAD entries must be used to apply load to upstream superelements in SOL 66. If loads are applied upstream and CLOAD entries are not used, SFM 3001 and SFM 3007 will be output from the NLITER module.
Description Avoidance: Input the required CLOAD Case Control and Bulk Data entries to avoid this error. See Application note dated June 1990 for proper application of CLOAD input. Known Error Product Abstract CR 2643 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RBE3 - SFM 2038 Internally, the [Rm] matrix formed by the RBE3 element is always of the order of six by six. Thus, if less than six degrees of freedom are specified for the independent degrees of freedom, the [Rm] matrix may be singular causing the run to fail with SFM 2038 SINGULAR MATRIX FOR ELEMENT being output. Avoidance: It is required that six independent degrees of freedom always be specified. An Application Note on the proper selection of the independent degrees of freedom, published in June of 1985, should be referred to. SOL 60 should be used to test the numerical stability of MPC's and rigid elements. CR 2648 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - HBT, TRIARG,TRAPRG - Flux Output Coordinate System
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CR 2648 The Handbook for Thermal Analysis, page 3.3-18, incorrectly states that the thermal gradient and heat flux is output in the radial and axial directions. In fact, these quantities are output in an element coordinate system as described in the Handbook for Thermal Analysis page 3.3-19 and the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual page 1.3-26.
CR 2664 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSGMESH, EDGER - MSGMESH ERROR 9358 On page 14-31 of the MSGMESH manual, Remark 3 under the EDGER entry states that: "Thirty triplets of entries Di, Gi and Gi+1 may be entered on a single logical EDGER card." In fact, if more than 16 triplets are specified on a single logical EDGER entry MSGMESH ERROR 9358 will result. CR 2665 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - Structural Damping M - Poor Answers In SOL 99, the structural damping matrix is not updated. This may lead to poor answers in large deflection problems. Nonlinear damping generation will be implemented in SOL 129 and SOL 99 in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. Avoidance: No known avoidance exists CR 2677 MSC / MD Nastran Single and Multipoint Constrai - GP4 - Poor Message An RBE3 element coded with the same grid point component twice may result in UFM 5289: MPC COMPONENT WITH EXTERNAL ID = *** APPEARS MORE THAN ONCE ON THE SAME MPC CARD. For an RBE3 element, the indicated grid ID will always be that of the REFGRID specified in field four of the Bulk Data card, not that of the repeated grid ID. Avoidance: Although the message does not lead the user to the exact duplicated field, it does indicate the
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CR 2677 incorrectly coded rigid body element. The user should inspect the indicated element and remove duplicated components.
CR 2684 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - COMIFP - Wrong Results In SOL 60 and SOLs 101-200, with PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES, PARAM,COMPARE produces wrong results for the comparison of databases at the superelement level. The results will show that every Bulk Data entry in the GEOM1S file for the superelement has been "ADDED". The GEOM1S file contains the Bulk Data entries related to geometry definition; e.g., GRID, CORDij, etc. For a complete list see Section 2.3.2.1 in the Programmer's Manual. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP Alter for SOL 60.
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compile sol60 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 364 if ( pnchdb>0 ) then $ alter 366 endif $ Insert the following DMAP Alter for SOLs 101-200: compile phase0 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 334 if ( pnchdb>0 ) then $ alter 336 endif $
CR 2698 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PREFACE - O/S Error The scratch files, NSTNxx, on the IBM MVS-SP and IBM MVS/XA systems cannot be allocated using the block option on the space parameter. If the block option is used as a space request for these files, the following message
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CR 2698 may appear in the JES-LOG: AB002I STOP NO SCRATCH UNITS ASSIGNED(NSTNXX). (IBM MVS and IBM MVS/XA only) Avoidance: The avoidance is to specify space requests using cylinders or tracks. The delivered MSC/NASTRAN Procedure allocates the NSTNxx files with cylinders, therefore, if the user wishes to change these requests, he must use tracks. This limitation applies to temporary files only. Hence, permanent files, such as the DB01 and NPTP, can be allocated using the block option.
CR 2699 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - DDRMM - Various Vector Errors Dynamic stress data recovery for elements which have Margin of Safety factors in the stress output (i.e., CBEAM, CBEND, CBAR, CROD, CONROD, CSHEAR, CTUBE), performed by the DDRMM module on the IBM MVS/XA version of MSC/NASTRAN using the Vector Facility may result in various vector errors being output to the JES-LOG. The errors include vector unnormalized operand and vector misalignment errors in the DDRMM module. This error may also occur on the HITACHI VOSES 810/820 and NEC vector versions of MSC/NASTRAN. (IBM MVS/XA VF, HITACHI VOSES, NEC only) Avoidance: Set PARAM,DDRMM,-1 in the bulk data to avoid execution of the DDRMM and thus the error. This avoidance will cause data recovery by the mode displacement method which performs data recovery on the entire g-set and CR 2744 MSC / MD Nastran Database - - SFM 4276 EC 923 SFM 4276 EC 923, database SIZE LIMIT EXCEEDED, was encountered on a CRAY X-MP/COS V65A system even though adequate space had been allocated. (CRAY X-MP/COS V65A only)
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CR 2744 Avoidance: It has been reported that the order of the specification of SYSTEM Cells on the NASTRAN card influences this error. In the error deck, placing SYSTEM(34) before, instead of after, SYSTEM(105) on the NASTRAN card alleviated the problem.
CR 2750 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook for Thermal - Documentation On page 4.4-1 of the Handbook for Thermal Analysis equation 1 incorrectly has [K(u)] multiplied by the time derivative of u, du/dt, this should simply be u. CR 2765 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - DDR2,PARAM,MODACC - Wrong Answers If the mode acceleration method of data recovery is specified in V65 and latter versions of MSC/NASTRAN and the structure is free-free, supported only by a SUPORT card specification, the displacements will be calculated relative to the SUPORT point. In Version 67 this error report has been replaced by E3575. Please see error 3575 before preceding. (V65+ only) Avoidance: The element forces and stresses will be correct. To obtain the free-free displacement the PARAM,MODACC should be removed. CR 2766 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLOT, SWRITE - SFM 9876 OC4 A system abend OC4 error will occur in the PLOT module on the IBM VM/CMS operating system with HPO Version 5.0. (IBM VM/CMS V64 and V65C only.) Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. CR 2772
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CR 2772 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - - Poor Answers Analysis of structures including the effects of prestress (differential stiffness) assumes that the loads remain constant in direction. If SOL 64 or 66 is used to form a stiffness matrix, and the matrix is used in another solution sequence (like 63 or 69) , and there are follower force effects (like thermal or pressure loads), then some terms are missing in the equations. The effects are sometimes small, and can be neglected. An error will show up as an effective rotation spring for free body motions. Avoidance: The differential stiffness approximation used in MSC/NASTRAN does not account for follower force effects such as thermal loads. Thus, there is no known avoidance.
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CR 2784 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - ADG - SWM, IBM Traceback Messages If a SOL 21 run, static aeroelasticity, runs through the ADG Module on IBM MVS/XA V65C or V65E, a system warning message will appear in the Performance Summary Table and traceback messages will be printed in the output. In very large problems, bad answers may result. (IBM MVS/XA V65C and V65E only) Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. CR 2805 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - Poor Answers For numerically difficult complex eigenvalue problems, such as those that have large gaps between eigenvalues, the accuracy of the Hessenberg Method of complex eigenvalue extraction is sensitive to the number of bits utilized by the machine to represent a number's mantissa. The fewer bits used, the more likely significant error will occur. Avoidance: Difficult problems as described above should be broken up into
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CR 2805 smaller search regions.
CR 2822 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC - Missing Output Although PARAM,POST,0 is supported in most solution sequences in Version 66, the MSC/GRASP or MSC/XL databases thus created may not be correct. Data blocks may be missing, the headers may be nonstandard, or the content of the data blocks may be incorrectly formatted. This affects all programs which later access these databases, including MSC/GRASP, MSC/XL and user written programs. The solution types that are affected are Complex Eigenvalues, Heat Transfer, Aeroelastic Analysis, Cyclic Symmetry, Buckling and Design Optimization. The specific solution sequence are affected are: 67,70,74,75,76,81,82,83,88,89,105,107,110, 114,115,118,144,145,146,153,159,200 This error can sometimes be recognized by the issuance of "*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC), *** DBCMSG ERROR
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CR 2844 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,FIXEDB - Missing Output, UFM 9058 In SOL 101 and 103 with PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 it is not possible to obtain data recovery on an upstream superelement without first performing some SE-type command like SEMG on the residual structure. This error is fixed in Version 67 as long as the run is not using the multi-Master technique. This error is fixed in Version 67.5 but the fix has not been applied to Version 68. Avoidance: The following DMAP Alter will allow the desired data recovery without solving the residual: COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU $ V66 ALTER 85,85 $ JUMP NODRSE $ COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU $ V67 ALTER 39
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CR 2844 FIXEDB=-1 $
CR 2897 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Programmer's Manual - CASEDR Section 2.3.109 of the Programmer's Manual incorrectly describes the format of the CASEDR table to be the same as the CASECC table. However, word 176 of record 1 of the CASEDR table is not the superelement ID, and may take on various integer values. This is the only difference between the content of the CASEDR and CASECC tables. CR 2907 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,CKi - Incorrect Default, UFM 6011 The parameters CKi, CPi, and ALPHAi are defined as complex single precision in the NDDL. However, the Quick Reference Guide documents the default as 1.0. If the parameter is specified as a real numberon the PARAM Bulk Data entry; i.e., field 4 is blank, then the job will fail with UFM 6011. Avoidance: Specify a 0. in field 4 of the PARAM entry.
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CR 2910 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - - Programmer's Manual Section 2.3.2.6 of the Programmer's Manual indicates that each MAT9 entry is represented by 34 words in the MPT table. Each MAT9 record of the MPT table in fact contains 38 words, the last four words always being integer zeros. This information is now documented on the MSC Web page in the Developer's Guide. CR 2915 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - - Divide by Zero In modal frequency response a divide by zero message followed by a
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CR 2915 "standard fix-up taken" message will be issued once for each rigid body mode when a response is calculated for a frequency of zero. The answers will be unaffected. (Hitachi VOSES V65C only) Avoidance: Calculate the response for a very small frequency, for example, 0.001.
CR 2925 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - XSORT - SFM 3008, Insufficient Core Available The bulk data sort module requires that all continuation entries fit in real memory. If they do not, the XSORT module will fail with SFM 3008 "Insufficient Core Available for Subroutine XSOPIV". Avoidance: Having deck in sorted order and increasing core are the only known avoidances. CR 2934 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ELTPRT - Wrong Answers The contribution of concentrated mass elements and non-structural mass to the weight and volume of the design model is not accounted for in SOL 200. Both the weight and volume responses will be incorrect if these elements are present. This error also effects the design sensitivity calculation in SOLs 51, 53 and 55. Avoidance: No known avoidance exists. CR 2972 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Programmer's Guide, - Incorrect Format Programmers Manual Sec. 2.3.2.2 GEOM2 input type format descriptions do not explain how the TH field for CQUAD4 is to be interpreted when an integer CID is input in the bulk data. When the input is a CID, TH is coded by the formula TH=512.0*(CID+1). Whenever GEOM2 has TH greater than 360.0, it refers to a coded CID and this format applies up through V2004. In V2005, the format of the data was changed to write MCID and THETA to separate words in the record and the DMAP Programmer's Guide needs to be updated accordingly.
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CR 2973 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - MPC - Wrong Answers If in a nonlinear analysis (SOL 66, 106, 99, 129) a linear element connects to degrees of freedom in the M-set, the Forces of Single Point Constraint will be wrong. Note, that an attempt was made to correct this error in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 but the change was incorrect. The change in Version 67 results in the contribution to the Forces of Single Point Constraint from the rigid element having the wrong sign. Thus, if only rigid elements connect to a constrained degree of freedom, then the Force of Single Point Constraint will simply have an incorrect sign. However, if flexible elements attach to the point, then the magnitude will also be incorrect. This error has been corrected for the structured solution sequences only (SOL 106 and 129) in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. Avoidance CR 2982 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - GPFDR - Wrong Answers The Grid Point Force output of the GPFDR Module may be overwritten by the execution of the next link on the IBM 386 Version 65C with the Xenix operating system. (IBM 386 Xenix only) Avoidance: The type of output requested will determine whether or not the error is encountered. The simplest avoidance is to request Grid Point Force Output in a separate run.
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CR 3016 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC - Wrong Answers The CSTM data block created by the DBC module is incorrect when the data block is used to describe coordinate systems that are defined using three vectors (such as CORD2R, CORD2C, etc.). Only the data defined by these inputs will be incorrect, all other data in the CSTM data block will be unaffected. This DBC error will only affect MSC/XL users who attempt to create a new MSC/NASTRAN data deck from these databases. This error will result in the coordinate system definitions
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Known Error
CR 3016 written to the data deck being incorrect. Furthermore, grid points defined within MSC/XL using these coordinate systems will be created incorrectly. MSC/XL post-processing is unaffected. (MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 , MSC/DBC Level 4). Avoidance: MSC/XL users can avoid this error's effec
CR 3035 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL - SFM 5299 Models with two or more widely separated groups of repeated roots may fail with SFM 5299: UNRECOVERABLE TERMINATION FROM LANCZOS ITERATION, INTERNAL ERROR CODE -3, USER RETURN CODE -33. This error was encountered for a model with two groups of roots separated by 1.E+8 rad/sec, each group contained eight identical roots. Avoidance: Either use the SINV method or search the separate regions in different runs.
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CR 3039 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Primer, - Coordinate Systems MSC/NASTRAN Primer, Harry Schaefer, 2nd Ed., Section 9.9.1.1.1 items 1 and 4 for the local coordinate system of QUAD4 are wrong. As shown by Fig 913b, the cited statements should read:
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1. Having a unique orientation within multiples of 90 degrees, independent of the starting grid point number. 4. Having the x-axis nearly parallel to the G1-G2 edge in the general case. Also, in the MSC/NASTRAN Primer in Section 9.9.1.2 defaults for PSHELL Z1,Z2 should read Z1 = -Z2 = T/2.
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CR 3042 Documentation - DBMGR, HSEA - UFM 4566 Section 5.2 of the Handbook for Superelement Analysis indicates the procedure for setting up multiple databases. In the examples, the DBMGR step that defines the second database is ALTERed after statement 1. This alteration may lead to UFM 4566, indicating that a data block can not be found on the database. It is better practice to place this step immediately following the DBMGR step in the solution sequence that defines DB01. Depending on the solution sequence, this placement will result in the alter statement being placed at statement 7 or 8. This documentation is considered obsolete. It is recommended to use the Superelement Course notes and the new Superelement User's Guide when it is released.
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CR 3043 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - SDR2 - Missing Output Element force output is not available in SOL 99 for elements which reference nonlinear material properties (such as MATS1), or if the input contains PARAM,LGDISP,1. This limitation is documented on page 1.12-6 of the User's Manual. Avoidance: No known avoidance exists. CR 3046 MSC / MD Nastran File Management System - - Incorrect status of DBsetS If a new DBset member is initialized for an existing database, the status of the new DBset member may be indicated incorrectly as "OLD" in the F04 file. Furthermore, the status of a pre-existing DBset member may be indicated incorrectly as "NEW". This error is in the F04 printout only and will not result in incorrect answers. This error has been observed when the DBALL DBset is EXPANDed with the initialization of a new DBALL DBset member. (Version 66+ only)
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CR 3046 Avoidance: No known avoidance.
CR 3048 MSC / MD Nastran Database Converter - DBC - SWM 6065 DBCMSG 14 For some unstructured solution sequences, PARAM,POST,0 may give incomplete output on restart. The exact cause of the error is unknown, but it is suspected that the missing output results from data blocks needed by DBC not being regenerated on restart. This error effects both MSC/GRASP and MSC/XL style databases. One symptom of this error is "*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC), *** DBSMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE xxx, UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION EQUIXENE RETURN CODE = 1". The error is repeatable and occurs for solution sequences which are fully supported by DBC. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: One possible avoidance is to assign the DBC database on restart to the DBC database of the cold start. For Example: ASSIGN DBC = cold_start.XDB, STATUS = OLD
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CR 3055 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - REPCASE - Incorrect Subcase Specification The SUBCASE identification in the Element Strain Energy (ESE) and/or Grid Point Force (GPFORCE) output is incorrect if the SUBCASE in which the ESE or GPFORCE is requested is preceded by a REPCASE, or if the ESE or GPFORCE is requested within a REPCASE. The incorrect SUBCASE identification will be present in both PRINT and PUNCH output. The incorrect labels have been corrected in the printed F06 file in Version 67, however, the error with the punch file remains. Avoidance: No known avoidance exists.
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CR 3074 Miscellaneous - - SFM 4276 EC 4, Poor Message On the CRAY X-MP/COS Version 66 release of MSC/NASTRAN if insufficient memory is specified, the run will fail with SFM 4276 EC 4. (CRAY X-MP/COS V66 only) Avoidance: Increase MFL and MEM and rerun. CR 3080 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook for Dynamic - Documentation The expression given for the damped natural frequency on the last line on page 2.2-7 of the Handbook for Dynamic Analysis is missing a negative sign under the radical and in front of the term alpha-squared. CR 3103 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RF63D89 - Wrong Answers RF63D89 was first delivered in V66 and its use is documented in the January, 1986 Application Note on Nonlinear Normal Mode Analysis. However if the LOOPID parameter is specified as documented in the Application Note, wrong answers may result. For instance, in the first example of this Application Note, using the documented value of LOOPID=2 will give correct answers in V65 but wrong answers in V66. Correct answers in V66 are obtained with LOOPID=1. The wrong answers in Version 66 are the result of a dummy subcase being included. The dummy subcase was sometimes required in Version 65C but is no longer required in Version 66. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The correct action is to never use a dummy subcase in Version 66 and use LOOPID=1. See also Error 3102 regarding DMAP erro CR 3108 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN PRIMER - Documentation Equations 9.63 and 9.66 in the MSC/NASTRAN PRIMER contain typographical errors. Equation 9.63 should state (e - zk) not (e + zk). Equation 9.66 should state (2/3)(t**3) not (tc**2) and should state (1/2)(tc**2) not
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CR 3108 (1/3)(t**3).
CR 3120 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE, NLITER - Wrong Answers The updated load vector associated with RFORCE input method 1 will incorrectly apply all the load to the first grid point in the problem when follower forces are requested with PARAM,LGDISP,1. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Specify method 2 on the RFORCE input.
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CR 3121 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CRAC3D - UWM YYY4A UWM YYY4A which states "GRIDS *** AND *** ARE GENERATED INTERNALLY IN CRAC3D ELEMENT NO. ***" is unnumbered and undocumented. CR 3126 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SDR2, QUAD8 - Wrong Answers If an integer theta is used for the material angle orientation on the CQUAD8 input, the material orientation will not be the projection of the coordinate system at every point as implied under the CQUAD8 description in the User's Manual documentation. It is evaluated at the center of the element and rotates as the lines of constant n (eta) over the element surface (see figure under the QUAD8 documentation). Avoidance: No avoidance is available. Try to model so lines of constant n (eta) are parallel. CR 3132 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods - PDCOMP - SFM 4276 EC 7777
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CR 3132 Parallel processing does not function reliably on the CRAY X-MP/COS version 66A of MSC/NASTRAN. The use of SYSTEM(107) to invoke parallel processing should be avoided. By default, parallel processing is not invoked. The following failures were experienced during parallel processing tests on this system: 1. "DEAD LOCK -- ALL USER TASKS WAITING FOR LOCKS, EVENTS, OR TASKS" may be issued from the CRAY COS if SYSTEM(107) is set to equal the maximum available processors. This error causes the run to hang, while accumulating CPU time. CPU time will accumulate until time expiration occurs. 2. It is very likely that "SFM 4276 ERROR CODE 7777" indicating a numeric overflow, will be issued in PDCOMP if the "DEAD LOCK" message above is not issued. Only very s CR 3145 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - A.M. 2.6 - Documentation Equation 4 of Section 2.6 of the Application Manual has the wrong sign in the expression for the shear relief of a tapered beam. CR 3200 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP, PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 - SFM 4276 EC 1044 An error has been observed in the SEQP Module when using PARAM,NEWSEQ,6, the Nested Disection option. The error could occur on any release Version 65E or later, although to date it has only been observed on IBM MVS/XA. The error will result in excessive time spent in the SEQP module (infinite CPU loop) or in an I/O crash (SFM 4276 GINO error). The error occurs under very specific, unlikely circumstances which are difficult to translate to modeling conditions. However, the user can be assured that if neither of the two symptoms of this error are present, the results are safe. Although this error has been corrected in Version 66B and later system, error 4529 which has virtually identical symptoms is not corrected until Version 67.7. Please see error 4529 before preceding. (Versi
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CR 3205 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - EMG - Endless CPU Loop On some installations of the IBM 386/ix V65C release of MSC/NASTRAN, a hardware error has resulted in models with QUAD4 elements referencing PSHELL with MID2 (bending membrane stiffness) encountering an endless CPU loop. (IBM 386/ix V65C only) Avoidance: All installations that have encountered this error contained a 386 chip with "DX" in the chip's serial number. The serial number is printed on the chip. While awaiting for a new chip to be installed, the only avoidance is to use TRIA3 or QUAD8 elements.
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CR 3207 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CRAY XMP - No Royalty Reporting No royalty reporting will occur in the event of an exceeded time limit on CRAY X-MP COS V66 and V66A MSC/NASTRAN. (CRAY X-MP V66, V66A only) This report is for internal use only. CR 3256 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - APD - UFM 2330 When a SET1 Case Control input references a grid point that does not exist, the APD module stops with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2330, SET1 CARD NO. **** REFERENCES EXTERNAL ID NO. **** WHICH DOES NOT EXIST". The module should only check the SET1 inputs referenced by SPLINE1 or SPLINE2 entries. Other SET1 entries may be used for XY plot output and the grids are not required to exist. Avoidance: Remove the reference to the missing grid points from the SET1 input. CR 3259
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CR 3259 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RESTART - Inefficient Restart In the structured solutions (SOLs 101-200), if an EIGR, EIGRL, and/or DYNRED entry is changed, added, or deleted on a restart run, then MSC/NASTRAN will unnecessarily recompute the component and GDR modes for ALL upstream superelements and GDR modes for the residual structure. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Make an intermediate restart run, which contains only the changes, additions, or deletions to the EIGR, EIGRL, and/or DYNRED entries, with the following DMAP Alter and Case Control additions. This run deletes the appropriate data blocks from the database but will not recompute the component modes or perform any analysis. After this restart, the user then should proceed with the desired restart, without the avoidance and no changes to the entries above. The component m CR 3263 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - CEAD - SFE 4276 If a complex eigenvalue solution sequence is used and the CMETHOD input is missing in the case control, the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 FREAD ERROR CODE 3002" will be issued. In Version 67 a meaningful fatal message will be issued. Avoidance: Include a CMETHOD entry in the case control
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CR 3273 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Verification Problem - V0501 The theoretical values given for Ncr in equation 2 are wrong and should be:
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Ncr= +/-4.013, +/-10.246, +/-16.516 The theoretical values given for Pcr are correct nonetheless.
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CR 3275
CR 3275 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMG - Wrong Answers If an aerodynamic model has a vertical surface and/or a y-body on the centerline, and a symmetric boundary condition is specified, AMG will generate a nearly singular matrix. A near singularity will also occur with a centerline z-body in the antisymmetric case. DECOMP will decompose the matrix without issuing any warning messages. However, the answers will be incorrect. In the case of static aeroelastic analysis, in most cases it will be obvious to the user that the answers are wrong. However, in the case of flutter and dynamic aeroelastic analysis, it may not be obvious that the answers are incorrect. Avoidance: Make the aerodynamic model consistent with the SYMXZ field of the AERO and AEROS entries, i.e., comment out aero entries for centerline vertical surfaces CR 3276 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Verification Problem - V6101S Page 3.6101s-2 of the Verification Problem Manual shows the solution for displacements as -.4444. This should be -0.0444 as mentioned on page 3.6101s-1. CR 3277 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Automatic Restarts - Inefficient Restart In SOL 101, if an automatic restart is performed in which an additional subcase with only a TEMP(LOAD) is added, and the associated TEMPi Bulk Data entries are also added on restart, then SEMG and SEKR are incorrectly reexecuted. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Possible avoidances include: 1. Use SOL 61 and do a manual restart. 2. Put the TEMPi Bulk Data entries for the restart into the cold start Bulk
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CR 3277 Data. MSC/NASTRAN will not re-execute SEKR and SEMG if no new TEMPi Bulk Data entries are added on restart. In SOL 106, the following messages are received: UWM 4424 ESTNL IS PURGED. CHECK YOUR DATABASE OR PARAM, LOOPID. . . UIM 4425, ONE OR MORE FATAL ERRORS HAVE OCCURRED. The run then dies.
CR 3323 MSC / MD Nastran Method Selection - MPYAD/FBS - Poor Method Selection The method selection for MPYAD and FBS is based on the lowest total estimated time (CPU+I/O) for all the methods which have not been deselected. If the I/O time estimate is inaccurate, the wrong method may be chosen and hence may cause an increase in CPU time. Timing constants which effect the CPU estimate on all known machines models are built into all Version 65 systems and can be generated by the user for any machine model in Version 66 and later systems. However, an I/O rate for all machines and devices is not generated. The default I/O rate on the NEC SX series is extremely inappropriate and this has resulted in poor method selection. The I/O rate in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 is much closer to the actual effective rate of the machines. The rate is calculated based on the m CR 3327 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - AM 7.6 - Renamed Files For UNIX-based systems, any MSC/NASTRAN output files already present prior to job submittal are handled as follows: In V65 all files with the same name as the JID, except for the ".dat" and ".asg" files, are renamed to have the additional extension ".old". This applies to any file even if it is not created in the current MSC/NASTRAN job such as ".XDB" files. In V66 the renaming is controlled
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CR 3327 by the submittal parameter "old", as described in Section 7.6. However, the fact that the "old" parameter also applies to the ".pch" and ".plt" files is not stated in the Section 7.6 for all UNIX machines. The user should be aware that other files may be overwritten by MSC/NASTRAN even when the "old" option is turned on.
CR 3351 MSC / MD Nastran gpstress, guass, uwm 4607 The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide does not warn the user that the Gauss point stresses instead of grid point stresses are for grid point stress analysis when gauss is selected on the psolid or plsolid entries. This error occurs in all solutions. In nonlinear analysis, this may result in significant error.
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Avoidance: This is a general limitation that should be documented. A new warning message, 4607, now tells the user of questionable stress formulations Known Error Product Abstract CR 3384 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA2 - Wrong Answers When the K-Method of flutter analysis is used with viscous damping and the HESS method of complex eigenvalues is specified on the EIGC input Bulk Data entry, the FA2 module will incorrectly process roots that have a negative imaginary part which will lead to wrong answers. Avoidance: Use a different flutter method (KE or PK) or use a different EIGC method and extract only positive imaginary roots to avoid this error. CR 3387 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RESTART - Missing Output In Solution 83, a request for additional output in a restart run will be ignored. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP Alters in the restart run. $FOR V65 SYSTEMS:
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CR 3387 ALTER 726 $ V65 DBFETCH /GEOM4S,DIT,,,/SOLID/0//DBSET3 $ CYCLIC1 CASES,,GEOM4S,DIT,/TKVALS,,,THARMS,,CASEBKS,GBACKS/ S,N,NSEG/S,N,CTYPE/S,N,RFNAME/S,N,NOGEOM3C/S,N, NFREQ/S,N,TOTALK1 $ ALTER 892,893 $ DBSTORE CASEBKS//SOLID/0/DBSET2 $ EQUIV CASEBKS,CASEDR/ALWAYS $ $FOR V67 SYSTEMS: ALTER 916 CYCLIC1 CASES,,GEOM4S,DIT,/TKVALS,,,THARMS,,CASEBKS,GBACKS/ S,N,NSEG/S,N,CTYPE/S,N,RFNAME/S,N,NOGEOM3C/S,N, NFREQ/S,N,TOTALK1 $ ALTER 1107,1108 EQUIV CASEBKS,CASEDR/ALWAYS $ Other possible avoidances (which wouldn't need this alter) would be: 1.) In
CR 3407 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Weight Generator - GPWG - UFM 5423 The GPWG module is limited to structural type degrees of freedom and will not process the hydroelastic RINGFL harmonic degrees of freedom. If attempted, "UFM 5423 ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES" will result. Avoidance: The UFM may be avoided by removing PARAM,GRDPNT from the input Bulk Data. CR 3425 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - DSMA - SFM 3001 In SOL 51, if the set which defines the sensitivity coefficients on the SET2 Case Control entry is too large, then the job may abort and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 - ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 101 IN SUBROUTINE LMATPT, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST". Avoidance: Reduce the set definition for the single SET2 to a series of restart runs with smaller SET2 definitions.
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CR 3437 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA2 - Missing Roots In SOL 75 using the PK flutter method, the complex eigenvalues which have only a nonzero real part are not sorted reliably. The flutter summary tables are designed to only present the positive conjugates of complex eigenvalues. This oversight allows only half of the real roots to be printed. This may lead to the largest valued roots not being output. Avoidance: The user can input negative velocities on the FLFACT input, which will cause all real roots to be printed along with the associated complex modal eigenvectors or specify DIAG 39 to output all the intermediate eigenvalues from the FA1's modules PK iterations. The user is cautioned that either avoidance produces voluminous output. CR 3445 MSC / MD Nastran Loads/Cyclic Symmetry - RFORCE - Wrong Answers In Version 66 rotational acceleration was added to the RFORCE Bulk Data entry. This input is ignored for cyclic symmetry problems. No additional load will be generated. In Version 67 the input is not ignored but incorrect loads will be generated. All subsequent data recovery will be incorrect Avoidance: Other than explicitly defining the desired load, there is no avoidance in Cyclic Symmetry. To use the RFORCE entry the entire structure must be modeled. Image superelements is the easiest way to convert the cyclic symmetry model to a full model. CR 3447 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEAM - Wrong Answers If warping is specified along with variable shear center offsets and the neutral axis is offset from the shear center on the BEAM element, then the element force output may be incorrect.
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CR 3447 Avoidance: BEAM elements with large changes of shear center and neutral axis locations between ends, such as those used to transition between different sections, should not be used. Model the length with one element for each major cross section.
CR 3462 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - Missing Plot Output If a user requests response plots for a set of points that include nonexistent grid IDs in a multiple input random analysis, then "UWM 3002 EOF ENCOUNTERED READING DATA SET OUGV2" will be issued and no plots will be generated. For the single input case, plots are generated for the existing points and UWM 979 is correctly issued for the nonexistent points. CR 3466 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM5 - Wrong answers When performing dynamic sensitivity response (SOL 108,111,112), and the objective function is defined via a synthetic response (DRESP2), wrong answers may occur. (Version 66+ only)
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Description Avoidance: Use DRESP1 entry as the objective function. This is not a restrictive limitation since optimization is not performed in dynamic sensitivity in V67. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3472 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM - Unexpected Results For SOL 200,108,111, and 112, modifying DELBM (field 14 on the DOPTPRM Bulk Data entry) has no effect on the calculation of the sensitivity coefficients. This input is ignored by the code which uses an "effective" DELBM of 1.0E-5.
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CR 3472 (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: None. This limitation should not create serious difficulties for the user. This value has been chosen to avoid numerical ill-conditioning.
CR 3475 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SDR2 - UFM 4658 If a PENTA element is highly distorted and stress output is requested for this element, the run may terminate in the SDR2 Module and will print the message "UFM 4658 "DIFFICULT GEOMETRY PREVENTS FURTHER COMPUTATIONS FOR ELEMENT WITH ID=XXX". Avoidance: Remodel to correct element shape or do not select stress output for this element. CR 3476 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - VECPLOT - Extraneous output In V66+ system, if PARAM,POST,-1 is requested in a SOLution 101 run, an extra output called "VECTOR RESULTANT" will be printed. This quantity is the summation of all the displacements and has no physical significance. This output has no effect on other results and can be ignored. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: None CR 3479 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Verification Manual - Table of Contents The Table of Contents of the MSC/NASTRAN Verification Problem Manual does not have the correct titles for two sections. The title for Section 1.1 in the Table of Contents should read: "PURPOSE OF MANUAL." The title for Section 2.0 should read: "ORGANIZATION OF VERIFICATION OF PROBLEMS." CR 3484
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CR 3484 MSC / MD Nastran Limitation on Problems Size - SDR1 - SFM 4275, BLOCK NUMBER CHECK CONDITION On the DECstation, and other releases of MSC/NASTRAN with a default BUFFSIZE of 1025, SFM 4275 may be encountered in the SDR1 module indicating "A BLOCK NUMBER CHECK CONDITION OCCURRED". The error appears to be problem size and output dependent. However, the exact cause of the error is currently unknown. Avoidance: The error may be avoided by increasing the BUFFSIZE to 2049 and rerunning.
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CR 3486 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RBE3, MCE1 - SFM 4255 If an indeterminate set is defined for UM on an RBE3, then the job will end in the MCE1 module and will issue the message "SFM 4255 UNSYMMETRIC DECOMPOSITION OF DATA BLOCK SCRATCH FAILS AT ROW 'i', UNABLE TO PIVOT. UII/MAXUIJ = 0.000E+00" and "UFM 3005 - ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX SCRATCH IN SUBROUTINE MCE1.", where 'i' is the first redundant degree of freedom (in the internal sequence) in the UM set that is encountered. If the model is run with PARAM CHECKOUT or in SOL 60 the redundant degree(s) of freedom are identified (in external sort) as having a bad ratio, but the cause of the bad ratio is not stated. The SOL 60 and PARAM CHECKOUT output is described in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Section 3.3.22 but it is unclear. Remark 3c under the RBE3 MSC/NASTRAN User CR 3491 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers
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CR 3491 If the temperature varies from grid point to grid point within an element, and there is no MATTi entry associated with the element; the initial average temperature will be computed incorrectly. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Input a dummy MATTi entry with constant property for the full temperature range. CR 3494 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity/Optimizatio - DESVAR - Misleading printout If the initial value of a design variable is outside of the bounds as defined on the DESVAR entry, no information messages are output until the optimizer level is reached. This situation should be interpreted as a user input error, and as such, IFP should check the design variable bounds and terminate execution immediately with an appropriate UFM when this situation is encountered. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Ensure that initial design variable values are between their stated upper and lower bounds. Although no fatal errors will occur if this is not adhered to, the results may be misleading. CR 3496 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - W2 - IO 370 FATAL 305 If the secondary space for NSTN07 and NSTN08 is set to a nonzero value using the W2 parameter in the JCL, then the Fujitsu 65C Version of MSC/NASTRAN may fail with the above fatal message. (FUJITSU Version 65C only) Avoidance: Set W2=0 in the JCL. CR 3500 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - QUAD4, QUAD8, TRIA3, TRIA6 - Wrong Answers
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CR 3500 If corner thicknesses exist on the plate element connectivity entry (CQUAD4, CQUAD8, CTRIA3, CTRIA6 ) and the corresponding thicknesses are used as design variables, then wrong answers will occur. This general limitation only applies to sizing sensitivity/optimization. The user can still use the taper plates and shells for shape sensitivity. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Do not specify thicknesses on the plate/shell element connectivity entry if the corresponding thicknesses are to be used as design variables for sizing sensitivity/optimization analysis.
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CR 3501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9/DOT - Wrong Answers In Solution 200, if the design variables are zero or very near zero, wrong answers may occur. Avoidance: Increase the magnitude of the design variable.
CR 3502 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 81 - UFM 4342 The use of a single Case Control LOADSET command which references a set of LOADCYT entries, resulted in UFM 4342 "LOAD IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS". The fatal occurred with three LOADCYT entries with two load conditions per entry. Avoidance: In the conditions cited, specifying six LOADCYT entries each referencing a different load condition avoided the error. In general it is recommended that only one load condition be specified on each LOADCYT entry. CR 3504 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - TRANS, MAT3 - Incorrect Conversion of Database
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CR 3504 Version 4A of TRANS will not convert orthotropic material property relations specified on the MAT3 Bulk Data input. If attempted, a fatal error will result. Avoidance: The avoidance is dependent upon the intent of the user. If the user needs only the results from the MSC/NASTRAN run, then the run may be RESTARTed with PARAM,GEOMU,40 and a PARAM,POSTU,41 in the Bulk Data input and the following ASSIGN definitions in the FMS: ASSIGN DBC='GEOM.XDB',UNIT=40 ASSIGN DBC='RESU.XDB',UNIT=41 The Transmitter may then be run on the results, RESU.XDB, file.
CR 3508 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - NLTRD - SFM 4275, SFM 4276 A client was running a model successfully with GAP and ELAS elements. The spring rate was varied parametrically, and an upper limit was found which resulted in a divergent solution. Instead of some indication of a bad numerical solution, the job abended with "SFM 4275 DURING A DB READ OPERATION, UNIT = 12, DATA BLOCK=MFDV" followed by "A BLOCK BEYOND EOD CONDITION OCCURED, ( IONAST EC 1302)". This occured on both CRAY/UNICOS V65C2 and IBM MVS/XA V65E. Avoidance: A successful solution was achieved by reducing the time step size. Another possible solution is to reduce the ratio of the GAP element's closed versus open spring rates. The user was taking the default of open stiffness equal to 10E-10 times the closed gap spring rate. The new gap element introduced in Version 67.5 so
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CR 3512 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PBCOMP, IFP - SFM 3003, SFM 6235 In nonlinear analysis, if the SECTION field is set to zero on a PBCOMP property entry and there are less than 4 stress output points specified, then the run may fail with the following error messages - SFM 3003 ATTEMPT
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CR 3512 TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA SET SCRATCH (FILE 302) IN SUBROUTINE IFP7 - SFM 6235 (IFP7) PBCOMP ENTRY=***** IS MISSING THE SPECIFICATION OF LUMPED AREAS FOR THE BEAM CROSS SECTION. Avoidance: Specify all four stress output locations or use the PBEAM property entry instead of PBCOMP.
CR 3513 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR - Inconsistent Output When a BAR element is subjected to both tensile and compressive forces, then the margin of safety outputs for both tension and compression should be printed. However, if only tension exists in the BAR, then the margin of safety for tension should be printed while the margin of safety for compression should be left blank. Also if the BAR is subjected to compression only, then the margin of safety for tension should be blank while the margin of safety for compression should be printed. Furthermore, the margin of safety output should be blank for any intermediate stations. When a subcase exists in which PLOAD1 loads are applied to BAR elements, then margin of safety outputs which should be blank may contain meaningless numbers for all subcases including those subcases which do not have P CR 3515 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - K6ROT, AUTOSPC, BETA - Inefficient Restart In Version 66, the default parameter values for AUTOSPC, K6ROT, and BETA were stored in the NDDL. In Version 67, it was necessary to move these parameter defaults into the main subDMAPs of each structured solution sequence since the default values for these parameters were different in the nonlinear structured solution sequences which were added for Version 67. If upon restart, a user specifies one of these parameters with a value equal to the default used in the cold start, MSC/NASTRAN will act as if the parameter value were changed, and will restart inefficiently. (Version 67 Only) Avoidance: Do not specify any parameters upon restart unless the values of the parameters specified are being changed from their default values or from the values specified in the cold start.
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CR 3517 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SEQP - Inefficient Automatic Restart When a change is made to a model on restart, which does not affect the connectivity MSC/NASTRAN re-sequences the model.
Description Avoidance: MSC/NASTRAN does not resequence the model by default anymore, so this error is considered fixed in Version 69. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3520 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PENTA(6) - Poor Answers The 6 noded PENTA element is not invariant to the connection order if the bubble functions (IN=0 on PSOLID entry) are used. This error results in small differences (approximately 10%) for thermal loads and stiffness. Avoidance: Specify full integration by setting ISOP=1 on the PSOLID entry and set IN to either 2 or 3. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3522 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - CSUPER - Wrong Answers If the grids and scalar points on the CSUPER entry for an external superelement are not in ascending order, then the connectivity may be incorrect which will lead to wrong answers. This is a design limitation and is documented under the CSUPER description in the User's Manual; however, it is inconsistent with the normal MSC/NASTRAN practice which allows ID numbers to be order independent. Furthermore, in this case, wrong answers are given without issuing a fatal message. Avoidance: Renumber the grids and/or scalar points so that they will appear in ascending order on the CSUPER entry or extra grid points may be added that are in the correct sequence, and referenced on the CSUPER entry.
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CR 3522 They should be coincident with the grid points to which the external SE is connected, an
CR 3527 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - APP HEAT, EMG - UFM 2016 If APP HEAT is specified in the Executive Section of a run that COMPILEs SOLution 101, then the job will fail with UFM 2016 - No material properties exist. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Replace APP HEAT with the NASTRAN HEAT=1. CR 3536 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - XEQUIV - Increased Resources The XEQUIV module when used to copy datablock to data block will increase the size of the data block by one record with each copy. This results in an unneccesary size increase for the DBset. There is no avoidance. CR 3537 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INCLUDE - UFM 1019, UFM 754 The dynamic file allocation capability that is invoked by the INCLUDE command recognizes the INCLUDE keyword of the plot SET definition entry when it is encountered at the beginning of a continuation line. This results in a failed attempt to allocate a non-existent and probably illegal filename and gives UFM 1019 and UFM 754. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The user must relocate the continuation point in the plot SET definition entry so that no line begins with the optional keyword INCLUDE. CR 3538 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3538 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM1 - Wrong Answers If the value specified on the PMIN field of the DVPREL1 entry is less than -.99E+34, the program will automatically reset this value to .001. This may lead to wrong answers. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Do not specify PMIN values that are less than -.99E+34.
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CR 3539 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - EMG - SFM 4276 EC 7777, Infinite Loop If an implausible geometry is defined for the CBEND element, the run may fail in the EMG module by issuing SFM 4276 - EC 7777 or a Floating Point Exception. However, on the IBM RS/6000 an infinite loop may occur. Please also see error 2588 which describes a similar error for the CBAR and CBEAM element. Error 2588 may also lead to an infinite loop on the IBM RS/6000 Version 66B release of MSC/NASTRAN. The infinite loop error on the IBM RS/6000 has been corrected in Version 67 on the IBM RS/6000. Avoidance: Make sure that the defined geometry is valid on the CBEND entry. CR 3543 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD1, DRESP1 - Poor Message The design sensitivity analysis in SOL 200 requires DRESP1 inputs with valid RTYPE, PTYPE combinations. However, the code inspects the validity of the RTYPE and PTYPE separately without regard to the acceptability with respect to each other. For example, since STRAIN output is only supported for plate and solid elements, the case of RTYPE = STRAIN and PTYPE = PROD is invalid. This user input error will result in the run failing in the DSAD1 module with SFM 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET *** IN SUBROUTINE **** WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The user is responsible for inputting valid combinations of RTYPE and PTYPE on the DRESP1 entry.
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CR 3544 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GPSTR1 - Poor Message If the "SET n" Case Control input is entered as "SETn" in the OUTPUT(POST) section of the Case Control, MSC/NASTRAN will not flag the input as an illegal or misspelled keyword. If the ill-defined set is subsequently referenced in the OUTPUT(POST) section, then the run will fail in the GPSTR1 module with the message SFM 3001, "ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET *** IN SUBROUTINE ***, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST" because no SET is defined for the SURFACE or VOLUME. Avoidance: Define the set correctly. Also if the database was saved, execute a data recovery restart.
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CR 3547 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - TSTEP - Wrong Answers When multiple time step groups are specified on the TSTEP Bulk Data entry with a skip factor greater than 1 in an uncoupled modal transient response analysis, the response quantities will be shifted. This error will occur even for pseudo time step changes. This error has been corrected for all but the CRAY Version 67 systems. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: If multiple time step groups are necessary, a unit output skip factor must be used. On the other hand, if the desired skip factor for the output request is other than one, make sure that there is only one time step group on the TSTEP entry, i.e. there should be no continuation entry for the TSTEP entry. CR 3550 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DOM2I, DESOBJ - UFM 7182, Poor Message The text of the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7182, DOM2I. A 2ND LEVEL RESPONSE IS DEFINED AS THE OBJECTIVE
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CR 3550 FUNCTION BUT RDTS2 TABLE IS NOT FOUND (NO DRESP2 DEFINED)" should read "THE RID LISTED ON THE DESOBJ BULK DATA ENTRY CANNOT BE FOUND ON A DRESP1 OR DRESP2 ENTRY." (Version 66+ only)
CR 3551 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - DSAG - SFM 4276 GETSTR E.C. 1409 If the analysis model properties and stress recovery locations are specified in the design model using DVPREL1 relations, the job will abort with the above fatal message. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: If any design variable is related to an analysis model property as well as to a stress recovery location, use a DVPREL2 to describe one of these relations. Do not use DVPREL1 for both. CR 3554 MSC / MD Nastran Database Converter - DBC - Missing Output, SWM 6065 Error Message MSC/NASTRAN Version 65C2 for the IBM 386/IX was delivered with DBC as a separate program. The dbc shell script renames the existing .xdb database to .xdb.old instead of copying the database to .xdb.old. This causes the restart database output to be put into a new .xdb instead of being appended to the existing .xdb. This is also a problem when using multiple NASTRAN databases (i.e. DB01 and DB02) when DBC is used to create an .xdb with the contents of more than one database. This is related to Current Error 3327. The avoidance is to modify the dbc execution shell script to copy instead of rename .xdb as follows:
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change: if [ -f "$nxdb" ] ; then mv "$nxdb" "$nxdb.old" ; fi to: if [ -f "$nxdb" ] ; then cp "$nxdb" "$nxdb.old" ; fi
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CR 3555 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DSAL - UFM 5531 When all the responses in an optimization analysis are zero, UFM 5531 is issued and the run is terminated. Since there are cases where all zero responses are expected, a fatal message should not be issued. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Set a response to a nonzero value. CR 3557 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - MATi - UFM 5532 If a zero mass density is input on a MATi Bulk Data entry in a Design Optimization (SOL 200) analysis, the run will fail and the USER FATAL MESSAGE 5532 RHO OF MAT CARD IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO ZERO will be issued. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Input a small value of RHO on the MATi entry. In Version 67.5 this message has been changed to a warning. CR 3560 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 48, 83, 115, ESE - Incorrect Heading The header for the element strain energy output in all cyclic mode solution sequences will put an incorrect value for the mode number. This value will not be incremented. Other output such as element forces and stresses are identified by stating the eigenvalue not the mode number. This error is corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 and 68.0.1. Unfortunately, the correction resulted in missing labels for element strain energy output in modal solutions. Thus, the correction has been removed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.2. Please see error numbers 3841, 5444, 5462, and 5541. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 3563 Nonlinear Analysis - CLOAD - UFM 3055 If the same CLOAD Bulk Data entry is referenced in two different subcases, then UFM 3055, "ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES" will be issued. This is error is addressed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 by updating the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide documentation for the LOADSET command. The LOADSET command must be placed above all subcases in nonlinear analysis. Avoidance: This error is a clarification of existing General Limitation 2548. The avoidance is to include multiple CLOAD Bulk Data entries with different CIDs that reference the same IDV. This contradicts Remark 5 under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the CLOAD Bulk Data entry which indicates that a CLOAD entry may not reference an IDV that is defined on another CLOAD entry. CR 3565 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,HFREQ - UFM 6143, Wrong Default, Incorrect Docu When a modal frequency response analysis is executed with the new acoustic capability introduced in Version 67, PARAM,HFREQ will not be recognized. The capability to truncate modes is not supported for acoustics. Therefore, the value of PARAM,HFREQ has been fixed in the acoustic path of the DMAP. The failure to document this limitation is an error. This limitation has been removed in Version 69. New parameters for the acoustic model have been added that parallel the structural parameters. These new parameters allow control of the acoustic eigenvalues used in the response. Please see the Version 69 Release Notes. (Version 67 only)
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CR 3567 The response spectra will be wrong if multiple time step sizes are used in the transient response solution of a response spectra analysis. Avoidance: Use a single time-step increment. CR 3569 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Shell Script - Missing Notify Message It has been observed that the NOTify option for MSC/NASTRAN Version 66A on the Apollo with Version 10.2 of the operating system does not work. (Apollo 68020 Version 66A only) Avoidance: Use the NOTify option with OS 10.1.
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CR 3570 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SDR2, CDAMPi, CVISCi - Missing Element Force Output A FORCE Case Control request for damping elements (CVISCi or CDAMPi) in a transient solution will result in missing output. Element force data recovery in a transient solution is limited to forces which are a function of displacement. This limitation is contrary to the documentation for the FORCE Case Control command which states that to request force output for damping elements, the mode displacement method (PARAM,DDRMM,-1) must be selected. This remark is the avoidance for general limitation 2028 and is only applicable to frequency response solutions. Avoidance: Two avoidances exist. If only one damping element is connected to a point and no rigid elements are attached to the point, the inbalance of force output from a GPFORCE Case Control request will be equal to the load in
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CR 3571 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - IFP, DOM12B - No Feasible Solutions The DCONSTR Bulk Data entry should require that the LALLOWi field be less than or equal to UALLOWi. That is the upper bound should be greater
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CR 3571 than the lower bound. If this condition is violated, the design is poorly posed and the run will terminate with the message "***** NO FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS ARE FOUND *****". In a related error, if the user specifies a DCONSTR entry that has an absolute value that is less than E-03, the DOM12 and DOM9 modules apply different scale factors. This latter error will result in the hard and soft convergence prints yielding different values for the maximum constrain violation. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Input meaningful data on the DCONSTR Bulk Data entry. Avoid LALLOWi and UALLOWi values that are less than E-03.
CR 3572 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DVPREL, DOM2D - SFM 7127, SFM 7127 states "PTYPE xxxx PID xxxx IS NOT DEFINED IN THE ANALYSIS MODEL". This message does not mean that the PID is not in the input data. The message is intended to indicate that a PID that has been referenced by a design variable is not referenced by any structural element. The message should be changed to read, "PTYPE xxxx PID xxxx IS NOT REFERENCED IN THE ANALYSIS MODEL". (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Remove any DVPREL entries that refer to PIDs that are not referenced by the structural model. CR 3575 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - PARAM,MODACC, DDR2 - Wrong Answers If the mode acceleration method of data recovery is specified in Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN and the structure is free-free, constrained only by a SUPORT Bulk Data entry, the displacements will be incorrect for all degrees of freedom except the r-set (the supported degrees of freedom). This will result in wrong answers for all subsequent data recovery including element stresses. This error has been corrected on all Version 67 systems except those explicitly noted below. (VAX/VMS SCALAR, CRAY X-MP, CRAY Y-MP, CONVEX, and SUN4 Version 67 only)
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CR 3575 Avoidance: Do not use the mode acceleration method of data recovery for a free-free structure. If the analysis requires the additional accuracy of the mode acceleration method of data recovery, a direct analysis must be executed.
CR 3576 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GPSTRESS - UWM 4594, Missing Answers If the 'SURFACE' definition in the case control is misspelled, then the corresponding GPSTRESS output request will not be satisfied. The expected fatal message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 601 THE KEYWORD ON THE ABOVE CARD TYPE IS ILLEGAL OR MISSPELLED *** will not be issued. The following warning message will not be issued until postprocessing is attempted "*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4594. THE POSTCDB CONTAINS NO LEGITIMATE SURFACE OR VOLUME DEFINITIONS." Avoidance: Make certain that SURFACE is spelled correctly in the OUTPUT section of the Case Control. CR 3577 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - SDRHT, TLOAD2 - SFM 4276 EC 7777, Wrong Answers If the Bulk Data entry TLOAD2 is used to define loads in a transient heat transfer analysis, the results printed for the "APPLIED-LOAD" (requested by the FLUX Case Control command) of the HBDY elements will be wrong or a SFM 4276 indicating a machine overflow in the SDRHT module may occur. The temperature and all other results are unaffected by this error. This error is the result of the coefficients B and C being inadvertently swapped in the data recovery area of the code. Avoidance: It is important to emphasize that the temperature results are unaffected by this error. If correct fluxes are needed, then the TLOAD1 Bulk Data entry must be used. Inputting B for C and C for B will not avoid the error since their meaning has not been confused in all areas of the code.
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CR 3578 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - RESTART - Poor Answers The results from a transient heat transfer analysis at a specific time step that are obtained by executing a cold start and then restarting are slightly different from those obtained in a single execution. This difference is observed even though the time steps taken to get to the specific time of comparison are exactly the same. Avoidance: Although this difference indicates a possible error in the initial condition RESTART logic for transient heat transfer, the observed differences have been less than 1 percent and thus should not be cause for concern. Since this difference is insignificant for engineering purposes, this error report is issued for internal purposes only so that the difference can be investigated further. CR 3580 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEAM - ERROR 11022, Invalid Formatted Write If a user specifies a BEAM element with zero torsional stiffness, and non-zero warping, a User Fatal Message should be issued identifying the illegal BEAM entry. Instead of the UFM, V65C3 under INTERACTIVE UNIX on 386 machines ends with the following I/O error in the log file:
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Description ERROR 11022 detected near PC xxx Occurred during formatted Write on unit 6 file "jid.f06". Invalid format specifier for REAL (or COMPLEX) item.} Avoidance: Input a legal BEAM entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3581 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Frequency Response - SOL 118, MODACC - SFM 3001 In Version 67, if SOL 118 (cyclic symmetry frequency response) is used, then the run may fail with the following message "*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET
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CR 3581 101 IN SUBROUTINE GOPEN, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST", when output is requested for anything other than the boundary point responses. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alters or use SOL 88. COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 3,3 TYPE DB CASEX,ESTN,GEOM3BK,GEOM3X,OLB2,PJ1,ULS,ULS1 $
CR 3582 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP,DCMP SPARSE - UFM 5225 If during a multiple superelement run SPARSE DECOMP is selected by setting SYSTEM(69)=256 and there is not adequate memory for SPARSE DECOMP causing the code to revert to conventional decomposition methods, then DECOMP will issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5225 ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX KOO IN SUBROUTINE DCMP." for all subsequent superelements. (VAX/VMS, CONVEX, CRAY X-MP UNICOS, CRAY Y-MP UNICOS Version 67 only) Avoidance: The avoidance is to either provide adequate memory for all superelements or run the larger superelements in a separate non-SPARSE run. CR 3583 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - UM/NASTRAN - Poor Documentation The installation instructions for User-Modifiable (UM) MSC/NASTRAN in Section 7.6.7 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual do not explicitly indicate that the delivery contains only the necessary object code and that it is assumed that standard MSC/NASTRAN has already been installed. The submittal procedure and delivery database must be utilized from the standard installation of MSC/NASTRAN. An update
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CR 3583 to the Version 67 Application Manual will be published which will clarify this requirement. (Version 67 UMN only)
CR 3584 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - REPCASE - Wrong Subcase ID If REPCASE is used in a static analysis, output generated from VECPLOT module such as "MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT", "MAXIMUM APPLIED LOADS", and "OLOAD RESULTANTS" will have incorrect subcase ID references. All other output is correct and in the correct output order relative to the subcase sequence. Avoidance: No avoidance exist. CR 3585 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM10 - SFM 3001, Wrong Answers Shape optimization is not supported for Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN. If only shape design variables are specified, then the run will fail and issue the message "SFM 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 104 IN SUBROUTINE GOPEN, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST". If a combination of shape and size variables are specified, then wrong answers will result. Avoidance: Either remove shape design variables or input PARAM,OPTEXIT,4 in the Bulk Data.
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CR 3586 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - RSPEC, IC/TIC - Wrong Answers The evaluation of response spectra in the RSPEC module uses an uncoupled transient solution which assumes all initial initial conditions to be zero. Therefore, a non zero initial condition at the output locations is ignored and causes an erroneous high frequency peak in the output spectra. Avoidance: An avoidance is to recover the acceleration time histories of
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Known Error
CR 3586 the desired output locations and perform enforced acceleration solutions. If the acceleration time history at the output location can be reproduced in an enforced motion problem, then the resulting response spectra should be correct.
CR 3587 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GPSTRESS - Incorrect Documentation Remark 4 under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the GPSTRESS Case Control command incorrectly states that PARAM,LGDISP must be set to -1 for "nonlinear static" analysis. This is only a requirement for nonlinear transient analysis. (Version 67 only) CR 3588 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN User's M - Missing Pages The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual for Version 66 may be missing some pages. Avoidance: A copy of the missing pages may be obtained from your local MSC representative. (Version 66 only) CR 3589 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NASTRAN Theoretical - Unreadable Page 10.4-39 of the NASTRAN Theoretical Manual may be too light to read. Avoidance: A clearer copy of the page may be obtained from your local MSC representative. CR 3590 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - RF26D88 - Wrong Answers
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CR 3590 The alter statement number for RF26D88 which provides the capability to include Rayleigh damping is incorrect. The error results in the Rayleigh damping not being included in the analysis. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Replace the "ALTER 420" line with "ALTER 427" in the RFALTER library. CR 3592 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - CSTRAIN, CSTRESS, CF - Wrong Answers If an optimization/design sensitivity problem contains CSTRAIN, CSTRESS, and/or CFAILURE responses specified on the DRESP1 Bulk Data entry, multiple subcases, and the first subcase contains no retained responses, then wrong answers will result. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The avoidance is to retain at least one response in the first subcase. CR 3593 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity (SOL 64 - TETRA - UFM 4658, UFM 2025 If the TETRA element is used in SOL 64 on the Cray X-MP/UNICOS V66 release of MSC/NASTRAN, the job will fail and will issue UFM 4658 or UFM 2025 indicating that a DIFFICULT GEOMETRY or an UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM has been encountered. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Use SOL 66 or re-mesh the model without TETRA elements. CR 3594 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW, PARAM,VIEW3D - Wrong Answers If the REV option is selected on the CHBDY Bulk Data entry, wrong answers for the view factors for the elements with the REV option will be output. Since it is clearly documented that the REV option is not supported for view factor calculations, this error is considered corrected n MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 by simply not outputting the view factor for CHBDY elements
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CR 3594 with the REV option. The error is only addressed for the new view capability introduced in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67. The new view capability is selected by setting PARAM,VIEW3D,1 in the bulk data. Avoidance: Other than not selecting this option, there is no avoidance.
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CR 3595 MSC / MD Nastran Database - PARAM,DBALL,SCRATCH - UWM 5229, UWM 4410, UFM 2109, UFM 4512 If PARAM,DBALL,SCRATCH is specified in solutions 101-200, then the run may fail with one of the above error messages depending on the solution sequence,. Avoidance: Remove "PARAM,DBALL,SCRATCH" from the run. This feature is only documented in the "INTRODUCTION TO MSC/NASTRAN VERSION 67" Guide. The feature allows for reduced disk space usage and has no effect on the results. If this feature is desired, then an extensive DMAP avoidance will be provided upon request. CR 3597 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - DOM9, DOT - Incomplete Documentation If the optimizer routine has insufficient opencore available, the routine will print "DISASTER ERROR OPTIMIZATION TERMINATED DIMENSION SIZE OF WK OR IWK IS TOO SMALL" in the output file then return with a normal end. MSC/NASTRAN will continue with the next iteration instead of issuing SFM 3008. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The user must ensure that enough open core is available. It is recommended that before running a large problem, that a single iteration be run to verify the minimum memory requirement is satisfied. CR 3598 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - SOL 103 - Poor Efficiency
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CR 3598 If there is no q-set in a SOL 103, 110-112, 145, 146, or 200 execution, then certain modules which need only be executed if a q-set exists are unnecessarily executed. This error occurs because the NOQSET parameter is not passed to the proper SUBDMAP. This inefficiency does not affect the quality of the results. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alters: COMPILE MODERS SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 1 PARAM USET//'USET'///////'Q'/S,N,NOQSET $
CR 3601 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - NASPLT - Missing Plot File The JCL symbolic NPDISP in the delivered runtime procedure for MSC/NASTRAN Version 66B on the IBM MVS/SP and MVS/XA is set to (OLD,DELETE). This will cause the plot file created by NASPLT in the NP step to be deleted. (IBM MVS/SP and MVS/XA Version 66B only.) Avoidance: In order to save the plot file, NPDISP should be changed to (OLD,KEEP) as documented in the NASPLT section, Section 7.6.6.4, of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual.
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CR 3603 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NOTIFY - Shell Script for SUN4 Version 67 Even though the NOTIFY parameter has been set to YES, the user will not be notified at the completion of a job executed on the SUN4 Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN. (SUN4 Version 67 only) Avoidance: Insert the following line between line numbers 369 and 370 of the shell script as described on page 7.7-14 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual, for the SUN.
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CR 3603 echo "echo \"MSC/NASTRAN job ${name} complete \" > `tty`"
CR 3604 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DIAG 64/USER DMAP - Missing Output Due to an error in one of the utility subroutines in Version 66B, if there is an error in the USER DMAP, it is conceivable that the buffer may not be "flushed" properly on some machines which will lead to missing output. This has been observed on the CRAY X-MP/UNICOS when a USER DMAP with DIAG 64 was executed. (Version 66B only) Avoidance: In this instance, removing DIAG 64 rectified the problem. CR 3605 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC, PARAM,POST - Excessive Space Requirements The size of an .xdb file that DBC produces can be increased unnecessarily by the use of the THRU option on Bulk Data entries such as SPC1. A client generated an .xdb file 10 times larger than the .dball file by using an SPC1 entry that specified GRID IDs 1000 THRU 999999. The only known avoidance is not to use THRU options with large embedded gaps.
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CR 3606 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SMPYAD - Missing Documentation Remark 3 of the SMPYAD entry on page 5.4-204 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual states how multiplication of incompatible matrices is accomplished. There is no statement of how addition is accomplished. If two incompatible matrices are to be added then UFM 5423 "ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES" is issued. In Version 68, SMPYAD no longer accepts incompatible matrices.
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Known Error
CR 3606 The Version 68 DMAP Module Dictionary documenation has been updated to reflect this change so the error is considered corrected in Version 68. (Version 67 only)
CR 3607 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - APPEND, SDR2 - SFM 4276, SFM SDR2RD When running SOL 66 with a medium - to - large size problem, it has been observed that the run may fail with one of the following error messages: SFM 4276 GETSTR ERROR CODE 1404, APPEND MODULE or SFM SDR2RD-1 - INCORRECT NUMBER WORDS BEING REQUESTED FOR TRANSMISSION TO AND BY PHASE-2 ROUTINE. The error may not be repeatable and the same problem has been observed to fail in either manner on the same machine. Avoidance: Increasing the buffsize should alleviate the problem. CR 3608 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Floating Point Overf - IBM MVS/XA ABEND 0E0 If an OPNCOR request is made which exceeds the amount of memory available (based upon the REGION requested less the size of the MSC/NASTRAN executable), the job may fail with a floating point overflow and a system ABEND 0E0. (IBM only). Avoidance: Increase the amount of REGION requested for the job or decrease the amount of OPNCOR requested. It is generally recommended that users not specify OPNCOR, HICORE or REAL for MSC/NASTRAN on the IBM MVS/XA system, but control the amount of working area through the REGION request. The MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual Section 7.6.3.2 describes the relationship between REGION, HICORE, OPNCOR, REAL and memory resident MSC/NASTRAN files.
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CR 3609 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA1 - Missing Answers Prior to Version 67, if the PK flutter method (SOL 75, 145) failed to converge, then a warning was issued and the method would proceed to iterate on the next aeroelastic root. In Version 67 the method will not proceed to the next root but re-processes the current root. This action by the code results in unconverged solutions for all modes after the first unconverged root within the current loop. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: No avoidance exists.
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CR 3610 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - GKAM - SFM 3001 For the dynamic structured modal solutions (SOLs 110,111 and 112 only), if the METHOD command is missing in the Case Control, the following unclear message will be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 - ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 104 IN SUBROUTINE GKAM, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST. UFM 3031 should have been issued instead. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Include the METHOD command in the Case Control. CR 3611 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - MAT2/DBC - Missing Data If there are no MAT2 Bulk Data entries, then the MAT2 entries generated by the PCOMP Bulk Data entries will not be stored in the graphical database (XDB). (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Include a dummy MAT2 entry in the Bulk Data. CR 3612 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - DBC,TRIA3,QUAD8 - Missing Output, Wrong Answers
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CR 3612 If a model contains TRIA3 and/or QUAD8 elements which reference a PCOMP Bulk Data entry (composites), the stress/strain lamina data will not be stored correctly on the graphical database. TRIA3 elements will be mis-labeled as QUAD8, and QUAD8 elements will be completely ignored. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Since this output is not currently plotted by MSC/XL V3, no avoidance is necessary for MSC/XL. For user written programs and other post-processing programs which require the lamina data for these elements no avoidance exists. CR 3613 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DVPRELi,DOM9 - Wrong Answers Absolute values of initial design variable properties are checked but are not treated consistently when the absolute value is in the range of 1.E-4 to 1.E-6. This is irrespective of the values set for PMIN on the DVPRELi bulk data entry and may result in computed design responses which are incorrect. In one routine an error in the code will result in properties which are less than 1.E-6 being incorrectly set to 1.E-4 regardless of the value set for PMIN. Furthermore, properties which are between 1.E-6 and 1.E-4 will not be reset. This may result in unexpected results for the computation of the initial design response. Another symptom of this error is that the initial objective function is incorrect. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: This error only occurs if the a CR 3614 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PGAP, NLITER - SFM 4276 EC 7777 The default value for the coefficient of static friction MU2 on the PGAP Bulk Data entry is zero and not MU1 as documented. This may result
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CR 3614 in a singular stiffness matrix and the message SFM 4276 EC 7777 being output from the NLITER module indicating a numerical overflow. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Explicitly set MU2 on the PGAP Bulk Data entry.
CR 3615 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - ACCESS, DBCXXX - Memory Addressing Violations The labeled COMMON block name was inadvertently changed in some Version 6 releases of MSC/ACCESS from /DBCXXX/ to /XNSTRN/. Note, that MSC/ACCESS Version 6 is the system available with Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN. (VAX and CRAY Version 67 only) Avoidance: All interface programs must be modified to use the /XNSTRN/ labeled COMMON. CR 3616 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - PARAM,PREFDB - Wrong Answers If the value for the PARAM,PREFDB is set to less than 1.0E-10, then the DB value will be automatically set to zero in order to avoid numeric overflow. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Use a PARAM,PREFDB value of greater than 1.0E-10. If necessary, a different sets of units may be necessary. CR 3617 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,PREFDB - Inadequate Documentation, Missing Docum The documentation for PARAM,PREFDB is missing from Section 3.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. The documentation in Section 1.16.8 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual is inadequate. The documentation does not define limits or defaults and does not
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CR 3617 adequately define the purpose of this entry. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: The following changes should be made to Section 1.16.8 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. The first sentence of item 3. which currently states that PARAM,PREFDB "must be specified" should be changed to read; "The default value for PARAM,PREFDB is 1.0, a physically meaningless value. Therefore, an appropriate peak value for PARAM,PREFDB must be specified for the element sound pressure level in dB and dBA to be meaningful." Section 3.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN U
CR 3618 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitiv - DOMCO2 - UFM 7124 For design optimization/sensitivity analysis, if both PSHELL and PCOMP Bulk Data entries are present in the model, then the run may fail with the following misleading USER FATAL MESSAGE 7124 - "PTYPE 2302 23 ON DRESP1 ID=XXX IS NOT DEFINED IN THE ANALYSIS MODEL". (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use the "ELEM" option for the PTYPE field on all DRESP1 Bulk Data entries that refer to the PCOMP or PSHELL property input. This avoidance requires that a separate DRESP1 entry be prepared for each element. CR 3619 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - IFP - SFM 4276 EC 1044 If a model contains a PCOMP Bulk Data entry without a corresponding MAT8 entry, then the run will fail and will issue SFM 4276 EC 1044 which indicates that an end of data has been encountered. Avoidance: Include the necessary MAT8 entry. CR 3620 MSC / MD Nastran Executive Limits - MSC/NASTRAN Version - Size Limits
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CR 3620 This error (general limitation) number has been set aside to be used for tracking of changes for removal or modification of any "Executive System Limit in MSC/NASTRAN" as documented on page 6.3-16 to 6.3-18 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual. Executive System Limits in MSC/NASTRAN: 1. Maximum number of DMAP/NDDL compilations allowed per run is 50. 2. Maximum number of NDDL compilations is 1 per database.
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3. Maximum number of SUBDMAP calls per DMAP solution sequence is 90. 4. Maximum number of DMAP/NDDL linkage edits (links) allowed per run is 1. 5. The recommended minimum space allocation (via FMS INIT command) for a DBset is 100 blocks. 6. Maximum number of DBsets assignable per run is 100. H
CR 3621 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Methods - PDCOMP - Utilizes Only One Processor Parallel decomposition on the CONVEX Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN can utilize only one CPU regardless of what is available or specified. If more than one CPU is requested, the "SUBPROCESS CPU INFORMATION" reported in the Execution Summary (F04) will falsely indicate that time has been spent in the decomposition subprocess. (CONVEX Version 67 only) Avoidance: To fix the executable to allow more than one CPU the system administrator or user with superuser
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Known Error
CR 3621 privelege should locate the MSC/NASTRAN executable (usually /usr/msc/nast67) and apply the following script: # chmod 777 NAST67 adb -w NAST67 << EOF 0x807446b4+4?=w_convex_ pdfblk_+0x404?=w 0x80f31f88 EOF chmod 755 NAST67 #end of script
CR 3623 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD - SFM 4276 Jobs that contain user DMAP with MATMOD options 4 or 5 specified may fail on the HP 9000/800 Version 66B release of MSC/NASTRAN. (HP 9000/800 Version 66B only) Avoidance: Other than manually generating the necessary DMI matrix, no avoidance exists. CR 3624 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SPARSE - UWM 6132, UWM 6136 Documentation on the Sparse Decomposition option available in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 may be found in "The Introduction to Version 67 User's Guide", Section 6.4 New Capabilities List of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 Application Manual, and in Section 2.2 and 5.4 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. Additional information will be available in the new Numerical Methods User's Guide, to be published in March, 1992. Each document has a different intent and contains different information. Thus, users should review all documents before attempting to utilize this new capability. In Section 6.4 the new capabilities list is currently the only document
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CR 3624 which attempts to document limitations of this capability. However other than stating that this method is intended for "sp
CR 3626 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual - Missing Pages Pages 6.3-21 through 6.3-31 were missing from the September 1991 the Version 67 Application Manual update package. Avoidance: These pages have been delivered in the November 1991 update package.
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CR 3627 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - UM, HEXA - Incorrect Coordinate System Description The description of the element coordinate system for the HEXA element under remark 6 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the HEXA entry is not consistent with the accompanying diagram. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: The remark is incorrect. The diagram is correct.
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CR 3629 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - ACCESS - Extra Output For the user-supplied control file, some data relations are output to the neutral file when they should have been filtered. Avoidance: This is an undocumented capability, this error report is written for internal tracking purposes only. CR 3630 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3630 Miscellaneous - TPL - Modeling Error There is a modeling error in test problem AC11102 delivered in the TPL. This problem is intended to demonstrate the interaction between an acoustic element and a structural panel (a QUAD8 element). In the model the CELAS elements are connected to the structural elements in the X3 direction instead of the X2 direction and the X2 direction is constrained by SPCs instead of the X3. This situation results in the QUAD8 element being unloaded by the acoustic elements. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: To correct the model change the constrain field on GRID entries 31 thru 38 from 12456 to 13456, and change the component attached by the CELAS elements for GRIDs 31 thru 38 from the 3 direction to the 2 direction.
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CR 3631 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat Differential Stiffness Plate Elements Section 6.2 of the June/July/August 1991 Application Manual Update package included a report of "highlights" to the 1991 Specialist's Technical Forum. This section reported that the conclusion of a "simple buckling study" performed by a user was that the "differential stiffness formulation for the BAR and plate elements is missing some terms. Consequently, buckling results were very poor." That report was in error, and this error report is intended to set the record straight. First, the only case study of a "simple buckling" problem performed was for the BAR element in MSC/NASTRAN. Second, the client who expressed concern for the accuracy of the differential stiffness of MSC/NASTRAN's plate elements was specifically concerned about CR 3632 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - NLITER - SFM 4276 EC 1404 Large nonlinear problems may encounter an error in core allocation
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Known Error
CR 3632 which will result in the issuance of SFM 4276 EC 1404 from the NLITER module. Avoidance: Increase the BUFFSIZE.
CR 3633 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - NLITER, NLPCI - SFM 4276 FILPOS EC 1102 Large nonlinear static problems which specify the arc length method (Crisfield or Modified Crisfield on the NLPCI entry) that require spill logic in the NLITER module may fail with the above error message. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Use the Riks method on the NLPCI entry or set MAXQN to 0 on the NLPARM entry. CR 3635 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN User's M - Missing Pages Pages 1.2-3 thru 1.2-12 are missing from the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 User's Manuals. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Until these pages can be shipped, if you have a copy of a Version 66 User's Manual, retain these pages as they have not changed. The missing pages will be shipped as part of the second quarter Application Manual update package. CR 3636 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLOT - SFM 4276 EC 7777, Integer Overflow If plot labels are requested for the acoustic HEXA elements, then the job will fail with an integer overflow. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Do not request plot labels. CR 3637 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3637 Superelement Analysis - IBM MVS - Incorrect Return Code Prior to Version 66 of MSC/NASTRAN on the IBM MVS/XA computer, if a fatal error is encountered in the NS step on the IBM MVS/XA system, then a return code of 20 or 21 would be issued. However, in Version 66 and beyond, for superelement solution sequences, a return code of 0 will be issued. For non superelement solution sequence, depending on where the error is occurring, different return code will be issued. If the error occurs in IFP, then a return code of 0 will be issued. This is generally accompanied by UFM 315 or UFM 316 and a DMAP FATAL MESSAGE. If the error occurs other than in the IFP Module, then a return code of 20 or 21 will likely be issued. Avoidance: Ignore the return code and check to see if there is fatal message in the F06 output file. This message has CR 3638 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - SOL 105, SOL 65 - Wrong Answers If no output requests are made in SOL 105 ( or SOL 61 for restart into 65), then the differential stiffness is not computed and negative eigenvalues may be generated. This error has been corrected in Version 68, SOL 105. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Include a DISP(PLOT) output request in the static subcase. CR 3639 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - MAT1 - Wrong Answers On automatic restart, if the GE field which defines material damping on the MAT1 entry is altered, the damping matrices will not be updated correctly. The BJJ matrix will be deleted and K4JJ is not regenerated. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Modify the NDDL as follows: Change the following DEPEN statements (line number is given): 3999 DEPEN MPTSB(VP) / MPTS:MAT1::GE,MPTS:MAT2::GE,MPTS:MAT3::GE,
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CR 3639 4000 MPTS:MAT8::GE,MPTS:MAT9::GE,MPTMID(VP) $ 4136 DEPEN BELM / CSTMS,GEOM2S:CNGRNT,MPTSB(VP),EPTSB(VP),EST1(VP) $ 4144 DEPEN K4JJ / ECT1(VP),KDICT,KELM,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,NOK4GG(P) $ 4145 DEPEN KJJZ / K4JJ $ 4147 DEPEN BJJX / ECT1(VP),BDICT,BELM,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS $ to the following DEPEN statements: 3999 DEPEN MPTSK4(VP) / MPTS:MAT1::GE,MPTS:M
CR 3641 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GENTIM, COMTIM - Excessive Run Time There is a known problem in running GENTIM on the VAX VECTOR Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN which may result in excessive run time or the job ending with a SFM. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: This error was known at release time; however, the problem could not be fixed. The release of the system was held to include the timing constants for all VAX VECTOR machines that we anticipated that we would have VAX VECTOR clients. This includes the VAX 9010 VECTOR/SCALAR machine as well as the VAX 6410 and 6510 VECTOR/SCALAR machine. Thus, for these machines the clients should not need to generate timing constants. Unfortunately other models of the 6400, 6500, and 9000 series machines exist and although from a timing constant perspective any machine within a series is nearly CR 3642 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM5 - SFM 6036 If a DRESP2 Bulk Data entry references a WEIGHT, VOLUME, EIGN or LAMA DRESP1 entry and there are multiple subcases, then the run may fail in the DOM5 module with SFM 6036 ATTEMPT
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CR 3642 TO DIVIDE BY A REAL SINGLE PRECISION ZERO. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: There is no avoidance. However, this error is highly unlikely and could only be demonstrated with contrived examples.
CR 3643 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - EIGR, EIGRL, - UIM 4425 If no eigenvalues are found in the prescribed frequency range on the EIGR or EIGRL entry for the current harmonic, the run will not continue to the next harmonic. Instead the run will exit issuing the following message "UIM 4425 - ONE OR MORE FATAL ERRORS HAVE OCCURRED. THERE MAY BE MORE ERROR MESSAGES IN THE PRECEDING OUTPUT". Avoidance: Instead of selecting a frequency range, input the number of modes desired on the EIGR or EIGRL entry.
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CR 3645 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - Installation SUN4 There is a documentation error in Section 7.7 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for the SUN4. (Version 67 SUN4 only)
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In the startup Section (7.7.3.1) the following line: ln /msc/bin/nastran /usr/bin/nastran should be replaced by ln -s /msc/bin/nast67 /usr/bin/nastran
CR 3647 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEAM, Offsets - UWM 4648 If the neutral axis to shear center offset on the BEAM element is excessive
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CR 3647 such that the offset is significant as compared to the length of the beam, then the job may fail in a dynamic analysis using the tridiagonal eigensoluitons with the following error message: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4648 ---- THE MODAL MASS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE. The Lanczos method may fail due to an overflow-type of system message, or may produce numerically unstable results for some modes, which may change greatly when small changes are made to the model. A non positive definite mass matrix is most likely to occur when the offset is large and coupled mass (PARAM,COUPMASS) has been selected. Avoidance: The amount of offset should not be excessive. If this amount of offset is indeed necessary, then one
CR 3648 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - EXPAND - SFM 1015 If the File Management Section EXPAND statement is used on a restart to expand two or more physical files which ran out of space in a previous run and the restart run also runs out of space, then the restart run will fail with SFM 1015 rather than the expected SFM 1012. The database will be corrupted and will not be able to be EXPANDed further. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: ASSIGN and EXPAND files one at a time. CR 3649 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - STRUCTMP,FLUIDMP,PAN - Missing Output For a SOLution 111 run which contains acoustic elements, if modal participation output is requested and there is more than one DLOAD subcase, then only the modal participation output for the first subcase will be printed. [Version 67 only) Avoidance: Include the following DMAP avoidance:
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CR 3649 COMPILE SEMFREQ SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 167 TYPE PARM,,I,N,ILOAD,NOLOAD,COLNO $ PARAML FOL1//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NOFREQ $ PARAML UHF1//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NOUCOL $ NOLOAD=NOUCOL/NOFREQ $ ILOAD=1 $ DO WHILE ( ILOAD<=NOLOAD AND FLUIDMP>0 ) $ PARAML CASES//'DTI'/ILOAD/13 //S,N,DLOADID $ ALTER 170,170 COLNO=(ILOAD-1)*NOFREQ+IFREQ $ MATMOD UHFF,,,,,/UHFFI,/1/colno $ EXTRACT A COLUMN (FREQUENCY) ALTER 177,177 MESSAGE //' DMAP INFORMATION MESSAGE 9054 (SEMFREQ) -'/ ' FLUID MO
CR 3650 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - PARAM,OPTIM,NO - SFM 3001 If "PARAM,OPTIM,NO" is specified in a SOLution 200 run which contains superelements and there is no design model, then the run will fail with SFM 3001. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Insert a dummy design model, execute SOL 101, 103 and/or 105 separately as needed or insert the following DMAP Alters:
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COMPILE DESOPT SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 155,155 IF ( NOT(RSONLY) AND NOEDOM>-1 ) SDSB, SLIST,EDOMF,CASEXX/DSLIST/S,N,DMRESD/ S,N,NOSEDV/S,N,NOSERESP $ COMPILE PHASE1DR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 47,47 IF ( APP<>'DESOPT ' OR ( DESITER<=1 OR SEID=0 ) ) THEN $
CR 3651 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Dynamic Reduction - Wrong Answers A restart from a dynamic solution sequence (e.g. 63, 67 thru 72, or 103, 107 thru 112, etc) into a static solution sequence (e.g. 61 or 101) when
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CR 3651 the residual structure has been reduced by generalized dynamic reduction (DYNRED entry) will produce wrong answers in the static solution. Similarly, as in a restart, this error can also occur in SOL 200 when executing with ANALYSIS=MODES and ANALYSIS=STATICS. This error can also occur in a superelement if it was reduced by component modes (EIGR or EIGRL entry) and/or generalized dynamic redution. This was fixed in Version 67.5 but not in Version 68.
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance. COMPILE SEDISP SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 109, 109 $ V68 IF ( NOT(NLHEAT) ) SDR1, USET,,ULS,UOOX,YSX,GOAt, Known Error Product Abstract CR 3652 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN - UFM 1012, UFM 423 The IBM MVS/XA Version 67 (and all previous releases) MSC/NASTRAN system was knowingly released with a potential problem. Although this potential problem area has been mentioned in Section 7.6 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual, it is documented here to assist the user and client support. If a FREE or RLSE is performed on an MSC/NASTRAN database file (or allocated space is otherwise released following completion of a job), the maximum size of the file may be permanently reduced but the MSC/NASTRAN GINO block count will not be adjusted. This could potentially cause problems on restart jobs from such databases since MSC/NASTRAN will expect additional space to be available, when in fact the file is full. This could result in the message "UFM 1012(GALLOC)DBSET IS FULL AND NEEDS T CR 3654 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN - SVC 99 Error Code 97000000 An error exists in IBM's Storage Management Software (SMS) which may cause MSC/NASTRAN jobs which use dynamic allocation to fail with SVC 99
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Known Error
CR 3654 error code 97000000. Avoidance: This is an error with IBM's software and may be corrected by applying corrective patches to the SMS software. The following APARs may be obtained from IBM to correct this error: OY4772 (primary), OY44547,OY42898,OY41248,OY42704
CR 3655 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity - SDR2 - Wrong Answers Wrong answers for element forces can be produced in SOL 66 when QUAD4 and/or TRIA3 elements are used with PARAM,LGDISP,1 without any material nonlinearity. Errors were introduced in SDR2 when fixes were incorporated for Error 3071. The stress output is unaffected by this error.
Description Avoidance: If the QUAD4/TRIA3 elements reference MAT1 data, then inputting an associated MATS1 Bulk Data entry which is defined such that the material properties remain in the linear range will avoid the error. There is no avoidance for composite elements which specify PCOMP/MAT8 Bulk Data. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3657 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SOL 66, SOL 106, STR - Excessive Output In material nonlinear analysis (SOL 66, 106), a STRESS(PLOT) request will result in the NONLINEAR STRESS output being printed. This is an undocumented intentional feature which allows users the option to reduce printed output by suppressing the linear stress output while printing the SDRNL output. MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 has been enhanced by adding the new NLSTRESS case control command which gives the user complete control over the output. A request for NLSTRESS(PLOT) without a STRESS request will not produce any linear or nonlinear printed stress output. Avoidance: Other than deleting the DMAP call for the OFP module that
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CR 3657 prints the undesired datablock, no known avoidance exists. In the short term MSC will document this behavior under the User Manual description of the STRESS C
CR 3658 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - WKK, RESTART - Wrong Answers Automatic restarts in SOL 144 which include new DMI entries for the WKK matrix, will not update the WKK datablock. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance in the restart run. COMPILE AESTATRS SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 44 $ ENDIF $ NOQAX=-1 DELETE /WSKJ,QAA,QAX , , / $ PUTSYS (1,109) $ ALTER 54,54 $ PUTSYS (0,109) CR 3659 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Case Control, PARAM - Wrong Answers In Version 67, SOL 145 was extended to allow multiple subcases. This modification resulted in PARAM entries placed in the Case Control Section not being honored. No warning messages are issued. This error will result in wrong (i.e., unexpected) answers if the user's intent was to set PARAM,VREF to a value other than 1.0. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance. COMPILE SEFLUTTR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 55 $ PVT PVTS,CASE1 // $ CR 3660 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - APD, SPLINE2 - Wrong Answers
Corrected Version 2010.1.3
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CR 3660 Error 2455, which stated that if a SPLINE2 references a nonexistant coordinate system the run will proceed, no message would be issued, and wrong answers could result, was claimed to be fixed in Version 66. However, it has been discovered that the error has not been fixed for all situations. Avoidance: Make certain that all referenced coordinate systems exist. CR 3661 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,POST - Missing Output In SOL 106, setting PARAM,POST will not result in the combined linear and nonlinear element data (OSES1X and OEF1X datablocks) being output by the OUTPUT2 module for post processing. Avoidance: Include the following alter. COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 218 $ IF( POST<0 AND OES='YES' ) THEN $ OUTPUT2 OES1X//OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR $ OTAPE2=0 $ ENDIF $ IF(POST<0 AND OEF='YES') THEN OUTPUT2 OEF1X//OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR $ OTAPE2=0 $ ENDIF $ CR 3662 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - NDDL - Wrong Answers Due to an error in the NDDL dependency check, if additional modes are desired for the superelements in the restart run with new EIGR/EIGRL entries, the additional component modes will be calculated; however, they will not be passed down to the residual structure. The same component modes from the coldstart run will be passed down to the residual structure instead. Avoidance: Add a dummy DYNRED Bulk Data entry in the restart run. CR 3663 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3663 DMAP - RFAlters - UFM 779 On the CRAY UNICOS system and possibly other UNIX systems, if more than one member of the RF alter library is requested, then the run may fail with UFM 779 - "RFALTER RFXXDYY CANNOT BE FOUND". This error will only occur when the RF alter names being included are of different length. Thus, the error is most likely to occur when a user's alter is added to the MSC/NASTRAN RF alter library and it contains a different number of characters as compared to the standard member(s) being requested. Avoidance: Make sure that all members of the RFAlter library requested for a particular solution sequence have the same number of characters. As an example, if RF24D81 is requested, an acceptable user-added member would be RF24D6X, and an unacceptable member would be RF24D66X. If di CR 3665 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RFORCE - Wrong Answers If the ROTation option is used in cyclic symmetry, and the structure consists of 3 segments and the RFORCE rotation vector is not parallel to the axis of symmetry in the basic coordinate system, then the answers will be incorrect. Avoidance: Modify the model so that it does not have 3 segments. CR 3666 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MAT8 - Missing Remark The STRN field on the MAT8 Bulk Data entry indicates whether Xr, Xc, Yt, Yc and S are stress or strain allowables (real=1.0 for strain allowables and is blank(default for stress allowables) for failure criteria calculations. It should be further stipulated that strain allowables can be specified only if the user selects the maximum strain theory (STRN for
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CR 3666 FT on the PCOMP Bulk Data entry). For all other failure criteria, the program assumes Xt, Xc, etc., are stress allowables irrespective of what is specified for STRN on the MAT8 Bulk Data entry.
CR 3668 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - FMS, INIT - SFM 446 The examples on page 2.2-14 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual which illustrate the use of the INIT statement contain an extra "=" sign within the parentheses. If used as show SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 446 (DBCRT) ERROR ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A FILE (LOGICAL= = ) " will be issued. Avoidance: The correct example is as follows: INIT MASTER(RAM) LOGICAL=(MASTER(5000)) INIT OBJSCR LOGICAL=(OBJSCR(5000)) CR 3669 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - RESTART, PCOMP - SFM 4276 EC7777 A restart run of a model which contains PCOMP Bulk Data entries using the SYM option may fail with SFM 4276 EC7777 in the RESTART module or perform inefficient restarts. Avoidance: The error is the result of an inadequate description in the NDDL for the PCOMP entry. The only avoidances are not to use the SYM option of the PCOMP entry, execute a cold start, or if no changes are being made to any properties in the model then apply the following alter: COMPILE IFPL, SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 83,83 $ DON'T CHECK EPT COMPILE PHASE0, SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 256,256 $ DON'T CHECK EPTS CR 3671 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - System Error
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CR 3671 The default block size (512 or 1024) for tar tape formats on the IBM RS/6000 is dependent on the version of the AIX OS. If a user attempts to read a tape with the incorrect default, the following message is obtained: "0511-193 AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED WITH INPUT OR OUTPUT". This error has been misidentified as a media problem. (IBM RS/6000 Version 67 only) Avoidance: If a client encounters this problem, the block size may be specified during the installation. For AIX this is easily accomplished through 'smit', a menu-driven system management. The path to change the block size is smit/devices/Tape Drive/Change characteristics. The 'Change Characteristics' panel for the tape device in question has block size as a parameter. The client can use the 'tab' key to change the
CR 3672 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - PARAM,PANELMP,STRUCT - Wrong Answers If modal participation factors are requested for panels in acoustics and the request is for a selected sets of grids, then the panel participation factors will be wrong. The new acoustic capability in Version 67 uses PARAM's instead of Case Control entries to control output selection of Modal Participation Factors. It was intended that the PARAM's would be used in combination with OFREQ requests, where OFREQ would control the frequencies and the PARAMs would control the number of modes at which factors would be calculated and printed. This is documented correctly in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Section 1.16, however SOL 108 uses the PARAMs to control the frequency selection. The factors that are printed are correct but a subset of modes cannot be selected. Avoidance: CR 3674 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DRESP2 - Wrong Answers The sensitivities of second-level responses (DRESP2) may be incorrect if both of the following conditions are
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Known Error
CR 3674 met: 1. The response is a function of first-level responses (DRESP1) . 2. One of the DRESP1 responses is on the order of 1.0E-2 or smaller. Avoidance: If possible, try to constrain the small DRESP1 responses directly rather than using them in DRESP2 relations. Other avoidances require rescaling the model or specifying an MPC relation which rescales the specific response. Users of design optimization should be aware that there are inherent difficulties in numerical differentiation of dimensional quantities. These difficulties are that responses of widely different magnitudes can be expected (i.e. stress versus displacement). With an understan
CR 3675 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - Poor Performance FBS Method 2 was not compiled to take advantage of vectorization on the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN. If FBS Method 2 is selected on a vector machine, a performance degradation of 3 to 4 times may be experienced in the FBS module versus Version 66B. (IBM MVS/XA Vector Version 67 only) Avoidance: FBS Method 2 is selected based on the performance estimate only when the number of right-hand sides approaches the order of the left-hand side. In typical problems where the FBS operation is significant to the total run time, this situation only arises when solving for GOAT in superelement analysis. In superelement problems where the number of degrees of freedom on the boundary of a superelement is less than 10 percent of the number of degrees of freedom in t CR 3676 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN - Incorrect File Assignments
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Known Error
CR 3676 On the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN, the default filename or filename prefix may be determined from several sources. The sources are the JCL DD statements, the default file prefixes, the file prefixes specified in an RC file or from the PARM field. An error may occur if any part of the filename specification contains a dollar sign ($). If a filename is derived from a JCL DD statement or built from keywords specified in the PARM field, then the filename has all characters to the right of and including the "$" removed from the filename specification. Note also that if an ASSIGN, INCLUDE, or RC file keyword specifies a filename or prefix containing a "$" and the specification is not enclosed with 'quotes', then all data to the right of and including t
CR 3677 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - COPY - UFM 1126 When the iterations for the current subcase have been terminated without convergence, a fatal error is encountered when erroneously attempting to store the last (unconverged) solution in place of the previous converged solution. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidances to SOL 66 and 106 respectively: SOL 66 $ COMPILE SOL66 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 1109,1109 IF ( SOLCURI <> SOLCUR AND SOLCUR <> SOLPRE ) THEN $ ENDALTER
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SOL 106 $ COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 303,303 IF (SOLCURI<> SOLCUR AND SOLCUR <> SOLPRE ) THEN $ ALTER 328 PRTPARM //0/'SOLPRE' $
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CR 3678 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Restarts - UFM 5423 Automatic Restarts in SOL 101 will fail with UFM 5423 whenever the applied load condition (other than SPCDs) is modified and the SPCD enforced deformation condition in the previous run is left unmodified for the restart. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The proper matrices will be updated if a dummy (unreferenced) SPCD Bulk Data entry is included in the restart run. CR 3679 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - NEUPS - Overwritten Plots, Missing Plots If a multi-page plot file generated by the NEUPS utility is displayed using the SUN PageView utility, all pages in the file will overwrite one another in the display and the PageView will indicate that only one page is present in the plot file. While investigating this problem, an error was found when specifying a pen number greater than 3. As a result of this error, pages may not be printed or lines may be drawn incorrectly. Since this error occurs in all versions of the NEUPS utility, the following changes should be made by all users of the NEUPS utility. In subroutine NPLT, remove the following line: if (c .gt. 3) ipen = 3 In subroutine PLOTS, replace the line: write (unit=ips ,fmt=10) '%!-----PS picture-----' with: write (unit=ips CR 3680 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - SFM 4276 EC 7777 FBS method 2 will fail with the FREAD GINO error SFM 4276 EC 7777 when it attempts to write a solution where the first string of a column is longer than the BUFFSIZE. Note that FBS
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CR 3680 method 2 operates on the transpose matrix, thus the number of terms in a column is the number of right-hand sides being solved. Avoidance: Increase the BUFFSIZE or force Method 1 or 1A by setting the NASTRAN keyword FBSOPT to either -2 or -1.
CR 3681 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SPARSE, MPYAD - SFM 4276 EC 7777 SPARSE MPYAD may fail with SFM 4276 EC 7777 (integer overflow) when multiple passes are used and the A matrix has a large deviation in the density of its columns. Avoidance: Deselect SPARSE MPYAD by setting the SPARSE NASTRAN keyword to 0. Other values of the SPARSE NASTRAN keyword are possible which will allow SPARSE DECOMP and FBS while deselecting SPARSE MPYAD. Please refer to the description of the DECOMP module in Section 5.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. CR 3682 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods - DECOMP - SFM 4276 EC 923 If the maximum bandwidth of the matrix to be decomposed exceeds 65,535, then an integer overflow will occur in the parallel decomposition subroutine that determines the core size. SFM 4276 EC 923 will be output from the DECOMP module. This error will occur on all short-word (32 bit) machines. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to revert to standard decomposition, which is the default. CR 3684 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMG, PSTA - Floating Point Exception
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CR 3684 If the user requests a leading edge sweep correction (NTHRY=2) to a Piston Theory aerodynamics model that has a subsonic leading edge, a machine dependent error message indicating a floating point exception will result. Avoidance: The user must only specify a leading edge sweep correction when the leading edge is supersonic (Mach number must be greater than the secant of the leading sweep angle) CR 3685 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA, TETRA - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 a new method was introduced to define the element coordinate system for solid elements. This was done to correct Error 2839. An error may result in an improper basic transformation matrix. If this error occurs, the resulting stiffness matrix will not pass a rigid body test and incorrect displacements and stresses will result. The worst errors will occur when "long-almost-square" HEXA or TETRA elements are used. "Long-almost-square" is defined as an element with an aspect ratio greater than 20 with a cross-section-aspect ratio of less than 1.5. Smaller errors occur for shorter elements if the cross-section is nearly square. If the element edges are parallel to the basic coordinate axes, the error will not occur. (Version 67 only) Avoidance:
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CR 3686 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PSHELL/MAT2 - UFM 5199 If free field format is used for the PSHELL/MAT2 and possibly other entries and the number of characters on a line exceed 72, then the job may fail with UFM 5199 indicating that the entry has an integer/BCD field with more than 8 characters even though it may not. Furthermore, the automatic continuation feature does not work in this case. Values in columns greater than 72 will be converted to blanks. This may potentially lead to unexpected
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Known Error
CR 3686 answers. Avoidance: When using free format, do not exceed 72 characters. The delimiter "comma" is considered a character.
CR 3687 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MERGE - Infinite Loop If the partitioning vector used in the matrix MERGE operation is double precision, then the problem may get into an infinite loop. This error is most likely to occur when a user's DMAP is involved. Avoidance: Make sure that the partitioning vector is single precision. CR 3688 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Demo Library - Truncated Files The files delivered on the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 system have a fixed record length of 80. Consequently, the portion of the Demo Library file "error67.lis" that is longer than 80 columns is truncated. Avoidance: Only the general limitation section of the file exceeds 80 characters. The file is meant to be used as a tool and is still useful for searching for errors and limitations of concern. Since the file is not updated by MSC once the system is built, it is recommended that the user always refer to the bulletin board or Section 6.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual to ensure that the latest status of the error is being referenced. CR 3690 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - TRANS - SFM T10 (XMIT) If a STRESS output request is made that includes gap elements (note, a STRESS request is made to obtain GAP element force output), then a subsequent TRANS of the database will fail
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CR 3690 with the message SFM T10 (XMIT). (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Do not request STRESS output for GAP elements.
CR 3691 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GAP - Excessive Stiffness Update Models with a large number of GAP elements utilizing the new adaptive gap option in Version 67 may perform unnecessary stiffness updates when the adaptive penalty adjustment is used. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: There is no avoidance; however, the final results are correct. CR 3692 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - DVSET - Wrong Answers In the old design sensitivity capability SOL 51 or 101 if a design variable references a non-existing PID, then the sensitivity coefficient for the offending design variable will be incorrect. The sensitivity coefficients for design variables with existing PIDs are correct. The old eigenvalue sensitivity solutions will ignore the design variable without warning. Avoidance: Make sure that the DVSET entry references an existing PID or use the new design sensitivity capability.
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CR 3693 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - IFP6 - Extra Output When the ECHO=PUNCH option is specified in the case control of a data deck containing PCOMP entries the equivalent PSHELL/MAT2 entries are printed in the punch file. However, if echo=none is specified along with any punch output request, e.g., DISP(PUNCH)=xxx, then a copy of the equivalent PSHELL/MAT2 output will incorrectly be sent to the punch file.
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Known Error
CR 3693 Avoidance: An echo=sort or echo=sort(yyy) will eliminate the extra output in the punch file at the expense of creating possibly unwanted output in the F06 file.
CR 3696 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,POST, DBLOCATE - Missing Output If PARAM,POST is specified in a superelement run that uses multi-MASTER and DBLOCATE statements, the OUTPUT2 and XDB output will contain results for the residual only. (Version 66+ only) Avoidance: To obtain results for postprocessing of the upstream superelements, apply the following alter: COMPILE SUPER3, SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 90,90 $ ALTER 104 $ TYPE DB,PVT $ PVT PVT,CASEDR/PVTX $ Also, for XDB output you must first submit a run which creates the XDB file with the geometry. Use the recommended input file below. Only the "SEMAP" data base has to be DBLOCATE'd and the database created by this run may be deleted. NASTRAN SYSTEM(143)=1 ASSI SEMAP= $Insert filename of SEMAP MASTER DBset ASSI DBC= $De
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CR 3697 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD), PLOADi, - Wrong Answers In SOL 106, element loadings may produce wrong answers when superelements are used. The SPC force results for any superelements which have member loadings applied will not include the reaction induced by the member loads. Example loadings are temperature, any PLOADi entries, and GRAV entries.
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Known Error
CR 3697 Please see related error 7015. Avoidance: Use SOL 66 or apply the following alter to SOL 106: compile sedisp souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 87,87 mpyad pss,crx,/pssx $
CR 3698 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - TEMP, TREF, BEAM - Wrong Answers If TEMP(INIT) is specified along with a nonzero TREF, the results from models with BEAM elements will be wrong. The BEAM element's thermal expansion is generated incorrectly using TREF instead of TEMP(INIT). In data recovery when the thermal strain is removed, TEMP(INIT) is used. Avoidance: The MATi's TREF entry must be left blank. CR 3699 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFDR - Wrong Answers If grid point force balance output (GPFORCE) is requested with a selective set and there is TEMP(LOAD) or DEFORM loads, then wrong answers may occur. Avoidance: Do not use a selective set, use GPFORCE=ALL instead. CR 3700 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PACAB - Wrong Answers The effect of perturbing the acoustic damping element CHACAB/PACAB is not accounted for in design sensitivity analysis. This may lead to wrong answers if the acoustic damping element is part of the design model. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 3701 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIA6 - Wrong Answers When specifying the element thickness of the corner nodes on the CTRIA6 Bulk Data entry, the volume of the element will be incorrect in the PARAM, EST, 1 output. All other answers including the mass are unaffected by this error. Avoidance: If varying thickness of the element is desired, there is no avoidance. In the case of constant thickness, specify the thickness on the PSHELL entry.
Corrected Version 2007.0.0 (MD R2)
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CR 3702 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - INIT MASTER(NORAM) - SFM 1114 When specifying INIT MASTER(NORAM) in a run with superelements, the message SFM 1114 (XREMOV), "POTENTIAL INFINITE-LOOP PROBLEM EXISTS IN DBENTRY TABLE FOR DATA BLOCK = GOA" may occur. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Remove the INIT MASTER(NORAM) FMS statement. CR 3703 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - Inconsistent Property The example input on Page 2.14-64 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual specifies the cross-sectional area of the PBEAM entry as 4.0. To be consistent with Figure 19 on page 2.14-62, the area should be 1.732. This section of the Application Manual discusses Material and Geometric Nonlinear Analysis, it has been superseded by the Handbook for Nonlinear Analysis. CR 3704 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - HPALLOC FAILED
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CR 3704 Section 7.6.2.11 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN Cray Unicos Application Manual states that the "lm" parameter on the "qsub" command must be greater by at least 900,000 words, which is the memory required to load MSC/NASTRAN. If this value is used, the error "HPALLOC failed in SUBROUTINE FIELDLN" is issued. This error is documented in Section 7.6.5.1. (CRAY Unicos only). Avoidance: The avoidance is to increase the difference between the "lm" and "mem" parameters to at least 1.2 megawords, by increasing the "lm" parameter or decreasing the "mem" parameter. The appropriate differential is machine and user-dependent depending on the environment variables used. If the user sets environment variables, the differential should be increased. The value of 900,000 words for th CR 3705 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP, SYSTEM(69) - UFM 6136 If SYSTEM(69) is set via the NASTRAN input, it may not be passed to the decomposition module. In the case of sparse decomposition, if SYSTEM(69)=256, then UFM 6136 (DFMSA), "INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR SYMBOLIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY *** WORDS" is issued, and the DECOMP module does not proceed with the non sparse method, as documented in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Section 5. Avoidance: The avoidance for the Structured Solution Sequences, in Version 67 is to apply the following alter. COMPILE DMAP=SEKRRS, SOUIN=MSCSOU $ ALTER 19 $ BEFORE DCMP MODULE TYPE PARM,,I,N,MVAL $ MVAL = GETSYS(MVAL,69) DECOMP = DECOMP + MVAL ENDALTER For the Unstructured Solution Sequences and previous versions, the same alter must be inserted directly CR 3706
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CR 3706 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESPi - Wrong Answers MSC/NASTRAN's implementation of modal frequency sensitivity analysis yields wrong answers for sensitivity responses when massless degrees of freedom are present. This includes stresses, forces, and rotational displacements affected by the massless degrees of freedom. (Version 67+) Avoidance: Use a direct approach.
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CR 3707 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - TPL - Missing Data Decks A decision was made for MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 to not deliver data decks which were not executed during system testing. While these test decks may have been useful for demonstration purposes, they were found to be insignificant or redundant from a code coverage-testing perspective. Since many of the decks may have been incompatible with the current system requiring DMAP alter maintenance or demonstrating a superseded capability, it was decided not to deliver them. Avoidance: Most problems may be accessed from a prior version's TPL. In Version 68, these demonstration problems will be delivered in a separate directory. Application note problems will remain consistent with the original application note. That is, decks that contain DMAP'S or any other nonupward compatibilit CR 3708 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods - PDCOMP - SFM 4276 If more than 2 processors are available on a DEC VAX/VMS computer and more than 2 processors are requested by setting SYSTEM(107)=n, then the job may fail in various ways due to insufficient resources. (DEC VAX/VMS Version 67 only)
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CR 3708 Avoidance: The system will try to create (n-1)**2 +1 processes. The only avoidance is request 2 or fewer processes.
CR 3709 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TABLES1 - Unreasonable Resources It has been observed that for certain problems if the stress-strain values specified on the TABLES1 Bulk Data entry are defined from a positive to a negative range, then a slower convergence rate may be encountered. Avoidance: Specify the stress-strain values in ascending order.
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CR 3710 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - SOL 114 - Incorrect Results If a grid point force balance is requested in SOL 114, Version 67, the output will not include the applied loads. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter in SOL 114 for Version 67 Only:
Description COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 249,249 $ TYPE DB PJ,FORE $ MPYAD PJ,FORE,/PG1 $
CR 3711 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers Currently, the thermal strain is not proportioned for the linear elements in a multiple-step subcase. Thus, the intermediate data recovery is incorrect for all linear elements when thermal loads are applied. Avoidance: Use elements that are potentially nonlinear and user PARAM,LGDISP,1
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CR 3713 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SOL 106, PARAM,SERST - UFM 4511, SFM 3007 If the multiple master technique is used in SOL 106 and upstream superelements are processed in a run without processing the residual, then UFM 4511 "SUBCASE *** DOES NOT REFERENCE AN NLPARM BULK DATA CARD" will be issued at the end of the run. This error has no effect on the results and can be ignored. The job can be restarted and the residual processed. However if PARAM,SERST,SEDR is used in a data recovery restart run, then the job will exit without performing data recovery. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter in all upstream superelement runs: COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 23 $ EXIT $ Apply the following DMAP alter in the data recovery restart run: COMPILE SUPER1 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 34,34
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CR 3714 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - VECPLOT - Incorrect Example Example 2. under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the VECPLOT module contains an error in the MATGPR DMAP statement. The example is corrected in Version 68 of the MSC/NASTRAN DMAP Module Dictionary. Avoidance: The correct DMAP statement is as follows: MATGPR GPL,USET,SIL,UGVBASIC//'H'/'G' $ CR 3716 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3716 Miscellaneous - PARAM,POST - Missing Output Even if PARAM,OGEOM,YES is specified in conjunction with PARAM,POST,-1 the geometry information will be missing from the OUTPUT2 file. This information is required for Version 3 of PATRAN. Version 2 or earlier does not require this output. An enhancement in the latest version of SDRC/IDEAS results in deficient data when PARAM,POST,-2 is used with RF66D66. Avoidance: If the geometry information is desired in the PATRAN OUTPUT2 file, replace the following DMAP statements in the RFXXD66 alter: IF ( POST=-2 AND (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ')) THEN $
Description with IF (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') THEN $ For the SSS: COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU $ ALTER 72,72 IF (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') THEN $ If the OQG1 data is required for the SDRC/IDEAS OUTPUT2 file, then replace Known Error Product Abstract CR 3717 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - TRANS/RECEIVE - Incorrect Keyword The wrong keyword, 'GDB', is used in the TRANS and RECEIVE PROC delivered with the IBM MVS/XA MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 system. The keyword 'XDB' should have been used instead. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) Avoidance: Modify the procedure to be consistent with the machinedependent documentation in Section 7.6 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual. CR 3718 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3718 Loads - RFORCE - Wrong Answers Remark 5 under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the RFORCE Bulk Data entry states that METHOD=2 must be used when computing the forces resulting from the angular acceleration and that coupling terms are not computed. In fact, the CONM2s I11, I22, and I33 terms are ignored as well. The only forces calculated are those due to translational mass terms on the diagonal. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 has been enhanced to include the angular acceleration terms.
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CR 3719 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD - Wrong Answers MATMOD option 3 is supposed to zero out rows and columns of specified degree of freedom. However, if the first term to be zeroed out in a column is null, then subsequently incorrect terms will be zeroed out. Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance.
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CR 3720 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - RESTART - UFM 1215 In Version 67, due to an inconsistent formatting of the title page version number, a restart run using a MSC/NASTRAN database from a binary-compatible machine may fail with UFM 1215. Avoidance: Adding the following NASTRAN statement will result in the title page compatibility check being ignored. NASTRAN SYSTEM(148)=1
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CR 3721 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,FIXEDB PARAM,SERST - Missing Message, Wrong Answers When using the multi-master technique with external superelements, it is possible that the results for the superelements will be the fixed boundary solution. This error occurs when PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 is specified and the user fails to specify PARAM,SERST,SEDR during data recovery of the external superelement. Note that if external superelements are not present and the user fails to specify PARAM,SERST,SEDR, then DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9058 would be issued. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SERST,SEDR as documented in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Section 3.1.3 during the data recovery of the external superelement and apply the following DMAP in Version 67 when using the multi-master method with PARAM,FIXEDB,-1. COMPILE SUPER1, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF ALTER 34,34 $
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CR 3722 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NASTRC - Incorrect Space Allocation On the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 system, all the space parameters, e.g., SDBALL, defined in the user's nastrc file are ignored. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) Avoidance: Specify the desired space values in the File Management Section of the input data. CR 3723 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAM,POST - Missing Output Contrary to the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual documentation for the PARAM,POST,-2
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Known Error
CR 3723 Bulk Data entry, the grid point stress results are not written to the OUTPUT2 file when using "PARAM,POST,-2". Furthermore, the parameter name for the GPSTRESS should be OGPS instead of OGS as documented in Section 3.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. Avoidance: If grid point stress results are desired in the PARAM,POST,-2 OUTPUT2 file, then insert the following DMAP alter avoidance: COMPILE SEDRCVR,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 136,136 $ IF (POST<0 AND OGPS='YES') THEN $
CR 3724 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GENTIM - Machine Crash In Version 67, it has been observed on some HP 9000/750 machines that when GENTIM is executed, the system may lock out all users, crash, and then automatically reboot itself. This behavior has only been observed for this machine with non-HP chips. (HP 9000/750 Version 67 only) Avoidance: This behavior is believed to be a hardware problem. Contact your HP representative to have the chips replaced.
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CR 3725 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - SPCD - Wrong Answers In Version 67, when specifying an enforced displacement with an SPCD Bulk Data entry with no other static loads (i.e., FORCE,SLOAD, etc.), UWM 3204 is supposed to be issued and ignored. Not only is the message not issued but all the requested output is null. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Add a corresponding dummy FORCE Bulk Data entry. CR 3727 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3727 Eigenvalue Analysis - REPCASE - Missing Output If REPCASE is used to request additional output in an eigenvalue analysis, and the total number of REPCASEs equals the number of modes calculated in the run, then the data recovery requested for the last eigenvalue will be missing. This error is corrected in Version 67.5 but the error is re-occurring in Version 68. Avoidance: Request an additional eigenvector to be calculated.
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CR 3731 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE - UFM XXXX. FNDPID On IBM MVS/XA machines, if the physical filename referenced by the DBLOCATE statement does not contain a period, then the job may fail with the above error message. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) Avoidance: Make certain that the physical filename referenced by the DBLOCATE statement contains a period. An example of a valid physical filename is 'USER01.PROB01.MASTER'. An invalid physical file name is '&XMSTR'. CR 3732 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IBM Dynamic File All - SFM 1251 CHKNAM On IBM MVS/XA machines, if a temporary filename exceeds 8 characters, then MSC/NASTRAN will reject the name as an incorrect dataset name specification and the job will end with a system fatal message. The MVS operating system, however, will accept temporary dataset names that begin with a single '&' followed by 8 characters for a total of 9 characters. MVS will also accept temporary dataset names the begin with '&&' followed by 8 characters for a total of 10 characters. Avoidance: Only specify temporary dataset names that are 8 characters or less including the leading '&'s.
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CR 3733 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - NLITER, GAP/TEMP(MAT - SFM 3007 SOL 129 models with initially closed GAP elements (U0<0.0) that specify the ADAPT method on the TSTEPNL entry may fail with the message 'LOGIC ERROR IN NAGAPD : DELU = 0' and 'SFM 3007 ILLEGAL INPUT TO NAGAPD'. The exact conditions that cause the error are under investigation. Avoidance: The error may be avoided by requesting the AUTO method on the TSTEPNL entry or starting with an initially open GAP (UO>0.0). CR 3734 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DTI,INDTA, RF24D41 - UFM 22 The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual does not document the requirement that a DMAP statement is necessary to utilize the DTI,INDTA Bulk Data entry that is used for stress sorting in conjunction with RF24D41. Avoidance: Include the following line with the DMAP alter shown in Remark 1 of the RF24D41 description and a remark under the description of the DTI,INDTA Bulk Data description indicating that the alter is required. DTIIN DTI,DTINDX/INDTA,,,,,,,,,/ $
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CR 3735 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - SFM 4276 EC 7777 Very large problems may fail in the FBS module's timing equations with the integer overflow message SFM 4276 EC 7777. The error is machine dependent and problem size dependent. The problem size that will cause the error is a function of several model characteristics and not simply the number of degrees of freedom. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to break the model up into superelements. CR 3736
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CR 3736 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DOM1 - Wrong Answers, No Message Remark 4 under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the DLINK entry states that an independent IDV must not appear more than once on the same DLINK entry. There is no check in the code against this violation. In some instances the contributions are summed and in others, such as the optimization process, the last occurrence of the IDV is used, and earlier references are ignored. In Version 67.5 the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6321 (DOM1A) INDEPENDENT DESIGN VARIABLE ID ** APPEARS MORE THAN ONE ON THE DLINK ENTRY ASSOCIATED WITH DEPENDENT DESIGN VARIABLE ID **" will be issued. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The responsibility to satisfy Remark 4 rests on the user. CR 3737 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPCI - SFM 4276 EC 3003, SFM 3003 The enhancements to the ARC methods in Version 67 prevent changes to the L-set between subcases. That is, changes to the SPC or MPC sets are not allowed between subcases. This limitation prevents the analyst from restraining an unstable structure in the first subcase and removing the restraint in later subcases. If this action is attempted, the run will fail and will issue the message SFM 4276 EC 3003, SFM 3003 ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA SET DUGVMO (FILE 209)". Avoidance: The use of ARC methods is not recommended for enforced displacement type problems. SUBCASEs which involve changes in the L-set must not refer to an NLPCI Bulk Data entry.
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CR 3738 Documentation - SDBALL, SSOU, SOBJ, - Database Size Section 7.6 of MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 computer describes five RC file keywords (SDBALL, SSOU, SOBJ, SSCR, and SMASTER) that are intended to allow the local installation to change the default number of blocks assigned to the database files through the RC file. These keywords are inoperable. The user can only change the number of blocks assigned to a database file using JCL or ASSIGN statements. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) CR 3739 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART, DBTRANS, DB - UIM 2318, SFM 4276 EC 1604 SOL 144, 145 and 146 restarts regenerate data blocks unnecessarily even for data recovery only restarts. Furthermore, a SOL 144, 145 or 146 restart from a database that was processed by DBTRANS will have aerodynamic matrices tables stored incorrectly. Subsequent restarts will fail with the message "SFM 4276 GETSTB ERROR CODE 1604". This is due to improper storing of LSALL, USALL, LAJJ and UAJJ. This error occurs for UDECOMP output(upper triangular matrices) because string trailers are not regenerated by DBLOAD. Avoidance: An avoidance for SOL 144 data recovery only restarts is shown below: $FOR THE DBLOAD STEP ON A SOL 144 DATABASE. $NOTE: DBLOAD STEP FOR SOL 145 AND 146 REQUIRES NO ALTER COMPILE DBTRANS SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 159,159 $ APD EDT,
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CR 3740 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - PARAM,HEATSTAT - Missing Output PARAM,HEATSTAT,YES is used in SOLution 101 to execute a linear steady state heat transfer analysis so that the thermal loads can be used in a subsequent thermal stress analysis. In an effort to reduce disk space usage,
Known Error
CR 3740 certain data blocks are assigned to scratch in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67. Unfortunately, some of the data blocks written to scratch are required for GPSTRESS output. Other data blocks written to scratch are required for deformed and stress plots as well as x-y plots. Therefore, a GPSTRESS output request or any of the aforementioned plot requests will not be honored. Avoidance: Use SOLution 61 with RF61D01 or apply the following DMAP alter in SOLution 101. COMPILE SESTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 14 FILE POSTCDB=SAVE/PCDB=SAVE/XYCDB=SAVE $ ENDAL
CR 3742 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - MAXRATIO, BAILOUT - Inefficient Restart If a job is RESTARTed after 'DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9050 RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS, USER PARAMETER BAILOUT MAY BE USED TO CONTINUE THE RUN' has been encountered in the cold start and PARAM,BAILOUT is included in the RESTART to allow processing to continue past the fatal message, then previous DECOMP results will be deleted. Specifically the KLL, ULL, LLL and DM datablocks are deleted causing the matrix reduction and decomposition phases to be reexecuted. Avoidance: An avoidance for SOL 101 is to apply a DMAP Alter to remove line 231 from PHASE0 and line 89 from the IFPL subDMAPs. Another avoidance is to modify the NDDL accordingly: But this has to be done in the cold start run or in the delivery data base. Line No. Version 67 4226 DEPEN LV
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CR 3743 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - RESTART, DBLOCATE - UFM 1124 GNFIST An attempt to DBLOCATE data blocks in a SOL 200 RESTART for
Known Error
CR 3743 superelement design sensitivity analysis from an initial SOL 101 run will fail with the message "UFM 1124 GNFIST, AN APPENDABLE OUTPUT FILE PVTS CANNOT BE ACCESSED WITH THE DBLOCATE COMMAND". Avoidance: Recompile the subDMAP where the failure occurs.
CR 3747 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - IBM Dynamic File All - UFM 1242 On IBM MVS/XA machines, DBUNLOADs (or DBLOADs) performed directly to (or from) tape will result in the message "UFM 1242" whenever the corresponding JCL DD statement used to allocate the tape does not specify the tape volume serial number. Avoidance: This message may be safely ignored as the DBUNLOAD will work regardless. Likewise, the DBLOAD will work regardless if the user specifies STATUS=OLD on the DBLOAD FMS ASSIGN statement. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) CR 3748 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat Incorrect Documentation There are several errors in Section 7.6.3.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for the IBM MVS/XA Versions 66B and 67. The errors are as follows: 1. There is no "DELINC" library. It should specify "DEL" for the library. 2. The SEDRCVR DMAP must be copied out of the DEL PDS member CCMMN. This member contains input to compile several distinct DMAPs. Most IBM users would infer from the documentation that the DMAP resides in a PDS member named SEDRCVR. 3. The JCL referenced in Step 5 at the top of page 7.6-51 should read as follows: //BLDSEDCV JOB (job info)
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CR 3748 //* //SEDRCVR EXEC NAST66B,USER='?user', // DBS=MYSSS,JID=SEDRCVR //D.SYSIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=?user.SEDCVR //NS.NEWSOU DD DISP=SHR,DSN=?user.MYSSS.MSCSOU //NS.NEW
CR 3750 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - Incorrect Documentation Page 7.7-4 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for all UNIX machines (CONVEX, SUN4, SGI, IBM RS 6000, HP 9000/700) states that a symbolic link should be established connecting the repository directory to the installation directory by typing the following command: ln /msc/bin/nastran/ usr/bin/nastran This statement is incorrect and should read: ln -s /msc/bin/nastran/ usr/bin/nastran The "-s" indicates a symbolic link instead of a hard link. If the command is typed as indicated, then the link is not established and the subsequent specification of the "nastran" execution command will lead to a message indicating that the command is undefined. CR 3751 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Section 7.6 Applicat - Incorrect Maximum MEM Page 7.6-3 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for the CRAY Y-MP incorrectly states that the maximum value of MEM is 63 megabytes. This should state the maximum value for MEM is 127 megabytes. (Version 67 CRAY Y-MP only) CR 3754 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - Mislabeled Output The individual ply stress and strain results output for a composite element are labeled as "STRESS/STRAIN IN
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CR 3754 FIBRE AND MATRIX DIRECTIONS". The in-plane stress and strain are output in the fiber and matrix directions; however, the interlaminar stress and strain output are output in the element coordinate system.
CR 3755 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - MPYAD, MPC - UFM 3055 If the model in a cyclic symmetry analysis contains mpc relationships and only the zero harmonic is requested, then the run will fail and issue the following error messages:
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3055 AN ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR MULTIPLY AND ADD NON-CONFORMABLE MATRICES TOGETHER WAS MADE IN MODULE MPYAD Avoidance: Request an additional harmonic in the Case Control Section. For example: SET 10 = 0,1 HARMONIC = 10 CR 3758 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - User Modifiable NAST - Undefined Symbols Detected There is a documentation error in the Section 7.6 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for the IBM RS 6000 computer which pertains to User-Modifiable NASTRAN. The following line:
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xlf -qextname mainal.o xmplbd.f *bd.o nastobj.a -o NAST67 should be replaced with the following: link.com
CR 3759 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN, IBM MVS Dyna - VOL Keyword
Known Error
CR 3759 Inoperative The VOL keyword of the SYS parameter for the ASSIGN statement, which is exclusive to Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN on the IBM MVS/XA computer, is inoperative for database files and is ignored if specified. (IBM MVS/XA Version 67 only) Avoidance: The ZAP to correct this is shown below. //JOB.... //ZAP EXEC PGM=AMASPZAP //SYSPRINT DD YSSOUT=* //* THE FOLLOWING DD STATEMENT SPECIFIES THE //* MSC/NASTRAN EXECUTABLE LIBRARY //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=NAST67.NASTRAN //SYSIN DD * NAME NASTRAN BIOXXX IDRDATA FXVOLKYD VER 1D34 0000,E904,0000,E87C REP 1D34 0000,E854,0000E7C4
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CR 3760 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RF66D66 - Extra Output If "PARAM,POST,-2" is used in conjunction with RF66D66 and "PARAM,OGEOM,YES", then the geometry is output multiple times to the OUTPUT2 file whenever multiple subcases exist. The result are correct, however. Avoidance: Use one subcase with multiple load increments specified on the NLPARM entry or modify RF66D66 as indicated below. CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF RF66D66 FROM: $ ALTER 1230,1230 $ SDR2 /OESNL1S IF ( POST=-2 AND (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') ) THEN $ $ IF GEOMETRY DATA BLOCKS ARE REQUESTED THEN OUNIT1 AND $ OUNIT2 ARE THE SAME UNIT. OUNIT1=OUNIT2 $ OUTPUT2 CSTM,GPL,GPDT,EPT,MPT//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR $ OUTPUT2 GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4,,//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR $ ENDIF $
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Known Error
CR 3760 TO: $ ALTER 1207 $ IF ( POST=-2 AND (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') ) THEN $ $
CR 3761 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - OUTPUT2 - SFM 1128 (GNLOC) If an initial SOLution 61 run ends with a SYSTEM ABEND D37 or other message indicating insufficient space available for an OUTPUT2 file, a subsequent restart will fail and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1128 (GNLOC) A LOCATION PARAMETER HAS AN INCORRECT TYPE AND/OR LENGTH." (IBM MVS/XA Version 66+ only) Avoidance: The avoidance requires two restarts. In the first restart, specify RESTART VERS=1 KEEP. This first restart will fail with the aforementioned fatal message, but subsequent restarts will execute successfully. CR 3762 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP1 - Poor Message In any superelement solution sequence (SOLs 60-200), if the model contains scalar points (SPOINT) without any physical grid (GRID) points, then the run will fail and issue the DMAP fatal message "UFM - NO GRID POINTS DEFINED FOR SEP1". Avoidance: Either add a dummy grid point or use a non-superelement solution sequence (SOLs 1-31, 47, 48). Another avoidance is to apply the following DMAP alter to the appropriate solution. $ $ alter for structured solutions $ compile phase0 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 30,30 $
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CR 3762 type parm,,i,n,nose=-1 $ $ $ alter for unstructured solutions sol xx $ where xx is any sol 60 thru 99 compile solxx souin=mscsou noref nolist $ alter yyy,yyy $ statement number of SEP1 module $ for SOL 61 yyy=290
CR 3763 MSC / MD Nastran Single and Multipoint Constrai - PARAM,MPCF,YES - Wrong Answers If "PARAM,MPCF,YES" is used in Version 67 and there are upstream superelements in the model, then the constraint forces for the rigid elements will be incorrect. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alters: COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF $ V67 ALTER 53,53$ BEFORE SDR2 TYPE DB KGG $ FIX ERROR (?) ON MPCF MPYAD KGG,UGVS,PQ/QGM///-1 $ FIX ERROR. REPLACE KJJ WITH KGG
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CR 3764 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - IFP,PGAP - SFM 316, UFM 9002 If the value for Kt is larger than Ka on the PGAP entry or if MU1/MU2 is greater than 1.0, then the run will fail and issue the message SFM 316, UFM 9002. These limits are not documented and may not be necessary. Avoidance: Make certain that the Kt value is smaller than the Ka value and that MU1/MU2 is less than 1.0.
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CR 3765 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - LOADSET/LSEQ - Missing Output The sensitivities of dynamic responses may not be computed for some subcases
Known Error
CR 3765 if the following conditions occur: 1. Loads are defined via the LOADSET Case Control command and LSEQ Bulk Data entry. 2. There are fewer LOADSET/LSEQ load vectors (DAREA sets) than subcases. Avoidance: Ensure that each subcase with a LOADSET command references a LSEQ-DAREA load vector combination.
CR 3768 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSOLID - MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual The table contained in remark 8 PSOLID entry description in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Version 67 contains incorrect information for the IN data field. This error has been corrected in the Version 67 Quick Reference Guide. Subsequent documentation is to be appropriately updated. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: The corrections to the table are as follows: HEXA Integration IN 8 Node 3x3x3 Reduced Shear Only THREE or 3 3x3x3 Standard Isoparametric PENTA Integration IN 6 Node 3x7 Reduced Shear Only THREE or 3 3x7 Standard Isoparametric TETRA Integration IN 4 Node 5-Point Standard Isoparametric THREE or 3
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CR 3769 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC3D, MAT9 - DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) If the symmetric option is used for the CRAC3D element and the boundary condition is defined at the symmetric plane, then the job may fail and issue the message "DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) - RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS". Avoidance: Do not use the symmetric option with anisotropic material properties.
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CR 3770 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBLOCATE, CSUPER - Corrupted Database, SFM 4276 EC 7777 If a CSUPER entry references a non-existant GRID entry, then the correct UFM 4188 will be correctly issued. However, the database is not properly closed and this can lead to to various problems with DBLOCATE. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. CR 3771 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GPFDR, GNFM - UWM 2354 When a user DMAP is used in the nonlinear solutions, UWM 2354 may occur if the GPFDR module is used in the DMAP. If this warning message occurs, the execution of the GPFDR module will be terminated, but the run will continue. The cause of the problem occurs in the GNFM module, which (on short- word machines) will overwrite the element ID in the output element dictionary when one of the input element dictionaries is purged. This error can only occur for elements with an odd number of words (TRIA3 and PENTA) in the KDICT data block; however, the user should be aware that grid point force data recovery is not available in the nonlinear solution sequences because the results for nonlinear elements will be based on an incorrect stiffness matrix. This error will be considered c CR 3772 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - CORD2 - Inefficient Restart If a CORD2i entry is added or changed on restart, then all the upstream superelement will be reprocessed. This is a general limitation. While it is relatively simple to keep track of the superelement dependencies for the CORD1 entries since the entry is associated with only one superelement. Keeping track of which superelements reference a CORD2 entry is more difficult. Avoidance: Use a CORD1 entry.
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CR 3773 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - PGAP - LOGIC ERROR IN NAGAPD: DELU=0 In the new GAP element introduced in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67, when the U0 and F0 fields have a negative value on the PGAP Bulk Data entry, then the fatal message "LOGIC ERROR IN NAGAPD: DELU=0" may be issued. (Version 67 only) Avoidance: There is no need to use F0 in order to create a preload in a closed GAP. If a nonzero force is specified to F0, then the solution is either erroneous or difficult to interpret. A negative U0 is all that is required to create an initial compression and the physical interpretation is clear when F0 is zero. This error will be corrected by rejecting negative values for F0 in IFP. CR 3774 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - - UFM 227 UNMATCHED SINGLE QUOTE If a DMAP statement is followed by a "$" sign to denote a comment, and the comment contains an unmatched single tick, then the job will fail with the following error message: UFM 227 UNMATCHED SINGLE QUOTE "'" DETECTED IN SUBDMAP Avoidance: Remove the offending single quote "'" from the comment.
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CR 3775 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - ASET - UWM 4698 A DMAP error in SOL 106 may result in improper processing of models with ASET entries. If ASET entries are defined and singularities exist in the KOOL matrix, then UWM 4698 will be correctly issued from the DECOMP module identifying the singular degrees. However rather than terminate, processing will continue until a machine overflow stops execution or poor answers result. If the model does not contain singularities in the KOOL matrix, then the execution will stop and no message will be printed. Avoidance: The DMAP correction is as follows.
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Known Error
CR 3775 COMPILE NLSTATIC, SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 107,107 IF ( SINGL<0 ) CALL ERRPH2 //SUBDMAP/0 $
CR 3776 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - PARAM,INRLM - Wrong Answers "PARAM,INRLM,-1" is ignored in Solution 112. Thus, inertia relief mode shapes will not be appended to the generalized dynamic modes. Avoidance: Use Solution 72 or insert the following DMAP Alters for Solution 112. COMPILE PHASE1DR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 44 $ INRLM = INRLM $
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CR 3777 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PSOLID - Poor Message If the CORDM field on the PSOLID entry references an undefined coordinate system, then the job should fail and issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM x". However, on the IBM RS/6000 and possibly other machines, the job will fail and issue the following unclear messages in the LOG file. There is no messages in the f06 file. (IBM RS/6000 only)
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Trap encountered, Traceback:Offset 98 in procedure transd_ Offset 1ef0 in procedure ehexd_ Offset b1c in procedure emgpro_ Offset 1b0 in procedure emg_ Offset 14c in procedure xsem09_ Offset 150 in procedure mainal Offset 0 in procedure start --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Make sure that the CORDM field on the PSOLID entry references
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CR 3779 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - DLOAD, LOADSET, SPC, - Missing Documentation, Wrong Answers Limitations regarding the LOADSET, SPC, DLOAD, and MPC Case Control commands are not properly documented under the appropriate MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide description and if these limitations are not followed carefully by the user then appropriate warning messages will not be issued and unexpected answers will result. Avoidance: The following remarks should be added to the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide descriptions of the following Case Control commands: DLOAD: The DLOAD command will be ignored if specified for upstream superelements in dynamic analysis. To apply loads to upstream superelements, please see the LOADSET command. LOADSET: Only one LOADSET ID may be specified per superelement (including the residual). If more than one set ID is specified,
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CR 3780 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MATMOD, DMIG, MTRXIN - Wrong Answers If a rectangular matrix is written to DMIG entries using MATMOD option 16, the NCOL header record will be blank. This error may cause the MTRXIN module to misread the DMIG entries, and this may result in wrong answers. Fatal messages are sometimes issued. If NCOL is blank, the MTRXIN module assumes that the matrix has as many columns as there are DMIG entries. Blank columns are ignored. Avoidance: Add the NCOL value on the header entry manually.
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CR 3781 Material Nonlinear Analysis - CREEP, NLITER, MAT9 - Wrong Answers The formulation for creep is based on isotropic materials. If anisotropic material properties are used, then approximations exist in the material tangent matrix and stresses. The error in the stresses accumulates with each time step. Thus, creep with anisotropic material properties, may cause instabilities as the number of time steps increase. This error was considered fixed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 by issuing the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6359 (PREMAT) MAT2 OR MAT9 ENTRY IS COMBINED WITH A CREEP ENTRY" if anisotropic materials are combined in a creep analysis. In Version 68 this message was changed to a warning allowing the user to perform the analysis and judge for themselves the accuracy of the solution. Avoidance: Other than not using anisotropic material with creep,
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CR 3782 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TYPE - UFM 404 In a TYPE DMAP statement, if the default value of a real or complex parameter is specified to be a letter, then the job will fail with the following misleading error message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 404 (CTYPE) 136 A NON-SINGLE QUOTE DELIMITER WAS DETECTED WHERE A SINGLE QUOTE DELIMITER IS REQUIRED The most common form of this error, which is difficult to detect, occurs when the letter "O" has been incorrectly substituted for the numeric "0". Avoidance: The message will correctly identify the line in error. Correct the offending character.
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CR 3783 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9002 If there is illegal data in any field of the PGAP entry and a continuation entry is explicitly defined (even
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CR 3783 if all the fields on the continuation entry are left blank), then the job will fail with the following DMAP error message: DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (PREFSE) - ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE IFP The IFP fatal messages UFM 316 or 313 which should identify the specific entry in error will not be issued. Avoidance: If this error is encountered, review the data on the PGAP entries or remove all the continuation entries from the PGAP entries and resubmit them to identify the incorrect entries.
CR 3784 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC, SORT2 - SWM 6065 SORT2 output is not supported for static solutions in DBC. If this output option is requested in the job, then the proper results are printed in the MSC/NASTRAN output file. However, the following error message will be issued and the .XDB will not contain the appropriate postprocessing information.
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*** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 24 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK SORT-2 STATIC LONGSOLUTION RECOVERY IS NOT SUPPORTED 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP: $ - FOR SOL 61 COMPILE SOL61 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ alter for Version 67 alter 879,880 DBC OPG1,OUGV1,OEF1X,OES1X,OQG1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'OPG'/'OUG'/'OEF'/'OES'/'OQG'//////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/APP1 / /V,Y,GEOMU/V,Y,LOADU/
CR 3785 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW - Missing Output
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CR 3785 If the VIEW module is used along with "PARAM,PRTPCH,x" where "x" is not the default value, then the view factors will not be calculated. Avoidance: Use the default value of x=0 for "PARAM,PRTPCH,x" CR 3786 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivi - DRESP1, CFAILURE - Wrong Answers If a CFAILURE response is requested on a DRESP1 entry and the corresponding PCOMP and/or MATi entries do not contain all the information required for the calculation of the failure theory, then unpredictable results can occur including wrong answers. This error is related to Error 3449. Avoidance: Make certain that the associated PCOMP and MATi entries contain all the information necessary for the calculation of failure indices. CR 3787 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - K2PP, MATREDU - SFM 4276 In SOL 30, if SUBCASEs are defined that reference different K2PP and/or TFL entries, then the run will fail with the message SFM 4276 in the MATREDU module. Avoidance: Run each SUBCASE independently, preferably using SOL 111 with restarts. CR 3788 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - PARAM,POST, DBC - Missing Displacement Output If a user requests a large number of eigenvectors in SORT1 format, then there may be missing displacement data in the graphics database. A symptom of this error is that grids that have non-zero displacements will appear fixed during animation of in deformed plots. Avoidance: Perform a RESTART and request data recovery on a smaller set or request SORT2 format. Running the database through TRANS/RECEIVE
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CR 3790 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - DRMS2, QUADR - Incorrect Labels If the DRMS2 module is used to perform dynamic data recovery, incorrect grid IDs and fiber distances will be printed for QUADR elements. Avoidance: Other than using the DDRMM module, no avoidance exists. CR 3792 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - APD - Incorrect Error Message If there is more than one SET1 entry defined in the input and one of the entries references a grid point that does not exist, the error message will always reference the first SET1 ID. Avoidance: Review all the SET1 entries to determine the one in error. CR 3793 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MKAERO2 - No Message The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual indicates that the Mach number data on the MKAERO1 and MKAERO2 Bulk Data entries must be greater than or equal to zero. However, MSC/NASTRAN does not enforce this requirement in IFP. Thus, this user error will not show up until significant CPU time has been expended. Avoidance: Input a positive value for the Mach number. CR 3794 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Dynamic File Allocat - UWM 727 If no space is requested for a logical name, then the message "UWM 727 - NO SPACE WAS REQUESTED FOR LOGICAL
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CR 3794 NAME XXX, A DEFAULT VALUE OF YYY IS USED" will be issued. This is true for all machines except for the IBM MVS/XA. For this particular machine, the value is either taken from the ASSIGN statement, the default set in the delivered JCL procedure, or the user JCL assignment. The NASTRAN default value is ignored. Avoidance: The user must specifically assign the desired disk space by either using the ASSIGN statement or JCL.
CR 3795 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - COMPILE - UFM 709 (PRCMPL) "UFM 709 (PRCMPL)" is issued while trying to COMPILE a user DMAP with SOUIN=USRSOU if the previous run did not compile an NDDL, or ACQUIRE and NDDL. Avoidance: When creating a database, use the acquire NDDL FMS statement or SOL xxx, NOEXE to attach the data paths. CR 3798 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MPC, RBE, OMIT, ASET - Wrong Answers If a model contains MPCs, RBEs, or contains an O-set and is using the multimaster technique, then SOL 200 will produce incorrect answers. Avoidance: Apply the following alter or do not use the multi-master technique. COMPILE SEMFREQ,NOLIST,NOREF,SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 56,56 ALTER 73 IF (NOT NOPH2) THEN ENDALTER
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CR 3799 DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC, ACCESS - Incorrect Data The "vector key" data for the strain energy data block written to the graphics database is incorrect. This causes crashes in MSC/TRANS receiver for versions 6 and 7. Avoidance: MSC/XL does not use this information. Thus, the error will only cause a problem if a user routine attempts to read and process the information with MSC/ACCESS.
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CR 3800 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DBDIR - SFM 4275 EC 304 A large job that results in the expansion of the database directory, DBDIR, may cause a data block to be overwritten which will result in the job failing and issuing the message "SFM 4275 IONAST EC 304 BLOCK NUMBER CHECK CONDITION". Avoidance: No avoidance exists. CR 3801 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPCI - Solution Regressed to Previous Solution If an ARC LENGTH method is used in a nonlinear analysis and the unloading is performed in more than one subcase, then the job will terminate in the second subcase and the following error message will be printed: "SOLUTION REGRESSED TO PREVIOUS SOLUTION" Avoidance: Define the unloading in a single subcase.
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CR 3802 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Expressions and Oper - UFM 234
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CR 3802 If both the real and imaginary parts of a complex, single-precision constant are equal to a number that contains 10 or more characters including signs, decimal points, and leading/trailing blanks, then the job will fail and issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 234". Avoidance: Make certain that each component of the complex number is less than 10 characters.
CR 3803 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Unix Accounting Scri - Incorrect CPU Reporting Script modifications supplied with Version 67 for performing accounting may not record the correct time for long running job. This is most likely to occur if the run exceeds 99,999 cpu seconds. Avoidance: Replace the following lines in the nast67 script echo "if [ -f ${out}.f04 ] ; then" echo "{" echo "echo -n `date` "User:"${log_name} "PID:"${out}" echo "awk ' BEGIN { cpu = 0 }" echo ' /~ ..:..:../ { if ( cpu < $5 ) {cpu = $5} } ' echo ' END { print " MSC/NASTRAN CPU USAGE: "cpu }' "' ${out}.f04" echo "} >> ${MSC_BASE}/nastact" echo "fi"
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with: echo "if [ -f ${out}.f04 ] ; then" echo "{" echo "echo -n `date` "User:"${log_name} "PID:"${out}" echo "grep -v '#' ${out}.f04 | awk ' BEGIN { cpu = 0 }" echo ' Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 3804 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GAP - Wrong Answers If a GAP element connects two non-coincidental points, then the SLIP-V values may be wrong. The amount of
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CR 3804 error is proportional to the physical distance between the two grids. Avoidance: Make certain that the distance between the two grids is small. In general, as long as the distance between the two grids is smaller than several orders of magnitude when compared to the overall dimension of the structure, the error should be negligible.
CR 3805 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Dictionary, SubDMAP Alters - Wrong Answers If an alter to a subDMAP introduces a datablock that uses the name of a data block that already was defined in another subDMAP, then the outcome of the result is unpredictable. In most instances, nothing detrimental will occur. However, in some instances, the module that attempts to output a datablock with this name may produce no output without any warning messages which could possibly lead to wrong answers. The association of the CALL and subDMAP argument lists are described under remark 5b of the CALL DMAP statement description in Section 5.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. Avoidance: If a new data block is introduced to a subDMAP, inspect the data block cross reference to ensure that there are no conflicts with existing data blocks.
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CR 3806 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GAP - Wrong Answers In Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN If the Kb value of the GAP element is set to zero and the initial status of the GAP is open, then the GAP element will be ignored. Avoidance: This is a user error. The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual states that Kb should be set to a value greater than 0.
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CR 3807 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Expressions and Oper - UFM 207
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CR 3807 If either component of a complex number is input with a decimal point immediately following the sign, then the job will fail with UFM 207. Avoidance: Enter a zero between the "sign" and the decimal point.
CR 3808 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry Analysis - DYNRED, ADD5 - UFM 1126 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67, if Generalized Dynamic Reduction is used in a SOLution 115 run along with any output request (e.g., displacement), then the job will fail and the following error message will be issued: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE ADD5 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = GOA, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE GOA =OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter avoidance: COMPILE SEGOA SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 2 FILE GOA=OVRWRT $ ENDALTER
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CR 3809 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MSC/OPTIONS - IBM,Incorrect JCL Cards The JCL provided with the MSC/OPTIONS Version 3 for the IBM MVS/XA is incorrect. The override for ALLOCATE.ALL does not specify a unit. CR 3810 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,NINTPTS, RF24D40, SOL47, CURV - Excessive CPU PARAM,NINTPTS controls the number of elements used to interpolate grid point stress and/or strain data
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CR 3810 calculated in the CURV module. The default for this parameter is 10 except in RF24D40 and SOL 47. The default value of 0 in will result in interpolation over all elements which may result in excessive CPU. Avoidance: The MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual documentation for RFalter RF24D40 warns the user that the default value of this parameter should not be used. However, to remove the burden from the user, the default value of the parameter in this RF alter and SOL 47 should be set to 10 in future systems.
CR 3811 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC, SPOINT - No Output If a model is defined exclusively of scalar points (SPOINT) without grid points, no usable DBC file is produced. Avoidance: Add a token grid point to the model.
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CR 3812 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUID, GDR - Wrong Answers An DMAP error in the structured solution sequences will result in wrong answers whenever generalized dynamic reduction is used on a model which has virtual mass defined. Avoidance: Use LANCZOS, an unstructured solution sequence or apply the following alter: COMPILE SEMRM SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 56 $ FOR V67, FOR VERSION 66 ALTER 52 CALL SEGOA GOAT/GOA/NOOSET/NOQSET/NOTSET $ ENDALTER $
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CR 3813 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE - Extra Data Blocks If a DBLOCATE statement contains a WHERE clause of the form:
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CR 3813 WHERE(SEID=* AND VERSION=1), then all data blocks in VERSION=1 including data blocks which do not have seid as part of their path will be located. Avoidance: Change the WHERE clause that contains the "*" for the SEID qualifier to: WHERE(SEID>0 AND VERSION=1)
CR 3814 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SDR2, CELASi - Poor Answers Element force data recovery for the CELAS elements is calculated in single precision. On short-word machines (i.e., all machines except CRAY, CDC, and NEC), the lack of precision may result in poor answers for the CELAS element force results in models that have a maximum factor to diagonal ratio that is greater than 1.E+4.
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Avoidance: The CELAS data recovery performed in the GPFDR module for grid point force output (GPFORCE) is performed in double precision. Note that in the model where this behavior was observed, CELAS elements were effectively used as a rigid link. To avoid numerical conditioning problems, this modeling practice should be avoided. A structure that is effectively rigid with respect to the surrounding structure should be modeled with rigid elements. RF alter RF2 CR 3815 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RF61D01, PARAM,HEATS - Wrong Answers If no load is defined in the Bulk Data of a static heat transfer analysis followed by a static analysis, wrong answers will occur for the static analysis subcase. This error is related to Error 3483. Avoidance: Include a dummy TEMPD or FORCE input record. It does not need to be referenced.
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CR 3817 Matrix Methods - FBS - SFM 4276 EC 3002 If FBS method 2 is executed with insufficient scratch space, then the job will fail and issue the message "BIOMSG: ERROR 3002 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD" followed by "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3002".
Description Avoidance: Increase the scratch space by increasing the BUFFSIZE or by including an appropriate INIT statement. FBS method 2 requires more scratch space than method 1. Thus, forcing either FBS method 1 or 1A by setting the FBSOPT keyword on the NASTRAN statement to either -1 or -2, respectively, may also avoid the problem. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3818 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - GPFDR - UFM 6219 On Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN a large problem with thermal loads using the the multi-master method failed in the GPFDR module when grid point force balance data recover (GPFORCE) was requested. The job issued the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6219 (GPFDR2), BISLOC FAIL, PERHAPS THE DATA IS NOT SORTED". Avoidance: MSC is attempting to locate the cause of the problem. At this time there is no known avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3823 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - IFP - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) In Version 67 of MSC/NASTRAN if a Bulk Data entry is input using the wide field format and the continuation entry is not explicitly specified, the job may fail and issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA CARD" followed by the message "DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPL)". Prior versions of MSC/NASTRAN may have allowed this input. The current action is necessary to ensure correct processing of continuation
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CR 3823 entries. A note will be added to Section 2.4.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual clarifying this requirement. Avoidance: Explicitly specify the continuation entry even when defaults are desired for all fields.
CR 3824 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,NDAMP - Poor Default The parameter NDAMP was implemented in Version 67 for nonlinear transient analysis to stabilize the integration scheme for adaptive time stepping using one-step direct time integration. The default value was set to .025 in Version 67 based on limited test cases. Subsequent use of this feature has revealed that the value .025 causes excessive damping in some cases. Avoidance: A value of .01 is suggested and the default value will be changed in Version 67.5 and later systems. CR 3826 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE, DBVIEW - Wrong Answers Datablocks may be deleted incorrectly when using DBLOCATEs into the current database (that is, locating from a previous version of the same database you are running in) if a DBVIEW statement in the DMAP also references the same datablocks. The error occurs because DBLOCATE does not correctly update DBDIR(20) to reflect an equivalence between the versions. Avoidance: Use DBVIEW in place of DBLOCATE. CR 3827 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE - SFM 458, SFM 4276 EC 7777 If the user attempts to locate a database and incorrectly points to the DBALL instead of the MASTER dbset, then the run will fail and either
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CR 3827 the message SFM 458 or SFM 4276 EC 7777 will be output. In either case the message will not give any indication of the error. Avoidance: The DBLOCATE must point to the MASTER dbset.
CR 3828 MSC / MD Nastran Limitation on Problem Size - NDDL - SFM 1114 The number of individually qualified datablocks that can be stored under a single NDDL name was set to 1000 datablocks in Version 66 of MSC/NASTRAN. An attempt was made to remove this limit in Version 67 but a routine was missed. This limitation is most likely to be encountered in a nonlinear analysis that is encountering difficulties converging.
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Avoidance: Apply the appropriate DMAP avoidance dependent on the Version of MSC/NASTRAN being used. Note that the alter for Version 67 does not work on the CRAY MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 system; however, the alter will work on the CRAY 67R2 release. $ FOR VERSION 67 COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 2,2 TYPE DB KJJ,MJJ,BJJ,USET,GOAT,KAA,DYNAMICS,KGG,AGG, GPLS,SILS,SLT,DM,CASES,EQEXINS, CR 3829 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - TEMP - Poor Documentation Remark 7. under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the TEMP Case Control command does not clearly define the precedence of the TEMP(INIT) and TEMP(MATERIAL) Case Control specifications versus the TREF specification on the MATi bulk data entry. Furthermore, the statement that "TEMPERATURE(MATERIAL) is provided only for upward compatibility with Version 65" is misleading. Avoidance: The documentation should indicate the following: 1. Specification of TEMP(MATERIAL) and TEMP(INIT) will result in UFM
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CR 3829 631 followed by DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9002. 2. If TREF is specified in conjunction with TEMP(MATERIAL), then TREF will be used for the initial temperature for load calculations and TEMP(MATERIAL) will be used for the material temperature dependence. 3.
CR 3830 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,BAILOUT - UFM 9050, 9032 The user can not force the program to continue processing a superelement that contains a pure singularity by setting PARAM,BAILOUT. PARAM, BAILOUT does not work with pure singularities. If PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 is set, the DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9032 that indicates that processing of a superelement will continue despite near singularities will be incorrectly output when a pure singularity exists. This was fixed in Version 67.5 but is not fixed in Version 68. Avoidance: Ignore the DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9032. Correct the singularities and perform a restart. CR 3831 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - DISP - Missing Output, SFM 4276 EC 7777 If fluid and structural GRID points are combined in a SET that is referenced by the DISP Case Control command, then the complex displacement output results will only contain the fluid points, and the structural points will be ignored. Some systems such as the VAX VMS may fail and SFM 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 may be output. Avoidance: Set DISP=ALL or perform a restart and define a SET that contains only the missing structural grid points.
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CR 3832 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ECHOOFF, ECHOON - UFM 13
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CR 3832 The ECHOOFF and ECHOON commands may be used in DMAP alters of existing solutions. However, when used within a complete user written subDMAP "UFM 13 ERROR IN DMAP INSTRUCTION" followed by SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 480 was encountered. Avoidance: Other than removing the offending commands there is no avoidance.
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CR 3833 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - QUAD4, TRIA3, PARAM,K6ROT - Wrong Answers When using a nonlinear solution to perform a large displacement analysis of a flat plate with pressure loadings, it is possible that the solution may diverge, or may converge to an incorrect but reasonable solution.
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Avoidance: Use PARAM, K6ROT to add in-plane rotational stiffness to the TRIA3 and QUAD4 elements. The recommended value for PARAM,K6ROT is model and unit dependent, but a value of 1.E2 to 1.E4 is appropriate for most cases. In Version 67, a default value of 1.E2 has been implemented in the nonlinear solutions to correct this problem. CR 3834 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,APPC,MODES - Missing Output In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 sensitivities can be calculated for the upstream superelements, however, optimization can only be performed on the residual structure. If the model defines a response in an upstream superelement while attempting eigenvalue optimization of the residual structure within the same run, an error in the program logic will assume that since a response has been defined for an upstream superelement that the run is intended to calculate sensitivities only. Thus, no optimization will be performed and since PARAM,OPTEXIT is not set to 4 calculated sensitivities will not be output. Avoidance: Add the following ALTER to superelement model that calculate
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CR 3834 eigenvalue responses: COMPILE DESOPT,NOLIST,NOREF,SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 155 DMRESD= -1 $ ENDALTER
CR 3835 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SYSTEM(34), SYSTEM(3 - Incorrect Elapsed Time The definition of SYSTEM(34) and SYSTEM(36) has been changed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 and later systems. Prior to Version 66 these SYSTEM cells were used for various machine dependent control on IBM, CRAY COS, UNIVAC and CDC. Beginning with Version 66, if SYSTEM(34) or SYSTEM(36) is changed during a run, then the CPU and wallclock time reported in the F04 Execution Summary will be incorrect. In addition, the program actions based on the CPU time may also be affected. This behavior will occur on all platforms, however, it is most likely to occur on older decks migrated from the above mentioned systems. Avoidance: The only Version 66 systems that reference these system cells are the CRAY COS EMA and NOEMA releases. The CRAY COS MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 Application Manual CR 3836 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - LOADSET, SSG1 - SFM 4390 If a LOADSET command references a nonexistent LSEQ entry, then UFM 4390 will be appropriately issued, however, the run will continue until SSG1 fails and issues the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001, ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST. Avoidance: Reference an LSEQ entry that exists. CR 3837 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3837 DMAP - COMPILE, DO WHILE, E - Poor Message, SFM 4276 EC 1044 If a DMAP contains more DO WHILE statements than ENDDO statements the compile will fail and issue SFM 4276 EC 1044. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to correct the DMAP to have an equal number of DO WHILE and ENDDO statements. CR 3838 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, STRESS(PUNCH) - Missing Punch Output A STRESS(PUNCH) request in solutions 101, 103, 61, 63 or 24 (where SOL 24 requires RF24D79) for composite elements will produce no PUNCH output. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance to PUNCH stress output is given below for v68.2. There is no way to PUNCH the failure indicies. COMPILE DMAP=SEDRCVR, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF ALTER 185 $ FOR V66A ALTER 209 FOR V67.5 $ table print the composite failure indicies TABPT OEFIT// $ $ PUNCH THE COMPOSITE STRESS DATA RECOVERY OFP OES1C//S,N,CARDNO/4 $ For Version 68.2: COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ table print the composite failure indicies TABPT OEFIT// $ $ PUNCH THE COMPOSITE STRESS DATA RECOVERY ALTER 235 $ VERSION 68.2 OFP OES1C,,,,//S,N,CARDNO/4 $
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CR 3839 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE - UWM 141, UFM 146 A run that COMPILEs a single subDMAP for SOL 60-99 may fail and issue the messages "USER WARNING MESSAGE 141 (LINKND) NDDL 'PARAMETER' DEFINITION
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CR 3839 TABLE NOT FOUND" followed by "USER FATAL MESSAGE 146". Avoidance: Include the statement ACQUIRE NDDLOLD in the FMS Section of the deck.
CR 3840 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, BEAM, TEMP - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67, the grid point force balance will be incorrect for BEAM elements with thermal loads. Avoidance: Use a BAR element. CR 3841 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ESE - Incorrect Labels If ESE output is requested in any modal solution and the case control has a SUBCASE ID that is greater than 1, then the element strain energy output associated with the first eigenvalue of SUBCASE will be labeled with the SUBCASE ID and subsequent eigenvalues will be incremented by 1. To be consistent with other element output the label for element strain energy output should contain the mode number and eigenvalue. The SPCFORCE RESULTANT, MAXIMUM SPCFORCES, and MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENTS are similarly mislabeled. Avoidance: An avoidance for non-superelement runs is to remove the SUBCASE entry or change the ID to 1. Please see related error 3560.
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CR 3842 MSC / MD Nastran Security - GENTIM, COMTIM - UFM 3060 The GENTIM and COMTIM jobs that are required to install timing constants require that the authorization for the DMAP option be activated. If the client does not have the DMAP option these runs will fail and will issue the message "UFM 3060 OPTION DMAP NOT IN APPROVED LIST". Avoidance: The only avoidance is to obtain an authorization code that
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CR 3842 allows temporary access to the DMAP option. This error will be corrected in Version 67.5 by delivering two new solution sequences that perform the job of GENTIM and COMTIM.
CR 3843 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - METHOD(FLUID) - No output In the residual structure case control, the METHOD(FLUID) and METHOD(STRUCTURE) commands are used to calculate uncoupled modes of the fluid and structure respectively. If an upstream superelement consists of only fluid elements, then use of METHOD(FLUID) will result in no eigenvalue output for the superelement. Avoidance: Instead of requesting METHOD(FLUID) in the Case Control for the superelement request METHOD only.
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CR 3844 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - METHOD - UFM 6143 If the METHOD command is missing from the residual structure subcase in any modal response structured solution for a model with superelements, then the run will fail and issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6143, (MERGE1) INPUT MATRICES AND VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE." Avoidance: Include a METHOD request in the residual subcase.
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CR 3845 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VECPLOT - SFM 4276 E.C. 7777 If the input value of the PLOTFORM parameter for the VECPLOT module is set to 3 and the input data for INVECT is purged, then the job may fail and issue the message "SFM 4276 EC 7777". The User's Manual states that the INVECT may be purged if PLOTFORM=4 or 6. The program should also allow INVECT to be purged for PLOTFORM=3.
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CR 3845 Avoidance: Generate a null matrix for INVECT.
CR 3847 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PUNCH, Shell Script - No Such File or Directory Line 273 of the nastran shell script for MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 on the Cray Unicos is missing the '$' character for the .pch file. As a result of this error, a standard Unix error message indicating "No such file or directory" may be issued whenever a job is submitted with old=no. Since any new punch output will overwrite the old punch output and the desired action of old=no is to delete the old output, in most cases this error will have no affect on a jobs outcome. (Cray Unicos V67 only) Avoidance: The shell script can be corrected by adding a '$' character to the command line just before {out}.pch, e.g., ${out}.pch. CR 3848 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUADR, TRIAR - Poor Documentation The New Capabilities list description of the QUADR and TRIAR elements indicates that the bending formulation for these elements are exactly the same as the QUAD4 and TRIA3 respectively. The documentation did not clarify the fact that the corner forces and stresses output for the QUADR and TRIAR due to bending are the forces and stresses at the element's centroid. Only the membrane forces and stresses are calculated at the corners. CR 3849 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra Analysis - OFREQ - Wrong Answers The OFREQ Case Control command and its associated SET may be used to select the modes to be used in the response spectrum analysis. This capability is broken in SOL 103. Avoidance: If appropriate to the user's needs PARAM LMODES, LFREQ, or HFREQ may be used to limit the modes used in the analysis. Alternatively, the user may use SOL 63 or apply the
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CR 3849 following alter to SOL 103: COMPILE POSTREIG SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 25,25 TYPE DB PHA $ MODACC CASEDR,OLB,PHa,,,/OLB1,PHILS1,,,/'REIG' $ ALTER 59,59 CALL GMA CASEDR,MATPOOL,EQDYN,TFPOOL,,,, MMAA,GOD,GMD,USETD,MKAA,BAA,K4DD,PHILS1,OLB1,DIT,,,,,/ ,,MDD,K2DD,B2DD,MHH,BHH,KHH,PHIDH,/ LUSETD/'MODAL'/'TRANRESP'/NOUE/NOA/G/W3/W4/FALSE/ 0/LMODES/LFREQ/HFREQ/1/1/FALSE/FALSE/FALSE $
CR 3850 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SDR1 - UFM 1126 If multiple flutter subcases are being processed and at least two of the subcases have flutter eigenvector requests, then the job will fail and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SDR1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME =FPHP, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE FPHP=OVRWRT" will be output. Avoidance: One avoidance is to remove the eigenvector request. Flutter Summary results will still be printed. An alternative avoidance is to specify a unique CMETHOD request in each flutter subcase. The PK and KE methods will ignore the request but the eigenvectors will be deemed unique. (Version 67 only) CR 3851 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DO WHILE, ELSE IF, I - UFM 16, UFM 227 If a DMAP DO WHILE, ELSE IF or IF THEN statement continues past one continuation line, then the job will fail and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 16, ERROR IN DMAP INSTRUCTION G" will be issued followed by the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 227". Avoidance: Split the statement into multiple statements. An alternate
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CR 3851 avoidance is to use an assignment statement to set lengthy expressions to a variable. The variable can then be referenced in DMAP statement in error.
CR 3852 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBAR, PBEAM, PSHEAR, PROD, MAT2 - Missing UFM 2113 The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description for the PBAR, PBEAM, PROD, and PSHEAR entry state that only a MAT1 entry may be referenced. However, beginning in Version 67 if a MAT2 entry is referenced by any of these entries, then G11 and G12 will be used to determine the isotropic material properties E and G used by the element. All other fields on the MAT2 entry will be ignored. A PBAR reference to a MAT2 entry in prior versions of MSC/NASTRAN resulted in UFM 2113. CR 3853 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA, PSOLID, MATTi - Wrong Answers When the HEXA element's material properties are defined to be temperature dependent by referencing a MATTi entry, the resulting corner stresses may be in error. The center stress and Gauss stresses will be correct. This error only occurs for the eight noded element with the default integration order specified on the PSOLID entry. Avoidance: Remove the temperature dependency for the material properties.
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CR 3854 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - CLOAD - UFM 4669 When the CLOAD entry is used to apply the upstream superelement loads to the residual structure in a nonlinear analysis, the job will fail and will issue the message "UFM 4669, "NO LOAD DATA EXISTS FOR VECTOR = ***".
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CR 3854 Avoidance: In addition to the CLOAD request in the first residual subcase, a dummy load request must be included which references a LSEQ bulk data entry which in turn references the same DAREA as the upstream loads. There must also be LSEQ and dummy load requests included for unloaded superelements if data recovery on the unloaded superelement is desired. This procedure is demonstrated under Error 2549 and in an application note dated June 1990. This error is similar to Error 3041 which was corrected for the single residual subcase condition in Version 67.
CR 3855 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN User's M - Incorrect Documentation Section 3.5 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual describes the RF Alter Library and instructs users on how to include a single as well as multiple RF Alters in the deck. This section should warn the user that not all RF Alters are compatible. Specifically, RF24D20 and RF24D32 can not be combined in the same deck. Avoidance: Use RF24D20 prior to RF24D32. CR 3856 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP - SEP1C LOGIC ERROR If spill operations are performed during the resequencing of a model on an IBM MVS/XA Version of MSC/NASTRAN, then the job may fail in the SEQP module and the message "FATAL ERROR SEP1C LOGIC ERROR 19832" will be issued. Avoidance: Increase the region size to avoid spill. CR 3857 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SPARSE, OUTPUT4 - Missing Documentation Currently the OUTPUT4 module can not output sparse decomposition
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CR 3857 factors. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6475 (OUTPT4)" will be issued to inform the user that the sparse factor matrix is not supported in ASCII or neutral format. Avoidance: Use standard decomposition.
CR 3867 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SUPORT, Inertia Relief - NO MASS MATRIX SOL 1 and 24 treats the presence of a SUPORTi entry as a request for inertia relief. It then requires that a mass matrix be present. Avoidance: The following SOL 24 ALTER allows a SUPORTi entry without a mass matrix.
Description compile sol24 souin=mscsou noref nolist ALTER 137,137 ALTER 151 EQUIV PL,PLI/NOMGG/PO,POI/NOMGG $ COND LBL12,NOMGG $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 3869 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - ACCESS - Wrong Data Block Names Version 6 of the MSC/ACCESS User's Manual incorrectly documents the title of the SESDPR and SESDTR data blocks as the "Grid Point Stress Discontinuity Pointer Table" and the "Grid Point Stress Discontinuity Value Table" respectively. The correct titles of these data blocks are the "Element Stress Discontinuity Table" and the "Element Stress Discontinuity Value Table" respectively. CR 3870 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NLPARM - Missing Documentation Beginning with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67, it is documented that the value entered for the MAXITER field on the NLPARM entry must be a positive integer. The documentation fails to mention that any negative integer value will be
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CR 3870 converted to a positive value. This action is taken to maintain upward compatibility with pre Version 67 systems.
CR 3871 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,POST - FORTRAN I/O Error When PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 is used in the Bulk Data without an explicit ASSIGN statement for UNIT 12 in the File Management section, some machines will fail and will issue a FORTRAN I/O error message. Avoidance: Enter an ASSIGN statement for UNIT 12 as follows: ASSIGN OUTPUT2='for12' UNIT=12
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CR 3872 MSC / MD Nastran DBC, TRANS, ACCESS - DBC, PLOAD1 - Missing Output When a PLOAD1 entry is applied to CBAR elements, the results are not converted by DBC. This will cause missing results in the XDB for the CBAR elements. Avoidance: Use the CBEAM element instead of the CBAR. CR 3873 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - GPSTRESS, PSHELL - Wrong Answers The grid point stress results for shell elements that are defined in a coordinate system other than the basic coordinate system will be incorrect if the SYSTEM parameter of the SURFACE command is set to BASIC or CORDi. Avoidance: Set the SYSTEM parameter to ELEMENT on the SURFACE command. CR 3874 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3874 Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL,IDENT - SFM 6146 If the user selects the IDENT option on the ACMODL entry without specifying FSET or SSET, then the program will fail and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6146(GPTABD) ELEMENT TYPE =******* IS NOT SUPPORTED IN ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS" will be issued. Avoidance: Specifying FSET and SSET will resolve the problem. CR 3875 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ID - UFM 300, UFM 3060 If one of the two alphanumeric words on the ID entry in the Executive Control Section begins with a numeral, then the program will fail and the message "UFM 300" followed by "UFM 3060" will be issued. An invalid keyword on the NASTRAN statement also produces "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060 OPTION NOT IN APPROVED LIST". Avoidance: Start both words on the ID entry with an alphabetic character. Note that the ID entry is optional in MSC/NASTRAN Verson 66 and beyond and can be deleted.
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CR 3876 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - PCOMP, MAT8 - Different Answers If the coefficients of thermal expansion are specified on the MAT8 entry that is referenced by a PCOMP entry, an MID4 coupling matrix will be created unnecessarily. This will lead to slightly different results for sensitivity coefficients even though a temperature load has not been specified. Avoidance: The difference in answers is insignificant, no avoidance is necessary. CR 3877 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3877 Optimization/Design Sensitivit - DOM11 - Negative Terms on Factor If the value specified on the property entry is less than the minimum value specified on the DVPRELi, then the program may fail and issue a message indicating that negative terms on the factor diagonal exist. Avoidance: This is a user input error. Modify the property entry of DVPRELi as necessary. This error will be addressed in Version 67.5 by issuing USER FATAL MESSAGE 6421. This message will clearly identify the conflicting property and DVPRELi entries. CR 3879 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GP2 - UFM 2007, UFM 5466 If a large model is run with a small amount of memory, then one of the following misleading messages may be issued: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007, ELEMENT xxx REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT yyy
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Description or USER FATAL MESSAGE 5466, ELEMENT xxx HAS NO PSOLID CARD. CHECK MATERIAL PROPERTIES. Avoidance: Increase the memory and rerun the job. Known Error Product Abstract CR 3880 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Large models may fail due to an integer overflow and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777". This error occurs when converting a large real number to an integer. The job is most likely to fail in the MPYAD module but the cause of the error is an incorrect matrix trailer; therefore, the job may fail in other modules. This error is dependent on the machines representation of integer and real numbers and is not
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CR 3880 encountered easily. So far, this error has only been observed on the DEC VAX. Avoidance: Possible avoidances are to split the model up into superelements or to run the job on another machine.
CR 3881 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - MAT8 - Unexpected Answers Fields 5 through 10 on the second continuation entry for the MAT8 entry are empty fields. If a BCD value is inadvertently placed in any of these fields, MSC/NASTRAN will terminate the run and correctly issue a UFM. However, if a real number is entered in one of these fields the run will continue and no fatal message is issued. Depending on the intent of the user, this may lead to unexpected results. Avoidance: Other than putting data in correct fields, there is no avoidance. CR 3882 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MAT10 - UFM 316 If the MAT10 entry contains data for the bulk modulus and the speed of sound, then the job will fail and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA MAT10" will be issued. The bulk modules, mass density, and speed of sound are related by the following equation: BULK= C**2*RHO. Avoidance: As documented in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the MAT10 entry, the bulk modulus, mass density, and speed of sound are related by the equation: BULK=C**2*RHO. Thus, the avoidance is to enter the bulk modulus and mass density or the mass density and the speed of sound. Note that the documentation fails to clarify that it is a user input error to specify values for the bulk modulus, mass density and speed of sound. If all three values are explicit CR 3883 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3883 Documentation - Handbook for Thermal - UFM 2113 The Handbook for Thermal Analysis, page 3.5-10, incorrectly recommends that an SPOINT be used to represent an enclosure by defining a CHBDY to reference an SPOINT. Following this recommendation will result in the job failing, and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2131 NON SCALAR ELEMENT REFERENCES A SCALAR POINT" being issued. This documentation has been superseded by the Thermal Analysis User's Guide. Avoidance: CHBDY may only reference to a GRID point.
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CR 3884 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Handbook for Thermal - Incorrect Documentation. If the RADMTX and VIEW entries are both present in the Bulk Data Section, then the VIEW entries will be ignored. MSC/NASTRAN uses the input RADMTX information to calculate the temperature distributions. This action is contrary to page 6.3.18 of the Handbook for Thermal Analysis where it is stated that the RADMTX will be ignored when a VIEW entry is present. This documentation has been superseded by the Thermal Analysis User's Guide. Avoidance: If you want the VIEW module to calculate the radiation matrix, then comment out or remove the RADMTX entries.
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CR 3885 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ENDJOB - Extra Version in Database If an ENDJOB command is used in the restart run, a new version should not be created in the database. However, in some instances, a non-restartable new version is created. Avoidance: There is no avoidance to the new version being created in the database. If this error is encountered, the user must explicitly specify a restartable version ID.
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CR 3886 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - PARARM,NMLOOP - Wrong Answers In Solution 106, if there are multiple boundary conditions, and the loop identification number specified on the "PARAM,NMLOOP,x" falls within a subcase which has a different boundary condition than the first subcase, then the nonlinear normal modes calculation will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. compile nlstatic souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 447 type parm,,rs,n,fact $ type parm,,i,n,recno $ paraml estnl//'dti'/0/3/s,n,efact $ get load factor $ convert load factor to record no. of CASES. fact=real(int(efact)) $ recno=int(fact)+1 $ if ( fact<>0. and abs(efact-fact)<=1.e-4 ) recno=int(fact) $ $ get appropiate record CASE CASES,/CASEi/'TRAN'/recno $ equivx casei/cases/-1 $ CALL SETQ CASES//SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S CR 3887 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - CELAS2, CDMAPi, CVIS - Inefficient Restart When performing an automatic restart in a modal frequency or transient response analysis and a damping property value or stress coefficient is changed on a CELAS2, CDAMPi, or CVISCi element, then the modes will be recomputed. This inefficient action is due to an error in the NDDL dependency check. Avoidance: There is no avoidance; however, by utilizing superelements and placing the offending scalar element in the residual structure, the cost of recalculating the modes can be reduced.
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CR 3888 Grid Point Stress - GPSTRESS, PSOLID - Abnormal Exit When the CORDM field on the PSOLID entry is left blank or set equal to -1, the program will terminate in the GPSTRESS module. No NASTRAN fatal messages are generated. This error occurs in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67R2 running on UNIX machines only. Avoidance: Change all blank or -1 CORDM fields on the PSOLID entry to 0. CR 3890 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA2 - FREAD Error On IBM MVS systems poor convergence in the eigenvalue analysis routine of the KE flutter analysis method may result in roots being missed and the job failing in the FA2 module with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 3002" being output. Avoidance: A Superzap is available which increases the number of iterations performed during the eigenvalue analysis used by the KE flutter method. If it is desired, please contact your local MSC representative. CR 3891 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - PGAP - UFM 7119 If a DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 entry references a PGAP entry, UFM 7119 "Incorrect entry length at PTYPE 2102 21, PID=0 " is output. Since GAP elements are intended to act as a linear spring in linear analysis, this is a code error. Avoidance: Use spring elements in place of the GAP elements. CR 3892 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 3892 Composites - TEMP - Wrong Answers If the maximum strain failure theory is used when using composites, then the failure indices calculation uses the total strain instead of the elastic strain. This error only occurs if the run contains thermal load since the total and elastic strains are the same in the case without thermal load. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. CR 3893 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Applicat - UFM 3060 Section 7.6 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual which describes the installation instructions should state that the authorization file AUTH.DAT must have read and write privileges for all users. (All machines except VAX/VMS, CRAY, IBM MVS/XA, HITACHI, FUJITSU MSP/EX) CR 3894 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NLPCI - Incorrect Remark References The description of the MINALR, MAXALR, DESITER and MAXINC fields of the NLPCI Bulk Data entry in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual refer to Remarks 4, 5, and 6. The descriptions should refer to Remarks 3, 4, and 5, respectively. CR 3895 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - QVOL, IFP - UFM 315 If the a QVOL Bulk Data entry is entered in large-field format, then the program fails in the IFP module and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV)FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA CARD QVOL" is output. Avoidance: Use small-field or free-field format.
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CR 3896 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - DSTA, SENSITY - SFM 3001 If a job is submitted using the old design sensitivity capability and there are no material properties defined in the model, then the job fails and issues the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 110 IN SUBROUTINE DST96B, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST". Note that this error is only possible when the model consists entirely of scalar elements. Any other model that has no properties defined will fail with appropriate messages in IFP. Avoidance: Add a dummy MAT1 entry to the Bulk Data. CR 3897 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Superelements - Wrong Answers If there are no Bulk Data changes on a restart run but a referenced SPC and/or an MPC set ID is changed in the Case Control, then the KGG matrix for the downstream superelements does not reflect the change of the upstream superelements. It is important to note that the results will change from the previous run, and thus the user may believe the program performed the correct action. Avoidance: An avoidance is to make changes to the Bulk Data so that the automatic restart feature reacts correctly. For example, adding a disjoint structural element or grid point or making a very small stiffness change to an existing element will cause the automatic restart feature to perform the correct updates. CR 3898 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - INPUTT4 - Missing Requirement When a matrix is read using INPUTT4, there is an undocumented requirement
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CR 3898 that the columns must be in ascending order. If the input file does not have the columns in ascending order, any columns which are out of sequence is ignored, and no warning is given. Avoidance: Make sure that all terms are in the correct order. This documentation error is correction in Version 68 of the MSC/NASTRAN DMAP Module Dictionary.
CR 3899 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOL 111, COMPILE - Incorrect Default The default for the COMPILE command in Solution 111 is NOLIST instead of LIST.
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Avoidance: The user must explicitly specify LIST,REF on the COMPILE command to obtain the DMAP listing of SOL 111. CR 3900 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - SOL 129, MATMOD(24) - UFM 4422 SOL 129 may fail with the message " USER FATAL MESSAGE 4422 NUMBER OF NULL ROWS IN THE DYNAMIC MATRICES IS NOT EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF NULL COLUMNS". This error occurs because Option 24 of the MATMOD module does not recognize strings that are null. The null strings are created by the ADD5 module.
Avoidance: Use SOL 99 or insert the following DMAP alter: Description COMPILE NLTRAN SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF $ALTER 244,246 $ V67.5 MATMOD AM1,,,,,/VDXW,/24/S,N,NODRED/1/S,N,NP $ ALTER 304,306 $ V68 DIAGONAL AM1/VDXW/'SQUARE'/0. $ IDENTITY MATRIX SIZE OF AM1 $ALTER 248,248 $ V67.5 ADD5 AM1,VDXW,,,/AM1X $ alter 308,308 $ v68 ADD VDXW,AM1/AM1X///3 $ am1x(i,j)=vdxw(i,j) if am1(i,j)=0. $ALTER 250,250 $ v67.5 ENDIF $ NODRED>-1 alter 310,310 $ v68
CR 3901 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN - SFM 4276 EC 301 If the AUTOASGN parameter is set to 2 on the NASTRAN entry which selects only the Delivery Database to be autoassigned, an incorrect logical name is given to a database, the program will fail and will issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 301". Avoidance: Specify a correct logical name. CR 3902 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DBINIT, BUFFSIZE - SFM 446 On the VAX/VMS if the buffsize is set larger than the maximum allowable size , then the job will fail in DBINIT and a misleading message will be output. In Version 67, the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 446 (DBCRT) ERROR ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A FILE (LOGICAL= MASTER ) FOR DBSET MASTER WITH READ AND WRITE PRIVILEGES. USER ACTION: CHECK THE AVAILABLE/ALLOCATED SPACE AND THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED THIS ACCOUNT." will be output. Avoidance: The maximum recommended buffsize for the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 on the VAX/VMS is 8065. Version 67.5 and the VAX/VECTOR will except a maximum BUFFSIZE of 16385. CR 3904 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TEMP(LOAD), QUADR - Poor Answers The QUADR corner stresses are incorrect when temperature loads are applied the nodes. The element uses the average temperature over the element rather than the temperatures at the corners. Avoidance: There is no avoidance; however, a finer mesh will reduce the error. CR 3913
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CR 3913 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOLVE - SFM 1115, Segmentation Violation If the SOLVE module is used with option SYM=3 in a user DMAP to compute the inverse of a matrix and the "B" matrix is not specified, then the program fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1115" or a message indicating a segmentation violation is output. Since a "B" should not be required to perform an inverse, this is a code error. Note, that Remark 3a. and Example 2. in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual Version 67 documentation for the SOLVE module indicate that the "B" matrix is not required. Avoidance: Explicitly define an identity matrix for the "B" input and use option 1. The DIAGONAL module may be used to create an identity matrix. CR 3914 MSC / MD Nastran DBC, TRANS, ACCESS - TRANS - Incorrect Version TRANSmit Version 6 delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67R2 and MSC/EMAS Version 2 contained changes to support EMAS. Therefore, the TRANSmit version identifier should be changed from the identifier used for the TRANSmit delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67. Avoidance: Unless a site has both MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 and MSC/EMAS Version 2 installed at the same site, no avoidance is necessary. If both products are installed, then TRANSmit delivered with EMAS should be used since it is compatible with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67, 67R2 and MSC/EMAS Version 2. TRANSmit Version 7 will be delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. CR 3915 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN User's M - Missing Parameters The parameters used in SOL 0 are not documented in Section 3.1.3 of
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CR 3915 the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. Avoidance: The parameter descriptions are as follows and should be included in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. MAXRANGE Default = 0 MINRANGE Default = 0 In an old database (Version 65 and older) that was created with SOL 64, 66, or 99, these parameters are required for use in SOL 0 when migrating a database from Version 65C to Version 67.5. The value of MAXRANGE and MINRANGE is used to set the maximum and minimum iteration values, respectively, for a range of data blocks for the migration of iterations between MINRANGE and MAXRANGE. If all iterations are desired, the default values should be used. SOL21 Default = NO In an old (Version 6
CR 3916 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - Poor Performance In a coupled fluid/structure analysis, if any of the structural grids have a global direction specified for the output coordinate system (i.e., nondefault coordinate system specified in field 7 of any GRID Bulk Data entry), then the ACMG module may use excessive CPU time for large problems. Avoidance: If possible remove all CD specification on GRID entries or increase memory to reduce spill operations. CR 3917 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP, AMPC - SFM 4276 EC 1044 If multiple aerodynamic methods are used in MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 and one of the methods selected is the doublet lattice method, then the job will fail and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1044". Avoidance: The double lattice method must be selected in a separate run. CR 3918
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CR 3918 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SUBCOM - Incorrect SUBCASE ID When a SUBCOM Case Control command is embedded among SUBCASEs, the OLOAD, MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT, and MAXIMUM APPLIED LOAD output will be identified with an incorrect subcase ID. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. CR 3919 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivit - DRESP1, EIGR - Wrong Answers When a mode ID requested on the DRESP1 entry for either an eigenvalue or buckling mode does not exist, then the program fails to trap this condition and wrong answers result. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 this condition will be trapped and UFM 6458 "THE REQUESTED EIGENVALUE OR BUCKLING LOAD ID *** IS GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF MODES THAT WERE COMPUTED" will be output. Avoidance: Make sure that all referenced eigenvalues are extracted.
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CR 3920 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DBLOCATE - DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9015 If the multi-master technique is used in a modal frequency restart run (Solution 111), the modes are unnecessarily recalculated. Furthermore, if the run attempts to calculate dynamic sensitivities, then the run fails and the message "DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9015 - THE USET TABLE IS NOT PRESENT" is output. Avoidance: There are three possible avoidances: 1. Use the conventional single-master technique along with automatic restart.
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CR 3920 or 2. Insert the following DMAP Alter in the multi-master dynamic sensitivity run. compile semfreq souin=mscsou nolist,noref alter 24 $ avoids DFM 9015 desiter = 0 $ $ alter 74,74 $ avoids recalculations of modes $ or 3. Use multi-master technique in all the mode runs. Use the automatic
CR 3921 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - Superelement Analysi - Wrong Answers If superelements are defined in a nonlinear heat transfer analysis (SOL 153 or SOL 74), the answers for the interior points of the upstream superelements will be incorrect. Avoidance: There are two avoidances for this problem: 1. Do not use superelements; define the entire structure to be in the residual. 2. Use the following alter: $ For SOL 153 compile sedisp souin=mscsou,nolist,noref alter 101,101 $ for version 67 if (seid=0) then $ cend CR 3924 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1 - Wrong Answers Remark 3b under the MATS1 bulk data entry description in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the MATS1 entry states that "If TYPE is NLELAST" and the curve is "defined only in the first quadrant, then the curve must start at the origin and the compression properties will be assumed identical to tension properties." This specification
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CR 3924 leads to wrong answers. Avoidance: Explicitly specify the compression properties for the negative region for the stress-strain curve.
CR 3925 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,DBALL(SCRATCH) - UFM 4249, SFM 4252 The limitations for PARAM,DBALL(SCRATCH) documented in the Introduction To MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 notes should state that this capability can not be used in the unstructured solution sequences when upstream superelements exist. If attempted, then the run will fail with one of the following messages: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4249. SUPERELEMENT PROCESSING REQUESTED BUT SEMAP DATA BLOCK IS MISSING. or SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252. DATA BLOCK (NONE) FOR UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT NOT FOUND IN DATABASE. CR 3926 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SEQUENCE PROCESSOR OUTPUT - Missing Connection Data The "SEQUENCE PROCESSOR OUTPUT" which lists the number of each element type can not output a number more than 5 digits. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. CR 3927 MSC / MD Nastran DBC, TRANS, ACCESS - DBC, RBEs - Incorrect Processing of RBEs DBC does not process rigid elements (RBE1, RBE2, or RBE3) correctly when they connect to more than 12 grid points. DBC has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 to correctly process the RBE2 and RBE3 element. CR 3928
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CR 3928 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - CRAY Y-MP - UFM 3090 There is an installation problem that affects CRAY Y-MP systems. This error will be encountered any time a client reports a machine serial number of 5101 or 5102, as these serial numbers are incorrect. To install the proper serial number, the system installer must delete the file "/usr/src/uts/cf. /lib/conf.o" where the " " in the filename represents the correct serial number. The source for this file is in "/usr/src/uts/cl/cf/conf. .c" Once this file has been deleted the kernel must be rebuilt. This problem has been reported as Cray Software Problem Report (SPR 58019, Call 21997). Clients should contact Cray's North American Support Center at 1-800-950-CRAY or send email to "support@crayamid.cray.com". CR 4004 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - ELSDCON, STRFIELD, PARAM,POST - Wrong Answers Element stress discontinuities in a mixed-element model (for example, QUAD4/TRIA3s or QUAD8/TRIA6s) will be incorrectly stored on the .xdb. Avoidance: Request grid point stress discontinuities. These results should be close to the Element results.
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CR 4018 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - DBC, BEAM - Incorrect Stresses in BEAM Elements If a transient response analysis incorrectly requests STRESS(PHASE) output, then BEAM stress data is written incorrectly to the XDB. The incorrect data only affects xy plots in MSC/XL. Avoidance: This is a user error. Phase output is not a valid request for a transient run.
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CR 4028 Miscellaneous - MTRXIN - SFM 4276 FREAD EC 3002 A logic error in module MTRXIN results in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE FREAD ERROR CODE 3002 when the following conditions are met: 1. A MTRXIN (rather than a Case Control request) exist in the DMAP to convert matrices input on DMIG entries to NASTRAN DMAP datablocks. 2. No DMIG input records exist. 3. Table MATPOOL exists due to MFLUID, ELIST, RADLST, RADMTX, RADCAV, or RADSET bulk data entries. If any of entries cited in item 3 exist in the bulk data, the error may be encountered in SOL 101 with PARAM,INREL,-1 and no DMIG,UACCEL bulk data entry. Avoidance: Remove the bulk data entries specified in item 3 above, or add an unreferenced DMIG such as: DMIG,ABC,0,6,1
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CR 4029 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - PSHELL, QUAD4, TRIA3 - Poor Answers The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual documentation for the PSHELL entry should be amended to state that when modeling curved shells with QUAD4 or TRIA3 elements in a solution that uses differential stiffness (buckling or nonlinear with PARAM,LGDISP), results may include spurious modes or difficult convergence in Version 67.7 and earlier versions. Avoidance: For linear buckling only, spurious modes can be avoided if every element is replaced by two overlapping elements. One has only membrane properties (MID2 and MID3 are blank on the PSHELL entry). The other has only bending properties (MID1 is blank on the PSHELL entry). Unfortunately this avoidance can not be applied to nonlinear problems since "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4295" results when MID1 does not equal MID2 on the PSHELL entry (see error 5
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CR 4035 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Submittal Script - CRAY Y-MP Only The submittal script provided for the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 on the CRAY Y-MP UNICOS hard wires the "lt" parameter to 300 seconds. This parameter, which controls the CPU limit for the job, should be adjustable. A new parameter has been added to Version 67.5 to allow the user to specify the CPU limit at run time. CR 4036 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GPFORCE - Missing Grid Point Force Output A GPFORCE request in a nonlinear solution sequence is ignored in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. Avoidance: The following DMAP avoidance allows for GPFORECE data recovery for the linear elements in SOL 106: compile nlstatic souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 1 $ putsys(0,192) $ $ COMPILE SEDISP SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ALTER 55 $ ALTER 54 $ after output of pj1 PARAML CRX//'PRESENCE'////S,N,NOCRX $ IF ( NOCRX = -1 ) EQUIVX PJ/PJ1/ALWAYS $ $ COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 265,265 $ TYPE DB,CASES $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,HIGHQUAL $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,N,PEID,MTEMP,NLOOP $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,N,APRCH $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,LOAD, CR 4048 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 4048 Miscellaneous - SESET, SEELT, SEQGP, - Misleading Message, SWM 2072 "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072, CARD TYPE **** NOT FOUND ON DATA BLOCK" may be output if SESET, SEELT, SEQGP or SEQSEP Bulk Data entries are present. If there are no acoustic grid points in the model and this message is output from the RESTART or SEP2 module, then this message can be ignored. CR 4055 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RANDPS - SFM 4276 EC 3001 Random analysis cannot be performed in cyclic frequency response (SOL 118 or SOL 78) with harmonic output. If attempted, the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE FREAD ERROR CODE 3001" is output. Avoidance: Specify segmented output instead of harmonic output in the Case Control. CR 4068 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE - CONVERT Option Fails When the convert option is used on a DBLOCATE statement to alter the PROJECT name of the database created by the prior run, MSC/NASTRAN fails to recognize the new project ID. Therefore, subsequent operations on the database, such as a DBVIEW statement, fail. In the following example, DBVIEW fails to view the data blocks specified. Example:
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ASSIGN MODE2=build2.MASTER DBLOCATE DB=* WHERE(PROJECT='MODES',VERSION=1), CONVERT(PROJECT='ASET', VERSION=1) LOGICAL=MODE2 DBVIEW MGGF=MGG (WHERE PROJECT='ASET' AND VERSION=1 AND WILDCARD=TRUE) Avoidance: The project ID and version ID parameters must be explicitly defined as follows:
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CR 4068 TYPE PARM,,I,,PROJECT2=2,VERSION=1 $ If the file management section contains the DBVIEW statements, it should be mod
CR 4071 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - ELSDCON, GPSDCON, FI - Wrong Answers The stress discontinuity results are incorrect if FIBRE=MID or Z2 on the SURFACE command. The grid point stress results are also incorrect. Avoidance: The avoidance is to set FIBRE=ALL on the SURFACE command, which is the default. CR 4074 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - PSHELL - Wrong Answers Wrong answers occur in a material nonlinear analysis whenever the 12I/T3 (bending stiffness parameter) on the PSHELL entry is not equal to 1. To prevent wrong answers from occuring, MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 will issue a user fatal message when this condition is encountered. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Note that since material nonlinear analysis requires that MID1 be the same as MID2 on the PSHELL entry, the desired effect may not be simulated by referencing different material entries for MID1 and MID2. CR 4093 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SET, SDR2 - Poor Performance If the user requests displacement output for a SET that defines a large range of grid points using the "THRU"option (for example SET 2= 1 THRU 999,999), then the SDR2 module may spend considerably more CPU time versus the equivalent DISP=ALL request. This performance degradation will only occur when there is at least one grid point ID outside the range. An aeroelastic analysis is more likely to encounter this error because the internal degrees of
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CR 4093 freedom are generated and differentiated from the physical degrees of freedom by adding very large numbers to them.
CR 4094 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GAP - Unpredictable Answers If a GAP element is defined between coincident nodes, the element coordinate system is unpredictable. Avoidance: Round-off error may result in the location of any two points being viewed by the code as noncoincident. Therefore, the user should separate the points being connected by at least 1.E-2 units so that the element coordinate system is determined by the vector connecting the grid points. This error has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 by implementing the following changes to the GAP element interface: 1. The tolerance used to determine whether nodes are not coincident has been increased from 1.E-10 to 1.E-3. 2. If a coordinate system is not specified in field 9 of the CGAP entry and the connected grids are closer than 1.E-3, then UFM 6459 is issued. 3.
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CR 4122 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Shape Sensitivity - RFORCE, PLOADi - Effect Not Included The effects of changes in pressure loads or followers loads that result from changes in the underlying grid location are ignored when computing sensitivities. Changes in gravity and thermal loads are included during shape sensitivity calculations.
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CR 4136 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - LSTRN - Incorrect Failure Indices If the values in the THETA field of the PCOMP entry vary between plies,
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CR 4136 the failure indices may be incorrect for the varying plies when PARAM,LSTRN is set to 0. (Version 66 and Version 67 only). Avoidance: The avoidance is to set PARAM,LSTRN to 1.
CR 4151 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - METHOD - SFM 3001 In a coupled fluid-structural analysis using the modal method if the user fails to specify a METHOD entry for the structure, then the run fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 104 IN SUBROUTINE GKAM, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST" is output. This problem is identical to Error 3610. The only difference is that a method entry may have been included for the fluid. Avoidance: Specify a METHOD entry for the fluid and the structure. CR 4158 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VECPLOT - Wrong Answers If the user specifies an output coordinate system on the GRID entry other than the default basic coordinate system, then the OLOAD RESULTANT, MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENTS and MAXIMUM APPLIED LOADS output are incorrect. All other results are unaffected by this error. This error is corrected on latter MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 systems. The systems include DEC ALPHA, INTEL 386/IX, and HITACHI S3600. CR 4179 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - PCOMP, ECHO - UIM 4379 According to the text of UIM 4379 the internally generated PSHELL and MAT2 entries are only output when a sorted echo is requested. Contrary to this, using ECHO=NONE does not result in the removal of this output. Avoidance: ECHO=UNSORT must be explicitly specified to disable UIM 4379
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CR 4179 output. If the user does not desire an unsorted echo, then specifying ECHO=UNSORT(****) where "****" indicates any Bulk Data entry that is not contained in the input Bulk Data, has the same effect.
CR 4187 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity - Data Recovery Restar - SFM 3007 If a SOL 106 model does not contain SPCs and is restarted for data recovery, SFM 3007 "Illegal Input to Subroutine CALCV" is issued from the UPARTN module. Avoidance: The avoidance is to use the following alter: $ FOR VERSION 67+ IN SOL 106 COMPILE DMAP=NLSTATIC,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF $ ALTER 434 $ AFTER EQUIVX PARAML USETNL//'USET'//////'A'/S,N,NOASET/'G'/S,N,NOGSET $ NOA = LTOI ( NOGSET = NOASET ) $ ENDALTER $
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CR 4194 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - DBC - Missing Data THE PROBLEM DBC will incorrectly store multiple RBE's having more than 12 Grids (independent or dependent, depending on RBE type) to the .xdb. In particular, the RBEPOOL is built incorrectly. Data is overwritten. THE AVOIDANCE Break up the RBE's into smaller elements.
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CR 4197 Elements - STRAIN(FIBER), QUAD4 - Incorrect Labels The grid point labels for the QUAD4 and QUADR STRAIN(FIBER) output are incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. CR 4198 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CHACAB, MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual - Incorrect Documentation Remark 6 of the MSC/NASTRAN CHACAB Bulk Data description should be changed. Currently, the remark states that "The face consisting of grid points G1 through G4 and G9 through G12 is assumed to be in contact with the fluid." The remark should state that "The face consisting of grid points G5 through G8 and G17 through G20 is assumed to be in contact with the fluid". CR 4211 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN User's M - Incorrect Documention The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual and Quick Reference Guide description of the PARAM,KDIAG is incorrect. The current documentation states that KDIAG specifies a stiffness value to be applied to all degrees of freedom. The documentation should be changed to state that KDIAG specifies a stiffness value to be applied to the null column of the nonlinear stiffness matrix. CR 4223 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUID, CORDiS, CORD - Unstable Eigensolutions Virtual fluid mass is regarded as an improvement to structural mass, but not as a replacement for structural mass. When a structure is modeled to enclose or be enclosed by a virtual fluid the mass properties of the structure should be included in the model, even when the fluid is many times heavier than the structure. The reason is that the fluid mass is uni-directional, and may not contribute to overall inertia properties of the model. This
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CR 4223 can lead to high maxratio messages in eigenvalue analysis, and missing or unstable rigid body modes. These modes are stabilized by the addition of structural mass, even when it is relatively small.
CR 4235 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PENTA, GPSTRESS - UFM 5146 If a PENTA element's dimensions are small compared to the element's distance from the basic coordinate system's origin and grid point stress output (GPSTRESS) has been requested, the job may fail in the GPSTR1 module and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5146" is output.
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Avoidance: If possible, the coordinates of the GRID entries in the model should be translated so that the PENTA elements are closer to the basic coordinate system's origin. In the case where the entire model has been defined a large distance from the basic coordinate system's origin, changing all GRID entries to reference a CORDRi entry that is defined parallel to but translated from the basic coordinate system may simply accomplish the necessary translation. CR 4236 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - NEUPS - Wallpaper Plot Option Does Not Work Increasing the scale factor to a size greater that 1.0 in the NEUPS control file to create "wallpaper" plots does not work. The scale of the plot is increased, but only a segment of the plot is printed on a single page. Avoidance: There is no avoidance to the problem. CR 4241 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PLOAD1, REPCASE - Wrong Answers If a PLOAD1 entry is used to apply load to a BEAM or BAR element and REPCASE
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CR 4241 is used to request additional output, then the load request must also appear within the REPCASE; otherwise, the results from the REPCASE will be wrong. Avoidance: Include the appropriate load request in the REPCASE.
CR 4243 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN - UFM 470 If a continuation entry is specified for the ASSIGN statement as follows: assign XXXX= , dbs/yyyy.MASTER'
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The database name is converted to uppercase (in the example 'DBS/YYYY.MASTER') and MSC/NASTRAN fails to locate the database even though it exists. This probably occurs on all unix machines. Avoidance: Do not split the line after the logical name. Supply the database name on the same line as the logical name.
CR 4251 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - ZONA51 Aerodynamics - Wrong Answers If the AERO II option (ZONA 51 AERO) is used with anti-symmetric matrices where SYMXZ=-1 on the AERO or AEROS Bulk Data entry and there is a lifting surface on the XZ plane of symmetry, then wrong answers result. Avoidances: Weighting factors can be applied to the aero matrices to get correct answers. For Solutions 21 and 144, WKK is input on a DMI entry. This is a diagonal matrix that has 1.0 for the boxes for which no error correction is required and 0.5 for the boxes that are on the plane of symmetry. For Solutions 75, 76, 145, and 146 a similar technique is available using WIFACT as the matrix name on the DMI entry. CR 4263 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 4263 Acoustic Analysis - METHOD(FLUID) Missing - No Output A fluid only model will not run in SOL 111 unless a METHOD(FLUID)=n case control is present. The run completes to "END OF JOB" in the f06 and "EXIT" in the f04 but virtually the only output in the f06 is UIM 302 indicating to the user that GRID ENTRIES HAVE DISPLACEMENT COORDINATE SYSTEM ID OF -1 which is the coordinate system ID of fluid points. CR 4271 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - TEMP(INIT) - Unexpected Results If TEMP(INIT) is used to define the initial temperature and this initial temperature definition specifies a different temperature at each of the connecting grids of a plate element (e.g., QUAD4, QUAD8, TRIA3, etc.), then the average temperature of the connecting grids for that element is used as the initial temperature for all the grids that are connected to that element. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances:
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Description 1. Specify a constant initial temperature throughout the model and adjust the final temperature to reflect the proper delta temperature. If temperature-dependent materials are used, then they also need to be properly adjusted to reflect the initial temperature modification. 2. Replace the plate elements with solid elements. Using a linear solution (e.g., SOL Known Error Product Abstract CR 4310 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - TEMP(INIT), SDR2 - Wrong Answers If TEMP(INIT) is used to define the initial temperature in a linear static analysis and a different initial temperature is specified at each of the connecting grids for a solid element, then the stresses will be wrong. Avoidance: Use a nonlinear solution instead. Known Error Product CR 4316 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 4316 Documentation - Acoustic Analysis, R - SWM 3001 Section 1.16 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual states that coupled fluidstructural analysis is available using the modal method in SOLs 110 through 112. The documentation does not, but should, explicitly exclude the calculation of modes for a coupled fluid-structural analysis in SOL 103 or SOL 106 to be used for a restart in SOLs 110 through 112. If the user attempts to calculate coupled modes in SOL 103, then the program may fail and the message "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 105 IN SUBROUTINE REIG WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST" is output. The MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Reference Manual, Section 15.4.2 adds the requested documentation.
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CR 4317 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CHACAB, PACABS - Unexpected Answers If the user supplies data on the tables that are referenced by the PACABS entry and this data results in negative terms in the equivalent structural model for the acoustic absorber element, then these terms are set to zero. Negative terms in the equivalent structural model may result from data where the user is attempting to model an infinite, perfectly absorbing domain. MSC/NASTRAN does not support this capability. Avoidance: The user should inspect the USER INFORMATION 6232 output which provides the calculated acoustic absorber properties to be sure that negative terms do not exist. CR 4320 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CHACAB, PACABS - SFM 4276 EC 211 If the frequency specified on the TABLEDi Bulk Data entry that is referenced by the TID1 field of the PACABS Bulk Data entry is zero, then the job fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 211"is output. The failure occurs because the equations that define the resistance are singular at a frequency of zero.
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CR 4320 Avoidance: Define the properties for the absorber element at a frequency other than zero.
CR 4351 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DSCONS - Incorrect Documentation The value of psi when the "LIMIT" field is 0.0, equal (-response) not the (response) as documented.
CR 4352 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CONM2 - Incorrect Description In the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual and MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide, the Bulk Data description for the CONM2 entry specifies that Iij must be a real number that is greater than or equal to 0.0; however, IFP allows negative values for Iij. CR 4357 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DIAG 2 - SFM 1032(X10) Large jobs with DIAG 2 may fail and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1032(X10)".
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Avoidance: Remove the DIAG 2 request Error report: System Fatal Message 1032(X10) using DIAG 2 in a large SE job.
CR 4361 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Dictionary - Format 1.+30 not Allowed, UFM 224 Using format 1.+30 in a DMAP expression is not allowed. The run will fail
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CR 4361 with USER FATAL MESSAGE 224 stating that mixed mode usage by the arithmetic operator + is invalid during subdmap. The Version 69 DMAP User's Guide will be updated to state this restriction. Avoidance: Use 1.E+30 instead
CR 4366 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Acoustic Analysis - Insufficient Documentation The following remark should be added to the description of the absorber element (CHACAB): 7. The mass is lumped to the face in contact with the fluid. This face consists of grid points G5 through G8 and G17 through G20 (see Error 4198). The opposite face (the face connecting grid points G1 through G4 and G9 through G12) has no mass contribution due to the absorber element. The only mass contribution is from the structural elements that are connected to this face. The following remark should be added to the description of both the absorber element (CHACAB) and barrier element (CHACBR). 8. The face in contact with the fluid has only translational stiffness in the direction normal to this face.
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CR 4367 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEND, PLOAD1 - Wrong Answers. When PLOAD1 is used to apply forces with load TYPE in the Basic coordinate system (FX, FY, FZ, MX, MY and MZ) on the CBEND element, incorrect applied loads are generated. Consequently, SPCFORCE, displacements and element stresses are not correct. Avoidance: Field 4 of the PLOAD1 entry allows loads to be applied either in the basic or element coordinate system. Use the element coordinate system option.
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CR 4397 Documentation - ASET, ASET1, OMIT - UFM 4423 The restriction that degrees of freedom attached to nonlinear elements in nonlinear solutions cannot be omitted is not clearly stated in any of our documentation. The following documentation changes should be made: In the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual, Section 15.3 Nonlinear Analysis, Nonlinear Characteristics and General Recommendations, add the following bullet to the end of the section: - Reducing the size of the analysis set by omitting degrees of freedom can significantly reduce computation times in nonlinear analysis, but degrees of freedom attached to nonlinear elements cannot be omitted. Elements are nonlinear if they have nonlinear capabilities (see table 1) and either PARAM,LGDISP,1 is used or they reference a nonlinear material. Degrees of freedom attached only to linear
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CR 4409 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP, FBS, SPARSE - SFM 3008 There is an error in the memory estimate for SPARSE FBS when the matrix is dense. This error may result in "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008" being output which indicates insufficient memory. For example, a single solid element test, which generates a fully populated matrix, may encounter this error. This error is highly unlikely for typical models that produce less than a fully populated matrix. This error can also occur in nonlinear analysis where FBS is called from within another module. Avoidance: The memory estimation error can be avoided by setting SYSTEM(146)=2 on the NASTRAN statement; that is, set "NASTRAN SPARSE=25,SYSTEM(146)=2".
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CR 4423 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM, CBAR, Offsets - Wrong Answers A remark should be added under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description
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CR 4423 of the CBAR and CBEAM entry that using the BAR and BEAM with offsets in any solution sequence which uses differential stiffness is not recommended. Furthermore, the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6174. BEAM ELEMENTS WITH OFFSETS ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS" is encountered if BEAMs with offsets are included in a model with differential stiffness.
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CR 4424 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP, QUAD4, TRIA3 - Wrong Answers A nonlinear analysis with PARAM,LGDISP produces incorrect results for the transverse shear forces for the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter will give correct transverse shear results for QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements in a nonlinear analysis with large displacements (LGDISP). The DTIIN and TABEDIT are only necessary if the user wants to postprocess the correct results in MSC/XL. The DTIIN and TABEDIT assume that only QUAD4 elements are present. If other elements are present, you will be unable to postprocess the element forces in MSC/XL unless you modify the Bulk Data DTI entries to account for the different element types. The EQUIV statement ensures that the correct FORCE results will be output to the .F06 file regardless of element types present in the model CR 4425 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - REPCASE - Missing Output When a REPCASE Case Control command is used in a normal modes analysis, only data for the first mode is printed. This needs to be clarified in the Quick Reference Guide where remark 3 claims repcase is supported in normal modes.
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CR 4426 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVGRID - UFM 2025 If a DVGRID entry references a GRID point connected to elements which do not have a property entry associated with them (e.g., CONM1, CONM2 etc.), then the job fails and issues the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM". Avoidance: Replace the elements with equivalent elements that reference a property entry. For example, replace CONM2s with CMASS and PMASS entries.
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CR 4427 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBCOMP - SFM 6236 The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual documentation for the PBCOMP entry should include a remark warning that a SFM 6236 will occur if SECTION=5 and all the Y stations are 0.0 or all the Z stations are 0.0. This information should also be included in the expanded explanation of SFM 6236 in Section 6 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual. CR 4429 MSC / MD Nastran Lagrange Multiplier Method - RFLAG - Wrong answers The RFLAG alter that was delivered with Version 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN in the misc/sssalter directory contains an error that may result in wrong answers. Wrong answers will occur whenever material type damping is included. This includes damping specified by PARAM,G and damping specified through the ge on a MATi entry. This error has been corrected in later releases of Version 67.5 MSC/NASTRAN. The error exists in the VAX/VMS, CRAY Y-MP, CONVEX, IBM RS6000 and SUN4 releases. Avoidance: The client should modify the RFLAG.V675 file as indicated. The lines in error are shown commented out with a "$" symbol and are upper case. The necessary replacement lines follow and are typed in lower case.
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CR 4429 $ ALTER 96,96 $ alter 95,96 $ partn b2ydd,v12g,/,,,b2ygg/-1 $ Reduce from 1-set siz
CR 4435 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - Multimaster, SORT1 - Data Sorted Incorrectly In a Solution 111 or 112 run using multiple masters, if SORT1 output is requested, then SORT1 output is given for the resdiual structure, but SORT2 output is given for the upstream superelements. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter in V68
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COMPILE SUPER3, SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 90,90 $ ALTER 104 $ TYPE DB,PVT $ PVT PVT,CASEDR/PVTX $ COMPILE SUPER3, SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF CR 4436 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP - SFM 14 The maximum number of data blocks allowed in each subDMAP is 500 NDDL and 500 non-NDDL. SFM 14 is issued when this limit is exceeded. General Limitation 3620, which documents all executive limits, will be updated to reflect this limit. Avoidance: Divide DMAP into subDMAPs.
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CR 4443 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual Section 7.7,GENTIM2 - Incorrect Documentation The documentation for GENTIM2 in Section 7.7 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual is incorrect. In the listed printout of the Bulk Data GENTIM2, the
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CR 4443 documentation indicates "SOL GENTIM2". It should be "SOL GENTIM". The documentation also indicates "NASTRAN MESH SYSTEM(124)=-10". The documentation should indicate "NASTRAN MESH SYSTEM(124)=-1". The documentation also indicates that PARAM,PARAM in the Bulk Data section of the GENTIM2.DAT file is to be modified; however, this line must be added by the client. This error is corrected in all releases of MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 except the CRAY Y-MP, CONVEX and DEC VAX/VMS.
CR 4447 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP Module Dictionary - System Cells for DMAPers Beginning in Version 70.5 system cell numbers 252 through 262 have been set aside for the user DMAPs. CR 4450 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CELAS, CDAMP, CMASS - Wrong Answers Incorrect design sensitivities are computed for CMASS1, CELAS1, and CDAMP1, element types if either connectivity point is a scalar point. The avoidance is to use CMASS3, CELAS3 and CDAMP3 elements. A second error causes the avoidance to work only if there are no coordinate systems defined in the model. The following table summarizes the error for CELASi elements, the table can be replicated for CDAMPi and CMASSi elements:
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Element GRID/SCALAR COORDINATE SENSITIVITY Type SYSTEMS COEFFICIENTS CELAS1 GRID YES CORRECT CELAS1 GRID NO CORRECT CELAS1 SCALAR YES WRONG CELAS1 SCALAR NO WRONG CELAS3 SCALAR YES WRONG CELAS3 SCALAR NO CORRECT
CR 4454 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - NEUPS - Bad Plot Files
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CR 4454 The postscript files generated by the NEUPS utility on the IBM MVS/XA Version 67 release of MSC/NASTRAN are incomplete and produce plots with missing information. Avoidance: The avoidance is to obtain a new copy of the NEUPS program from your local MSC representative. CR 4457 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - PLSOLID - Poor Message, Infinite CPU Loop. When an ill-defined model with hyperelastic (PLSOLID) elements is analyzed, the model may be unstable and very large numbers may be produced. The run may fail due to machine overflow, fail to converge, or become caught in an infinite loop. This behavior may also occur for models with solid elements (CHEXA, CPENTA, and CTETRA) that do not reference hyperelastic material.
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Avoidance: "USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698" indicating the degrees of freedom that have factor diagonal ratios greater than 1.E5 is output. The messages "USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158" and "USER WARNING MESSAGE 2053" may also be evidence of this problem. UWM 2053 notifies the user that a referenced SPC set could not be found. Thus, the model may not be constrained as the user intended. The only avoidance is to examine the output. CR 4458 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLCOMB, TEMP(LOAD), PLSOLID, - UWM 6008, SFM 3003 According to the MSC/NASTRAN Release Notes for Version 67.5, thermal loads and temperature-dependent material properties are not supported for the hyperelastic elements; however, if a nonlinear model contains both hyperelastic elements (PLSOLID) and non-hyperelastic elements (PSOLID), thermal effects should be calculated for the non-hyperelastic elements and the job should continue. This occurs if the thermal loads are applied with TEMPD entries. Any nonlinear analysis that contains thermal loads and hyperelastic elements fails with the following messages if the thermal loads are applied using anything other than the TEMPD entries (e.g., TEMP entry) :
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 4458 USER WARNING MESSAGE 6008, THERMAL OR DEFORM LOAD SET x IS NOT APPLICABLE FOR THIS ELEMENT. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 MODULE
CR 4459 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOT - SFM 3008 The DOT algorithm that performs optimization computes the amount of memory it requires for an internal integer array. Under certain circumstances, this computation is performed incorrectly and this may lead to "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008" that indicates insufficient memory. Failure occurs whenever 2 * (NAVC + NASIPE) > NGMAX where NGMAX = NCON + NDV
Description
and NAVC = # of active and violated constraints considered by the DOT algorithm NASIPE = # of active side constraints NCON = # of retained constraints passed to the optimizer NDV = # of design variables Generally, DOT selects a small set of NCON for NAVC. In the case that encountered the failure, there were a large number of properties an
CR 4469 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - DTI,INDTA - Composite Stress Sorting Composite ply results processing does not support the DTI,INDTA Bulk Data entry.
Description
Avoidance: The following DMAP statement needs to be modified in each applicable Unstructured Solution Sequence and in the subDMAP SEDRCVR as follows:
Known Error
CR 4469 (old) STRSORT ES1C,/OES1C/V,Y,NUMOUT1=-2/V,Y,BIGER1=0.0 $ STRSORT EFIT,/OEFIT/V,Y,NUMOUT2=-2/V,Y,BIGER2=0.0 $ (corrected) STRSORT ES1C,INDTA/OES1C/V,Y,NUMOUT1=-2/V,Y,BIGER1=0.0 $ STRSORT EFIT,INDTA/OEFIT/V,Y,NUMOUT2=-2/V,Y,BIGER2=0.0 $ Alternatively, the analyst may use the default ply sorting with parameters NUMOUT1,NUMOUT2,BIGER1, and BIGER2. This gives sorting on the ply stresses and strains.
CR 4476 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PSOLID - UWM 5460 If the standard isoparametric integration (ISOP=FULL) is desired for the CHEXA or CPENTA element with midside nodes, and the IN field is blank on the PSOLID entry, then MSC/NASTRAN assumes that the user wants to use bubble functions. "USER WARNING MESSAGE 5460, ILLEGAL OPTION ON PSOLID ID = ***, FOR BUBBLE FUNCTION. ONLY REDUCED INTEGRATION IS ALLOWED" is issued, and the run will proceed using reduced integration. The same warning message is issued for CTETRA elements if the IN field is blank even though bubble functions and reduced integration are not supported by this element. The run will continue with the default integration options. Avoidance: To perform standard isoparametric integration on CHEXA and CPENTA elements with midside nodes, IN must be set to 3 or THREE. To avoid
Description
CR 4482 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CONVEX Only - Unacceptable Input Filenames MSC/NASTRAN on the CONVEX will not accept the following filenames:
Description
t.dat at.dat dat.dat
Known Error
CR 4482 Avoidance: Do not use the above names.
CR 4484 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - GPFORCE, GPFDR -SFM 3001, FILE 108 NOT IN FIST Grid point force output is not available in upstream superelements in cyclic symmetry statics (SOLs 81 and 114). A GPFORCE request results in the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 FILE 108 NOT IN FIST" being issued from the GPFDR Module. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is under investigation. CR 4486 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Hyperelastic, PLSOLID, FORM=MIXED - No Convergence When a displacement coordinate system (CD) is specified on any of the grid entries connecting a HEXA hyperelastic (PLSOLID) element, results may either converge slowly or no convergence occurs when FORM=MIXED is selected. Avoidance: Use the default FORM=ISOP.
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CR 4491 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DRMS1 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777" may occur during data recovery of eigenvalues analysis in the DRMS1 module. This error is due to numerical underflow or overflow and is highly machine dependent. This error has only been observed on the DEC VAX(VMS) release of MSC/NASTRAN. Avoidance: Run the job on another machine.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 4494 Acoustic Analysis - Wrong Answers - SFM 5401 When the surfaces of the fluid cavity are connected to a structural surface containing two or more distinct elements (i.e. the fluid is interfacing with HEXA elements on one surface and QUAD elements on the other surface ) then wrong answers may be produced for the FL./STR. INTERFACE CHECK and/or SFM 5401 may occur. Avoidance : This is a general limitation of MSC/NASTRAN. The acoustic cavity must be surrounded by plate or solid elements but not both.
Description
CR 4496 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CHACAB - UFM 4422, SFM 4276 EC 7777, Wrong Answers If the table input features of the PACABS Bulk Data entry (TIDi fields) are used to define the reactance for the CHACAB absorber element then, depending on the machine, the job may fail and issue either the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4422, NUMBER OF NULL ROWS IN THE DYNAMIC MATRICES IS NOT EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF NULL COLUMNS" or "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 7777". Incorrect DB pressure values may also be produced. Avoidance: Instead of using the TABLEDi features to calculate the stiffness and mass values for the absorber element, specify the k, m and b values explicitly on the PACABS Bulk Data entry.
Description
CR 4498 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - LINE, MAXLINES - SFM 3019 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3019 MAXIMUM LINE COUNT EXCEEDED IN SUBROUTINE PAGER LINE COUNT EQUALS ****" is misleading, because the code is actually counting the pages. If the user specifies LINE=X and MAXLINES=Y, then the max number of pages that will be output is Y/X, regardless of how many lines are actually on each page. When the code counts more pages than Y/X, it will issue the message above. If the user specifies a value for LINE that is greater than the actual number of lines per page, then the job fails at a lower line count than MAXLINES.
Description
Known Error
CR 4498 Avoidance: Specify a correct value for LINE.
CR 4503 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SDR2, MODES - SFM 3002 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 if the MODES command references an eigenvector that does not exist, the run fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 MODULE=SDR2 EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA SET PHG" is output from the SDR2 module. Prior versions of MSC/NASTRAN correctly ignore a MODES command that is beyond the number of eigenvectors calculated. Avoidance: Remove the additional subcase and MODES command. CR 4506 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UMERGE1 - SFM 4276, EC 1409. If an optimization or design sensitivity analysis contains EPOINTs as is required for the Lagrange multiplier large mass method, then the execution fails in the UMERGE1 module and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1409" is output.
Description
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Avoidance: The UMERGE1 DMAP statements at lines 65, 66, and 67 of subDMAP DYNSEN must be ALTERed to set the IOPT parameter to 1 as follows: from: UMERGE USETD,EGMG,,,/EGMP/'P'/'G'/'E' $ to: UMERGE USETD,EGMG,,,/EGMP/'P'/'G'/'E'/1 $
Known Error Product
CR 4525 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Optimization - DEQATN - UFM 201, SFM 217, UFM 224, UFM 5199 Input errors on the DEQATN Bulk Data entry often result in poor messages. The following messages have been encountered when invalid symbols such as a "[" are used or the restriction against large field format is violated on the DEQATN entry: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 215 (PRER2O) BINARY OPERATORS
Description
Known Error
CR 4525 CANNOT BE THE FIRST SYMBOL FOUND IN AN ARITHMETIC LOGICAL EXPRESSION" or "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 233 (PRSPOP) UNDERFLOW OCCURRED DURING PROCESSING OF OPERAND STACK" or "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5199. ON THE ABOVE BULK DATA FREE FIELD CARD AN INTEGER OR A BCD FIELD HAD MORE THAN EIGHT CHARACTERS". Avoidance: Review the requirements of the DEQATN entry documented in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual and modify the DEQATN entries as necessary.
CR 4528 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods - SPARSE, PARALLEL - Segmentation Fault In Version 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN on the CONVEX C3800 computer, if parallel sparse decomposition is selected, the job fails and no message is printed to the F06 output file. The log file indicates a "Segmentation Fault" error in the routine relcpuu. Avoidance: Presently the only avoidance is to run MSC/NASTRAN within csh and specify the csh command "limit concurrency 4" before execution. The error will be fixed for Version 68 by limiting the maximum number of CPUs to 4 when using parallel sparse decomposition. CR 4529 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP, PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 - SFM 4276 FILPOS EC 1044 An error exists in the nested dissection option of the sequencer module. This option is selected by setting PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 in Version 65E, 66, 66A, 66B, 67, or 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN. The option is also available by setting PARAM,NEWSEQ,8 in Version 67.5 whenever sparse decomposition is also selected. This error causes the job to fail in the SEQP module and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 FILPOS ERROR CODE 1044" to be output. The error occurs only when superelement groups exist in the model and when the number of grid points in any group is more than 1/4 or less than 1/3 of the total number of grids.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 4529 Avoidance: Other than selecting another sequencer option, there is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 4536 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - EQUIV, EQUIVX - UFM 1126 in CALL SELR for datablock FPS (outputtwice) If the EQUIV or EQUIVX statement appears immediately after a CALL statement then the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126" may be incorrectly issued in the subsequent loop. This is an error in the Last-Time-Used (LTU) logic. (Version 67, 67.5 and 67.7 only)
Description
Avoidance: An avoidance is to specify the PARAML module for the offending datablock after the EQUIV (or EQUIVX statement). For example, if UFM 1126 is issued for datablock PS then insert the PARAML DMAP statement as in the following example. CALL XXXX PG/PA,PS $ EQUIVX PA/PA1/-1 $ PARAML PS//'PRES' $
CR 4538 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - ASETi, OMITi - Poor Message, SFM 2199, UWM 4698 If ASETi or OMITi entries are specified in SOL 66 or 106 and there are no elements with linear material properties, then SFM 2199 and UWM 4698 are issued. This error has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 by issuing the meaninful user fatal message 4423.
Description
Avoidance: This is a user error. The avoidance is to remove all ASETi and OMITi entries since nonlinear degrees of freedom can not be omitted. The correction to SOL 66 and SOL 106 DMAPs results in the meaningful message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4423 A NONLINEAR ELEMENT IS ATTACHED TO AN OMITTED DEGREE OF FREEDOM" being output. CR 4539 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 4539 Plotting - NEUPS - Missing Plot Output, Stack Error If a plot file generated by the NEUPS utility can be displayed using the SUN PageView utility or other utilities, but is not able to be printed, then the Postscript file contains too many data points in a single curve and the data overflows the printer's memory. Avoidance: Possible resolutions include: 1. Increase the printer's memory (may not be feasible); or try on other printers, 2. Break a single long curve into a number of curves, 3. Modify the NEUPS utility with the following changes.
Description
In subroutine PLOT, change the following lines: After subroutine plot(x,y,i) Add save strkln After write (unit=ips,fmt=20) x, y,' lineto' Add strkln = strkln + 1 if( strkln.gt.50) then write(unit=ips, fmt=10) 'stroke' write(unit=ips, fmt=10) 'newpath'
CR 4543 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUADR - Wrong Answers for Non-Uniform Thickness The corner stress output for the QUADR and TRIAR elements due to membrane forces are calculated and output for the average thickness. Thus the corner stress output for non-uniform thickness elements is wrong. Avoidance: In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5, the STRESS(CORNER) option for the QUAD4 element may be used.
Description
CR 4545 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INIT SCRATCH, SCR300- UFM 4275 Logical names and their reference to physical files must be unique across all INIT statements. Thus, if both SCRATCH and SCR300 are assigned to the
Known Error
CR 4545 same physical file, then the job may fail and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4275" may be issued. Avoidance: ASSIGN SCRATCH and SCR300 to different files.
CR 4549 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CTRIAX6, GPWG - Missing Documentation For the axisymmetric TRIAX6 element, the Grid Point Weight Generator outputs the c.g. for the modeled structure only . The calculated mass is the mass for the entire structure of revolution. This is design intent. This error has been addressed by including a comment under the description of the PARAM,GRDPNT entry in the 2nd printing of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide. CR 4551 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual, Section 7.7 - Installation Errors The following documentation errors exist in the Version 67.5 Section 7.7 of the CRAY(UNICOS), CONVEX, and VAX(VMS) MSC/NASTRAN Application Manuals: 1) CRAY(UNICOS) p. 7.7-5 n67ins should be n675ins. p. 7.7-7 %1f should be %1d. 2) CONVEX p. 7.7-5 n67ins should be n675ins. p. 7.7-9 The documentation should say move the nastran.p file and the nastran.man file into the /usr/man/catp directory. p. 7.7-20 nast67 should be nast675. 3) DEC VAX/VMS p. 7.7-14 The documentation on p. 7.7-14 should show "PRT=NO !" instead of "PRT=NO $". p. 7.7-36 5 should be 4 on the Step 5 line. p. 7.7-37 In the Step 7 section, "Steps 2 through 7" should read "Steps 2 through 6" and "Step 4" should be "Step 3"
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CR 4555 MSC / MD Nastran 68 Documentation - DTIIN - Incorrect User's Manual Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual documentation for the DTIIN entry is incorrect. The documentation currently indicates: DTIIN DTI,DTINDX/DTI1,DTI2,DTI3,DTI4,DTI5,DTI6,DTI7,DTI8,DTI9,DTI10/ PARM1/PARM2/PARM3,PARM4,PARM5,PARM6,PARM7,PARM8,PARM9/PARM10 $ This should be changed to:
Description DTIIN DTI,DTINDX/DTI1,DTI2,DTI3,DTI4,DTI5,DTI6,DTI7,DTI8,DTI9,DTI10/ PARM1/PARM2/PARM3/PARM4/PARM5/PARM6/PARM7/PARM8/PARM9/PARM10 $ This error has been corrected in the Version 68 DMAP Module Dictionary.
CR 4559 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GPSTR1, MODAC2 - Missing Documentation, UWM 4605 The following two user messages have the same number: "USER WARNING MESSAGE 4605. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MESSAGES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY GPSTR1 MODULE."
Description
"USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605, INPUT MATRIX **** IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LIST (I.E., TOL, FOL, LAMA, CLAMA)." The latter message is correct since it is the one that is documented in the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual.
CR 4561 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - OFP - Missing Output Remark 2 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the OFP DMAP
Known Error
CR 4561 statement states that data blocks can be output by OFP. However, parameter OP1 does not honor data blocks LAMA, OEIGS, LAMX, CLAMA, and OGPWG. This error has been corrected in the Version 68 DMAP Module Dictionary.
Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4563 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SUBCOM, CBEAM - Inefficient Restarts When the SUBCOM Case Control command is added to a Structured Solution Sequence (SOL 101 through 200) data recovery restart, and the model contains CBEAM elements, the SEKRRS subDMAP is unnecessarily re-executed in the restart. (V67+ only). Description Avoidance: The error may be avoided by using one of the following actions: 1) Use PARAM,SERST,SEDR in the restart run, 2) Replace the SUBCOM with a SUBCASE that references an equivalent load. 3) Use an Unstructured Solution Sequence and perform a manual restart.
CR 4572 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ACCT - Incorrect label in Accounting file The header of the last field of the MSC accounting file (created by the "acct" keyword) should indicate "Min" not "Sec". Avoidance: The MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 script should be changed as follows
Description
Original definition (line 521 on Sun): echo ' ACC3="Monthly-Total-CPU-Sec"'
Change to:
Known Error
CR 4572 echo ' ACC3="Monthly-Total-CPU-Min"'
CR 4573 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART - Inefficient Restart If an M, K aero pair is added to a restart run in Solution 145 or 146, then the existing aerodynamic matrices are unnecessarily recomputed. CR 4574 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DBC, ESE - Missing Output On the CONVEX Version 67.5 release of MSC/NASTRAN if a nonlinear analysis contains a request for element strain energy output, then no data recovery output is written to the .XDB file. Avoidance: Remove the ESE request.
Description
CR 4575 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CQUAD4, PSHELL - Poor Answers A remark should be added to the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual description of the PSHELL entry. If transverse shear flexibility is specified for a model with curved shells where the loading is dominated by twist, the results for a coarse to medium mesh model may be inaccurate and the results will diverge as the mesh is refined.
Description
Avoidance: MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 and later releases include "Shell Normals" an enhancement which corrects this deficiency. This enhancement is documented in the Version 69 Release Guide. Note that by default shell normals are not activated they must be explicitly requested. The Quick Reference Guide description of the CQUAD4 and PSHELL entries should be updated to provide guidance for the above situation. Permanent documentation, not release
Known Error
CR 4575 guides, should
CR 4576 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - NLPCI, RIKS, MRIKS - UWM 6195 When either the RIKS or MRIKS method is used in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 and later systems, the message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6195 SOLUTION HAS REGRESSED TO AN EARLIER LOAD STEP" may be issued and the solution will not adapt. Avoidance: Specify the CRIS method on the NLPCI entry.
Description
CR 4582 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CMASSi, SEQP- Poor Message, UFM 2012 If a CMASSi entry (and possibly other scalar elements) specify the "0" degree of freedom of a grid point, the job fails and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2012 GRID POINT *** SAME AS SCALAR POINT" is issued. Avoidance: Specify a valid degree of freedom on the CMASSi entry. CR 4584 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2, PARAM,POST - Segmentation Violation Depending on the machine and operating system level, an error may be encountered when writing very large unformatted OUTPUT2 and OUTPUT4 files. This error causes the message "Segmentation Violation = Signal 11 Code 3" to appear in the log file, with the result that the OUTPUTi files are incorrect. This error has been corrected in Version 67.5.01. Version 67.5.01 is delivered to all new Sun clients and is available on request to all existing clients. This error has been observed on the following hardware/software combinations: MSC/NASTRAN SunOS Version Version Machine Status V67.5 4.1.3 Ver. 3 SparcStation 2 Fails
Description
Corrected Version 67.5.0.1
Description
Known Error
CR 4584 Sparcstation 10 Fails Sparc server
CR 4586 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN, INIT, - UFM 505 If an FMS statement begins with any blank space, then the job fails and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 505 (XCSA) CONTROL CARD 'FMS STATEMENT' IS ILLEGAL" is output. Avoidance: Enter the FMS statement beginning in field 1.
Description
CR 4606 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2 - SFM 1222 If an OUTPUT2 neutral file is created and the ITAPE=-9 option is not used to write an EOF, then the following messages appear in the RCOUT2 job print when converting the file back to binary form: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1222 (LDRTRN) AN UNEXPECTED END OF FILE WAS DETECTED ON A NEUTRAL FILE DURING A DBLOAD OPERATION USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR TERMINATES PROGRAM EXECUTION AND GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN THE DBUNLOAD JOB FAILS DURING NEUTRAL FILE CREATION USER ACTION: REVIEW NEUTRAL FILE CREATION JOB FOR FATAL MESSAGES
Description *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE RC0008 (RCOUT2) THE END-OF-FILE FATAL MESSAGE WRITTEN ABOVE OCCURRED DURING DATA BLOCK NAME PROCESSING. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. THIS ERROR GENERALLY INDICATES THAT THE LAST OUTPUT2 OPTION USED WAS NOT -9 2. THE OUTPUT2 FORTRAN BINARY FILE CREATED IS CORRECT AND REFLECTS THE CONTENT OF THE NEUTRAL FILE.
Known Error
CR 4606 Avoidance: When creating neutral-format OUTPUT2 files, the -9 option should be used as follows: OUTPUT2 ,,,,//-9/unit number
CR 4609 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(INIT), RESTARTS - Wrong Answers The following error with thermal loads may occur in restarts with the superelement unstructured Solution Sequences (61-99) or restarts with PARAM,SERST,SEMI (or SEDR) in Solutions 101-200. If the initial temperature is not specified (i.e., TEMP(INIT) is not present) in the initial run (cold start) loads are not generated (i.e., SELG and SELR are not requested), and in the restart run TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(BOTH) or TEMP is specified but no SEMG requests are made (for the superelements processed in the cold start), then the thermal loads are incorrect. This error occurs because the EST data block, which is used in generating thermal loads and depends on the TEMP(INIT), is not regenerated in the restart. It is only generated if SEMG is requested. Avoidance: Specify the same TEMP(INIT) in th
Description
CR 4610 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,MPCF, PARAM,INREL - UFM 3055 If inertia relief is requested in SOL 101 (PARAM,INREL,-1) in conjunction with "PARAM,MPCF,YES" in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5, then the job fails and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3055 AN ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR MULTIPLY AND ADD NON-CONFORMABLE MATRICES TOGETHER WAS MADE IN MODULE MPYAD". This is a version 67.5+ error only. Avoidance: If the model does not contain superelements (i.e., residual only), the following DMAP Alter may be applied to avoid this error: COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 16,16 $ CHANGE PG TO PJ1
Description
Known Error
CR 4610 UPARTN USET,PJ1/PM,,,/'G'/'M'/'N'/1 $ A DMAP avoidance is under investigation for models that contain superelements.
Known Error Product
CR 4611 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - OUTPUT2, INPUTT2 - Neutral Format, UWM 6444, SFM 1208, SFM 1214 Using the NEUTRAL FORMAT option of OUTPUT2 and INPUTT2 in DMAP may cause the run to fail and issue the following warning and fatal messages: "UWM 6444 (INPTYP) - THE FILE ASSIGNED TO UNIT = CONTAINS DATA THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH FORM = FORMATTED", "SFM 1208 (LDSTR) - ERROR SETTING UP TRANSLATE TABLE AT LOC = " and "SFM 1214 (LDRTRN) - ERROR TRANSLATING DATA FROM NEUTRAL FILE READ FOR SUBROUTINE LDSTR". Avoidance: Encountering this error is very unlikely and there is no a priori avoidance. If the error is encountered, some possible ways to workaround this problem are as follows: 1. Use the RCOUT2 utility to convert the neutral file to a binary file. Then use the binary option of INPUTT2 to read the file. 2. Rerun the initial OUTPUT2 job with a different neutral record le
Description
Known Error Product
CR 4612 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2, INPUTT2 - UWM 6444, SFM 1208, SFM 1214, SFM 2190 The INPUTT2 module may fail when attempting to read an input file formatted with the new neutral option in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. Messages that are evidence of this error include "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6444", "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1208", "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1214", and "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2190 (INPTN2) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR KEY". Avoidance: Use the RCOUT2 utility to convert the neutral file to a binary
Description
Known Error
CR 4612 file. Then use the binary option of the INPUTT2 module to read the file.
CR 4617 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - - Missing Completion Time and Date The date and time that MSC/NASTRAN finishes is not printed to the .log file on the DECstation ULTRIX Version 67R2 system.
Description
Avoidance: Line 331 in the ".shl" should be modified. Remove the "exec " command and replace as follows: echo "/bin/time ${LOC_EXE}/${EXE_NAME} ${asgf} {$mem}"
Known Error Product
CR 4618 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACSRCE, CHACAB, PACABS - Wrong Answers, Missing Output If an ACSRCE Bulk Data entry has the same DAREA ID (field 3) for loads applied to structural grid points then wrong answers or missing output may result.
Description
Avoidance: Define a RLOADi or TLOADi Bulk Data entry with an SID (field 2) and DAREA ID (field 3) which is unique with respect to the ACSRCE entry. Then define a DLOAD Bulk Data entry which is referenced by the DLOAD Case Control command and combines the RLOADi (or TLOADi) and ACSRCE entries. CR 4619 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SPARSE DECOMP, FBS - Wrong Answers If the sparse solver and FBS are run more than once and 2 by 2 pivots are necessary for some of the FBS operations, there may be wrong answers. Positive definite matrices do not require pivoting operations. Thus, this error is unlikely in the delivered solution sequences. The DMAP alter RFLAG.V675 delivered with Version 67.5 does not encounter this problem if superelements are not present.
Description
Known Error
CR 4619 Avoidance: Do not use sparse decomposition with alters such as the Lagrange multiplier method that may produce indefinite matrices.
Known Error Product
CR 4620 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMG, UFBS, ZONA - Divide By Zero, Missing Data Blocks The supersonic aerodynamic code (ZONA) contained in the Aero II option can fail when the inverse Mach line emanating from a control point of one bax is almost perfectly aligned with the leading edge of another box. On some machines, the error is evidenced by a divide by zero check in the AMG module. On others, it produces missing datablocks in the UFBS module. Avoidance: Experience has shown that a slight change in the requested Mach number (e.g., from M=2.4 to M=2.41) causes the error to go away and good answers result.
Corrected Version 67.7.0.1 Abstract
Description
CR 4621 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - AERO1 - No Plottable Structural Elements Exist If the user desires a plot of only the aerodynamic model and specifies SET 1=AERO1, the following message appears:
Description
NO PLOTTABLE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS EXIST IN SET 1 Avoidance: Adding any other element to the SET, such as SET 1=AERO1,QUAD4, results in a plot of the aerodynamic model and the elements specified.
CR 4623 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - TRD1 - UWM 3045, Poor Message If a job fails in the TRD1 module due to insufficient time the message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 3045 INSUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING ** SOLUTION(S) IN MODULE TRD1" is output. This message gives no indication of the amount
Known Error
CR 4623 of time necessary to complete the module. This message is also output by modules AMP, CEAD, FA2, FRRD1, and TRD2. Avoidance: Increase the amount of time on the TIME command.
CR 4626 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - LOAD - Limitation Removed Remark 6 under the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual and Quick Reference Guide description of the LOAD entry is no longer applicable. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 the limit of 300 Si, Li pairs was removed. CR 4627 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, LANCZOS - UFM 5429 The time estimated to complete a LANCZOS iteration may be very conservative for large problems. Thus, a run where ample time is specified may inappropriately encounter the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5429, INSUFFICIENT TIME TO START LANCZOS ITERATION". Avoidance: Specify a very large value on the TIME entry. CR 4629 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual, Section 7.7.2 - Installation The command "dd if=/dev/extape of=/tmp/MSC675 bs=8b" (documented on page 7.7-2 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual, Version 67.5 for CRAY UNICOS computers) which is to load the file from the delivery tape when an expander tape drive is used, does not work. ` Avoidance: Use the command "dd if=/dev/extape of=/tmp/MSC675 bs=32768" as documented on the same page.
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CR 4631 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Shell Script - Data File Not Found If the name of the .dat file happens to match the beginning of the directory name, and that directory is included in the 1st argument (jid), line 184 of the Convex script file will remove the file name portion from the directory path, and thus the data file will not be found: For example if you have a data file named "abc.dat" in directory /usr1/jones/abc_dir, then submitting a V675 job as: nast675 /usr1/jones/abc_dir/abc will yield: Data file /usr1/jones_dir/abc.dat not found.
Description
Avoidance: Change the the following (line 184) in the script: (add a "\$" sign after the "name") from jid_dir=ècho ${jid} | sed "s;\/$name;;"` to jid_dir=ècho ${jid} | sed "s;\/$name\$;;"` also change the name into nametmp old line: jid_dir=ècho ${jid} | se
CR 4634 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - EIGRL, CYSUP - Wrong Answers In cyclic symmetry analysis, the Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction may incorrectly apply "SUPORT" logic which is selected by the CYSUP Bulk Data entry. In one problem, the CYSUP entry resulted in the first eigenvalue of the second Harmonic (a flexible mode) being set to 0 incorrectly. The eigenvector for this mode is correct. Avoidance: Do not use the CYSUP entry with the Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction.
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CR 4637 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VECPLOT - Incorrect Matrix Trailer, Wrong Answers When the VECPLOT module is used to generate a matrix containing the geometry of the model, the resulting matrix may have an incorrect trailer value for the number of rows. If this is the case, subsequent modules that use the matrix may fail or give incorrect results.
Description
Avoidance: The following DMAP Alter demonstrates the use of the VECPLOT module to generate a matrix called OUTGEOM with the model geometry and uses the MODTRL module to correct the trailer. VECPLOT ,,BGPDT,EQEXIN,CSTM,,/OUTGEOM/0/3 $ MODTRL OUTGEOM///LUSET $
CR 4644 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,FLUIDMP - Missing Output The panel participation factors output are missing when the modal participation factors are requested for panels in acoustics, the request is for a selected set of grids, and the model consists of only fluid elements. This error exists in Version 67.5 and 68. Version 67 users should refer to Error 3672 before proceeding. Avoidance: To avoid this error in Version 67.5, apply the DMAP Alter listed below. COMPILE SEMFREQ SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF ALTER 125,125 EQUIVX OG/OA/NOA $ IF (NOA>-1) UPARTN USET,OG/OA,,,/'G'/'A'/'S'/1 $ ALTER 148 IF ( FLUIDMP MATGEN ,/FTMP/6/NFEIG/0/FLUIDMP $ PARTN UHFF,,FTMP/,UHFF1,,/1 $ EQUIVX UHFF1/UHFF/-1 $ PARTN PHFA1,FTMP,/,,PHFA2,/1 $ ELSE $ EQUIVX PHFA1/PHFA2/-1 $ ENDIF $ ALTER 155,162
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Known Error
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CR 4654 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,CURVPLOT - Missing SORT1 Output The documentation for PARAM,CURVPLOT does not indicate that it is a valid parameter for Solutions 71, 72, 111, and 112. This parameter must be specified to obtain SORT1 output in the aforementioned solution sequences. This documentation error is corrected in the 2nd printing of the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide. CR 4655 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE, XREF - Missing Output The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual for the COMPILE statement states that a cross-reference is available for an NDDL COMPILE. The Version 67 documentation should be amended as follows to indicate the specific circumstances when the NDDL X-REF is available. This capability has been added to Version 68, please see error 2869. [Add to Remark 6.]
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Description d. The cross-reference is produced only when the NDDL source is provided directly in the input file. It is not produced when the source is obtained from a SOUIN command. For example, the following two-run sequence produces a cross-reference of NDDLOLD. Note that the cross reference can be large. The cross-reference produced for the NDDL of the Structured Solution Sequences is more than 1000 pages in length. The cross reference for NDDLOLD p Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 4656 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - RESTART, DELETE - Wrong Answers The DELETE module is skipped in an automatic restart if the datablock(s) to be deleted exist on the database. Note that MSC/NASTRAN's solution
Known Error
CR 4656 sequences use the RESTART module to delete data blocks from the database on a restart run. Thus, this error only affects user DMAPs. Avoidance: Set system cell 109 to 1 before the DELETE and back to 0 immediately after the DELETE. For example, to delete data blocks A and B: PUTSYS(1,109) $ DELETE /A,B,,, $ PUTSYS(0,109) $
CR 4663 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity - DSCMR - Wrong Answers For large problems (many elements) with many design variables, the DSCMR sensitivity coefficient matrix may have zero values for design variables that should have non zero values of sensitivity coefficients. This problem has been addressed by the solution 200 material sensitivity project in Version 70.7.
Description Avoidance: If the user suspects that there are zero values in the sensitivity coefficient matrix that should be non zero, then reduce the number of design variables requested and compute a new DSCMR matrix.
CR 4670 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAGONAL - Missing Documentation There is no mention in the Version 67 "Nonupward Compatible Features" that the DIAGONAL DMAP module changed and that these changes may result in a nonupward compatibility for user DMAPs. Starting with Version 67, the OPT parameter was changed from BCD to a CHARACTER input. Thus, the values must be enclosed in quotes. If a value is not enclosed in quotes, MSC/NASTRAN interprets the input as a variable and sets the variable to the default value of 'COLUMN'. Since the "Nonupward Compatible Features" for Version
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Known Error
CR 4670 67 documentation will not be re-issued, this error is considered addressed with this error report.
CR 4677 MSC / MD Nastran Lagrange Multiplier - CVISCi, CDAMPi - Wrong Answers The Lagrange Multiplier DMAP alter delivered in the file RFLAG.V675 in Version 67.5 results in wrong answers for modal frequency response analysis when the models contains viscous dampers. Avoidance: Change RFLAG.V675 as follows:
Description
COMPILE GKAMJR $ $ . . . . skip down about 20 lines, replace following statement $ IF (YES2SET=-1) THEN $ insert next statement in its place IF (false) THEN $
Further client information indicates that this alter still does not work. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear Analysis - NLEMG - Load Increment is Skipped In solution 106 if param,lgdisp is set to 1 and no nonlinear elements exist, then after a stiffness update the load increment will skip to the next increment. Avoidance: Either add a nonlinear element or place yes in 9th field of the NLPARM entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4687 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - GPSTR1, QUAD4, TRIA3, QUAD8, TRIA6 - Wrong Answers If grid point stress output is requested and the edge point is attached to a linear plate element (QUAD4 or TRIA3), the grid point stress calculation at this edge point may be incorrect. The error only occurs when the other end of the interior line segment connecting to the edge grid is attached to a higher order shell element (QUAD8 or TRIA6). In this case, the stress contribution of the interior grid point is not included in the grid point CR 4684 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 4687 stress calculation at the edge point. Avoidance: If the edge grid point is connected to a QUAD4 element, then requesting corner output resolves this problem. Unfortunately, corner output is only available starting with Version 67.5. If the edge point is connected to a TRIA3 element or Version 67.5 is not available, then there is no avoidance.
CR 4692 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Incorrect File Permissions - No Access Allowed The delivery tape for MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 for the CRAY Y-MP (UNICOS) was incorrectly written. In particular, all file permissions for 'other' access are blank, i.e., no access is allowed. The error is corrected for all new installations by the tape labeled "V67.5 MSC/NASTRAN (r2)". Avoidance: The error may be corrected by executing the following commands: cd /msc # or the actual "repository" directory. cd bin find . -perm 770 -exec chmod 777 {} \; find . -perm 660 -exec chmod 666 {} \; find . -perm 750 -exec chmod 755 {} \; find . -perm 640 -exec chmod 644 {} \; If the repository and installation directories are not the same, execute the following additional commands: cd /msc/nast675 # or the actual "installation" directory find . -perm 770 -exec ch
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Known Error Product
CR 4695 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - ELSDCON - Missing GPSTRESS Discontinuity Output, SWM 6247 When requesting grid point stress discontinuities, and more than one type of element is in the surface or volume, the following message is received: "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6247 (STD2HD/S), THERE IS AN INCONSISTENT
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Known Error
CR 4695 POINTER TABLE FOR SCR4 FILE...CHECK POINTER TABLE 5 FOR SCR4 FILE" The run then terminates. Avoidance: Only use one element type in a surface or volume.
CR 4696 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE - UFM 2262 If a SPLINE Bulk Data entry specifies BOX1 and BOX2 or ID1 and ID2 such that there are no aerodynamic boxes splined, the code does not detect the user error. The job will subsequently fail and issue the misleading messages "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2262 (GIPTSD) SPLINE **** INCLUDES AERO BOX INCLUDED ON AN EARLIER SPLINE". Avoidance: Correct the offending SPLINE entry.
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CR 4700 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4(CORNER) - UWM 6418, Missing Output If a Case Control data recovery request is made for QUAD4 corner and center output within the same run, then the message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6418" is output to warn the user that only one output type is supported per run. The hierarchy of the request that takes precedence is documented in the MSC/NASTRAN Release Notes for Version 67.5. The user warning message contains null characters which may cause some editors to fail and all subsequent output to be missing. Avoidance: Correct the Case Control output requests so that they all request either corner or center output.
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CR 4701 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - FRRD1 - SFM 4276, EC 3012 Under unusual circumstances a frequency response run (Solution 26) fails
Known Error
CR 4701 in the FRRD1 module and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 QOPEN ERROR CODE 3012" is issued. This error occurs when there are multiple calls to FRRD1 where the first call solves for a single subcase (load case) or a single frequency and a subsequent call solves for multiple frequencies and multiple subcases (load cases). Avoidance: In Solution 26 the error may be avoided by reordering subcases. The subcases that solve for multiple frequencies and multiple subcases (load cases) must be placed first in the Case Control Section.
Known Error Product
CR 4703 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TSTEPNL, TLOAD1 - UFM 4605, Wrong Answers If the "AUTO" method is selected on the TSTEPNL entry for nonlinear transient analysis and the excitation function on the TLOAD1 entry specifies an enforced displacement, then the results are unpredictable. In some cases, the job may fail with the following error message:
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USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605. INPUT MATRIX PST IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LIST (I.E., TOL,FOL,LAMA,CLAMA). In other cases, the run may generate wrong answers. Furthermore, the results may not be repeatable from run to run even on the same machine. Avoidance: Use the "ADAPT" method, which is the default method.
CR 4707 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - MATi, PCOMP, PELAS - Wrong Answers If a change is made to the upstream superelement structural damping terms (GE field on MATi, PCOMP and PELASi entries), then the structural damping matrix, K4GG is not reassembled to include the upstream structural damping changes. This results in wrong answers in dynamic response solution sequences.
Description
Avoidance: Use Version 67.5 or higher for both the COLD start and RESTART.
Known Error
CR 4707 If you must use Version 67 (or Version 67R2), then insert the following alter which will force K4GG to be reassembled on restart. COMPILE SEMRB SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 5 PUTSYS (1,109) ALTER 10 PUTSYS (0,109) ENDALTER
CR 4712 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RESTART - Wrong Answers Restarts to compute modes for additional harmonics does not work correctly. In the RESTART, MSC/NASTRAN calculates the eigenvalues correctly but prints out the eigenvectors for the harmonics from the initial run. Avoidance: To obtain the eigenvectors for the additional harmonics, apply the following alter:
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COMPILE MODECYC SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 28 PUTSYS(1,109) $ ...FORCE EXECUTION ALTER 30 PUTSYS(0,109) $ ...RESET ENDALTER COMPILE SEDISP SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 130 PUTSYS(1,109) $ ...FORCE EXECUTION ENDALTER
CR 4717 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RESTART, SEEXCLUDE - Wrong Answers The automatic restart logic in the SSS does not recognize the SEEX case control command. If the only change to a model is to attempt to exclude a superelement (or set of superelements) on a restart, then the program does not perform the necessary operations and the answers from the original
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Known Error
CR 4717 run are used. Avoidance: Make a change to the superelement immediately downstream from the superelements affected by the SEEX command. For example, add a disjoint GRID point to the downstream superelement. The automatic restart logic then reprocesses the downstream superelement and correctly processes the SEEX command.
CR 4718 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBUNLOAD - Infinite CPU Loop Attempting to DBUNLOAD a data block in the neutral format that is not defined in the NDDL may result in the program entering an infinite CPU loop.
Description Avoidance: Do not use the DBUNLOAD neutral option when outputting nonNDDL data blocks. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4721 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Shell Script Error - Unidentified Keyword on IBM RS/6000 An error exists in the IBM RS/6000 operating system that causes the NASTRAN shell script to incorrectly translate keywords resulting in an "unidentified keyword" error message being output during submittal of the NASTRAN job. The problem lies with the translate function. If a keyword is specified in uppercase in the nast675rc file, then it will be transposed by one character. The following example of the "tr" command illustrates the error: echo "FrEd" | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' gRfD Thus, the valid keyword SDIR is translated to "tejs" and an unidentified keyword entry error results. Avoidance: This error may be overcome by using the "tr -A" option.
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CR 4723 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - OUTPUT2, RCOUT2 - Poor Message, SFM RC0005 The OUTPUT2 neutral option is driven by the NDDL description for the datablock to be neutralized. An incorrect NDDL description results in the following FATAL message during the RCOUT2 run. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE RC0005 (RCOUT2) ILLEGAL KEY VALUE DETECTED USER INFORMATION: EXPECTED KEY VALUE: GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 2 DETECTED KEY VALUE: -3 FATAL ERROR CODE - INVALKEY 0004 FATAL ERROR Although the consequences of attempting to output a non-NDDL data block using the neutral option is not documented, the MSC/NASTRAN Release Notes for Version 67.5 clearly documents that only NDDL data blocks may be output with the neutral option. Avoidance: The new documentation for OUTPUT2 in Appendix C of the MSC/NASTRAN Release N
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CR 4727 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FRRD2 - Inefficient Decomposition In frequency response, SOL 200, module FRRD2 may do unsymmetric decomposition when symmetric decomposition should be used. Although answers are unaffected, the processing is inefficient.` Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 4730 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PUNCH, SORT2 - Missing Labels
Known Error
CR 4730 In Solution 66 and 106 grid ids and element ids are missing from the punched output file whenever SORT2 output is requested. The missing element ids and grid ids may be obtained in Version 69 by specifying system(210)=1.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 4731 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Shell Script - Incorrect Accounting On earlier maintenance levels of AIX 3.2, the date(1) command changed its default output format - the command no longer displayed the time zone. As a result, the information written to the accounting file is missing the time zone. This results in all items on the line after the time zone to be misinterpreted. This is manifested in the accounting file by the last two fields on each line doubling with each run until the dc(1) command blows up and corrupts the accounting file. This error is present at AIX 3.2.0, it may also be present at level 3.2.1. The error is corrected at AIX 3.2.2 and above. Avoidance: Upgrade to AIX 3.2.2 or beyond. The accounting file may be corrected by deleting the lines which do not match the fourteen field format described in the header of the file.
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CR 4734 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - STRSORT, PARAM,S1G - Stress Output Not Sorted When PARAM,S1G,1 is specified, the stresses at the grid points are not sorted as requested. The stresses are output in the order of the grid IDs. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 4737 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BUCKLING, MDCASE - Missing Output On the CRAY C-90 MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.7 system, no data recovery results will be output for the buckling subcase of a design optimization/sensitivity analysis. This error has been corrected for the residual structure in the Version 67.7.0.1 system. CR 4740 MSC / MD Nastran Security - Authorization - SGI(Challenger), OS 5.0.1 The usual "sysinfo -s " command as documented in Section 7.7 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for SGI Computers does not return a correct machine ID under Version 5.0.1 of the IRIX operating system. Avoidance: Log on as superuser and enter the following commands: systune -i $ this takes you into the Kernel tuning tool use_old_serialnum 1 exit then use auto config and reboot. After doing this, sysinfo -s will return the correct ten-digit serial number.
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CR 4741 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - Infinite CPU Loop When modeling a sandwich or honeycomb structure with PCOMP and MAT1 entries, setting the modulus of elasticity E to 0.0 for the core's material may result in MSC/NASTRAN entering an infinite CPU loop on some computers. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 USER FATAL MESSAGE 6662 is issued if the modulus of elasticity is entered as zero. Avoidance: Set E to a relatively small value or use a MAT2 entry with relatively small Gij's to model the core.
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Known Error Product
CR 4747 Documentation - DPHASE- Frequency Response Analysis Remark 5 on page 411 of the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Manual and page 2.4-204 of the Version 67 MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual for the DPHASE Bulk Data entry should be deleted. DPHASE entries can be applied to loads generated by the LSEQ entry in frequency response analysis. CR 4748 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - No Error Message The character type and other input types of fixed field Bulk Data input are designed not to allow embedded blanks and they must lie completely within the designated field. If any embedded blanks occur within any input, a UFM 300 message is to be issued. However, if the embedded blank(s) are preceded by the characters D, E, + or -, then MSC/NASTRAN does not detect the input error. MSC/NASTRAN will combine the 2 fields into a single input data. Two examples follow. The input error in the first example is correctly fielded by MSC/NASTRAN by issuing USER FATAL MESSAGE 300. The input error in the second example is not correctly fielded, and in this case a character string of "PID 9" is assigned to LABEL. . 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 .. 8 . DVAR
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CR 4750 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Dynamic Sensitivity - LSEQ - SFM 4276, EC 3001 If multiple LSEQ entries are used in a dynamic sensitivity analysis, the job fails and the following error message is output:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 Avoidance: Reference all loads on a single LSEQ entry.
Known Error Product
CR 4752 Nonlinear Analysis - MPC, MCE1 - Inefficient Restart If there are multiple subcases in a nonlinear statics restart run, and there are MPCs in the model, the MCE1 module is reexecuted for each subcase. This is true even if the MPCs are not modified from the coldstart run. If the MPC is not changed on the restart run, the MCE1 module should only be reexecuted for the first new subcase. This is because the transformation matrix between the m and n sets is not saved in the cold start run. Subsequent subcases should not reexecute the MCE1 module unless the MPC has been changed.
Description Avoidance: If the restart run has more than one new subcase and the MPC has not changed from the coldstart run, then insert the following DMAP alters to avoid this situation: COMPILE NLSTATIC,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 13 $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,FIRST=0 $ ALTER Known Error Product Abstract CR 4753 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity - BUFFSIZE - Possible Wrong Answers On the SUN and possibly other machines, if the old dynamic design sensitivity capability is used and a non-default buffsize is specified, then the sensitivity coefficients may be wrong. This problem has been observed on the SUN computer for very large problems. The only obvious indication of an error is that different sensitivity coefficients for the same design variables may be obtained by using different sets on the SET2 entry. Avoidance: Use the default BUFFSIZE. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 4758 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DBC - SWM 6065, Wrong Answers in the XDB In a nonlinear analysis, if the model contains more than one element type (e.g., QUAD4 and TRIA3) and "PARAM,POST,0" is used, then the results in the graphical database (xdb) may be incorrect. This error has no effect on the printed results in the F06 file. If this error occurs, then the
Description
Known Error
CR 4758 following messages appear in the F06 file. This error occurs in all Version 67.5 systems. SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR NLLF VALUE = xxx , POSITION = y SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR NLLF VALUE = xxx , POSITION = y Avoidance: Request displacement output for at least one grid point for all sub
CR 4760 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - Wrong Answers, SFM Acoustic models that have structural interface points with an output coordinate system defined other then the basic, fails with a floating point error in module ACMG or produce incorrect answers. Note that this error is not repeatable on any other machine. It is also not repeatable in V67R2 CRAY YMP. Avoidance: Do not specify an output coordinate system.
Description
CR 4765 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RF61D01, PARAM,HEATSTAT - Poor Answers There is an error in the stiffness matrix formulation for the QUAD4 element, which only occurs after the approach is changed during the same execution. The two possible approaches are heat transfer and structural analysis. Different Gauss integration locations have been chosen for each approach. If the approach is changed, and the executable is not reloaded, then wrong locations are used. The effect is answers of less accuracy. In Version 64 and earlier releases of MSC/NASTRAN, frequent link switches avoided this error. In Version 65 and higher, this error only occurs in SOL 61 (with RF61D01),
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Known Error
CR 4765 SOL 101 (with PARAM HEATSTAT) and user DMAPs which change SYSTEM(56). Avoidance: There is no user avoidance which allows QUAD4's to have both approaches in one execution. If QUAD4's are needed,
CR 4766 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Installation Script - Soft Link Not Redefined If there is an existing 'nastran' or 'emas' command (soft link) in /usr/bin, the ninstall and einstall scripts will not redefine the command. Thus, users will execute the previous version of MSC/NASTRAN or MSC/EMAS instead of V67.5 or V2.5 This problem occurs on all 67.5, 2.5 UNIX platforms except SGI and INTEL. Avoidance: Manually redefine this soft link to point to {install directory}/bin/nast675,emas25.
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CR 4768 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ACQUIRE NDDL - Poor Performance, Missing Timing Constants When a user creates a user DMAP, the original design intent was that the user DMAP would automatically acquire the NDDL of the structured solution sequences unless a user supplied NDDL was provided with the DMAP or an ACQUIRE NDDL=NDDLOLD or an ACQUIRE NDDL=UserNDDL was used. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 this automatic acquire of NDDL=NDDL was inadvertently removed. This is an inconvenience to the user but more importantly the user who does not think he or she needs any data base access and hence does not need any NDDL for the user supplied DMAP will not acquire the appropriate timing constants that reside on the delivery data base. Avoidance: The user must explicitly specify an ACQUIRE NDDL entry.
Description
CR 4769 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MESSAGE Module - Trap encountered On the IBM RS 6000, if the MESSAGE Module is used, the job may fail with
Known Error
CR 4769 the following error messages in the log file. Trap encountered, Traceback: Offset 100043c8 in procedure Offset 3cc in procedure xtrac2_ Offset 324 in procedure semtrn_ Offset 6c in procedure semint_ Offset 48 in procedure xsem01_ Offset e4 in procedure mainal Offset 0 in procedure start Both the F06 and F04 files may be incomplete. This error is encountered if the MESSAGE statement spans more than one line and the first value (Pi) on the continuation line starts with a blank string ' '. An example of such a situation is as follows: MESSAGE // ' '/'User information message,'/ ' '/' this is a test'/ $ Avoidance: Replac
CR 4773 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE/LOAD - Wrong Answers In a nonlinear analysis, if the RFORCE is referenced by a LOAD or DLOAD entry, and the scale factor on the is not equal to one, then the loads are be generated incorrectly. This error leads to wrong answers. Avoidance: Reference the loads directly on the RFORCE entry.
Description
CR 4774 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,NMLOOP - SFM 3001, UWM 8592 In SOL 106, normal modes will be computed with the updated nonlinear stiffness by using PARAM,NMLOOP. The description of NMLOOP on page 787 of the Quick Reference Guide Version 67 and page 3.1-50 of the User's Manual should read: This option requires the presence of a METHOD
Description
Known Error
CR 4774 command in the Case Control Section within or above SUBCASE 1 that references an EIGR or EIGRL entry in the Bulk Data. If the METHOD command is put in the Case Control after SUBCASE 2, the following messages are issued: "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 - ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 105 IN SUBROUTINE REIG, WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED IN THE FIST." and "USER WARNING MESSAGE 8592, (REIG). THE METHOD RECORD IN CASE CONTROL IS MISSING OR INCORRECT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FOLLOWING FATAL ERRORS. USER ACTION: PUT
CR 4775 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - LORY Codes Inoperatble on VAX V65 and V65C LORY security codes do not work for VAX V65 and V65C. If the need for a LORY security code arises, please make a request for V65Z on the VAX which has corrected this error. CR 4782 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RSPLINE - Inconsistent results. There are two undocumented rules for the RSPLINE element. The order of the grids on the RSPLINE entry affects the constraint coefficient (RMG) matrix in all solution sequences. The sequence of the grid identification numbers should appear in the same order as the line that joins the two mesh regions. If this order is not followed then the RSPLINE will have folds in it that may yield some unexpected interpolation results. The component R3, i.e., degree of freedom 6, of the independent grids on the RSPLINE should not normally be constrained. This restriction is discussed in a July 1982 Application Note entitled: "Interfacing Finite Element Models and Constraint Elements".
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Known Error Product
CR 4785 Documentation - TYPE - Unexpected Results Although it is not documented, the 'TYPE' DMAP statement is positional. It must occur before the first use of any datablocks listed on the TYPE statement. If any referenced datablocks are defined as output before the TYPE statement, they are replaced with what is on the database (usually nothing, since they haven't been defined as database datablocks yet). This may result in unexpected results. CR 4790 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - UIM 4158, SFM 5401 If the V1 field on the EIGRL entry is left blank, the Lanczos eigenvalue extraction method may fail to find all the desired eigenvalues in the range. This error occurs when the decomposition of the dynamic matrix fails as the result of ill-conditioning and the message "USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158, MAXIMUM RATIO OF MATRIX TO FACTOR DIAGONAL = ** AT ROW NUMBER **" is issued. The Lanczos method then tries to correct the ill-conditioning problem changing the shift eigenvalue. Large negative shift values result and the job subsequently fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE" is output. Avoidance: Specify V1 on the EIGRL entry as a small negative number.
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CR 4793 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE, RF3D66 - SFM 9876, OC4 When compiling DMAP alters in the USS in versions 66 thru 67.5, it is possible to get an 0C4 error. The problem occurs in subroutine COLD. Avoidance: The problem does not occur in the SSS. The following ZAP will correct the error in the USS: //ZAP EXEC PGM=AMASZAP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIB DD DISP=OLD, DSN=...Library with MSC/NASTRAN MSP-EX modules...
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Known Error
CR 4793 //SYSIN DD * NAME NASTRAN COLD VER 0E4C 5830,D118,8930,0002,58F0,D530,5823,F008 CHECKSUM A49F9273 VER 0E5C 58E0,D504,502E,A01C,580E,A010,5900,6028 CHECKSUM 83B55A1C VER 0E6C 4770,DBFC,507E,A01C CHECKSUM 8A8497EE REP 04EC 58E0,D504,1827,580E,A010,5900,6028,4780 CHECKSUM A0D18242 REP 0E6C F008,0700,502E,A01C CHECKSUM B5894036 IDRDATA COLD-0C
CR 4795 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPARM, INTOUT - No Warning Message The only acceptable entries for the INT field on the NLPARM entry are YES, NO, or ALL. If any other strings are entered in this field, then the program uses the default of NO and no intermediate output is produced. Avoidance: Enter one of the three valid entries.
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Known Error Product
CR 4800 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Incorrect Command in Install Manual., Application Manual 7.6-7.7 The command documented to retrieve the nastran or emas installation script from a remote tape device is not valid on the HP. Specifically, the option "B" is not a valid option and causes the tar command to fail. Avoidance: Do not specify the "B" option. This allows the user to perform a remote installation of the installation script; however, the script must be modified to complete the installation with the following UNIX commands: sed 's/rsh /remsh /;s/xvfB/xvf/' < ninstall >ninstall.hp chmod a+x ninstall.hp Then execute this new script, i.e. ./ninstall.hp. The same commands are to be used for a remote MSC/EMAS V2.5
Description
Known Error
CR 4800 installation substituting einstall for ninstall.
CR 4816 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - - /usr/local/mscrc not found The user may encounter the message "/usr/local/mscrc not found" while installing MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. Avoidance: Create /usr/local directory.
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CR 4823 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Regular (non-sparse) FBS may fail if the following conditions are true: 1. Multiple passes are required. 2. Either the right-hand side matrix is an identity matrix or the right hand side matrix is complex and the factor matrix is real.
Description
Typically, the symptom of this error is a "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, EC 7777" being issued from the FBS module. This error is most likely to occur when executing frequency response with the mode acceleration method of data recovery (PARAM,MODACC) since this analysis can produce a large complex matrix as input to FBS for the right-hand side. Avoidance: Use the sparse method or increase the memory size.
CR 4824 MSC / MD Nastran Random Response Analysis - QUAD4(CORNER) - SWM 3002, Missing Output A random analysis request of QUAD4 corner stress output results in the message "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002, MODULE=RANDOM EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA SET OES2 (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE RAND2" being output. Avoidance: Other than requesting center stress output and performing the
Description
Known Error
CR 4824 random analysis on the center stresses, there is no avoidance.
CR 4825 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Application Manual, Section 7.7 - HP 9000 Version 67.5 Only Section 7.7 of the MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual for HP 9000/700 computers refers to /dev/update.src as the standard tape device name. The device name currently used is /dev/rmt/0m. CR 4827 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - Wrong Answers The complex eigenvalue solution to a two dof problem with structural damping (no viscous damping) will result in incorrect answers for all extraction methods except INV. This problem is limited to two dof systems with no viscous damping, one dof and three dof or greater problems produce correct answers. Avoidance: Include a small viscous damper in the analysis set.
Description
CR 4829 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL2, DESVAR - Wrong Answers If a design variable value defined on a DESVAR entry or a second level model property defined on a DVPREL2 entry is less than 1.E-3 in magnitude, wrong answers occur. Avoidance: Rescale the model so that the second level model property is greater than 1.E-3.
Description
CR 4830 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SYSTEM(148) - UFM 1215 Databases created with MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 are compatible with MSC/NASTRAN
Known Error
CR 4830 Version 67.5 and the intent is that SYSTEM(148)=1 should not be required to restart from a Version 67 database into Version 67.5. An error on the CRAY Y-MP UNICOS Version 67.5 requires that this system cell be set to avoid the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 1215 (CKRVER) THE PRIMARY DATABASE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THIS VERSION OF THE PROGRAM". Avoidance: When restarting from a Version 67 database, specify NASTRAN SYSTEM(148)=1 in the input file for the CRAY Y-MP UNICOS system.
CR 4832 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - Erratic Plot Output When using XYPLOT, if the largest value to be plotted (YMAX) is approximately (but not exactly) equal to the smallest value (YMIN), the plot may appear erratic. This is due to the plotter scaling the range to fill the plot.
Description Avoidance: Set YMIN and YMAX with plotter commands a reasonable distance apart. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4834 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - TABDMP1, SDAMP In the User's Manual, equation 7 on page 1.6-4 indicates that the value of "g(i) is obtained by interpolation of a table supplied by the user" on the TABDMP1 entry. This statement is true but is incomplete for type "CRIT" and "Q" damping. For these types of damping the value of g(i) is obtained by interpolation from the TABDMP1 entry and the value is converted by the program to type "G" damping. The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Dynamics User's Guide discusses damping in depth. Thus, this error is considered corrected in Version 68. CR 4843 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEQSET - SEP2 Logic Error 607, Poor Message In a superelement model, if the SEQSET dof's for one superelement are
Description
Known Error
CR 4843 placed interior to a superelement at the same level in the tree (or in a different branch of the tree), a SEP2 LOGIC ERROR 607 occurs. Avoidance: Degrees of freedom used for the SEQSET of a superelement must belong to a downstream superelement in the same branch.
CR 4846 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TRIAX6 - Poor Message, SFM 4276, EC 1044 TRIAX6 elements are not supported in shape sensitivity. If TRIAX6 elements are present in a shape sensitivity analysis the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 QOPEN ERROR CODE 1044" is issued from the DOMCO2 module. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 4851 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual 7.6 - Wrong Maximum BUFFSIZE The MSC/NASTRAN Application Manual, Version 67.5 for CONVEX computers incorrectly documents the maximum allowable BUFFSIZE as 17921. The correct maximum value is 65537. CR 4854 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DEQATN - Incorrect Size Limitation The number of allowable characters for the DEQATN entry was increased in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 and error number 3284 cited this enhancement. However, the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 User's Manual and Quick Reference Guide were not updated to reflect the change. The current number of allowable characters is approximately 5000. This is equivalent to approximately 65 card images. The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide documents the latest limit which is 12,500 characters.
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CR 4855 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SPARSE, SSGHT - SFM 3007 Although it is intended for the sparse solver (NASTRAN SPARSE=25) to work in heat transfer analysis in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5, heat transfer data decks executed with the sparse solver fail and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE" in module SSGHT. Avoidance: Do not use the sparse solver in heat transfer solutions (SOL 153).
Description
CR 4856 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, Plotting - Incorrect Coordinate System Page 4.2-17 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual incorrectly states that X,Y,Z components of displacement are CONTOUR plotted in the global coordinate system. The default for the displacement CONTOUR plots is the Basic coordinate system. CR 4860 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Application Manual, User Modifiable - SUN4, IBM RS/6O00 Only The instruction that states "copy the nastran shell script into a file umn675" in Section 7.6.7.3 of the SUN4 and IBM RS/6000 MSC/NASTRAN Application Manuals should read "copy the nastran shell script into a file nastumn675". The shell script must begin with the letter "n" as this letter is used internally with the shell script to distinguish between a NASTRAN and EMAS execution. CR 4862 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC2D, CRAC3D - Wrong Answers The CRAC2D and CRAC3D elements are extremely sensitive to aspect ratio effects. An aspect ratio of even two to one results in wrong answers.
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Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 4862 Avoidance: When using the CRAC2D or CRAC3D element keep the aspect ratio at or very near one to one.
CR 4867 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Version 67.5 Release Notes - Missing Documentation At least one client's Version 67.5 delivery package contained two copies of the MSC/NASTRAN Common Questions and Answers for Version 67.5" manual but did not contain a copy of "MSC/NASTRAN Release Notes for Version 67.5". The release notes are a critical document for understanding the enhancements for Version 67.5. If your delivery is missing this document, please contact your local representative and request a copy be sent. The delivery letter in future releases of MSC/NASTRAN will contain a contents list so that client's can quickly ascertain if there are any missing materials. CR 4868 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA, PENTA, TETRA - Principal Stresses sort problem The output for solid element principal stresses is not sorted well in all cases. The element output principal stresses should be sorted with the largest first (major), the smallest second (minor), and the middle last (second major). However, if two of the principal stresses are the same value, the first principal will be the unique one and the other two will be the ones that are the same, regardless of the relative values of each. The .xdb file and the OUTPUT2 file of the output table also contains this output order. Thus, postprocessors, including MSC/XL, read the principals as they are written and assume that they are in the major, minor, 2nd major order and the resulting plots can be wrong. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 4870 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2 - UIM 1206, Missing NDDL Descriptions Some datablocks which are described in the NDDL for the Structured
Known Error
CR 4870 Solution Sequences (SSS) are not described in the NDDL for the Unstructured Solution Sequences (USS). If the neutral option on the OUTPUT2 statement is to be used for these datablocks, the NDDL_NAME must be specified. Note that this is a Version 67.5 plus capability. MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 includes the correct NDDL description for the USS for all the data blocks noted below except ONRGY1. List of known datablocks; Datablock NDDL_NAME OES1 OES OES2 OES OEF2 OEF OPG2 OPG OQG2 OQG ONRGY1 ONRGY OSTR2 OES
CR 4872 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - RBE2 - Wrong Answers for SPCFORCES Nonlinear Transient Analysis that contain RBE2 elements with grounded independent degrees of freedom produce wrong answers for the SPCFORCE output.
Description Avoidance: Remove the RBE2 element and constrain the dependent degree of freedom directly. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4879 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - FRRD1A - Wrong Answers Frequency Response Analysis may produce wrong answers on all CRAY C90 and later CRAY Y-MP systems that have split memory. This includes all Y-MP/8I, Y-MP/4E and some Y-MP/2E systems. The error can occur in Version 67R2, 67.5 and Version 67.7 and has been caused by a bad coding practice and a change in the later version of the CRAY FORTRAN compiler. The error is dependent
Description
Known Error
CR 4879 on the manner in which the frequency dependent load is defined and can only occur if the following three conditions are met: 1. DLOAD entries are in the bulk data 2. Total number of (RLOAD1's, RLOAD2's, TLOAD1's, and TLOAD2's) > number of DLOAD's + 5 3. Total number of (RLOAD1's, RLOAD2's, TLOAD1's, TLOAD2's and DLOADs) = An odd number Avoidance: Avoid one of the three conditions mentioned by adding dummy en
CR 4880 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods - SYSTEM(107), PDCOMP, DOTRD - Poor Answers Parallel decomposition may produce poor answers on large problems on the IBM MVS/XA Version 67.5.1 release of MSC/NASTRAN running in Vector mode.
Avoidance: Either do not run with vector, do not select parallel decomposition, or apply the ZAP to correct the problem: Description //ZAP EXEC PGM=AMASPZAP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=..nastran load library.. //SYSIN DD * NAME NASTKVCT KERNVCT1 VER 09F6 1200,4780,F10A REP 09F6 47F0,F10A,0700 /*
CR 4881 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPRELi, DESVAR - UFM 6421 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 solution 200, if the initial property value as specified from a DVPRELi entry is the same as PMIN on the DVPRELi entry, then due to machine roundoff the job may fail and issue the message "USER
Known Error
CR 4881 FATAL MESSAGE 6421 (DOM11A)" that indicates that the property value is less than PMIN on the DVPRELi entry. In an attempt to correct this error in Version 67.7.1, errors were introduced. The first error occurs whenever a PMIN value is less than the designed property value, but both values round to the same integer. This case should result in a user fatal message but does not. The second error may result in an integer overflow and the third error may cause the final design to violate the minimum property constraint by as much as 1.0 unit. The significance of this e
CR 4883 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - QUADR - Wrong Answers The QUADR and TRIAR elements do not support differential stiffness as is documented in the User's Manual. Therefore, they should not be used for buckling analysis. User Warning Message 5481 will be issued when either one of these elements is used in a buckling analysis. However, if the QUADR is used in a buckling analysis, an incorrect rather than a null differential stiffness will be generated and wrong answers occur. Avoidance: Do not use QUADR or TRIAR for buckling analysis. Replace them with the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements
Description
CR 4884 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - No output request - Wrong Answers If no data recovery is requested in solution 105 in the static subcase, then the eigenvalue calculation will be wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Request data recovery in the static subcase. A request for DISP(PLOT)=ALL avoids unwanted output in the F06 file and still avoids the error. CR 4885 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RESTART, GRAV, RFORCE, LOADCYH - Missing Loads, Wrong Answers
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 4885 In solution 114, if a coldstart run defines GRAV and RFORCE loads in the bulk data but the loads are not referenced, then the GRAV and RFORCE loads are missing in a subsequent restart that references them.
Description Avoidance: Coldstart any cyclic symmetry run that references GRAV and RFORCE loads, or add a dummy CMASSi to the restart deck to force the recalculation of the mass matrix and the regeneration of the inertia loads. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4888 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SGI Computers With R3000 Chips - Bad Request Code MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 does not run on SGI computers with R3000 chips. A message similar to the one below appears in the .log file: Bad request code: /usr2/msc/nast675/nast675/NAST675 Where /usr2/msc/nast675/nast675/NAST675 is the MSC/NASTRAN executable on your machine. Description Avoidance: The user must remake the NAST675 executable or request a re-release of MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5.0.1 on SGI Computers from their MSC sales office. The following C program called "magic" is supplied and must be applied to the MSC/NASTRAN executable. If the user has a C compiler follow the procedure in Note #417. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 4893 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - PARAM,MPCF - Missing Output A request for forces of multi-point constraints (PARAM,MPCF,YES) in cyclic symmetry (SOL 114) is ignored. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance for MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 is presented
Known Error
CR 4893 below:
ALTERS FOR MPC-FORCES, SOL114 (CYCLIC STATICS), VERSION 675 1. SUBDMAP SEDRCVR NEEDS TO TRANSFORM PGC BACK 2. SUBDMAP SEDRCVR NEEDS TO GET KGG (REASON FOR SUBDMAP CYCMPCF) COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 15,19 $ REMOVE MPCF FOR STATICS, V675 IF ( NOMSET>-1 AND MPCF='YES' AND APP='CYC' AND APP1='STATICS' ) CALL CYCMPCF UGVS/QGM1 $ COMPILE CYCMPCF NOLIST NOREF $ SUBDMAP CYCMPCF UG/QGM $ TYPE DB KGG,PGC,BACK,USET $ MPYAD PGC,BACK,/PGB $ MPYAD KGG,UG,PGB/QG///-1 $ UPARTN USET,QG/QGM,,,/'G'/'M'/'N'/1 $ RETURN $ END $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 4897 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Contact - BLSEG - Incorrect Slip Code The "RESULTS FOR SLIDE LINE ELEMENTS" may incorrectly indicate the "SLIP CODE" as "OVERHANG" instead of "OPEN". This condition occurs when the contact surfaces are relatively far apart. The correct slip code is output as the surfaces become closer together. Note that the 2-D Surface Contact capability is considered experimental in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. The capability is not documented in the Version 67.5 Release Notes and can only be accessed through DMAP ALTER. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary as there is no adverse affect to the converged solution.
Description
CR 4898 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - METHOD, RESTART - Incorrect Eigenvector
Known Error
CR 4898 If the only change in a superelement dynamic restart, is the METHOD selection for the residual structure, the program will correctly calculate the new modes for the residual structure, but if residual structure modes from a previous runs exist on the restart database, they will be used to find the eigenvectors of the upstream superelements. Therefore, it is possible to have incorrect eigenvectors for the upstream superelements. Avoidance: The avoidance is to make a dummy change to the residual structure, for example, adding an additional GRID point.
Description
CR 4903 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - BEAM, PARAM,LGDISP - Wrong Answers A geometric nonlinear analysis (SOL 64 or SOL 66, 99, 106 and 129 with PARAM,LGDISP) that contains BEAM elements produces poor answers. The answers are not independent of the local BEAM element coordinate system. The magnitude of the error appears to be proportional to the displacement of the structure.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 4907 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RESTART, SPC - Wrong Answers If the only change to a superelement restart run is the selected SPC set for the residual structure, incorrect answers result. The correct results are obtained for the residual structure, but the results are unchanged from the previous run for the upstream superelements. Avoidance: Add an SPC entry to the restart bulk data. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 4914 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RESTART, DESVAR - Wrong Answers If an optimization analysis is restarted and the DESVAR entries from the cold start are deleted and replaced, SOL 200 yields wrong answers. Section 7.11 of the MSC/NASTRAN Design Sensitivity and Optmization guide
Description
Known Error
CR 4914 documents this limitation. Avoidance: After the initial cold start is executed, merge the original data deck with the new DESVAR entries from the .PCH file from the initial run and execute the run as a cold start.
CR 4915 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATi - Missing Output If a material id contains more than 8 characters, nonlinear stress output is unavailable for any element referencing the material. Material ids containing more than 8 characters are generated by the composite capability and whenever they occur, the program assumes that the material is being used by a composite element. Avoidance: Use material ids with 8 or fewer characters
Description
CR 4917 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1 - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Numeric Trap If the TABLES1 referred to by a MATS1 for a PLASTIC material does not start at the origin then a numeric trap may occur on IBM RS/6000 systems. Avoidance: Specify the first x-y pair to be 0.0, 0.0
CR 4918 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMIG - Inefficient Restarts Automatic restart for superelement analysis may be inefficient if DMIG entries are added or changed. The current logic will process all superelements completely if any DMIG entry is changed from the original run. Avoidance: As long as the DMIG is selected in the CASE CONTROL (i.e., K2GG, M2GG, B2GG), the following alter will remove this part of the logic, while
Description
Known Error
CR 4918 retaining the CASE CONTROL checking logic. COMPILE IFPL, SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 90,90 $ V675 This removes the restart checking for BNDFL, DMIAX, DMIG, ELIST, MFLUID, RADLIST, and RADMTX bulk data changes.
CR 4923 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - GPSTRESS, CHEXA, CTETRA - Missing Routine GPSPTS A request for grid point stress data recovery for a VOLUME containing CHEXA and/or CPENTA elements may fail on the HITACHI VOS3 and FUJITSU MSP/EX MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 systems. The error message issued indicates "MISSING ROUTINE ( GPSPTS ). Avoidance: The error can be avoided by setting the CORDM field on the PSOLID entry to 0 (note that the default for this field is -1).
Description
CR 4926 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - - "NaNQ" in the Output If a term in a matrix becomes too large for the computer to represent, the IEEE standard replaces it with "NaNQ" on the output. Therefore, it is possible to have "NaNQ" appear in the place of numbers in the output from MSC/NASTRAN. If this occurs, it is an indication that the numbers involved are too large to be accurately processed on the computer. CR 4930 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - PARAM,SUPER,2 - Infinite Loop If PARAM,SUPER,2 is specified in the BULK DATA and there are no superelements in the model, the sequencer may enter an infinite cpu loop.
Description
Known Error
CR 4930 Avoidance: Do not use PARAM,SUPER if there are no superelements in the model.
CR 4935 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - TABTST - Insufficient Documentation The documentation of the TABTST utility program in Section 7 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Installation and Operation Instructions needs to be enlarged to explain that this is only a sample program that illustrates how to read an output2 file. The sample is for reading a stress datablock. This explanation is contained in the tabtst.f source file. In order for the user to read another datablock, tabtst.f may be used as a guide but the format of the datablock that is to be read must be known. The NDDL (NASTRAN data definition language) file or the Programmer's Manual to determine a specific datablock definition. CR 4937 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACRSE - UFM 2071 The Users Manual improperly states that field 4 on the ACRSE entry is used to specify a DPHASE entry. If this field is used to select a DPHASE entry "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2071" is output stating that the load entry specifies an undefined table. Field 5 on the ACSRCE is used to select a DPHASE id, not the DELAY id as indicated in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 User's Manual. There is no field that references a DELAY entry on the ACSRCE entry. CR 4938 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Poor Message, UWM 229 (PRERR2) The message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 229 229 (PRERR2)" is output if a semicolon is input at the end of the last equation on a DEQATN entry. The semicolon separates equations on the DEQATN entry but should not be placed after the last equation. Although this is a user input error a better message should
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Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 4938 be issued to assist the user in locating the input error. Please see error 4525 for a more general description of deficiencies in processing the DEQATN entry.
CR 4939 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - STRAIN(FIBER) - Misleading Answers A STRAIN(FIBER) case control request is not recognized in quantities related to design optimization. That is, the design responses used in sensitivity and optimization with the DRESP1 entry with RTYPE=STRAIN assume a STRAIN(STRCUR) form. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to explicitly provide strain relations on the DEQATN entry.
Description
CR 4943 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NLPARM, RESTART - Misleading Documentation The documentation in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 User's Manual states that the INTOUT field is used to specify intermediate output requests, (displacements, forces, stress, etc.). There is no specific indication that it controls restartability. Furthermore the Handbook for Nonlinear Analysis specifically states "Further improvements were made in Version 67 so that the data blocks for the last converged load step will be saved if the solution is terminated in the middle of a subcase due to divergence or consumption of the specified CPU time. Consequently, the solution can always be restarted." Contrary to these descriptions the INTOUT field of the NLPARM entry must be set to yes to be able to subsequently restart from the middle of a subcase. CR 4944 MSC / MD Nastran MIgration - DBLOAD, DBTRANU - UFM 6281 Migrating a Version 65C superelement database to Version 67.5 may result
Description
Known Error
CR 4944 in the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6281 (SEP2D) NO SUBCASES ARE SPECIFIED FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE. IN A STATIC ANALYSIS, AT LEAST ONE SUBCASE MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE. This error occurs because the CASECC datablock is not stored on the database in Version 65C and Version 67.5 requires the datablock. Avoidance: The following alter circumvents the requirement for the CASECC datablock in Version 67.5: compile dbtranu souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 73,73 SEP2CT SLIST,CASECC,,EMAP,/CASES,,/'reig'/V,N,SEID $ Note that this error has been marked as fixed in Version 68 since migration from Version 65C is no longer supported.
CR 4947 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DSCREEN - UFM 315 The MSC/NASTRAN User's Manual documentation states, " If TYPE = "LAMA", "EIGN", "WEIGHT" or "VOLUME" then NSTR is not used.". However, if NSTR is input by a user when TYPE is specified as one of the aforementioned responses, the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY DSCREEN" may be issued. CR 4954 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - SURFACE, VOLUME - Confusing Message, UWM 4595 An MSC/NASTRAN superelement run in which the residual structure has no elements issues the following at the beginning of data recovery for the residual structure:
Description
Known Error
CR 4954 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4595. UNABLE TO OPEN INTERNAL DATA BLOCK (NONE) IN GPSTR1 MODULE - PROCESS STOPPED. if the following Case Control conditions exists: 1) SURFACEs and/or VOLUMEs are defined. 2) No ELSDCON, GPSDCON, GPSTRESS, or STRFIELD Case Control commands are present. Avoidance: Add a dummy element to the residual superelement or disregard the message.
CR 4968 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Contact - BCONP, BLSEG - Wrong Answers The DMAP alters delivered for the nonlinear slide line capability in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.7 produce wrong eigenvalues for nonlinear modes (PARAM,NMLOOP). Note that the nonlinear slide line capability (a.k.a., 2D Contact) is considered experimental in Version 67.5 and 67.7. The capability is only available through DMAP alters. CR 4978 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4 - UFM 4297 If a CQUAD4 element's dimensions are small, in the order of 1.E-5, the job may fail and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297, ELEMENT HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES" is issued. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance other than to use different units.
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CR 4981 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESPi - Meaningless Answers
CR 4981 If an invalid item code is entered in the seventh field of the DRESP1 entry meaningless results are produced for sensitivity and optimization. Avoidance: Specify a valid plot code.
Known Error Product
CR 4986 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, BEAM - Missing Description of Plastic Hinge For nonlinear analysis, the BEAM element may be used for geometric nonlinearities or for the modeling of a plastic hinge under elastic-perfectly plastic conditions. The latter application by design intent is the only material nonlinearity valid for the BEAM element. Any other type of material nonlinearity, such as creep or a stress-strain curve, will yield inaccurate answers. In the case of creep, due to the assumption that only 1/8 of the length at the ends of each BEAM abides by the nonlinear material law, the BEAM appears too stiff. In the case of a stress-strain curve, the beam acts as a linear element. This is addressed in the Version 68 Reference Manual. Avoidance: ROD elements should be used to model axial material nonlinearities
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CR 4994 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,FIXEDB - Missing Output, UWM 9012 The current documentation for PARAM,FIXEDB states only that PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 is to be specified in the residual subcase or the bulk data if the modes of the residual structure are not desired. When printout or plots of component modes are desired in SOL 63, PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 must be specified for both the desired superelement(s) and the residual structure. If this is not done, the superelement component fixed boundary modes will not be available and UWM 9012 will be printed.
Description
Known Error
CR 4994 Avoidance: Specify PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 for both the superelement(s) and the residual structure. This can be accomplished by either by specifying the parameter in the BULK DATA or by specifying the parameter in CASE CONTROL for both the superelement(s) and the residual structure.
CR 5003 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Superelements, STRESS(CORNER) - Missing Output The Release Notes for MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 state that the request for CORNER output must occur in the first SUBCASE. This is correct for conventional analysis. In superelement analysis this input yields standard center stress output for the upstream superelement only. If the run is using superelements, the request must be above the SUBCASE level or in the first residual structure SUBCASE. CR 5011 MSC / MD Nastran Security - Incorrect Authorization Codes - SFM 3060 There are bugs in the SUN4 version of the MSC/NASTRAN authorization code generator that create bad authorization codes. It sometimes creates authorization codes that will not allow MSC/NASTRAN to run, while other times particular solution sequences will not work. The following is a list of reported problems: -For VAX/VMS, we cannot get a code (3 times) -For HP9000, we cannot get it sometimes,not always. -For SUN4, we cannot get it for Nonlinear option. -For CONVEX, grid point limitation inadvertently set.
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Avoidance: When an incorrect authorization code is found by the client, send the necessary information to LA and we will generate the code for you since the VAX
Known Error
CR 5011 authorization code generator always gives a correct code.
CR 5017 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 115 - Missing Plots In SOL 115 (CYCLIC Modes), if repeated roots exist for a harmonic, the batch plotter will not create stress plots for the second occurence of the eigenvalue.
CR 5018 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SMPYAD - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Segmentation Fault A multiplication of the type [A]T[B][A]+[C] results in an error in the SMPYAD module if the precision of the output matrix is set different than the machine precision. This error does not occur in any unaltered delivered solution sequence. Avoidance: Either do not set the precision of the output matrix or replace SMPYAD with the equivalent calls to MPYAD.
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CR 5020 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Wrong Answers A DEQATN of the form F(A,B) = F**2 + B**2 should fail to compile because the right hand side of the equation refers to the function defined on the left hand side, but it does not.
Description Avoidance: Do not define DEQATNs where the right hand side of the equation refers to the function on the left hand side. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5021 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MODEPT, PACABS - SFM 4276, EC 7777
Known Error
CR 5021 If a PACABS entry references a non-existant table or the table contains negative frequency values, then UFM 6167 should be issued and the run should terminate in the MODEPT module. In some instances the UFM 6167 is missing, the run fail in the MODEPT module but issues the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777" instead. Avoidance: Correct the PACABS entry or supply the missing tables.
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CR 5024 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - Extraneous Output The header: "F A I L U R E I N D I C E S F O R L A Y E R E D C O M P O S I T E E L E M E N T S" is output to the f06 file even when no failure calculation is requested (i.e., the FT field on the PCOMP entry is left blank). Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 5031 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBLOCATE - Wrong Answers for SE SPC changes SYSTEM(143)=1 specifies that the bulk data is being obtained via the DBLOCATE FMS statement. Although it is not documented, the design intent is to allow load changes only when SYSTEM(143)=1 is specified. Any other changes such as connectivity, grid location or constraints are reflected in the bulk data echo but are not effective even when they apply to superelements that have yet to be processed. CR 5034 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, BEAM, BAR, BEND - Meaningless Answers The BEAM, BAR, ROD and BEND elements set the margin of safety to an integer value of 1 when the stress in the element is zero. Further, for the BAR, BEAM and BEND elements which have separate tension and compression
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Known Error
CR 5034 margins, if the element is purely in tension, the compression safety is set to 1. The module which calculates DRESP1 values does not know about this convention and therefore uses the real number equivalent to 1 in its computation. On many machines the real number equivalent to the integer 1 is a real number near zero. Thus, if the analysis has been defined to achieve larger margins meaningless answers may result. There is a similar problem in modal response calculations when the DDRMM parameter is 0. In this case the margin of safety cannot be calculated but the DRESP1 ev
Known Error Product
CR 5035 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - DDRMM, CBEAM, CBAR, CBEND - Incorrect Margins of Safety The margins of safety cannot be calculated correctly in a modal dynamic response analysis when PARAM,DDRMM is 0. Depending on the element and Version of MSC/NASTRAN the printed value of the margin of safety may be incorrect or simply 0.0. Avoidance: If the margin of safety output is desired for dynamic analysis the user must select PARAM,DDRMM,-1.
Description
CR 5041 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - SFM 6211, Poor Message The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6211 (ACMG), A NORMAL TABLE HAS BEEN INCORRECTLY CREATED" is misleading. The message is the result of a problem in the boundary area factor generation code in the ACMG module. The error is believed to be caused by a problem with LOCATE. The message occurs when a CHEXA fluid element in the ECT table can not be located. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to specify the "IDENT" option on ACMODL entry. Since the "IDENT" option requires a matching interface between the structure and fluid in most cases the model must be remeshed.
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CR 5044 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - SDR2 - Incorrect Element Force Label An incorrect eigenvalue label is output for element forces when the generalized mass of an eigenvalue is zero. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5047 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - IBM 386/486 IX - UFM 3060 When both the mouse and the authorization device (dongle) use the same port (for example the com1 serial port) MSC/NASTRAN will not run and UFM 3060 is received.
Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to obtain another serial port and use one for the mouse and one for the authorization device.
CR 5050 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-1 - Missing Data When using SOL 105 with PARAM, POST, -1, the datablocks from the static subcase, the differential stiffness results, are missing from the OUTPUT2 file. Only the geometry and buckling modes are contained in the OUTPUT2 file. Avoidance: To obtain the results from both subcases, insert the following alters:
Description
For Version 67.5: SOL 105 $ V67.5, PATVER=3.0 COMPILE DMAP=SEBUCKL,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 29 $ BEFORE SUPER3, STATICS TYPE PARM,,I,Y,OTAPE2 $ OTAPE2=-1 ALTER 55 $ AFTER SUPER3, BUCKLING TYPE PARM,,I,Y,OUNIT2 $ $ WRITE END-OF-DATA ON FORTRAN UNIT OUNIT2
Known Error
CR 5050 OUNIT2=12 OUTPUT2 //-9/OUNIT2 $ COMPILE DMAP=SUPER3,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 170 $ BEFORE OUT2GEOM IF (APP1='BKL1 ') OTAPE2=0 ALTER 181,181 $ REMOVE EOF ON OUTPUT2 FILE ENDDALTER
SOL 105 $ V67 Known Error Product Abstract CR 5056 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4(CORNER) - Poor Answers The STRESS(CORNER) request may produce a large variation in the answers for QUAD4 corner stresses for elements with thickness variation or warp. Description Avoidance : It is recommended that STRESS(BILIN) be used for problems with warp or thickness variation. The default option for STRESS(CORNER) is changed in Version 68.2 to BILIN to address this problem. See also error 6421. CR 5058 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Normal Modes, READ or REIGL - UWM 8592, SWM 3001 A cyclic symmetry modal analysis that fails to specify NOUTPUT (the segments for which output is desired) or HOUTPUT will fail issue the following messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 8592, (REIG). THE METHOD RECORD IN CASE CONTROL IS MISSING OR INCORRECT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FOLLOWING FATAL ERRORS. USER ACTION: PUT A METHOD ENTRY IN CASE CONTROL WHICH POINTS TO AN EIGR, EIGRL, OR EIGB RECORD IN BULK DATA. 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = READ 0ATTEMPT TO OPEN DATA SET 105 IN SUBROUTINE REIG , WHICH WAS NOT DEFINED
Description
Known Error
CR 5058 IN THE FIST Avoidance: Specify NOUTPUT or HOUTPUT in the Case Control.
CR 5062 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INIT - UFM 426 (RDINIT) ILLEGAL KEYWORDS The word "LOGICAL" or "SCR300" must not appear starting in column one (1) on the INIT statement if there is more than one (1) member being defined, else "USER FATAL MESSAGE 426 (RDINIT) THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS ARE ILLEGAL FOR THE INIT COMMAND" is output. Avoidance: The following are examples of valid and invalid INIT entries:
Description
$ -Invalid FMS- $ -Valid FMS- $ -Valid FMSINIT MASTER(S) INIT MASTER(S) INIT MASTER(S) INIT SCRATCH, INIT SCRATCH, INIT SCRATCH, LOGICAL=(SCR1,SCR2), LOGICAL=(SCR1,SCR2), LOGICAL=(SCR1), SCR300=(SCR3,SCR4) SCR300=(SCR3,SCR4) SCR300=(SCR2) INIT DBALL, INIT DBALL, INIT DBALL, LOGICAL=(DB1,DB2) LOGICAL=(DB1,DB2) LOGICAL=(DB1) ENDJOB ENDJOB ENDJOB
CR 5063 MSC / MD Nastran DBLOCATE COPY Fails - SFM 1013
CR 5090 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PACABS, TABLED2, TABLED3, TABLED4 - UFM 6167 If the table that is used to define the resistance, reactance, or weighting function is the type TABLED2, TABLED3, or TABLED4, then the program issues "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6167 THE BULK DATA TABLED1 ENTRIES, ID= N WERE NOT SUPPLIED"
Description
Known Error
CR 5090 Avoidance: The PACABS entry should reference TABLED1 entry instead. - note this is a documentation error. Tables referenced by TID1, TID2, TID3 can only be TABLED1- The TABLEDi i=2,3,4 imply a certian look up strategy TABLED2 and TABLED3 by shifting the curve and compressing the x-axes. TABLED4 is a polynomial expansion. The PACABS entry does not use these tables for look up. Rather it uses TABLED1 to perform a least square fit to determine a K and M value which bests fits the curve.
CR 5091 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - Poor Performance Acoustic element problems with coupled fluid/structure boundaries and non"IDENT"ical meshes can lead to excessive cpu time. Avoidance: Other than using identical meshes, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5101 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA, CSUPER, Multi-Master Method - UFM 4252 When using the multi-master method with image superelements on Version 67.7, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4252, DATA BLOCK NOT FOUND IN DATABASE" may be issued by the SEMA module for the image superelement. Avoidance: The problem is under investigation. The only avoidance is to use the conventional (single-master) approach.
Description
CR 5102 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEFACT - Wrong Answers Changes in the AEFACT bulk data entry should, on restart, force the recomputation of the aerodynamic matrices. However, the required dependencies are absent in the NDDL with
Known Error
CR 5102 the result that the aerodynamics are not recalculated and the user's intent is not fulfilled. Avoidance: Submit the job as a cold start.
CR 5106 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - BFORCEA.V675 - Wrong Answers When using the bforcea.v675 alter in the sssalter directory, if different load ids are specified for different superelements in the Case Control, incorrect answers may result. This is due to the LOAD qualifier's value remaining at the last value used, even though different values are necessary for each superelement during data recovery. Standard data recovery is not affected by this. Avoidance: Modify the alter by replacing the line
Description
MPYAD KAA,ULS,PL/BFORCEL///-1 $ CALC BOUNDARY FORCES with the following: TYPE PARM,,I,N,SEID1 $ SEID1 = SEID $ DBVIEW MYPL=PL, (WHERE SEID=SEID1 AND WILDCARD = TRUE) $ $ CORRECT THE MPYAD TO HAVE MYPL, INSTEAD OF PL MPYAD KAA,ULS,MYPL/BFORCEL///-1 $ CALC BOUNDARY FORCES
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CR 5110 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Superelement Analysis - PARAM, BUCKLE,1 - Missing Output Solution 106 with buckling (PARAM,BUCKLE,1) is not designed for upstream data recovery. A request for upstream data recovery is ignored. CR 5124 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - DBSTORE - DBSTORE Not Executed The restart logic in the SSS will prevent the execution of the DBSTORE subdmap during restart runs.
Known Error
CR 5124 Avoidance: To force execution on restart set system cell 109 to 1 before the call to DBSTORE. This action turns off restart checking. That is: putsys(1,109) $ turn restart checking off CALL DBSTORE A,B,,,//QUAL1/QUAL2/DBSET/COND $ putsys(0,109) $ turn restart checking back on This error is considered to be a documentation error and has been fixed in Version 68 by adding an appropriate remark under the description of the DBSTORE module in the DMAP Module Dictionary.
Known Error Product
CR 5137 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - ACCESS, Application Manual - Incorrect Documentation All references to "MSC07" in Section 7.7.6 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 IBM MVS/XA Application Manual should be changed to "MSC06A". These changes must be made to install the program. CR 5146 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SPCD - Wrong Answers If all SPCD entries are entered on the initial run, and a different set is selected on a restart run, the program will use the set called out in the initial run, resulting in incorrect answers. Avoidance: Add or change an SPCD entry on the restart run.
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CR 5160 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CHEXA, CPENTA - UFM 4658 "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4658, DIFFICULT GEOMETRY PREVENTS FURTHER
Known Error
CR 5160 COMPUTATIONS FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = ***" is presently encountered when solid elements have an aspect ratio greater than 1000. This geometry check is changed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 such that the fatal message is only encountered if elements have bad aspect ratios in two directions. That is only elements that are long and thin like a straw should encounter this fatal message.
CR 5164 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - PARAM,SERST,SEMI - ? PARAM,SERST,SEMI may skip PHASE1 on a restart run, even though the SUPER command requests processing for the superelement. The restart logic properly deletes datablocks, however, the requested processing may not be performed.
Description
Avoidance: The following DMAP alter forces execution of PHASE1 compile super1 souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 35 putsys (1,109) alter 36 putsys (0,109)
CR 5178 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - SPCD - SFM 6036, Wrong Answers Nonlinear buckling in SOL 106 does not work if the loading includes enforced displacements. If the load consists entirely of enforced displacements, the following message will occur: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6036 (XQAROS) ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE BY REAL, SINGLE PRECISION ZERO USER INFORMATION: 1. PROCESSING ASSIGNMENT STATEMENT: ALPHA AT DMAP SEQUENCE NUMBER: 360 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. PROCESSING INSTRUCTION: / 00000005 00010005 00000002
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Known Error
CR 5178 If enforced displacements are combined with other load types, then the critical load factor ALPHA will be computed incorrectly. This error can be avoided using the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic $ alter for sol 106 in V70.5 to correct an error in CSR 5178 $ nonlinear buckling analysis made possible
Known Error Product
CR 5209 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - STRESS(VONMISES), PCOMP - Max Shear Stress is Always Output For composite shell elements, the default for the ply stress output is Max Shear. In fact this calculation is hard-coded into MSC/NASTRAN, requesting von Mises is ignored. The 2nd printing the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide has been updated to correct this error. Avoidance: This is a limitation of the code. The documentation for STRESS command should be updated to reflect this limitation.
Description
CR 5212 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - STRESS(CORNER), SUBCOM - Missing Output The corner stress data recovery is not done in SUBCOM if the corner stress output request does not exist in the first SUBCASE. The following is an example which will produce missing output: SUBCASE 1 LOAD = 1 SPC = 1 SUBCASE 2 LOAD = 2 SPC = 1 SUBCOM 3 STRESS(CORNER) = ALL SUBSEQ = 1.0,1.5 Avoidance: The following input avoids the error:
Description
Known Error
CR 5212 STRESS(CORNER) = ALL SUBCASE 1 STRESS(CORNER) = NONE LOAD = 1 SPC = 1 SUBCASE 2 LOAD = 2 SPC = 1 SUBCOM 3 SUBSEQ = 1.0,1.5
CR 5227 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,PANELMP, -1 - Missing Modal Participation Factors The description of the FLUIDMP and PANELMP parameters in the Quick Reference Guide states that "If n=-1 for any parameter, then (modal participation) factors will be output for all modes". In fact if PARAM,PANELMP is set to -1 no modal participation factors are output. Avoidance: Set PARAM,PANELMP to the number of modes that modal participation factor output is desired.
Description
CR 5229 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SOL 101, APP HEAT,TRIA3, MAT5 - Wrong Answers Heat transfer flux data recovery for TRIA3, TRIA6, and QUAD8 elements which reference MAT5 (anisotropic) material properties is incorrect. When using MAT5 (anisotropic) materials, the user supplied matrix must be transformed to the element system. The values needed for this transformation are not calculated. Whatever values are currently stored in memory is used for the transformation matrix, yielding unpredictable results. If only TRIA3 elements are used, and the memory is initialized to zero (as it is on the VAX/VMS), the FLUX output will be zero. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 5232 Acoustic Analysis - RMS Velocity - Wrong Answer The (RMS of the velocity)=(RMS of the Acceleration/2*PI*f). In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 and 67.5 the (RMS of the velocity)= (RMS of the Acceleration/f) for fluid degrees of freedom. Thus, the RMS velocity for fluid degrees of freedom output by MSC/NASTRAN is off by a factor of 2*PI. CR 5255 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - Superelements - Missing Output When performing frequency response using superelements, no output will be available for any superelement which is not mentioned in a SUBCASE for dynamic loading. This design extends to XYPLOT output. This is especially pronounced when multiple residual solutions are requested using multiple subcases. Avoidance: For each residual subcase, a corresponding subcase for each superelement should exist in the input.
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CR 5267 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Acoustic Analysis, DYNRED, GDR - Missing Output If a modal approach is used for fluid-structure interaction, Generalized Dynamic Reduction should not be used. If used, the generalized dynamic reduction is performed on the combined matrices and the program will use those matrices in the structural eigenvalue problem. This will provide both the structural and fluid modes, but the program requires the fluid and structural modes to be separate in order to calculate the coupling terms. CR 5277 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Buckling, DSAL - SFM 4276, EC 1409 If more than one buckling subcase exists in a SOL 200 run, the program will terminate with SFM 4276, ec 1409 in DSAL. This limitation has been removed
Description
Known Error
CR 5277 in Version 69. Avoidance: If buckling optimization is used, use only one buckling SUBCASE.
CR 5282 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, CRAC2D, CRAC3D - Incorrect Documentation Table 1 in Section 5.1 of the Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual indicates that temperature loads are not supported for the CRAC2D and CRAC3D elements. In fact temperature loads are supported for these elements. CR 5292 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO3, CAERO4, CAERO5, ADG - Datablock 107 is Missing In Version 67.7, the static aeroelastic capability includes a divergence analysis that can be based on an aerodynamic model using any of the available aero methods. However, trim and stability analysis does not allow Strip, Mach Box or Piston theories. If the user attempts the latter, a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE indicating missing datablock 107 is output by the ADG module. Earlier Versions of MSC/NASTRAN provide an explicit message that the user requested capability is not supported. CR 5294 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - Modal Transient Analysis - Poor Answers If a modal transient analysis is performed with eigenvalues which vary by several orders of magnitude (the problem which demonstrated this had eigenvalues ranging from 10e1 to 10e10), then poor answers may result. The degradation of the answers is a result of using the single-precision LAMA table to generate the modal matrices which are used for the integration. The problem is not as pronounced on long word (i.e. CRAY) computers.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 5294 Avoidance: In these cases, a direct transient solution using either superelements, or GDR would be more accurate.
CR 5300 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, MAT8, IFP - UFM 315. If either Xt or Xc or Yt or Yc or S are specified on the MAT8 entry, then Xt and Yt and S must also be specified even though the FT field on the PCOMP entry is blank indicating that no failure calculation is to be performed. If some but not all of the allowable mentioned are not specified, then the run fails and the message " USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY MAT8" is encountered. Avoidance: Always enter at least XT, YT, and S allowable terms or none at all of XT, XC, YT, YC, and S on the MAT8 entry.
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Known Error Product
CR 5303 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MPYAD - UFM 5423, Attempt to Multiply Incompatible Matrices When superelements are used in a static solution and there are more subcases for a superelement than there are for the residual structure and the load sequence number is not specified on the SUPER command in the superelement subcases, the program will terminate with UFM 5423 ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES in module SDR1. Avoidance: Ensure that the number of subcases for a superelement does not exceed the number of residual structure subcases or specify the load sequence number on all SUPER commands.
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Known Error Product
CR 5304 Case Control - SET - No Warning Message The documentation states that a SET may be redefined in the case control. This is true, however, the second definition is ignored and the first one is used. No warning message is issued and this is inconsistent with the design of other Case Control commands that are defined twice. CR 5325 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TRD1 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 A floating point overflow can occur when the uncoupled integration algorithm is used in module TRD1. It is believed that this occurs when unrealistic parameters are chosen. The modal mass, damping and stiffness for the problem that failed were Mi = 1. , Bi = 2.5+5 , and Ki = 6.9389-18 . Avoidance: The error can be avoided by setting PARAM NONCUP = 1 , which forces the coupled integration algorithm. Another avoidance is to add a very small spring to a DOF active in this mode so that its eigenvalue is larger. Ki is proortional to the eigenvalue.
Description
CR 5331 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - wrong answers Using Solution 106 with HEXA, PENTA or TETRA elements having midside nodes and temperature loads gets wrong answers because the material properties are not updated properly. The error occurs because TEMP(LOAD) is used to determine the temperature dependent material properties for module SSG1, which generates the loads, but the temperature dependent material properties are ignored for module SDR2, which provides data recovery. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances for V67 1. This avoidance uses the SOL 101 method in module SSG1 and requires that no nonlinear elements except GAPS exist in the deck. COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 177,177 $ REPLACE SSG1, VERSION 67 MESSAGE //'SUBDMAP NLSTATIC, MODULE SSG1, APPROACH=ALL ' $
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Known Error
CR 5331 SSG1 SLT,BGPDTS,CSTMS,SILS,EST
CR 5335 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA1 - Wrong Output Starting in Version 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN the "less critical" real flutter roots are printed for informational purposes. However, this printout is incorrect when these roots are "almost" real roots. Avoidance: Turn DIAG 39 on to request printout of all the roots in order to get a complete picture from this printout.
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CR 5336 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC - SWM 6065, UWM 3030,Missing Output The DBC module in MSC/NASTRAN which creates the xdb file may issue the following warning messages: 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR aaaa VALUE = xxxxx, POSITION = n or:
Description
0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR aaaa VALUE = xxxxx, POSITION = n where: aaaa is the datablock that is having problems, xxxxx is the problem value n is the problem position. These messages are indication that a mis-match of data is being passed to the DBC module. All conditions that can trigger the error are not yet fully understood but the error appears to be
Known Error Product
CR 5339 Documentation - Coordinate System for Components of Scalar Elements The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide description of scalar elements should be clarified to state that the component number for all scalar element connection entries (CELASi, CDAMPi, CMASSi) refer to the grid displacement coordinate system, i.e., (CD) on the GRID entry. CR 5341 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT, XYTRAN - UWM 979, Punch Output Constains Control Charachters The XYTRAN module may encounter a traceback, output control charachters and/or incorrectly issue USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 indicating that elements do not exist. CR 5349 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2 - Output Written to Log File If a user-written DMAP alter uses OUTPUT2 without specifying the output unit, then the default value of 0 is used for the output unit. On some systems, unit 0 is a valid unit and a file will be created. On other systems, it may not be a valid unit and the results may be unpredictable. On the IBM RS/6000 and the SGI, it will write the information to the log file. CR 5350 MSC / MD Nastran MSGMESH, MSGSTRSS, MSGVIEW - MSGMESH, IFP - UFM 2052 If free format is used in conjunction with MSG/MESH, and the individual field exceeds 8 characters, then the extra characters may be treated as the next field in MESH command which can lead to unexpected results. If this extra data is invalid for MSG/MESH, then the job may fail UFM 2052 or other fatal messages depending on the type of error. SPC,101,60817,1,0.0066767 when used in conjunction with MESH will generate the following error
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Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 5350 message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2052, UNDEFINED GRID POINT 7 IN SINGLEPOINT CONSTRAINT SET 101 Avoidance: When using MESH and free format, keep within the 8 field format.
CR 5353 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLOT - SFM 4276 EC 3002, FREAD If structure plots are requested for CTRIAX6 elements, then the job will fail and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 3002 FREAD ERROR" is issued. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5369 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFDR, CGAP, CELAS2, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 6223 If grid point force balance output (GPFORCE) is requested for CGAP and/or CELAS2 elements, and there is thermal loads, then the job fails in the GPFDR module and the following message is issued:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL 6223 (GPFDR2), RECORD POINTED AT BY INDEX IN SCRATCH FILE IS WRONG. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT Avoidance: Other than not requesting this output, there is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 5373 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2 - Neutral option fails when writing OES1X in SOL 106 The OUTPUT2 neutral option fails when writing the OES1X datablock in SOL 106.
Corrected Version 2001 Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 5373 Avoidance: Use the binary option.
CR 5393 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Wrong Answers The EQID field on the DEQATN entry must be unique. However, no uniqueness test is performed. Therefore, if the EQID is not unique, incorrect answers may result or the run may issue a message stating that a "wrong number of arguments" is provided on the DEQATN entry. Avoidance: Do not give more than one EQID the same value.
Description
CR 5394 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Sensitivity - CORDiC,CORDiS - Inaccurate Results When displacements are defined in a non-rectangular global coordinate system, their sensitivity results are inaccurate. In turn, the associated stress sensitivities are also affected. Avoidance: Use a rectangular global coordinate system.
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CR 5400 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers The TEMP(INIT) case control command supersedes the TREF field in the bulk data section in the event that both values exist. However, for composite plate elements that are referenced by a PCOMP entry, the TEMP(INIT) is ignored which can lead to wrong answers. Avoidance: If a PCOMP exists in the model, use the TREF field on the PCOMP entry instead of the TEMP(INIT) case control command.
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Known Error Product
CR 5401 Miscellaneous - TABPRT - NDDL Description of DATABLK CMLAMA is Incorrect The NDDL description of DATABLK CMLAMA is incorrect for both the unstructured and structured solution sequences. Print labels will be wrong if the formatted option (P3>0) is selected on the TABPRT module. The formatted option of the OUTPUT2 module and migration is not affected by this.
Description Avoidance: In the cnddls.dat file in the del directory replace the existing DATABLK CMLAMA statement and all subsequent statements up to but not including the next DATABLK statement with the following: DATABLK CMLAMA TYPE=TABLE PATH=MLAA1 LOCATION=DBUPX, SAMEAS,LAMA,EOF Known Error Product Abstract CR 5402 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW3D, PARAM,VIEW3D,1 - SFE 4276, EC 7777 On the HP 9000 Version 67 and later releases of MSC/NASTRAN, if the Gaussian integration method (PARAM,VIEW3D,1) is used to compute the geometric view factors, then the job may fail with the following message: SFE 4276 - EC 7777 - RECEIVED SIGNAL 10 - ABORTING Description Avoidance: Use one of the following avoidances to compute the geometric view factors: 1. Add a dummy HBDY element. 2. Use the finite difference or contour integration method instead of the Gaussian integration. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5409 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - OTIME - Wrong Labels If the OTIME case control command is used on a model with superelements in SOL 109, the correct output values are calculated, but they are labeled
Known Error
CR 5409 with incorrect time values for superelements outside the residual structure. Although the output is given for the correct time steps as specified on the OTIME command, the time labels appear in sequential order starting with the initial time, as they would without the OTIME request. Avoidance: Place all superelements in the residual structure or remove the OTIME request.
CR 5410 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1, NLITER - SFM 4276, EC7777 On the VAX, if the elastic-perfectly plastic option is used for the work hardening slope by letting H=0.0 (the default) on the MATS1 entry, then the job may fail in the NLITER module and issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 - ERROR CODE 7777". Avoidance: Specify a small number for the work hardening slope (e.g., 1.E10).
Description
CR 5414 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC, CLAN - Wrong Answers In some cases, erroneous right eigenvectors have been produced by the Lanczos method of complex eigenvalue extraction. An unsymmetric mass matrix may be the cause of the error. In one known case results were found to be incorrect on the IBM RS/6000 system but correct on the DEC VAX/VMS release. Version 70.5 of MSC/NASTRAN introduces Block Complex Lanczos eigenvalue extraction method which will solve this problem. The new method is not yet the default and must be selected by setting system(108)=4. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. However, it is recommended that, if complex eigenvectors are an integral part of an analysis, the results be checked using the DMAP alter contained in Section 7.5 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Guide for Numerical Methods,
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Known Error
CR 5414 Version 67 edition.
CR 5416 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEDRCVR - Extra Output for Upstream Superelements If a solution 106 analysis contains superelements, and output (e.g., displacement) is requested for the residual structure, then an error in the DMAP results in the same type of output being printed for the upstream superelements even though no output is requested for these superelements. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP avoidances: $ $ for v67 and v67.5 $ compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 199,199 $ if (seid=0) then $ OFP OUGV1,OPG1,OQG1,OEF1X,OSTR1//S,N,CARDNO $ endif $ $ $ for v68 $ compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 209,209 $ if (seid=0) then $ OFP OUGV1,OPG1,OQG1,OEF1X,OSTR1,, CSTMS,EPTS,GEOM1VU,ERROR1// S,N,CARDNO//PVALID $ endif $ $
Description
CR 5418 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INIT - Unpredictable results If more than one INIT statement is supplied per LOGICAL DBset, then unpredictable results occur. For example: INIT DBALL LOGICAL=(DB01(100),DB02(100),DB03(100),DB04(100))
Description
Known Error
CR 5418 INIT DBALL LOGICAL=(DB05(100),DB06(100)) creates DB05, DB06, DB03, and DB04 members of DBALL but DBO1 and DB02 are not created. No warning or fatal messages is issued. Avoidance: Specify only one INIT statement per LOGICAL DBset. A continuation of the INIT statement may be specified by ending a line with a comma as follows: INIT DBALL LOGICAL=(DB01(100),DB02(100),DB03(100),DB04(100) , DB05(100),DB06(100))
CR 5422 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Sensitivity - DSCM2 - Wrong Sensitivities, UFM 5165 MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.7 and 68 do not calculate sensitivities due to damping effects for modal transient response. Therefore, either the sensitivity results are not accurate or the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5165 (DSVG1D-1) UNDEFINED INPUT FILE = 106, NAME = (NONE) , ERROR CODE = -6, MODULE DSVG1 IS TERMINATED" is output.
Description Avoidance: Use the following DMAP avoidance for version 68 only. compile pslgdv list noref souin=mscsou $ alter 199 $ IF ( DODFREQ>0 OR DOMFREQ>0 OR DOMTRAN>0 ) EMG, EST,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,,,,,/ ,,,,BELM,BDICT/0/0/S,N,NOBGG $
Known Error Product
CR 5423 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, DRESP2 - Extra Column in DSCM2 Matrix If a DRESP2 entry does not reference a DRESP1 entry and if there are multiple solution types (there are three: frequency response, modal transient, and everything else), the DRESP2 entry is included in each solution type. For this to be a problem, the DRESP2 entry must be invoked by a DESOBJ
Description
Known Error
CR 5423 request. The error is benign in that the problem can only have one objective but it does manifest itself as a duplicate column in the DSCM2 matrix.
CR 5425 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - AUTOSPCR - UFM 6137, UFM 5225, UWM 3057, SFM 3002 When performing nonlinear analysis, PARAM,AUTOSPC does not operate on the residual structure, PARAM,AUTOSPCR is provided for that function. However, PARAM,AUTOSPCR does not behave in the same way as AUTOSPC. It only operates on the o-set. Therefore, in nonlinear analysis using AUTOSPCR, many degrees of freedom may not be eliminated which would have been eliminated with AUTOSPC (e.g. DOFs 456 for solid models). This could result in various fatal messages such as "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6137 (DFMNRS/D) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 99 USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL","USER FATAL MESSAGE 5225. ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX KLLRH IN SUBROUTINE DCMP.", "User Warning Message 3057 Module=nliter,matrix CNVTST not positive definite","System Fatal Message 3002 illegal input to subrouti CR 5428 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - GIV, HOU, PARTN - UFM 2166 If an acoustic analysis model contains massless degrees of freedom and any transformation method of eigenvalue extraction is chosen (i.e., GIV, MGIV, HOU, MHOU, AGIV, AHOU) on the EIGR entry, then the run fails in the PARTN module and issues the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2166". This error exists in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 on the IBM RS/6000, SGI, HP 9000/700, SUN SUNOS and SUN SOLARIS systems only. It has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on all DEC, CONVEX and CRAY systems.
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Description
Known Error
CR 5428 Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance will be made available, however the simplest avoidance is to choose the Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction.
Known Error Product
CR 5429 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - VELOCITY - Meaningless Answers for Complex Acoustic Results In acoustic analysis if the user requests VELOCITY=ALL in the Case Control, then "COMPLEX ACOUSTIC RESULTS" are output for the fluid grid points only and the standard complex velocity is output for the structure point. This is by design intent. However, if the user requests VELOCITY=setid and the setid contains structural and fluid points, then the program attempts to output "COMPLEX ACOUSTIC RESULTS" for the structural points and meaningless data is output. Avoidance: The only avoidances are to request VELOCITY=ALL or define a set comprised entirely of fluid points. Data recovery for structural point may then be obtained in a subsequent restart.
Description
CR 5431 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - Superelements, IFP - UFM 2011, Misleading Message Superelements are no longer allowed in heat transfer problems (SOl 74,89,153,159). However, if the user attempts to use superelements, a misleading fatal message such as "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2011 NO PHBDY ENTRIES FOR CHBDYP" is issued. Avoidance: Use Solution 101 with app heat or remove the superelements.
Description
DMAP avoidance compile phase0, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref $ alter 32 $ type parm,nddl,logical,n, nlheat $ if ((nose > -1) and nlheat) then $ $ message //' ' $ message //'dmap fatal error: superelements are not allowed' $
Known Error
CR 5431 message //' in nonlinear heat transfer analysis' $ message //' ' $ exit $ $ endif $
CR 5435 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,POST, DBC - Missing Output When PARAM,POST,0 is used in a SOL 200 design optimization analysis incomplete data is output to the .XDB file. The results for first design cycle are missing from the output. The result for only the last design cycle is output to the XDB file. Also, the qualifier corresponding to the last design cycle (DSN=) incorrectly identifies the data as the first design cycle. i.e. the DSN was set to 1 instead of 5. This error effects MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on the IBM RS6000, SUN SUNOS, SUN SOLARIS, HP 9000/700 and SGI releases only. The error is corrected in Version 68 on the CRAY and all DEC releases. Avoidance: The following alter may be applied to avoid this error: compile super3 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 88 type parm,,i,n,descycl1 $ descycl1=descycle $
Description
CR 5437 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - SOL 153, RESTART, VIEW - Inefficient Restart In a nonlinear heat transfer restart with SOL 153 that does not change view factors; e.g., changes in boundary conditions, MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 unnecessarily recalculates the view factors . This error exists in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 on the IBM RS/6000, SGI, HP 9000/700, SUN SUNOS and SUN SOLARIS systems only. It has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on all DEC, CONVEX and CRAY systems.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter in the restart run(s):
Known Error
CR 5437 compile nlscsh souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 226 putsys(0,109) $ alter 227 putsys(1,109) $
CR 5442 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - PARTN, OTIME, DLOAD - UFM 2166 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, if the OTIME case control option is used to reduce the output and the problem has constant boundary conditions, fixed with SPC entries, but does not have a DLOAD, then the run fails and issues the following message " USER FATAL MESSAGE 2166, MATRIX TO BE PARTITIONED IS OF SIZE *** ROWS BY *** COLUMNS." Avoidance: Define at least one time-varying load using DLOAD in conjuction with TLOAD1 or TLOAD2 entries to fix the temperatures instead of the SPC entry. DMAP avoidance: compile sedisp, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref $ alter 194,195 $ MODACC CASEDR,OL1R,YS,,,/OL1DUM,YS1,,,/APP1 $ PARTN YS1,COLP,/YQ ,,,/1 $ SDR1 USET,,UL1,,YS1,GOA,GM, , , ,/UG,, / 1/'STATICS'/-1 $ endalter $
Description
CR 5443 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NEWS - Incomplete NEWS File The MSC/NASTRAN news file delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 on the HP, RS6000, SunOS, Solaris, and SGI is incomplete. The correct news file is listed below with "***" next to the lines omitted in the delivered news file:
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Known Error
CR 5443 Welcome to MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 adds the following major new capabilities: * Completely rewritten documentation, including online delivery * Shape optimization * Dynamic and acoustic optimization * Superelement optimization * Aeroelastic optimization * P-version elements and adaptivity * 3D slideline contact * Additional hyperelastic elements * Improved differential stiffness * Substantially enhanced heat transfer * Multiple boundary conditions in SOLs 101, 103, and 200 * Perform
CR 5444 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - ESE, MODES - Incorrect Labeling Element Strain Energy output is incorrectly labeled when the MODES command is used. If an ESE request is made for the first mode then all ESE output is labeled as mode 1. If no ESE request is made for the first mode, then all subsequent requests are labeled as mode 0. This error is a result of an attempt to fix error 3560. The correction to 3560 has been removed in Version 68.0.2 CR 5446 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GPFORCE - Meaningless Answers If a model is comprised entirely of P-elements, a request for GPFORCE is ignored. If the model contains P and H elements an attempt is made to process the GPFORCE request for the P-element internal grid points but the results are incorrect.
Description
Description Avoidance: Ignore GPFORCE output request for the P-element degrees of freedom. By default the IDs of the internal points are greater than 101000000. The ID of the first internal grid point may be adjusted by the user by setting SYSTEM(178) or its alias SYSTEM GNSTART.
CR 5448 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - Superelements - Mislabeled Output Upstream eigenvector data recovery in buckling analysis incorrectly identifies the output as the first subcase. The eigenvalue label is correct. CR 5454 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SEMAP - Wrong Resource Estimates In Version 67+ systems, the disk space estimate printed in the "Estimation Data for Superelement x" generated by SEMAP is not accurate. In Version 68, for large problems, the time estimates may also be quite meaningless since these formulas are based on nonsparse methods and the default solver is the sparse solver.
Description Avoidance: There is no complete avoidance. The time estimates from the DECOMP, FBS and MPYAD modules can be used instead. The DECOMP estimate is printed by default in the Execution Summary (f04 file). The MPYAD and FBS estimates can be obtained in the f04 file by requesting DIAG 19 in the executive control section. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5455 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT4, ASSIGN - UWM 6445, Incorrect Format On the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 SCO Unix system, if FORM=FORMATTED output is requested with the OUTPUT4 ASSIGN statement, then the OUTPUT4 file generated may not be in an 80 column format. This is most likely to occur if a nondefault number of significant digits is requested on the OUTPUT4 statement. The message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6445, INTPTYP, INPUTT4 FAILS WITH FORTRAN IOSTAT=10006" may also appear in the OUTPUT4 file. The values generated in the OUTPUT4 file are correct. Only the format is different. Avoidance: Add RECL=80 to the ASSIGN statement.
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CR 5458 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBCRT - SFM 446 If NASTRAN attempts to lock a database file that resides on a swap partition (memory), MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on the SUN 4 issues the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 446 (DBCRT) SFM 446 ERROR ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A FILE (LOGICAL= xxx ) FOR DBSET xxx WITH READ AND WRITE PRIVILEGES". The following message is also written to the log file: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE - bio_c.opnlck.fcntl A BIO operations on a GINO file has failed. File name: "filename" File descriptor: n. errno: 22 - Invalid argument Result: -1 This error normally occurs when /tmp is defined as a swap partition and SDIR=/tmp is set in an RC file. Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1) Direct the file to a non-swap partition. 2) Turn file-locking off by set
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Known Error Product
CR 5462 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - ESE, DBC, PARAM,POST - Missing Output from XDB, SWM 6065 If a modes analysis contains subcases that are not numbered sequentially from 1, then element strain energy data is not output to the XDB. The warning message "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 8 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCESE INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO PROCESS RELATIONAL REQUIREMENTS" is issued in the output file. This error was introduced by the correction to related errors 3560 and 3841. Avoidance: Other than numbering the subcases in sequential order there is no known avoidance.
Corrected Version 68.0.2 Abstract
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CR 5463 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RESTART, CSUPER - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN, if a CSUPER entry is added to a restart run to define an image superelement, the system modes may not be recalculated which can lead to wrong answers (related to error 3514). This error is most likely to occur if there are no grid points added in the restart run. Avoidance: Add a dummy grid point to the restart run. This grid point may be constrained in all six degrees of freedom.
Description
CR 5465 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - TABTST - System Fatal Error The example program TABTST, delivered as a utility program for MSC/NASTRAN Verion 68 and MSC/EMAS Version 3, contains a statement that is out of order. As a result of this error, the program loops until the buffers overflow and a system error occurs. Lines 216 and 317 of the TABTST source file read: IF(IN .NE. 0) GO TO 70 IUAP=0 The order of these two lines should be reversed, i.e., the correct order is:
Description IUAP=0 IF(IN .NE. 0) GO TO 70 This source file is found in: Unix: /msc68/util/tabtst.f VMS: [.UTIL]TABTST.FOR MVS: UTILSOU(TABTST) This error is present in all MSC/NASTRAN V68.0.X and MSC/EMAS Version 3.0.X systems.
Known Error
CR 5465
CR 5467 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - EIGRL - UFM 5401, UFM 5407 When using Lanczos for solution 105 with F1 and F2 blank on the EIGRL entry, the following messages may be issued: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5407. INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN A (SUB-)INTERVAL SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE. ACCEPTED EIGENVALUES AND ADDITIONAL ERROR MESSAGES MAY BE LISTED ABOVE. USER ACTION: RERUN WITH ANOTHER METHOD OR ANOTHER SETTING ON EIGRL ENTRY. Avoidance: Specify finite values for F1 and F2. Also, it is not recommended to use system cell 146=1 to reduce scratch space without the use of finite values for F1 and F2. Another avoidance is to set SHFSCL on the EIGRL entry near the absolute value of the lowest execpted root. Please se
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CR 5468 MSC / MD Nastran Miscelleneous - util build - makefile.inc fails The script file delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 for the util build command is incorrect. The following messages are issued: make ARCH=sunos EXE=../exe FFLAGS=-Bstatic build make: Warning: Can't find `../makefile.inc': No such file or directory make: Fatal error in reader: makefile, line 44: Read of include file `../makefile.inc' failed
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Known Error
CR 5468 This error occurs for the following machines: Sun SunOS, Sun Solaris, IBM RS/6000, HP, and SGI.
Avoidance: The corrected makefile follows: #!/bin/sh # # This is a shar file that will replace the util shell script and makefile. # # Change directory to install-dir/msc68/util and run this script using # sh, for example: # # sh util.shar # echo "Creating util" sed 's/^X//' << 'END_OF_util' > util X#!/bin/sh X# util X# X# Known Error Product Abstract CR 5469 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - Wrong answers For the complex Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction, an error exists that results in incorrect left eigenvectors. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. However, it is recommended that, if complex eigenvectors are an integral part of an analysis, the results be checked using the DMAP alter contained in Section 7.5 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Guide for Numerical Methods, Version 67 edition.
Description
CR 5471 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - BUFFPOOL - Confusing Messages The minimum BUFFPOOL value allowed is 15. If this minimum is violated, then in addition to the appropriate USER FATAL MESSAGE 1287, the following misleading fatal message appears:
Known Error
CR 5471 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1286 (SEMINT) THE VALUE SPECIFIED FOR NASTRAN SYSTEM CELL 119 IS 0 USER INFORMATION: THE VALUE MUST BE EQUAL TO -3 WHICH IS THE DEFAULT.
CR 5475 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INIT MASTER(NORAM), OUTPUT2 - UIM 1206 The message, "USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1206 (OUTPN2) THE DATABLOCK OQG1 /OQG IN AN OUTPUT2 REQUEST IS NOT DEFINED IN THE MSC/NASTRAN DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE (NDDL) THIS DATABLOCK WILL NOT BE TRANSLATED TO NEUTRAL FORMAT", is improperly issued when writing to a formatted OUTPUT2 file if INIT MASTER(NORAM) is used in the FMS section in an Unstructured Solution Sequence run of MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. Avoidance: Do one of the following. 1. Remove the INIT MASTER(NORAM) request from the FMS Section. 2. Use a Structured Solution Sequence (e.g., sol 101) instead.
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CR 5476 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - IBM RS/6000 - Unreadable 1/4" Tape, error 0511-193 The IBM RS/6000 MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 1/4" tape may not be readable if the block_size is changed. The following messages may be issued. tar xf /dev/rmt0.1 the AIX 3.2.5 OS issues an error 0511-193 The 1/4" tapes must have a block_size=512, the Installation & Operation Instructions page 4 indicate that the block size can be changed with 'chdev' command. The tape drive block_size can be only changed with 'smit' command.
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Known Error
CR 5476 Avoidance: Use the 'smit' command.
CR 5482 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Missing /msc68/util/archive directory The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 system delivered on the IBM RS/6000, SUN SUNOS, SUN SOLARIS, SGI, and HP does not contain the following directory and its contents:
Description install-dir/msc68/util/archive This directory contains the source for utilities delivered in previous versions of MSC/NASTRAN. Known Error Product CR 5483 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CHBDYE - Quick Reference Guide, Wrong Table for 20 Node HEXA Remark 7. under the documentation for the CHBDYE element on Page 367 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide contains an incorrect table for the 20 node HEXA element. The 20-noded HEXA should refer to the same table as the 8-noded HEXA. CR 5485 MSC / MD Nastran Migration - QUAD4, TRIA3, PSHELL - Convex Version 68 Only, Wrong Answers Migration of a Version 67 or 67.5 database that contains any elements that reference a PSHELL entry (i.e., QUAD4, QUADR, TRIA3, TRIAR, QUAD8, TRIA6) to MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on the Convex computer may result in incorrect answers for plate stresses. The incorrect answers result from the fibre distance not being migrated correctly. This error only affects the unstructured solution sequences. This error may also affect a database that is transferred to another machine.
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Known Error
CR 5485 Avoidance: This error is easily avoided by requesting SEMG=ALL in the Case Control. It is recommended that the first restart of any unstructured solution sequence database that contains PSHELL entries always request SEMG=ALL.
CR 5486 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYE, CTRIAX6 - Wrong Answers If a CHBDYE specifies a CTRIAX6 element for radiation or convection along the edge, wrong answers result because the area used for the CHBDYE option for the CTRIAX6 is incorrect.
Description
Avoidance: Use the CHBDYG,REV option to specify the edge of CTRIAX6 element Known Error Product CR 5489 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,CURV, PARAM,S1AM,1 - Wrong Answers Von Mises Strain The CURV module is used when stresses or strains are desired in the direction of the projection of the x-axis of a coordinate system onto a plate. However, the von Mises strain is incorrect if the CURV module is used with PARAM,S1AM,1. The strains in the direction of the coordinate system projection are correct, though. In addition, the von Mises stress is also incorrect if the CURV module is used with PARAM,S1M,1. Avoidance: Don't use the CURV module for strain Von Mises output. The correct value is obtained with normal strain output.
Description
CR 5490 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MPC, Nonlinear Analysis - Unexpected Answers In nonlinear static analysis, the MPC has been implemented in SOL 66 and
Known Error
CR 5490 later in SOL 106 to enforce the specified MPC condition within the Subcase. In other words, the MPC constraints for each subcase are applied incrementally to the pre-existing displacements from the prior subcase and they are not enforced in the original configuration as SPCs. If the displacements resulted certain values in the first Subcase, the MPC in the second Subcase will start from the value in the first Subcase and maintain the specified MPC condition within the specified Subcase.
This may not be consistent with the SPC specification or MPC specification in linear solutions. However, the initial design in 1980 adopted this convention and we have maintained upward compatibility since. I Known Error Product Abstract CR 5491 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SPOINT, EMA, PARTN - Infinite CPU Loop An error in EMA in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 may result in models with SPOINTS entering an infinite cpu loop in the PARTN module. This error only occurs when the model is not resequenced, i.e., PARAM,NEWSEQ,-1 is specified. Please also see related error 5640. Avoidance: Resequence the model. This can be accomplished by not specifying PARAM,NEWSEQ,-1 since method 3 is the default. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5494 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - UFM 2025 If the user defines the connecting grids in the gap element to be coincident (closer than 1.0e-3 in V68) and a coordinate system is not specified in field 9 of the CGAP entry, then the run should fail with User Fatal Message 6459. However, the Cray fails with the misleading message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM -1".
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Description
Known Error
CR 5494 Avoidance: Specify the coordinate system on the CGAP entry.
Known Error Product
CR 5495 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RFALTER, COMPILE - UFM 22, ERROR IN DMAP INSTRUCTION Many of the RFAlters delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0 on the IBM RS/6000, SGI, HP 9000/700, SUN SUNOS and SUN SOLARIS systems are incorrect and require minor modifications to COMPILE. The names of the RFAlters that are incorrect are: rf24d66.dat, rf26d66.dat, rf27d66.dat, rf3d66.dat, rf3d82.dat, rf47d66.dat, rf48d66.dat, rf61d66.dat, rf66d66.dat, rf5d66.dat, rf29d83.dat, rf30d83.dat, rf31d83.dat, rf48d83.dat, rf53d01.dat, rf61d01.dat, rf63d89.dat Avoidance: The error in the first nine alters listed above can be corrected by simply adding a comma at the end of the input block definition for the VECPLOT DMAP call. For example: Incorrect : VECPLOT UGV,BGPDT,EQEXIN,CSTM,CASECC,,/UGVB//0/1 $ Correct : VECPLOT UGV,BGPDT,EQEXIN,CSTM,CASECC,,,/UGVB//0/1 $ -----------
Description
CR 5497 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - SUPORT - Missing Output In SOL 101 with a SUPORT entry (i.e., inertia relief), the forces of single point constraint at the SUPORT entry are not output when the job is submitted with a scratch database (i.e., SCR=YES on the nastran submit command). The user should be aware that although the forces of single point constraint at the SUPORT entry has been traditionally output, that there is no physical reaction at the SUPORT point. The SUPORT entry signifies an inertia relief analysis where the applied loads are balanced by the inertia of the structure. Avoidance: The easiest avoidance is to submit the job with SCR=NO on the nastran submit command.
Description
CR 5499 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYG, HEXA - UFM 6193, UFM 4551 If 20 node HEXA elements are used with 8 different ambient points specified, then MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 fails with the message: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6193, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BISECTIONS OR MINIMUM LOAD STEP HAS BEEN REACHED. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551, STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FAILED CONVERGENCE
Description
Avoidance: It is very unusual that the user needs to specify all eight ambient points for convection, traditionally only one ambient point is used for convection. The user may avoid this error by: 1) Use 20 node HEXA and CHBDYG,AREA8 but on the CONV entry only asked for one ambient point or 8 identical ambient pointS. 2) If more ambient points are needed, then the user can use a 20 node HEXA but two CHBDYG,AREA6 need to be defined for the face convection. Please note t
CR 5501 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - SOL 101, EMG - SFM 4276, EC 7777 If a linear heat transfer analysis is attempted in SOL 101 on MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on the DEC ALPHA VMS or OSF/1 systems the run may fail in EMG and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777" is printed to the output file. Avoidance: Execute the job in SOL 153. This requires the addition of an NLPARM Case Control and Bulk Data entry.
Description
CR 5503 MSC / MD Nastran Single Point Constraints - SUPORT1 - Wrong Answers, Missing Fatal Message
Known Error
CR 5503 If the SUPORT1 entry is incorrectly defined, i.e. it references a nonexistent grid point, the entry is ignored and no messages are output. This can lead to a singularity problem in a static analysis and no suport point being applied in dynamic analysis. This error only occurs in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 since this entry is first introduced in Version 68. Avoidance: Correct the offending SUPORT1 entry.
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CR 5505 MSC / MD Nastran P Elements - Geometry Evaluator for Discontinuous Parameters - UFM 4659 For geometric curves and surfaces which do not have uniquely defined parameters, elements which cross the discontinuous points may be mapped incorrectly. For instance, an element edge which crosses from theta=350 to 10 on a circle may be mapped as a 340 degree arc rather than a 20 degree arc. This can result in the error:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659 (EMGPSD) DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = BAD GEOMETRY HAS BEEN DETECTED. An avoidance is to define the curve or surface so that no discontinuous points exist, which may involve breaking up the existing entries. For instance, the above curve could be defined from -180 to +180 rather than 0 to 360.
CR 5506 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GMBC - Unclear Documentation A GMBC entry with an LID=0, will not impose a nonzero enforced displacement. The appropriate degrees of freedom are constrained, but to zero instead of the displacement value specified on the entry. The program should be changed to enforce the displacement value. The documentation states that for LID>0, both SPC and SPCD entries are generated;
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Known Error
CR 5506 for LID=0, only SPC entries are generated. This documentation is meant to imply that displacements would be zero and that nonzero specifications would be ignored. However, this is confusing since the SPC can also have displacement values, leading the user to believe those values would be imposed.
This error has an additional related consequence. The displacement value for the GMBC is being lost if the GMBC is part of an SPCADD, even if Known Error Product Abstract CR 5511 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PARAM,OPPHIPA - Missing Output If there are extra points and the user requests normal modes output at the aerodynamic grid points using PARAM OPPHIPA, the expected results do not appear in the correct location. The eigenvector results are null for the aerodynamic grid points. Description Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance follows: compile opph souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 15,15 NOIS=NOMDS-NOUE $ MATGEN ,/PHPV/6/NOMDS/NOIS/NOUE $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 5512 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CORD2i, GP1 - SFM 4276, EC 46 If a CORD2i entry references a coordinate system that does not exist, then the job may fail with the following unclear message: Description SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GCP ERROR CODE 46 Avoidance: Other than locating and correcting the entry in error, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5514 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - GPSP - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 5514 When some DOFs of a grid point are attached to rigid elements it may defeat the AUTOSPC function for the remaining DOFs. This was observed on a client problem where two rotations at one grid point were connected to a rigid element, but the third was not. It happens that this DOF has a very small stiffness due to a pin flag on a beam element. The stiffness would be identically zero except for roundoff effects. The evidence was that the eigenvector value for this point was 8 orders of magnitude larger than any other eigenvector DOF. Avoidance: A method to avoid this behavior, once observed, is stabilize this point with a stiffness value or other type of constraint. In this instance, when a ground spring of 1.E-10 was added to this DOF its eigenvector values approached zero. Another
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Known Error Product
CR 5515 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL, SYSTEM(194), FASTIO - Incorrect Eigenvectors The Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction produces incorrect eigenvectors when the NASTRAN keyword FASTIO (alternatively NASTRAN SYSTEM(194)=1) is set to 1. This error is corrected in Version 68.0.2 to be available on all platforms. Avoidance: Do not select the FASTIO option.
Description
CR 5516 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOL 200, COMPILER, DESOPT, DPD1 - Infinite CPU Loop An attempt to COMPILE the entire SOL 200 DMAP with the REF option specified in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.1 on CRAY computers may result in an infinite cpu loop. Avoidance: Either do not request the REF option or COMPILE individual subDMAPs
Description
Known Error
CR 5516 separately.
CR 5527 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary, OUTPUT2 - Incorrect Description The OUTPUT2 records description for records 25 and 26 are incorrect in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 User's Manual (Volume II Page 5.4-161). Records 25 and 26 are repeated for each column and their description needs to be the same as records 20 and 21. CR 5529 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2 - Extra Output If PARAM,POST,-2 is used in Version 68 of MSC/NASTRAN, then stress and force data is written to the OUTPUT2 file twice. The data is written to the OUTPUT2 file twice since both sets of data blocks OES1,OEF1 and OES1X, OEF1X are output. Avoidance: There are two avoidances.
Description
1. Include PARAM,PATVER,2.0 in the bulk data deck. 2. Use the following alter. COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 307,307 IF ( POST=-2 AND APP='NLST' AND SEID=0 ) THEN $
CR 5530 MSC / MD Nastran Limitation on Problem Size - SPOINT - SFM 4203 A day one limit in MSC/NASTRAN limits the number of SPOINTs to 32,000. CR 5538 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESOBJ - Untrapped User Input Error The DESOBJ case control command specifies minimization or maximization
Known Error
CR 5538 of the objective function. Section 7.3 of the Version 68 Design Sensitivity and Optimization User Guide documents TPL test problem D200X5 and indicates DESOBJ(MIN,MAX). The code should trap this input error but instead the first string, in this case MIN. Thus, DESOBJ(MIN,MAX) minimizes the function, and DESOBJ(MAX,MIN) maximizes the function. This error is fixed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 by issuing "USER WARNING MESSAGE 639 (IFP1D) YOU MAY NOT SPECIFY BOTH MAX AND MIN FOR OBJECTIVE THE DEFAULT VALUE OF MIN WILL BE USED".
CR 5540 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Release Notes for Version 68 The Release Notes for Version 68 contain the following errors in Chapter 4 which describes the enhancements for Design Optimization. 1. In the middle of page 84 the following line is printed and should be removed since it is not correct. The sentence prior to this sentence describes the restrictions correctly.
Description
" Superelements are not supported either in the primary model or in the auxiliary boundry models." 2. The example problem specified on page 85, 86 and 87 is in the Version 67.7 format. The converted deck for Version 68 may be found in the directory $MSC_BASE/msc68/nast68/misc/doc/desopt. The deck names are d200x3.dat d200x3s.dat.
CR 5541 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ESE, PUNCH - Missing SUBCASE ID Punched Element Strain Energy (ESE) is missing the value for the SUBCASE ID. This error occurs on all Version 68.0.0 and 68.0.1 systems. This error resulted from an attempt to correct error 3560. MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.2 removes the correction to error 3560 to correct this error. Please not
Description
Known Error
CR 5541 that this error is considered fixed in 68.0.2 and later systems even though the subcase identifier is not always correct. The punched subcase identifier has the same limitations as the f06 output. Please see errors 3560 and 3841. Avoidance: Either request Version 68.0.2 or use Version 67.5.
CR 5544 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - SPCFORCE,MPCFORCE - Excessive CPU time If SPCFORCEs or MPCFORCEs are requested in SOL 112 and PARAM,DDRMM is 0 (default), then their computation can take a substantial amount of CPU time compared to Version 67.5. (Version 68 only). Avoidance: Do not request MPCForce or SPCForce output or insert the following DMAP alter: compile cforce souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 9,13 EQUIVX UhY/UY0/-1 $ alter 21,21 IF ( NOMXY>-1 ) MPYAD MXY1,uy,/QMX1 $ IF ( NOMXY>-1 ) MPYAD QMX1,ACCE,/QMX $ alter 23,23 MPYAD BXY1,uy,/ QBX1 $ MPYAD QBX1,VELO,/QBX $ alter 29,29 MPYAD KXY1, uy, / QKX1 $ MPYAD QKX1, disp, / QKX $ endalter CR 5545 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,POST,-2 - OGPFB1 Not Written to OUTPUT2 The Grid Point Force datablock is not output to the OUTPUT2 file when PARAM,POST,-2 is specified, even though the documentation claims otherwise. Furthermore, attempting to force this output by including PARAM,OGPF,YES does not work.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 5545 Avoidance: For Version 68 use the following DMAP avoidance, COMPILE sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 270,270 IF ( OGPF='YES' ) THEN $ ENDALTER
For version 67.5 include the following DMAP alter COMPILE sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 260,260 IF ( OGPF='YES' ) THEN $ ENDALTER
CR 5549 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - ESE, OUTPUT2, PARAM,POST,-2 - Wrong Datablock Output In solution 103, PARAM,POST,-2 OUTPUT2s the LAMA datablock as OLB. This causes problems for the SDRC Dataloader program. The LAMA table is only needed if element strain energy output is requested for SDRC/IDEAS. This error occurs in Version 67.5 and 68. Avoidance: The error may be avoided by using the following DMAP alters.
Version 67.5 DMAP avoidance: compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 271,271 $ v67.5 matmod olbm,,,,,/lama,/13 $ output2 lama,onrgy2//otape2/ounit2//omaxr $ ------------------------------------------------------Version 68 DMAP avoidance: COMPILE SEMODES SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF $ ALTER 115 $ CALL DBSTORE LAMA,,,,//0/0/'DBALL'/0 $ COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF $ ALTER 93,93 $ CALL SDRCFIX OUGV1/DUM/OTAPE2/O
Description
CR 5554 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - EMA, CORDi - Wrong Answers If p-elements are mixed with h-elements and grid points that are attached to the h-elements have an output coordinate system specified other than the basic coordinate system, then the transformation to the global coordinate system is not performed. This leads to an incorrect stiffness matrix and wrong answers. Avoidance: If h-p elements the output coordinate system should be the basic system throughout the model.
Description
CR 5555 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CORD1 - UFM 2004 CORD1-type coordinate systems cannot be used as either the location coordinate system or the output coordinate system for grids in one superelement if the grids used to define the CORD1 coordinate system belong to another superelement. The job will end with one of the following USER FATAL MESSAGES: 2004, 2006, 2104. Similarly, CORD1-type coordinate systems should not be referenced on SURFACE or VOLUME GPRSTRESS requests if superelements are present. Otherwise, GPSTRESS results will be missing for superelements which do not recognize the coordinate system and USER WARNING MESSAGE 4598 will be issued.
Description
Avoidance: Use CORD2 type description. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5556 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Design Optimization User's Guide - Incomplete Data Listing Listing 7-7 in the Design Optimization User's Guide for Version 68 is missing a few lines of input data. This data is the Von Mises stress constraint data for the analytic boundary shapes example in Section 7.6 of the guide.
Known Error
CR 5556 Avoidance: Refer to the TPL deck D200AM3.dat for the correct listing. The documentation will be updated in Version 69. A new user's guide based on MSC.Nastran 2004 has been developed and is now available electronically and will soon be in hardcover. EHJ 1/2004
CR 5557 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - MCE2, MPC, SOl 159 - UFM 5423 Solution 159, nonlinear transient heat transfer, with a stuctural problem that contains an MPC fails with the following fatal message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5)". This message is output from the MCE2 module in subdmap SEMR2. The same problem runs to completion in SOL 129 with a correct solution. Avoidance: Use solution 129 for the nonlinear structural problems.
Description
CR 5560 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-1/-2 - UIM 1206 and Missing Output When using param,post,-1 or -2, param,patver,2.0 and/or param,ougcord,basic, and form = formatted on the ASSIGN OUTPUT2 statement the following message is issued: 0*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1206 (OUTPN2) THE DATABLOCK ***/*** IN AN OUTPUT2 REQUEST IS NOT DEFINED IN THE MSC/NASTRAN DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE (NDDL) THIS DATABLOCK WILL NOT BE TRANSLATED TO NEUTRAL FORMAT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP Alter: compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou,nolist,noref $ alter 74,74 $ output2 ougv1pat//otape2/ounit2//omaxr/'oug' $ alter 78,78 $
Description
Known Error
CR 5560 output2 bophig//otape2/ounit2//omaxr/'oug' $ alter 81,81 $ output2 bougv1//otape2/ounit2//omaxr/'oug' $
CR 5563 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ACCT=YES - Missing Data, Will Not Create New File. The MSC accounting function in the nast68 script, which is called out on the submittal line with the command acct=yes, has several errors: 1) The username, product, and version are blank in the accounting file. 2) If the acct file does not exist, the script does not create a new acct/mscYYMM.acct file. Avoidance: To correct the second item comment out the following lines in the nast68 script: # test -w "$MSC_ACCT" || { # echo "No permission to write accounting file $MSC_ACCT" # MSC_ACCT="" #} or create a new accounting file every month. However, the best alternative is to use the Nastran 68.0.2/Emas 3.0.2 script.
Description
CR 5565 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2 - Tables Misidentified as Scalar Matrices Some tables may be misidentified as scalar matrices during OUTPUT2 neutral processing. The error occurs when the datablock trailer meets all three of the following conditions:
Description
1. The trailer word 4 is greater than or equal to 13. 2. The trailer word 2 is greater than 0 OR trailer word 3 is greater than 0. 3. The trailer word 5 is between 1 and 4, inclusively. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 5567 Optimization/Design Sensitivity Analysis - SOL 101, AXMPR1- SFM 3001 If auxiliary models are defined in SOLs 101 through 159 then the run will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 being issued from the AXMPR1 module. Avoidance: Remove all auxiliary models.
Description
CR 5568 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V68 Quick Reference Guide - PARAM,PATVER The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide documentation for PARAM,PATVER,2.0 incorrectly indicates that the OES1X datablock is output. This error is corrected in the 2nd printing of the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide. CR 5569 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MACOFP - Infinite Loop If spill logic is necessary in the MACOFP module, then the module may go into an infinite cpu loop. Note that the MACOFP module is only used in user DMAPs.
Description
Avoidance: Because the VAX has a smaller default buffsize then other systems, this error has only been observed on the VAX VMS system. The avoidance is to increase buffsize. A value of 4 times the default is suggested.
CR 5570 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity - CBEND, DVSET - UFM 316, UFM 2040, SFM 5037 According to Remark 7 in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide for the DVSET entry there is a way to perform design sensitivity analysis on the BEND element using the original design sensitivity capability of SOl 53. However, if this is attempted, the analysis fails with the following fatal messages: 1. "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA CARD
Description
Known Error
CR 5570 DVSET 111 SORTED CARD COUNT = 3" 2. "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5037 UNEXPECTED EOR READING DVSET CARDS OFF EDT-DSTA MODULE TERMINATED IN DSTA" 3. "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2040, SINGULAR MATRIX FOR ELEMENT 1" Avoidance: Replace the BEND element with multiple BAR elements.
CR 5571 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GPOA, HEXA20, PENTA15, TETRA10 - UFM 6390 If h-elements with midside nodes (HEXA20, PENTA15, TETRA10) occur in a model with p-elements, the analysis fatals and the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6390, (GPOA), ELEMENT ID = *** TYPE HEXA20 OR PENTA15 AND/OR TETRA10 ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN PELEMENT ANALYSIS" is output. The analysis should be allowed to proceed if the midside nodes do not occur on the edge of a p-element. In addition, the error message reports the Property ID instead of the Element ID. Avoidance: Remove the midside nodes from the aforementioned helements.
Description
CR 5572 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - FEFACE, GMSURF - SFM 3007 When the SURFID field of the FEFACE entry is specified and there are no corrosponding GMSURF entries, then the following poor message is issued, "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = GP0 ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE EVLCRD FATAL ERROR". Avoidance : Remove the SURFID fields on the FEFACE entries if the corrosponding GMSURF entries do not exist.
Description
CR 5573 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RESTART - Inefficient Restart In nonlinear analysis restarts, some residual error may be inadvertently carried over from the previous run. This may cause extra iterations to convergence when compared to an equivalent run that executes the identical load path in a single run.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 307,307 $ V681T1 MPYAD KGG0,UGNH,PGNL/QQGNX $ UPARTN USETNL,QQGNX/,QQSVI,,/'G'/'F'/'S'/1 $ SET F-SET COMPONENTS UMERGE1 USETNL,,QQSVI,,/QQGNI/'G'/'F'/'S'/1 $ TO ZERO MAY 23, 1995
Known Error Product
CR 5575 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM, POST,-1,-2, PARAM,CHECKOUT - Incorrect Documentation In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, geometry OUTPUT2 datablocks for PARAM,POST,-1 or PARAM,POST,-2 are written to the unit specified by PARAM,OUNIT1 which defaults FORTRAN unit 11 whenever PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES is used. This is contrary to Quick Reference Guide documentation for PARAM,POST which states that the geometry datablocks are written to the unit specified by PARAM,OUNIT2 which defaults to FORTRAN unit 12. CR 5578 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Unable to Locate the Decompression Program The local tape option cannot be used to install MSC/NASTRAN V68 or MSC/EMAS V3 on a Cray system where the tape mount daemon, tpdaemon, is running. The tape mount deamon runs on ALL Cray mainframe systems; it is an option on EL systems. Instead, the tape is mounted using tpmnt and used by
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Known Error
CR 5578 mscsetup as a local disk archive file. Avoidance: The commands to load MSC/NASTRAN V68 or MSC/EMAS V3 when tpdaemon is running are: # Mount the tape files. Note: must be 1 to 6 characters. $ rsv TAPE $ tpmnt -l nl -v -p /tmp/MSC68.1 -q 1 -b 10240 -g TAPE -r out $ tpmnt -l nl -v -p /tmp/MSC68.2 -q 2 -b 10240 -g TAPE -r out -w # Extract mscsetup et al $ tar xvf /tmp/MSC68.1 # Run mscsetp $ sh mscsetup . . . 3 <- Select a loca
CR 5579 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis - TRLG - UFM 4562 When performing a transient nonlinear analysis (Sol 129) with superelements, the fatal message " USER FATAL MESSAGE 4562, TSTEP (TIME STEP) DATA IS MISSING" is output when attempting data recovery on the first non-residual superelement. This is a Version 68 only error.
Description
Avoidance: Remove all requests for SPCFORCEs, MPCFORCEs, OLOADs from the superelement subcases or insert the following DMAP avoidance. COMPILE SEDISP SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 180 NONLNR0=NONLNR $ THATS A ZERO AT THE END OF NONLNR0 ALTER 218,218 IF ( SEID<>0 AND (NOQG>-1 OR NOQMG>-1) AND NOT(APP='CEIGEN') AND NOT(NONLNR) ) THEN $
CR 5583 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Install Script, NFS - No Read/Write Access to Filname++ The nastran script in 68.0.0 and 68.0.1 uses the plus sign, `+', as a delimiter when processing the command line. Unfortunately, this character is typically used by NFS on the Cray to generate temporary filenames. As a result, filenames using the plus sign are mangled on the Cray. This error has been corrected in Version 68.0.2 by using the ampersand, `&', as the delimiter. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5586 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - VECPLOT, PARAM,GRDPNT - Wrong Answers for Resultants Setting PARAM,GRDPNT to other than 0 may result in wrong answers for the OLOAD RESULTANT and SPCFORCE RESULTANT in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. This error may also cause VECPLOT option 4 to give incorrect Rigid Body Vectors, which can cause "clean" models to fail rigid body motion checks. Such checks are performed, for example, in the model checkout alters (checka) in the SSSALTER directory. This error may also cause wrong answers in Inertia Relief (PARAM,INREL,-1 or INRLM,1) since the vecplot module is utilized in inertia relief for computation of rigid body motion vectors. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 5590 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - EMA - Wrong Answers If p-elements are mixed with scalar h-elements such as CELASi, then the scalar elements are not assembled to the global matrix and wrong answers occur. Avoidance: Use non scalar elements such as the CROD in place of scalar elements.
Description
CR 5591 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMLOAD, GMSURF, GMBC - Wrong Answers, UWM 6498 When doing p-element analysis with MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on CRAY computers, incorrect results occur for problems with loads defined with convective coordinate systems. The incorrect results are preceded by the USER WARNING MESSAGE 6498 which indicates that the equation evaluator is having difficulty converging. Avoidance: Don't define loads with convective coordinate systems.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5596 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,CURV,1 - USER WARNING MESSAGE XXXX. (CURVIT1) If PARAM,CURV,1 is specified to request element stress and/or strain output to be computed in a material coordinate system or to interpolate the data to grid points in a run with fewer than 3 elements that are not colinear, then the following unnumbered message occurs: USER WARNING MESSAGE XXXX. (CURVIT-1) LOCAL INTERPOLATION USING INDEPENDENT VALUES WITHIN RANGE OF THE 0-TH SORTED ORDER GRID ID INVOLVED WITH RESPECT TO MATERIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 1 CAN NOT BE COMPLETED. ILL-CONDITION MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM ALIGNMENT OF INDEPENDENT VALUE COORDINATES. OUTPUT FOR THE GRID ID IN QUESTION WILL NOT APPEAR. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,OG,-1.
Description
CR 5597 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CHBDYE - Quick Reference Guide Remark 3 on page 366 of MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide
Known Error
CR 5597 should be removed because the front face of a surface element is not always associated with the outward normal vector. The user should consult the table on Page 367 of the Guide to determine the normal orientation.
Known Error Product
CR 5598 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - PARAM,POST,-1 PARAM,PATVER,2.0 - Missing Displacements in OUTPUT2 file In Buckling Analysis (SOL 105) when DISP=ALL is used along with PARAM,POST,-1 and PARAM,PATVER,2.0 the OUTPUT2 file (fort.12) does not contain the displacement information for the buckling modes.
Description
Avoidance: The avoidance is to include the following alter, SOL 105 COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU ALTER 208 $ OUTPUT2 OUGV1//OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR $
CR 5599 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1 - Wrong Answers If a DVPREL1 bulk data entry has a COEFi value of 0.0 and there are also DVPREL2 entries, wrong answers are produced for sensitivity results and therefore for optimization. A similar error is produced if a DVPREL1 entry references more than one design variable and there are DVPREL2 entries. This is a Version 68 only. Avoidance: An avoidance for the COEFi= 0.0 is to delete the 0.0 values or replace them with very small values. There is no avoidance for the multiple desgin variable reference.
Description
CR 5601 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RFLAG.V68 - Fatal Messages
Known Error
CR 5601 In MSC/NASTRAN 68.0.0 there are two versions of the Lagrange Multiplier Technique alters on the delivery tape. One is in the SSSALTER directory and an old noncurrent copy is in the TPL. Avoidance: Use the alter in the SSSALTER library.
Description
CR 5615 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2, .XDB - Missing Eigenvalue Data When p-elements are used in normal modes, and stress/strain output is requested, the eigenvalue data is missing from the OES1 data block in the OUTPUT2 and .XDB files. This means that post-processors do not have access to the eigenvalues. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5616 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAGONAL - UFM 5250 The DIAGONAL module issues the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5250, RAISING A NEGATIVE NUMBER TO A NON-INTEGER EXPONENT IS NOT ALLOWED" incorrectly for integer exponents when the matrix element is negative. The message should only be issued for exponents which are not integers. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 5620 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT2, PARAM,POST - SFM 6551 (INPTX2) "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551(INPTX2) A READ ERROR WAS DETECTED ON UNIT XX DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING" may be encountered on MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.2 on CONVEX computers when reading unformatted OUTPUT2 data. Avoidance: OUTPUT2 and INPUTT2 the necessary data specifying "FORMATTED"
Description
Known Error
CR 5620 on the associated ASSIGN statement.
CR 5621 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - BEAM - Missing Force Output for BEAM If a BEAM's forces are zero, the force results for end A of the BEAM may not be output. This has only been observed on the CONVEX, however, there is the potential for this error to occur on other machines. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5622 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBEAM - Incorrect Coordinate System Remark 10 under the documentation for the PBEAM entry is incorrect. The remark indicates that the I1, I2 and I12 values are the Izz(elem), etc. The reference to (elem) is not correct. The I1, I2 and I12 are determined with respect to the neutral axis not the element (shear center) coordinate system. This documentation error is addressed in the 2nd printing of the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide. CR 5626 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SPARSE - UWM 4698 When running sparse decomposition in solution 106, the message: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698, STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX ***. THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAV FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN *** OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL" does not list the grids/dofs corresponding to the negative diagonal terms.
Description
Description
It will however list the DOF's corresponding to factor diagonal ratios greater than MAXRATIO. Avoidance: Run the job with SPARSE=1 to identify the negative diagonal
Known Error
CR 5626 terms.
CR 5627 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CORD1S, CORD2S - UFM 2104 If superelements are used in conjunction with spherical coordinate systems (i.e. CORD1s or CORD2S) in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, then the following fatal message occurs, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2104, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM".
Description
Avoidance: Remove the Superelements, use a non-spherical coordinate system or use a prior version of MSC/NASTRAN. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5633 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Ghostview - Collection NAME.cfg Failed to Open MSC/NASTRAN Encyclopedia sometimes issues messages such as "... collection NAME.cfg failed to open", if there are other unrelated .cfg files in the filesystem. Avoidance: These messages have no consequence to the operation of the Encyclopedia and can be safely ignored. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5636 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - PARAM, AUTOSPC, YES - Wrong Answers If PARAM, AUTOSPC, YES is specified in cyclic symmetry analysis with dihedral symmetry (STYPE="DIH" on the CYSYM Bulk Data entry), then grids and components specified on the CYJOIN or CYAX Bulk Data entries may be constrained improperly by the AUTOSPC operation. PARAM, AUTOSPC, YES is the default in SOLs 81, 82, 83, 88, 114, 115, and 118; and NO is the default in SOLs 47, 48, 77,
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 5636 and 78. This is an error in Versions 67, 67.5, 67.7, 67R2 and 68 only. Note that it is the design intent of the GPSP module to not constrain any degrees of freedom on the CYJOIN entry. It is the responsibility of the user to constrain any singular degrees of freedom on the CYJOIN entry. For example, in a solids model it is the user's responsibility to constrain the rotational degrees of freedom on the CYJOIN
CR 5639 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - VECPLOT - Wrong Answers for Moment Resultants Whenever there is a CID for edges or faces of p-elements, the OLOAD and SPCFORCE RESULTANTS for the moments are incorrect. See related error report 5586.
Description Avoidance: Other than not specifying a CID for edges and faces of the pelements, there is no avoidance.
CR 5640 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP , SPOINT - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.0, when the stiffness matrix is dense, wrong answers may result if there are scalar points (SPOINT) in the model. Wrong answers can only occur if structural elements attach to the SPOINTs. Thus, models that include SPOINTs only to be used as q-set degrees of freedom need not be concerned. This error is related to error 5491.
Description Avoidance: Replace all SPOINTs with GRID points. (If the SPOINTs were used for beam warping degrees of freedom, constrain D.O.F.s 23456.)
CR 5642 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Linear Static Analysis User's Guide - Incorrect PBEAM entry The PBEAM entry shown in Listing 4-4 (page 87) of the MSC/NASTRAN Linear
Known Error
CR 5642 Static Analysis User's Guide is incorrect for the example beam. Note that the displacement output shown on page 88 will change with the modified PBEAM entry. Avoidance: Replace the PBEAM entry shown in Listing 4-4 with the following PBEAM entry.
PBEAM 11 21 12.000 56.000 17.000 3.930 -3.000 .867 -3.000 4.867 3.000 4.867 3.000 .867 YES .100 10.830 45.612 13.847 3.201 -2.850 .824 -2.850 4.624 2.850 4.624 2.850 .824 YES .200 9.720 36.742 11.154 2.579 -2.700 .780 -2.700 4.380 2.700 4.380 2.700 .780 YES .300 8.670 29.232 8.874 Known Error Product CR 5644 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Iview - mscdoc1 Script Only Allows Default Iview File When using the MSC/NASTRAN Online Documentation, the SGI/IRIX systems attempts to use the default Iview file even if there is an Iview file in the user's HOME directory and even if the MSCDOC_IVIEWFILEDIR is explicitly specified.
Description
Avoidance: Comment out lines 152-160 from the script $MSC_DOCBASE/bin/mscdoc1. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5646 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - FFIO has problems with nqs and nast68 script There are two problems that can prevent MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0.2 running under NQS from using EIEIO. The first error involves NQS generated filenames. These filenames include a `.', e.g., `/tmp/nqs.++++107Yo'. When nastran generates unique filenames, it adds `N$$.sec' where $$ is the pid and sec is the seconds in the time, so the complete filename looks like `/tmp/nqs.++++107Yo/N13634.17.SCRATCH'.
Description
Known Error
CR 5646 Unfortunately, EIEIO fails to recognize that a name of this pattern should be matched by the string '*.SCR*'. The second problem occurs when the FF_IO_OPTS and FF_IO_DEFAULT are set in both an RC file and as environmental variables, the RC file values override the environmental variables. In Version 67.5, the environmental variable overrode the RC file variables (this is the correct beh
CR 5647 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Analysis - BCONP - UFM 6309 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6309, (BGLSCW ) GRID POINT ID = xxxx REFERRED IN BOTH SLAVE AND MASTER REGIONS FOR BCONP ENTRY ID = yyyy USER ACTION : DO NOT INCLUDE A GRID POINT IN SLAVE AND MASTER REGIONS.", may incorrectly occur with slidelines when one of the following 2 conditions are met:
Description
1) Two or more master segments overlap (i.e., share one or more grids). 2) One master is connected to more than one slave segment on various BCONP entries, and there are two or more slave segments that consist of a single point (i.e. "a slave point" instead of a "slave segment"). Avoidance: The only known avoidance is to eliminate the occurrence of the conditions above.
CR 5650 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - UWM 979, Missing Plots Requests In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, if more than three XYPLOTs are requested for any given frame, then the message, "USER WARNING MESSAGE 979, AN XYOUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID * -****- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK ***", may be issued and some requested plots are skipped.
Description
Known Error
CR 5650 Avoidance: When using XYPLOT do not request more than three plots per frame.
CR 5654 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling - Missing Eigenvector Output There is no way to get the nonlinear buckling eigenvectors printed or sent to an output2 file. In the buckling restart with PARAM,BUCKLE the request for any output2 data via PARAM,POST is ignored. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter:
Description
compile nlstatic, nolist noref$ alter 530 equivx ophig/ougv1/always $ alter 543 output2 ougv1//0/ounit2//omaxr $ ofp ophig// $ Put $ in col 1 if don't want eigenvector to be printed CR 5656 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GRDSET - SEID Field is Not a Documented Option The GRDSET bulk data entry can be used to define the default values of the CP,CD,PS and SEID fields for all GRID entries in the model. However, all versions of the Quick Reference Guide and the User's Manual give no indication that the GRDSET entry may be used for the SEID field. The 2nd printing of the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide has been updated to reflect this capability.
Description
CR 5660 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GPFORCE - Missing output When a GPFORCE = (Set ID) is used, then there may be missing GPFORCE output in the .F06 and the punch file.
Known Error
CR 5660 Avoidance: Specify GPFORCE=all. Best way to get around this error is to specify dummy temperature load as follows; case control card, temp(load) = setid bulk data card, tempd, setid, tref (see field 8th of mat1 card )
CR 5663 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD8, TRIA6 - Wrong Mass Matrix If midside nodes are used on QUAD8 or TRIA6 elements and a midside node is specified after an omitted midside node, then the mass matrix for the element is incorrect. The error for the individual element may be significant, up to 25%. However, in most models where midside nodes are only deleted in a few percent of the total elements, for example in a transition region, the error in the individual element should not significantly affect the results. Avoidance: Do not specify a midside node after an omitted midside node.
Description
CR 5664 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - PLOTEL - Inefficient Restarts If a PLOTEL is the only modification in a restart, the solution will be unnecessarily re-executed.
Description Avoidance: Other than not modifying the PLOTEL, there is no other avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5666 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - File Locking - Job Hangs MSC/NASTRAN V68 and MSC/EMAS V3 may hang in link 1 if file locking is enabled under SunOS 4.1.3_U1 (a.k.a. Solaris 1.1.1). It is not known if the problem is present in both Version A and Version B or if it is restricted to only one of these versions.
Description
Known Error
CR 5666 Avoidance: Disable file locking by setting the following system cell: NASTRAN SYSTEM(207)=1 This system cell can be set in an RC file, the architecture RC file is preferred. The name of the architecture RC file is (/conf/sunos/nast68rc, /conf/sunos/emas3rc). Alternatively, each affected user's home RC file may be set. The name of the home RC file is ($HOME/.nast68rc, $HOME/.emas3rc). This may be preferred in a file server environment where only a few of the SunOS systems using MSC/NASTRAN V68 or MSC/
CR 5667 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Acoustics, MODACC - SFM 3001 If ANALYSIS=STATICS or SAERO is requested in SOL 200 along with an acoustic analysis with ANALYSIS=MFREQ or MTRAN, then the run fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001" is output in the MODACC module.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE PHASE0 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 374,374 IF ( FSCOUP AND NOT(DESOPT) AND (STATICS OR CYCLIC OR NLHEAT OR AERO) ) THEN $
CR 5668 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UMERGE1 - UFM 1126 on data block K4DD If structural damping is defined in SOL 200 then "USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126" may be issued for data block K4DD in module UMERGE1 in subDMAP DPD1. UFM 1126 may also be issued for data block GOD if an o-set exists and for data block GMD if multipoint constraints (rigid elements or MPCs) are present.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP Alter.
Known Error
CR 5668 COMPILE DPD1 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 7 FILE K4DD=OVRWRT/GOD=OVRWRT/GMD=OVRWRT $
CR 5672 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - UFM 307 - Bad Error Message If a 0 (zero) character or blank is placed in front of a bulk data entry, then USER FATAL MESSAGE 307 is issued. However, the bulk data entry name listed in the message is an unintelligible series of characters. See also see 1-10515201. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5673 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - REIGL - Bad Message IF the third input datablock to REIGL is missing, an erroneous message is issued. The message indicates that an output datablock with name of **** is missing. This error only occurs in user DMAPs. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5674 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - PARAM,DSNOKD - Wrong Answers The differential stiffness sensitivity calculation is performed under the assumption that all the displacements are enforced (i.e,, the change in the stiffness matrix due to the changes in the displacements are not computed). In almost all cases, this is a very poor assumption. Buckling sensitivity for an Euler column can be in error by a factor of 1000, and have the wrong sign. Avoidance: It is recommended that PARAM,DSNOKD always be set to 0.0. This neglects the differential stiffness sensitivity in the buckling sensitivity
Description
Known Error
CR 5674 calculation. For statically determinate structures, this is exact. For almost all structures, this is not a bad approximation and is better than including the incorrect calculation. The default for PARAM,DSNOKD has been changed to 0.0 in Version 68.2.
CR 5678 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - OFREQ, DSAH - SFM 4276 EC 1409 If an OFREQ request is present in the Case Control section and dynamic sensitivity/optimization is being performed, then the run fails in the DSAH module with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1409". (V68 only) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile fea, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref $ alter 257 $ equivx fol1/fol/-1 $ alter 314 $ equivx fol1/fol/-1 $ endalter $ Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5694 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - Missing Output If data other than NO or YES is entered in the SOUT field of the PCOMP entry, instead of fataling, the default of not writing results is used. CR 5696 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Case Control - Poor Messages CR 5682 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESMAX set to late for CALL SETDROPT
Known Error
CR 5696 If the Case Control references a nonexistant superelement, the program does not issue a fatal message, but continues processing. It then becomes very difficult to determine the cause of subsequent error messages indicating missing datablocks. Avoidance: Reference only existing superelements in the Case Control.
Description
CR 5699 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - EMG - UWM 6498 In some models, the elements are being mapped to the geometry incorrectly. The warning message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (EQUATION Evaluator, Get Surface Parameter) GEOMETRY API MESSAGE FOLLOWS. USER INFORMATION: Point not close enough. Point: (-1.414214, 1.414213, 0.000000). Projection Parameters: 1.000000, 0.786178. Distance: 2.235370. Surface: 3. Point/Grid Id: 102. followed by the error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659 (EMGPSD) DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = 1 BAD GEOMETRY HAS BEEN DETECTED. is output if the element mapping is bad enough. Avoidance: The workaround is to split the curves or surfaces int
Description
CR 5700 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - ADAPT - Poor Answers When the error is calculated for a p-element, the energy of each function at the current p-level should be considered. However, only the last function for each edge, face, and body is being considered. This is not a problem
Known Error
CR 5700 for edges which only have one function for each p-level, but the other terms should be considered for the faces and body. The result is that element errors may be higher than reported leading to a premature convergence. Avoidance: There is no workaround.
Known Error Product
CR 5703 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - User Modifiable NASTRAN - Incorrect Installation Instructions The appendices of the Installation and Operation Instructions describe the installation procedure for User Modifiable MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. The following errors have been detected in this documentation: SGI(IRIX) : APPENDIX C After all 5 steps are done final executable is named UMNASTRAN2 instead of NAST68. Therfore page C-6 section C.4 item 2 should read nastran link16b exe=./UMNASTRAN2 IBM RS/6000 : APPENDIX C
Description Page C-5, section C.3, item 2 the compile command is incorrect. In item 2 the following command should be issued. link.sh xmplbd.f For section C.3, item 3 the commnad should read nastran link16a exe=./UMNAST68 Page C-6, section C.3, item 4 the commnds should be mv link16a.pch newdriver.f Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5708 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC, Massless DOF - Wrong Answers In a direct complex eigenvalue problem, if the model contains massless degrees
Known Error
CR 5708 of freedom, then the answers may be wrong. A possible symptom of this problem is the existence of spurious modes. Version 69.1 addresses this error by issuing the following message: SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 9093 (SOL10) THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE NO MASS. USER INFORMATION: THIS CONDITION CAN PRODUCE EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE CALCULATED IN A MODAL SOLUTION SEQUENCE; I.E., SOL 10. USER ACTION: AT THE MASSLESS DEGREES OF FREEDOM SPECIFY EITHER A SMALL AMOUNT OF MASS ON CMASS ENTRIES OR SPECIFY THE GRID AND COMPONENT ON OMIT_ ENTRIES. Avoidance: Manually omit the massless degre
Known Error Product
CR 5709 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Design Sensitivity and Optimization - Incorrect Query Full Text Queries do not work in Chapter 7, "Example Problems," of the Design Sensitivity and Optimization User's Guide. If a query is made on a string in this document, the full text query tool may highlight spurious text.
Description Avoidance: If a user wants to search in this document, they need to go directly to the document, then issue a Search -> Text command (i.e., a local text search confined to this document only).
CR 5720 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Analysis - BLSEG, NLITER, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 2085 If slideline contact with temperature loads is attempted the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2085, ELEMENT TYPE 116 NOT SUPPORTED FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS" is encountered in the NLITER module. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5723 MSC / MD Nastran Miscelleneous - SSALTERS, checka.v68 - UFM 73 If the checka.v68 dmap alter is used with Version 68.0.1 or newer versions of MSC/NASTRAN, then your job may fail with the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 73: THE PARAMETER NAMED DESCYCL1 IS UNDEFINED. The checka.v68 dmap alter is written for Version 68.0.0 and you will not encounter this error if you are running Version 68.0.0. This error is due to the change in the DMAP in Version 68.0.1 to correct error 5435. Avoidance: Replace the following Call statement: CALL SEDRCVR, UG,QG,BGPDTS,EQEXINS,CSTMS,CASEDR,MPTS,DIT, ETT,OL1S,PJ1,ESTN,XYCDBDR,GEOM2S,GEOM3X,POSTCDB, ECTS,GPLS,EPTS,SILS,INDTA,KELM,KDICT,GPECT,VELEM, FORCE,XYCDB,PCDBDR,USET,SLT,UH1,OL1,DLT, FRL,SPSEL
Description
CR 5724 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PCOMP, TEMPP3, TEMPP1 - Wrong Answers Models that specify nonzero ZO offsets on the PCOMP data entry in the presence of thermal gradient loads (TEMPP1 or TEMPP3) produce incorrect results.
Description Avoidance: When using thermal gradient loads and PCOMP structure, specify any nonzero ZOFF on the connection entry, (i.e., the CQUAD or CTRIA entry). Known Error Product Abstract CR 5727 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RANDOM, RANDPS, RANDTi - Missing Output If random analysis is performed (i.e., a RANDOM case control command references RANDPS and RANDTi bulk data entries) in a model containing superelements, then data recovery is not available for the upstream superelements. This
Description
Known Error
CR 5727 is a Version 68+ error. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ ALTER 194,194 $ dbview dynamic0=dynamics where (peid=0) $ DPD DYNAMIC0,GPLS,SILS,USET,,/ XGPL,XSIL,XUSET,,,PSDL,,,,,XEQDYN/ -1/DUM2/0/0/S,N,NOPSDL/0/0/ 0 / 1 /123/ DUM10 $
CR 5728 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - nastran script - SCO/UNIX Only, Data File Not Found MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 under SCO/UNIX 3.2 may fail with a message indicating the input data file is not found if the job is submitted with the .dat file extension. Avoidance : Submit the NASTRAN job without the .dat extension or modify the script as follows: At about line 190 of the nastran script: was: name=`basename ${jid} ${ext}` #jid_dir=`dirname ${jid}` nametmp=`basename ${jid}` if [ "$nametmp" = "$jid" ] ; then jid_dir="." else jid_dir=ècho ${jid} | sed "s;\/$name;;"` fi pid=${jid_dir}/${name}${ext} jid=${jid_dir}/${name}
Description
change to: name=`basename ${jid} ${ext}` jid_dir=`dirname ${jid}` #nametmp=`basename ${jid}` #if [ "$nametmp" = "$jid" ] ; then # jid_dir="."
Known Error
CR 5728 #else # jid_dir=ècho ${jid} | sed "s;\/$name;;"` #fi pid=${jid_dir}/${name}${ext}
CR 5733 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PSHELL, PCOMP - ZOFF Gives Wrong Answers Composite ply stress and strain data recovery is incorrect in nonlinear analysis solutions 66, 99, 106 and 129 when offsets are specified (i.e., ZOFFs on the CQUAD or CTRIA entries). Avoidance: No practical avoidance exists.
Description
CR 5736 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Sparse DECOMP, SYSTEM(69) - SFM 6137, Rank Deficient When SYSTEM(69), a.k.a. the DECOMP system cell, is set to 16 to place a 1.0 in the diagonal position for all null columns, sparse decomposition ignores this setting if spill occurs. If null columns exist, this error leads to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6137 indicating a RANK DEFICIENT matrix results. Note that SYSTEM(69) is set to 16 within some solution sequences. The solution sequences include cyclic symmetry. Avoidance: Increase memory to avoid spill, select standard decompositions by setting the SPARSE keyword to 1, or constrain the singular degrees of freedom.
Description
CR 5739 MSC / MD Nastran RFALTERS - RF31D81 - Missing GPSTRESS Output The entry point for rfalter rf31d81 is incorrect as it appears on the delivery tape, and therefore the GPSTRESS output is omited.
Description
Avoidance: Replace the following line in the RFALTER: alter 566 $ with
Known Error
CR 5739 alter 572 $
CR 5754 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD - Insufficient Memory The DSAD module assumes that there is sufficient memory available for 7 * NCONSTR words of data where NCONSTR is the number of design constraints specified on DCONSTR entries. A test of this requirement is not made until after the data has been read in. If there is inadequate space, a machine dependent error is issued. Avoidance: Reduce the number of constraints or increase the available memory using the MEM request on the job submittal.
Description
CR 5758 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - MPCFORCE - Wrong Answers The MPCFORCE output in cyclic symmetry analysis is not calculated correctly.
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter avoidance: COMPILE SEDISP, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF $ $ $ CYCLIC SYMMETRY ALLOWS ONLY ONE BOUNDARY CONDITION. $ DO NOT PARTITION ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF LOADS AS IN REGULAR $ STATIC PROBLEM. IN CYCLIC, COLUMNS CORRESPOND TO SEGMENT OR $ HARMONIC RESPONSES, AS REQESTED BY USER. $ ALTER 133,133 $ PARTN PB,,ROW/,PM,,/1 $ ALTER 134 $ IF ( APP <> 'CYC' ) THEN $ ALTER 137 $ ELSE $ EQUIVX UGI/UGJ/ALWAYS $ ENDIF $
Description
Known Error
CR 5758 ENDALTER $
CR 5760 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTETRA - UFM 4659 If "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659, DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = ***, BAD GEOMETRY HAS BEEN DETECTED." is encountered the user has the option to continue the run by setting SYSTEM(213)=1. This possible user action should be noted in the text of the message. CR 5763 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - APPEND - UFM 5007 The APPEND module will not append two matrices of different TYPE together. If this is attempted, the module issues UFM 5007. Although this is clearly documented, the fact that the MATGEN and MATMOD modules output inconsistent matrix types may cause unsuspecting DMAPers to encounter this fatal message. Avoidance: Check the matrix trailers to verify that matrices going into APPEND are compatible.
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5764 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Boundary Conditions, GRAV - UFM 5423 If there are multiple boundary conditions and gravity and/or temperature loads in SOL 200, the run fails in the sensitivity analysis when it attempts to add the matrices EGM and EGKL. The message, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES" is output. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE PSLGDV SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST
Description
Known Error
CR 5764 ALTER 95,95 SSG1 SLT,BGPDTS,CSTMS,SILS,ESTDV2F,MPTX,ETTDV,EDT,, CASESX,DIT,,,,/AG ,PTELMDS,/LUSETS/0/1/'all' $ ALTER 100,100 SSG1 slt,bgpdts,cstms,sils,ESTDV2B,MPTXB,ettdv,edt,, casesx,dit,,,,/AGB ,PTELMDSB,/lusets/0/1/'all' $
CR 5765 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Quick Reference Guide - Missing RF47D87 Table 6. in the Case Control Command section of the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide indicates that STRAIN output for SOL 47 requires RF47D87. This RFAlter has never existed. Avoidance: Use SOL 114 to request STRAIN output in cyclic symmetry analysis.
Description
CR 5766 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GPSDCON, ELSDCON - Not Supported in Cyclic The GPSDCON and ELSDCON documentation in the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide states that these Case Control requests are valid in 114. However, when these requests are specified in SOL 114, the following message is issued "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6245 (STDCON), ANALYSIS TYPE =CYC IS NOT SUPPORTED IN ERROR ANALYSIS. USER ACTION: USE STATIC ANALYSIS WITH STRESS REQUEST." This documentation error has been corrected in the 2nd release of the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5776 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL2 - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 5776 DVPREL2 entries that result in initial property values that are negative produce wrong answers in the optimizer. The problem can be observed by setting the IPRINT parameter to at least four and observing the constraint values inside the DOT optimizer. Avoidance: The only known avoidance is to replace the DVPREL2 entry with a DVPREL1 entry. This, of course, is only feasible when the relationship between the property value and the design variables is linear.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5777 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPR1, DESVAR, DLINK - SFM 3007, Poor Message When a DLINK entry references a non-existent DESVAR entry the following message is issued. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = DOPR1 ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOPR1B FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Other than correcting the DLINK entry in error, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5778 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MESSAGE - UNRECOVERABLE Error If a MESSAGE DMAP statement contains two quote marks with no text between them (''), then the job fails on a CRAY computer with a message in the .log file stating:
Description
UNRECOVERABLE error on system request No such file or directory Avoidance: Always have at least one character between the quotation marks (even a blank character is acceptable).
Known Error Product
CR 5781 script: - quelist - Script error if no quelist is supplied If the optional quelist is left off the "submit" line in the RC file as shown: submit=qsub -nc -q %que% -x -i -l -eo -s /bin/sh %job% then the job name to be executed in the que will have either an ampersand "&" (Version 68.0.2 and later system) or a "+" (Version 68.0.0 or Version 68.0.1) added to it. The improper jobname is echoed on the screen as follows:
Description
%nast68 ck1 que=large MSC/NASTRAN (Sun SunOS 4.1.2) Thu Oct 20 14:11:10 CDT 1994 MSC/NASTRAN job ck1 submitted on queue large qsub -nc -q largish -x -i -l -eo -s /bin/sh ./ck1.N13745.06+ This error only occurs when the quelist is left off the submit definition as would be used when the same submit command is to apply to all que options.
Avoidance: Change the following line in the nast68/emas3 script (about 2 Known Error Product Abstract CR 5786 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, SYSTEM(194) - Wrong Answers The Lanczos eigenvalue extraction method may produce incorrect results when the "High Performance Option" Number of frequency spectrum subsegments SYSTEM(197) is set to greater or equal to 2. Avoidance: Do not use the "High Performance Option" SYSTEM(197). Known Error Product CR 5787 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Thermal Analysis User' Guide - Incorrect Index The index of the MSC/NASTRAN Thermal Analysis User's Guide is misaligned.
Description
Known Error
CR 5787 The index of the Version 69 online documentation on the Thermal Analysis User's Guide is correct.
CR 5788 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, PARAM,NOGPF,-1 - Extra Output PARAM,NOGPF,-1 does not suppress the GPFORCE output for statics and modes. Avoidance : Either remove the GPFORCE request from the case control or apply the following alter:
Description
COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 268,268 $ v68 remove printing of gpforce Known Error Product Abstract CR 5789 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYi, CONV - UFM 311 Multiple convection boundary conditions on a single CHBDYi surface are not allowed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. If attempted the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 311 (IFPDRV) NON-UNIQUE FIELD 2 ON BULK DATA CARD CONV 60 SORTED CARD COUNT = 14 DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPL) - ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE IFP . SEE MESSAGES ABOVE IN THE BULK DATA ECHO. Avoidance: Define multiple CHBDYi elements. Description For example: CHBDYE,60,1,6 CONV,60,35,1,,99 CONV,60,35,1,,99 is not allowed whereas CHBDYE,60,1,6 CHBDYE,70,1,6 CONV,60,35,1,,99
Known Error
CR 5789 CONV,70,35,1,,99 is allowed. Avoidance: Define another CHBDY card and apply second set of convection boundary condition on that card.
CR 5797 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction, Ref Manual. The equations describing the structural modal participation factors and the load modal participation factors for a coupled fluid-structure interaction problem listed on page 15.4.2-6 of the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual, V68 are in error. Z2=[-w^2 Mf + i w Bf + K ]^(-1) modal impedence
Description structure participation = -w^2 [PHIf] [Z2] [a]^T [XIs] where [a] is the modal coupling matrix and [XIs] is diagonal load participation = [PHIf][Z2]{Qf} where {Qf} is fluid modal load panel participation = -w^2 [PHIf][Z2][PHIf]^T [Ab]^T [PHIs][XIs] where [XIs] is diagonal Known Error Product Abstract CR 5798 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PANEL - Wrong Answers for Panel Participation Factor If more than one PANEL is defined, panel modal participation results are wrong. The results are the same for all the panels. Avoidance: Description Either run the analysis for one panel at a time or use the following Version 68 alter: compile mpf souin=mscsou alter 1 type db abeh $
Known Error Product
CR 5802 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Superelements vs. NonSuperelements If superelements are used in a nonlinear run with temperature dependent material properties, the superelement properties are calculated using the TEMP(INIT), rather than the TEMP(LOAD). This is a limitation since superelements are linear, their material properties are not changed during the analysis. This can lead to different answers when comparing superelement models to non-superelement models.
Description Avoidance: In order to use the TEMP(LOAD) for the material properties, use the following DMAP alter in Version 68: COMPILE SELG, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF ALTER 11,11 SSG1 SLT,BGPDTS,CSTMS,SILS,EST,MPTS,ETT,EDT,MJJ,CASESX, DIT,,,,/PJX,PTELEM,/LUSETS/1//'NLST' $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 5803 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GINO - SYSTEM FATAL ERROR (bio_c.read) UNIX versions of MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 and MSC/EMAS Version 3 may report a SYSTEM FATAL ERROR (bio_c.read) in the LOG file but will complete the job normally. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary, the error message can be ignored. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5804 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RC File - NASTRAN OLDQ4K, NSINIT ERROR 20, UFM 17 "NSINIT ERROR 20 *** SYNTAX ERROR IN CONTROL FILE"or "UFM 17 UNIDENTIFIED NASTRAN CARD KEYWORD" occurs if NASTRAN OLDQ4K is placed in a runtime configuration file or the data deck. Refer to section 3.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Installation and Operation Instructions for information on the location and format of the runtime configuration files.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 5804 Avoidance: Two avoidances exist. Either OLDQ4K can not be the first system cell on the NASTRAN command line or the equivalent system cell, SYSTEM(173), must be used in place of the keyword.
Known Error Product
CR 5805 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD, RESTART - SFM 4276 EC 1044, UIM 4550 IF a model containing superelements is executed in solution 106, and then restarted into solution 129 (using PARAM, SLOOPID), and the "METHOD" field on the TSTEPNL entry is set to AUTO, then the job fails and the following fatal message is issued: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1044 (BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE OPEN FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0) Immediately preceeding this fatal message, USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4550, NEW STIFFNESS MATRIX REQUIRED is issued. This error may happen even though the nonlinear iteration module output indicates that all time-steps have been successfully completed. Avoidance: Use the default ADAPT method.
Description
CR 5807 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE - UFM 423 If a user attempts to compile a user dmap where the name of the dmap begins with the letter "E", the job may fail with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 423 (ATTDBS) THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL FILE DOES NOT EXIST /msc/msc68/emas3/sunos/del/ESS.MASTERA".
Description Avoidance: Change the main dmap and SOL name so that it does not begin with "E". This apparent error is the result of an MSC/NASTRAN feature that will run MSC/EMAS if a deck with a 'SOL 300' or 'SOL E*' entry is submitted. If such a SOL entry is found, the script attempts to attach the MSC/EMAS Solution Sequences. This delivery database does not exist in a pure
Known Error
CR 5807 MSC/NASTRAN installation.
Known Error Product
CR 5808 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness and Buckling - EIGRL, EIGB - Wrong Answers or UFM 4683 If the a-set and g-set are the same (no SPCs, MPCs, or reduction) in any superelement or the residual structure, then the differential stiffness matix used in solution 105 (buckling) or the buckling option in solution 200 will not be correct. The error may lead to wrong answers or "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683, DIFF. STIFFNESS MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS". DMAP avoidance: COMPILE SEKDR, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF $ ALTER 42, 42 $ EQUIVX KDGGX/KDAA/-1 $
Description
CR 5819 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - TEMP(LOAD), LSEQ - UFM 9058 If the LOADSET, LSEQ combination and TEMP(LOAD) are specified in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, then "USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058" may be issued in SOL 101. This error occurs when there are unreferenced LSEQ entries.
Description
Avoidance: Remove the unreferenced LSEQ entries or insert the following alter: compile sestatic souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 59 $ PARAML CASEsx//'DTI'/nskip/7//S,N,TEMPLD $
Known Error Product
CR 5820 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=SAERO - Wrong Answers Applied loads, for example to simulate subcase dependent fuel loads, are ignored and wrong answers are produced if a static aeroelastic design task is submitted in solution 200.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP avoidance: compile phase1dr souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 81,81 alter 89 equivx casesx/casew/-1 $
CR 5823 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - Multiple Subcases, SUPORT1 entries - Wrong SPC forces If inertia relief is used in conjunction with multiple subcases each referencing a different set of SUPORT DOFs, then the spcforces will be incorrect. This is a Version 68 error since prior versions do not support multiple inertia relief sets. This feature is activated with the use of the SUPORT1 entries. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter avoidance.
Description
compile sestatic souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 100,100 $ CALL SUPER3 CASECC, ,UL, , , , , , , , CRX, , ,,,, PCDB,XYCDB,POSTCDB,FORCE,EMAP,MAPS,EQEXINS, PVTS,CASES,SLT,ETT,GOAT,,LOO,CRJ,LAO,UOO,UOX,GPLS,USET, SILS,PJ,EDT,YS,GM,PSS,KFS,KSS,QR,,,,,, DYNAMICS,BGPDTS,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EST,GEOM2S,GEOM3S,ECTS, EPTS,INDTA,KE CR 5829 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - SEUPPLOT - Missing Plot Output In SOL 103, if the SEUPPLOT command is used to generate assembly plots, plots will be available for only the first half of the modes in the solution.
Description Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance in Version 68:
Known Error
CR 5829 compile semodes, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 1 $ disable scratch LTU logic - otherwise the datablocks will $ not be there when needed for plotting putsys(0,192) $ compile sedrcvr, souin=mscsou, list, noref alter 1 type db,phidlg $unused datablocks in SOL 103 $ alter 48 $ after sdr2 copy ug/ugcopy $ append ug,ugcopy/ugtwice $ get "double" set of solutions $ SDR2 to get "double plot vectors" message //'seid='/seid $ SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,ETT,OL2,BGPDP, PJ1,QG,UGtwice,EST ,XYCDBDR,OINT,PELSETS,VIEWTB/ ,,OUGVxxx,,
CR 5831 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD, FBS, TRNSP - Wrong Answers, SFM There is a special form of an identity matrix called a form 8. Conventional identity matrices are form 6. This type of matrix can be generated with MATMOD option 2, or may be generated internally in modules. The new sparse options may have trouble with this form of matrix. Troubles observed to date include: Wrong answers from FBS when more than one pass is required. The symptoms for the FBS problem found to date include a solution which has about 50% more non-zero terms than it should. A SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE in the TRNSP module. Avoidance: The error in FBS may be avoided by switching back to the non sparse methods by setting SYSTEM(126)=1. It is recommended this be done only locally around the offending module with PUTSYS statements. The error in TRNSP may only be avoi
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5838 Loads - TEMP(LOAD) - UWM 4012, UFM 4017 When doing a static analysis with temperature loads in Version 68, it is necessary to specify the temperature for all grid points in the model. If this is not done, the following messages will be issued, "USER WARNING MESSAGE 4012, THERE IS NO ELEMENT, GRID POINT, OR DEFAULT TEMPERATURE DATA FOR TEMPERATURE SET 102, WITH RESPECT TO ELEMENT ID = 0","USER FATAL MESSAGE 4017. THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE DATA FOR ELEMENT 15 IN SET 2". Unfortunately, the element ID and set numbers are incorrect. Avoidance: Always include a TEMPD bulk data entry in any static analysis with temperature loads.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5839 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - heatconv, SPC - Cannot Convert Large Field Format, Wrong Answers The heatconv program does not correctly handle all large field SPC entries. In particular, given the following large format SPC entry: SPC* 1 1 1 2.00000000E+01 heatconv will incorrectly copy this to a small format entry as follows:
Description
SPC 1 1 1 2.000000 Whenever the temperature fields, i.e., fields 5 & 8, exceed eight characters in length, incorrect results will occur.
CR 5841 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, MAT2 - UFM 4291 Certain MAT2 entries that are referenced from a PCOMP are not checked for correctness. In particular, if 13 and/or 23 terms are non-zero and the 33 term is zero, the matrix is not positive definite. In this case MSC/NASTRAN
Known Error
CR 5841 will create potentially incorrect PSHELL/MAT2 combinations from the PCOMP/MAT2 inputs. Avoidance: Enter a positive definite MAT2 entry.
CR 5843 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - RFORCE - Wrong Answers or SFM 4276 Although it is not documented, RFORCEs are not implemented for pelements. If RFORCES are applied to p-elements either wrong answers or a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 results. Avoidance: Do not apply RFORCEs to p-elements.
Description
CR 5844 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - HEX20, PENTA15, TETRA10 - Missing Documentation The CHEXA element with 20 grids, the CPENTA element with 15 grids, and the CTETRA element with 10 grids may not be used as p-elements by referencing the PVAL entry. If attempted, the following message is issued:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6390, (GP0A), ELEMENT ID = 1 TYPE HEXA20 OR PENTA15 AND/OR TETRA10 ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN P-ELEMENT ANALYSIS. USER ACTION: CHECK ELEMENT CONNECTION ENTRY OR SET ENTRY. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5848 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSCREEN - Poor Convergence The DSCREEN entry permits the user to override default screening parameters for design optimization. This capability does not work for responses TDISP,TVELO,TACCL,TSPC,TSTRE,TFORC,TRIM,STABDER and FLUTTER. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to do a TABEDIT on the DSCREN datablock.
Description
Known Error
CR 5848 The following words correspond to the data locations for the responses TRS NSTR TDISP 179 180 TVELO 182 183 TACCL 185 186 TSPC 188 189 TSTRE 191 192 TFORC 194 195 TRIM 245 246 STABDER 248 249 FLUTTER 251 252 A candidate DMAP for performing the TABEDIT is: compile desopt souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 41 $ call dbstore dti,dtindx,,,//1/
CR 5849 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - UWM 4398, Wrong Answers MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.7 and 68 on the CRAY C90 computer may produce wrong answers for models where FBS method 2 is selected. The error may be evidenced by "USER WARNING MESSAGE 4398" which indicates "DEGREES OF FREEDOM DO NOT PASS SYMMETRY CHECK". The error only occurs when there are strings in the factor that are longer than 64 terms. Note that except in superelement models, that FBS method 2 is rarely selected. Avoidance: FBS Method 2 should be deselected by setting "FBSOPT=-1" in the system RC file on Version 67.7 and 68 CRAY C90 computers.
Description
CR 5850 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP, XRCARD - Infinite CPU Loop, Overflow Input Buffer Some invalid bulk data input may result in an infinite cpu loop in the routine XRCARD. Although the exact type of input that results in this error is not known, the specifics of the input line that resulted in this error is
Known Error
CR 5850 that the line was over 80 characters, contained many leading blanks and included an embedded negative, "-", sign. The infinite cpu loop has only been reproduced on the CRAY computer but may occur on other systems. Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance.
CR 5852 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary, MODTRL - Bad Input Matrix If the MODTRL module is used to increase the number of columns in a matrix, the resulting matrix is unusable in most modules, including matprn and ADD. The cause of the error is that the matrix does not have column headers for the added null columns.
Description
Avoidance: The MATGEN and ADD module should be used to increase the number of columns in a matrix. An example follows: matgen ,/nullab/7/rn/cn $ null matrix with rn rows and cn cols. user must set rn and cn above. add nullab,oldmat/newmat $ trailer will match first input equivx newmat/oldmat $ oldmat is now 'bigger'
Known Error Product
CR 5858 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCFORCE and MPCFORCE - Wrong Answers If scr=yes is used in SOL 200 with dynamic optimization or sensitivity, then MPCFORCE and SPCFORCE output does not include mass and damping effects after the first design cycle. (Version 68 only) Avoidance: Specify scr=no. An extensive DMAP alter is also available if scr=yes is desired.
Description
CR 5860 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GI, CAERO1, CAERO2 - Wrong Answers MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on Sun computers may produce wrong answers
Known Error
CR 5860 for aeroelastic flutter problems when aerodynamic bodies, i.e. CAERO1 or CAERO2 elements, are present. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 5861 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,MODACC - Poor Displacement Results The mode acceleration method is intended to improve element stress data recovery in dynamic solutions using modal formulations. However an error may occur in the total displacements when free-body motions are present. This error will NOT affect strains, stresses or constraint forces. The major problem is that the angular displacements or pointing directions will be affected. The problem occurs because the "improved" relative displacements are not orthogonal to the free-body modes and create small additional displacements and rotations. The error is proportional to the local frexibility of the SUPORT degrees of freedom. This error is considered fixed in Version 69 by the addition of a new mode acceleration option which is selected by setting PARAM,MODACC,1 instead of PARAM,MODACC,0. Th
Description
CR 5862 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBUNLOAD - UFM 3007, illegal input to subroutine PVT If the dbunload is done on a long word machine such as Cray and dbload is attemted on a short word machine, then UFM 3007, illegal input to subroutine PVT may be issued. This error occurs only if the initial run which created the databases had parameter specifications in the Case Control. This occurs since the diliminator for the parameter in the Case Control is machine dependent.
Description
Avoidance: There are two avoidances:
Known Error
CR 5862 1. Remove the parameter specifications from the initial run which creates the databases. or. 2. Use the following alter in the dbload run. ACQUIRE NDDL ASSIGN DBLOAD='neutrala.cray',FORM=FORMATTED DBLOAD FORMAT=NEUTRAL $ $ avoidance is to add the follo
CR 5863 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GP4 - UFM 4276, CSTM DOES NOT EXIST (GP4) If a model contains p-elements and there is insufficient memory in the GP4 module the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276, CSTM DOES NOT EXIST (GP4) may be output.
Description
Avoidence: Request more memory and rerun the job. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5864 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - DIAG 50 - Unsplined Rigid Stability Derivatives For Version 68, static aeroelastic analyses (SOLs 144 and/or 200) produce Unsplined Rigid Stability Derivatives. These data are presented only to provide a check of the splining and are not used in the solution. For antisymmetric models and models with no symmetry (SYMXZ = -1 or 0), the numbers may be in error. For sideforces the error is likely to be simply one of sign. For yawing and rolling moments, the error is less obvious.
Description
CR 5866 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADMTX - Duplicate Continuation Entry with Multiple
Known Error
CR 5866 Cavities For the multiple cavity radiation view factor calculation, each cavity will have a RADLST and RADMTX entry associated with it. The punch file which contains the MSC/NASTRAN calculated RADMTX entries for each cavity contains duplicate RADMTX continuation identifiers. Thus, subsequent restarts using the punch file fail. Avoidance: Since continuation identifiers are not necessary if the input is in sequential order, blank out all the continuation identifiers in field 10 and field 1 of the RADMTX entries.
Description
CR 5867 MSC / MD Nastran Mulitpoint Constraints - SPLINE2 - Singular Matrix, Wrong Answers The Quick Reference Guide indicates that the DTOR value input on the SPLINE2 entry must be greater than 0.0. However, this requirement is never checked. If the user leaves DTOR field blank the run could give wrong answers or fail due to a singular spline matrix. Avoidance: Specify a value greater than 0.0 for DTOR.
Description
CR 5868 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Authorization - UFM 3060, BUCKLING not in Approved List An authorization code for the workstation option is suppose to include statics, normal modes and buckling. An error in the authorization code generator resulted in workstation options not including buckling.
Description Avoidance: The error in the authorization code generator has been corrected. Contact MSC for a new code. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5871 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - RESTART PROJECT - Inefficient Restart In Version 68, the PROJECT keyword is ignored on the RESTART statement
Known Error
CR 5871 which will result in an inefficient restart. For example, 1. The initial run creates project A: PROJECT='A' ASSIGN MASTER='A.MASTER', DELETE 2. The subsequent run restarts from project A into project B: PROJ='B' ASSIGN MASTER='A.MASTER' RESTART PROJECT='A',KEEP Avoidance: For SOLs 101 through 200 insert the following DMAP alter: compile ifpl souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 80,80 type parm,,i,,projid=1,versid=1 $ projid=1 $ set the projid to the integer equivalent of the project you are restarting from. versid=1 $ set the versid to the version you are restarting from $ dbdict datablk=geom1q $ alter 118,131 DBVIEW GEOM1R=GEOM1Q(WHERE version=versid and PROJECT=PROJID) $ DBVIEW
Known Error Product
CR 5876 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - EXPAND, RESTART - SFM 4276 XIO, EXPAND, SCR300 An attempt to expand a database fails when restart is attempted in the same run. A sample File Management Section demonstrating the error follows: assign dbup1a='scr7a.dbup1a' expand dbup1, logical=(dbup1a(100)) restart version=1 keep
Description
The sample input leads to the following fatal message due to the scr300 file being improperly defined: "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1030 (XIO) BLOCK NUMBER MISMATCH IN READ SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.XIO ERROR CODE 4276"
Known Error
CR 5876 Avoidance: 1) run an "expand" job only (i.e. expand and endjob) 2) run the restart job
CR 5877 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SCO/UNIX - UFM 3060 The SCO/UNIX Version 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN may issue "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060" indicating authorization code violation during long running job with many module changes (e.g. nonlinear). Avoidance: There is no avoidance. This problem will be fixed on a rerelease version (MSC/NASTRAN v67.5.0.1 for SCO/UNIX).
Description
CR 5880 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMP - UFM 4017 All p-version models which contain thermal loads via TEMP entries and more than one type of solid element (HEXA, PENTA, TETRA), fail with the following fatal message, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4017. THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE DATA FOR ELEMENT y IN SET x".
Description Avoidance: If the thermal loading is a uniform temperature increase throughout the entire structure, use a TEMPD Entry. Otherwise, the user must use an equivalent TEMPF Entry. Also, it may be possible to use only one element type in the model. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5881 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,BAILOUT - Missing Documentation MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 supports multiple boundary conditions in the structured solution sequences. However, PARAM BAILOUT cannot be changed between subcases.
CR 5889 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Wrong Answers If a DRESP2 entry refers to two or more DRESP1 entries and there are DVPREL2 entries in the input file, then the sensitivities printed in the columns of the DSCM2 matrix associated with the DRESP2 entry are in error. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to recast the problem so that it does not require the offending DRESP2,DRESP1,DVPREL2 combination.
Description
CR 5891 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PENTA - Possible Wrong Answers, UFM 4654 If a pyramid-shaped degenerate PENTA element is input to MSC/NASTRAN, USER FATAL MESSAGE 4654 is issued warning of two corner points with the same coordinates but the run will continue. Pyramid-shaped PENTA elements are not supported and should not be used. CR 5893 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - SEQP, PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 PARAM,OLDSEQ,6 - SFM 4276, EC 3002 It is possible that jobs that request param,newseq,6 prior to Version 69 or param,oldseq,6 in Version 69 and after may encounter SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 3002 in the SEQP module.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
By default sequencing in the SEQP module was turned off in Version 69 and beyond. PARAM,NEWSEQ was changed to PARAM,OLDSEQ to force the user to go out of his way to request sequencing. Thus, this error is considered corrected in Version 69 by the fact that sequencing is no longer recommended. CR 5900 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - RESTART, NLPARM - DIM 9005, UFM 2044, SFM
Known Error
CR 5900 3007 If thermal loads are applied in a SOL 106 cold start, and, if in the restart, PARAM,LOOPID is not the last loop id for the subcase prior to PARAM, SUBID then the program will issue various misleading fatal messages. In one example the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2044 UNDEFINED TEMPERATURE SET, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE=NLCOMB ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCPTM" was encountered. Avoidance: Other than specifying the correct LOOPID, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5911 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - SPCForces - Wrong answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, the SPCForce results are incorrect in SOLs 107, 110, and 145 only. The SPCForces do not include the effects of the imaginary part of the eigenvalue which results in "undamped" SPCforces. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. COMPILE CFORCE SOUIN=MSCSOU noLIST NOREF $ ALTER 47,47 $ replace DSAP PARAML OL//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NFREQS $ NUMBER OF Eigenvalues TYPE PARM,,I,N,II=0,iip3,iip4 $ LOOP COUNTER TYPE PARM,,CS,N,IOMEGAX,MOMEGX $ FILE qx1=APPEND $ DO WHILE (II II = II + 1 iip3=6*(ii-1)+3 $ clama word 3 iip4=6*(ii-1)+4 $ clama word 4 PARAML OL//'DTI'/2/IIP3/S,N,omega $ real eigenvalue PARAML OL//'DTI'/2/IIP4/S,N,omegai $ imag eigenvalue IOMEGAX = CMPLX(omega,OMEGAi) $ MOMEGX = IOMEGAX**2 $ MATMOD KUx,,,,,/K CR 5914 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PARAM,G, PARAM,W3 - Incorrect Structural Damping In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, solution 129, the structural damping for linear
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 5914 elements specified by parameters G and W3 is doubled. The structural damping specified by GE and parameter W4 are correct. (V68 only) Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile nltran, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref $ alter 224, 224 $ ADD5 BDD0,KDDNL,K4DDNL,,/BRDD//GW3/RW4 $ endalter $
CR 5915 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GPSDCON, ELSDCON - Missing Output Element and grid point stress discontinuity output (ELSDCON and GPSDCON Case Control commands) cannot be requested for a single subcase or a set of subcases. This output is only generated if the request is made for all subcases in Case Control. Avoidance: The user must place these commands above the subcase level or in each subcase.
Description
CR 5918 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - Poor Message, UFM 4215 When running a complex eigenvalue analysis, the message "USER FATAL ERROR 4215. COLUMN 1 OF DATA BLOCK SCRATCH IS NULL BUT ROW 1 IS NOT" may be issued. However, this null column does not affect the solution. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5920 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - MATT4,TABLEM4 - SFM 2090 Contrary to the documentation , the temperature dependent specific heat, T(CP), on the MATT4 entry, cannot be specified with the TABLEM4 entry (coefficient of a power series). If this definition is attempted, the message "SYSTEM
Known Error
CR 5920 FATAL MESSAGE 2090, TABLE DICTIONARY ENTRY 201 MISSING" is output. Avoidance: Use the TABLEM1, TABLEM2 or TABLEM3 entry to specify temperature dependent specific heat.
CR 5922 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ALPHA OSF/1 Only - UFM 1012 DBSET DBALL IS FULL On the ALPHA OSF/1 release of MSC/NASTRAN when the system runs out of allocated disk space the job may hang. When the process is killed, the system sends the message that the job is finished and the output files look as they should with no indication of a problem. This error has also been observed in connection with SFM 4393 followed by SFM 4276 Error Code 3002. Avoidance: Other than killing the job, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 5924 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - TEMPBC - SFM 4276 EC 3021 If a TEMPBC entry of TYPE="STAT" and TYPE="TRAN" is referenced in the same nonlinear transient run, then the job fails and the message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.WRITE ERROR CODE 3021", is issued. Avoidance: Use SPC's to fix the constant temperature boundary condition. Use TEMPBC TYPE="TRAN" to designate the time-varying boundary condition.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 5927 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MCE1, RBEi, MPC - UWM 6137, INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT Although it is not illegal to specify a DOF as independent on one rigid element and dependent on another rigid element, if the definitions form a "closed loop" such that DOF A is dependent on DOF B and DOF B is either directly or indirectly dependent on DOF A, and sparse decomposition is selected
Description
Known Error
CR 5927 the message, "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6137, INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT" is output. Avoidance: This error is corrected in Version 67 and later systems for standard decomposition. Thus, if the user forces standard decomposition by setting the SPARSE keyword to 1, then USER FATAL MESSAGE 6202 is produced which identifies the rigid elements in error.
CR 5930 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - MATT4, RADMT - UWM 2013 In a transient thermal analysis (SOL 159), if QVECT load is used in conjunction with temperature dependent absorptivity. This input leads to the message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 2013, NO STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS EXIST. FATAL ERROR" being issued. The QVECT load is directional load such as solar load. Avoidance: Defines a constant absorptivity value instead of temperature dependent absorptivity value.
Description
CR 5933 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DCMP, DECOMP - Wrong (Zero) Results The DECOMP and DCMP modules have an optional set of parameters which should give the scaled determinant (DET) and the scale factor (POWER) of the input matrix. For the sparse methods, they are set to zero.
Description
Avoidance: An avoidance is to select the nonsparse decomposition methods when a determinant is needed. That is set system cell 126 to 1 (a.k.a. NASTRAN SPARSE keyword) for symmetric matrices and system cell 209 equal to 0 (a.k.a. NASTRAN USPARSE keyword) for unsymmetric matrices. CR 5934
Known Error
CR 5934 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GMBC - UFM 315 The following message is issued when the LID field of the GMBC entry is 0 and it contains a continuation entry, i.e., ENTITY = FEFACE and METHOD = LINEAR. USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY GMBC 0 SORTED CARD COUNT = **
Description Remark 4 under the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide's description of the GMBC entry should be updated to include this condition and it should be stated that not only is the METHOD field not required but will result in a USER FATAL MESSAGE if included. This error is essentially the same as error 5506, it has been corrected in the 2nd printing of the Quick Reference Guide. Known Error Product Abstract CR 5935 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ADD5 - SFM 4276, EC 70020 An error in the bufferpool logic may result in "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.BPREAD ERROR CODE 70020" to be issued from the ADD5 module. This error is very much problem and buffersize dependent. Avoidance: Changing the buffersize may avoid the error but the sure avoidance is to turn off bufferpooling prior to the ADD5 module by setting SYSTEM(119) as follows: ALTER xxx $ turn off buffpool just before ADD5 putsys (2,119) ALTER yyy $ turn buffpool back on just after ADD5 putsys (3,119) Known Error Product Abstract CR 5941 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM - Missing Output
Description
Known Error
CR 5941 If the P1 parameter on the DOPTPRM bulk data entry is either set to the default value of 0 or simply not specified and allowed to become the default value of 0, and the P2 field is specifed, then requested data on the P2 field is not printed for the last design cycle. Avoidance: Set parameter P1 to 1 to obtain the output for the last design cycle or apply the following dmap alter: $ $ This alter will print the design optimization output $ for the last design cycle regardless of what the value $ of the 'p1' parameter in the doptprm entry is set to. $ ksh: cray.err: permission denied $ **** THIS ALTER IS FOR VERSION 68.2 ONLY **** $ compile desopt nolist noref souin=mscsou alter 'CALL PREDOM' $ dummy matgen calls to satisfy dmap complier file cntabrgp=save,ovrwr
Description
CR 5946 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - Uses Von Mises Only Remark 1 for the DRESP1 entry indicates that, for stress/strain item codes that have dual meanings, the selection is made based on the option specified in case control. This pertains to Von Mises and Max Shear selection. Due to a programming error, the remark is incorrect and Von Mises results will be selected, regardless of the case control request, as it was in Version 67. Avoidance: Users desiring to use Max Shear in a design task will have to synthesize it from basic stress results.
Description
CR 5948 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, USET, PARTN - SFM 3007 If a USETi bulk data entry lists a standard MSC/NASTRAN set, such as S or M, the program may fail in the PARTN module with the message "SYSTEM FATAL
Known Error
CR 5948 MESSAGE 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE". Avoidance: This entry should only reference new sets defined on DEFUSET bulk data entries.
CR 5953 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DCONADD,DCONSTR - UFM 316 If the DCONADD entry references only a single DCONSTR entry on any continuation entry, then the job fails and the following message is issued: USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA CARD DCONADD xx SORTED CARD COUNT = yy An example of a DCONADD entry that causes this error is as follows: DCONADD, 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, +DCON1 +DCON1, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, +DCON2 +DCON2, 25 $ Note that the second continuation entry contains a single DCONSTR entry (25 in this case). Avoidance: Add a dummy DCONSTR to the DCONADD continuation entry. The limits should be set to a large value to ensure that the constraint screening will remove this constraint prior to performing optimization. A suggested lower bound (LALLOW)
Description
CR 5956 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity - PARAM,POST,-2 - Missing Datablocks In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, if sensitivity output (SENSITY command) is requested using SOL 103 in conjunction with param,post,-2, not all datablocks are written to the output2 file. Note this error applies only to the old design sensitivity method. It does not apply to the new sensitivity calculation (SOL 200).
Description
Known Error
CR 5956 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alters.
compile super3 souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 90,90 $ gp1 GEOM1,GEOM2,,,/GPL,EQEXIN,GPDT,CSTM,BGPDT,SIL,/0/0/0 $ alter 208,208 $ alter 211,211 $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 5960 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - EIGRL, SYSTEM(146) - SFM 5407, SFM 5401, SFM 4276 If SYSTEM(146) is set to save scratch space and reduce I/O in sparse decomposition during a Lanczos eigenvalue buckling run, then the job fails. Different fatal messages have been encountered including "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5407 INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN A (SUB-) INTERVAL", "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL) LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL THE EIGENVALUES IN RANGE" AND "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE RECOVERY ERROR CODE 7777" in sparse decomposition. Avoidance: Do not use SYSTEM(146) during a Lanczos buckling run. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 5961 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - SET1, RADCAV - Wrong Answers If the SET identification pairs for the calculation of global view factors exceeds 10 pairs, then an erroneous result is output for the global view factors. The documentation states that only 10 pairs can be shown for one run. This limit is expanded to 30 in Version 68.2. CR 5962 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - REIGL, SUPORT, MERGE - UFM 4276, EC 3007 SUPORT entries do not work in acoustic analysis. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276,
Description
Known Error
CR 5962 ERROR CODE 3007 from subroutine merge called from the REIGL module is issued. Other eigenvalue extraction methods result in other fatal messages. Avoidance: Remove SUPORT entries.
CR 5963 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - STRAIN(CORNER) - Missing Output If a STRAIN(CORNER) request is made without a STRESS(CORNER) request, only centroidal strains are output. Avoidance: Request STRESS(CORNER,PLOT) in the Case Control Section.
Description
CR 5977 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - SPCD - Wrong Answers If SPCD entries are used in SOL 105 and the SUBCASE used for the buckling analysis does not contain a call for a LOAD set using the SPCDs, the SPCD entries are ignored in the solution. Avoidance: Either use different SPC sets for each SUBCASE, or include a LOAD command in the buckling SUBCASE pointing to the SPCD set.
Description
CR 5982 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - AGIV, AHOU - SDCOMP FATAL ERROR, UIM 5458 If an eigenvalue analysis specifies either the AGIV or the AHOU method, then standard GIV and standard HOU are attempted first. If the mass matrix is singular, an unnumbered fatal message "SDCOMP FATAL" is issued even though the problem continues and the program switches to the modified Givens or Householder method. Avoidance: If the problem runs, ignore the FATAL message.
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Known Error Product
CR 5983 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM, DOM10 - SFM 3001 An optimization run with P1=1 and P2=15 on the DOPTPRM entry fails and issues "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001" from the DOM10 module even though the run works fine without these parameters. These are output control parameters and should not effect the solution. Avoidance: If P1 and P2 have been used on the DOPTPRM and the run fails, try the run again without specifying P1 and P2.
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CR 5984 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,NMLOOP , SE's - Missing Output When using the nonlinear normal modes option in Sol 106, no modal analysis is performed when there are superelements and PARAM,NMLOOP is specified in the Case Control. Avoidance: Place the PARAM,NMLOOP statement in the bulk data. or
Description
Use SUPER=ALL in the case control. or DMAP alter: compile nlstatic souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 480 $ seid= 0 $ pvt pvts,cases/pvtxx/ $ endalter $
CR 5987 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2 - IDEAS Dataloader Abort
Known Error
CR 5987 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, the structured solution sequences with PARAM.CHECKOUT,YES and PARAM,POST,-2 do not write an END-OF-DATA on the FORTRAN file.
Description
Avoidance: COMPILE PHASE0 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 527 $ Before CALL PRTSUM OUTPUT2 //-9/OUNIT1//OMAXR $ write END-OF-DATA CEND
CR 5993 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBEAM - Continuation Entries The documentation for the PBEAM entry in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide states that the fields "SO" and "X/XB" on the second continuation entry are required. A footnote should be included (as was in the Version 66 User's Manual) that states that these fields are only required when the second continuation entry is desired to request intermediate stress output.
Description
CR 5995 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong answers Warped QUAD4 elements with thermal loads give wrong answers. This error is similar to the thermal expansion error in elements with rigid offsets, there is no expansion for the offset. If offsets and orthotropic materials are present, the errors are magnified.
Description
CR 5998 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Linear Static Analysis User's Guide - Wrong output Incorrect output result files are included in Figures 11-2 and 11-3 of the MSC/NASTRAN Linear Static Analysis User's Guide. Due to a missing carriage control character, a pload1 entry for element # 2 is missing for the inertia2.dat
Known Error
CR 5998 file that is delivered with the delivery tape. Furthermore, due to error 5522, PLOAD1 yields incorrect results for the BAR, BEAM, or BEND elements when used in conjunction with inertia relief. Thus, this example (using PLOAD1) should not be emulated until error 5522 is corrected. Avoidance: Replace the PLOAD1 with equivalent grid point loads and regenerate the output file.
CR 6000 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - RESTART, PARAM,NOAP - Poor Answers If TIC entries are used to set initial velocity values, the computed initial velocity will be slightly different from the specified initial velocity. On a case where v0 was set to 1.0, the output velocity was computed as 0.9969. This model has a dt of 0.1
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to run the model once to determine the computed initial velocity, and increase the input initial velocity enough so that the computed intital velocity is the value desired on a second run. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6004 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER Library - ZFREQ - Wrong Answers The ZFREQ alter delivered in the Version 68 SSSALTER library allows frequency dependent springs and dampers to be defined. However, the nominal spring stiffness is not updated in the data recovery phase. Thus, element force output for these elements is incorrect. This is a known limitation of the alter that should have been documented in the ZFREQ.RDM file. The information contained in this error report is to be included in the Version 68.2 ZFREQ.RDM file and the error is considered corrected. Avoidance: An avoidance is to place a stiff spring in series with the mount, the forces in the stiff spring represent the correct element force for the mount spring. The error introduced by this technique is proportional to the ratio of the stiff spring rate to the mount spring rate. For e Known Error CR 6007
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CR 6007 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM, USETPRT PARAM, USETEL - K-set is not Output The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide incorrectly states that the parameters usetprt and usetsel can be used to print k-set degrees of freedom. That is, the k-set decimal equivalent is listed as an option in table 1 of the usetprt parameter description. CR 6010 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Contact - BCONP, BLSEG - Wrong Answers An overhang slave node is not considered as "overhang" if the overhang value is less than 5% of the master segment length. For models with large master segments, this may lead to wrong answers. Typical symptoms include the printout of a wrong slip code (e.g., SLIDE instead of OVERHANG) and incorrect surface coordinates. Avoidance: Use smaller master segments when modeling overhang situations.
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CR 6011 MSC / MD Nastran Security - NAO - UFM 3060, Segmentation Fault, Signal Number 11 in Log File Large jobs that use Network Authorization (NAO) may fail in various moudules on the DEC/ALPHA OSF with the message, "Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault", in the MSC/NASTRAN log file. Similarly, if using node lock authorization, and running a looping solution sequence like nonlinear and a large problem, then User Fatal Message 1019 "Fortran Unit Open Error" pointing to the authorization file may be issued. This message is followed by USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060. The problem occurs because a socket (file) is left open each time MSC/NASTRAN checks the authorization code and when the system reaches the open sockets limit, the job fails as indicated above.
Description
Known Error
CR 6011 Avoidance: Edit the system configuration table (sysconfigtab) and increase the value of the OPEN_MAX parameter. (This is a syste
CR 6012 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - EPOINT - Single Precision Accuracy If there are EPOINT entries in the bulk data file, the eigenvalue matrix PHIA is expanded to the d-set matrix PHIDH in the GKAM module. On shortword machines PHIA is double precision. At present PHIDH is single precision. As this matrix is used to reduce load matrices and expand modal solutions to physical DOFs this may reduce the precision of the solution. Avoidance: An avoidance is to discard the PHIDH matrix output by the GKAM module and build an alternate matrix with DMAP. The equations defining how PHIDH is formed from PHIA are given in the MSC/NASTRAN REFERENCE MANUAL.
Description
CR 6013 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DMIG - Wrong Answers If a DMIG entry references a degree of freedom which does not exist, the corresponding coefficients are assigned to another degree of freedom, without any diagnostic messages.
Description In one example, an open set was used to define a series of scalar points. A DMIG term referenced a point that was not defined on an SPOINT entry which occurred between two points which were listed on SPOINT entries. The coefficient was placed on the last DOF. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6015 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Aeroelastic Users' Guide - UFM 2268 (FA1) Example HA145I in the Version 68 Aeroelastic User's Guide contains an alter that is in error. The alter inserts a MATPRN after line 50. It should be after line 45. If submitted as documented, the run fails and issues the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2268 (FA1) FMETHOD SET 0 NOT FOUND".
Description
Known Error
CR 6015 The data deck delivered in the tpl has been made current. The documentation will be updated to reflect the latest version when it is updated.
CR 6016 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - HEXA, PENTA - Excessive Pivot Ratios at p=2 (UFM 9050) If a model consists of HEXAs or PENTAs at a p-level=2 or higher connected end-to-end, the following message may occur: DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) - RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. USER PARAMETER BAILOUT MAY BE USED TO CONTINUE THE RUN. This fatal message is caused by the reduced integration used at a p-level=2 and higher. Reduced integration is the current default. Avoidance: SYSTEM(212)=1 may be set to work around the problem.
Description
CR 6017 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide Line Contact - BCONP, BLSEG - Extraneous Output The following parameters are printed in the "LINE CONTACT REGION" output when using the slide line contact capability. CONT BEHA FO CO TYPE
Description These values should be ignored as they are not implemented in the program. Avoidance: These values have no effect on the rest of the output and they can be safely ignored. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 6024 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DLINK - Wrong Answers If the user inputs a nonzero value for C0 on the DLINK entry, it is incorrectly
Known Error
CR 6024 processed by the optimization algorithm. Values used by the optimizer for the dependent design variables will be incorrect. This will directly affect constraint calculations from the upper and lower bounds input on the associated DESVAR entry. These constraints may not be critical and and the optimization results may be valid. The printed summary values for the dependent design variables will be incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 6030 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MPCFORCE, PARTN, DSAP - UFM 2166, UFM 5901 In Version 68, if MPC forces are requested in an optimization run under static analysis, the program fails at line 121 of subDMAP SEDISP with UFM 2166 stating that the number of columns in the partition vector is incorrect. Under frequency response analysis, UFM 5901 will be issued from the DSAP module. Avoidance: Either remove the MPCFORCE output request or apply the following DMAP alter to avoid the error: $for statics approach: compile sedisp, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 109 noqmg=ltoi(delta) $ $ For Frequency approach: compile sedisp, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 238 if (not delta ) then $ alter 239 endif $
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CR 6031 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - gentim2.dat - Data File Not Found The MSC/NASTRAN V68 Installation and Operation Instructions implies that the gentim2.dat file used to update timing constants is in the same directory with the SSS.MASTERA and USS.MASTERA (ie /msc68/nast68/aix/del) but it
Known Error
CR 6031 is not. The file is located in the /msc68/nast68/del directory. The install guide should be clarified to tell users where the data file is located.
CR 6033 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TETRA(10), TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers for TETRA(10) Stresses If the temperature at the grid points of a TETRA(10) element vary (i.e. they are not constant), then the stresses for the element are incorrect.
Description
Avoidance: The error is proportional to the variance of temperature within the element; however, refining the mesh so that the temperature within each element is near a constant is not considered a practical avoidance. Stresses requested at the gauss points are correct. CR 6036 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Punch Output not Supported When stresses and strains are output in the punch file, they are output in the print file (F06) format, with titles and labels, rather than a format suitable for the punch file. CR 6038 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIA3, TA1 - No Message, Trap Encountered If a CTRIA3 element references a nonexistent material coordinate system (field 7), the job should issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM. The IBM RS/6000 versions of MSC/NASTRAN do not issue this message. The job stops without a message being issued. The f04, Execution Summary, indicates that the last module executed is either TA1 or PHASE1DR and the log file contains a "Trap Encountered" message. CR 6042 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 6042 Elements - PENTA(6), TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers for Stresses If the temperature at the grid points of a PENTA(6) element vary (i.e. they are not the same at all points), then the stress output is wrong. Both corner point (default) and Gauss location (selected on PSOLID) options give wrong answers. The stress error is proportional to the amount of temperature change within the element. Avoidance: This is a limitation of the element. The only avoidance is to refine the mesh so that the variation of temperature within the element is minimal.
Description
CR 6044 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Incorrect Sensitivities for Superelements Incorrect design sensitivities are computed for superelement models in which a superelement has design variables but no design responses. This error occurs only in statics.
Description Avoidance: The avoidance is to specify WEIGHT=ALL (for all superelements) as a design response.
CR 6046 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DESPCH - Incorrect Action Setting PARAM,DESPCH to a negative value will not prevent DESVAR and GRID Entries from being written to the PUNCH file. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter may be used to avoid the problem:
Description
compile exitopt nolist noref souin=mscsou alter 24 $ just before executing module DOM11 type parm,,i,n,desitert if (despch < 0) then desitert = desiter desiter = 0 endif
Known Error
CR 6046 alter 25 $ right after execution of module DOM11 if (despch < 0) then desiter = desitert endif $$$ end of alter
CR 6047 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER Library - RESFLEXR - Wrong Answers The alter to add residual vectors into a dynamic solution delivered in the sssalter directory with Version 68 does not handle SUPORT entries properly for free-free structures. If a SUPORT entry is present, residual vectors are not generated for the residual structure. Avoidance: Call MSC for an updated version of the alter.
Description
CR 6050 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMLOAD in convective coordinate systems If a GMLOAD is applied in a convective coordinate system defined on a GMCURV or GMSURF where the CIDIN is other than basic coordinate system, then the following message is output from SSG1:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM 2 FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Possible avoidances include defining the GMCURV or GMSURF in the basic coordinate system, and applying the load in a non-convective system, or using PLOAD4.
CR 6051 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MAT1 - Programs Action not Clear Remark 3 under the documentation for the MAT1 entry in the Quick Reference Guide states that the relationship between E, G and NU "must be satisfied". It should be clarified that satisfying the relationship is merely a
Known Error
CR 6051 recommendation, rather than a requirement. The values furnished are used as indicated in Table 1. and if the relationship is not satisfied the program proceeds but issues USER WARNING MESSAGE 2251A and 2251B. Furthermore, the relationship indicates ">" when it should indicate "<".
Known Error Product
CR 6052 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - Job Aborted, No Message, Receiving Signal Number 10 An acoustic job that specifies DIFF on the ACMODL entry aborted in the ACMG module with no message issued in the f06 file. A message may appear in the log file indicating the job has aborted but the message will be different depending on the computer. One such message is "Receiving signal number 10: Bus error" Avoidance: The cause of the error is under investigation. Selecting the IDENT method on the ACMODL entry will probably allow the problem to execute to complete but unless the fluid and structural mesh are compatible will not yield the correct results.
Description
CR 6058 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Convective output coordinate system If a convective coordinate system is specified for the output coordinate system of a GMSURF, GMCURV, FEFACE, FEEDGE, or GRID, the following message is output from GP1: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2104, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM 13 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6059 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - Restarts - Missing Displacements In the nonlinear static solution sequences, displacement output is missing
Known Error
CR 6059 from the restart run, when the following conditions are met: 1) A new subcase is added which requests intermediate output (INTOUT=YES on NLPARM). 2) The restart run regresses to a subcase prior to the last executed subcase (using PARAM,LOOPID and PARAM,SUBID). In other words, if the cold start finished with subcase 4, the new restart subcase 5 would start with the last LOOPID of subcase 3 or prior and a SUBID of 5 (effectively skipping subcase 4). When these conditions are met, the .F06 and the punch file contains ONLY the first intermediate displacements for the new subcase, and no other displacement output for that subcase. Other forms of output are unaffected. Avoidance: Avoid one of
CR 6065 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, MID4, TEMP(LOAD) - Incorrect Term Output for MAT2 If unsymetric thermal properties and thermal loads are present on a composite plate that is using the PSHELL/MAT2 instead of the PCOMP/MATi method of composite property description, then the PSHELL's MID4 MAT2 must have a ID greater than 400,000,000 and the thermal properties in that MAT2 must be written in a special nonstandard format (see Remark 13 on the MAT2 description of the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide). This is because the MSC/NASTRAN composite formulation is different than the noncomposite formulation for unsymmetric thermal loading. The MID4 MAT2 ID is the flag that tells MSC/NASTRAN whether the PSHELL/MAT2s are composite or not composite. PSHELL/MAT2s that are internally generated from PCOMPs and which are written to the .f06 file or to the .pch file have the correct m
Description
CR 6067 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Punch File Output not Supported for Error Tables
CR 6067 When the error table is output in the punch file, it is output in the print file (F06) format, with titles and labels, rather than a format suitable for the punch file. CR 6068 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMBC - UIM 6353 If a zero displacement value is entered on the GMBC entry, the following message is issued for each grid point associated with the GMEDGE or GMFACE entry: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6353 (EGENDD) ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT VECTOR IS NULL FOR COMPONENT=** OF EDGE ID= *** ON GMBC LOAD ID= 0 AND SPC ID= ** Avoidance: Although there is no way to avoid the information message from being output, there is no other adverse affect on the run and the message may be ignored.
Description
CR 6070 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PARAM,LFREQ, OPPHIPA, HFREQ - UFM 5423 A flutter or dynamic aeroelastic run that uses PARAM LFREQ or HFREQ to eliminate modes and PARAM OPPHIPA to print the normal mode shapes including aerodynamic grid points, fails with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 ATTEMPT TO MERGE INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES". Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than do not use PARAM LFREQ or HFREQ in combination with OPPHIPA.
Description
CR 6072 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - UFM 224 (PRERMM), If the PI(1) function on the DEQATN entry is used with an integer, it results
Known Error
CR 6072 in a mixed mode arithmetic operation error and the following message is issued "USER FATAL MESSAGE 224 (PRERMM) MIXED MODE USAGE BY THE ARITHMETIC OPERATOR * IS INVALID DURING DEQATN PROCESSING". Avoidance: Use a real number instead of an integer. For example, PI(1.0) is acceptable and produces the desired result. The user could also define pi on a DTABLE entry as a constant and not rely on the DEQATN function.
CR 6079 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - Data recovery with PARAM,DDRMM,0 (default) - Missing output By default (PARAM,DDRMM,0) in dynamic data recovery for modal frequency or modal transient analysis (SOLs 11, 12, 111, 112, 146, and 200) any FORCE, STRESS, SPCF (if PARAM,DYNSPCF,OLD is specified), or STRAIN request in a subcase subsequent to the first subcase is not honored. For example, if the subcase structure shown below is specified then the forces for element 20, 40 and 60 are not output. set 1=100,200 set 2=20,40,60 subcase 10 FORCE = 1 Subcase 20 FORCE = 2 Avoidance: Including PARAM,DDRMM,-1 avoids the problem but this forces the output to be in SORT1 format. Another avoidance is to add a new subcase above the existing subcase structure for the FORCE(PLOT)=ALL and STRESS(PLOT)=ALL as shown below. With this avoidance the output is in SORT2 format. set
Description
CR 6080 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL - SFM 5407, SFM 5401 Large Lanczos buckling runs may fail in the REIGL module on the CRAY C-90
Known Error
CR 6080 release of MSC/NASTRAN with the following messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5407. INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN AN (SUB-)INTERVAL
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL).
USER FATAL MESSAGE 4405, NO EIGENVECTORS COMPUTED FOR COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS OR SYSTEM SOLUTION. Avoidance 1: An avoidance is to set SHFSCL on the EIGRL entry near the absolute value of the lowest expected root. Avoidance 2 (preferred over Avoidance 1): include sss alter br.v69 for Nastran version 69.0.2 or br.v691 for Nastran version 69.1. Leave the SHFSCL entry on the EIGRL card blank. Known Error Product CR 6087 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - heatconv, CHBDY large field format - Wrong Conversion The heat transfer converter program, heatconv, cannot process CHBDY large field format with ambient points correctly. Specifically, the GA1, GA2, GA3, GA4 points on the CHBDY continuation entry are not copied to the new Version 68 bulk data CONV entry. Avoidance: Use small field CHBDY format.
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Known Error Product
CR 6093 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BNDGRID, RBEi, RBAR - UFM 2101A, UFM 3001 When a shape optimization job is run which uses BNDGRID entries to define shape basis vectors, if the same component of a grid referenced on a BNDGRID entry is also referenced by
Known Error
CR 6093 a rigid element, then the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101A" is correctly issued stating that a grid component can not be defined in both S-set and M-set. This is a user input error. For versions prior to 68.2, if a shape optimization job uses Analytic Boundary Shape and also includes MPC or rigid element entries in the primary model, error message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = UPARTN THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED USET0 AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST." may be output. Avoidance: Replace the offending RBE's with extremely stiff elements.
Known Error Product
CR 6095 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - CQUAD4, CTRIA3, PSHELL, MID3 - No Warning Message Material nonlinear analysis does not support the transverse shear stiffness in a CQUAD4 or CTRIA3. This is documented in the MSC/NASTRAN nonlinear seminar notes. However, if the MID3 references a MATS1 entry, no warning message is issued stating that material nonlinearities are not supported for this stiffness. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than realizing the fact that the transverse shear stiffness remains linear for CQUAD4 and CTRIA3.
Description
CR 6100 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PK Flutter Analysis - Extra Eigenvectors If a user requests flutter eigenvectors in a pk flutter analysis and there are real roots, an eigenvector is printed for each real root. This is confusing to our users since only half of the real roots are provided in the flutter summary. Avoidance: Ignore the first half of the flutter eigenvectors that have real eigenvalues.
Description
CR 6111 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - PARAM,DYNSPCF,OLD - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 6111 If PARAM,DYNSPCF,OLD is used in a modal solution and the matrix method of data recovery is used (the default), incorrect SPC Force output occurs. Avoidance: Either specify PARAM,DDRMM,-1 or include the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 163 TYPE PARM,,CHAR8,Y,DYNSPCF='NEW' $ if (dynspcf='old') then $ DDRMM CASEDR,UH1,OL1,OUGV2,oqg2,OES2,OEF2,XYCDBDR/ OUGV2Y,oqg2y,OES2Y,OEF2Y, $ equivx oqg2y/oqg2/always $ else $ alter 164 endif $ CR 6112 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MATT8 - MSC/NASTRAN V68 Reference Manual The documentation in Chapter 5 of the Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual referencing the MATT8 entry is incorrect. The MATT8 entry does not exist and it is not possible to define temperature dependent orthotropic material properties. CR 6116 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - RBE, MPC - UFM 5289 The external id field in the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5289, COMPONENT WITH EXTERNAL ID = ***, DOF = **, APPEARS MORE THAN ONCE ON THE SAME MPC OR RIGID ELEMENT" is limited to eight characters. Thus, if the message attempts to identify an internally generated degree of freedom from a pelement "********" are output. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error
CR 6118
CR 6118 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - CHBDYE, TA1 - SFM 4276 EC 201 The message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.WRITE ERROR CODE 201" occurs when a CHBDYE element references a non-existing conduction element ID. Avoidance: Make sure all the CHBDYE have a corresponding conduction element ID
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6123 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM, P2=8 - Missing Response Output The design optimization print produced when P2 is set to 8 on the DOPTPRM Bulk Data entry does not include transient responses. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in V68.2: compile desopt noref nolist alter 'dom10','' dbview xxxx=oli where (solapp='mtran') $ DOM10, DESTAB,XINIT,XO,CNTABRG, CVALRG, CVALO, DVPTAB,PROPI,PROPO,R1TABRG,R1VALRG,R1VALO, RSP2RG,R2VALRG,R2VALO,OPTPRMG,OBJTbg,DRSTBLg, xxxx,fol1,frqrprg// DESCYCLE/DESMAX/OBJIN/OBJOUT/ $
Description
CR 6126 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PLOADX1 - Wrong Answers The PLOADX1 bulk data entry is not supported when using superelements. No load is generated for a PLOADX1 entry that references elements that
Known Error
CR 6126 belong to an upstream superelement, Avoidance: Place any elements loaded by PLOADX1 entries in the residual structure.
CR 6127 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGR, GIV, MGIV, HOU, MHOU - Wrong Answers If any transformation method (i.e. GIV, MGIV, HOU or MHOU) is used to extract eigenvalues from a two degree of freedom problem the eigenvectors may be reversed. Avoidance: Select the lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction.
Description
CR 6129 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTETRA - Poor Answers, Distorted Element Not Detected Severely distorted TETRA elements may not always be identified, this may lead to poor answers.
Description Avoidance: Other than avoiding severely distorted elements, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6138 MSC / MD Nastran OUTPUT2 - RCOUT2 - BUS ERROR (CORE DUMP) In Version 67.5, if the RCOUT2 program is used to read a formatted output2 file on the HP machine, the job may fail with following error messages: BUS ERROR (CORE DUMP) Description This error only occurs on the HP Version 67.5 system when reading an output2 that is written in a neutral format. Avoidance: Use the Version 68 RCOUT2 program to read the Version 67.5 output2
Known Error
CR 6138 file.
CR 6142 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - EMG - UFM 4659 For some complicated geometric surfaces, such as a sphere which has singularities at the poles, element edges which are mapped directly to the surface may be distorted enough to cause the the fatal message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659 (EMGPMD) DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = *** BAD GEOMETRY HAS BEEN DETECTED. Avoidance: There is no current workaround.
CR 6147 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS-Method 2 and Unsymmetric DECOMP (Non-sparse) Errors have been found in the Vector Math Kernels for Hitachi VOS3. The errors will only occur when sparse is deselected (i.e., when NASTRAN SPARSE=1,USPARSE=0 is specified). There are two separate errors -- one in FBS Method 2 and one in Unsymmetric Decomp. Both errors can be corrected using the following ZAP: //... JOB ... //* //* CORRECT ERRORS IN NON-SPARSE VECTOR KERNELS //* //ZAPKVCT EXEC PGM=AMASPZAP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR,DSN=...NAST68.NASTRAN ..NASTRAN LIB.. //SYSIN DD * NAME NASTKVCT $PMDINF VER 0000 C8C9,E3C1 REP 0018 0000,0002,0000,0016,0000,005F NAME NASTKVCT VOS3VCT2 VER 20CA 47B0,F094 VER 2844 0840,4242,0842,4442
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Known Error
CR 6147 REP 20CA 47D0 REP 2844 0840,4442,0842,4642 NAME NASTKVCT VOS3VC1A VER 3450
Known Error Product
CR 6148 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DMAP FM 9015 (FEA) USET TABLE NOT PRESENT Shape optimization jobs that contain an auxilary model to define the boundary shapes but do not include a static subcase may fail with the message:
DMAP INFORMATION MESSAGE 9052 (FEA) - STATIC ANALYSIS COMPLETED. DESIGN CYCLE NUMBER= 1 DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9015 (FEA) THE USET TABLE IS NOT PRESENT FOR: ANALYSIS = FREQ MPC = -1 SPC = -1 AUXMID = 1 Description Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile sedisp souin=mscsou list noref alter 206 diagon( 20 ) $ alter 207 diagoff( 20 ) $ endalter compile descon souin=mscsou list noref alter 108 diagon( 20 ) $ alter 109 diagoff( 20 ) $ endalter compile d Known Error Product Abstract CR 6152 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMCORD, GMCURV, FEEDGE - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 6152 When a GMCORD coordinate system is specified on a GMCURV, the 2 and 3directions are incorrect. The 2-direction is opposite the normal to the associated GMSURF, and the 3-direction is the cross product of the tangent to the edge and the normal to the face. The 3-direction should be the normal, and the 2-direction should be the cross product of the normal to the surface and tangent to the curve.
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CR 6155 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - XCSA - Poor Performance The documentation states that an alphabetic character must be used to start the ID entry if one is used. If a non-alphabetic character is used, the program will issue UFM 300. On some client machines, it appears that excessive time is taken before this message is issued. Avoidance: Do not start any words on the ID entry with a non-alphabetic character.
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CR 6156 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIAi - Poor Answers, No Skew Check There is no skew check performed on triangular plate elements in MSC/NASTRAN. Excessively skewed elements may result in poor answers.
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Avoidance: Many pre-processors have skew checks for triangular plate elements. A skew check is in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2. The test in Version 68.2 is based upon the three vertex angles. A warning message is issued if any vertex angle is less than "T3SKEW", where "T3SKEW" is a user controllable NASTRAN keyword with a default value of ten degrees. CR 6157 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - DPD - Excessive Time in DPD Module On large-size models, the main function of the DPD module is to generate the usetd table from the uset table. It has been observed that the time
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CR 6157 to perform this operation on large models can exceed the time to generate the uset table and process all rigid elements in the GP4 module. Avoidance: An avoidance on sol 103 models which do not have EPOINTs is to write a DMAP to branch over the DPD module, and equiv uset to usetd, dynamics to eed, and set noue to -1.
CR 6159 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MPCFORCE - Misleading Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide description of the MPCFORCES command, remark 1, states that the MPCFORCE requests are honored in the Structured Solution Sequences only. This remark implies that MPCFORCE output is available in all of the SSS. It is not available in the nonlinear solutions SOLs 106, 129, 153, or 159. This fact is documented in Table 3 of the Case Control section of the Quick Reference Guide. CR 6166 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - GIV - Wrong Answers, UIM 4158 Using the GIVENS method to calculate modes of a structure which has a non positive definite mass matrix, should result in the following error message: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4646---- THE MASS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE,USING THE GIVENS METHOD. USE MGIV INSTEAD" However, the run may proceed and incorrect answers may be produced. Since MSC/NASTRAN automatically omits massless degrees of freedom, this error only occurs with models involving nearly massless mechanism. The user is warned of the poor answers by a very large value for the factor diagonal ratio in the following message: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158 ---STATISTICS FOR CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION OF DATA BLOCK MXX FOLLOW MAXIMUM RATION OF MATRIX DIAGONAL TO FACTOR DIAGONAL = The user may also be warned of the poor r
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CR 6171 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - CGAP - UWM 979 CGAP elements using multiple subcases are incorrectly plotted seperately by subcase. The correct plotting procedure is, as for other elements, on plot that contains all the subcases concatenated. This error is exacerbated because the scaling is done on the first subcase which is then used for all the subcases, even though the data from the following subcases was not used in the scaling. This causes the data from the other subcases to be off the plot. Another problem caused by the CGAP is that all the requested plotting is attempted twice; once after the CGAP f06 printing and the other after the other element f06 printing. In the first plot attempt, only data for the CGAP is available, causing UWM 979 to be printed for the other element plot requests. In the second plot attempt, onl
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CR 6181 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - VECPLOT - UFM 5423 If acoustic analysis is requested in SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=MFREQ, DFREQ, or MTRAN and also ANALYSIS=STATICS, then the run fails in the VECPLOT module during static analysis data recovery.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP avoidance: compile sedrcvr,souin=mscsou,noref,nolist $ alter 28,28 IF ( NOT(PEXIST) AND NOT(NLHEAT) AND (NSILS*6)<>LUSETS ) THEN $
CR 6184 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - NLPARM - Possible Divergence If the stiffness update method, KMETHOD field, is specified incorrectly on the NLPARM entry, a fatal message is not issued and the default AUTO method is used. Note that the double quotes surrounding the legal choices in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide should not be included when specifying the KMETHOD field. If the double quote is used, it will
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Known Error
CR 6184 be considered as part of the string specified. Avoidance: Specify a correct method in the KMETHOD field.
CR 6186 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAH - SFM 4276 GREAD EC If a design optimization task contains multiple subcases that include design constraints on dynamic responses (either frequency or transient) and there are no active constraints for the first dynamic subcase, the above fatal error occurs. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to force retention of a response using a DSCREEN bulk data entry with a threshold set to a large negative number.
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CR 6192 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL - Poor Message If ND, the number of desired roots, is specified on the EIGRL entry to be greater than the total number of eigenvalues and , the Eigenvalue Analysis Summary "TERMINATION MESSAGE" may indicate "NOT ALL EIGENVALUES FOUND IN RANGE" even though all possible eigenvalues have been found. Avoidance: Either specify a frequency range or specify an appropriate value for ND.
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CR 6196 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9 - SFM 3002 EOR RSP2RG In a design optimization task, if the objective is a synthetic (DRESP2) response and there are no constraints on synthetic responses, the above error may occur.
Description
Avoidance: An avoidance is to formulate and constrain a DRESP2 response. For example the DRESP2 = 1.0 * DRESP1. In order to force retention of the constraint, a DSCREEN entry with RTYPE = EQUA and TRS = -1000. should be used. CR 6201
Known Error
CR 6201 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Heat Transfer, PARAM POST,-2 - Missing Output In heat transfer analysis solutions 153 and 159, the temperature and flux results are not properly written to the OUTPUT2 file under when using PARAM, POST, -2. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 66,66 alter 68,68 IF ( POST=-2 AND GETSYS(NH,56)<>0 ) THEN $ MATMOD ougv1,,,,,/tougv1,/13 $ alter 112,112 IF ( POST=-2 AND GETSYS(NH,56)<>0 ) THEN $ CR 6221 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CORD2i, GP1 - Missing Error Messages On the DEC/OSF1 (and possibly other machines), when a large number (e.g., 1.E+35) is used to define the vectors of a secondary coordinate system (e.g., CORD2S), the job may fail without issuing an error message in the F06 file. A message such as "abnormal time termination" may be observed in the LOG file. On other machines, SFM 2005, UFM 316, or SFE 4276 EC 7777 may be issued in the F06 file. Avoidance: Use smaller numbers to define the vectors.
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CR 6224 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - DMAP, TRD1 - SFM 3008 The transient response solutions in MSC/NASTRAN do not support complex arithmetic. If a complex matrix is introduced by DMAP, the program attempts to process the problem, but may fail in the module TRD1 with a message similar to the following: "INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR SPARSE FBS IN SPFBS USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY xxx WORDS. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 MODULE = TRD1
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Known Error
CR 6224 INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE." Avoidance: Do not use complex matrices in a transient solution.
Known Error Product
CR 6226 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDSC - SFM 4276, Attempt to Read Past EOR In a dynamic response sensitivity analysis, the above message can occur when the are multiple superelements and one of the superelements has no active responses. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to explicitly specify each superelement subcase in the case control and not place a design condition for the superelements that are known not to be active in the sensitivity analysis. A less satisfactory fix is to delete the SDSC and DSTAP2 modules in the EXITOPT subdmap. The sensitivity matrix would then be printed without the IDENTIFICATION OF COLUMNS IN THE DESIGN SENSITIVITY MATRX table.
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CR 6228 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPRELi - DSCM Matrix Row Deficient The number of rows in the DSCM matrix should be equal to the number of independent design variables plus the number of DVPREL2 entries. If there are no DVPREL2 entries and the trailing independent design variables are not referenced by any DVPREL1 entries, the number of rows in DSCM matrix will be deficient by the number of unreferenced trailing design variables.
Description
Avoidance: An avoidance is to rearrange the ID's of independent design variables so that the unreferenced ID's are not the highest numbers. Known Error Product CR 6229 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDY, Forced Convection Heat Flow - Inconsistent Calculations
Known Error
CR 6229 The forced convection heat flow is calculated by upwinding shape functions in the solver and by the average fluid temperature in the data recovery. This inconsistency results in an unbalanced energy between the forced convection heat flow output and the mass flow convection (mdot*Cp*Delta T). This error may lead to poor answers for the "FORCED-CONVECTION" and "HEAT FLOW INTO HBDY ELEMENTS" results. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 6233 MSC / MD Nastran Aerodynamic Flutter - SOL 145 - Poor Performance The solution approach used in SOL 145 is different in Version 68 as compared to Version 67.5. Invariant matrices are created in Version 68 for aerodynamic optimization. These matrices are larger than the matrices used in the Version 67.5 approach. Therefore, the performance (e.g., in the FBS module) may be slower in Version 68 as compared to Version 67.5. Due to these larger matrices, the disk space requirement may also be larger. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 6234 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN Size Increased to 32000 Characters MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 has increased the allowable number of characters for the DEQATN entry from 12,500 to 32,000. CR 6235 MSC / MD Nastran Static - PLOAD1, CBEAM, CBEND - Infinite Loop If a problem contains PLOAD1, CBEAM, and CBEND entries, then MSC/NASTRAN may become trapped in an infinite loop. The error only occurs when no
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Known Error
CR 6235 PLOADs are applied to any CBEND elements. Avoidance: Apply a zero dummy load on a CBEND element.
CR 6240 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - QSETi, SSG3 - SFM 3007, UWM 4698, UWM 5221, UFM 5225 In static analysis, if QSETi entries are defined for SPOINTs and ASETi entries are defined for physical degrees of freedom then the run will fail in SOL 61 and 101 with SFM 3007 in module SSG3 and subroutine SSG3A. In SOL 24, the run will issue USER WARNING MESSAGEs 4698 and 5221 and then fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 5225. Avoidance: Insert the following avoidance for SOL 101 or remove the QSETi entries:
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compile selrrs souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 5,5 PARAML USET//'USET'//////'q'/S,N,NOqSET/ 't'/S,N,NOtSET $ IF ( FIXEDB <> -2 ) THEN $ A-SET PARTITIONING ( Q + T ) EQUIVX PA/PT/NOQSET $ IF ( NOQSET>=0 AND NOTSET>=0 ) UPARTN USET,PA/PT,,,/'A'/'T'/'Q'/1 $ ENDIF $ EQUIVX PT/PL/NORSET $ alter 8,8 UPARTN USET,PT/PL,PR,,/'T'/'L'/'R' CR 6241 MSC / MD Nastran Random Response Analysis - STRESS, BEAM - Wrong Answers If stresses are requested for BEAM elements in a random response analysis, and the STRESS output is requested as real/imaginary values, then the PSD output for the RMS stresses at point F of end A are incorrect.
Description Avoidance: Request the stresses in magnitude and phase by using the STRESS(PHASE) Case Control command. Known Error CR 6242
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CR 6242 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD - Datablock Does not Exist, Poor Message The message "INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED OUGVS1 AT POSITION 12 DOES NOT EXIST. DSAD" is produced when the user requests responses at a set of grid points that do not exist. If some of the grid points exist and some of them don't, a more meaningful message is produced. A similar nonexistent datablock error is produced for other response types; e.g., the OES1 datablock is missing if none of the requested elements exist. Avoidance: Do not request responses for grids that do not exist.
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CR 6244 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - PARAM,POST,-1; PATVER,2.5 - Extra Data Block LAMA If PARAM,POST,-1 and PARAM,PATVER,2.5 are used in SOL 103, MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 incorrectly writes the LAMA (OLB) datablock to the output2 file for PATRAN. PATNAS cannot recognize this datablock and issues an error message. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter:
Description
COMPILE SEDRCVR SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 92 $ IF (POST=-1 AND PATVER=2.5) THEN $ OUTPUT2 OUGV1//OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR $ ELSE $ ALTER 93 $ ENDIF $ CR 6249 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,NMLOOP - UWM 4500, DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9015 If "PARAM,NMLOOP" is included in the Bulk Data section for a Structured Solution Sequence input file other than SOL 106 or 153, then the job may fail with one or more of the following error messages: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4500, STIFFNESS MATRIX PURGED. GRID POINT
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Known Error
CR 6249 SINGULARITY NOT TEST DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 9015 (SEBUCKL) - THE USET TABLE IS NOT PRESENT Note that this parameter is not used except in SOL 106 and 153. Avoidance: Remove the offending parameter as this parameter is only used for SOL 106 and 153.
CR 6252 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SPCFORCE - PLOT Option is Available The SPCFORCE output request supports the plot option even though it is not listed in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide. CR 6253 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD, CLAN - Incorrect Eigenvectors The complex lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction may produce nonorthogonal eivenvectors for models with multiple roots at the same eigenvalue. This error is under investigation, currently it has been experienced on short-word machines only. The CRAY produced correct results. Avoidance: Use the Hessenberg method.
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CR 6257 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - File Not Found, UFM 423 Prior to Version 69, filenames were limited to 80 characters. Filenames that were longer were trunctated by MSC/NASTRAN, this generally resulted in file not found errors. Version 69 increases the allowable filename length limit to 256 characters.
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Known Error Product
CR 6258 Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - MATMOD Option 16 The first line of the example DMAP for MATMOD option 16 in the MSC/NASTRAN DMAP Module Dictionary (page 196) is incorrect. Avoidance: In the DMAP example, replace the following line
Description MATMOD EQEXIN/INTEXT/9/0/LUSET $ with MATGEN EQEXIN/INTEXT/9/0/LUSET $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 6260 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - NOLINi, ADAPT - Wrong Answers The ADAPT strategy and the PW convergence criterion leads to an erroneous solution if NOLIN cards are enforcing square wave type of power input loading that is based on specified temperatures at certain grid locations of the model. Particularly, the iteration strategy fails when the temperature of the curve is nearly constant. This phenomenon occurs for the ablation problem for which NOLIN entries are used to model the heat transfer through out the medium. Avoidance: Set the ADJUST of the TSTEPNL entry to zero, so that the automatic time step adjustment is disabled. Also set the convergence criterion to U, and set the EPSU to 1.0-5 instead of the 1.0-3 default value. This avoidance yields correct answers but the actual CPU time to reach convergence will be much longer than using SOL 8 Known Error Product Abstract CR 6261 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ADAPT,OUTPUT,OUTRCV - UFM 300 If free field format is being used with the ADAPT, OUTPUT, or OUTRCV bulk data entries, and the first comma does not occur in columns 1-8, the fatal message, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 300, DATA ERROR IN FIELD UNDERLINED", occurs.
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Known Error
CR 6261 Avoidance: Eliminate spaces between the entry name and the first comma.
CR 6264 MSC / MD Nastran Thermal Stress Analysis - TEMPBC - Wrong Answers The TEMPBC bulk data entry is used to specify time-dependent temperatures (TYPE=TRAN) at grid points for transient thermal analysis (SOL 159). Internally in MSC/NASTRAN, this time dependent load is accomplished using SLOAD and the CELAS2 bulk data entries. For thermal analysis, these generated CELAS2's produce correct temperatures. However, if a TEMPBC entry with the TRAN option is included in a thermal stress analysis (SOL 101, SOL 106), then the thermal stress calculations are wrong because extra forces are introduced in the problem. Avoidance: Remove TEMPBC entries with TYPE=TRAN.
Description
CR 6267 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SUPORT - UFM 3055 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68, if multiple SUPORT sets are used in SOL 101, it is possible to get "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3055 ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES". This error occurs when there are a different number of loading conditions for the various SUPORT points.
Description
Avoidance: If multiple SUPORT sets are used, insert the following DMAP alter for SOL 101 compile sestatic, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 69 type parm,,i,n,storit=0 $ call dbstore crx,,,,//suport/0/'DBALL'/s,storit $ $ compile sedisp, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 14 type parm,,i,n,gotit=0
Known Error
CR 6267 purgex /crx,,,, $ call dbfetch /crx,,,,/suport/0/0/0/s,gotit $ $
CR 6269 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - DDAMF.FOR - Missing Subroutines, DDAM Will not Compile The ddamf.for FORTRAN program delivered with the SSSALTER library for the ddam related alters is missing two subroutines. This is a Version 67.5 plus error.
Description Avoidance: The updated ddamf.for will be delivered with Version 68.2. If you need a copy of this updated program, you can contact your local technical support representatives. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6270 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - EIGRL - SFM 5299, SFM 5401, UFM 4405 In a buckling analysis, if the buckling load is reversible (e.g., a torsional buckling load applied to a cylinder), then the job may fail with the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5299.UNRECOVERABLE TERMINATION FROM LANCZOS ITERATION *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE. Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4405, NO EIGENVECTORS COMPUTED FOR COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS OR SYSTEM SOLUTION. In this case, the Lanczos shift logic finds many negative legitimate roots. The number of these negative roots will increase as the model size increases. Avoidance 1: If you are interested in only a few modes, which is the case for most buckling analysis, use the SINV method. If you wish to use the Lanczos met
CR 6271 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AESTATRS - Wrong Answers In a static aeroelastic analysis, if two dynamic pressures differ by less than 5.0e-4, the analysis will be repeated with the results for the first dynamic pressure duplicated rather than new results being generated for the second.
Description
Avoidance: The following DMAP avoidance gives differing results whenever the dynamic pressures differ by more than 5.0e-7: compile aestatrs souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 30,30 IQ=NINT(1000000.*Q) $
CR 6272 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMIG, M2GG, K2GG, B2GG - No Check for Symmetry User-provided matrices, such as M2GG, K2GG, and B2GG, are not checked by the program for symmetry. If non-symmetric matrices are entered for any matrix which should be symmetric, the program may fail in a later operation, or give incorrect answers. Avoidance: Use the symmetric option on the DMIG entry.
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CR 6274 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADSET - Wrong Answers for Multiple Large Cavities For multiple radiation enclosures, the contents of the radiation matrix for the first cavity is overwritten if the element size of the second cavity is greater than 200. This error also occurs for large sizes of third, fourth and subsequent cavities. Avoidance: Use a single cavity or keep the sizes of the second, third, and subsequent cavities small.
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Known Error Product
CR 6282 Buckling - Thermal Loads - Wrong Answers If multiple buckling analyses are executed in a single solution 105 run, and thermal loads are present, then wrong answers (eigenvalues, eigenvectors etc.) are generated for the second and greater buckling subcases. The error occurs because MSC/NASTRAN uses incorrect temperature information when generating the differential stiffness matrix for the second and greater buckling subcases. The solutions in the static subcases are correct.
Description
Avoidance: Specify all loads in both the static and buckling subcases, and include the following dmap alter: compile sekdr souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 25, 25 $ if (seid = 0) then $ case cases,/case1/'tran'/colno $ else $ equivx cases/case1/-1 $ endif $ call setq case1//seid/peid/s,mtemp/s,k2gg/s,m2gg/ s,b2gg/s,mpc/s,spc
CR 6285 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - MATi, TRD1 - SFM 4276 EC 105 In a nonlinear transient problem (SOL 129), the job fails in TRD1 and the misleading message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.PACK ERROR CODE 105" is output whenever all the mass properties are omitted. Therefore, the message occurs whenever the user forgets to specify the mass density on their MATi bulk data entries and doesn't have any other concentrated masses (CONMi, CMASSi) specified. Avoidance: Specify the mass density on MATi bulk data entries or include a concentrated mass.
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Known Error Product
CR 6289 Static Analysis - GPSDCON, ELSDCON - SFM 4276 EC 3002 When attempting to calculate Grid Point Stress Dicontinuities (GPSDCON) or Element Stress Dicontinuities (ELSDCON) on a model containing HEXA, PENTA and TETRA solid elements it is possible to get the following fatal message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3002" if the calculations are done over a volume containing both types of elements. Avoidance: Perform two runs and define the Volume set in the OUTPUT(POST) section to be PENTA or HEXA only. Also, grouping the element types by element id number allows the STDCON module to run.
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CR 6291 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SORT2, PUNCH - Missing SUBCASE ID If punched output is requested in SORT2 format (e.g., STRESS(SORT2,PUNCH)=all), then the punch output does not contain the appropriate subcase labels. This error is considered fixed in Version 69 since the subcase id may be obtained by setting system(210)=1. Avoidance: Either request SORT1 output or specify system(210)=1.
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CR 6292 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - 20 Node HEXA - Infinite CPU Loop If a 20 node HEXA element is used in a transient thermal analysis (SOL 159), the solution will not converge because the weighting of the capacitance matrix is not correct. The job may go into an infinite CPU loop and will have to be manually killed by the user. Avoidance: Use 8 noded HEXA instead.
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CR 6294 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TSTEPNL - SFM 4276 EC 1044
Known Error
CR 6294 Solution 129 runs may fail with the message, "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.OPEN ERROR CODE 1044" in the NLTRD2 module. The error is still under investigation but the error only seems to appear when the NO field is not set to 1 or the timestep field (NDT) is not 1.E**. Avoidance: Specify the NO field to 1 or NDT to 1.E** (i.e., .001, .01, .1, 1. ...).
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Known Error Product
CR 6296 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DBC, PARAM,POST,0 - DBCMSG ERROR 23 FROM GRIDBK/ELMBLK If in a Version 68.2 nonlinear transient analysis with PARAM,POST,0 the following warning messages are encountered the graphic database, xdb, will be corrupt. 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR TOL VALUE = 1.2879E+00, POSITION = 52 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR TOL VALUE = 1.2879E+00, POSITION = 52 Avoidance: The following DMAP avoidance may avoid the error in Version 68.2. The error has been corrected in Version 69.0.2; however most Unix workstations were released as Version 69.0.0 and Version 69.0.2 must be specially requested.
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CR 6307 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - SSG1, QVECT, RADBND - SFM 3007 If the QVECT (direction heat flux) is used in conjunction with RADBND (wavelength dependent radiation) for more than one element , then you SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 will be encountered in the SSG1 module. The exact message is: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = SSG1
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Known Error
CR 6307 ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE HMAT FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Instead of using the QVECT entry to specify heat flux, use the QHBDY entry to define the heat load.
CR 6308 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress Discontinuities - GPSTRESS, GPSTR1 - Poor Accuracy Even though the stress discontinuities are exactly zero in the normal-x, normal-y and shear-xy directions the major and minor directions may indicate small, non-zero stress discontinuities. CR 6310 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - ESE, GPFDR - Missing Output, Infinite CPU Loop, SWM ????, UWM 2354 Element strain energy and grid point force does not work in Version 68, SOL 105 buckling runs. A request for ESE or GPFORCE may produce an infinite cpu loop or SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 with a traceback in the log file. The job may eventually fail due to lack of disk space because the following warning message is issued repeatedly: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4506--- TOTAL STRAIN ENERGY IS ZERO. THE PERCENT OF TOTAL STRAIN ENERGY IS ALSO SET TO ZERO. USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4507--- IN SUBCASE **** THERE ARE *** QUAD4 ELEMENTS HAVING STRAIN ENERGY WHICH IS LESS THAN .0010 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL STRAIN ENERGY OF ALL ELEMENTS. The following message is another symptom of this error. SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE ???? ***, GPFDR FINDS A SYMMETRY SEQUENCE LENGTH 19 WHILE ATTEMP
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Known Error Product
CR 6312 Heat Transfer - CHBDYE - UWM 2154 A CHBDYE which is defined as side 4 of a PENTA element does not work. If attempted the message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 2154, A ZERO AREA OR ILLEGAL CONNECTION FOR CHBDYE ELEMENT NUMBER xxxxx" is generated. Avoidance: If possible reorder the grids so the CHBDYE can be defined for a side other than side 4.
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CR 6313 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - CHBDYP, PHBDY, Heat Transfer - SFM T10 (XMIT) TRANS will not work on heat transfer decks that contain CHBDYP elements with PHBDY property cards. The following message is written out and no neutral file is created: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE T10 (XMIT) A DATABLOCK WAS ENCOUNTERED THAT HAD MORE FIELDS THAN WERE DEFINED IN THE DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE. DATABLOCK NAME = PHBDY DATABLOCK LENGTH = 7 DATA DEFINTION LENGTH = 4 Avoidance: The only avoidance is to run MSC/NASTRAN on the machine that you intend to perform post processing on (or other compatible machine) so that TRANS is not required. Note that machines that use the same UNIX IEEE structure machines are compatible and TRANS is not required. The list of compatible machines is documented in Chapter 6 of the Installatio
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Known Error Product
CR 6316 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Random Analysis - RANDOM - BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 IN FREAD If the RANDPS entry references subcases that do not exist the following uninformitive message is issued:
Description BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD
Known Error
CR 6316 Avoidance: Correct the RANDPS entry that is in error.
CR 6317 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - UFM 6293 "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6293 (DSAD16) GRID NO. *** REFERENCED ON A DRESP1 ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND" may be issued in error in a frequency response optimization or design sensitivity analysis if there are multiple frequencies and multiple grid points appearing on DRESP1 entries, but not every response is designed for every frequency. Avoidance: The first check should be to make sure the message is in error. If this appears to be the case, it is necessary to add a constraint for every response at every frequency. Very generous limits could be set on these added constraints so that they play no role in the design process.
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CR 6319 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2 - Poor Message If a DMAP alter using INPUTT2 is used, and a parameter is used to specify the INPUTT2, the parameter must be assigned a value before execution of the INPUTT2 module. If no value is assigned, the module will fail with a FORTRAN read error. The message may be different for each computer type, and appears only in the log file. The .f06 and .f04 files end abruptly and no error message is printed. Avoidance: Be sure the unit number is defined before INPUTT2 is used.
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CR 6322 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA - SFM 4252, Inefficient restart On a restart run, if the user changes PARAM,AUTOSPC for the residual structure, then SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252 may be issued or all superelements will be recomputed. This error was found on a sol 103 restart to sol 129. In a sol 129 run, the PARAM,AUTOSPC default is "NO" in the residual and it should
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Known Error
CR 6322 not be changed. Therefore, single point constraints for singularities that were eliminated by PARAM,AUTOSPC,YES in the sol 103 run must be explicitly defined in sol 129 for the residual. Avoidances: 1) Specify PARAM, SPCGEN, 1 in the cold start run to punch SPC entries based on the the AUTOSPC operation. Include the puched SPC entries in the restart Bulk Data section. 2) Use the following alter compile ifpl souin=mscsou,nolist,noref $alter 89,89 $ v67.5 removes autospc re
Known Error Product
CR 6326 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,AUTOSPC; MERGE, PARTN Various SFM In SOL 200 with PARAM, AUTOSPC, YES, if the model is a fluid/structure model then the run may fail with various matrix partition or merge errors indicating incompatible matrices. The error occurs after the first design cycle if the AUTOSPC operation produces a different set of constraints then in the previous cycle. (Version 68 only) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile dpd1 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 29 delete /vafs,,,, $
Description
CR 6328 MSC / MD Nastran Authorization - UFM 3060 If an MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 based authorization file is merged with a Version 68 authorization file, it is possible that Version 67.5 runs will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060 indicating that OPTION NOT IN APPROVED LIST even though the file contains a valid Version 67.5 authorization code.
Description
Known Error
CR 6328 This problem only occurs when Version 68 authorization codes precede the Version 67.5 authorization code. Avoidance: Version 68 authorization codes should be appended to the end of the authorization file.
CR 6329 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - Wrong Answers If the ply orientation angle is selected as as a design quantity and the initial ply orientation angle specified by the DESVAR/DVPREL1 combination is 0.0, incorrect sensitivities can result. The error occurs because the finite difference perturbation used to produce the sensitivity is too small when the initial ply angle is zero. Avoidance: Provide an initial design with a non-zero ply orientation angle.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6332 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL, FBSMEM, SYSTEM(146) - SFM 5401, UFM 4405 If the NASTRAN keyword FBSMEM (a.k.a. SYSTEM(146)) is set to too large a value such that there is insufficient memory to honor the request, then LANCZOS stops in the REIGL module and issues the messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE. ACCEPTED EIGENVALUES AND ADDITIONAL ERROR MESSAGES MAY BE LISTED ABOVE. USER ACTION: RERUN WITH ANOTHER METHOD OR ANOTHER SETTING ON EIGRL ENTRY. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4405 NO EIGENVECTORS COMPUTED FOR COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS OR SYSTEM SOLUTION Avoidance: Large values of FBSMEM are not necessary in Lanczos eigenvalue analysis. A value of 4 is the largest recommended value. Larger values are only a significant benefit to frequency response and transient solution sequences. Either inc
Description
CR 6338 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - TRIAX6, QVOL - Wrong Answers TRIAX6 elements with QVOL heat loading produce wrong answers on long word machines such as CRAY Y-MP and CRAY C-90. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6339 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB - UFM 6545 (DOPR3) The following fatal error message is issued for superelement optimization when a global response is selected from case control using the DESGLB entry. This error only occurs when a weight or volume response is selected in a non-statics case. USER FATAL MESSAGE 6545 (DOPR3) A DESGLB = 10 COMMAND APPEARS AT THE SUBCASE LEVEL.
Description
USER ACTION: EITHER REPLACE THE DESGLB COMMAND WITH A DESSUB COMMAND OR PLACE THE DESGLB REQUEST ABOVE THE FIRST SUBCASE.
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to specify a dummy statics subcase and to select the global (weight or volume) response with a DESSUB command from the statics subcase. Known Error Product CR 6348 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1, PBEND - UFM 7052, Misleading Message If an invalid property type is referenced on a DVPREL1 entry, the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7052, DOMPTC. ILLEGAL PROPERTY ENTRY NAME *****" is printed. In most cases this message would be caused by a typographical error on the DVPREL1 entry and would be easy to spot. However, the message
Description
Known Error
CR 6348 is misleading for the legal PBEND property entry. As is documented in remark 3 under the DVPREL1 entry, the PBEND entry is not supported on the DVPREL1 entry. The message should read "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7052, DOMPTC. ILLEGAL PROPERTY NAME ***** REFERENCED ON DVPREL1 ENTRY". Note that UFM 7052 is not documented in the Reference Manual and needs to be added.
CR 6353 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - UFM 5502 If a frequency sensitivity or optimization is performed at multiple frequencies and there are multiple element types and only a subset of the output frequencies are invoked on DRESP1 entries, then the following message is issued: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5502 (DSAD17) ELEM NO. **** REFERENCED ON A DRESP1 ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND. USER ACTION : USE OF UNREFERENCED ELEMENTS IS NOT RECOMMENDED AND MAY INDICATE A USER INPUT ERROR, RESULTS FOR OTHER RESPONSES ARE NOT AFFECTED. One message is output for each element in the model. Avoidance: Only perform the analysis at frequencies for which design results are required.
Description
CR 6355 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFPL, MAT1, MAT8 - SIGNAL NUMBER 11 If the same ID is used a MAT1 and MAT8 entry, the job should fail with the following message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2017, MATERIAL PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION x WAS DUPLICATED. On the Intel SCO/UNIX, the job terminates without any error message in the f06 file. A symptom of this error is the appearance of the following message
Known Error
CR 6355 in the log file: SIGNAL NUMBER 11
Avoidance: Use unique ID's for each MATi entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6360 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NFS Mount - Job Hangs Submitting a job from a machine that is nfs mounted may result in the job hanging. The exact cause of this specific problem is under investigation but is often the result of incompatibilities in the operating systems. Description Avoidance: Prior to MSC/NASTRAN V69, set system cell SYSTEM(207)=1; after that, set the keyword "sysfield=lock=no". This feature is designed to block file locking for those situations where, despite the correct programming of the file locking calls, the system hangs or aborts. CR 6361 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-1/PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC - Missing output If the neutral format option is requested when using "param,post,-1" and "param,ougcord,basic", then the ougv1pat datablock will not be written to the output2 file. This is due to the fact that the datablock ougv1pat is not defined in the NDDL. Description Avoidance: Add the following DMAP alter avoidance: compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 74,74 $ OUTPUT2 OUGV1PAT//OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR/'oug' $ V68 Known Error Product CR 6364 MSC / MD Nastran Single and Multipoint Constraints - MPCFORCE - Wrong Answers for Superelements In static analysis in the structured solutions the MPCFORCE output is wrong for upstream superelements when rigid elements are on the boundary
Known Error
CR 6364 between the residual and the superelement or completely interior to the superelement. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedisp souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 121,121 $ PARTN PG,COL,ROW/,,,PMI/1 $ upartn uset,pg/pmx,,,/'G'/'M'/'S'/1 $ if ( seid=0 ) then $ PARTN Pmx,COL,/,,,PMI/1 $ else $ equivx Pmx/pmi/-1 $ endif $
CR 6365 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - QUADX, TRIAX - Poor Answers The radial degree of freedom should be constrained for all grid points on the axis of symmetry for hyperelastic axisymmetric problems else poor answers may result. CR 6366 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CROD - Wrong Answers When a CROD or CONROD that has torsional properties only, nonzero axial stresses are printed if the attached grids move.
Description Avoidance: Use a torsion only CBAR or ignore the nonzero stresses. Known Error Product CR 6367 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - OFREQ, ANALYSIS=DFREQ - SFE 4276, EC 3001 If a OFREQ Case Control command is present in a direct frequency response optimization/design sensitivity analysis the following message is issued: SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 (DSAD)
Description
Known Error
CR 6367 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: $ compile fea souin=mscsou list noref alter 297,298 $ CALL SUPER3, CASECC, ,ULF,FOL1,PPFX,PSF1, , , ,DLT, , , ,,,, PCDB,XYCDB,POSTCDB,,EMAP,MAPS,EQEXINS,PVTS,CASES, SLT,ETT,GOAT,GOAQ,,,,UFOO,,GPLS,USET,SILS, PJ,EDT,YS,GM,,KFS,KSS,QR,,,,MAR,MEA, DYNAMICS,BGPDTS,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EST,GEOM2S,GEOM3S,ECTS, EPTS,INDTA,,,GPECT,,,SILX,EQEXINX, ECTX,BGPDTX,,GEOM4S,PG,,,,EPT,MPT, GEOM1,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4,,,,CASERS,,,,,,GPSNTS,PVT,,,,,, KSF,KMG,MMG,MSF,BMG,BSF,K4M
CR 6368 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - FEEDGE - Undetermined Displacement Coordinate Systems on Edges If two faces with different displacement coordinate systems intersect at an edge that has no explicitly defined displacement coordinate system, then the coordinate system used for the edge cannot be easily determined. Avoidance: In this situation, specify the displacement coordinate system for the edge explicitly.
Description
CR 6374 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - TEMP(LOAD), SUBCOM, GPFORCE - SFM 6220 If a SUBCOM involves a temperature load, and gpforce is requested as an output, then the job will fail with the following error messages:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6220 (GPFDR2), ERROR SEARCHING INDEX IN SCRT9 FILE Avoidance: Replace the SUBCOM with an appropriate SUBCASE.
Known Error Product
CR 6377 Documentation - Quick Reference Guide - Superelements, SESET The Gi description for the SESET entry is incorrect. The GRID ID limit of less than 1,000,000 is a pre Version 68 limit. The new limit is less than 100,000,000. CR 6378 MSC / MD Nastran Element - GENEL - UFM 316 If the [S] matrix is left out (to be generated automatically by MSC/NASTRAN) when using the GENEL element, then {ud} must contain six and only six degrees of freedom. This fact is documented in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide under the GENEL entry description. However, if less than six degrees of freedom are defined when using the Z option, then the following unclear error messages is issued:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA CARD GENEL x SORTED CARD COUNT = y On the other hand, if the K option is used, no error message is issued. The job most likely fails downstream with other error messages. Avoidance: If the [S] matrix is to be generated automatically by MSC/NASTRAN, define six and only six degrees of freedom for the {ud} vector.
CR 6380 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RESTART, LOOPID, SUBID - Missing Output If PARAM,LOOPID and PARAM,SUBID are used to restart a nonlinear analysis and SUBID references a SUBCASE that is not the next sequential subcase following the subcase associated with LOOPID, then missing output occurs.
Description
Avoidance: If the user wants to restart an analysis and continue at the beginning of a new subcase, then the subcase(s) should be added sequentially following the subcase associated with LOOPID.
CR 6383 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - MODES - UFM 6500 (ADAPT) The modes command does not appear to work with p-elements and yields an incorrect fatal message. The following Case Control: ADAPT = 150 VUGRID(PLOT)=ALL ADACT = ALL $ METHOD=151 SPC=999 DISP=ALL SUBCASE 1 MODES=1 SUBCASE 2 STRESS=ALL
Description
resulted in the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6500 (ADAPT) MULTIPLE SUBCASES WITH DIFFERENT METHOD COMMANDS AND/OR SPC/MPC/SUPORT COMMANDS HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED WITH P-ELEMENTS IN NORMAL MODES ANALYSIS. USER INFORMATION: ONLY ONE BOUNDARY CONDITION AND ONE METHOD COMMAND PER RUN IS ALLOWED. Note that the method command and constraint requests are above the subcase level. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 6386 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - UFM 2143 If the MPL listing for the module show that the parameters are of the BCD type, then they must be of length 8 as shown by the following example.
Description type parm,,char8,n,major,setj,comp='comp' $ major='g' $
Known Error
CR 6386 setj='a' $ vec uset/vgacomp1/major/setj/comp $ If other lengths are used, e.g., char4 instead of char8, then the job may fail with the following error message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2143, MODULE VEC UNABLE TO IDENTIFY SET OR SUBSET DESCRIPTOR G A This fact is not documented in the DMAP Module Dictionary. Avoidance: Define the BCD parameter type as char8.
Known Error Product
CR 6387 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLTRD2 PARAM,TSTATIC - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Inefficient An error in the bisection logic may cause nonlinear analysis to overshoot the load factor and the subcase may be repeated. If this error is encountered in a transient nonlinear analysis using PARAM,TSTATIC then (depending on machine) the job may issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 in the NLTRD2 module or may exit the NLTRD2 module without any message.
Description
CR 6388 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - GMSPC, GMBC, CORDiR, CORDiC - Wrong Answers When constraints, either GMSPCs or GMBCs, are defined in a cylindrical or spherical displacement coordinate system on an edge or face, the constraints can only be approximately satisfied. It has been observed that in some cases this leads to non-physical singularities. Avoidance: If possible, the basic coordinate system should be used.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6391 DMAP - Matrix K4AA Has an Improper Trailer in Solution 129 In a SOL 129 run, the K4AA matrix for the superelement is FORM=1 (square) instead of FORM=6 (symmetric). This may cause DMAP fatal messages in user DMAPs that expect the matrix to be symmetric. No adverse affect in the delivered solution sequences is known.
Description
Avoidance: In Version 68, the following alter changes the trailer to be FORM=6: compile semrb, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 13 modtrl xaa////6 $
CR 6396 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SPLINE1, SPLINE2 - Missing Documentation The description of the SETG field of the SPLINE1 entry in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide refers to remark 4 which does not exist. Even though the SETG field on the SPLINE2 entry serves the same function, the description does not refer to any remark at all.
Description Avoidance: The remark's original intent was to inform the user that SETi entries are bulk data entries and as such they are described in the same section.
CR 6397 MSC / MD Nastran Lagrange Multipliers - SYSTEM(198), SYSTEM(205) - SFM 5407, 5401 In Version 68.1, if the Lagrange Multiplier Technique is used on the SGI, the job may fail with the following (or possibly other) error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5407. INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN AN (SUB-)INTERVAL SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE.
Description
Known Error
CR 6397 This error is most likely to occur when using one of the Lagrange Multiplier alters from the sssalter library (e.g., lmt11.v68). Avoidance: Set SYSTEM(198) and SYSTEM(205) to 1 at the top of the input file with the following NASTRAN statements: NASTRAN SYSTEM(198)=1 NASTRAN SYSTEM(205)=1
CR 6402 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - ESE - SFM 6212 If ESE=n references a SET n then the run fails with SFM 6212. Avoidance: Use ESE=ALL.
CR 6404 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - SCR=YES, DBVIEW - Datablocks Deleted If a restart run uses the DBVIEW statement in conjunction with SCR=YES, it is possible that the DBVIEWed datablocks may be deleted from the database. This is in spite of a RESTART, KEEP FMS statement. Avoidance: On restart runs, do not use SCR=YES.
Description
CR 6405 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - RCOUT2 - SFM 1208 (LDSTR) on RCOUT2 Using RCOUT2 to convert a neutral binary output file that was ftp'd from an IBM MVS/XA system results in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1208 (LDSTR). This error occurs because a hex 71 is mistakenly written from MSC/NASTRAN, and it is not an acceptable character in EBCDIC. The error will be fixed in future versions. The client can fix MSC/NASTRAN at their site using the following superzap:
Description
Known Error
CR 6405 NAME NASTRAN UNSTR VER 031C BD71 REP 031C BD5F IDRDATA FXUNSTR
CR 6406 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,TESTNEG,2 - Differential Stiffness not Ignored In nonlinear static analysis PARAM,TESTNEG,2 option is suppose to allow the user the option to ignore the affects of differential stiffness. This parameter does not work.
Description Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance will be supplied shortly.
CR 6413 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - script, SMEM - SMEM Incorrectly Set The runtime script incorrectly sets smem=100 as a default value. Unfortunately, this overrides the system supplied default value. The script should not enter a value for smem unless the user wants to change the default value. The 68.0 and 68.1 scripts may be corrected as follows: Change the line: smem="100"
Description
to: smem="" Change the line: echo "SMEM=${smem}" to: test -n "$smem" && echo "SMEM=${smem}"
CR 6416 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SOL 101, SSG1 - UFM 2025 Does Not Terminate Run For any structured solution sequence which computes static loads, if UFM 2025 (UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEMS) is issued more than once by the SSG1 module then the job will continue through DCMP and attempt a static solution instead of terminating the run. This error is caused by load entries such as GRAV, FORCE, MOMENT that reference a coordinate system that does not exist. Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: COMPILE SELG SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 12,12 $ v68 IF ( NOGO<0 ) THEN $
Description
CR 6419 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DBUNLOAD, SMEM=0 - FORTRAN BIO Fatal Message If a DBUNLOAD is requested and a FORTRAN unit number is not explicitly specified, then the default unit number is 51. This number causes a conflict when SMEM=0 on systems with FORTRAN BIO. For Version 67 this error only occurs on Hitachi OSF machines when ESS is used. Avoidance: Specify a FORTRAN unit number on the DBUNLOAD entry that is less than 50. This was fixed in v68.2 for both Hitachi and NEC
Description
CR 6420 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - SCR=YES, NLTRD - SFE 4276, EC 1039 In a nonlinear transient analysis, if the AUTO method is selected and the job is submitted with scr=yes, then the job may fail with the following error message: (HP only)
Known Error
CR 6420 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.SKPFIL ERROR CODE 1039 Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1. Submit the job with scr=no or insert the following dmap alter avoidance 2. Compile nltran souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 1 $ putsys(0,192) $
CR 6421 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, STRESS(CORNER) - Poor Default In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 there are three different options (CUBIC, BILIN and SGAGE) for the calculation of QUAD4 corner stresses. Any of these options may be explicitly requested on the STRESS entry. The default option obtained by simply selecting STRESS(CORNER) is the CUBIC option. It has been determined that the BILIN option produces better results for a wider range of problem, thus beginning with Version 68.2 the default option is changed to BILIN. Avoidance: In versions prior to Version 68.2 the user should explicitly specify STRESS(BILIN) to obtain the BILIN option.
Description
CR 6422 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM6 - SFM 3001 If there are no retained type 1 responses, a request for design sensitivity output (PARAM OPTEXIT = 4 or 7) produces the following fatal message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = DOM6 THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DSCMG AT POSITION 6 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Force the retention on at least one type one response. This can be done by creating a dummy invariant response that is constrained at a level that will require its retention but that will not affect the design task when OPTEXIT=7.
Description
CR 6424 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - UFM 2025, Poor Error Message/Documentation If a gap element connects coincident grid it is a documented requirement that a coordinate system must be specified else USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 will be issued. Although this is a user input error, the fatal message should be improved to include more descriptive text such as: "USER FATAL MESSAGE ----, COINCIDENT GRIDS WITH NO CID FOR THE GAP ELEMENT ----."
Description
CR 6426 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD - Poor Message, SFM 4276 EC 105 If the first datablock for the MATMOD module does not exist, then SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.PACK ERROR CODE 105 may result. This has not been observed in the solutions provided with MSC/NASTRAN. It has only been observed when a user DMAP is used. Avoidance: Make sure that the first datablock exists.
Description
CR 6430 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CORDi, DOM11 - SFM 3002 "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 MODULE = DOM11" may occur in an optimization run that has many coordinate systems. Avoidance: The error may be avoided by providing a set of dummy GRID entries in the deck. Let NGRID be the total number of GRID entries including dummy ones and NCS be the total number of coordinate systems defined in the deck. Then, NGRID should be determined as follows: NGRID > NCS * 13 / 8
Description
Known Error
CR 6431
CR 6431 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - GPSTRESS - UFM 1126 In solution 200, if a GPSTRESS request is made in two subcases with different analysis types, for example analysis=statics and analysis=modes, then the following fatal message is encountered: USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SUPER3 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 206 NAME = GPSF , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE GPSF =OVRWRT Avoidance: Remove the GPSTRESS request from one of the subcases.
Description
CR 6433 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - PARAM CURV, PARAM,S1M - SFM XXXX In a normal mode analysis (e.g., SOL 63, 103, etc.), if the stress output is requested in a material coordinate system, then the following error messages may be issued: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE XXXX. SUBROUTINE CURV2 HAS RETURNED WITH ERROR CONDITION -2 LOC CODE = 600 IN SUBROUTINE CURV2 FILE NUM = 301 In addition to printing the regular stress output, the run will print the transformed stresses for the first mode only. Avoidance: Add modes=x in the Case Control Section. The value "x" is an integer greater than or equal to the number of modes in the model.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6436 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM, APRCOD=2 or 3 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777" indicating a divide by zero
Known Error
CR 6436 is possible in the DOM9 module when either the default approximation method, Mixed Method, or type 3, Convex Linearization, is used. The approximation method is set by specifying APRCOD on the DOPTPRM entry. Avoidance: If this error is encountered set APRCOD equal to 1, Direct Linearization. Note that Direct Linearization is recommended for shape optimization problems.
CR 6454 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis - SDAMP, FRRD1 - UFM 2089 The SDAMP case control command selects modal damping and thus should be ignored in direct dynamic solutions. When it is present in a direct solution, it results in the following misleading diagnostic messages:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2089 MODULE = FRRD1 TABLE 4 IS UNDEFINED. USER FATAL MESSAGE 2089 MODULE = FRRD1 TABLE 5 IS UNDEFINED. Avoidance: Remove the SDAMP case control command.
CR 6457 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSVG4, APD, BUFFSIZE - SFM 4276 When a nonstandard buffsize is used, it is possible that a run will fail and issue a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. To date this error has only been experienced on HP systems in the DSVG4 and APD modules. The DSVG4 module is no longer executed in the Version 68.2 solution sequences.
Description
Avoidance: To avoid the error in general specify a standard buffsize. To avoid the error in the DSVG4 module apply the following DMAP avoidance:
compile respsen souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 171,171
Known Error
CR 6457 PARAML UGy//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NCOL $ no. of cols reqd. in SPAW1 PARAML UGx//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,nrow $ no. of rows reqd. in SPAW1 matgen ,/spaw1/4/ncol/nrow/0/1/nrow/1/1/nrow $ diagonal spaw1/spawn/'whole'/0. $ mpyad ugx,spawn,ugy/ugsn $
CR 6458 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSVG1 - UFM 5165 The message: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5165 (DSVG1D-1) UNDEFINED INPUT FILE = 108, NAME = (NONE) , ERROR CODE = -2, MODULE DSVG1 IS TERMINATED" has been encountered in a static - normal modes design optimization run with PARAM,OPTEXIT,7. (Version 68 and 68.2 only)
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 257,257 $ version 68 alter 269,269 $ version 68.2 delete /fol1,ppf1,,, $ alter 291,291 $ version 68 alter 305,305 $ version 68.2 delete /fol1,ppf1,,, $
CR 6460 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAML - UFM 1127 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PARAML If the split database approach is used in the SSS in Version 68 or later releases, if any upstream superelement databases are "OFFLINE" (not available), it is possible that MSC/NASTRAN may fail in module PARAML with USER FATAL MESSAGE 1127 stating that the USET is not present. This only occurs if the program is allowed to attempt to process the superelements whose databases are OFFLINE. Avoidance: As long as there are no changes to the previously processed
Description
Known Error
CR 6460 superelements, the SEALL command may be used pointing to only the superelements to be processed in the current run. If the previously processed superelements are changed, their databases must be ONLINE in order for MSC/NASTRAN to include the effects of the changes.
CR 6461 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CQUAD8 - Wrong Answers The capacitance matrix for the higher order CQUAD8 element uses a lumped capacitance matrix instead of a consistent capacitance formulation. Therefore, the weighting on the QUAD8 capacitance is not correct. Avoidance: Use the CQUAD4 element instead.
Description
CR 6463 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - CURV3 - SFM XXXX SUBROUTINE CURV3 The following error message may occurs when PARAM,CURV,1 and PARAM,S1M,1 are used. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE XXXX. SUBROUTINE CURV3 HAS RETURNED WITH ERROR CONDITION -3 LOC CODE = 150 IN SUBROUTINE CURV3 FILE NUM = 302 Although the fatal message is printed, the run continues and gives the correct results. The reason for this error is not known at this time. Avoidance: Ignore the error message.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6464 Miscellaneous - SPCF=set id, DISP=ALL = Missing Output If a deck contains a request for DISP=ALL and a SPCFORCE output request that refers to a set id, then the displacement output may also be restricted to the set. This error does not occur all the time. The exact cause is under investigation. Avoidance: Request SPCFORCE=ALL instead of a set id.
Description
CR 6466 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - UFM 316 "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316" which indicates a format error may be issued when the large-field input format is used when the format of the entry appears correct. The error message may be caused because the number of large-field entries is odd. Section 3.7.1 of the Reference Manual states that the number of large-field format entries must be even. The program should check and issue a specific fatal message if this rule is violated, or better yet, accept an even or odd number of entries. Avoidance: Add a blank wide field continuation line if you have an odd number of large-field lines.
Description
CR 6468 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL - Poor Diagnostic Message, UFM 5401 If the user sets f2 on the eigrl entry less than the first frequency of the component, the design intent is that the run is to continue, and set neigv=-1. The dmap writer then can decide to continue or write his own fatal error. Lanczos (a.k.a. the REIGL module) does all this, but also puts out the following misleading message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 (REIGL). LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE. ACCEPTED EIGENVALUES AND ADDITIONAL ERROR MESSAGES MAY BE LISTED ABOVE. USER ACTION: RERUN WITH ANOTHER METHOD OR ANOTHER SETTING ON EIGRL
Known Error
CR 6468 ENTRY.
CR 6469 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD2, AUTOSPC - UFM 6137, SFM 3007 When using component modes synthesis on superelements in a nonlinear transient analysis with adaptive time stepping (METHOD=ADAPT on the TSTEPNL entry), you must select the exact number of generalized coordinates to match the number of modes; otherwise, your job may fail with one of the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6137 (DFMNRS/D) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = x
Description SDCOMP INFORMATION MESSAGE--COLUMN YYY OF DATA BLOCK SCRATCH IS NULL. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLTRD2 Avoidance: 1. Specify NASTRAN SYSTEM(69)=16. 2. First determine the number of modes in the range of interest for each component by specifying a small frequency range for SINV on the EIGR entry. Then specify the number of Known Error Product Abstract CR 6476 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - Stress Plots Default to Max Shear The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide states that von Mises stresses are the default, but if von Mises stresses (item code 9 for QUAD4) are requested through a xyplot request, but there is no corresponding case control request, then max. shear is calculated instead of von Mises. This happens because the stress request in case control is defaulted to von Mises in IFP, but the corresponding default is not set in SDR2 or DDRMM for implied stress
Description
Known Error
CR 6476 recovery using the xyplot section. Avoidance: The user can request STRESS(PLOT)= n in the case control to force von Mises.
CR 6477 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - Missing Mass Matrix for p-elements If the first p-element processed (sorted by element type, then ID) has zero density, then the mass of all elements are ignored.
Description Avoidance: If a zero mass element is desired, then it must be given a higher ID. Another alternative is to assign a tiny density, like 1.e-30. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6478 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - XCSA - Unrecoverable Library Error, Traceback If a CEND is missing in the input deck the CRAY Version 68.0 of MSC/NASTRAN hangs in module XCSA with the following messages: lib-1212 /msc/msc68/exe/unicos/analysis.Y-MP: UNRECOVERABLE library error An internal WRITE tried to write beyond the end of an internal file. apparent state: unit 6 named out//infinite_loop.f06 last format: (A4) lately writing sequential formatted internal SIGNAL - Signal SIGABRT(6) caught, job aborting. See signal(2), CRI manual SR-2012 for further information. TB001 - BEGINNING OF TRACEBACK - $TRBK WAS CALLED BY RECOVR AT 525143a (LINE NUMBER 33) - RECOVR WAS CALLED BY sysrcv AT 525363a (LINE NUMBER 112) - sysrcv WAS CALLED BY __handlr AT 1053431a etc. CR 6481 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - EMGPMD - UFM 4659 P-element models with cylindrical or spherical coordinate systems
Description
Known Error
CR 6481 generated using the Aries evaluator may encounter the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659 (EMGPMD) DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID =". This error is demonstrated by tpl deck pfms03.dat. Avoidance: Other than removing cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems which is probably not practical, there is no guaranteed avoidance. Changing the meshing or geometry of the model slightly may avoid the error.
CR 6482 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - ADAPT, DATAREC, OUTRCV, GP1 - UFM 2104 If the p-Element Case Control commands ADAPT, DATAREC, or OUTRCV reference nonexistent bulk data entries, then the job may fail in the GP1 module with the message "FATAL MESSAGE 2104, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM" Avoidance: Add the appropriate bulk data entries.
Description
CR 6483 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - OUTPUT2, OGS1, OGPS - UWM 6286 If a param,post,-1 is used in sol106 then following warning message is issued while writing the OGS1 datablock. USER WARNING MESSAGE 6286 (ZREAD) THE NDDL DESCRIPTION OF DATA BLOCK=OGS1 , RECORD=IDENT ,DOES NOT HAVE AN EITHER/OR TO MATCH OPT= 10. ITEMS ARE ASSUMED TO BE UNDEFINED. USER INFORMATION: PROBABLE CAUSE IS WRONG NDDL DESCRIPTION CODED, OR , WRONG GENERIC DATABLOCK USED (E.G. OES INSTEAD OF OEF). CR 6484 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 6484 SSSALTER - PARAM,DRMH,1 - SFM 4276, EC 3021 Single precision machines, i.e., Cray, some SGI, and NEC, fail when trying to run the files "CBAR1G.DAT" and "cbar9g.dat" in the sssalter directory. This data deck requests data recovery using client developed modules, drmh1 and drmh3, which have not been ported to single precision (long word) machines. SUN systems may experience problems running the DRMH3 module only. The jobs may end in the DRMH3 module with the message "time: command terminated abnormally" issued to the log file. Note that in versions past v68, the problem test decks have been renamed to alter1g.dat, 2g, 3g, and 9g respectively.
Description
CR 6485 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TRNSP - Poor Message, CALLING PEXIT FROM DUMMY The following error message may be output from the TRNSP module when the DMAP forces single precision to be used by setting system cell(55) in the DMAP (i.e., PARAM //'SYSTEM'/S,N,IPREC/55/1 ):
Description
CALLING PEXIT FROM DUMMY Avoidance: A user should avoid forcing the precision. MSC recommends letting the precision default to machine precision. The avoidance is to remove this PARAM module from the dmap.
Known Error Product
CR 6487 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAL, MODES - SFM 4276 GETSTR E.C. 1409 If the MODES case control command is used in SOL 200, module DSAL will issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1409". Avoidance: Do not use the MODES command in SOL 200.
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CR 6488 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - COMPILER,LIST,REF - Missing Output, Fails to trap syntax error When COMPILE,LIST is input instead of COMPILER,LIST, the job runs failing to trap the syntax error and the listing is not produced.
CR 6490 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESOBJ - Misleading Subcase Identifier The subcase identifier for the design objective produced when the P2 DOPTPRM parameter is set to 1 lists the first subcase when the objective function is weight or volume. Avoidance: Weight and volume responses are not a function of the subcase and the misleading subcase identifier should be ignored. Version 69 corrects this error by indicating a subcase id of zero.
Description
CR 6491 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE, DIAG 4,14, COMPILER - Extra Output Starting in Version 68, if the COMPILE NDDL command is used to punch out the NDDL and both the SOL and DIAG 4,14 (or COMPILER LIST,REF) statements are specified in the Executive Control Section, then NDDL will be written to the punch file twice.
Description Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1. Remove the SOL statement. 2. Remove either 4 or 14 from the DIAG (or REF or LIST from the COMPILER) statement.
CR 6492 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - DSVG1, MATi - UFM 5171 (DSVG1D-7) Unexpected EOR The following message occurs when mass sensitivities are being calculated and some of the materials associated with the designed elements have a
Known Error
CR 6492 density of zero and others do not. UFM 5171 (DSVG1D-7) Unexpected EOR in File 101. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 MODULE = DSVG1 ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK MDICT (FILE 106) IN SUBROUTINE DSVG1D Avoidance: Assign a small, non-zero density in place of the zero values.
CR 6494 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - SDRX - Infinite Loop In SOLs 39, 63, 103, and 200 with ANALYSIS=MODES, if PLOAD1 entries are present and they are applied to CBAR or CBEAM elements then the run will go into an infinite loop in the SDRX module. (Version 68.2 only)
Description Avoidance: Remove PLOAD1 Bulk Data entries or remove the STRESS and FORCE Case Control command requests. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6504 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - GP4, RBE3 - Poor Message If the components specified on the "UM" set reference the same grid point as the REFGRID, and the "UM" components is an incomplete subset of the REFC components, then the job may fail with the following error message in versions prior to Version 68. Description 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2332, DEPENDENT MPC COMPONENT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED TWICE. EXTERNAL ID = xx DOF = yy In Version 68 and above, depending on the solution sequence, the job may terminate with no messages in GP4 or it may fatal with the following unclear error message: FATAL ERROR
Known Error
CR 6504 A sample of an RBE3 that can cause this error is as follows:
RBE3, 10,, 16, 1234, 1., 123, 11, 26, ,33, 4.7, 12, 17, 31 ,UM, 16, 14
Avoidance: Remove the offending "UM" gr Known Error Product Abstract CR 6508 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=BUCK - UFM 4683 Shape optimization with the analytic boundary shapes approach and buckling analysis (ANALYSIS=BUCK) in solution 200 produces the following error message: Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683, KDIF MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS Avoidance: The error is avoidable if the user generates basis vectors using either the direct input of shapes method or the DVGRID (i.e., manual) approach. Using geometric boundary shapes will also produce the same error. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6509 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - PLOAD4 - Wrong Answers If a PLOAD4 is used to apply a pressure load to a p-element that has the connectivity inverted, i.e. that the right hand rule applied to the numbering of the first face produces a vector pointing out of the element, then the pressure is applied in the wrong direction and wrong answers result. Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 6514 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RESPSEN - Poor Performance The RESPSEN subDMAP uses the UG datablock rather than UG1. The result is that much of the efficiency that can be gained from load case and/or frequency deletion is lost. Further, there is no current requirement for static spcforces in this subDMAP. Avoidance: A new RESPSEN subDMAP is available on request.
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CR 6515 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPR1B, DLINK - UWM 7001 (DOPR1B) The message "USER WARNING MESSAGE 7001 (DOPR1B) DLINK GIVES WRONG XINIT VALUE" is produced in error whenever NMSG = INT (( ndv - 4 )/ 7 ) - ndvi +1 is a positive number. For example, if there are 30 design variables, but only one independent design variable, 3 incorrect messages are produced. The user input value for the design variable value is incorrect. The value computed based on the DLINK entry is correct. Thus, the error does not produce wrong answers. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary since the error does not produce wrong answers but only an incorrect warning message.
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CR 6517 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - GMCORD, DBUNLOAD, OUTPUT2 - Bad CSTM Trailer Data decks that contain only convective coordinate systems (GMCORD) and no CORDij type data entries have bad CSTM trailers. This does not cause a problem on homogeneous platforms, however, difficulty may be encountered during the neutral OUTPUT2 or DBUNLOAD operations. Avoidance: Include a dummy CORDij entry in the data deck.
Description
CR 6521 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TABLES1 - UFM 2076, Poor Message
Known Error
CR 6521 In nonlinear analysis, USER FATAL MESSAGE 2076 is issued if the MATS1 entry is type PLASTIC and the slopes of the first two segments of the stress-strain curve on the referenced TABLES1 entry are the same. The message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2076, ELEMENT 0 REFERENCES TABLES1 4 WHICH IS THE INCORRECT FORM FOR NONLINEAR ELASTIC ANALYSIS does not clearly indicate the problem and incorrectly references element 0.
CR 6525 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - Incorrect SPCF Output When the GAP element has an offset moments may be created by the shear force times the axial offset and the axial force times the lateral offset). These moments are balanced by forces of single point constraint, however, the SPC Force output is incorrect in both magnitude and sign. Avoidance: Remove the offset.
Description
CR 6527 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Quick Ref. Guide, Ref. Manual - PARAM,ACOUT,RMS PARAM,ACOUT,RMS only applies to element output. The current documentation in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide erroneously implies that all the pressure output will be RMS. Avoidance: In the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide, in the definition for parameter ACOUT, the following:
Description ACOUT specifies the type of sound pressure level output to be used with the DISPLACEMENT or PRESSURE Case Control command in coupled fluid-structural analysis (see the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual, Chapter 15). The default requests the peak pressure level. ACOUT = RMS requests RMS pressure level and is only available in Solution Sequences 108 and 111.
Known Error
CR 6527 To obtain sound pressure level in units of dB and dBA, a peak reference pressure must be specified with PARAM, PREFDB. The
Known Error Product
CR 6528 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - SDR2, SDRCOMP, STRESS(CORNER) - Wrong Answers, SFM 4276 If a STRESS(CORNER) request is made for a deck with composite elements wrong answers result. The run may also issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 7777 or stop with a "Terminated Abnormally" message in the log file.
Description
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to either not request STRESS(CORNER) at all, execute STRESS(CORNER) for noncomposite elements in a cold start and then recover the stresses in the layered composite elements in a restart run. In Version 68.2 this error has been addressed by treating a STRESS(CORNER)=ALL request as STRESS(CORNER) for noncomposite elements only and outputting center stress for the composite elements. CR 6534 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - RESTART, GEOM2 - SWM 2072 The message "SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072, CARD TYPE 7408 NOT FOUND ON DATA BLOCK" may be issued in an acoustic analysis restart. The warning message does not affect the run and may be ignored. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary.
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CR 6535 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - RESTART - Inefficient Restart Changing the PANEL definition in the restart of an acoustic analysis causes the modes to be unnecessarily re-calculated.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter to MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.1 COMPILE IFPL SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF
Known Error
CR 6535 ALTER 146,146
CR 6537 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - STRAIN - Missing output STRAIN output is missing in SOLs 110, 111, 112, 145, 146, and 200, with ANALYSIS=MFREQ, MTRAN, and FLUTTER if PARAM, DDRMM is 0, which is the default. This error occurs in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2.0 only. This version of MSC/NASTRAN is included with MSC/Aries 7.0.0 on the IBM/RS6000, HP 9000/700, SUN SUNOS and SUN SOLARIS systems. Version 68.2.0 has not been delivered to non MSC/Aries users. Version 68.2.1 corrects this error and is delivered to non MSC/Aries clients. (Version 68.2. only) Avoidance: Insert PARAM, DDRMM, -1 or the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr noref nolist alter 174 DDRMM CASEDR,UH1,OL1,,,OSTR2,,XYCDBDR/,,OSTR2Y,,//3 $
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CR 6538 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Illegal data on EPOINT entry The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference guide does not document a limit for the ID of an EPOINT. The limit is 1000000. CR 6539 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - SDRP - SFM 4276 EC 7777 SDRP module The job will stop in the SDRP module and the message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777" will be output when multiple output requests are used on the output bulk data entry. The error only occurs on the Convex Version 68 systems. The error only occurs when the output requested is changed between sets.(i.e. when output requested for set 3 is different
Description
Known Error
CR 6539 than output requested for set 2. For example: OUTPUT 1 ELSET=3,DISP=PRINT,STRESS=NONE,STRAIN=NONE,ERROR=NONE, PVAL=NONE,FIRST=NO,BY=0 ELSET=2,DISP=NONE,STRESS=PRINT,STRAIN=NONE,ERROR=NONE, PVAL=NONE,FIRST=NO,BY=0 ELSET=999999,DISP=NONE,STRESS=NONE,STRAIN=NONE,ERROR=PRINT, PVAL=PRINT,FIRST=YES,BY=1
CR 6544 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDSC, DSCREEN - SFM 3001 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = SDSC THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DSCMCOL DOES NOT EXIST" is produced in a sensitivity analysis when there are no active responses; i.e., all the responses have been screened out becuase they do not exceed the threshold required for sensitivity computations.
Description Avoidance: Use the following DMAP avoidance (for V68.2.3): compile exitopt list noref souin=mscsou alter 'putsys' dbstatus R1TABRG,RSP2RG//S,N,NORSP1/S,N,NORSP2 $ if (NORSP1>0 OR NORSP2>0) THEN $ alter 'optexit'(7) endif $ NORSP1>0 OR NORSP2>0 Known Error Product Abstract CR 6547 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYG, RMG2 - SFM 4276 EC 211 If a connection order error is made on the CHBDYG, AREA4 element, the message Description SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.BLDPK ERROR CODE 211
Known Error
CR 6547 may be output which does not give the user any clude to the input error.
Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance other than manually checking your CHBDYG,AREA4 elements for the correct connectivity.
CR 6551 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong answers The stress output for the HEXA element has an error. This error occurs only for grid locations (not at the center location). The error occurs only when the following conditions are all true: 1. An eight node HEXA element with bubble functions is used. 2. The temperatures are not the same at all grid points. 3. The stress output coordinate system axes do not align with the element coordinate system axes. Avoidance: The error may be averted by avoiding any one of the aforementioned conditions.
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Known Error Product
CR 6552 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW - Missing Output, UFM 6660, Not Upward Compatible Using the old VIEW module produces a punch file in which the RADMiX ambient element (CHBDYP,POINT) is missing. If the punch file is included in a subsequent job, MSC/NASTRAN fails and the following message is issued:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 6660 (VIEW) THE RADIATION MATRIX FOR RADIATION CAVITY ID= 11 DEFINED ON RADLST OR RADMTX BULK DATA ENTRIES HAS WRONG FORMAT OR DATA. USER INFORMATION: THE RADIATION MATRIX MUST BE SPECIFIED COMPLETELY.
Known Error
CR 6552 Avoidance: Use the VIEW3D entry to avoid the problem.
Known Error Product
CR 6554 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - PARAM,NDAMP - Phase Change Analysis, Poor Convergence PARAM,NDAMP only allows a maximum value of .1. This is inadequate for the highly nonlinear phase change problem. The value of .1 is equivalent to a beta of .55 using the Crank-Nicholson method. The phase change problem requires a beta value of 1.0. Convergence is extremely difficult for the phase change problem with the current limitation on PARAM,NDAMP. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6558 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SMPYAD, DBVIEW - Wrong Answers If SMPYAD is asked to do a matrix product of the form A(transpose)*B*C, and matrix C is a DBVIEW version of the datablock with the same name as matrix A, then SMPYAD substitutes matrix A for matrix C and performs A(transpose)*B*A instead, which will lead to wrong answers. For example: type db phg,mgg type parm,nddl,i,n,meth meth=6 dbview phg2=phg(where meth=3) $ Points to phg, but where method=3 not 6! smpyad phg,mgg,phg2,,,/phimphi1/3////1 $ Does phg*mgg*phg, not phg*mgg*phg2!!!!!! Avoidance: The simplest avoidance is to set nastran system cell 129 to 1 prior to the smpyad (e.g. insert PUTSYS(129,1) into the DMAP. The system cell may be reset to zero immediately after the smpyad by inserting PUTSYS(129,0).
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Known Error Product
CR 6570 Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - RESTART - UFM 2166 The enforced temperature datablock, YSNL, is not stored in the database. This causes restarts in solution 159 to fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2166, MATRIX TO BE PARTITIONED IS OF SIZE xx ROWS BY yy COLUMNS. ROW PARTITION SIZE IS xx COLUMN PARTITION SIZE IS zz (INCOMPATIBLE).
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter in both the cold start and all subsequent restarts: compile nltcsh souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 583 $ v68 $alter 585 $ v68.2 call dbfetch /ysnl,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ alter 618 $ v68 $alter 620 $ v68.2 call dbstore ysnl,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $
CR 6571 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SSG1 - SFM 4276 EC 7777 In MSC/NASTRAN version 68.0 or 68.1 it is possible to get the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777", in the module SSG1 because of an error in SSG1 which causes overlapping memory regions. This error is therefore data dependent and is most likely to occur on the Hewlett Packard 9000, SGI R8000 or the DEC/Alpha OSF/1 systems. This error has been fixed in the V68.2 system. Avoidance: It may be possible to avoid this error if the model were changed slightly.
Description
CR 6572 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - GMCURVs with MSC/Aries Geometry Evaluator For certain cases, when the end GRID or the secant point is mapped back
Known Error
CR 6572 to the GMCURV, the MSC/Aries geometric evaluator (i.e., group MSCGRP2 on the GMCURV or GMSURF entry) returns the following message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6498 (Aries B-spline Evaluator, Get Curve Parameter) GEOMETRY API MESSAGE FOLLOWS. USER INFORMATION: Numerical Error in Evaluator. Curve: 150. Point: ( 1.000000e+01 1.288252e+02 1.402565e+02). Avoidance: The problem is under investigation and it is unclear specifically when this error occurs or how to avoid the problem.
Known Error Product
CR 6573 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, PLOTPS - Obsolete, Superseded Documentation Section 13.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual is obsolete. It has been superseded by the Utilities section of the Installation Guide for the each computer type. CR 6574 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE - Wrong Answers If a CHBDYE (Boundary element) is used where side 5 represents an edge of a shell element such as a CQUAD4, CQUAD8, TRIA3, or TRIA6 element, the surface area calculated will be incorrect and wrong answers are produced. Avoidance: Use the CHBDYP,LINE option to represent the convection or radiation off the edge of the shell element.
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CR 6575 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - QUAD4, ZOFF - Wrong Answers In Nonlinear Statics Analysis the output element forces from the QUAD4 elements
Known Error
CR 6575 are incorrect when the uniform offset (ZOFF field in the CQUAD4 bulk data) is non-zero. The force values are actually calculated in the non-offset element coordinate system while the stresses are calculated correctly in the offset reference system. All other solutions calculate both outputs in the reference system. Avoidance: Use the stress output and ignore the element force output.
CR 6577 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - DPD, EIGR, EIGB, EIGC - UFM 2075 and UFM 2079 When the POINT method of normalizing eigenvectors is selected on EIGR, EIGB or EIGC entries, and the specified grid/dof does not exist, the following mis-leading error messages is issued: 1) If the grid does not exist: SYSTEM OR USER DMAP FATAL MESSAGE 2075, IMPROPER VALUE xx FOR FIRST PARAMETER IN DMAP INSTRUCTION SDR2
Description
2) If the component is invalid (in the case of SPOINT for example): USER FATAL MESSAGE 2079, GRID OR SCALAR POINT 0 HAS AN UNDEFINED COORDINATE REFERENCED ON A NOLINI CARD. Note that these messages are issued even if the EIGR, EIGB or EIGC at fault is not selected by a METHOD entry in the Case Control section. Avoidance: Remove or change the offending entry.
CR 6578 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW3D, CHBDYG,AREA8, CHBDYG,AREA6 - Wrong Answers The boundary surface elements CHBDYG type AREA8 and AREA6 were implemented in Version 68 to complement higher-order conduction elements such as the CQUAD8, HEX20, and TRIA6. Using these surface elements in View factor calculations
Description
Known Error
CR 6578 results in an incorrect view factor if the surfaces are not in-plane or on a curve surface. Therefore in order to model surfaces on curvilinear surfaces such as cylinder it is best to use AREA4 and AREA3 elements. Avoidance: Use CHBDYG,AREA4 instead of AREA8 to model curvilinear surface for view factor calculation. Similarly, use CHBDYG,AREA3 instead of AREA6 to model curvilinear surface for view factor calculation.
CR 6579 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - SDR2, OFREQUENCY, SET=ALL - SFM 4276 EC 7777 In a frequency response run if the OFREQUENCY references a set where "all" frequencies are specified, then the job may fail with the message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777". Avoidance: Remove the ofreq=xxx case control command.
Description
CR 6580 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - VIEW - SFM 4276 EC 7777 An integer overflow, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777, has been encountered on the VAX VMS system while calculating the matrix density of RECM in the VIEW module. Avoidance: The only way to avoid the error is to reduce total number of HBDYi elements for each radiation cavity.
Description
CR 6582 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC - XDBs are Too Large XDB files generated on a NEC SuperUX system are excessively large (by a factor of 8). These files are still readable from RECEIVE, the corresponding NTRL files are the correct size. Avoidance: The corresponding NTRL files are the correct size, so storing the XDB files in this form resolves the problem.
Description
CR 6590 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ALTER, Missing Blank - No Warning Message When the following DMAP statement: alter 449,449 $
Description
was mistyped as: alter449,449 $ the alter was ignored and no warning message was issued.
Known Error Product
CR 6596 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,USETPRT PARAM,USETSEL - Missing Documentation In the Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide, the documentation for PARAM,USETPRT and USETSEL should include the following set names and their decimal equivalents:
Description
U1 2147483648 U2 1073741824 U3 536870912 U4 268435456 U5 134217728 U6 67108864
CR 6598 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM - UFM 300, Improper Output MSC/NASTRAN has a restriction on the magnitude of an integer parameter of nine (9) digits. If an integer value with more than 9 digits is used for a parameter value (e.g. PARAM*,USETSEL,2147483648) then the parameter does not function properly. If the value of the parameter is hard coded directly
Description
Known Error
CR 6598 in the DMAP (e.g. TABPRT USET,EQEXIN//'USET'/0/2147483648) the message " USER FATAL MESSAGE 300 FROM CRCARD ABOVE" is issued. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 6599 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - FRRD1, DECOMP - UFM 6137 When singular matrices are encountered in a frequency response analysis, MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 would fail in sparse decomposition with the message:
USER FATAL MESSAGE 6137 (DFMNRS/D) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 2 USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL Description The most common cause of the singular systems is a free body excited at zero frequency. Non-sparse decomposition, which was the default prior to Version 68, behaves differently. Non-Sparse decomposition would output messages that warn the user that a small term was being added to the diagonal so that decomposition could continue. An example of the messages are: USER WARNING MESSAGE---ROW 3 OF LOW. TRI. FACTOR HAS DIAGONAL TERM = 0( OR .LT. 0 IF CHOLESKY ) USER INFORMATION MESSAGE--- 1.0E-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR DIAG. TERM OF Known Error Product Abstract CR 6601 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers In a linear buckling analysis, if TEMP(INIT) references a temperature that is non-zero, then the eigenvalue calculation will be incorrect, which in turn will lead to a wrong buckling load. The results of the static subcase are correct. Description Avoidance: Use one of the following avoidances: 1. Set TEMP(INIT) to zero and adjust the applied temperature to yield the same delta temperature
Known Error
CR 6601 or 2. Set the initial temperature using the TREF field on the MATi entry instead of using the TEMP(INIT) Case Control Command.
CR 6603 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SELA, SEMA, SEDR, PLTVEC, SEP4 - SFM 4252, UIM 4570 Starting in Version 67.7, the superelement modules, SELA, SEMA, SEDR, PLTVEC, and SEP4, only recognize a qualifier name of SEID for the qualifier which defines the data block family in the DBVIEW WHERE clauses. For example, in subDMAP SELA, if we modify the DBVIEW PAUP statement for a family of user- defined data blocks, MYDB, and modify the 2nd parameter in the SELA module, DBVIEW PAUP = MYDB (WHERE MYQUAL=*) $ DBVIEW MAPUPL = MAPS (WHERE SEDWN=TEMP AND SEID=* AND PEID=*) $ SELA PJC,SLIST,EMAP,EQEXINS,PAUP,MAPUPL,GDNTAB/ PG/ SEID/'MYQUAL'/0/S,N,NOPGS $ then the SELA module will not find any members in the family PAUP. Avoidance: Modify the NDDL so that the PATH statement for the data block MYDB contains SEID as a qualifier.
Description
CR 6610 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - ROD, BAR, BEAM - Inconsistent Capacitance Matrix The rod element was changed in Version 68 to have a consistent heat capacitance matrix. However, all the other one dimensional heat conduction elements such as the beam and bar elements have a lumped representation. This difference between the one dimensional element formulations may result in slight differences between a model comparing RODs to BARs and/or BEAMs. For a typical transient
Description
Known Error
CR 6610 thermal analysis comparing the result between ROD and BAR elements, the difference in temperature output is generally less than 0.2%. Avoidance: Use bar or beam element.
CR 6613 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE, SSG1 - Incorrect Loading, Wrong Answers If a CHBDYE surface type element is used to model an edge with mid-side nodes and a heat flux loading is applied to this edge, then the answers will be incorrect. This error occurs because the SSG1 module does not know there is loading on the midside nodes. Avoidance: Do not reference elements with mid=side nodes on the CHBDYE entry. For example, instead of using the higher-order CQUAD8 elements that have mid-side nodes, use the lower order CQUAD4 elements.
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CR 6614 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACSRCE - Wrong Answers The ACSRCE which defines the power versus frequency curve for an acoustic source results in an incorrect acoustic fluid power input. The power is off by a factor of i*omega, the radian frequency. Avoidance: Use the RLOAD data entry instead with Qdot, (volume acceleration). Qdot is calculated as the square-root of 8 times pi times the speed of sound in the fluid times power divided by the density of the fluid: Qdot = sqrt(8*pi*c*power/rho)
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CR 6618 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - String-based alter - UFM 300 When using the string-based alter feature in Version 68.2, the dmap strings should be enclosed by the ' single-quotation string on both ends (e.g., 'string1'). In the Version 68.2 Release Notes, the dmap strings are shown to be enclosed with the ` single-quotation string on the left end and the inverted single-quotation string on the right end (e.g., `string1') throughout
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Known Error
CR 6618 chapter 5. An example of this documentation error is shown on page 40 of the Release Notes as ALTER `CALL.*PHASE1B' $ The correct format for the above string-based alter is ALTER 'CALL.*PHASE1B' $ Note that the V68.2 Release notes can not be corrected. Since this documentation error does not exist anywhere else it is considered fixed in Version 69.
CR 6620 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - No Authorization Code File - Poor Message During the installation of MSC/NASTRAN V68.2 the user is asked to run a test problem after installation. If the user requests to run a test problem and there is no authorization code file, then the job aborts with: 'The test appears to have failed for an unknown reason.'
Description
If a bad authorization code is installed, then the installation test problem determines the correct error. But if no authorization code has been installed, then the noted message is issued. Avoidance: Install a correct authorization code.
CR 6631 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - Superelements, DRESP2 - UFM 5609 If an optimization model contains superelements, UFM 5609 may be incorrectly issued if different response types are combined using a DRESP2. For example, this error occurs if a superelement is defined in a frequency response optimization model, and both FRDISP and FRFORC responses from DRESP1 entries are combined on a DRESP2 entry.
Description
Known Error
CR 6631 Avoidance: If different response items need to be combined, use a residualstructure only model or use external superelements.
CR 6632 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SYSTEM(198), SYSTEM(205) - Missing Documentation Version 68.1 of MSC/NASTRAN introduced a very significant performance improvement to sparse decomposition. This enhancement is called the high-rank update. The capability is controlled by two system cells, SYSTEM(205) and SYSTEM(198). The optimum value of these system cells is machine dependent. In Version 68.1 the optimum value of these two system cells are set in the delivered system rc file. In Version 68.2 the optimum values are set in the code. In either version the values may be overwitten by the user but this is generally not recommended. SYSTEM(205) sets the value for the rank of update. The value used for any run may be determined from user information message 4157 output in the f04 execution summary. SYSTEM(198) sets a lower bound on the number of rows to be elimina
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Known Error Product
CR 6643 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,OPTEXIT, DSAL - SFM 4276, EC 3021 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 3021" occurs in the DSAL module when a converged optimum solution is achieved in a modal frequency response design task and OPTEXIT=7 is used to obtain sensitivities of the final design. Avoidance: Remove the OPTEXIT=7 request. A new run that uses the final design and has OPTEXIT=4 will provide the desired information.
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 6656 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Segmentation Fault, Trap Encountered A DEQATN bulk data entry may not end with a semicolon(;). If it does, the run fails while processing the input in a machine-dependent manner. This error has appeared as a segmentation fault on SGI machines and a "Trap Encountered" on RS/6000 machines. Avoidance: Do not use a semicolon as the last character on a DEQATN entry.
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CR 6668 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - OUTPUT2 - FORTRAN I/O ERROR 910 On the HP, if a user dmap contains an output2 request and there is no corresponding assign statement, then the job may terminate without any error messages in the f06 file. The following error messages may appear in the log file.
Description
*** FORTRAN I/O ERROR 910: ACCESS PAST END OF RECORD ATTEMPTED FILE: ftn11, UNIT: 11 Avoidance: Explicitly define the output2 file using the assign statement in the FMS section.
CR 6676 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - SPCFORCE, MPCFORCE, XYPLOT - Missing Output If XYPLOTs of SPCFORCEs or MPCFORCEs are requested, the items must be requested in the case control before the OUTPUT(XYPLOT) section. For example, if SPCFORCE plots are to be requested for points 1 and 5, the following output request (or a similar one) would be required in the case control: SET 99 = 1,5 SPCFORCE = 99 CR 6678 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 6678 Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Nonlinear Strains with Temperature Loads In nonlinear solution sequences, the output entitled "Nonlinear Stresses" prints mechanical strains which do not include the thermal strains. The true strains are the sum of the mechanical and thermal strains. The only exception to this limitation are the hyperelastic elements which output the true strain. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6682 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD - MATMOD with option P1=2 and P5<0.0. Option P1=2 of the MATMOD module is intended to filter the matrix and set all terms in the matrix with magnitude smaller than P5 to 0.0. However, if P5 is set to a negative value, no filtering will take place. Avoidance: Use a positive value for P5.
Description
CR 6701 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - TETRA - Wrong Answers The 10-noded tetra for the transient thermal analysis (SOL 159) will obtain wrong answer.
Description Avoidance: Use lower order tetra elements. Known Error Product CR 6705 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MPCFORCE - Missing Output, Wrong Answers Running SOL 200 with SCR=NO may result in wrong or missing MPCFORCE output. ANALYSIS=STATICS results in missing MPCFORCE output for all but the first cycle. Other approaches result in wrong but plausible answers for all but the first design cycle. Avoidance: Submit job with SCR=YES.
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CR 6718 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GRMAX, GNSTRT, GNMAX, VGSTRT - Keyword Settings Ignored The NASTRAN keywords GRMAX, GNSTRT, GNMAX, VGSTRT,VGMAX,VESTRT,VEMAX, that control p-element parameters may be ignored. Avoidance: Use the actual system cells 175, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, and 183.
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CR 6722 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - TRIA6 element using CHBDYE - Wrong Answers The heat capacitance for the edge of the TRIA6 element is not correct. This results in wrong answers whenever the CHBDYE (boundary element) is used with SIDE other than side 1. Avodiance: Use TRIA3 element with CHBDYE or CHBDYP,LINE for the edge convection.
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Known Error Product
CR 6724 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Linking with SOL or LINK statement - UFM 149 and SFE 4276 in LINKAR If UFM 149 is issued then, in some cases, SFE 4276 will be issued and the run does not terminate gracefully. The exact symptoms are under investigation. If this occurs during the creation of a delivery data base, then the data base will be corrupted. Avoidance: Other than correcting the DMAP error indicated by UFM 149, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6725 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Sparse Decomposition, DECOMP - UFM A large model that has run successfully on other machines experiences negative
Known Error
CR 6725 terms on the factor when decomposing KOO on the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.1 on the SGI R8000 computer. Avoidance: If decomposition errors are encountered that do not appear to be due to modeling problems, then it may be due to the High Rank Update feature introduced in Version 68.1. Disable this feature by setting NASTRAN SYSTEM(198)=1 SYSTEM(205)=1 or switch to Version 68.2 where the error has been corrected.
CR 6726 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MPYAD - SFM 4276 Large client model failed in the MPYAD module on the SGI R8000 computer.
Description
Avoidance: The problem was avoided by disabling the sparse option for MPYAD. This was done by NASTRAN SPARSE=24, however, a significant penalty in CPU resulted. CR 6727 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - CYSUP - UFM 5423 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 it is possible to get the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 --- ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5)" in a cyclic symmetry (SOL 114) run using the CYSUP entry. Version 67.5 produces incorrect answers under the same circumstances.
Description
Avoidance: For V67.5 COMPILE STATCYC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST ALTER 8,8 NOA=LTOI(NOGSET=NOASET) $ CEND Avoidance: For V68
Known Error
CR 6727 compile statcyc noref nolist alter 'noa=ltoi','' noa=ltoi(nogset=noaset) $
Known Error Product
CR 6728 MSC / MD Nastran heat transfer - apply boundary condition on both side on CHBDYE or CHBDYG aqa_02 heat transfer - apply boundary condition on both side on CHBDYE or CHBDYG SEE CSR 7462 for the fix that have corrected this error in version 69 Wrong summary for the H E A T F L O W I N T O H B D Y E L E M E NTS The user has the option using same boundary element to specify front side and the backside convection and radiation. The temperature vectors calculated from using this option is correct. However, the summary table only show the energy on the front side of the element H E A T F L O W I N T O H B D Y E L E M E N T S (CHBDY) ELEMENT-ID APPLIED-LOAD FREE-CONVECTION FORCED-CONVECTION RADIATION TOTAL 13 4.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 4.0000
Description
CR 6731 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SPCFORCE, CYSUP - Missing Output The forces of single point constraints in the static cyclic symmetry solution sequence SOL 81 do not include the reactions at the degrees of freedom specified on the CYSUP Bulk Data entry.
Description
Avoidance: Use SOL 114 or insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 6731 compile sol81 souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 818,818
CR 6733 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMP(LOAD), PVAL,ADAPT - Wrong Answers If thermal loads are applied to p-elements and the PVAL entry (referenced by the ADAPT entry) defines the polynomial order to be 1, then the solution may converge to wrong results. Wrong results definitely occur for models with only one element. Avoidance: Set POLYi field on the PVAL entry to 3 or more.
Description
CR 6738 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement Analysis - SEMA - Poor Performance If the residual structure of a large superelement model contains a relatively large percentage of the total grid points, then the total run time may be significantly larger then the same model without superelements. For example, in one client's superelement model with over 100,000 grid points in the residual structure with 16 superelements (each with about 1500 grid points) the total run time increased by a factor of 7. The increased time required was due to the SEMA (superelement assembly) module. SEMA is intended to work on a collector superelement (or residual structure) that is much smaller than the total model size. Avoidance: Try to keep the residual structure and collector superelement size to less than 10 percent of the model. The smaller these components are, the more efficien
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CR 6744 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MTRXIN,GMA - User Fatal Message 5423 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423" may occur in the MTRXIN module when an attempt is made to read M2PP, B2PP and K2PP matrices a second time. This error occurs in optimization analyses with K2PP, B2PP and TF inputs.
Known Error
CR 6744 This error was fixed in Version 69.0.2 and 69.1 but occurred in Version 70. The error is fixed in Version 70.5. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP to skip MTRXIN for subsequent times: COMPILE GMA SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF NOLIST $ ALTER 2 $ TYPE DB,ZUZR01,ZUZR02,ZUZR03 $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,NOM2PP,NOB2PP,NOK2PP $ ALTER 9,9 $ PARAML ZUZR02//'PRESENCE'////S,N,NOZUZ2 $ PARAML ZUZR03//'PRESENCE'////S,N,NOZUZ3 $ IF ( NOZUZ2<0 AND NOZUZ3<0 ) THEN $ MTRXIN CASES,MATPOOL,EQDYN,,TFPOOL/K2PP,M2PP,B2PP/LUSETD/ NOK2PP/NOM2PP/NOB2PP $ COPY M2PP/ZUZR0
CR 6745 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMBC, SPCADD - Wrong Answers GMBC entries referenced by SPCADD bulk data entries are ignored. Avoidance: Other than not using the SPCADD entry, there is no avoidance.
CR 6753 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static - RESTART, PARAM, NMLOOP - Wrong Answers If PARAM,NMLOOP is used to restart from SOL 106 (nonlinear statics) into a linear solution, the data recovery output is performed using linear element properties. Ths design causes displacements and element results to be incorrect. However, the solution is performed using the nonlinear equilibrium position (allowing EIGENVALUES to be correct). Only data recovery is in error, hence displacements and element results are wrong. This design does not affect a restart from a nonlinear run to a nonlinear run. Avoidance: There is no reason to perform a RESTART from solution 106 to 101, perform the desired data recovery in solution 106.
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Known Error
CR 6755
CR 6755 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Inertia Relief, SUPORT, PARAM,INREL - Wrong Answers In addition to a SUPORT entry, PARAM,INREL,-1 is required to perform inertia relief in solution 101. This requirement is not documented under the description of the SUPORT entry. It is documented under the SUPORT entry description the SUPORT entry "does not perform the same function as a constraint". In fact if PARAM,INREL,-1 is not included the SUPORT entry will act like a constraint. CR 6759 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER Library - RFLAG,LMT - Fatal Error The SSSALTER Library files RFLAG and LMT will cause fatal errors when used with SOLS 107, 108, and 109 if the stiffness matrix is singular. There are two possible avoidances: 1. Modify the dmap alter with the following change: Change the DMAP Alter from: GETLLL=(STATICS OR NORSET>-1 OR NO3SET>-1 OR (MODACC>=0 AND (SOLTYP='MODAL' OR APP='REIG'))) $
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to: GETLLL=(STATICS OR NORSET>-1 OR (MODACC>=0 AND (SOLTYP='MODAL' OR APP='REIG'))) $ Removing the NO3SET. This matrix does not need to be decomposed for direct analysis. The alter causes a branch over this unneeded operation.
2. Modify the model by adding enough SUPORT entries to stabilize KLL. These SUPORTs will not modify the answers. Known Error Product CR 6761 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 6761 P-Elements - GMLOAD - GMLOAD Entry Does Not Check if FEFACE Exists The GMLOAD entry allows the following options in the entity field:
Description
FEEDGE, GMCURVE, FEFACE, and GMSURF If there are no FEFACE, GMCURV or FEFACE entries in the model, no error message is issued, and the user is not given a clear idea of what is wrong.
Known Error Product
CR 6768 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, CURV, RF24D40 - Curve Projection Limits The description for the CURV module processing in the Reference Manual under RF24D40 (page 15.8-19) Remark 4.a. states: -If |n.i|>= 0.4 the projections of the y-axis on the surface of the element is taken as the reference axis. This statement should read: -If |n.i| > 0.4 the projections of the y axis....
Description
CR 6772 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMP(LOAD), CHEXA,PSOLID,PVAL - Wrong Answers A skewed p-hexa element with p=1 (on the PVAL entry) produces incorrect results with thermal loading. If the p-hexa is not skewed or if p>1, the answers are correct. Incorrect results may also occur if the p-element is next to an h-element, since the p-element will be reduced to p=1 on that face to be compatible with the h-element. Avoidance: Turn off the bubble functions using the PSOLID entry (5th field) or set p>1 on the PVAL entry.
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Known Error Product
CR 6785 Buckling Analysis - EIGRL - SFM 5401 In a buckling analysis, if only the V1 and ND fields are specified on the EIGRL entry, then the job may fail with the following error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401, LANCZOS METHOD IS UNABLE TO FIND ALL EIGENVALUES IN RANGE. A symptom of this error is the continuing shifting of Lanczos when ND roots have been found. Avoidance 1: Specify the V2 field in addition to the V1 and ND fields. Setting SHFSCL on the EIGRL entry near the absolute value of the lowest expected root may also avoid the error and improve efficiency. Another alternative is to use the SINV method if only a few roots are desired (which is true for most buckling analysis). Avoidance 2 (preferred over Avoidance 1): A new alter has been added to the sssalter library that can be used with Version 69.0.2. (
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CR 6786 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FBS, QSETi - SFM 2198 and 2199 If QSETi entries are specified in solution 200 for the purposes of dynamic reduction and the a-set contains only the q-set degrees of freedom and there is also a static subcase, then the run will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2198 and 2199. (Version 68.2 only) Avoidance: There are three possible avoidances: 1. Remove the q-set and the dynamic reduction requests and, if not already done so, then replace with a Lanczos eigenvalue analysis (see EIGRL entry). 2. Specify ASETi entries for one or more physical degrees of freedom. 3. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile fea noref nolist alter 'FBS'(,-1),'FBS' $ DBSTATUS UL,USET,LLL//S,N,NOUL/S,N,NOUSET/S,N,NOLLL $ IF ( NOUL=-1 AND NOLLL>0 ) FBS LLL,,PL/UL $
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CR 6788 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - XYPLOT - UWM 982, Missing Output If an xyplot is requested for the velocity of a grid point which does not exist and there is no VELO= request in the CASE control for printed data, then no displacement, velocity, or acceleration data will be printed or plotted and the following message will be issued: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 982. FORMAT OF OUGV1 INCOMPATIBLE WITH SDR3 DESIGN. CODE = 165 Avoidance: Review the output requests versus the grid and element ids in the model, insuring that all requests reference proper ids. Another avoidance is to add a VELO(PLOT)=ALL command to the case control. This command will produce very large files on large size models, however.
Description
CR 6789 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP, PARAM,G - Incorrect Damping There is a problem in the way element damping is implemented in nonlinear transient analysis (SOL 99 and 129). The implementation can result in answers with apparently very wrong damping when large displacement effects are requested with PARAM LGDISP. These solution sequences create a "B" damping matrix, from which damping forces are computed. This matrix is updated whenever the stiffness is updated. The problem is that many structures have stiffness ratios (and hence damping ratios) in perpendicular directions that are orders of magnitude different. A tiny misalignment of the damping can be intolerable.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. See also related error 7199. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6790 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Statics - MATGEN, SCE1 - SFM 3007, UFM MATGEN-4, Poor
Known Error
CR 6790 Message In nonlinear static analysis, SOLs 66 and 106, if the model has no l-set, a poor message is issued. In SOL 66, SFM 3007 is issued for module SCE1 at line 858 in Version 68. In SOL 106, "USER FATAL MESSAGE MATGEN-4, ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 2 = -1" is issued for module MATGEN at line 143 in Version 68.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in SOL 106 to obtain the correct message, UFM 4402. compile nlstatic souin=mscsou noref nolist $alter 117 $ V68 alter 119 $ V68.2 IF ( NOLSET=-1 ) CALL ERRPH2 //SUBDMAP/4402 $
CR 6794 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Heat Transfer, PARAM,POST,-1 - Missing Datablocks Executing solutions 153, heat transfer, or 159, nonlinear transient heat transfer, with PARAM,POST,-1 does not produce the geometry data blocks GEOM1, GEOM2 etc. in the OUTPUT2 file. This error only occurs in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2. Avoidance: Apply the following alter: compile super3 noref nolist alter 217,217 alter 220,220
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CR 6795 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SGI R8000 Only - Command Terminated Abnormally Jobs submitted with scr=yes on MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 on the SGI R8000 computer may in rare cases not write the "END OF JOB" to the f06 file but instead issue a "Command Terminated Abnormally" message in the log file. In the single case experienced the job otherwise completed processing and the error was easily avoided by running with scr=no.
Description
CR 6797 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/TRANS/ACCESS - V6 & Later for IBM does not support READONLY Version 6 and later releases for MSC/ACCESS for IBM Mainframes running MVS/XA does not allow for current access of XDB databases via the READONLY request. As per the information from the NASTRAN Product Manager, there will be no more versions of MSC/NASTRAN for the IBM MVS platforms so this error will not be corrected. This problem is considered fixed in Version 70 because there will be no more IBM MVS/XA releases.
Description
CR 6799 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM2 not available in V68 Prior to Version 68, design variable values could be passed into the DOM2 module and an EPT datablock based on the values and the property to design variable relations would be produced. This capability was removed from DOM2. The functionality has been re-instated in the DOM9 module in Version 69. CR 6800 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - DPD - Poor Message, UFM 2071 In solution 109, if an initial condition, ic, is specified without the presence of a DLOAD command in the case control, the following fatal message is produced: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2071 MODULE = DPD DYNAMIC LOAD SET 1 REFERENCES UNDEFINED TABLE 1 This message occurred despite the fact that no DLOAD was selected, and the TLOADi,1 entry in the bulk data was a TLOAD2, which can not reference a table. Avoidance: Input a DLOAD command in the case control which references a TLOADi entry which in turn
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Known Error
CR 6800 references a DAREA entry with a zero coefficient. In general, all dynamic load input must be complete, even when it can not be selected. For example, if there is incomplete frequency response load data in a transient analysis input file, they will cause fatal errors
CR 6801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, SUPER3 - UFM 9058 In solution 200, if a DRESP1 entry is provided for an analysis type that is not present in a case control ANALYSIS command (e.g. RTYPE = DISP, but there is no STATICS of SAERO subcase) then "USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SUPER3) THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST" may occur. Avoidance: Do not use unreferenced DRESP1 entries.
Description
CR 6802 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Sensitivity - DOM9 - Quits No Message If an optimization problem has a near mechanism and param,bailout is set to force it through static decomposition without a fatal message, then the job may fail on DEC ALPHA systems in the DOM9 module with no message. Other machines will produce meaningless answers. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 6808 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CBEND, MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual - Incorrect Equations There are typographical errors in equation 7 of section 5.2.3 of the Reference Manual. R-sub-R should be R-sub-B and in the integral for Z, "R" in the expression R/R-sub-b should be "r". Avoidance: The correct equations may be found in the old MSC/NASTRAN User's
Description
Known Error
CR 6808 Manual
CR 6809 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - XSORT - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) If the input data contains two "BEGIN BULK" entries, then the following misleading message may be produced:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE XSORT IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = IBULK, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE IBULK =OVRWRT CR 6810 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB - UFM 6545 (DOPR3) The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6545 A DESGLB= XXX COMMAND APPEARS AT THE SUBCASE LEVEL" is issued in error when the DESGLB command appears above the subcase level and there is more than one "super" discipline in case control. There are three super disciplines in MSC/NASTRAN design sensitivity and optimization: Frequency (ANALYSIS=MFREQ or DFREQ), Transient (ANALYSIS=MTRAN) and everything else (ANALYSIS=STATICS,MODES,BUCK,FLUTTER or SAERO). Avoidance: Remove the DESGLB command and invoke the constraint with a DESSUB command from the first subcase. This will force the evaluation of the constraint at the subcase level even though there are no subcase associated responses involved in the constraint evaluation.
Description
CR 6812 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, EIGR - UWM 5402 In normal modes or buckling analyses which are defined by the EIGR Bulk Data entry, if the reduced stiffness matrix is less than 0.0001% dense,
Known Error
CR 6812 and the stiffness is not null, then UWM 5402 is issued and no eigenvalue analysis is performed. Avoidance: Use the EIGRL Bulk Data entry or insert the following DMAP alter: compile moders souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 100 $ Version 68 and 68.2 modtrl kxx///////1 $ set density to .0001
CR 6813 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SOL 144, TRIM, Aero User's Guide - UFM 5423 The RESTART example ha144a_rst in Chapter 4 of the Aeroelastic Analysis User's Guide deletes two of the three subcases from ha144a.dat, the cold start run. This causes the RESTART job to fail when it tries to use the UOOX matrix from the cold start with the new GOAT matrix.
Description
Avoidance: Add a dummy FORCE Bulk Data entry to the Bulk Data section and it need not be referenced by the LOAD command. In general lines should not be deleted from the Case Control, subcases and output requests should be added.
CR 6814 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - GMCURV, GMSURF - Poor Answers When p-elements are connected to h-elements the polynomial order at the interface should be p=1. If GMCURV or GMSURF data is used along the interface surface the code ignores the different connections and allows the polynomial order to grow. Severe stress concentrations will be calculated at the connected points. Avoidance: Since the interfaces must be straight there is no need for geometry, remove the gmcurv or gmsurf from the interface.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6815 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,POST - Missing Results for PATRAN If a SOL 200 analysis is run with PARAM,POST,-1, only the last design cycle results are available for postprocessing in MSC/PATRAN using the output2 file, and there is no any model information. Avoidance: The error has been fixed in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2, the user should switch to this version.
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CR 6821 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL, ACMG - Trap Encountered, Traceback In acoustic/fluid analysis, if DIFF is used on the ACMODL entry and some fluid grids on the fluid/structure interface are not captured by the FSTOL tolarance, then the job may fail without any message being written to the f06 file. The log file may indicate a traceback as follows: Trap encountered, Traceback:
Description
Offset 17dc in procedure acmg_ Offset 1f0 in procedure xsem05_ Offset 140 in procedure mainal Offset 0 in procedure start
Avoidance: Set a value for FSTOL that captures all of the fluid grids at the fluid/structure interface. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6823 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, IFP - SFM 3003 The auxiliary model technique of shape optimization (solution 200) does not work when PCOMP entries are present. The following message is received:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 MODULE = IFP ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK IEPTX (FILE 202) IN SUBROUTINE IFP6 Avoidance: The avoidance is to use one of the other three shape
Known Error
CR 6823 optimization methods.
CR 6826 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - PARAM,INREL/ SUPORT - UFM 6137, UFM 3005 If the inertia relief feature is used in SOL 101, and the model does not contain a mass matrix, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6137 (UDSSDD) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 0 USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 MODULE = SOLVE In SOL 24, the job will terminate without any messages. A symptom of this error is printing of the parameters after echo of the input file. Avoidance: Include the appropriate mass required for inertia relief.
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CR 6829 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Network Job Submittal - Job Not Submitted If the current working directory is auto-mounted, and there is a delay in starting execution of an MSC/NASTRAN or MSC/EMAS job (e.g., submitting job with aft= or que=), then there is a chance that the job will not be submitted. Depending on your network setup, you may receive the following message: /tmp_mnt/net// : not found
Description
from the daemon. This error is encountered when it attempts to change the working directory to the current working directory as determined by the nast682 or emas32 script. The error can occur on any system where the "pwd" command does not return the canonical working directory. For example, % cd /net// % pwd /tmp_mnt/net//
Known Error
CR 6829 If sufficient time passes, the system will release the mount of '/tmp_mnt/net/<no< td=""></no<>
CR 6831 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Remote Installation - Poor Message If the "Remote Installation" option of the script is chosen, AND the user's shell on the remote system is csh AND the remote system is not properly configured so that test(1) is in the PATH during an rsh command, the installation will fail indicating the CD or media could not be found on the remote system.
Description Avoidance: The installation cannot use the specified remote system until the PATH is corrected. The script has been modified to explicitly test for this user error so that a meaningful message is output.
CR 6833 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - Examples Result in UFM The example in Section 2.1 of the DMAP Module Dictionary has several errors in it. The following lines of the input file cause fatal errors if used as is: QVOL 123 1.E+2 1 THRU 9 GRID 5 0 36O.O 240.0 0.0 0 3456 MAT1 1 30.0E3 1. 6.5-6 5.37+2 +MAT1 *MAT1 16.99235344 11.814744801 1.E04 CORD2R, 3, 0, 0.,0., 0., 0., 0., 1., +CORD1 +CORD 1. 0. 1.
Description
Avoidance: Change the above input to: QVOL 123 1.E+2 1 THRU 9 GRID 5 0 360.0 240.0 0.0 0 3456 MAT1 1 30.0E3 1. 6.5-6 5.37+2 +MAT1 *MAT1 16.99235344 11.814744801 1.E04 CORD2R, 3, 0, 0.,0., 0., 0., 0., 1., +CORD1
Known Error
CR 6833 +CORD1 1. 0. 1.
Known Error Product
CR 6839 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - FREQ, TSTEP, SDAMPING - Missing Documentation, Messages By design intent, solutions 107 through 112 do not support changes of freq=, tstep=, method=, cmethod=, sdamping commands in subcases. For example, if in sol 111 there are two subcases, and each has a different freq= command, only that in the first subcase will be honored. All similar commands in the second and subsequent subcases will be ignored. The output for all subcases will be for the frequency set selected in the first subcase. Note that solutions 108 and 111 do correctly support changes in the DLOAD command between subcases. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 6849 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Response - PARAM,DDRMM,-1 - Wrong Answers When a transient analysis is performed in SOL 146 with PARAM,DDRMM,-1 wrong answers are produced.
Description
Avoidance: Use PARAM,DDRMM,0 (i.e., the default), use SOL 76 or apply the following DMAP avoidance for Version 68.2: compile seaero nolist noref alter 'call mfreqrs' app1=app $
CR 6850 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,OPTEXIT,-4 - Output Overwritten If "param,optexit,-4" is used in a design optimization run (SOL 200), then the OUTPUT2 results for table DSCMCOL will be overwritten by the matrix DSCM2. This error is due to assigning both the output2 and output4 files to the same unit.
Known Error
CR 6850 Avoidance: Insert the following dmap avoidance. compile exitopt souin=mscsou nolist noref $ alter 20,21 $ v68.02 output4 dscm2,,,,//-1/12 $ output4 ,,,,,//-2/12 $
CR 6853 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Random Analysis - RANDOM - Infinite CPU Loop If a zero hertz excitation frequency is specified in a run which has a free-free model and is using modal frequency response to perform a random analysis, the run may encounter an infinite loop. This problem appears to be due to the zero frequency solution being a numeric infinity. If the same model is used in a direct frequency response, the run will fail during the decomposition due to the 0.0 hertz static solution being singular. In the modal solution, a matrix decomposition is not performed (in the uncoupled solution), therefore, a solution is obtained for the 0.0 hz excitation. Avoidance: Do not request a 0.0 excitation frequency in a modal frequency response analysis.
Description
CR 6854 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - PARAM,SUPER, SEQP - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Traceback SEQMR If a superelement model uses PARAM,SUPER,2 without PARAM,MPCX,sid (where sid is the MPC set to be used), the run may fail with no messages in the sequencer. Avoidance: Include PARAM,MPCX in the run if PARAM,SUPER,2 is used.
Description
CR 6855 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - SEP1, lmt11.v682 - SFM 6357 In version 68.2, if the lagrange multiplier solution dependent sssalters lmt*.v682 are used, then the job may fail with the following error messages:
Known Error
CR 6855 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6357 - NO GRID POINTS DEFINED FOR SEP1 Avoidance: Use the solution-independent lagrange multiplier sssalter rflag.v682 instead of the lmt*.v682. The rflag.v682 alter combines the function of all the lmt*.v682 alters.
CR 6859 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MODTRL, PARTN - Infinte CPU Loop If an element of a matrix is given an index for a row number larger than the number of rows in the matrix, as defined by the matrix trailer, and partn operates on this matrix, partn will go into an endless loop. The MTRXIN and MODTRL modules, and perhaps inputt4, can generate such matrices when used injudiciously. Avoidance: One way to avoid this error is to first put the matrix through the ADD module. The module will throw away all terms beyond the boundaries of the matrix as defined by the matrix trailer.
Description
CR 6866 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Cray J90, T90 - UFM 4311 If you are running MSC/NASTRAN V68.2 or MSC/EMAS 3.2 on a Cray T90 or J90 which has more than 16 CPUs, then your job may fail with the following error messages: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4311 (XSEM) TIME EXPIRED PRIOR TO LINK NS01, CALLING MODULE - 19 IFPL Note that this error may occur even if you are not using more than one CPU as long as the T90 or J90 has more than 16 CPUs. The error is due to one of the timing kernels on the T90 and J90 returning an erroneous number. Avoidance: A fix for this kernel error is available from Cray Research. Even though this is not MSC's error, the error is marked as fixed in Version
Description
Known Error
CR 6866 69 to remove it from the list.
CR 6867 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLOTPS/NEUTRL - No .ps file from .neu According to the documentation, the plotps utility should be able to generate a postscript formatted plot from the MSC/NASTRAN plot file (.plt) or a neutral (.neu) format plot file. (The neutral file format is necessary for transferring data between different machine types). However, when the neutrl utility translates a plot (.plt) file into a neutral (.neu) format, the plotps utility cannot translate the neutral file and fails with the following message "USER WARNING MESSAGE (PLTFIL) No frames found in file." The plotps utility works fine for translating standard plot (.plt) files. Correction: The error exists in the neutrl utility, which is provided in source form. In subroutine RDBIN, change line 240 from: ibyte = 0 to ibyte = 1 Note: A neutral (.neu) plot file i
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6868 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - CBAR, SDR2 - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Command Terminated Abnormally Extremely small stresses for bar elements may lead to extremely large margin of safety output. These large numbers may cause MSC/NASTRAN to abort in the SDR2 module. This error has been observed on the DEC ALPHA OSF/1 and the HP/9000 systems. The DEC OSF/1 issues a "command terminated abnormally" message in the log file, while the HP/9000 issued a "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE
Description
Known Error
CR 6868 4276, ERROR CODE 7777" followed by a traceback in the log file. The traceback in the log file indicates that the job was in the "numcvt" routine at the time of failure. Avoidance: The error may be avoided by not setting PARAM,POST,0 for MSC/XL data recovery. The error may also be avoided by removing the stress limits on the MATi entries which results in the margins of safety being calculated.
CR 6876 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - ADD5 - Inefficient Processing NO EXTERNAL ERROR REPORT NECESSARY If the scaling factor (for example, alpha) for any matrix in the ADD5 statement is zero and there are additional matrices input to the module, the module will scale each term of the associated matrix by 0.0 and add it to the additional matrices. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary as this error is simply an efficiency issue and wrong answers are not produced. DMAP may be used to check if any scaling factors are 0.0 and the associated matrices may be excluded from the addition.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6877 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - Stress and Failure Indices - Mislabeled and/or Extraneous Output In SOL 106, composite stress and failure index output is not labeled with the load step as is found in other nonlinear output. Thus, PATRAN is not able to distinguish composite output at different load steps. In addition, in any solution that supports composite output, even if no failure index output is requested, the header labels for failure index output are always printed. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6879 Acoustic Analysis - DISP, ACCE - Extra, Incorrect Output. If a fluid structure analysis is performed and accelerations are requested for structural points and displacements are requested for the fluid points, additional (incorrect) output will occur beyond the requested fluid point output. Various machines may behave slightly differently. Some machines may fail with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777" indicating a numeric overflow, other machines may output "NaNQ" or "**********" indicating a numeric overflow. Avoidance: Do not request structural accelerations in the same run requesting fluid displacements. Perform a restart and keep the requests separate.
Description
CR 6880 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - QUAD4, PARAM,LGDISP - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Nonlinear analysis with QUAD4 elements and PARAM,LGDISP or buckling analysis may fail in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 on long word machines such as CRAY and NEC. The run may issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 indicating a numeric overflow. Other messages may be written to the log file. Avoidance: The error can be avoided by setting SYSTEM(170)=1 which select the old quad4 differential stiffness formulation.
Description
CR 6881 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - TA1 - UFM 2010, Missing Properties If a model has a large number of property entries and insufficient memory is allocated, the program may issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 2010 stating that properties which are in the input file do not exist. This occurs in DMAP module TA1. Avoidance: Increase the amount of memory for the run or increase the BUFFSIZE on the NASTRAN statement.
Description
CR 6882 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SFM 4276, EC 923, Insufficient Disk Space, Excessive Output NO EXTERNAL ERROR REPORT UNTIL I GET A DECK AND A BETTER DESCRIPTION AS TO WHEN THIS HAPPENS. If the files used by an MSC/NASTRAN run exceed the available space on a disk, the program will provide SFM 4276 EC 923, indicating that system resources were insufficient. However, the message is followed by a "core-dump" which will be several thousand lines long. This additional output has no meaning to the user. CR 6883 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA(8), TEMP(LOAD), PSOLID - Wrong Answers If an eight node HEXA uses full 27 point integration (IN=3 on the PSOLID entry), incorrect thermal loads are computed resulting in wrong answers.
Description
Description Avoidance: The avoidance is to use the default integration method. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6887 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - PARALLEL - Wrong Answers MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 may produce wrong answers for frequency response analysis whenever PARALLEL=n is selected, where n is greater than 0.
Description
Avoidance: The error only affects parallel sparse complex decomposition. Parallel may be selected for other operations while being deselected for this operation by: instead of parallel=1, the workaround is parallel=262145 instead of parallel=2, the workaround is parallel=262146 instead of parallel=3, the workaround is parallel=262147 instead of parallel=4, the workaround is parallel=262148
Known Error
CR 6888
CR 6888 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - mfreqa.v68 and mfreqa.v682 - Error in Scaling of Results In the sssalter mfreqea.v68 and mfreqea.v682 the scaled results of the modal contributions are incorrectly scaled. Only as many modal contributions as there are excitation frequencies are scaled and the others are not printed.
Resolution/Avoidance: Change the following line : mpyad onec,totalt,/scalit $ Description to be mpyad oner,totalt,/scalit $ In the alter for V68.2, also change the following line: mpyad kinetc,onec,/totalk/1 $ to be: mpyad kinetc,oner,/totalk/1 $ Known Error Product CR 6893 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues, Matrix Methods - CEAD, UDCOMP - No Message, Traceback If sparse unsymmetric decomp spills the run may go into an infinite cpu loop or fail with the following traceback being issued to the log file but no other message: Traceback: Description Offset 0x00000010 in procedure txuycd_ Offset 0x00000010 in procedure udspcd_ Offset 0x00000164 in procedure udsncd_ Offset 0x000031dc in procedure udsfa_ Offset 0x00000440 in procedure udcomp_ Offset 0x000000e8 in procedure factru_ Offset 0x00000120 in procedure classd_
Corrected Version 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Abstract
Known Error
CR 6893 Offset 0x00000e88 in procedure clasdd_ Offset 0x00000c24 in procedure cead_ Offset 0x0000006c in procedure xsem11_ Offset 0x00000994 in procedure mainal Avoidance: Increase memory to avoid spill. In Version 70.7 the pivot threshold has been changed from 1.e-6 to 1.e-10 to make this error less likely. Furt
CR 6894 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - No Output - Intel Windows NT 3.1 During testing of MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 some jobs produced no output on the Windows NT 3.51 system. The error could not be debugged because when the command prompt window was closed and re-opened the error could not be reproduced. Thus, this report is being written to assist users who possibly encounter the same problem. CR 6902 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - Possible error using alter2g.v682 If the DMAP alters for coupled analysis are used with the OUTPUT2 (MATPOOL) option and a component has no damping matrix, the component matrices may not be stored properly on the database.
Description
Description Avoidance: In the alter, change NOM2GG to NOB2GG in the following DMAP statement mtrxin ,,baap,EQEXINS,SILS,/baaext,,/LUSETS/ S,N,NOM2GG///1 $ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 6903 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - FEEDGE, GMLOAD, CORDi - Wrong Answers If a GMLOAD is applied to an FEEDGE or GMCURV which have grids with displacement
Known Error
CR 6903 coordinate systems other than the Basic coordinate system, the loads are not properly applied. Avoidance: Set the grids' displacement coordinate system to the Basic coordinate system.
CR 6904 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1, QUAD4, TRIA3 - Wrong Answers There are two errors in element force output for nonlinear QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements. The first error results in over-estimated force components. This error exist in Version 68 systems only. This error occurs when geometric nonlinear (LGDISP=1) is turned on and the element is in the nonlinear material portion of the stress-strain curve (MATS1). Forces may be over-estimated by more than 40%. The second error results in under-estimated force components, on the order of 4%, when param,lgdisp is the default, -1. This day one error is directly linked to the default value of param,nlayers,4. Avoidance: There is no avoidance for the over-estimated element forces when param,lgdisp is 1. The under-estimated element force error may be reduced to .7% by setting param,nlayers to 12.
Description
CR 6910 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - OUTPUT4, INPUTT4 - Illegal Unit Number for INPUTT4 -11 If the sparse option is used to write a matrix using OUTPUT4 (IUNIT<0), then the program will fail when reading the matrix using INPUTT4 if the sparse input option is used (IUNIT<0).
Description Avoidance: Do not use the sparse option when reading or outputting a matrix with inputt4 or output4. Use a positive value for IUNIT. . Known Error Product CR 6913 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 6913 Superelements - Can Not Perform Dynamic Data Recovery for External S.E. Data recovery is not supported for external superelements in dynamic solution sequences. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Version 70.5.2 has been enhanced to provide this support, please see PARAM,EXTDR.
Description
CR 6914 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - LANG - awk: UNIX command not found MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 may get the following message, "awk: UNIX command not found", or some other UNIX level fatal message on SGI machines outside the US. Non US language AIX machines are unable to understand the 'mem' command line parameter. Other machines may exhibit different problems. The problems are all caused by the fact that the LANG environmental variable is set to null in the Version 68.2 NASTRAN script and not explicitly to 'C'. Avoidance: All non US Language machines should change the MSC/NASTRAN script to specify C explicitly: # Set the "C" locale LANG="C"; export LANG This error is corrected in the Version 68.2.3 R2 CD.
Description
CR 6916 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - HEXAPR - Incorrect Phase Output The "COMPLEX ACCELERATION VELOCITY AND PRESSURE LEVEL" output is incorrect for models that include damping. "REAL/IMAGINARY" output will always indicate a zero value for the imaginary part of the acceleration and pressure output and the real part of the velocity output. The nonzero part indicates the magnitude. Likewise "MAGNITUDE/PHASE" output gives a correct magnitude but an incorrect phase angle. An example of the incorrect output is shown
Description
Known Error
CR 6916 below. COMPLEXACCELERATIONSVELOCITIESAND PRESSURELEVELS (REAL/IMAGINARY) EL-TYPE X-ACCELERATION Y-ACCELERATION Z-ACCELERATION X-VELOCITY Y-VELOCITY Z-VELOCITY PRES(DB) HEXPR -1.215000E-09 3.504862E+03 -1.262103E-09
CR 6921 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - Negative Time Estimates, Poor Performance It is possible to get a negative time estimate for MPYAD. This error may lead to poor method selection and thus poor performance. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 6928 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESOBJ - Wrong Answers In Versions 68, weight and volume cannot both be selected as design responses in the same solution 200 job. The problem will run to completion but one of these responses will have zero value (i.e., it will be ignored in the design process). This leads to incorrect answers.
Description
The avoidance is to either: 1.) Use only weight or only volume in the design model 2.) Include the following DMAP alter (version 68, 68.2): compile desinit souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 66 wgtvol = 3 $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 6932 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PACABS, ELTPRT - UFM 5165, SFM 3002 If the B field of the PACABS (acoustic absorber element) data entry is specified as a design variable in an optimization analysis, then the execution will result in one of the following fatal messages: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5165 (DSVG1D-1) UNDEFINED INPUT FILE = 106, NAME = (NONE) , ERROR CODE = -6, MODULE DSVG1 IS TERMINATED. or
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSVG1) Avoidance: Use the following alter for 68.2.3: compile pslgdv list noref souin=mscsou alter 239, 239 IF ( DODFREQ>0 OR DOMFREQ>0 OR DOMTRAN>0 ) EMG, EST,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,,,,,,GPSNTS,EQEXINS,SILS/ kelmx,kdictx,,,BELM,BDICT//0/s,n,nobgg $ In addition to the above error, optimization of the PACABS properties with the objective to minimize weight fails at module ELTPRT in RESPSEN with the following error message:
CR 6933 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PMIN - Wrong Answers If the user specifies a value of PMIN that is less than -0.99e35, the value could potentially be incorrectly reset to 1.0e-20. This will happen for I12 on a PBAR or PBEAM and for orientation on the PCOMP entry. Avoidance: Specify PMIN values that are greater than -.99e35
Description
CR 6934 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL2 - Incorrect UFM 7618 When USER FATAL MESSAGE 7168 is encountered, the DVPREL2 ID referenced is in error.
Known Error
CR 6934 USER FATAL MESSAGE 7168 (DOPR1Z) EQID XXX REFERENCED ON DVPREL2 YYY IS NOT PRESENT ON A DEQATN ENTRY. Avoidance: A nonexistent EQID has been referenced on a DVPREL2 entry. The burden is on the user to determine which DVPREL2 makes the incorrect reference.
CR 6936 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - umsec6.doc - File Does Not Exist The "readme" file in the nast68/doc directory states that the directory contains the file UMSEC6.DOC which includes a list of MSC/NASTRAN diagnostic messages. This file is no longer included with the delivery. The MSC/NASTRAN online encyclopedia, delivered with all Version 68 systems, contains this information (and much more) in an easily accessable format. Thus the online encyclopedia is a far superior method for accessing information. The readme file will be updated for Version 69. CR 6937 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE - UFM Multiple COMPILE statements for the same subdmap may result in a user fatal message. For example the following DMAPs should be equivalent but the first may lead to a UFM: COMPILE A COMPILE A ALTER 1 ALTER 1 COMPILE B ALTER 3 ALTER 2 COMPILE B COMPILE A ALTER 2 ALTER 3 Avoidance: Combine the alter so that a single COMPILE statement may be used for the subdmap. Re-arranging the COMPILE statements such that the COMPILE statements for each subdmap follow each other directly should also
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 6937 avoid the problem.
CR 6939 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,NMLOOP, DBSTATUS - SFM 4276 EC 7777 Nonlinear analysis jobs with PARAM,NMLOOP may fail on the DEC ALPHA OSF/1 Version of MSC/NASTRAN.
Description
Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic noref nolist $alter '/s,n,fact','' $ V68.2 alter 486,486 PARAML ESTNL//'DTI'/0/6/S,N,FACT $ LOAD FACTOR
CR 6943 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SHPCAS, TEMP(INIT) - UIM 9052, SFM 3001 Using TEMPERATURE(INITIAL) in a solution 200 shape optimization run with an auxiliary model results in the messages: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9052 (FEA) - STATIC ANALYSIS COMPLETED. DESIGN CYCLE NUMBER= 1 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = SHPCAS THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED YGBNDR AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Specify TREF on the MAT1 entry or apply the following DMAP alter: compile bndshp nolist noref souin=mscsou alter 'auxmid'(2) dbview ugx=ug (where mtemp=*) $ alter 'partn','partn' PARTN UGx,,AXMVEC/UGA,,,/1 $ alter 'equivx','equivx' EQUIVX UGx/UGA/ALWAYS $
Description
Known Error
CR 6947
CR 6947 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT4 - SFM 4276 EC 7777 When reading a double-precision datablock on an SGI R8000 computer using INPUTT4, the run will fatal in the INPUTT4 module with the following message in the .f06 file: RECEIVED SIGNAL 0, ABORTING ... BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0 SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777 Avoidance: An avoidance is to have the datablock output in the neutral format (OUTPUT4 in the ASCII format) and edit the datablock header to change the data type (the 4th word in record 1) from 2 (double precision) to 1 (single precision).
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6949 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RS/6000 IOI DBset ASSIGN Description format is incomplete. In Section 4.3 of the MSC/NASTRAN Installation And Operating Instructions, the description of the DBset ASSIGN statement is incomplete. The reference to the "action" options is not specified. Please see the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide for a complete description of the ASSIGN statement. CR 6951 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - P2G - Wrong Answers, Null Load If P2G is used to import loads onto the residual structure (with or without superelements) in SOL 106, their contribution to the overall loading is ignored.
Description
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'ssg1 '
Known Error
CR 6951 MTRXIN CASESx2,MATPOOLS,EQEXINS,,/ P2J,,/LUSETS/S,N,NOP2J///2 $ ADD Pgres,P2J/Pgres1/CP1/CP2 $ equivx pgres1/pgres/-1 $ endalter or use a LOADSET callout above the SUBCASE level and a CLOAD within each residual subcase to include the P2G contribution as shown: LOADSET = 10 P2G = ExtLds SUBCASE 1 LOAD = 20 CLOAD = 30 BEGIN BULK LSEQ, 10,9999,20 CLOAD,30,1.,1.,9999
CR 6952 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements/Superelements - GP4 - UFM 2101, SFM 3062 The output coordinate specification is not allowed for the FEEDGE or FEFACE entries when an FEEDGE or FEFACE is specified on the superelement boundry. Do not use global coordinates on superelement boundries in p-element substructures else the following fatal message will be encountered: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) GRID POINT 101000048 COMPONENT 1 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM UB
Description
CR 6953 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - Poor Message, SFM 7127 The following message is misleading in that it should be a USER FATAL MESSAGE and it does not indicate that the error is on a DRESP1 entry. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7127 (DOPR3B)
Description
Known Error
CR 6953 AN ELEMENT WHICH REFERENCES PTYPE 52 20 PID 34 IS NOT DEFINED IN THE ANALYSIS MODEL.
CR 6957 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - NOLIN2 Remark 4 under the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide description of the NOLIN2 entry should state "GK-CK" not "CK-CK". CR 6960 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SUBSEQ, SDR2 - SFM 4276, EC 3001, SWM 2092 If zero values are used for the SUBSEQ command for a SUBCCOM subcase in a solution 200 analysis the following messages will be encountered from the SDR2 Module: SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2092 MODULE = SDR2 SDR2 FINDS A SYMMETRY SEQUENCE LENGTH = X AND AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VECTORS AVAILABLE = Y WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COMPUTE STRESSES AND FORCES. ALL FURTHER STRESS AND FORCE COMPUTATION TERMINATED. SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 Avoidance: The avoidance is to not use 0.0 coefficients in a SUBSEQ request when performing design sensitivity and optimization.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 6963 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SUBCOM, SUBSEQ - Unexpected Answers The documentation for the SUBSEQ command is misleading. Unless it is read carefully, the user might expect the first number to apply to the first SUBCASE and so on. Actually, the way it is applied is that the last number is applied to the most recent SUBCASE, the next to last number is applied to the SUBCASE preceding it, and so on. If scaling factors are not included for all preceding SUBCASEs, unexpected results may result.
Description
Known Error
CR 6963 Avoidance: Include scaling factors for all preceding SUBCASEs.
CR 6964 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - Intel Windows/NT Only If the utilities are executed on the Intel Windows/NT Version 68.2 release of MSC/NASTRAN without any argument the command line input format is not output to the console. This command line description is instead output the FOR000 file. The command line description is also documented in section 6 of Installation and Operation Instructions. CR 6965 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Include File Not Found MSC/NASTRAN on Windows NT can be run one of two ways. One is via command line and second is by clicking on an icon. If nastran is run via the second method and the input data deck contains an include file, the include file will not be found. Avoidance: 1. Run nastran using the command line.
Description
Description
2. Define the environmental variable in the MSCN4NT1.INI file specifying the location of the data deck. This also requires the same environmental symbol be included while specifying the include file. This method is described in the section 4.1 of the Installation and Operation instructions. 3. Add a complete path name to the include file.
CR 6966 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - HBDY, FLUX, SET - Wrong Answers If a set definition is used for a FLUX request, then wrong (zero) values in the radiation column of the heat flow into HBDY elements may be produced. This error causes all results
Known Error
CR 6966 in the radiation column to be incorrect. This error does not affect the temperature results. Avoidance: A FLUX=all request avoids the problem.
CR 6968 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Bad File Names - Run Never Starts When using MSC/NASTRAN in either Windows95 or Windows/NT, the program will fail if any embedded blanks exist in either the filenames or directory names used. Avoidance: Do not include any embedded blanks in file or directory names.
Description
CR 6969 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSC/NASTRAN Will Not Install on Windows NT Version 4.0 For Windows NT Version 4.0, which is the Windows 95 interface on top of Windows NT 3.5, the installation of MSC/NASTRAN will not work. There is a problem with the installation software (Installshield). Avoidance: Do not upgrade your operating system to 4.0.
Description
CR 6971 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - RFORCE - Wrong Answers On one client model, RFORCE entries generated null loading vectors in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2. Correct answers were produced in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0 and V68.1. This error results in incorrect results.
Description
Avoidance: We have been unable to duplicate this problem on any other input files. For the client input deck, setting METHOD to 2 on the RFORCE entry resulted in the correct loads being generated. Our recommendation is whenever you have an RFORCE in your input file, include a SUBCASE which applies the RFORCE only and verify the OLOAD resultant is correct for that SUBCASE.
Known Error
CR 6971 If the OLOAD resultant for that SUBCASE is null set method to two on the RFORCE entry and please send the deck to MSC.
CR 6972 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSCID - UFM 3060 The MSC Authorization program (an icon) has, on some configurations (usually laptops with docking stations), shown a "0" for "MSC id". This is not correct. If you get a "0" while using the authorization program during installation or running from the icon, do not use this number to get an authorization code from MSC. To get the proper ID, run a MSC/NASTRAN job and the 3060 error message in the .f06 file will contain the correct ID. Use the ID in the .f06 file when calling MSC for an authorization code.
Description
CR 6976 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - EMA, PSOLID - Poor Message When executing a fluid/structure analysis, if the FCTN field is not set to FLUID on the PSOLID data entry for a fluid element the execution will fail with the message:
Description SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.BLDPK ERROR CODE 211 Avoidance: Other than correcting the model, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 6980 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - QVECT - Wrong Answers for HBDY Output The QVECT load defines thermal flux from a distant source into a face of a CHBDYi boundary element. If a coordinate system(CE) for the thermal vector flux is rotated with respect to the basic coordinate system, the data recovery for the APPLIED LOAD under the HEAT FLOW INTO HBDY ELEMENTS is not correct. However, the actual temperature results are correct. The actual loading can be seen using the OLOAD=all output. There is no error if the coordinate
Description
Known Error
CR 6980 system is merely translated, not rotated, with respect to the basic coordinate system. Avoidance: Ignore the incorrect output.
Known Error Product
CR 6981 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - RESTART, PARAM,SLOOPID - Wrong Answers If PARAM,SLOOPID is specified for a nonlinear transient heat transfer (SOL 159) analysis restarting from a steady state thermal analysis (SOL 153), the initial temperature from the SOL 153 run is zero. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP ALTER.(V68.2 ALTER) $ DMAP alter to repair SLOOPID restart from sol 153 $ MSC/NASTRAN V68.2 $ compile nltcsh,souin=mscsou,nolist,noref $ $ bypass the restart deletion of estnl in case that a $ TEMPBC entry is added to the bulk with the sol 159 input $ alter 39 $ type db zuzr01 $ dbview xestnl = estnl (where nloop=sloopid) $ copy xestnl/zuzr01 $ alter 281,281 $ alter 300,300 $ copy zuzr01/estnl $ $ $ save the sol 153 temperatures to database $ alter 310 $ V68.2 equivx ulx/ulnt/noeset $ cend CR 6982 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP - Solution Does Not Converge PARAM,LGDISP is intended only for the nonlinear structural analysis.
Description
Known Error
CR 6982 However, if it is used in heat transfer analysis (SOL 153 or 159) the solution will not converge. Avoidance: Delete the PARAM,LGDISP from any heat transfer analysis.
CR 6984 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MALTER - UFM 806 If the input file for a restart run contains a DMAP alter using MALTER commands and has no "compile" commands, the run will fail with User Fatal Message 806 stating that the MALTER statements were not found in the source files.
Description
Avoidance: This error may be avoided by either: 1) Inserting ACQUIRE NDDL in the FMS section of the restart deck. or 2) Inserting a COMPILE command for a subdmap in the deck.
CR 6986 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - DPD, SEQP - Poor Efficiency on Convex Models which have been resequenced cause the DPD module to run up to 5 times slower than models which have not been resequenced on MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 on the Convex. This also affects reading large numbers of FORCE bulk data entries. Avoidance: The combination of the sparse solver and the seqp module is almost always more than the sparse solver without resequencing. Thus, sequencing should be simply turned off. Remove resequencing by: 1. Remove any PARAM, NEWSEQ entry and replace it with PARAM,NEWSEQ,-1. 2. Remove any SEQGP entries which may be in the bulk data file. This avoidance will not help the reading of the FORCE bulk data entries.
Description
Known Error
CR 6990
CR 6990 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,G - Wrong Answers If the structural damping (either PARAM,G or "ge" damping on the MATi entry) is the only change in a restart to a fluid-structure acoustic analysis, the change is ignored and the answers are incorrect, i.e., they remain the same as before the change. Avoidance: Execute the analysis as a cold start.
Description
CR 6991 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYG, CTRIAX6 - Wrong Answers Currently there is a design limitation using CHBDYG,REV to represent the higher order CTRIAX6 element because only two grid points are allowed on the REV option. Therefore, the weighting on the mid-side node is misrepresented if the two node REV option is used.
Description
Avoidance: Use CHBDYE to represent the CTRIAX6 element with midside nodes. Please note that without the midside node, the CHBDYG,REV can be used. Please note that the REV option G1,G2,G3 Where G1 and G2 are the edge grids and the G3 is the midpoint grid
Known Error Product
CR 6992 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - OLOAD, CTRIAX6 - Wrong Answers for LOAD VECTOR Applying a heat flux to the edge of the midside node of a CTRIAX6 element results in wrong answers for the LOAD VECTOR output at the midpoint. This error is only in the data recovery. The temperature results are not affected. Avoidance: Ignore the OLOAD output for the midside node of the CTRIAX6 element
Description
Known Error Product
CR 6994 Miscellaneous - ASET1 - UFM 2049 If an ASET1 entry references a non-existing grid as an end point for the "thru" option, then the following fatal message is issued: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2049, UNDEFINED GRID POINT ** HAS A COORDINATE REFERENCED ON A ASET CARD." Besides the fact that this message should not be encountered at all, this message is poor for the following reasons:
Description
(1) The missing grid point specified in the message will always be the first grid point in the "thru" range, not the actual missing grid point. (2) The word "coordinate" is incompatible with other documentation which uses the word "component". (3) It uses the obsolete word "CARD" (4) It repeats the message twice. (5) If the user explicitly specified the grids on the ASET1 entry rather than using the "thru" option, they would have gotten User W 1/2/02 abb CR 6996 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Q4TAPER - UWM 5491, UFM 4297 If an auxiliary model is used to generate the shape basis vector for a shape optimization analysis and in the subsequent dblocate optimization run an element exceeds the maximum allowable taper value of .5 then EMG issues UWM 5491 that may identify elements with bad geometry that do not exist in the model. The run may also issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 indicating that an element has an interior angle greater than 180 degrees. An example of the warning message follows: USER WARNING MESSAGE 5491 (EQD4D) BAD GEOMETRY FOR QUAD4 ELEMENT ID = 2600 THE TAPER OF 0.582639 EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF 0.500000 USER ACTION: THE TOLERANCE MAY BE ADJUSTED WITH Q4TAPER KEYWORD ON THE NASTRAN STATEMENT.
Description
Avoidance: EMG is reporting the internal identification numbers for the perturbed elemen Known Error Product CR 6997 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 6997 Acoustic Analysis - Superelements, Reference Manual - Wrong answer The Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual Section 15.4.2 states that the "grid points at the fluid-structure interface may be assigned to the residual structure only". This statement is not restrictive enough. The MSC/NASTRAN Common Questions and Answers Guide states the restriction correctly; "for coupling to occur, all fluid elements that are in contact with the structural elements must be in the residual structure, and all structural elements that are in contact with the fluid elements must also belong to the residual structure. CR 6998 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - QBDY2 - Wrong Answers QBDY2 (Boundary Heat Flux Loading) loading on CQUAD8, CTRIA6, CHEXA20, CPENTA15, CTETRA10 elements results in incorrect data recovery for the element. The temperature vectors are correct. The heat flow into the HBDY elements is wrong.
Description
Description Avoidance: Ignore the Heat Flow into HBDY element for the Applied Heat load. All other output is unaffected by this error. If the user wants to see the correct applied load under the Heat Flow into the HBDY element, they must use the QBDY3 bulk data entry to apply the loading. Known Error Product CR 7001 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - QRG, PARAM,AUTOSPC - UFM, Failed to Converge PARAM,AUTOSPC,YES will automatically constrain floating degrees of freedom. The floating grid is used in heat transfer to model ambient temperature as a function of time .Heat transfer analysis uses these floating grids to apply temperature as a function of time through the TEMPBC,TRAN. Use of this PARAM,AUTOSPC,YES in nonlinear heat transfer results in a run that fails to converge. This limitation is documented in the Version 68 Release notes but needs to be documented in the Quick Reference Guide. CR 7002
Description
Known Error
CR 7002 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer - GP2 - UFM 2007 If an attempt is made to use the punched grid and element output of a pelement run in the bulk data the following error will occur and the run will fail in the SEQP module or GP2 modules: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007 MODULE = GP2 ELEMENT ******** REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT 111001009
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007, ELEMENT******** REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT********. Description This message occurs since grid ids larger than 100000000 are not valid on the grid card and the vu-grids have ids greater than 100000000. . Avoidance: Following system cells should be set in a p-element run to generate smaller vu-grid ids and vu-element ids. System cell values are beginning and maximum for vu-grids and vu-elements nastran system(175)=9000, $ GRMAX = 1 Known Error Product CR 7006 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DRESP1, DVPREL2 - Incorrect RTYPE, Missing Documentation The Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide description of the DRESP1 entry indicates the RTYPE for SPCFORCE as FRSPC and TSPC, it should be FRSPCF and TSPCF. Remark 3 under the description for the DVPREL1 entry for PTYPE="PBEND" should also be included for the DVPREL2 entry. CR 7007 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
Corrected 69
Known Error Version Abstract
CR 7007
Installation - NASTRAN FOR WINDOWS - FILE TRANSFER ERROR NO. -3 If long file names have been disabled by the following registry entry the NASTRAN FOR WINDOWS VERSION 68.2 Installation will fail with the message "FILE TRANSFER ERROR NO. -3".
Descriptio n HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\Win31FileS ystem Avoidance: Reset the registry entry and restart your computer. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7010 MSC / MD Nastran Axisymmetric Fluid Elements - CAXIF4, VECPLOT - UFM 5423 Models with CAXIF4 axisymmetric fluid elements fail in the VECPLOT module with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 - ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES. This error has been fixed for real formats but complex formats still cause a fatal message. There is no plans to fix the complex formats since this capability has been replaced by more modern methods. Avoidance: Apply the following alter: compile selg nolist noref alter 63,63 endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 7011 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VECPLOT - Excessive CPU The VECPLOT module can consume a significant amount of CPU when processing RESULTANTS and MAXIMUMS. This information may be of no interest to the analyst yet the only way to turn it off is thru DMAP. MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 has been enhanced to give the analyst options to avoid these calculations.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 7011 PARAM,PRTMAXIM (default=no) and PARAM,PRTRESLT (default=yes) have been added to control the calculation of MAXIMUMS and RESULTANTS respectively.
CR 7012 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - DIAG 14,64 - UFM 69 The presence of both DIAG 14 and DIAG 64 in the same run will cause the following message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 69, SUBDMAP STATEMENT PARAMETER APP NOT DEFINED". This error is only known to occur in the structured solution sequences (SOLs > 101) Avoidance: Remove Diag 14 and/or Diag 64.
Description
CR 7013 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - COMIFP, PUNCH - Produces Incorrect Bulk Data Entries The comifp module has been modified for Version 69 to support the part superelement concept. It can take ifp-like files from the sep2 module and punch bulk data files which may then be used as part files. At present, the RBE2 and RBE3 elements are punched incorrectly. Avoidance: An avoidance is to separate the elements not properly processed by hand.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7014 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - MAT4, CONVM, EMG - FATAL ERROR, Bad Diagnostic Message If the user fails to define a dynamic viscosity in field 7 of the MAT4 entry for a forced convection analysis the job fails in the EMG module with no indication of the cause of the error. Avoidance: Make sure the dynamic viscosity is input on the MAT4 card if
Description
Known Error
CR 7014 the problem has CONVM bulk data entries.
CR 7015 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD), CLOAD - Wrong Answers In Version 68.2 and SOL 106 only, thermal loads applied to upstream superelements results in incorrect stresses and forces. Avoidance: Use SOL 66 or apply the following alter to SOL 106:
Description compile super3 noref nolist alter 'IF ( NOCASRS1>-1 AND SEID=0 )','' IF ( (NOCASRS1>-1 AND SEID=0) or app='nlst' ) THEN $
CR 7021 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSCM2 - Wrong Ordering In design sensitivity analysis, there is a table printed just prior to the DSCM2 (design sensitivities matrix) which specifies the ordering of the columns in the matrix. If some of the design responses specified on the DRESP1 entry are the eigenvalues, then the table claims that the eigenvalue responses are in ascending order by DRESP1 entry ID. However, the matrix is actually in ascending order by mode number. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to be aware that the output is in ascending order by mode number.
Description
CR 7040 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DRESP1 - UFM 316 The documentation for the DRESP1 entry in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide states that the SPC force component is chosen with the RTYPE=FRSPC or RTYPE=TSPC. However, if either of these RTYPEs are used, the following fatal message is issued, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON
Description
Known Error
CR 7040 BULK DATA CARD DRESP1 331 SORTED CARD COUNT = ***". The documentation should say the the SPC force component is chosen with RTYPE=FRSPCF or RTYPE=TSPCF. Avoidance: Use RTYPE=FRSPCF or RTYPE=TSPCF not FRSPC or TSPC when the SPC force component is desired as a response type.
CR 7041 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - EMG - Poor Performance NO EXTERNAL ERROR REPORT When there are no linear elements in a model, the EMG module is unnecessarily executed. This appears to be a minor performance improvement, I see no need to publish to clients.
Description
CR 7044 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - QVECT, DLOAD - Wrong Answers Scaling by other than 1. of a vector flux QVECT load by a DLOAD bulk data entry produces wrong results in the "APPLIED-LOAD" column of the "Heat Flow into HBDY Elements" table. The actual load vector generated is correct and therefore the temperatures are correct. Avoidance: Use only scale factors 1 on the DLOAD entry.
Description
CR 7045 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SUBCASE - Poor Message The message " *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 609 (IFP1D) SUBCASE DELIMITER CARDS MUST HAVE A UNIQUE IDENTIFYING INTEGER " which does not accurately describe
Known Error
CR 7045 the input error is issued for the following situation: 1. When the subcase id exceeds 9999999. 2. In solution 200 when the subcase id of the preceding subcase is higher than the id of subsequent subcase.
CR 7047 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Unwanted Output in the Flutter Summary In the pk flutter solution, all combinations of velocity, Mach number and density are used. In certain situations (e.g., if analyses are only required at 50 velocity-density combinations) it would be preferable to only do ordered combinations.
Description Avoidance: The current avoidance is to put each required combination in its own subcase. For the example given above, this would require 50 subcases, but it would reduce the number of flutter analyses from 2500 to 50. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7048 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal Script - node - Error With node Keyword When the "node" keyword is used along with the "user" keyword ( i.e. nastran ..... node=pelee user=ssp) then job will not get submitted to remote node and the following message will be displayed on the console: nast68: (W) node=pelee specified, setting app=yes bat=no scr=yes nast68: (E) node=pelee: no execute permission on remote node. Description Avoidance: The following line in the nastran shell script should be changed. The shell script is $MSC_INSTALLDIR/bin/nastran. rx="$remcmd $tuser $node" should be changed to
Known Error
CR 7048 rx="$remcmd $node $tuser"
CR 7050 MSC / MD Nastran Multipoint Constraint - MPCFORCE Output - Labeled as SPCF in .pch file MPCFORCE output when printed to a punch file, is mis-labeled as SPCF. The data is correct however. Confusion may arise when both SPCFORCE and MPCFORCE are printed to the punch file. The user must use care to read the correct results. The error is considered fixed in Version 69; however, setting of SYSTEM(210)=1 is required. Avoidance: Print and punch the data so that the output can be compared and correlated.
Description
CR 7053 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DVPREL1 - UFM 2042 Misleading The DVPREL1 entry is used to define a relationship between an analysis model property and a design variable. However, not all analysis model properties are valid choices. For example it is not valid to link the MID field on a property entry (which is an integer) to a design variable (which is always real). If this is done the MATi entry in the analysis model is overwritten with a nonexistent MATi and then the following misleading message is issued, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042, MISSING MATERIAL TABLE******** FOR ELEMENT xx". Invalid choices for the analysis property chosen on the DVPREL1 should be screened out prior to the start of optimization. Avoidance: Choose only valid analysis properties on the DVPREL1.
Description
CR 7055 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Composites, Buckling, PSHELL, PCOMP - Missing
Known Error
CR 7055 Documentation The following remark should be added to the PSHELL bulk data entry description in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide: The use of MID4 will cause incorrect results in buckling analysis and differential stiffness.
Description The following remark should be added to the PCOMP bulk data entry documentation in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide: An unsymmetric layup or the use of ZO to create an unsymmetric layup will cause incorrect results in buckling analysis and differential stiffness. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7059 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DMIG - Psuedo Infinite Loop, Device Full If characters are input in the NCOL field of a DMIG header entry and the matrix is rectangular (IFO=9), then the MTRXIN module may be caught in a pseudo infinite loop which may be finally stopped by a "device full" message. The MTRXIN module interprets the characters in NCOL as an integer and this is normally a huge number. The IFP module should stop the execution with "User Fatal Message 327" in case that the input for NCOL is not an integer. CR 7065 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Wrong Adaptivity Analysis - Poor Answers If a data deck contains different TYPEs of P-elements (e.g. a HEXA and a PENTA), the adaptivity error analysis likely to be in-accurate leading to poor answers. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7073 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - PARAM,POST,-2 - SDRC Cannot Read TEMP Vector
Description
Description
CR 7073 SDRC is not able to read the temperature vector in the output2 file produced with PARAM,POST,-2. Avoidance: Use EQUIVX instead.
CR 7076 MSC / MD Nastran Timing Estimate - DECOMP - UIM 4157 The CPU time estimates issued in USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4157 for sparse decomposition can be overstated by a factor of 7 to 15 times on some machines. This is due to the fact that the timing estimates do not take into account the high rank performance update enhancement which was introduced beginning in Version 68.1. By overstating the CPU time estimates the job may fail with a message that it does not have enough time to complete Decomposition. Avoidance: Include an extra large value for time on the TIME executive control entry or remove the TIME entry.
Description
CR 7085 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetric - Dihedral, LOADCYH, DSYM - UFM 4342 A cyclic symmetry analysis using dihedral symmetry and centrifugal loads may issue the following message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4342, THE LOAD BULK DATA CARD GIVEN BELOW IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS OR SEGMENTS OR SYMMETRY TYPE. LOADCYH 20 0CSTAR 2000004
Description The message occurs when a SS (Symmetric=Symmetric) boundary condition is specified on the DSYM case control command and the LOADCYH bulk data requests an 'RLOAD' for the HTYPE field. In this condition the code generates too many load vectors. Avoidance: One avoidance is to change the HTYPE field to 'C' on the
Known Error
CR 7085 LOADCYH bulk data entry. A better avoidance is to eliminate the DSYM request in the case control.
CR 7088 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSHELL, MID4, ZOFFS - MID4 and ZOFF may be combined Remark 6 under the description of the PSHELL entry in the Version 68 Quick Reference Guide states that "Only one of the options MID4 or ZOFFS may be used". This is a guideline to prevent users from offsetting the element twice. Depending on the intent of the user these affects may be combined and correct answers achieved. CR 7093 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - CLAN - Wrong Answers For one model, the complex lanczos eigenvalue method in solution 107 produced erroneous eigenvalues on the CRAY computer. The same model produced consistent real eigenvalues across all machines so there does not appear to be anything wrong with the model. MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 introduces the new Block Complex Lanczos method. This method correctly solves this problem on CRAY and all other machines. This method must be selected in Version 70.5 by setting system(108)=4 on the NASTRAN entry or rc file. Avoidance: Until the error is better understood, use SOL 110, modal complex eigenvalues, with the Hessenberg Method.
Description
Description
CR 7100 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SPC - UFM 5423 A DMAP error exists in multiple boundary condition with non-zero SPC in SOL 101. The error is triggered when the same boundary conditions are not grouped together, i.e., the same SPC is selected again following
Description
Known Error
CR 7100 a SUBCASE with a different SPC. The error is detected by the SSG2 module with a UFM 5423 "attempt to multiply incompatible matrices." This error is related to error 5977 which is detected when SPCD is used instead of non-zero SPC. Avoidance: 1. Shuffle the Subcases so that the same boundary conditions are grouped together (to appear consecutive Subcases). 2. Use SOL 106 with unsorted SUBCASE set-up and run it as a linear problem without any nonlinearity.
CR 7108 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - SDR1, MPYAD - Insufficient Time Acoustic Analysis in MSC/NASTRAN does not support the matrix method of data recovery. Thus, the data recovery performed by the modal displacement method for small sets of data is very inefficient. This deficiency is complicated by poor timing estimates in MPYAD. MPYAD, which is called by SDR1 during the data recovery, may yield a time estimate that overflows the machine. Version 69 will support data recovery in the DDRMM module, i.e., the matrix method.
Description Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance. Perform modal reduction on the fluid and limit the number of frequencies in the analysis. The following alter can be applied to recover pressure only by the matrix method. compile semfreq souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 74 lamx ,,lamas/mlamas/-1 $ lamx ,,lamaf/mlamaf/-1 $ ma Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 7109 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD OPTION 17 - Wrong Answers MATMOD option 17 generates a g-size partitioning vector from a userdefined
Known Error
CR 7109 set of grid and/or scalar points. If the 3rd parameter (SETFLG) is set to 1, it is supposed to look for the PARTN case control command and put a value of 1.0 in the vector for grid points listed in the set defined by the PARTN case control command. If there is no PARTN case control command, it is supposed to use the sets defined by the 2nd parameter (UBIT). However, the above operation returned a vector with all values set to 1.0 instead. Depending on subsequent operations, this can either lead to fatal errors or wrong answers. Avoidance: Include the appropriate PARTN case control command.
CR 7110 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - evds.v682 - Fails to Converge When using the eigenvector sensitivity dmap alter (evds.v682) delivered with the sssalter library in Version 68.2, and the model does not contain any elements which references a mass property entry, then the job may fail to converge. Avoidance: Replace the following dmap statement in evds.v682 subdmap fox:
Description
TYPE PARM,,I,N,NULLDM $
with
TYPE PARM,,I,N,NULLDM,NZWD $
Known Error Product
CR 7118 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - ADUMi, PDUMi - Undocumented Limits, User Modifiable NASTRAN The number of additional fields "NP" on the PDUMi entry is limited to 24 words. This limit is not documented in the description of th NP field of the ADUMi bulk data entry description. CR 7127 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 7127 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,SNORM - UFM 2025 in module TA1 If in SOL 200, parameter SNORM is greater than or equal to 0.0 and if a coordinate system is specified in the MCID field of the connectivity entry in the run then the following fatal message will be issued. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 MODULE = TA1 UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM 3 This error might also occur in SOL 101 and 103 if p-element adaptive analysis is performed.
Description
Avoidance: Two avoidances exists: 1. Remove the SNORM parameter. 2. Add the following alter. compile update souin=mscsou nolist noref alter 51,51 $ TA1 ,,ECT,EPTX,BGPDTSCR,SIL,,CSTMSCR,/ ESTJNK,,,GPECT0,/ LUSETS/-1/S,N,NOSIMP/1/S,N,NOGENL/0 $
CR 7136 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - MAT2, IFPL, RESTART - DEC Alpha Only Aborts on Restart There is an error in the nddl for the MCSID field of the MAT2 entry. The nddl types the field as real when it should be an integer. If this field is changed in a RESTART the execution will fail. The message "time: command terminated abnormally" is issued in the log file.
Description
Avoidance: The run should be executed as a cold start. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 7137 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2, SOL 112 - Extra Output In SOL 112 with PARAM, POST, -2, the geometry tables are written twice to the OUTPUT2 file. However, this does not seem to negatively affect the IDEAS translator.
Known Error
CR 7137 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 7138 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Common Questions and Answers - Incorrect Problem Descriptions The problem description on page 103 of the Common Questions and Answers ,2nd Edition, does not match figure 40 on the same page. The acceleration should be negative, as is reflected in fig. 40 and the 3 in field 5 of the RLOAD2 entry should be moved to field 6. The title for figure 39 on page 101 of the Common Questions and Answers book refers to point loads when in fact the example discusses pressure loads (PLOAD4s).
Description
CR 7139 MSC / MD Nastran Executive System - COMPILE - Segmentation or Access Violation An attempt to compile the NDDL and more than 75 subDMAPs in a single run causes a segmentation or access violation. The limit in Version 69 has been expanded to allow for at least 100 subdmaps. Avoidance: Split the job into two runs.
Description
CR 7141 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - CBEAM - UFM 4551 (NL2CON) It has been found that in rare cases when then the orientation vector for a beam element is exactly normal to the axis of the beam, the Cray may exhibit a round-off error that leads to convergence difficulties and ultimately USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551, STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE DIVERGING TIME STEPS.
Description
Known Error
CR 7142
CR 7142 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPR3 - SFM 4276 If the user provides constraints for multiple DRESP1 entries in a single flutter subcase, then SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 will occur in the DOPR3 module. Avoidance: If it is not possible to define all the flutter responses on a single DRESP1 entry, multiple flutter subcases are required, each with a single referenced DRESP1 entry.
Description
CR 7144 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - OTIME - Missing Output In nonlinear transient analysis (SOLs 129 and 159), the solution vectors (SDISP, SVELO, and SACCEL) should be output for each subcase independently. However, SDISP, SVEL, or SACCEL does not appear in the output unless the request is specified above the subcase. Avoidance: Specify the output request for SDISP, SVELO, or SACCEL above the subcase level.
Description
CR 7147 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - OPTCONV - Fails On Windows NT If the OPTCONV program delivered with the Windows NT version of NASTRAN is used to convert an old optimization deck to the current format, the following message is obtained in a pop-up window: "The instruction at 004147cc referenced memory at 0d4212b9 The memory could not be written Click on OK to terminate the application". Therefore, it is not possible to convert any old optimization decks on Windows NT. Avoidance: Convert the decks by hand or have them converted on a different machine variation.
Description
CR 7156 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PARAM,USETPRT,0 - Incorrect Output PARAM,USETPRT,0 produces incorrect output for P-Elements. Avoidance: Use PARAM,USETPRT,1 instead.
Known Error Product
CR 7163 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - ASETi, OMITi, AUTOSPCR - UWM 5225, Wrong Answers In nonlinear static analysis, any nonlinear degree of freedom in the o-set (via ASETi or OMITi entries) may result in a singularity in the o-set linear stiffness matrix (UWM 5225). Also, if PARAM,AUTOSPCR is used, all the nonlinear degrees of freedom will be constrained and the resulting solution will be incorrect. Avoidance: Include all the active nonlinear degrees of freedom in the A-set.
Description
CR 7167 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - UIM 6194, UIM 6193, UFM 4551 Nonlinear Heat Transfer jobs with more than one subcase may fail to converge and issue UIM 6194, UIM 6193 and USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551. This error was experienced in a job where the second subcase was the same as the first. The job should have converged immediately in the second subcase since there was no change.
Description
USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6194, STOPPED ITERATIONS DUE TO REACHING MAXIMUM ITERATION LIMIT WITHOUT CONVERGENCE *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6193, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BISECTIONS OR MINIMUM LOAD STEP HAS BEEN REACHED. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551,
Known Error
CR 7167 STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FAILED CONVERGENCE
CR 7170 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYP, LINE with midpoint node option Currently there is a design limitation using CHBDYP,LINE to represent thhigher order CQUAD8 or CTRIA6 for the edges with midpoint option. Therefore, the weighting on the mid-side node is misrepresented if the two node LINE option is used. Avoidance: Use CHBDYE to represent the CQUAD8 or CTRIA3 element with midsidenodes. Please note that without the midside node, the CHBDYP,LINE can be used.
Description
CR 7171 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual - Large Field description There is an error in the Reference Manual documentation for the description of the Small/Large/Free field format of the bulk data entries as follows: pp 3.7.1-2 Bottom of the page, Large Field example. The first field of the parent card should be TYPE* not TYPE. The continuation of the parent card should be QED123 not QED124. pp 3.7.1-3 Top of the page, Large field with large field continuation example. This is shown as all small fields. There should only be 4 (double wide) fields between the first and last fields.
Description
CR 7173 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - CHEXA - UFM 9050 CHEX p-Elements can have singularities in the stiffness for the default integration options. This error only occurs in a model with a single layer of elements. In particular the default reduced integration order with rectangular elements with p values of [2,2,3] in the three directions may be singular. This error may lead to the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) - RUN TERMINATED DUE TO
Description
Known Error
CR 7173 EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. USER PARAMETER BAILOUT MAY BE USED TO CONTINUE THE RUN. Avoidance: Specify a different p value.
CR 7175 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CALL DBFETCH - DMAP Module Dictionary The description of the DBFETCH command in the DMAP Module Dictionary should enhanced to state "if you are using DBFETCH in a Sol 100 (USER DMAP) to get data blocks from a previous run, include a RESTART FMS statement to specify the version number on which the data blocks were written". CR 7176 MSC / MD Nastran Direct Frequency Response - CHACAB - Wrong Answers The damping terms for the acoustic absorber element, CHACAB, are "lost" in solution 108 resulting in null damping from this element.
Description
Description Avoidance: Place equivalent CDAMP or CVISC elements across the structural boundary points. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7179 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - Inconsistent E,G, NU with MAT1 Table 1 under the MAT1 description in the Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide indicates that "E" and "NU" are used to define the properties for "Membrane and Bending" of the CQUADi, CTRIAi and CCONEAX elements. This should be clarified to state "should be clarified to "Membrane, Bending and Inplane Shear". CR 7182
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Known Error
CR 7182 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - SOL 103 and 105, OUTPUT2 - Missing Output When multiple subcases are used in SOL 103 or 105 and PARAM,POST,-1/-2 is chosen, the output2 file is written over with each subcase and only the last subcase remains in the output2 file for post processing. Avoidance: Request different output2 units in each subcase using param,ounit2 or the following DMAP alters may be used for some post processors (PATRAN3 v5)
Description
For SOL 103: COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ ALTER 'IF ( POST=-1 AND OUNITX\<\>OUN','IF ( ( ((DROPT=0 OR DROPT=4)' PARAML CASECC//'DTI'/1/1//S,N,SUBC1 $ PARAML CASEDR//'DTI'/1/1//S,N,SUBCNO $ IF ( POST=-1 AND SUBCNO=SUBC1 AND OUNITX<>OUNIT2 AND NOT(PEXIST) AND NOT((APP='NLST' OR APP='TRANRESP') AND PATVER>=3.) AND (((DROPT=0 OR DROPT=4) AND APP1<>'BKL1') OR APP='BKL0') ) OTAPE2=-1 $
Known Error Product
CR 7184 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC, PATVER,3 - Incorrect Deformed Shape PATRAN 3 will display an incorrect deformed shape when PARAM OUGCORD is set to BASIC and the gridpoint output coordinate systems (field 7, CD) is anything other than the basic (coordinate system ID 0). SubDMAP SEDRCVR transforms the displacement vector into the basic coordinate system based on the value of the parameter OUGCORD and PATVER. In Version 67.5 the DMAP IF test includes the value of the parameter PATVER which prevents transformation if PATVER=3.0 (default for PATVER is 3.0). 66 ELSE IF ( NOT(PATVER>=3.) AND OUGCORD='BASIC' ) THEN $ 67 VECPLOT UGVS,BGPDP,EQEXINS,CSTMS,CASEDR,/UGVSB//0/1 $
Description
Known Error
CR 7184 The reason for preventing this transformation is that PATRAN 3 understands the CD field for the GRID entry. In Version 68 the DMAP test for PATVER is not present: 70
CR 7185 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - SDR2 - Wrong Answers The response spectra summation process for the NRL and SRSS methods handle the CBAR and CBEAM elements differently. Both the NRL and SRSS methods involve taking the square root of the sum of the squares of the value of interest, in this case stress. For the BEAM element the summation is made for the combined bending and axial stress, while for the BAR element the bending and axial stress is summed independently to coincide with the BAR's output which prints the axial stress separately. This leads to incorrect results for the output of the maximum and minimum stress. Avoidance: The CBEAM element should be used for Response Spectra Analysis whenever stress results are desired. CR 7186 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - INCLUDE - Include File Not Found The Installation and Operations manual Section 4.5 states that the default directory for an include file is the input file's directory. The default directory is actually the current directory. Avoidance: Place the file to be included in the current directory or specify the complete path name of the file to be included.
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CR 7191 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(MATERIAL), SHPCAS -
Known Error
CR 7191 SFM 3001 When a TEMP(LOAD) and/or TEMP(MATERIAL) entry is used in the primary Subcase Control section of a shape optimization job using the analytic shape boundary shape approach in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2, the job will fail in module SHPCAS with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001". Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter.
Description compile bndshp nolist noref souin=mscsou alter 'auxmid'(2) dbview ugx=ug (where mtemp=*) $ alter 'partn','partn' PARTN UGx,,AXMVEC/UGA,,,/1 $ alter 'equivx','equivx' EQUIVX UGx/UGA/ALWAYS $
CR 7193 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Wrong continuation format - UFM 313 or Wrong Answers If column 1 of the continuation entry is blank, then the continuation entry is interpreted as a continuation of the last sorted bulk data entry. The error is likely to result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 313 ILLEGAL NUMBER OF WORDS ON CONTINUATION" or in rare cases possibly even wrong answers. An example follows: . Begin Bulk . . tic,100,101,1,0.,0. $ grid,1000,,0.,2.5,2.5 $ grid,101,,0.,0.,0. grid,102,,10.,0.,0. $23456789 10 cbar 1 1 101 102 1000 +000015 +000015 0.25 0. 0. 0.25 0. 0.
Description
Known Error
CR 7193 $ . . enddata
will be interpreted as
BEGIN BULK . . CBAR 1 1 101 102 1000 +000015 . GRID 1 Known Error Product Abstract CR 7196 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GP2, GENEL - Poor Message, SFM 3003 When at least one entire line is missing from a GENEL element, GP2 issues the message: SFM 3003 ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK GEOM2S (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE GP2. Avoidance: Correct any offending GENEL elements. At a minimum the Reference Manual documentation should cite incorrect GENEL input as a possible cause of the error message. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP - Poor Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 nonlinear transient analysis, solutions 99 and 129, were improved to correct error 2665 which stated that in nonlinear transient analysis the damping matrix is not updated. The damping forces for the large displacement solution now use the current "updated" damping matrix, which may have been calculated at an unconverged solution. This approach was intended to provide better directionality to the damping forces CR 7199 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 7199 when they rotate. However, every time the damping matrix is updated for convergence, a change will occur in the force balance which will cause an erroneous step in the converged accelerations.
CR 7201 MSC / MD Nastran Element - CELASi - Forces/Stresses are Calculated in Single Precision Scalar spring and damper element's (ELASi and DAMPi, 1=1,2..4) stress and force outputs are calculated with only single-precision arithmetic. If a scalar element connects two points with small differences in displacements, relative to the total displacements, some numerical roundoff will occur. Since the stiffness and damping matrices are calculated in double precision the overall results will not be affected. The problem also does not occur on large-word, 64-bit computers such as CRAY and NEC. Avoidance: More precise results for the ELASi elements may be obtained from the GPFORCE output request.
Description
CR 7202 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - MPCFORCE=NONE - Extra Output The mpcf=none command does not turn off mpcforce output in a subcase when it has been requested above the subcase level. Avoidance: Define set 1 = [x], where x is a nonexistent grid or scalar point and use mpcf=1 instead.
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CR 7206 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE,TUBE PHBDY - Wrong Answers The convection area used by the CHBDYE for the structure TUBE element is incorrect whenever D2 is left blank. In Version 69 the code is changed so that if D2 is left blank then D2 is set to D1. Avoidance: Use CHBDYP,TUBE option to represent the tube convection area or explicitly set D2.
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CR 7207 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - SPCFORCE - Missing Output SPC force output request is ignored during automatic restarts in dynamic structured solution sequences. See related Error 3119 which was fixed for SOL 101 only. Avoidance: Include the entry PARAM, SERST, SEDR in the bulk data section of the restart deck.
Description
CR 7210 MSC / MD Nastran Security - NAO, NAOOPT - Job Hangs If the NAOOPT=INFO,MSG2 keyword is used with MSC/NAO Version 2 on the DEC ALPHA OSF/1 release of MSC/NASTRAN, the job will hang.
Corrected Version R70
Description Avoidance: Remove the NAOOPT keyword from the nast682rc file or do not use it on the command line. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Cyclic Symmetry - SECSET1, VAXW, GIV, MGIV - UWM 3034, UFM 4645 Massless degrees of freedom that are placed in the c-set are not properly removed before entering the READ Module in Cyclic Symmetry component mode synthesis. Attempts to remove these degrees of freedom by explicitly constraining them will also be ignored. This may lead to "USER WARNING MESSAGE 3034, ORTHOGONALITY TEST FAILED" followed by a fatal message, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4645---- THE SHIFTED STIFFNESS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE IN MGIVENS METHOD" or "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4646---- THE MASS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE, USING THE GIVENS METHOD. USE MGIV INSTEAD". Avoidance: Do not put the degrees of freedom in the c-set, specify Lanczos instead of a transformation method or add a small amount of mass to the massless degrees of freedom. CR 7215 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 7219 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - Infinite CPU Loop The following continuation entries while legal when using the NASTRAN MESH option result in an infinite cpu loop in IFP when the NASTRAN MESH command is removed.
Description
SPC1 10 10 11 = *1 *-1 *1 DESVAR 20 ABC 1. =2 *1 = *1. Avoidance: Add the NASTRAN MESH command or correct the continuation entries in error.
CR 7220 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST - Missing Output If the ASSIGN statement is not used or if the complete path is not specified on the ASSIGN statement for an OUTPUT2 file on the Windows NT Version of MSC/NASTRAN, the file is not written to the jid directory but is instead written to the "bin" directory. Avoidance: Specify a complete path on the ASSIGN statement.
Description
CR 7231 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - XSORT - Incomplete Sorted Output The XSORT Module may encounter errors for large input files, when it is executed more than once during a run. The messages encountered are various, but the sorted file will be incomplete in every case. The error occurs only on large files, and only on the second and subsequent bulk data files. The errors occur when the bulk data to be sorted does not fit into memory. In Version 68 this error occurs only in design optimization analysis. Avoidance: Increase the memory request so that the file will fit into
Description
Known Error
CR 7231 memory, or reduce the size of the file.
CR 7232 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP, RBEi- UFM 4276 EC 7777 When the RBE3 bulk data entries contains illegal data in the REFC field, USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 should be issued to identify the offending entry. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 is issued instead, which does not identify the illegal data. Avoidance: Other than locating the input in error and correcting it, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 7233 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS, MPYAD - UFM 4547 FBS may set the density of GOAT incorrectly for some large models. The density should be between 0 and 10000 (i.e., 100%). However, it sometimes overflows this field and is printed in the f04 as *******. In this case the run will fail in the MPYAD module with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4547"
Description Avoidance: Use the following alter to re-set the trailer to a value of 80% (or any value they desire). compile sekr, souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 106 $ the line which creates GOAT in his run modtrl goat///////8000 $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 7234 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOAD1 - Missing Documentation, Unexpected Answers If on the TYPE field of the PLOAD1 entry, the element coordinate system direction (e.g. TYPE=FYE) option is selected, then the projection (i.e. SCALE=FRPR or LEPR) option is ignored and the result is the same as the SCALE=FR (or LE) option.
Description
Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 7237 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary, OUTPUT2, INPUTT2 - SFE 4276 EC 1401 MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 may not be able to handle an OUTPUT2 file of a matrix generated from an external client written computer program that follows MSC's documentation description of proper OUTPUT2 format. It is not the INPUTT2 step that is crashing, it is any subsequent operation on the datablock, such as TABPT, OUTPUT4, ADD, MATPRN or the like. Avoidance: Use V67.5 to convert the OUTPUT2 file to an OUTPUT4, and then read in the OUTPUT4 file into V68.
Description
CR 7238 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - DATAREC, OUTPUT - UWM 6514 (SDRPOP) When there are any OUTPUT bulk data entries, but no DATAREC case control keywords, the following warning is produced: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6514 (SDRPOP) THE DATAREC= 0 CASE CONTROL COMMAND REFERENCES UNDEFINED OUTPUT BULK DATA ENTRY. USER INFORMATION: THE DATAREC COMMAND WILL BE IGNORED. USER INFORMATION: THERE WILL BE NO ERROR-ESTIMATE OUTPUT FOR THE ADAPTIVITY ANALYSIS. Avoidance: To avoid the warnings, the OUTPUT entries should be removed.
Description
CR 7242 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - GMCORD - Inefficient Processing
Known Error
CR 7242 If a GMCORD coordinate system is used for the material, load, or displacement coordinate system, execution may be inefficient since the coordinate system is processed independently for each integration point. Avoidance: Other than not using GMCORDs there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 7243 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - TABPT, BGPDTS - DMAP Module Dictionary According to the DMAP module dictionary "TABPT may occasionally misidentify real numbers or character values on the IBM/MVS-like computers". This problem is not limited to the IBM/MVS-like computers. Avoidance: Use TABPRT instead of TABPT.
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Known Error Product
CR 7244 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER, DMIG - Wrong Answers For flutter design sensitivity and optimization, the sensitivity results will be in error if there are multiple subcases and a second or subsequent subcase includes a different M2PP, K2PP or B2PP request in the case control. The sensitivity analysis is based on the generalized matrices from the first subcase and will therefore be incorrect for the subsequent subcases. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 7253 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MPCFORCE - Missing Output MPCforces are not output in nonlinear analysis, solution 106.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in Version 68.2: compile nlstatic
Known Error
CR 7253 alter 'ADD DELCVECT,CVECT0'(,-1) add5 qqgni,qgni,,,/qmgni//-1. $ call dbstore qmgni,,,,//nloop/0/' '/0 $ alter 'DBVIEW CVECTH' call dbfetch /qmgni,,,,/solcuri/0/0/0/0 $ call dbstore qmgni,,,,//solcur/0/' '/0 $ alter 'APPEND QGNI,/QGNR' $ file qmgni=ovrwrt $ $ call dbfetch /qmgni,,,,/nloop/0/0/0/0 $ file qmgnr=append $ APPEND QmGNI,/QmGNR/2 $ APPEND MPC FORCE VECTORS alter 'EQUIVX QGNR/QGN' call dbstore qmgnr,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile super3 alter 'ADD PG,PJ/DPJ' call dbfetch /qmgnr,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ equivx qmgnr/qmg/-1 $ COMPILE SEDISP ALTER 'MPYAD PSS,CRX'(2) MPYAD PG,CRX,/PGX $ $
CR 7260 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - DELAY, CHBDY - Incorrect Load Output If the DELAY bulk data entry is used to define an offset in time for the applied load. The actual heat load is applied correctly, and the resultant temperature value is correct. However in the data recovery for the heat flux of the HBDY element the load is applied incorrectly. Avoidance: Ignore the applied load output for the HBDY elements.
Description
CR 7266 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MALTER - Extra output The MALTER statement produces a listing of the altered subDMAP. This printout cannot be suppressed even if COMPILER NOLIST is specified. However, COMPILER REF and COMPILER
Known Error
CR 7266 DECK produce the correct results. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 7270 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,WTMASS - Wrong Answers PARAM,WTMASS is applied to both the fluid and the structure, even though the mass of the fluid is in different units. Avoidance: a. use mass density for density values and ensure that all mass input values are in mass units. b. or insert the following DMAP alter in V68.2: compile semg noref nolist alter 'MJJX,/-1/WTMASS','' $ type parm,,cs,n,cwtmass,mwtmass $ IF (NOMGG>=0) then $ dbstatus VGFS//S,N,NOVGFS $ IF ( NOVGFS>0 and wtmass<>1.0 ) THEN $ EMA GPECT,MDICT,MELM,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,MDICTP,MELMP/ MJJX1,/-1 $ MASS matgen ,/ig/6/lusets/0/lusets $ gx1 matrix cwtmass=cmplx(wtmass) $ add ig,vgfs/wtmass/cwtmass//3 $ matmod wtmass,,,,,/wtmassg,/28 $ gxg mpyad mjjx1,wtmassg,/mjjx $ ELSE $ EMA CR 7276 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PARAM,NOCOMP - Inconsistent Stresses Homogeneous stresses, output when using 0 or -1 for PARAM,NOCOMPS, for PCOMP-based elements are calculated inconsistently between linear and non-linear solutions. Since homogeneous stresses are based upon smeared laminate properties,
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Description
Known Error
CR 7276 both calculations yield only approximate the lamina stresses (see also current error list number 1818) but both solutions should use the same method. The two methods currently being used are: For linear analysis: S(z) = G1 * E - z * G2 * C (1) while for nonlinear analysis: S(z) = G1 * ( E - z * C ) (2) where: C = curvature (chi) E = reference plane strain (epsilon) G = modulus matrix S = stress z = distance from reference plane
CR 7284 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DIAG - DIAGs Out of Range Not Checked I don't think this needs to be an external error report. Please read text below for error. CR 7288 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling - MPC, RBE*, RBAR - Wrong Answers If MPC's or rigid elements are used in a nonlinear buckling analysis, then there is an error in the nonlinear buckling load factor (alpha computed by DMAP in SOL 66 or 106). This error causes the critical buckling factor (UIM 9040) to be estimated incorrectly. The remainder of the solution (eigenvalues and displacements) is OK. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic noref nolist $ alter 'MPYAD DULV,DPL0,/NUM3/1','' $ mpyad dugni,dpgni,/num3/1 $
Description
CR 7289 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CELASi, TEMP(LOAD), SSG1 - UFM 3032 USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 may occur in optimization solution sequence when temperature loads are selected. The error will occur when the following three conditions are true: 1) A structural model contains scalar elements such as CELAS1. 2) The grid points connected to these scalar elements are subjected to a temperature load. 3) Only these scalar elements are designed and no other structural elements are designed.
Description
Note that scalar elements do not support temperature loading. Avoidance: 1) Make a dummy design variable and related it to a non scalar structural element in the model. Then impose the same lower and upper limits on the dummy design variables. 2) Replace the scalar elements with non scalar elements, i.e., use CROD instead of CELAS1.
CR 7291 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL, EIGRL - Poor Performance, The REIGL module, when solving for normal modes of a vibration problem, under certain rare circumstances will perform many negative shifts and ultimately fail to find the modes requested by the user. Although one negative shift often proves useful in picking up rigid body modes, additional negative shifts are unnecessary and wasteful of computer resources. One way to duplicate the problem is to specify on the EIGRL card, F1=blank, F2=very large, ND=blank. If the F2 value is several orders of magnitude greater than the largest eigenvalue in the model, the shift logic will usually fail with the multiple negative shifts.
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Known Error
CR 7294
CR 7294 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SUPORT1 - UFM 316 If a value of 0 (zero) is entered for the component number on a SUPORT1 entry USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 will result. USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA CARD SUPORT1 *** Avoidance: If you are referencing SPOINTs on the SUPORT1 entry, then use 1 (one) or blank.
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Known Error Product
CR 7295 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SYSTEM(196), SCRSAVE - No Documentation on Lanczos System Cell There is no documentation in the Quick Reference Guide on the use of SYSTEM(196) (a.k.a. SCRSAVE). This system cell control reuse of scratch files when segment logic is invoked. System(196) is useful only when multiple frequency segments are requested on a Lanczos run. (Multiple frequency segments can be requested via the NUMS field in the EIGRL entry and by system(197).) Each frequency segment requires a minimum of three scratch files. When multiple frequency segments are used on a single processor computer then each frequency segment is solved serially. In this case, it makes sense to let segment #2 use the scratch files which were used by segment #1 since work for segment #1 has been completed (otherwise it wouldn't be working on #2). Similarly, when work for segment #2 is finish CR 7298 MSC / MD Nastran Hyperelastic Elements - QUAD4, MATHP, PLPLANE - UFM 4297 Small hyperelastic QUAD4 elements may incorrectly fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 (EQDGED) QUAD ELEMENT WITH ID = XX HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 180 DEGREES. event though the geometry is actually good. The error is caused by a bad test on elements with lengths less than 1.0E-3.
Description
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Known Error
CR 7298 Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use different units to make the distances larger.
CR 7300 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - Poor Results If the adaptive GAP element indicates an update of an element stiffness AFTER the program has converged on a solution, the program FAILS to reiterate upon that newly updated stiffness matrix hence the results are based upon the GAP stiffness prior to the update. This error has been encountered when the adaptive GAP gets the following message:
Description
*** NEW STIFFNESS MATRIX IS REQUIRED BY GAP FOR PENALTY VALUE ADJUSTMENT *** PENALTY VALUES ARE ADJUSTED BY YYY FOR ELID = xx AFTER the program has converged on the solution. Avoidance: Increase the number of increments, NINC on the nlparm entry, or adjust the value of the stiffness on the offending PGAP or both.
Known Error Product
CR 7305 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - OTIME - Extra Output, OTIME Not Effective in Nonlinear Transient The OTIME case control command is used to limit output in transient analysis. This command is not effective for nonlinear transient stress output. CR 7306 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Common Questions and Answers The line "NASTRAN SCRATCH(MEM=n)" on page 267 of MSC/NASTRAN Common Questions
Known Error
CR 7306 and Answers (Second Edition) in the MSC/NASTRAN Encyclopedia, page 144 in the printed text, should be: "INIT SCRATCH(MEM=n)"
CR 7307 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - UWM 4684 LOADSET ID NOT FOUND In a dynamic response analysis, when the bulk data contains LOAD entries that are not referenced by the CASE control and if STRESS output is requested, then the following warning message is issued.
Description USER WARNING MESSAGE NUMBER 4684 LOADSET ID NOT FOUND FOR SUBCASE 1 Avoidance: Remove the non referenced LOAD entries from the bulk data. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7312 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM11, GEOM1 - SFM 3001 When only scalar points (no GRID entries) are defined in an optimization model and the SEQP module is not executed to resequence the model, then there is no GEOM1 generated. The run subsequently fails in the DOM11 module when it tries to make a copy of GEOM1 with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = DOM11 GEOM1 AT POSITION 12 DOES NOT EXIST". Avoidance : Include a dummy GRID entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7314 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - VECPLOT - Poor Performance On problems with more than 65,000 dofs, the vecplot module is inefficient, and may cost as much as the rest of the calculations. It is used in several places, primarily as a means of providing checks such as applied load resultants. Avoidance: If you observe that the amount of time being spent in this
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Description
Known Error
CR 7314 module is excessive you may insert an alter to delete this module call. The alter for all Version 68.2 structured solutions is: compile selg nolist noref $ alter 63,63 $
CR 7320 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE, VIEW - SFM 3007 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE=VIEW, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE VNASIN" will occur if using the backside on the CHBDYP LINE element, for example:
Description
CHBDYP 101 11 LINE 111 2 3 + + 1111 0 -1.0 1.0 0.0
Avodiance: Specifying the VIEWID on the frontside resolves this problem. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 7326 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - FORCE(PLOT) - Missing Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide does not document the FORCE command (PLOT) option. This option may be used if element force calculations are desired for post-processing without printing them. CR 7333 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response and Random Analysis - TETRA, PSDF - UFM 3052 Random response analysis that requests PSDF xyplots of TETRA stress results may result in the following fatal message: USER WARNING MESSAGE 3052, A RANDOM REQUEST FOR CURVE TYPE STRE -, POINT -1 COMPONENT - 12 -, SPECIFIES TOO LARGE A COMPONENT ID. THE LAST COMPONENT WILL BE USED.
Description
Known Error
CR 7333 The XYPLOT summary will then indicate that the correct plot is used, but wrong results will be presented on the XYPLOT summary. In fact, if 6 plots are selected, with items codes 6,7,8,9,10 and 11, the summary will say they all have the same RMS value, even though they are asking for normalx, normaly, normalz, tauxy, tauxz, and tauyz, which cannot be the same. Running a similar problem with a HEXA instead of TETRAs, produces good results.
CR 7335 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM - Wrong Answers Errors occur in design optimization of beam elements if the following two conditions are met: 1.) The beam section is constant (e.g., end b data is not supplied on the PBEAM entry) and
Description
2.) End B data is referenced on a DVPREL1 entry. By not supplying end B data, the code is mislead to believe the section is constant, even if this is in conflict with information supplied in the design model. Avoidance: Supply end B data in the case of a tapered beam, and all necessary intermediate stations in the case of a variable beam section.
CR 7338 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - resflexa.v682 An error in the resflexa.v682 alter in sssalter directory may result in loadings applied to the residual structure not being included in the residual vector calculation.
Description Avoidance: Add the following line after the line containing 'type db,pss $'
Known Error
CR 7338 TYPE DB,PL
CR 7339 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD2, ADAPT - SFM 4276 EC 1044 Nonlinear transient analysis fails in the module NLTRD2 with the message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.OPEN ERROR CODE 1044". This error happens when the adapt method is used if
Description
1. There are no nonlinear elements in the model. 2. Stress output is requested. 3. The NO field of the TSTEPNL entry is greater than 2. Avoidance: Use the default (1) for NO field of the TSTEPNL entry.
CR 7340 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - LTU - SFM 3001 User DMAP runs submitted with scr=yes may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001. This error may result if the LTU logic deletes a datablock even though it is still needed. Avoidance: Run the job using SCR=NO or create a copy of the datablock and use the copy in the DMAP alter.
Description
CR 7342 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - STATSUB - Wrong Answers Wrong buckling sensitivities may occur when the following conditions are true: 1. DSNOKD is nonzero, 2. The Subcase Control command STATSUB does not refer to the first subcase and 3. The referred subcase does not have retained responses of its own. Avoidance: Define an artificial response with very large upper and lower limits and force retention of the response in the referred subcase using
Description
Known Error
CR 7342 DRESP1, DCONSTR and DSCREEN entries.
CR 7356 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - DATAREC - UFM 6352 If a model contains output requests for p-elements (i.e., a DATAREC and OUTPUT entry), but no p-elements are defined in the model, UFM 6352 may occur. Avoidance: Either create a p-element in the model or remove the p-element output requests.
Description
CR 7358 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - User Modifiable NASTRAN - CRAY C90 Only The CD for User Modifiable MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 contains errors in the unicos and unicosc90 directories. 1) The unicos*/undynamic* files are misnamed. They are renamed as follows:
Description
mv unicos/undynamic_7X.o unicos/undynamic_70.o mv unicos/undynamic_8X.o unicos/undynamic_80.o mv unicosc90/undynamic_7X.o unicosc90/undynamic_70.o mv unicosc90/undynamic_8X.o unicosc90/undynamic_80.o 2) The unicosc90/umnld script is incorrect. All references to "unicos" must be changed to "unicosc90".
CR 7365 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW3D, CHBDYE - No VIEW Factor Calculation The CHBDYE element references the conduction element for the geometry. If the user attempts to calculate the view factor exchange between two plates by using a line element such as a bar or rod and the CHBDYE element which references the rod element for the surface information, then no view factor
Description
Known Error
CR 7365 calculation will be performed on the CHBDYE line element. . Avoidance: Use the CHBDYP,LINE to model the surfaces instead of the CHBDYE element.
Known Error Product
CR 7367 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Design Sensitivity/Optimization, RBEi, MPC's, DVGRID UFM 6499 It is a limitation of MSC/NASTRAN, that the sensitivities are incorrect for shape optimization runs which have DVGRID entries which reference grid points on MPC or RBEi entries. Often, the sensitivities are 0.0 and therefore the following message is produced "ONE OR MORE VIOLATED CONSTRAINTS HAS A ZERO GRADIENT **** NO PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE. OPTIMIZATION TERMINATED *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499 (DOM9) THE DOT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR THAT MAKES FURTHER PROGRESS IMPOSSIBLE. SEE MESSAGES ABOVE". This limitation should be documented under the DVGRID entry. Avoidance: It may be possible to replace the RBEi or MPC relation with an element which has an extremely large stiffness.
Description
CR 7376 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - CORD3G - SFM 6333 (EQNINI) When a convective coordinate system (cord3g) is specified as a stress output coordinate system in OUTRCV, sdr2 crashes with BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLPK68 . Avoidance: Other than not referencing a cord3g entry, there is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7380 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QUAD4, PARAM,S1M, PARAM,CURV,1 - User Output Coord. Systems
Known Error
CR 7380 QUAD4 corner stresses do not support output in a user defined coordinate system using PARAM,CURV,1 and PARAM,S1M,1 and a MCSID coordinate system on a MAT1 or MAT2 entry. The MAT1 and MAT2 Quick Reference guide documentation needs to be updated as follows: The MAT1 remark 7 needs to changed to:
Description
7. MCSID must be nonzero if PARAM,CURV is specified to calculate stresses or strains at grid points on plate and shell elements only. This feature does not support QUAD4 corner stresses. The MAT2 remark 6 needs to changed to: 6. MCSID must be nonzero if PARAM,CURV is specified to calculate stresses or strains at grid points. This feature does not support QUAD4 corner stresses.
CR 7391 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - RADCAV - SFM 4276, Infinite Loop In SOL 153, if global view factors are specified (i.e. the continuation entry on the RADCAV is used), then the run may go into an infinite loop or issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 for some set definitions. Avoidance: Do not use global view factors or redefine which elements are contained in sets selected by the RADCAV entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7397 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, APP COUPLED - Incorrect Reference to Thermal User's Guide The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick reference guide makes the following refererence under the description of the APP Executive Control Command:
Description
APP COUPLED Indicates that a coupled analysis combining heat transfer and structural analysis in SOL 153. See the MSC/NASTRAN Thermal Analysis Users Guide. In fact there is no description of the coupled thermal analysis in the Version
Known Error
CR 7397 68 Thermal Analysis User's Guide.
CR 7403 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - PCOMP - UFM in SDRCOMP, Corner Stress Request The presence of composites in SOL 200 when corner stresses are requested will cause the following unnumbered fatal message in the SDRCOMP module: USER FATAL MESSAGE. INCONSISTENT DATA DETECTED IN THE OES1A LAMINATE STRAIN AND OEF1A ELEMENT FORCE DATABLOCKS In V70.5 and later, an error message similar to the following may be output instead from the SDRCOMP module: *** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 Avoidance: Remvoe the CORNER, BILIN, SGAGE or CUBIC option from your STRESS or FORCE output requests. However if noncomposite load responses are not used, the following DMAP alters will allow noncomposite corner stress responses and composite center stress and failure index responses to be used. But it will cause non-composite force responses to fail.
Description
CR 7404 MSC / MD Nastran p-elements - GP4 - SFM 3008, Insufficient Memory, Excessive Runtime When converting a large h-element model directly to a p-element model, the run may fail in GP4 with the following error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 MODULE = GP4 0INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE CSTRAN 0FATAL ERROR The runtime in GP4 will also be excessive. This error is most likely to occur when there are many grid points which reference non-basic output coordinate systems.
Description
Known Error
CR 7404 Avoidance: Other than increasing the memory on the mem keyword, there is no other known avoidances. The amount of memory required for a large problem can be substantial in this case.
CR 7409 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SOL 101 - SFM 4276. FREAD EC 3002 Solution 101 heat transfer (app heat) superelement runs will fail in solution 101 with the following message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3002 Avoidance: Other than no running superelements there is no avoidance.
CR 7410 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Wrong Answers If the following EIGRL format EIGRL,SID,V1,,ND is used, and the first flexible mode is substantially higher than the rigid body modes, then modes below V1 may also be included in the eigenvalue table printout. Avoidance: Either increase V1 or include a shift scale that is close to the estimated first desired mode.
Description
CR 7414 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Poorly Labeled Output It is difficult to relate the output in solution 200 (DISPLACEMENT, STRESSES, SENSITIVITY, ETC ) to the design cycle. The output headers do not include the design cycle number for which the output is printed. Avoidance: Look for the "USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9051" , which
Description
Known Error
CR 7414 contains the design cycle information preceding the output.
CR 7425 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - CALL - Incorrect PARAM Value Passed Back If a parameter is passed into a subDMAP on the CALL statement, it is possible that the program may pass a value of 0.0 back to the calling subDMAP for that parameter. This has only been observed if the following conditions are met: 1) The parameter appears on the CALL statement without the 'S' feature 2) The parameter is defined as being able to be changed in the bulk data or case control ( 'Y' option on the TYPE statement in the called subDMAP') 3) The same name is used for the parameter in the calling and called subDMAPs 4) The value of the parameter is changed in the called subDMAP Avoidance: Change the name of the parameter in the called subDMAP or use the 'N' option on the TYPE statement in the called subDMAP.
Description
CR 7428 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Elements - CGAP, CORDCi, CORDSi - Wrong Answers If a cylindrical (CORD1C/CORD2C) or spherical (CORD1S/CORD2S) coordinate system is specified for a gap element (CID field of CGAP entry), and one of the connected GRIDS is defined at the center of that coordinate system, wrong answers result. Wrong answers result, even if the GRID at the center of the coordinate system is defined in a cartesian system. Avoidance: Displace the GRID at the center by as little as 1.E-40 in the direction of the desired gap axis, or define the v vector and leave the CID field blank.
Description
CR 7452 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Optimization, TRANS - Missing Datablock CHISTM from xdb MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 on CRAY computers fails to write the CHISTM
Known Error
CR 7452 datablock to the .xdb file. An incorrect xdb will show the following when the resulting xdb file is written to neutral format with the TRANS utility:
. . DATA BLOCK PROJECT SE ID PATH SUBCASE SET ID APPROACH CHIST 1 0 1 0 0 0 CQD4 1 0 1 0 0 0 CQD4 1 0 1 0 0 0 CQD4 1 0 1 0 0 0 CTAB 1 0 1 0 0 0 CTAB2 1 0 1 0 0 0 DCYCT 1 0 1 0 Known Error Product Abstract CR 7454 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PLSOLID, PLPLANE, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Hyperelastic elements with temperature loads do not work on MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Alpha OSF/1 system. All jobs with temperature loads and hyperelastic elements will fail with the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777" in the NLITER Module. Avoidance: Other than running on another machine there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7460 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, SUBCOM - SFM 3007 The message, "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = DSAL" is produced if: (1)there are active DRESP1 responses associated with composites (CSTRESS,CSTRAIN,CFAILURE), (2) SUBCOM's are used and (3) One or more of the subcases used in the SUBCOM has no active responses. Avoidance: An avoidance is to add responses in the subcases referenced on the subcom and force their retention using DSCREEN.
Description
Description
CR 7462 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYG, RADBC - Wrong Answers If a negative EID is specified on the RADBC entry to indicate that the boundary condition is to be applied to the back face of the element, then the load applied is incorrect and wrong answers result.
Description
Avoidance: Define another CHBDYG or CHBDYE on the backside and use it to apply the load.
CR 7463 MSC / MD Nastran Stress Discontinuities - STDCON - Inefficient Processing The STDCON module can be very inefficient. For some problems, enhancements in Version 70.5 have improved the performance of this module by several orders of magnitude. CR 7464 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - CQUAD8, CTRIA6 - SFM 6398 (GPOI) Preliminary edge table If there are h-element CQUAD8s and/or CTRIA6s next to p-elements, and there are midsides on the common edges, the following message may result: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6398, (GP0I), PRELIMINARY EDGE TABLE CREATED IN GP0B IS INVALID. USER ACTION: CONTACT CLIENT SUPPORT AT MSC.
Description
The error message should be more specific. The error is considered corrected in Version 69 by issuing the following message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6544, (GP0I), THE EDGE WITH GRIDS ID = **, ** ON P-ELEMENT ID = ** IS SHARED BY AN H-ELEMENT WITH MID SIDE GRID.
CR 7469 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - Random - SFM 4276 EC 3001, Poor Message In a random analysis, the J and K fields (fields 3 and 4) on the RANDPS entry should reference the subcase identification number, as documented in the Quick Reference Guide. However, if the J and K fields reference the subcase sequence number instead, the job will fail with the following unclear messages.
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 Avoidance: Modify the J and K fields on the RANDPS entry to reference the appropriate subcase identification numbers.
CR 7470 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - ELAS3, ELAS4 - Wrong Answers CELAS3 and CELAS4 elements produce wrong answers in SOL 64. Avoidance: Use CELAS1 or CELAS2 elements.
CR 7476 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - EMG, FTUBE, MATT4 - Quits in EMG If the data on the TABLEM1 referenced by a MATT4 entry is poorly defined such that the extrapolated viscosity versus temperature results in a negative viscosity (which is physically impossible) then the run fails without message in the EMG module. Avoidance: Make sure that the viscosity versus temperature curve always remains in the (+,+) quadrant.
Description
CR 7480 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Delivery Database Build - SFE 4276 in XCSA
Known Error
CR 7480 When building a delivery database in more than one run, if any subDMAP fails compilation in the first run, which also compiles the NDDL, then a subsequent run may fail with BIOMSG error 3001 in GREAD and SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 in XCSA. Avoidance: If this message is encountered, the delivery database is corrupted and must be rebuilt. To avoid corrupting the database again, do not compile any subDMAPs in the first run.
Description
CR 7481 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Delivery Database Build - Poor Message, SFE 4276 in LINKER When building a delivery database in more than one run, if a subDMAP which is called by a main subDMAP fails during compilation in one run and then a link of the main subDMAP is attempted in the next run, then the run will fail with BIOMSG error 3001 in GREAD and SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 in LINKER. The run should have failed with USER FATAL MESSAGE 443 or 444. Avoidance: Recompile the offending subDMAP and relink the main subDMAPs which call the offending subDMAP.
Description
CR 7495 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - VIEWP, TETRA, FEEDGE - Excessive CPU For large models of TETRA p-elements with curved edges (i.e. FEEDGE bulk data entries), the VIEWP module takes excessive CPU time. The time spent in the VIEWP for TETRA p-elements with curved edges is approximately ten times a model that does not have curved edges. The overall run time may be increased approximately 30 percent. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7498 Transient Heat Transfer - DPD - UFM 2066, 2079, SWM 2072 If the grid points are given TEMP for the initial conditions without the use of a TEMPD bulk data entry, then you the following error message is encountered: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2079, GRID OR SCALAR POINT ******** HAS AN UNDEFINED COORDINATE REFERENCED ON A NOLINI CARD. USER FATAL MESSAGE 2066, UNDEFINED GRID POINT 0 ON DAREA-, RLOADOR TLOAD- CARD. SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072, CARD TYPE 7107 NOT FOUND ON DATA BLOCK. Avoidance: Add a TEMPD bulk data entry.
Description
CR 7511 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL, EIGRL - Wrong Answers In rare cases Lanczos may produce wrong answers and no warning message is issued. MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 corrects this situation by issuing appropriate messages.
Description
Avoidance: Prior to Version 69, it is the user's responsibility to verify that the actual eigenvalues found agree with all sturm checks. If the results do not agree then they can not be correct. The eigrl entry should be modified by increasing maxset to 15 from the default of seven and the job should be re-run. Changing the frequency range of interest such that f1 is blank, not 0.0, often corrects the problem. CR 7513 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM6, DRESP2, PARAM,OPTEXIT - SFM 3001 When only DRESP2 responses are defined in an optimization job, the requested OPTEXIT=4 or -4 results in two different errors: 1. In Version 68.x, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 occurs in DOM6.
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 7513 2. In Versions 69 and 70, the DSCM2 matrix is not generated in an f06 file. Avoidance: There is no avoidance for v68.x. A dmap avoidance is available for v69 and v70: compile exitopt alter 'if ( ((','if ( ((' if ( ((dsprint or dsunform or dsexport) and mdtrkflg=0) and (NORSP2>0 or nodscmg>0) ) THEN $ endalter
CR 7515 MSC / MD Nastran Direct Transient Analysis - CBAR,PLOAD1,LOADSET/LSEQ - Wrong Answers In a direct transient dynamic analysis, if a CBAR element is loaded by a PLOAD1 entry through the LOADSET/LSEQ combination, then the output titled "force distribution in bar elements" will be wrong. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances:
Description 1. Replace the CBAR element with a CBEAM element. 2. Replace the PLOAD1/LOADSET/LSEQ combination with equivalent point loads using the DLOAD/TLOADi/DAREA combination. Known Error Product CR 7518 MSC / MD Nastran Post-processing - PARAM,POST,-5, PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC - Missing Output If PARAM,POST,-5 is specified with PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC then PARAM,POST,-5 is effectively ignored and the expected output will be missing. Description Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'ELSE IF ( NOT(post',''
Known Error
CR 7518 ELSE IF ( post>-3 and PATVER<3. and OUGCORDX='BASIC' ) THEN $
CR 7539 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARTN - UFM 2166 If a statics and a modes subcase are attempted in the same geometric shape optimization run, then the following fatal message is issued, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 2166, MATRIX TO BE PARTITIONED IS OF SIZE 22806 ROWS BY 7 COLUMNS. ROW PARTITION SIZE IS 22806 COLUMN PARTITION SIZE IS 5 (INCOMPATIBLE)." Avoidance: Include the following DMAP avoidance: compile bndshp nolist noref alter 'shpcas' type parm,,i,n,nt $ MDCASE CASEXXu/ CASESTAT,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ S,N,STATCC $ tabpt casestat/ $ paraml casestat//'trailer'/1/s,n,nstat $ paraml ygbndr//'trailer'/1/s,n,nyg $ nt=nstat+nyg $ delete /cvec,,,, $ matgen ,/cvec/6/nt/nstat/nyg $ CR 7542 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, DOM9 - Unexpected EOF in DOM9 If a data deck has multiple weight or multiple volume responses that are referenced by the objective or are constrained, unexpected results occur and the answers are wrong. System Fatal Messages such as "Unexpected end of file in DOM9" may also occur.
Description
Description
Avoidance: Remove the multiple DRESP entries. Known Error Product CR 7546 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 7546 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - SFM 7127 In an optimization run, if a series of DRESP1 entries makes alternating references between different types (such as PSHELL and ELEM) in the PTYPE field, then the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7127 (DOPR3B) AN ELEMENT WHICH REFERENCES PTYPE **** ** PID *** IS NOT DEFINED IN THE ANALYSIS MODEL" is issued. Avoidance: Put all DRESP1's that reference a particular type in consecutive order, where the order is given by the DRESP1 ID.
Description
CR 7547 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Slip Ratio - Reference Manual Documentation that defines the meaning of "Slip Ratio" for gap and slideline elements does not exist. The following paragraph should be added to the Section 15.3.12 of the Reference Manual.
Description
The slip ratio is defined as the (shear force)/(coefficient of friction * normal force). Thus, a ratio of 0.0 indicates no shear (or no contact), a slip ratio of 1.0 indicates slipping, and a value in between 0.0 and 1.0 is a normalized value which indicates how close to impending slipping the shear force is."
Known Error Product
CR 7550 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,MODEPT - Parameter not set Correctly The MODEPT parameter in SOL 200 is intended to indicate whether the design model EPT (element property table) differs from the analysis model. There are a number of implementations errors associated with this parameter:
Description
The DOPR1 module has an error which results in the MODEPT parameter being set to true only when the FINAL designed property differs from the analysis value. The DESOPT driver does not correctly pick up the MODEPT value set in subDMAP
Known Error
CR 7550 PREDOM because of an error in the call to PREDOM. The design intent should be that the EPTN datablock is only equivalenced to EPT when MODEPT is true. Currently it is always equivalenced with the results that the finite element analyses on the database gets destroyed on a restart when they should not.
CR 7552 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSC/NASTRAN will not make the icons on Beta NT systems For Windows NT Version 4.0, which is the Windows 95 interface on top of Windows NT, the installation of MSC/NASTRAN will not create the icons or group for the Beta versions of this Operating System.
Description Avoidance: Do not upgrade your operating system to 4.0 until the non Beta software is available. Or manually create the group (MSC) and create the icons in the group. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7553 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - - PBCOMP - SWM 2072 CARD TYPE 3002 If a model contains a pbcomp entry, and a restart is performed going from SOL 103 to SOl 111 on a DEC AlPHA OSF machine, then the job may terminate with the following messages in the f06 file. SWM 2072 - CARD type 3002 On some DEC ALPHA machines, no messages may appear in the f06 file. In all cases, the following messages appear in the log file: time: command terminated abnormally Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Perform the analysis in one pass using solution 111 without using solution 103 for restart. 2. Replace the PBCOMP with an equivalent PBEAM entry.
Description
Known Error
CR 7553 3. Replace the PBCOMP record in the NDDL with the following: RECORD=PBCOMP(5403,55,349), PID,I, MID,I, A,RS, I1,RS, I2,RS, I12,RS, J,RS, NSM,RS, K1,RS, K2,RS, M1,RS, M2,RS, N1,RS, N2,
CR 7555 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PUNCH - SFM 4276, Invalid Floating Operation A request for PUNCH output may result in the following traceback on Fujitsu computers running MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2: jwe0292i-e Invalid floating operation exception was detected. execution mode = advanced error occurs at ofppun_ line 156 loc 00857c10 offset 00001800 ofppun_ at loc 00856410 called from loc 0083be68 in ofp_ line 1340 ofp_ at loc 008366f0 called from loc 00006eb8 in xsem14_ line 124 xsem14_ at loc 00006850 called from loc 00000928 in MAIN__ line 108 MAIN__ at loc 00000500 called from o.s. taken to (standard) corrective action, execution continuing. Avoidance: The error can be avoided by setting system(210)=1. It is recommended that this system cell be set in the system rc file of all F
Description
CR 7556 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Frequency Response - Response of Rigid Body Modes When an excitation is made at zero frequency for a model with rigid body modes, the contribution from the rigid body modes (which is theoretically infinite) is discarded. Only the finite modal displacements from modal DOFs with non-zero natural frequencies are retained. An xy plot of element stresses from zero to small excitation frequencies will be continuous. An xy plot of displacements will grow rapidly as zero excitation frequency is approached, then drop to values of the same magnitude as response at frequencies away from natural frequencies. The solution at zero frequency is analogous to an inertia relief solution, while the other solutions are made in an inertial basis. The following remark should be added under the FREQi entries:
Description
Known Error
CR 7556 Remark 4. In modal analysis, solutions fo
CR 7557 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBCOMP, I12 - Incorrect Default The default value for the I12 field of the PBCOMP entry is 0.0 and not I1*I2(I12)**2 as described in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide. The correct description for I12 is as follows: I12 Area product of inertia. See Remark 6. (Real, default=0.0, but I1*I2-I12**2 > 0.0).
Description
CR 7561 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - BUFFPOOL - UFM 1286 Remark 2d in the section "How Can I Reduce the Size of the SCRATCH DBset?" of the Common Questions and Answers Guide, Second Edition, should be changed from d. Increase the available memory to the functional modules by setting the "smem" and BUFFPOOL parameters to zero......
Description to d. Increase the available memory to the functional modules by setting the "smem" parameter to zero......
Starting in Version 68, the default solver is the sparse solver. BUFFPOOL cannot be turned off with the sparse solver. Known Error Product CR 7564 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 7564 Frequency Response/Random Analysis - RANDOM, K2PP - SFM 4276 FREAD When K2PP matrices or FREQ looping are present in random analysis, the RANDOM module fails. The problem has been identified as the wrong case control data block being passed to the RANDOM module. The RANDOM module should get CASEXX instead of CASECC. The following is a DMAP avoidance. compile sol30 or SOL26 alter 'random','' RANDOM XYCDB,DIT,PSDL,OUGV2,OPG2,OQG2,OES2,OEF2,CASExx/PSDF,AUTO/ S,N,NORAND $
Description
CR 7583 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT4 - Various Fatal Messages MSC/NASTRAN may not be able to read INPUTT4 files on certain machines. Known problem machines are Fujitu and DEC ALPHA. The Fujitsu systems gave the following traceback in the INPUTT4 module: error occurs at pack_ line 113 loc 00e577b0 offset 00000360 pack_ at loc 00e57450 called from loc 00712bb0 in inptt4_ line 359 inptt4_ at loc 00711580 called from loc 000024c0 in xsem02_ line 125 xsem02_ at loc 00001e60 called from loc 00000868 in MAIN__ line 84 MAIN__ at loc 00000500 called from o.s. error summary (fortran77 ex system) While the DEC ALPHA OSF system completed but issued the following messages: Unaligned access pid=15155 va=14011d924 pc=1201febe0 ra=1201feb4c type=ldt Unaligned access pid=15155<ana< td=""></ana<>
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7591 Databases - MATREDU - Wasted Space in DBALL The module MATREDU is using the DBALL as its scratch space instead of SCR300 or the regular SCRATCH space. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 7599 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,TSTATIC - Can Be Used in Case Control The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference Guide states that param,tstatic can only be used in the Bulk Data section. It can be used in the Bulk Data and Case Control. CR 7600 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC, CLAN - Missing Roots A complex lanczos eigenvalue analysis of a model with zero damping will likely not find all the roots that are found by a real lanczos eigenvalue analysis with the same shifts. Likewise in models with damping, complex lanczos is likely to have missing roots.
Description
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to add additional shift points. In Version 69.1 the epsilon has been adjusted so that correct behavior should be achieved for real world models. Thus, a Version 69.1 run is likely to find more roots then the same run in 69.0. CR 7615 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ALTER - UFM 3063 If a DMAP contains a long alter followed by short alters followed by a long alter the following message may be encountered:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3063 MODULE = PREFACE MEMORY ALLOCATION FAILURE IN SUBROUTINE XALTER ERROR CODE: -1 MEMORY CORRUPTION FOUND. PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED MEMORY AREAS HAVE BEEN
Known Error
CR 7615 INCORRECTLY MODIFIED. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. Avoidance: There are two avoidances. The user can either re-arrange the alters so that the long and short alters are placed together or split alters that are more than 112 lines into smaller segments.
CR 7616 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - APD, PFAERO - No Message, Wrong Answers Specifying a theta-1 array and no theta-2 array for an aerodynamic interference body may yield results that do not include all the interference body effects. For example, if a PAERO2 specifies that an interference body has 3 elements, of which elements 1 and 2 specify a theta-1 array, and element 3 does not, the program will run and yield wrong results. Avoidance: The wrong results can be avoid by properly specifying all interference elements with a theta array.
Description
CR 7617 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOAD2, PLOAD4 - SFM 2105, SFM 4577, Missing Elements If PLOAD2 or PLOAD4 entries specify a range of element ids with the "thru" option and an element does not exist for each id in the range, the job will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2105 and SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4577. This limitation is not clearly documented and limits the usefulness of the thru option and should be corrected.
Description
CR 7619 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Nonlinear Analysis Data Recovery Restarts The current documentation does not make it clear how one should prepare input files to perform data recovery restarts with a nonlinear analysis. If the user expects to obtain any data recovery from solution 106, 129, 153 or 129, the input file should be prepared to perform the complete solution and not rely on the database to contain the necessary
Description
Known Error
CR 7619 datablocks. For example, flux output must be explicitly requested in the cold start if one wants to obtain it on the restart. The user may specify flux(plot) if he chooses not to see the printed output in the cold start.
CR 7627 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW - Poor Performance, SFM 4276 Heat Transfer analysis that involves third body shadowing calculations for a large number of surface element in the VIEW module may experience poor performance or fail with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. Avoidance: There is no guaranteed avoidance; however, if parallel processing is being selected, deselecting parallel may avoid the problem. Furthermore, even though the error is possible on all machine types a specific problem may run on one machine but not another. Thus, running on another machine may avoid the problem. CR 7632 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - SENSITY, SOL 103 - UFM 4287 Material sensitivity analysis in SOL 103 fails on Cray computers with the following message, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4287 , ILLEGAL THICKNESS FOR PLATE ELEMENT ID = xxx". Avoidance: Use SOL 200.
Description
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CR 7633 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Premature Convergence for Optimization As explained in Section 3.4 of the MSC/NASTRAN User's Guide for Design Sensitivity and Optimization, a design task is considered converged if the objective is not changing and the design is feasible. This has been found to be sometimes unconservative in the case where the previous design was unfeasible. That is, if the design changes from being infeasible to feasible without a weight change, it may be that further iterations will produce a further improvement
Description
Known Error
CR 7633 in the objective. Avoidance: If the next to last design was infeasible, as indicated by its maximum constraint value being greater that GMAX, it is worthwhile to start a new design task starting from the final design of the run using the DESVAR values from the punch file.
CR 7637 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - ECHO=NOSORT - Missing Output If ECHO=nosort is used in the case control section, bulk data echo is not printed to the output. Avoidance: use ECHO=unsort.
CR 7644 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - CELAS2, TEMPBC,TRAN - UFM 315 In transient thermal analysis, if the user has CELAS2 entries in the input test deck and there is also TEMPBC,TRAN bulk data entries, then the following fatal message will be encountered:
0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY TEMPBC 102 SORTED CARD COUNT = 761 Description This error occurs because the TEMPB,TRAN bulk data entry internally produce CELAS2 entries for the large conductance method. These entries then conflict with explicitly defined CELAS2 entries. Avoidance: Instead of CELAS2 bulk data entry uses CELAS1,and PELAS to define the thermal conductance value. Known Error Product CR 7655 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 7655 Nonlinear Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,NMLOOP - Missing Eigenvectors If a nonlinear normal modes analysis (param,nmloop) is requested in a SOL 106 run, and there are more than one subcase and the displacement output is not requested for all the subcases, then the nth eigenvector will be missing for the nth subcase that does not have a displacement output request. In the following example, eigenvectors 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10 will be printed. Eigenvector number 2 will be missing. sol 106 . subcase 1 load 1 nlparm = 10 disp = all subcase 20 load = 2 nlparm = 20 subcase 35 load = 3 nlparm = 30 disp = all Begin bulk . param,nmloop,20 eigrl,10,,,10 .
Description
Avoidance: Request displacement output for all subcases. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7659 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILER - Various Failures If an "ELSE" statement appears in a DMAP without a matching set of IF and ENDIF statements, various random failures may occur. In one instance, a "FILPOS" error exit was taken upon entering the subdmap where the error was made. In another instance, a USER FATAL MESSAGE was issued indicating that there was "NO MASS MATRIX AVAILABLE FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS"." Avoidance: There is no avoidance only the recommendation that the
Description
Known Error
CR 7659 statements inside if-endif clauses be indented to insure that all else statements are bracketed by if-endif statements. DIAG 44 is also useful for pinpointing the location of the error when this type of error is suspected.
CR 7660 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements/Superelements - GP4 - UFM 2101A The following error message will be issued if a grid point appearing on a p-element edge is constrained and not in an upstream superelement. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101A MODULE = GP4 GRID POINT xxxx COMPONENT y ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM UB
Description
For superelements, there is a general restriction in p-elements for boundary degrees of freedom ( exterior degrees of freedom in superelements). That is there is an internal MPC created for SPCs on edges and faces (GMSPC, GMBC). Consequently, the constrained degrees of freedom are subject to the rules for MPCs. The dependent degrees of freedom (m-set) have to be in the upstream superelement, they can not be exterior. CR 7668 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PCOMP, TREF - Missing Default The PCOMP bulk data entry description in the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide does not give the default for TREF field. The default is "0.0". In addition, remark 3 would be clearer if instead of: 3. TREF given on the PCOMP entry will be used for all plies of the element; it will override values supplied on material entries for individual plies. If the PCOMP references temperature dependent material properties, then TREF given on the PCOMP will be used as the temperature to determine material properties. TEMPERATURE Case Control commands are ignored for deriving the equivalent PSHELL and MATi entries used to describe the composite element.
Description
Known Error
CR 7668 it said the following: 3. The TREF specified on the material entries referenced by plies are not used. Instead TREF on the PCOMP entry
CR 7678 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Sparse DECOMP - UFM 6137 RANK DEFICIENT Sparse decomposition in Version 69 has been changed to all rank deficient, singular matrices, to go through. The action taken is now the same as the old active column decomposition, i.e., it puts a very small term on the diagonal and proceeds with the solution. The user is then warned about the degrees of freedom causing the high maxratio.
Description
CR 7680 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements and Multipoint Constraints - RSSCON - Wrong Answers The RSSCON element produces wrong answers if the shell grid is not on the straight edge connecting the two solid grids. This is evident because the element in this condition will not pass a rigid body check. The magnitude of the error is related to the magnitude of the offset. In Version 69 an offset up to 5% of the height of the solid is allowed. The mpc relations generated by the element are adjusted as if the grid point was moved onto the straight line but the actual geometry is not adjusted.
Description Avoidance: Other than manually moving the grid points so that they line along the straight line there is no avoidance. In V69.1, the shell grid point is moved on to the straight edge connecting the two solid grids if the shell grid lies close to the edge within a tolerance. The tol Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 7682 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - RSSCON - UWM 6695, References Incorrect GRID IDs If a shell grid point lies outside the straight line between the two connecting solid grid points when using the RSSCON element, then the following warning
Known Error
CR 7682 messages will be issued. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6695 (CONSSD ) RSSCON NUMBER aaa WILL MPC ONLY GRID bbb OF QUAD ELEMENT ccc TO HEXA ELEMENT ddd IT WILL NOT MPC GRID ddd; THE CORNER SHELL GRIDS MUST LIE ON OPPOSITE EDGES OF A FACE OF THE SOLID ELEMENT. This is the proper message to issue; however, the error message may reference an incorrect offending shell grid point "bbb". Avoidance: Modify the shell grid point to lie on a straight line between the two connecting solid grid points.
Known Error Product
CR 7685 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - MPYAD, FBS - Increasing Memory Causes Performance Degradation Increasing memory for a particular run may cause poor performance in sparse FBS and sparse MPYAD. This problem is usually caused by poor method selection and is considered a limitation. Avoidance: Other than requesting less memory or forcing more efficient methods (please see the MSC.Nastran Numerical Methods Guide) no avoidance exists.
Description
CR 7689 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - PBARL - Various Fatal Messages The new capability in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 which allows users to define their own beam cross sections has two undocumented limitations. There is a limit of 250 user defined beam cross section types, and there is a limit of 7 dimensions, including the Non-Structural Mass (NSM) on user defined sections. If either of these limits are exceeded various error types may be generated. In optimization, the fatal message may be issued from the
Description
Known Error
CR 7689 module DOPR1H, or it may be issued from the API with the phrase buffer overflow.
Avoidance: Do not exceed the limits. The limits have been raised to 2000 beam cross section types and unlimited dimensions on a beam section for the next release.
CR 7690 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - MATMOD Option 5 Example 3 of the MATMOD option 5 documentation is incorrect. This example shows how to transform KGG from a global to a basic coordinate system. Following the documentation results in the wrong matrix. In the SMPYAD shown, the last and not the first TRANSG matrix should be transposed. However, SMPYAD will not let you transpose the last matrix of a triple multiply, so you must transpose TRANSG before SMPYAD. The incorrect and corrected documentation follow:
Description
Incorrect: matmod cstm,sil,bgpdt,,,/transg,/5//-1 $ smpyad transg,kgg,transgt,,,/kggbasic/3////1 $ Correct: matmod cstm,sil,bgpdt,,,/transg,/5//-1 $ trnsp transg/transgt $ smpyad transg,kgg,transgt,,,/kggbasic/3//// $ No transpose flags set
CR 7692 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MATGPR - Overflow (******) When using the enhanced superelement features (parts), the boundary points of the upstream superelements may be sent downstream. Internally, these boundary points are assigned very large ID numbers, numbers that are much larger than the user can specify on the grid entries. These large numbers do not fit in the format for the MATGPR module. If MATGPR is used with
Description
Known Error
CR 7692 the enhanced superelement, the IDs for these grids will be printed as (*******). The matrix values are, however, correct. Avoidance: Use MATPRN instead of MATGPR and use PARAM,USETPRT and the boundary sequence table to identical the external degree of freedom.
CR 7697 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - SPC - Poor message, UFM MATMOD-4 Currently the transient heat transfer analysis capability does not support multiple SPC conditions. An analysis can only have one SPC condition apply through all subcases. If multiple boundary conditions are attempted the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE MATMOD-4" will be issued. Avoidance: Multiple boundary conditions must be executed in separate runs.
Description
CR 7699 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GP0, GMLOAD, FEFACE - UFM 6380 If the GMLOAD entry references an FEFACE entry that is undefined the following fatal message is correctly issued but the FEFACE ID is not properly identified.
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 6380, (GP0F), THE FEFACE ID = 0 REFERENCED BY GMLOAD IS UNDEFINED. Avoidance: There is no avoidance to make the code identify the incorrect entries. The user must find and correct the input error.
CR 7705 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGRL - Performance/Crashes The MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Quick Reference Guide description of the EIGRL entry documents a new parallel Lanczos capability. This new capability was not documented in the Version 69 Release Guide because it did not meet MSC's strict standards for quality. The capability and documentation has
Description
Known Error
CR 7705 several errors: 1. The Quick Reference Guide fails to mention that the new capability is only available on the CRAY and SGI systems. 2. The following FATAL messages have occurred while using this capability:
*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.SFUPFI *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 815 (RDINIT) (Note that bad answers have never been encountered as a result of this capability.) 3. The purpose of this capability was to reduce the elapsed time. It has been found that parallel lanczos Known Error Product Abstract CR 7706 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - evds200a.v69 - UFM 149 If the evds200a.v69 sssalter is used, the job will fail with the following messages:
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 149 (LINKAR ) CALL STATEMENT IFPS IN SUBDMAP IFPL HAS AN ARGUMENT LIST OF DIFFERENT LENGTH THAN THE CALLED SUBDMAP *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 480 (SEMINT) JOB TERMINATED DUE TO ABOVE ERRORS IN THE DMAP/NDDL LINKAGE EDITOR (LINKER) Avoidance: Replace the following statements: type parm,,logical,n,noedom2,ambs9,nogoifp9,ngoxsrt9 type parm,,char8,n,dball9 $ call IFPS ,,bulk2/BULK9, $ GEOM1Q,EPT,MPT,EDT,DIT,DYNAMIC,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4, GEOM1Q9,,MPT9,EDT9,DIT9,DYNAMIC9,GEOM29,GEOM39,GEOM49,
Description
Known Error
CR 7706 $ MATPOOL,AXIC,DEFUSET,DMI,DMINDX,DTI,DTINDX,PVTX,
CR 7707 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH - Incorrect SPCFORCE Output Nonlinear static analysis does not include the effect of the CBUSH element forces in the forces of single point constraint output.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 7711 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SEUPPLOT - SFM 4276, Time Command Terminated Abnormally IF an SEUPPLOT request is made in solution 108, the job may fail with the message time command terminated abnormally or, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. Avoidance: Use SEPLOT instead of SEUPPLOT.
Description
CR 7713 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - FEFACE, CIDBC, MODGM4 - Stops With No Message In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 on the DEC/ALPHA, if a secondary coordinate system is referenced on a FEFACE (CIDBC field), then the job may terminate in the MODGM4 module without any error messages. Another symptom of this error is the generation of a core file in the submittal directory. Avoidance: If feasible, do not reference a secondary coordinate system on the CIDBC field.
Description
CR 7715 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMINTC, GMBNDC - SFM 6425 (EMA)
Known Error
CR 7715 On machines that enforce boundary alignment such as the HP 9000 the following fatal message may be issued when the GMINTC entry is used: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6425 (EMA). THE KDICTP TABLE AND KDICTP TRAILER ARE INCONSISTENT. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. This error does not occur on the IBM/RS6000 or the CRAY machines. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 7716 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SYSTEM(210)=1 - Excessive Output SYSTEM(210) can be used to correct punch errors on many systems; however when SYSTEM(210)=1 is used on the Sun/Solaris machines, excessive output is generated causing the .f06 and/or .pch file to be very large. Avoidance: There are no known problems that require Sun/Solaris systems to set system(210)=1. Thus, on this system do not specify SYSTEM(210)=1.
Description
CR 7717 MSC / MD Nastran Database - Neutral File Transfer with p-elements, GP2 - SFM 3001 The following message is issued when an attemt is made to load the neutral database (created by dbunload) via sol DBTRANS. This error occurs only if the database datablocks are related to p-element analysis.
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = GP2 THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED EQEXINS AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: There is a rather complex avoidance which requires an NDDL recompilation; however, it is not deemed practical.
CR 7718 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MPRES - Wrong Answers, SFM 4276 EC 7777
Known Error
CR 7718 If MPRES output is requested and PARAM,DDRMM,-1 is not specified wrong answers or a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 may appear. Avoidance: In Version 68 simply specify PARAM,DDRMM,-1. For Version 69 the following alter from the sssalter library will improve efficiency and correct the error. $ FILE VMEA.V69 $ LAST REVISED 17 DEC 96 M. A. GOCKEL $ VIRTUAL MASS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, FOR SOLS 103,111,112. $ FOR NAST69 DATED 10/18/96, WITH DEL. DB TIME STAMP OF 961018160119 ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SEMRM nolist NOREF $ ALTER 'CALL MGEN1','' $ $ MODERNIZE NAMES EQUIVX MCHI/CEE/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX MCHI2/BEC/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX MLAM/MEE/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX MLAM2/MEC/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX GEG/GGE/ALWAYS $ CALL DBSTORE CEE,MEE,BEC,MEC,MAR//SEID/0/' '/0 $ FO CR 7719 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - HEXA, PENTA, TEMP - Wrong Answers In non-linear analysis the HEXA and PENTA elements will give incorrect results if the element references a MATS1 or MATT1 or both and has a nonconstant temperature distribution. The displacements are correct. The center stresses are correct. The Gauss/Grid Point Stresses have an incremental error which is proportional to the temperature gradient. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
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CR 7720 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual - Wrong Dimension The dimensioning of the channel-section as shown on page 5.2.1-8 of the Version 68 MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual is incorrect. The b value should only extend to the median line of the web instead of all the way to the
Known Error
CR 7720 outside edge of the web.
CR 7728 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBUNLOAD, DBLOAD - Inefficient Restart When a neutral database created by DBUNLOAD is migrated to CRAY and is dbloaded for the purpose of a subsequent restart, the restart job goes through unnecessary steps and recalulates the stiffness matrix. CR 7734 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - BEAM, PBAR1 - Incorrect K2 Formulation for Beam Library Ibeam. The PBAR1 and PBEAM1 area shear factor term, K2, for the I-beam cross section is incorrectly calculated. It is formulated to be the area of flanges divided by the total area, when it should be 5/6 of this amount.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: The error can be avoided by specifying the correct properties on a PBAR or PBEAM entry or the user could add their own section. The error has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.0.2. If you have already been delivered 69.0.0 or 69.0.1, then 69.0.2 must be explicitly requested. CR 7735 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - QVECT, CHBDYE or CHBDYG with TYPE REV - Wrong Answers When QVECT loads are applied to CHBDYE or CHBDYG elements with surface type REV and midside nodes, the orientation vectors are not calculated. This error results in zero directional heat loads for this type of element. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The error has been corrected in Version 69.0.2. Version 69.0.2 will not be automatically delivered to clients who have received 69.0.0 or 69.0.1, it must be requested.
Description
CR 7737 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9 - SFE 4276 EC 3001 In certain cases solution 200 jobs that contain DRESP2 entries may fail in the DOM9 module with the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0
Description
Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance. The error is corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.0.2. Version 69.0.2 will not be automatically delivered to clients who have already received Version 69.0.0 or 69.0.1. The client should request this corrected version. CR 7738 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBARL - Wrong Information Figure 1 under the PBARL description on page 793 and PBEAML on page 810 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Quick Reference Guide indicates TYPE=BOX where it should be BAR and vice versa.
CR 7740 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP1X, RBAR, RBE2 - BIOMSG 3002 Superelements with RBAR and RBE2 elements may cause an error in the sep1x module which results in the message "BIOMSG 3002" being output. Avoidance: Replace the RBAR and RBE2 elements with other types of rigid elements.
Description
CR 7742 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MIRROR, REPEAT - Possible Wrong Answers When using the enhanced superelement features, if the mirror or repeat option is used to generate a copy of a primary superelement, and any of the
Known Error
CR 7742 GEOM4-type data (e.g., MPC, RBEi, SPCi, ASETi, OMITi, BSETi, CSETi, etc.) for the mirrored or repeated superelement is modified as compared to the primary superelement, then the answers may be wrong. Avoidance: If any of the GEOM4-type data for the mirrored or repeated superelement must be different than the primary superelement, create a new primary superelement instead of using the secondary superelement.
CR 7743 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - notify=yes May Not Appear to Work. If a user has set the message state to off, e.g., with the 'mesg n' command, the notification message cannot be sent. This is most noticable when a job is run in the background, as the notification message is the only positive indication the job has completed. The user may receive no indication at all, or may receive the cryptic message "permission denied" when the notification is actually attempted. Avoidance: The user must enable messages for the notification message to be received under batch=yes.
Description
CR 7748 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Authorization - UFM 3060 If the memory specified on the 'mem' parameter is too high, then MSC/NASTRAN may abort with a UFM 3060. The MSCID printed will be 0: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060, SUBROUTINE MODEL - OPTION NAST NOT IN APPROVED LIST. SYSTEM DATE (MM/DD/YY): 11/11/96 SYSTEM MSCID: 0 (DECIMAL) 00000000 (HEXADECIMAL) SYSTEM MODEL NUMBER: -1 , SYSTEM OS CODE: 1 Avoidance: Reduce the memory request.
Description
CR 7757 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - 'symbol' Keyword Documentation Error The documentation for the symbol keyword in Section 4.1.2 and in Appendix B.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Configuration and Operations Guide (UNIX) is incorrect. The correct syntax for the keyword is: symbol== where is the name of the symbol to be defined and is the value of the symbol. The specific example in 4.1.2 should read: SYMBOL=DATADIR=/dbs/data The specific example in Appendix B.1 should read: SYMBOL=DBSDIR=/dbs
Description
CR 7773 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Job hangs on HP-UX 10.20 when submitted through at(1). On HP-UX 10.20, an MSC/NASTRAN V69 job may hang if the job was run using the at(1) facility. There are two ways to run a job using at(1), the most obvious is to use the after keyword. Another is to create a queue command such as submit=at -q %queue% -m -f %job% %after% Once the job is submitted, it will hang in the limits special function with the following error message displayed on your window or sent in an email: sh[29]: ulimit: The specified value exceeds the user's allowable limit. Avoidance: This problem is corrected by inserting the line unset MSC_ARGV just before the line
Description
Known Error
CR 7773 %0% limits in the file /bin/nast69.lcl
CR 7775 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PlotPS - Contour lines are scrambled Contour plots are incorrect on the Solaris Version 69 system. These plots have the contour lines going to the origin instead of to each contour point. The effect is a set of vectors going from the origin to the contour points.
Description Avoidance: Use a post-processor such as MSC/PATRAN to view stress contours. The error has been fixed in Version 69.0.2 and Version 69.1. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Superelements - BSET - UFE 4156, Poor Message When using the enhanced superelement capabilities introduced in Version 69, only the boundary points can be assigned to the BSET degree of freedoms, and this is the design intent. However, if any interior point on a part (superelement) is assigned to the BSET, then the job will fail with the following unclear error messages. CR 7776 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
0*** USER FATAL ERROR 4156--- DIMENSIONS OR TYPE OF DATA BLOCK KLAAV , SUPERELEMENT y TRAILER=( xx xx x x x xxx) ARE INCONSISTENT WITH SUPERELEMENT MAP.
Avoidance: If an interior degree of freedom on a part is desired to be placed in the BSET, then assign that grid point to the ASET. Note that when using parts (superelements), if a degree of freedom at a grid point is assigned to the ASET, then all six deg Known Error Product CR 7780 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 7780 Executive System - ACQUIRE, DBLOAD, ENDJOB - UFM 453 If you specify the ACQUIRE NDDL, DBLOAD, and ENDJOB statements and the "del=" keyword on the submittal command then UFM 453 is issued.
Description Avoidance: Do not use the "del=" keyword. Add ASSIGN statements for MASTERA, MSCOBJ, and MSCSOU. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7789 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,METHCMRS - UFM 3032 If superelements are present and PARAM,METHCMRS is specified for the residual structure, then UFM 3032 will be issued stating that the program is unable to find the selected set (EIGRL entry). Avoidance: Verify that the referenced EIGRL entry exists in the input file. If it does, then include the following DMAP alter in the input file: $ $ for V69 $ compile ifpl alter 'call ifps' TYPE PARM,,I,N,DOIT=0 $ CALL DBSTORE DYNAMIC,,,,//0/0/'MASTER'/S,DOIT $ $ compile semr3 alter 'REIGL.*CMKXX,CMMXX','REIGL.*CMKXX,CMMXX' TYPE PARM,,I,N,OK $ CALL DBFETCH /DYNAMIC,,,,/0/0/0/0/S,OK $ REIGL CMKXX,CMMXX,DYNAMIC,CASES,,,,USET,EQEXINS,SILS,VYXW/ CMLAMA,CMPHIXZ,CMMI,EIGVMATS,/ 'MODE'/S,N,NOZSET////METHRS////////CMSET $ $ $ DMAP to fix error 7789 - V70.5 Known Error Product CR 7791 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 7791 Databases - DBLOAD, GP1 - SFM 307 in IFPSIZ If a neutral database is DBLOAD'ed and GP1 is executed without first running IFP, then the job will fail in GP1 with: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 307 (IFPSIZ) THE NAME OF BULK DATA ENTRY CORD1C IS INVALID. PROGRAMMER ACTION:IF THE ABOVE NAME IS A VALID BULK ENTRY, THEN CHECK THE HASHING FUNCTION TABLE(S), AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO "LOST" ITEMS. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = GP1 0ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE IFPSIZ 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Always run DBTRANS when DBLOADing a database.
Description
CR 7792 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, PBEND, FSI=3 - UWM 4260 The documentation in Volume 3 of the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual for USER WARNING MESSAGE 4260, BENDING CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER EXCEEDS RANGE OF APPLICABILITY FOR ELEMENT ** indicates an acceptable range of .5 to 1.0. In fact the acceptable range is .05 to 1.0.
Description
CR 7796 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PLOTS - Missing Features, Missing Plots The "LABEL GSPC" and "LABEL EPID" are not supported with the new superelement features in Version 69. CR 7798 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Parallel Processing EMA, SYSTEM(107) - Disabled by Default On most of the systems supporting parallel operation with MSC/NASTRAN,
Known Error Product
Corrected Version GL Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 7798 the Parallel EMA function shows little or no performance gain over the nonparallel EMA. Because of this, by default, Parallel EMA will be disabled on all platforms for MSC/NASTRAN Version 69. If a you wish to enable PEMA, you may do so by setting the MSC_PEMA environment variable to a value of YES (the test for "YES" is case-insensitive). In this mode, the standard SYSTEM(107) enable/disable tests for PEMA are active.
CR 7799 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - Infinite Cpu Loop of Cray - Missing Insufficient Space Message On the Cray, if there is insufficient disk space in the directory that you submit your job, then the job may be trapped in an infinite loop when attempting to report the error message and shut down. Messages similar to what is shown below, including "not enough space" or "no space left on device", should appear in your log file. In version 69, the job will terminate with similar messages as shown below, except the "not enough space" or "no space left on device" message may or may not appear. Process Id = Attempting to bypass eie layer : Not enough space for cache pages apparent state: unit 6 named .f06 last format: (13X ,I8, 1H-, 8X, 10A 08 ) lately writing sequential formatted external SIGNAL - Signal SIGABRT(6) caught, job aborting. S
Description
CR 7808 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DESPCH - Missing Output If PARAM,DESPCH is set to a value greater than one, then there should be DESVAR and GRID output in the punch file for every design cycle. However, in Version 69 the GRIDS are not punched. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 7808 compile desopt alter 'dom12,','' DOM12, XINIT,XO,CVALO,PROPI,PROPO,OPTPRMG,HIS,DESTAB, geom1,coordo,edom,mtrak/ HISADD,NEWPRM,,NEWDES/ DESCYCLE/OBJIN/OBJOUT/S,N,CNVFLG/1/OPTEXIT// MDTRKFLG/DESPCH/MODETRAK/eignfreq $
Grid output for the last design cycle can be obtained by setting PARAM,DESPCH,0. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7814 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMBCs - Wrong Answers When boundary conditions in shell p-elements are specified on an edge using a global coordinate system, the answers become wrong for p=9 and the program crashes for p=10. The answers are correct up to the order of p=8. CR 7818 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TRD2, NOLINi - Quits With No Message If a modal transient analysis is performed in Sol 200 (ANALYSIS=MTRAN) and the job contains NOLINi entries, the job may abort in module TRD2 with no message except a machine dependent message in the log file. Avoidance: NOLINi entries are not supported in solution 200. The modal transient analysis may be run in solution 112. Known Error Product Abstract CR 7829 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - DBLOCATE read-only restart - UFM 1127 If the LOGICAL keyword is specified on the RESTART statement and the corresponding database on the ASSIGN statement specifies a path for the MASTER DBset which is different from the path in which the job is run then the DBALL and any
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Description
Known Error
CR 7829 other associated DBsets will not be auto-assigned. For example, if an input file is located at /home/zzz/test.dat, and the desired databases are /tmp/fender.MASTER and /tmp/fender.DBALL, and test.dat contains: ASSIGN abc='/tmp/fender.MASTER' RESTART LOGICAL=abc then only the MASTER DBset is attached and all other DBsets will have the status of "OFFLINE" echoed in the .f04 file. Also, UFM 1127 will probably be issued. Avoidance: Move the DBsets to the same path that the job is run in or specify ASSIGN statements for all DBsets.
CR 7832 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBAR - Missing Torsional Mass Moment The BAR element in MSC/NASTRAN does not include a term for the torsional mass moment of inertia in its formulation (even in the coupled mass matrix). This is documented in the Basic Dynamics User's Guide, but not in the Quick Reference Guide. Avoidance: If torsional mass moments of inertia are needed, use BEAM elements or provide the values using CONM elements.
Description
CR 7839 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - DBUNLOAD - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Segmentation Fault A DBUNLOAD of a database with p-elements may produce SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 or a segmentation fault followed by a traceback. CR 7841 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - REIGL - UFM 6413, Insufficient Memory The REIGL module was enhanced in Version 69 to allow a dmap writer to call
Known Error
CR 7841 it without the input of a dynamics or casecc input data blocks. The data they contain is input on some new parameters added to the end of the REIGL call. If REIGL is run by itself, it quits with an "insufficient memory" error: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6413 (DFMSA) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR THE SYMBOLIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION : INCREASE MEMORY BY AN ESTIMATED 9401 WORDS. Avoidance: An avoidance is to run reigl without case control inputs after a call with the case control input. The first call will initalize a variable properly for the second call. The first call could contain a small set of matrices from matgen, for instance.
CR 7844 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMG - SFM 4276, Segmentation Fault, Access Violation Acoustic jobs may fail unexpectedly in ACMG. The error was discovered by looking at the code, to our knowledge the error has never been encountered.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The error has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.0.2. This release is not being shipped to clients who have already received Version 69.0.0, it must be specifically requested. CR 7851 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - SUPORTi - SFM 3011 When a SUPORT entry is present in sol 105 the following error message appears: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3011 MODULE = RBMG4 ATTEMPT TO WRITE A TRAILER ON FILE 201WHEN IT HAS BEEN PURGED Avoidance: Replace the SUPORT entry with a selected SPCi entry. In Version 70 the suport entry is treated as an SPC which is consistent with solution 101 when param,inrel is not selected. This error occurs in sol 103 also.
Description
Known Error
CR 7852
CR 7852 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - DMIG, UACCEL - Wrong Answers When using inertia relief without using the rigid body acceleration (DMIG,UACCEL), and any one of the following entries BNDFL, DMIAX, ELIST, MFLUID, RADCAV, RADSET, RADLIST, RADMTX, DMIG is present in the input file, then a conventional static analysis is performed instead of inertia relief. A symptom of this error is the printout of the URA intermediate matrix will be missing. A review of the spcforce output will also reflect that a conventional static analysis is performed instead of inertia relief.
Description Avoidances: There are two possible avoidances. 1. Remove or comment out the above offending entries since they are not used in a static analysis anyway. or 2. Add the following dmap avoidances: compile statrs $ alter 'paraml.*matpool' $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 7854 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TYPE - Possible Wrong Values for Parameters If a parameter is defined in the NDDL, and a DMAP "TYPE" statement declares it as changeable in CASE CONTROL or BULK DATA ("Y") but not as an "NDDL" parameter, then the program will incorrectly use the NDDL default value and TYPE for the parameter. If the parameter is listed as a qualifier (QUAL) in the NDDL, the default value works correctly in the DMAP. For example, the following subDMAP in SOL 100 SUBDMAP TEST input/output type parm,,i,y,maxit=10 $ parameter is in the NDDL, NDDL default = 4 type parm,,i,n,modacc=10 $parameter is in the NDDL, but "N" is used on the TYPE type parm,,i,n,maxratio=1 $ parameter is in the NDDL as RS, but "N" is used
Description
Known Error
CR 7854 on the TYPE type parm,,i,y,mesh=1 $ different type than NDDL type parm,,i,y,seid=345 $ test a qualifier $ RETURN END will resul
CR 7855 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - TAFF, PARAM,FOLLOWK - Traceback If a PARAM,FOLLOWK,YES is requested to include follower force affects to the differential stiffness and loads that do not exist are referenced the job will stop in the TAFF module and the following traceback will be issued in the log file. Traceback:
Description
Offset 0x000000ac in procedure tafest_ Offset 0x000000e8 in procedure tafldt_ Offset 0x00000684 in procedure taff_ Offset 0x000002d0 in procedure xsem10_ Offset 0x00000950 in procedure mainal Avoidance: Remove the reference to the loads that do not exist.
CR 7856 MSC / MD Nastran ESTIMATE Utility - Missing GRID Entry The ESTIMATE utility may flag GRIDs as missing when in fact the GRID entries are present. The error occurs when a line that exceeds 80 characters precedes an otherwise valid line. Under certain circumstances, the valid line may be skipped. Avoidance: As a work around, delete all trailing blanks from the data file, expand all tabs to spaces, and truncate any lines exceeding 80 characters.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7857 Superelements - SELA - SFM 4276, EC 1200 Superelement jobs may fail in module SELA with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1200. Encountering the error is dependent upon the size of the load vector and the amount of memory requested. Avoidance: Increase memory and re-run the job.
Description
CR 7860 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FRRD2 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Solution 200 with analysis=dfreq may fail in the FRRD2 module with the message: SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777 The log file may contain a traceback from subroutine frrd2. Avoidance: The error has been corrected in Version 69. It has also been corrected in Version 68.2.8, a re-release for Fujitsu systems. The following DMAP avoidance may also be applied that replaces FRRD2 with FRRD1: compile fea list noref $ $ 285 FRRD2 CKDD,CBDD,CMDD,,PDF,FOL1/DETA/0.0/0.0/0.0 $ $ FRRD1 CASES,DIT,CKDD,CBDD,CMDD,K4DD,PDF,FRL,FOL/ $ UDVF/SOLTYP/0 $ RF8 - FRRD /UDVF alter 'FRRD2 CKDD','' $ frrd1 casers,dit,ckdd,cbdd,cmdd,,pdf,frl,fol1/deta/'direct'/0 $
Description
CR 7871 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - GPFORCE - Missing Output GPFORCE output is missing for steady state heat transfer analysis, SOL 153, in Version 69.0. Avoidance: Place the following alter in Version 69.0.
Description compile sedrcvr list$ alter 299,299 $ V69.0.2 IF ( GPFDR ) THEN $ GRID POINT FORCE
CR 7874 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Extra plot request - Punch File If an output request has two plot requests, e.g., disp(plot,plot) = all
Description
then in addition to the plot file, a punch file containing the referenced quantities will also be generated. Avoidance: Remove the extra plot request.
CR 7875 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GP1, GMCORD, GMLOAD - SFM 3001 If a GMLOAD references a GMCORD in Version 68.2, then the job will fail with the following error messages.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = GP1 THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 5 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Use a CORDij instead of GMCORD when using GMLOAD.
CR 7878 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TEMP - Wrong Answers An optimization job may yield wrong sensitivity results when temperature loads are applied but certain designed elements (either DVGRIDs or DVPRELi) are not temperature loaded. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to add a small temperature load on unheated elements in Version 68.2.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 7881 Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 in SOL 200 - Missing tables in .xdb file Design sensitivity coefficient tables ( R1SEN and R2SEN datablocks) are missing from the XDB. Avoidance: 1. Copy the nddl.dat file from the MSC/NASTRAN DEL directory. 2. Replace the DATABLK r1MAPR and R2MAPR statements with the following. DATABLK R1mapR TYPE=TABLE PATH=geomi, LOCATION=DSOr,
Description
EOF DATABLK R2mapR TYPE=TABLE PATH=geomi, LOCATION=DSOr, EOF 3. Insert the following in your executive control section above all compile statements: compile nddl noref nolist incl nddl.dat
CR 7892 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SOLVIT - Iterative Solver Gives Wrong Answers If the solvit module is given a diagonal matrix it returns a null output matrix. Avoidance: Add at least one small off-diagonal term.
CR 7893 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - SEPLOT - UFM, Problems Parsing the SEPLOT Command When plotting superelements, the SEPLOT module may have problems parsing when the command extends multiple lines. This may lead to a USER FATAL
Known Error
CR 7893 MESSAGE pointing at the SEPLOT command. Avoidance: If possible put the plot command all on one line. If not possible, rearranging the command may help.
Known Error Product
CR 7903 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, SYSTEM(148), DBVERCHK - Misleading Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide documentation for SYSTEM(148), a.k.a. DBVERCHK, states that this system cell permits restart from a pre-Version 69 database into Version 69. This system cell simply bypasses the check in MSC/NASTRAN that ensures the Version of the database is the same as the Version being executed and to that extent it is applicable to all Versions of MSC/NASTRAN. The system cell does nothing to make the databases compatible.
Description
Avoidance: In general databases are not compatible between Version 68, 69 or 70. The only way to restart is to perform a DBUNLOAD and a DBLOAD: Step 1: Unload database in V68 assi dbunload='______.u68' dbunload endjob Step 2: Load V68 database into V69 assi dbload='______.u68' dbload $ sol dbtrans
CR 18854 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-1 CBAR - Incorrect Margins of Safety PATRAN P3 will display margin of safety results for bar elements even though no allowables were specified in the analysis.
Known Error
CR 18854 Avoidance: Either specify allowables or ignore the results.
CR 25363 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NOTIFY=YES - Extraneous Output Printed to the Screen Extraneous output will be written on Cray (and others?) when submitting a job. The text "is y" or "is n" may appear on the screen just after the system ID line is written as shown below: mwali[136]: nast69t2 d10101d bat=n app=y scr=y MSC/NASTRAN V69.0t2 (CRAY UNICOS 8.0.4.2) Tue Dec 17 09:12:20 1996 is y MSC/NASTRAN beginning job d10101d. This is the output from the mesg(1) command. This output should have been captured by the nastran driver, and will result in the nastran driver not being able to warn to user if they set notify=yes and their current message state is "n".
Description
CR 25365 MSC / MD Nastran Statics - DCMP, SGI R4400 - Segmentation fault In Version 69, when running a large problem on the SGI R4400, if there is insufficient memory allocated for SPARSE DECOMP, then the job may fail with no error messages in the f06 file. A symptom of this error is the printout of the following unclear message in the log file.
Description
Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault. Note that in Version 69 sparse decomp is designed with an enhanced spill logic so that it should be able to execute in significantly less memory. Avoidance: Increase the memory substantially to avoid spill.
CR 25375 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Complex Double Precision Functions - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Double precision complex functions in DMAP cause the following error on
Known Error
CR 25375 the HP 9000/800 Version 69.0.0 release of MSC/NASTRAN. SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 Avoidance: Set nastran system(100)=255 or request Version 69.0.2 where this error has been corrected.
CR 25377 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MATMOD option 25 matmod option 25 dmap dictionary article incomplete This option is designed to produce two output vectors for only unsymmetric matrices (form 1). For symmetric matrices (form 6) only the O1 vector is output. This condition can be detected by the sym output parameter, which is set to -1 for symmetric matrices, and 0 for unsymmetric matrices.
Description
CR 25378 MSC / MD Nastran ACCESS - Cannot Build ACCESS Sample Programs Any attempt to build the ACCESS sample programs will fail with the error message: make: Cannot find a rule to create target sol301.o from dependencies. This error can be corrected by taking the revised makefile from Scopus tan 2523, or editing the file /msc69/access/makefile:
Description
Change the line: build: nastran emas ddl to build: nastran ddl Remove the trailing backslash in SECOND line of the following two: install: $(EXE)/demo1 $(EXE)/demo2 $(EXE)/smplr $(EXE)/ddlprt $(EXE)/ddlqry
Known Error
CR 25378 And delete the immediately following line: $(EXE)/sol301 $(EXE)/sol302
CR 25379 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - UWM ZERO DIAGONAL TERMS ENCOUNTERED In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, if the decomp module runs out of memory and the DECOMP parameter is set to 4 or 32, incorrect warning messages may be issued that indicate "ZERO DIAGONAL TERMS ENCOUNTERED". The message that should be output is: USER FATAL (or WARNING) MESSAGE 6413 (DFMSA) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR THE SYMBOLIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION : INCREASE MEMORY BY AN ESTIMATED XXXXX WORDS. Avoidance: Increase the memory and re-run.
Description
CR 25422 MSC / MD Nastran Static Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,KDIAG - UFM 4551, Failed Convergence In nonlinear analysis (SOL 106), if the model has zero stiffness in the undeformed configuration, then the solution may fail to converge or it may converge to a wrong answer. This error first appears in Version 69, and is associated with an error in the "KDIAG" processing.
Description
Avoidance: Put PARAM,KDIAG,-1.-30 in the input file to avoid the error or apply the following alter: in NLSTATIC replace statement ADD5 KAAL,KLLTX,KLLRH,,/KAALX///-1. $ with the statement ADD5 KAAL0,KLLTX,KLLRH,,/KAALX///-1. $
Known Error
CR 25423
CR 25423 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - SGI IP19 is Incorrectly Identified The Silicon Graphics IP19 system is an R44 system, but is able to run IRIX64. SGI had categorically claimed that IRIX64 would *only* be found on R8/R10 systems. As a result of the presence of IRIX64, M/N V69 will attempt to run the incompatible R8/R10 executable. An IP19 system can only run the "irix" executable.
Description
The work-around for V69.0.2 is to: 1) Modify the shell script "/bin/nast69.ini" to include the line: s.arch=irix This error should not occur in V69.0.0 or V69.0.1. If it does, the solution is identical.
CR 25425 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Beam Library Optimization is Inefficient Beam Library optimization is inefficient. For a model with 1000 designed properties, a speedup of a factor of 70 has been demonstrated. The poorly performing modules are DOM6 and DOM9. MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.1 corrects this inefficiency. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 25439 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Beam Library - Incorrect Sensitivities If the design optimization feature of the beam library is utilized with multiple designed stress recovery points, the sensitivities may be in error. The error is most likely to show up when the stress recovery coordinate (e.g., C1 or C2) is not a function of all the designed dimensions. This error can occur for both the MSC provided sections and for user provided sections. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 25451 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Windows NT - Input File Not Found Version 68 of MSC/NASTRAN on Windows NT must have .dat extensions specified for input files. This error has been fixed in Version 69.
CR 25456 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Zero Gradients It is possible to generate the message "Zero Gradients of Violated Constraints" in error if both the lower and upper bounds of a constraint are active for the DOT optimization algorithm and if the underlying response was generated using a DRESP2 entry. This condition will produce a fatal message and the job will terminate. In other cases where both constraints are active, the optimizer may become confused, but it will not terminate. Avoidance: Be careful when specifying tight limits on a DRESP2 entry and be aware that this may lead to difficulty. The error has only been diagnosed when using the SQP algorithm (METHOD=3 on the DOPTPRM entry).
Description
CR 25470 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,INREL - Poor Performance Calculation of design sensitivities for static subcases with inertia relief can be CPU intensive. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is available.
CR 25472 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - SOL 200, INREL - Various fatal messages or wrong answers If the value of PARAM,INREL is specified differently in one or more subcases, then various fatal messages will be issued or wrong answers may result.
Known Error
CR 25472 Avoidance: Do not specify PARAM,INREL in the Case Control. Always specify in the Bulk Data.
CR 25501 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEPLOT - Missing Plots If there are no SEMOVES, REPEAT, or MIRROR superelements in the deck and if there is a CSTM in a substructure there is a possible memory error causing the substructure not to get plotted or if plotted not in its correct orientation.
Description Avoidance: If the user is missing plot output of a substructure or suspects that it is in the wrong location put in a dummy semove substructure and the problem should go away. Known Error Product Abstract CR 25531 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Remote Execution via 'node=' May Fail The ability to run an MSC/NASTRAN job on a remote system using the 'node' command line keyword will fail in Version 69.0 if the command is not named 'nastran' on the remote system. The nastran command is supposed to use the actual command name used to run the job on the local system when running the job on the remote system. The V69.0.X release will only use the generic 'nastran' command name on the remote system. Avoidance: To correct this problem, the generic nastran name must be available on the remote system. Known Error Product Abstract CR 25532 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Large field format for TABLED1 - Possible Wrong Answers The correct specification of a long-field format entry requires a blank entry to be included for blank fields. For example, fields 4 thru 9 of the TABLED1 entry are not used, thus the correct specification of a long-field formatted TABLED1 entry requires the second entry to be blank. In Version 68, if this rule is not followed for the TABLED1 and x-y pair data is specified on the second entry the data is ignored. The program performs a linear
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 25532 interpolation from the data on subsequent entries for the ignored region and this is not likely to be the intent of the user. Version 69 corrects this error by issuing "USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV)". Avoidance: An example of an incorrect entry and the correct specification follows: TABLED1*1
CR 25545 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL, EIGRL - SFM 4276, EC 7777 In rare circumstances, Lanczos eigenvalue analysis may fail in the REIGL module and the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777" will be issued. Avoidance: The error is more likely when a large buffsize is set. The error may be easily avoided by either increasing or decreasing the buffsize.
Description
CR 25555 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SSSALTER - Old Released Alters The SSSLATER library released for V69.0.2 is not the current library intended for release.
Description Avoidance: Contact your MSC representative for the correct versions of the alters. Known Error Product Abstract CR 25595 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Command Line Option "cpu" Causes a Memory Fault For Alpha/Unix Version 69.0.2 the use of the command line option cpu causes a memory fault. Avoidance: Set ppcdelta to .1 in the system rc file. Known Error CR 25673
Description
Known Error Product
CR 25673 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Transient Analysis - TRD1 failure with SYSTEM(146)=2 and unsym. DMIG input If in a modal transient analysis uses Lanczos with SYSTEM(146)=2 and an un-symmetric direct matrix input with B2PP is activated, then the TRD1 module fails on an SGI R4400 machine with the log-file message:
Description Receiving signal number 10: Bus Error Avoidance: Do not set SYSTEM(146)=2. Known Error Product CR 25675 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CTRIA3, NASTRAN system cell T3SKEW - Missing Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 Release Notes document the T3SKEW system cell which allows the user to control the the minimum vertex angle for TRIA3 elements at which USER WARNING MESSAGE 5491 is issued. The documentation should have been but was not transferred to the Version 69 Quick Reference Guide.
Description
CR 25681 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SETREE - Unexpected answers If SETREE entries are used to define a multi-level processing tree, then according to Remark 6 under the Quick Reference Guide description of the SETREE entry superelements that are not specified on the SETREE entry will not be included in the analysis. However, if the non-listed superelements are attached to grid points which belong to the residual structure, they will be placed in the tree immediately above the residual structure and included in the analysis. CR 25688 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - rflagb.v69 - Wrong Answers for Modal Analysis
Description
Known Error
CR 25688 The rflagb.v69 alter gives correct answers for motion at the enforced motion DOFs, but wrong answers for all other DOFs. The cause of the error is in the assembly of the modal matrices. This error applies to the alter dated November 96. The version delivered with Version 69.1 dated 10 Jan 97 has this error corrected. Avoidance: If you do not have access to Version 69.1, you may request a copy of the updated alter through client support.
Description
CR 25691 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - OFP - SFM 4276, EC 7777 A nonlinear analysis that requests stresses for plane strain elements in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 may fail in the OFP module with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777 on CONVEX computers. CR 25700 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - Mini-database Restarts with Superelements - Missing Output, UWM 4410 If superelements are present in a mini-database restart using a dynamic solution sequence such as SOL 103, 107--112, 129, 145, and 146, or dynamic analysis in 200, then data recovery output for the residual structure will be missing and UWM 4410 will be issued.
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'IF ( (DYRD','' IF ( (DYRD<>0 OR (SEID<>0 AND METH<>0)) AND (NOT(STATICS) OR AERO) and not(saverstl) ) THEN $ CR 25713 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Body Elements - RSSCON - Wrong Answers In Version 69.1, the shell-solid connector RSSCON does not allow the connection of midside noded elements with non midside noded elements when the ELEM option is used. For example, a CQUAD8 shell element can not be connected
Description
Known Error
CR 25713 to a CHEXA with 8 nodes. A fatal message is issued. In Version 69, non matching elements were connected with the ELEM option. Spurious zero energy modes appeared as a result of the incomplete connection. In Version 69.0.2 the fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6689 (GP4RS2) BULK DATA RSSCON 201 ELEMENT 1 CONNECTED TO ELEMENT 5 IS AN INCOMPLETE ATTACHMENT. ONLY A SUBSET OF THE SHELL GRID AND EDGE DEGREES OF FREEDOM ARE CONSTRAINED is issued, wrong answers are avoided and thus the error is considered corrected.
Avoidance: If non matchi Known Error Product CR 25715 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Body Element and Multipoint Constraints - RSSCON - UFM 6692 (SECNSD) If more than one shell element is connected to the same solid element with the RSSCON element using the ELEM option, conflicts in the multi-point constraints may occur. A message of the form: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (SECNSD ) RSSCON NUMBER *** CANNOT CONNECT AN EDGE OF TRIA ELEMENT TO TETRA ELEMENT ** will be output for those shell grids which can not be connected. The Version 70 Quick Reference Guide documents this limitation closing this report. Avoidance: In general, it is NOT recommended to connect more than one shell element to the same solid element.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 25724 Documentation - CELAS1, CELAS2 - UFM 316 The MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Quick Reference Guide description of the CELAS1 and CELAS2 indicates that multiple degrees of freedom may be attached on a single entry. This is not the case and if attempted will result in the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY CELASi *** SORTED ENTRY COUNT = *
Description
CR 25730 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC - Excessive CPU Time DBC can take an inordinate amount of time to write to the .xdb file in some sort1 jobs. For instance, a 130000 dof dynamics job that is writing 100 modes spent 50 minutes cpu time to calculate the modes, but 16 hours writing to the .xdb file. Avoidance:
Description
Use the following alter which forces sort2 only for writing to xdb. compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou list, noref $ force sort2 output in a sol 103, normals modes run alter 329,329 $ SDR3 OUGV1,OPG1,OQG1,OEF1X,OES1X,OSTR1/ OUGV2,OPG2,OQG2,OEF2,OES2,OSTR2 $ SORT2 OUTPUT DBC OPG2,OUGV2,OEF2,OES2,OQG2,GPLS,EGPSTR,EGPSF,GPDCT,ELDCT, ONRGY1,OGPFB1,ERROR1,,,,,,,// 'OPG'/'OUG'/'OEF'/'OES'/'OQG'/'GPL'/'GPS'/'SVF'/
Known Error Product
CR 25747 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,POST,0 - DBCMSG Warning Message 3 from Subroutine CHEXA The DBC module which creates the graphics database may issue unclear messages such as those that follow. CHEX ELEMENT 19 HAS BEEN UPDATED.
Description
Known Error
CR 25747 This message is simply an indication that an xdb existed prior to the run and the element cited has been updated or changed.
CR 25773 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - UFM 6689 RSSCON elements do not correctly connect warped solid elements to shell elements. In the case of a CHEXA with midside nodes out of alignment with the corner grids by more than TOLRSC*(element edge length), the shell attachment to the midside nodes results in the following improperly issued FATAL message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 6689 (CONSSD) RSSCON NUMBER 200 CANNOT CONNECT HEXA ELEMENT 1 TO QUAD ELEMENT 3 USER ACTION: CHECK GEOMETRY Avoidance: Other than modifying the geometry to eliminate the warped elements there is no avoidance.
CR 25814 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - AUTOSPC Incorrectly Constrains USET. If a user places a degree of freedom into the user sets (U1-U6), and the degree of freedom is singular, then when GPSP moves it to the s-set it also removes it from the user sets. The user sets are mainly used by DMAP writers Avoidance: Use the USET table produced by the GP4 module rather than the updated version produced by the GPSP module.
Description
CR 25817 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Stress sort PARAM SRTOPT, 1 and 3 Do Not Work.
Known Error
CR 25817 Module STRSORT which is activated by PARAM,SRTOPT does not work as documented for values 1 and 3. The module does not sort in ascending order. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 25819 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Mini-Database (scr=mini) - UFM 4252 The mini-database option only supports data recovery restarts, i.e., the coldstart run must be executed for all superelements plus the residual structure; i.e., SEALL=ALL, before the data base is useful. In other words, superelements cannot be generated in separate runs with SEALL=n referring to one or more superelements under the mini-database option. If this is attempted then UFM 4252 will be issued in module SEMA. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 25821 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Installation of MSC/NASTRAN Encyclopedia When performing a custom install of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Encyclopedia for WorldView 2.2 Architectures, the following choices for systems are presented which contain duplicate menu choice labels for HP and SGI systems: ---------------------------------------------------------------MSC Installation and Setup - Interleaf WorldView V2.2 Architectures
Description Sel Architecture Mode Mbyte 1. Digital Alpha UNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No 9 2. Hewlett Packard 9000 No 9 3. Hewlett Packard 9000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No 9 4. IBM RISC System/6000 No 8
Known Error
CR 25821 5. Silicon Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CR 25824 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - sm03a.v69 - SIM 6470 If the lanczos module is given a mass matrix which contains terms further from the diagonal than occur for the stiffness matrix, various errors may occur. One symptom is a fatal message mentioning "spurious modes". Another is a message of the form *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6470 (SSMR0D) MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSING IN LANCZOS EIGENSOLUTION MAY BE POSSIBLE BY INCREASING THE BUFFER SIZE OR THE VALUE OF SYSTEM CELL 199 SUCH THAT THE PRODUCT OF THESE TWO VALUES IS AT LEAST 2266 WORDS. This above message is actually a symptom of a fatal error which will occur later, of the form 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = LANCZOS THE EXECUTIVE FILE 0 DOES NOT EXIST. This problem most commonly occurs with component mode synthesis, a capability supported
Description
CR 25836 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V69 Online Encyclopedia Installation Problems The V69 MSC/NASTRAN ENCYCLOPEDIA (MNE) Installation does not work if the user chooses to keep both collections on the CD-ROM. This is the minimum installation option.
Description
Avoidance: If you want to install only the WorldView browser and access both V69 and V68.2 documentation collections from the CD-ROM (minimum installation), you must do the following before you start the installation.
Known Error
CR 25836 1. Decide on the directory in which to install the MNE. 2. Before installation, create the directory /mne69 After installation, edit the /iview22/Iview file and change the line Iview*welcomeDoc:/mne69/v69docs/69doc/start69.pl to Iview*welcomeDoc:/mne69/v69docs-cd/69doc/start69.pl
Also, on some IBM RS6000 systems, when iview Known Error Product Abstract CR 25845 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL - UFM 6578 A new feature in V69 allows the use of parameters on the REIGL DMAP statement to be used to control Lanczos eigenvalue solutions. An error exists that if this approach is used, then the a value must be provided for parameter 9 (NDES) or the module will fail with UFM 6578 indicating that the value for parameter 9 is out of bounds. Avoidance: If parameters on REIGL are used to control Lanczos, always include a value for parameter 9 (NDES). Known Error Product Abstract CR 25846 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL - SFM 6578 parameter 9 out of bounds In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, it is possible to provide the control parameters for the eigenvalue solution on the REIGL statement. If this is done and no value is provided for ND (number of roots desired, the run will fail with SFM 6578 stating that parameter 9 is out of bounds on the REIGL module. Avoidance: Provide a large integer in the field for ND on the REIGL module statement. Known Error Product CR 25851 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 25851 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SCR=NO, ANALYSIS=AERO - UFM 1126 If aeroelastic optimization is attempted using scr=no, errors in the NDDL dependencies cause the run to fail on the second design cycle with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE AMP IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = QKH , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE QKH =OVRWRT
Description
If a flutter analysis is included, the QKH datablock causes the initial error. If this datablock problem is corrected and/or there is a static aeroelastic subcase, the failure is in the DBSTATUS module when it is checking for the presence of the AUG datablock. Avoidance: Make the following NDDL changes: depen qkh /qhh $ DEPEN AUG /IFPA(VP),lsall $
CR 25852 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER, DSAD14 - SFM 3007 If flutter optimization is used in conjunction with the PKNL flutter method, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 is issued which is of limited usefulness to clients.
Description Avoidance: The PKNL method is not currently supported in SOL 200. Use the PK method. Known Error Product Abstract CR 25861 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SCR=MINI - SFM 4276, EC 1044 In version 69 a new "minimum database" capability has been introduced for MSC/NASTRAN. This capability is implemented by specifying "SCR=mini" on the submittal statement. If this feature is used with the split database capability of superelements, the following error may occur: BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE OPEN , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0
Description
Known Error
CR 25861 Avoidance: If this occurs, either use SCR=NO or SCR=YES on the submittal line.
CR 25865 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BUSH - Wrong Answers If the BUSH element is used in a model with superelements, the frequencydependent capability will not work. Avoidance: Either include the following DMAP alter in the input file: compile phase1a alter 'TA1.*,,ECTS,EPTS,BGPDTS'(,-1) if(seid=0)then $ type db,ept $ dbview epttemp=ept (where wildcard=true) $ TA1 ,,ECTS,EPTTEMP,BGPDTS,SILS,ETT,CSTMS,DIT,ECTAS,EHT/ EST,,GEI,GPECT,,VGFD,DITID/ LUSETS/-1/S,N,NOSIMP/1/S,N,NOGENL/0///S,N,FREQDEPS $ else $ alter 'TA1.*,,ECTS,EPTS,BGPDTS' endif $ or: place all superelements in partitioned bulk data sections and place the residual structure in the main bulk data. The frequency dependent capability will work if the main bulk data does not have any superelement-related entries.
Description
CR 25866 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM6 - SFM 4276 EC 7777 Sig 8 The overflow message, "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777" has been observed on the CRAY in the DOM6 module and has been identified as being caused by a combination of requesting prints of sensitivity data (OPTEXIT = 4 or 7 the DSAPRT case control command) when both DLINK and DVPREL2 entries are present.
Description
Known Error
CR 25866 Avoidance: The only avoidance is to eliminate one of the three contributing factors. The Beam Library enhancement in Version 69 alleviates the need for DVPREL2 entries and may be a desirable avoidance in many cases.
CR 25873 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SCR=MINI - No Data Recovery for External Superelements In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 a minimum database capability was introduced. If external superelements are used and SCR=MINI is used for the residual structure, then data recovery is not possible for the upstream external superelements.
Description
Avoidance: Add the following line to the FMS of the external superelement data recovery run: dblocate param=(saverstl), where (peid=0), logical = rsdb (where RSDB is the logical name used for the database with the residual structure solution)
CR 25884 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SESEB - Missing UFM 6794, Possible Wrong Answers Version 69 on CRAY computers may not correctly detect duplicate boundary points and thus may fail to issue: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6794 (SEPSEB) DUPLICATE BOUNDARY POINTS DETECTED CONNECTING TO SUPERELEMENT ** AT GRID ** FROM DOWNSTREAM **.
Description The failure to issue this message may result in an upstream superelement being connected to an unintended degree of freedom resulting in wrong answers. Avoidance: When using the automatic superelement connection logic, be careful in maintaining unique grid locations for boundary points. Known Error CR 25888
CR 25888 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - GIV - Wrong Answers, UIM 4158 Using the GIVENS method to calculate modes of a structure which has a non positive definite mass matrix, should result in the following error message: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4646---- THE MASS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE,USING THE GIVENS METHOD. USE MGIV INSTEAD" However, the run may proceed and incorrect answers may be produced. Since MSC/NASTRAN automatically omits massless degrees of freedom, this error only occurs with models involving nearly massless mechanism. The user is warned of the poor answers by a very large value for the factor diagonal ratio in the following message: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158 ---STATISTICS FOR CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION OF DATA BLOCK MXX FOLLOW MAXIMUM RATION OF MATRIX DIAGONAL TO FACTOR DIAGONAL = The user may also be warned of the poor r
Description
CR 25891 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - Poor Answers If an RBE3 element is input with insufficient independent degrees of freedom to define all 6 possible rigid body modes of the element, a set of constraint equations may be produced that do not reflect the weighting factors input by the user, and can also cause internal constraints associated with stiffness and mass terms associated with degrees of freedom attached to the RBE3 element. This error was observed on a model which has an RBE3 element of the form $ refc wti ci RBE3, [eid], , [refgrid],123456, 1.0, 123, gida, gidb As the two attached grid points have only translations coupled, (123 input for ci), the element is not capable of reacting the component of moment applied at refgrid that is parallel to a line drawn between gida and gidb. The element was
Description
Known Error
CR 25893
Known Error Product
CR 25893 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - External Superelement Data Recovery in SOL 103 - UFM 1126 In external superelement data recovery restart runs in which there are multiple normal modes solutions, the run may fail with UFM 1126 on data block PHA.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile extdrin alter 1 file ul=ovrwrt/ol=ovrwrt $
Known Error Product
CR 25909 MSC / MD Nastran RESTARTS - PBCOMP - ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE tbk,FILE INDEX (FILEX)=0 Restarts of decks with PBCOMP entries may fail the message:
Description
ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE tbk,FILE INDEX (FILEX)=0 Avoidance: The simplest avoidance is to execute the analysis as a cold start.
CR 25916 MSC / MD Nastran p-Elements - CBEAM - UFM 6367 Undefined Grid Point A client p-element model using the adaptive beam failed with the following message; USER FATAL MESSAGE 6367, (POLYD), GRID OR POINT ID =******** FOR ELEMENT ID = *** IS UNDEFINED even though the grid points were correctly defined for all elements in the model. Avoidance: The cause of this error is still under investigation; however, modifying the sixth field of the PVAL entry from explicitly specifying "0"
Description
Known Error
CR 25916 to blank as follows caused the job to run successfully. PVAL 1 1 1 1 0 SET 2 to PVAL 1 1 1 1 SET 2
CR 25939 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - OFREQ - SFM 4276 EC 3002 If an OFREQ entry is specified in the case control of a solution 200, modal frequency response analysis the following error message is issued:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3002 PID= 0 Avoidance: Remove the OFREQ entry from the case control. A DMAP avoidance is under investigation.
CR 25948 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CORD1i - UFM 2006 (GP1C), Undefined Coordinate System In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, If two coordinate systems are defined on a CORD1i entry, then the second coordinate system definition will be ignored. This error will likely lead to the message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2006 (GP1C) GRID POINT *** REFERENCES UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM *** Avoidance: Other than editing the input bulk data to place the CORD1i definitions on separate entries, there is no avoidance.
CR 25950 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - SUPORT, MGIV, GIV, MHOU, HOU - Wrong Answers For a two degrees freedom system, if one of the tridiagonalization
Known Error
CR 25950 eigenvalue methods (e.g., MGIVENS) is used and the model contains a SUPORT entry, then the answers will be wrong. A symptom of this error is the existence of an extra rigid body mode and zero generalized mass for the flexible body mode. Avoidance: There are three possible avoidances. 1. Use the Lanczos eigenvalue solver. 2. Add an extra degree of freedom. 3. Remove the SUPORT entry if feasible.
CR 25970 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - CBUSH, PBUSHT - Wrong Answers If the KN field is used on the PBUSHT entry in a frequency response solution, incorrect answers will result.
Description Avoidance: If BUSH elements are used in a frequency response solution, do not use the KN entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26022 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2/OUTPUT2 - FORTRAN I/O ERROR 933, Unclear Message When using INPUTT2 and ALL of the following conditions are met: 1) Multiple rewind/reads off same INPUTT2 file (as would happen in a looping situation) 2) Using a neutral (formatted) INPUTT2 file 3) An EOF marker (OUTPUT2, ,,,,//-9/iunit $) was NOT used when writing out the output2 file then the job will terminate in the f06 file without any messages. The log file file may contain any one of the following messages: 1)FORTRAN I/O ERROR 933 - Job aborts reading INPUTT2 2)1525-001 The READ statement on the file xxxxx cannot be completed
Description
Known Error
CR 26022 because the end of the file was reached. The program will stop. Avoidance: Add an EOF marker by adding an output2 statement similar to the statement shown below: output2, ,,,,//-9/junit $
CR 26060 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Memory Allocation Error on HP-UX - UFM 3060 MSC/NASTRAN V69.X on HP-UX systems may be unable to acquire necessary shared memory or queue resources due to lack of available resources. These errors will be manifested as the inability to allocate memory or UFM 3060 errors citing NUSR. The problem is that MSC/NASTRAN's shared memory and queues may not get properly cleaned up if MSC/NASTRAN does not exit normally, e.g., is terminated via kill -9. As a result, system resource remain committed to jobs that have terminated, and are unavailable later on when needed for another job. Rebooting the system will clear up these resource, but we don't recommend this as the fix as it's more than a little disruptive. The following changes to the local template will give MSC/NASTRAN an additional opportunity to clean up after itself. MSC/
Description
CR 26069 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - RANDOM - Inefficient Processing In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, if a random analysis is executed as a restart to a frequency response analysis the FRRD1 module will be unnecessarily re-executed.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance. compile sedfreq alter 'if ( not noph2'(2),''
Known Error
CR 26069 if ( false ) then $
CR 26076 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBLOCATE - Multi-Master Data Recovery Restarts may Fail If the database for a superelement has changed from the original run, then a multi-master data recovery restart may fail in DBLOCATE.
CR 26078 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,CURV1, PARAM,OG - Traceback in CURV1 If PARAM,CURV,1 is specified to request that the CTRIA3 and CQUAD4 element stress and strain output be computed in the material coordinate system and PARAM,OG,-1 is specified to avoid calculation of the stresses at the grid points, the run will fail in the CURV module with the following traceback printed in the log file or other machine dependent symptoms such as excessive times or stopping without any messages. Traceback:
Description
Offset 0x00000a78 in procedure curv1_ Offset 0x000000d4 in procedure curv_ Offset 0x000000e4 in procedure xsem14_ Offset 0x0000097c in procedure mainal
Avoidance: The CURV module grid output in the user defined coordinate system is obtained by using PARAM,S1G,1 for stresses and PARAM,S1AG,1 for strains. This grid output can either be turned off Known Error Product CR 26111 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRK - UFM 6656 (MODTRK) PHGREF Not Found
Known Error
CR 26111 If mode tracking is attempted with multiple boundary conditions and if two or more DRESP1 entries identify the same mode, mode tracking will fail and the message following message will appear. USER FATAL MESSAGE 6656 (MODTRK) PHGREF CANNOT BE FOUND
Description Avoidance: Do not list the same mode number on multiple DRESP1 entries. If the same mode number is being tracked in multiple boundary conditions, a single DRESP1 entry can be invoked by separate DCONSTR entries for each of the boundary conditions. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26127 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - EMG - SIGNAL 10: Bus Error, Segmentation Violation MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 stops in EMG with no messages in the F06 file when materials with duplicate IDs exist. The log file indicates either: SIGNAL 10: Bus Error or: Description SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation. In Version 68.2, USER FATAL MESSAGE 2017 MATERIAL PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION xxx WAS DUPLICATED was correctly issued. Known Error Product CR 26128 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - STATSUB, BAILOUT, DECOMP - Unexpected Fatal Message PARAM,BAILOUT has the incorrect default in solutions 103, 105 and 107 when the STATSUB command is specified; i.e., differential stiffness is requested. This may cause jobs to stop and issue fatal messages in DECOMP. Also, PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 is ignored in SOLs 103, 105, and 107 when the STATSUB command is specified.
Description
Known Error
CR 26128 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP avoidance: compile statics2 alter 'call phase1c'(,-1) bailout=-1 $ endalter
CR 26132 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - STATIC, SAERO - UFM 4574 Analysis types STATIC and SAERO, do not work together in solution 200. If they are attempted in the same run the following message is issued, "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4574, DATA RECOVERY STARTED BUT NO DISPLACEMENT VECTORS AVAILABLE" Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 26173 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GPFORCE(PLOT)=ALL - Missing Documentation Although it is not documented in the QRG, the plot option is supported for the GPFORCE entry. CR 26180 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMPF, ADAPT - Traceback TETRA and PENTA p-elements with TEMPF thermal loading fail in the ADAPT module with the following traceback. Traceback: Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap Traceback: Offset 0x00000414 in procedure gxstrn_ Offset 0x00000b80 in procedure adpegd_ Offset 0x00000900 in procedure adpeld_
Description
Known Error
CR 26180 Offset 0x00000c70 in procedure adp_ Offset 0x0000134c in procedure adapt_ Offset 0x000003ac in procedure xsem14_ Offset 0x0000094c in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Use another method to define the thermal loads.
Known Error Product
Corrected 2001 Version Abstract Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary, MAKEOLD - Missing Documentation In the Release Notes for Version 69 it states that the MAKEOLD module may be needed to convert datablocks to the old format. This module is not documented anywhere and there is no list of the datablocks it works on. Avoidance: A brief description follows: Description: Used to convert datablock GEOM1, GPDT, BGPDT, CSTM, AXIC and EST to old format for OUTPUT2 module.
Format: MAKEOLD Descriptio IDB1,IDB2,IDB3,IDB4,IDB5/ODB1,ODB2,ODB3,ODB4,ODB5/P1/P2/P3/P4/P5/P6/P7/P n 8/P9/P10 $ IDBi = Input Data Block, targeted datablocks are GEOM1, GPDT, BGPDT, CSTM, AXIC and EST. ODBi = Output Data Block. P1:P5 Character input, default is blank. Then generic name of the corresponding input data block; e.g. P3 corresponds to IDB3, etc. P6:P10 Character input, default is blank. The generic n Known Error Product Abstract CR 26204 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CTRIAX6 - No Warning Message, NaN in Output
Known Error
CR 26204 No warning message is issued if convection or radiation is specified on the axis of rotation for the axisymmetric CTRIAX6 element. This is an impossible physical boundary condition that may lead to "NaN" being output for the "HEAT FLOW INTO HBDY ELEMENTS". Avoidance: The user should check whether he is applying this ill-posed boundary condition.
Description
CR 26221 MSC / MD Nastran MSC/ACCESS - DBCTA1 Datablock Description The MSC/ACCESS sample programs need to be updated to the same version of MSC/NASTRAN that they are delivered with, including having the most recent versions of MSC/NASTRAN source in them and updating the program so they work.
Description
They currently contain v67.5 element definitions and, thus, cannot be used as a guide to MSC/ACCESS users on how to access information on modern elements. Avoidance: Send the latest version of the MSC/NASTRAN source file "dbctbd.f" to the client, and have the client update the "sampler.f" sample program as practice and then update their own program in a similar way.
CR 26230 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling and Differential Stiffness - GPFDR, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers Grid point force data recovery for static analysis in SOL 105 is incorrect when thermal loads are applied. In version 69, the error exists also in SOLs 103 and 107. In version 70, the error exists also in SOLs 103 and 107 through 112. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is given below for Versions 68.2, 69, and 70. compile phase1a alter 'call selg'
Description
Known Error
CR 26230 equivx ptelem/ptel/-1 $ call dbstore ptel,,,,//seid/0/' '/0 $ compile sedrcvr alter 'GPFDR CASEDR','' call dbfetch /ptel,,,,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ GPFDR CASEDR,UG,KELMx,KDICTx,ECTS,EQEXINS,GPECT,PG1,QG, BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,VELEM,PTEL/ ONRGY1,OGPFB1/APP2/TINY//CYCFLG $
CR 26231 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RESTART - UFM 146 (LINKTP) Version 69.1 cannot RESTART from a Version 69.0 database. If attempted the the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 146 (LINKTP ) A 'TYPE' STATEMENT DEFINES A DATABLOCK PVTBC IN SUBDMAP SEMFREQ WHICH IS NOT DEFINED IN THE 'NDDL' will be encountered. Avoidance: It is possible to perform a DBLOCATE restart.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 26244 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,POST - Optimized Soluton not on OP2 File Solution 200 has been enhanced in MSC/NASTRAN Verison 70.7 to output the optimized solution to the op2 file. Prior to this enhancement it was required to update the bulk data file with the punch file solution results and rerun a static solution to obtain an updated op2 file. CR 26250 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DBDELETE Module Not Documented The new DMAP module DBDELETE in Version 69 is not documented.
Description
This module is useful for those writing looping dmaps. It was introduced
Known Error
CR 26250 late in Version 69 development, and is not in current documentation. Examples of its use may be seen in the fea subdmap. Format: DBDELETE [DATABLK=(datablk-list)] WHERE (where_expr) The where_expr rules are similar to those for the dbdict module. A wildcard option is available. Example: DBDELETE KJJ WHERE (WILDCARD) Function: All copies of KJJ will be erased from the database, regardless of the values of their qualifiers.
CR 26267 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - RESTART, TEMP - UFM 2166 If enforced temperatures are applied in a transient heat transfer analysis cold start, then a subsequent restart may fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2166, MATRIX TO BE PARTITIONED IS OF SIZE ** ROWS BY *** COLUMNS. ROW PARTITION SIZE IS ** COLUMN PARTITION SIZE IS *** (INCOMPATIBLE). Avoidance: Insert the following alter into the Executive Control section: compile nltran alter 'copy ysnt/ysnr','' endalter
Description
CR 26274 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CBARAO - Plotting of Intermediate CBAR Results In order to get a CBAR element with a plot code of 100 which provides for data recovery at intermediate locations on the bar, a PLOAD1 must be specified for the element in question. Remark 1 under the Quick Reference Guide description
Description
Known Error
CR 26274 on the CBARAO incorrectly indicates that this a requirement for the SCALE=LE option only.
CR 26278 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYG,AREA8, VIEW - Wrong Answers Radiation heat transfer using the backside of the CHBDYG,AREA8 or CHBDYG,AREA6 for view factor calculation yields incorrect results. Avoidance : Always use the front side for the CHBDYG,AREA8 and AREA6 elements for view factor calculations. The normal directions can be reversed on the CHBDYG,AREA8 by changing the grid connectivities.
Description
CR 26283 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Transient Heat Transfer - Incorrect Punched Output The PARAM,CURVPLOT,1 is used to force SORT1 output for transient thermal analysis in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68. However, the DMAP has been changed in Version 69 so that PARAM,CURVPLOT,1 can no longer force SORT1 output in transient thermal analysis. To request SORT1 output in Version 69 specify THERMAL(SORT1) or FLUX(SORT1) and remove the OUTPUT(XYPLOT) section from the case control section. Avoidance: If you remove the OUTPUT(XYPLOT) section, then version 69 can output the SORT1 in transient thermal analysis
Description
CR 26285 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Parallel Decomposition - Job Hangs Eigenvalue analysis using the Housholder method may hang on the
Known Error
CR 26285 VAX/VMS Version 69 system if parallel decomposition is selected. No sparse parallel decomp has been blocked on all systems in Version 70. Avoidance: Do not select parallel processing.
CR 26294 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - tabtst.f - illegal structure for unformatted file In the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 Installation and Operating Instructions Guide for Windows NT for INTEL, Chapter 2 How to install MSC/NASTRAN, Section 2.1, Installing MSC/NASTRAN, section 2.1.1, Before You Begin, it says: "If you are going to build the Utility Programs using the supplied source, you must also have a suitable compiler. The supplied source has been compiled and tested using:
Description
WATCOM FORTRAN 77/32, Version 9.5c WATCOM C/C++ 9.5c . . Note: Later versions of the WATCOM compilers should work but have not been tested. The supplied source should work with other compilers available for Windows NT but has not been tested."
This should be changed to indicate that if the customer's program reads binary files, it probably won't work due to binary file format difference Known Error Product CR 26298 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - DDRMM, PARAM,OPTION,NRL - Incorrect von Mises Stresses In a response spectrum analysis, if the NRL summing option is used, then the Von Mises stresses are calculated differently than what is described in the NAVSEA 0908-LP-000-3010 specification. In the NAVSEA spec, the von Mises stresses are calculated for each mode based on the sigma-x, sigma-y, and tau-xy for that mode. The von Mises stress for each element is then summed using the NRL criteria based on the von Mises stresses for the
Description
Known Error
CR 26298 modes. In MSC/NASTRAN, the component stress (e.g., sigma-x) for each element is calculated using the NRL criteria based on the component stresses for the modes. The von Mises stress for the element is then calculated using the component stresses. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 26304 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - ZONA51 - Wrong Answers The supersonic aerodynamics code (ZONA51) used in the AERO II option in MSC/NASTRAN has been observed to produce incorrect results when the z distance between boxes on interfering non-coplanar surfaces is less than half the width of a spanwise strip of boxes in the aerodynamic mesh.
Description
Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to decrease the width of the maximum strip. An alternative avoidance is to artificially modify the geometry of the aerodynamic model by either making the interfering surfaces coplanar or by increasing the z separation of the two surfaces. Another option is to make the surfaces non-interfering by putting them in interference groups (IGID on the CAERO1 entry). CR 26315 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CORD2i - SFM 4276, EC 7777 A shape optimization job may produce a numerical overflow (division by zero in tranms/d) or produce the wrong updated mesh when it uses a chain of CORD2i entries. The error may occur when the following conditions are true:
Description
1) At least two CORD2i entries define a parent and child coordinate systems where the child system is a non-basic coordinate system and, 2) The non-basic child system has a different type of coordinate system from its parent. For example, the following two entries will trigger the error:
Known Error
CR 26315 CORD2R 1 2 ... CORD2S 2 1 ... where the first entry is the parent and the second entry is the child. Note that the second condition above is met because the parent is of type rectangular while the child is spherical. Avoidance: Use the
CR 26329 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AEROS, REFC - Wrong Answers Solution 200 supports the ability to simultaneously analyze and design responses associated with static aeroelasticity and flutter. If the user inputs a reference chord on the AEROS entry that differs from the reference chord input on the AERO entry (both fields are designated REFC), an incorrect flutter analyses will be performed with unpredictable results. That is, the run may terminate with an unrelated error message or it may run to completion, with wrong answers. Avoidance: Make sure that the two REFC values are the same.
Description
CR 26331 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE, NLCOMB - Segmentation Violation, Traceback Nonlinear Analysis that combines RFORCEs with other loads will fail with the following traceback in the NLCOMB module: Traceback:
Description
Offset 0x0000099c in procedure nlcslb_ Offset 0x00000210 in procedure nlcslt_ Offset 0x00000234 in procedure nlcomb_ Offset 0x0000017c in procedure xsem15_ Offset 0x0000098c in procedure mainal Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance.
Known Error
CR 26340
CR 26340 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADBC, SPCFORCE - Missing Output SPCFORCE output is missing in heat transfer. In solution 159, any SPCFORCE output associated with an element with nonlinear capability is overwritten by noise at all points. In both solutions 153 and 159 the RADBC element gives no heat to ambient points. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 26342 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CORDi - SFM 2005, UFM 6754 In Version 69.0, if there are multiple nested coordinate systems (e.g., CORD a references CORD b and CORD b references CORD c, etc.), then the job may fail with the following error messages on some machines. This error has so far been observed on the SUN and HP machines when the nested coordinate system is cylindrical and the z-axis lines up with one of the axes of the basic coordinate system.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2005 (GP1C) INCONSISTENT COORDINATE SYSTEM DEFINITIONS DETECTED IN SUPERELEMENT x *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6754 (GP1C) NO GRID POINTS DEFINED FOR CORD1I ENTRIES IN SUPERELEMENT x Avoidance: Changing the location of the z-axis slightly in the nested cylindrical coordinate system may avoid the problem.
CR 26349 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVGRID - Poor Message, SFM 3062 When a shape optimization job has DVGRID entries that refer to non-existing grids, Version 69 produces the following message:
Description 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = DOPR2 FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY MAPXTI CALLED IN SUBROUTINE DSAJ1 .
Known Error
CR 26349 REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID(S) NOT FOUND. Version 68 produced the following message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5492 (DSAJ1 AN UNDEFINED GRID ID = 9999 HAS BEEN REFERENCED BY A DVGRID BULK DATA CARD WITH A DVID = 1 USER ACTION: CHECK THE DVGRID AND GRID BULK DATA CARDS REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID(S) NOT FOUND. Avoidance: Correct the offending DVGRID entry.
Known Error Product
CR 26351 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DLINK - UWM 7001 (DOPR1B), Wrong Answers If the DLINK ID and the DDVID across multiple DLINK bulk data entries are not in the same ascending order, then the message USER WARNING MESSAGE 7001 (DOPR1B)
Description
may be issued in error and the subsequent results will be incorrect. Avoidance: Make sure the lowest DLINK ID corresponds to the lowest DDVID and that subsequent ID, DDVID pairs are in monotonically ascending order.
CR 26352 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, Superelements - UFM 7139 If an optimization run with ANALYSIS=SAERO or ANALYSIS=FLUTTER has superelements, then one of the following fatal messages are issued: "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7139 (DOPR3C) ON DRESP2 entry ID = xxxx, RESP1 ID = yyyy DOES NOT REFERENCE AN EXISTING DRESP1 ENTRY." "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = SEDR ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE SEDR" "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 3021 PID= 0" Avoidance: The run must be made without superelements.
Description
CR 26354 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPEXT, SEELT - THRU Option is ignored The CSUPEXT entry with the "THRU" option does not function correctly. Only the first grid point is made exterior to the superelement and all other points are ignored. The SEELT and the RELEASE entries also have problems processing the "THRU" range. It has been experienced that the last element of the range may be dropped. The "THRU" problem may apply to other entries also. Avoidance: Do not rely on the "THRU" range for the CSUPEXT, RELEASE or SEELT entries. Explicitly specify the list of grid points or element ids for these entries.
Description
CR 26356 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - BUILDSSS The buildsss.sh file in the /msc691/util uses 'which', which is not part of the standard UNICOS bsh environment. This may result in the following error: buildsss.sh[122]: test: argument expected Avoidance:
Description Comment out the lines: test -x $progexe || progexe=`which $PROG 2>/dev/null` test -x $progexe || { echo "$tool: prog=$PROG: executable not found." exit 1 }
CR 26376 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,CDIF,YES - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) If the central difference method is selected in a solution 200 run by setting
Known Error
CR 26376 PARAM,CDIF,YES with Transient response the following error message will be issued. 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE DSVG1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = EGKGB , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE EGKGB =OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile pslgdv alter 'egkgb'(,-1) delete /egkgb,egmgb,egbgb,, $ delete /egkgc,egmgc,egbgc,, $
CR 26377 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER - Wrong Answers If a design sensitivity run is made in SOL 200 that includes multiple flutter subcases that use the same FMETHOD case control entry to invoke the same FLUTTER bulk data entry, results will be repeated from the first subcase rather than extracted from each subcase in turn. Avoidance: Specify unique FMETHOD entries in each ANALYSIS=FLUTTER subcase in SOL 200.
Description
CR 26404 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUID - UFM 4258 In Version 69, when you select PLANE1 symmetry on an MFLUID bulk data entry, MSC/NASTRAN incorrectly checks for PLANE2 symmetry instead. This may incorrectly cause the following fatal message to be output if your model violates the PLANE2 symmetry: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4258. ELEMENT xxxx WHICH IS ON FLUID STRUCTURE BOUNDARY, CROSSES A PLANE OF SYMMETRY Avoidance: Put a coordinate system on the MFLUID bulk data entry such
Description
Known Error
CR 26404 that PLANE2 symmetry is not violated (even though it doesn't matter for the problem). Note that PLANE1 symmetry is not checked.
Known Error Product
CR 26410 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9 - Unexpected Zero Gradients, UFM 6499 The optimization algorithm will stop if a violated constraint is found to have a zero gradient. It has been found that these zero gradients can be produced in error whenever the amount of space required to hold the active solution vectors (that is those that are associated with active constraints) exceeds the amount available in the run. For example, 100 double precision solution vectors, each having 250,000 degrees of freedom, would require 50 megabytes of memory to hold all this information in core. If less than this is available, all the sensitivity results will be in error and many will have zero gradients. Avoidance: Estimate the amount of memory required and request this amount when running the job, or reduce the amount required by reducing the number of solution vectors
Description
CR 26424 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PSOLID, MAT9, CORD*, TEMP, TEMPD - Wrong Answers If thermal loads are applied to a structure and all of the following conditions exist in the model: 1. A PSOLID property entry that references a MAT9 material property
Description
2. The CORDM field on the PSOLID entry references a non-basic coordinate system then the answers will be incorrect. This error occurs on virtually all Version 69.0 and Version 69.1; however, the error has been corrected in Version 69 system that were built and released after April 1997. The corrected
Known Error
CR 26424 Version 69.0 systems are the DEC VAX and DEC Alpha/NT Version 69.0.4 systems and the HP Exemplar SPP S CLASS (PA2) and NEC SX-4 Version 69.1 systems. This error applies to all CHEXA, CPENTA, and CTETRA elements. Avoidance: Transform the Gij matrix on the MAT9 entry into the basic coordinate system and refer
CR 26425 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, when an optimization job has TEMP load entries and different types of elements in the model are subjected to the thermal loads, wrong sensitivities may result.
Description
Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26427 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - ELAS3, ELAS4 - Wrong Answers CELAS3 and CELAS4 elements may cause geometric nonlinear analysis, sol 4 in Version 69, sol 64 in Version 68, to stop in the GNFM module on DEC Alpha systems. Avoidance: Use CELAS1 or CELAS2 elements. Known Error Product CR 26429 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,OPTEXIT - Incorrect Termination Message When param,optexit,4 is specified for an optimization job, the the correct job termination message is: Description RUN TERMINATED DUE TO PARAMETER OPTEXIT = 4. However, when DESMAX on the DOPTPRM entry is set to 1 in the same
Description
Known Error
CR 26429 deck, the following job termination message will be produced: RUN TERMINATED DUE TO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DESIGN CYCLES = 1. Avoidance: Remove DESMAX = 1 from the DOPTPRM entry, or simply ignore the message.
CR 26436 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,USETPRT PARAM,OPGEOM - Overflow of Print Formats PARAM,USETPRT and PARAM,OPGEOM request a print of the user set table for the g-set and the full set. When SENQSET entries are present in the main bulk data deck, or when CAEROi entries exist, leading to k-set variable, the degrees of freedom automatically generated have large ids which may overflow the print formats or these parameters. An avoidance is to use param, usetprt, 1 instead of ,0.
Description
CR 26438 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Version 69.1 SGI IRIX 64 level 6.2, R4400, R4000, R5000 MSC/NASTRAN V69.1 installation will fail on SGI R4XX and R5000 machines running the IRIX64 operating system. A clue to this problem will show up when the mscsetup installation script incorrectly identifies the machine as type R8000/R10000. A "uname -a" command will also echo IRIX64. Avoidance:
Description Prior to installation set the environment variable MSC_ARCH to irix. In c-shell for example: setenv MSC_ARCH irix After this, the mscsetup script should correctly indicate the machine type as R4XX/R5000 and the installation should complete normally. Known Error Product CR 26440 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 26440 Parallel Processing - OLOAD - Erroneous Output If parallel processing is selected on SGI 4D computers, then erroneous output that contains "nan" may appear. Avoidance: Turn off parallel processing by removing the "parallel=x" from the nastran statement.
Description
CR 26448 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - LOADSET, LSEQ - UFM 4390, Poor Design When the LOADSET command is used in partitioned bulk data superelements, all superelements for which the LOADSET applies must have LSEQ entries. If not, UFM 4390 will result.
Description Avoidance: Either have LSEQ entries for all partitioned superelements using the LOADSET command or use the LOADSET command only in SUBCASEs applying to the superelements which have LSEQ entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26450 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - OUTPUT(PLOT) with superelements - Bad Message, SWM 3001 If there are superelements present along with an OUTPUT(PLOT) section but there is no SEPLOT or SEUPPLOT command in the OUTPUT(PLOT) section then SWM 3001 will be issued. Avoidance: Specify an SEUPPLOT or SEPLOT command. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26475 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - MSC/NASTRAN Always Executes on first subcomplex The MSC/NASTRAN submittal command provides the 'subcomplex' keyword for HP CONVEX Exemplar system to select a specific subcomplex to run the job on. If this keyword is not set, the job is supposed to run on the current subcomplex. An error in the driver always forces the job to run on the
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 26475 *first* subcomplex, usually this is 'System'. There are three choices: 1) Accept this restriction. 2) Force the submittal command to always choose the current subcomplex by make the following changes to the local template file(s): a) MSC/NASTRAN V69.0.X: In /bin/nast69.lcl: i) remove the line: %s.arch=sppux:% echo "Subcomplex: %subcomplex%" ii) Remove the two words "-sc %subcomplex%" from the line %s.arch=sppux:% $tcmd /bin/m
CR 26500 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DBLOCATE - SFM 1033 (XIO) When using DBLOCATE to continue any analysis into a subsequent optimization analysis, the following error occurs: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1033 (XIO) FILE 0 NOT FOUND IN FIST 0********* DUMP OF XIO PARAMETERS 0XIO NAME = 0 ATTEMPTED OPERATION = OPEN (UPDATE) FILEXX = 0 . . . 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.XIO ERROR CODE 4276 PID= 0 0*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE: TO OBTAIN A NASTRAN DUMP, RESUBMIT JOB WITH DIAG 44 INSERTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION. This is caused because the DBLOCATEd file is read only, but optimization analysis requires the desiter qualifier to be set on the datablocks Avoidance: Change the DBLOCATE statements to include "convert (desiter=n)"
Description
Known Error
CR 26500 where n is the design iteration number. Include a separate DBLOCATE stateme
CR 26508 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,BAILOUT Ignored - UWM 6137, UIM 4258, UIM 4698 It has been observed in a model which has obvious singularities that Version 69 may continue with the solution after flagging these singularities using UWM 6137 (rank deficient matrix) and UIM 4258 and 4698 indicating that MAXRATIO has been exceeded. This is in spite of explicitly setting PARAM,BAILOUT,1. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance for this error. Search the output file for message 6137. If it occurs look for UIM 4258 and 4698. The most obvious evidence is large displacements (possibly as large as 1.E=12) with low stresses.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 26527 MSC / MD Nastran PK-Method Flutter Solution - FLFACT - Unexpected Results when Velocity = 0.0 If a PK flutter analysis is attempted at zero velocity, unpredictable results can occur, ranging from bad answers to floating point divide checks. This error has been corrected in Version 70 by issuing a user fatal message whenever a zero velocity is specified on a FLFACT entry.
Description
Avoidance: do not specify velocities of 0.0 of the flfact bulk data entry. Very low velocities should be avoided in general, since they may cause the aerodynamics to be extrapolated to reduced frequencies above those regarded as acceptable for the aerodynamic theory. CR 26530 MSC / MD Nastran Multipoint Constraints - MPC, RBEi, MCE1 - Wrong Answers Models that contain MPC equations or RBEs may produce wrong answers in Version 69. The symptoms which can cause this error
Known Error
CR 26530 usually occur when the dependent points for the equations are widely spread over the columns of the matrix, resulting in a need to pivot when solving the equations. In this condition the pivoting may discard terms, leading to a plausible but incorrect solution. Avoidance: Models with rigid elements should be run through the checka alter delivered in the sssalter library. SYSTEM(247) may be set to 1 to avoid this error.
CR 26547 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - UFM 6694 Doesn't Identify Grid Point In Version 69.1 the following fatal messages about RSSCON are properly issued, but instead of printing the grid ID which is causing the error, the printout is *** . The grid IDs are properly printed in Version 69.0.2.
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6694 (GP4RS4) RSSCON CAUSES CONFLICTING ROTATIONAL CONSTRAINTS AT SHELL GRID POINT *** Known Error Product Abstract CR 26557 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,KDIAG - Undocumented Differences In MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 and prior releases, in non-linear statics if the nonlinear stiffness matrix contained nulls on the diagonal then if kdiag<0 (the default) the program would automatically add a 1.0 to the 0. diagonal term(s). If kdiag>0 the program would always add a user specified value to the all diagonal terms. Description If kdiag=0, nothing was done. In Version 69 a change was made: First the addition of a term to the diagonal of the stiffness matrix was based on the total stiffness Knl+Kslide-line+Kdiffstiff and second terms were added to the right hand side. If KDIAG<0 these additional
Known Error
CR 26557 terms will automatically be discarded (though in Version 69 there was a variable error-see alter below to fix) If kdiag>0, then these terms need to be turned off after the first subcase s
CR 26560 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, if the 'UM' option is used on the RBE3 entry and the GMi terms are not in ascending order then wrong answers result.
Description Avoidance: Specify the GMi terms in ascending order. This error may be avoided by setting system(247)=1. Please also see error number 26530. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26571 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TYPE, RD - BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 If a double precision parameter is specified as follows: type parm,,rd,,(dumvar=0.0) then either incorrect values or garbage (e.g., #.#####-315) will be assigned to this variable on the Digital ALPHA OSF/1 and INTEL NT Versions of MSC/NASTRAN. Depending on the subsequent operations, a core dump similar to the following messages may be produced. Description BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE tbk, FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0 STATUS = 0 ********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE *********
Avoidance: Modify the type statement as follows: type parm,,rd,,(dumvar=0.d0)
CR 26574 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - CSUPER, DBLOCATE - Possible Wrong Answers When using the external superelement feature in Version 69 with the DBLOCATE method, if data recovery for a superelement is requested in a separate run from the residual structure run (as shown in the superelement seminar notes), then the answers may be incorrect. Note that this error report does not apply to the enhanced superelement features introduced in Version 69, as external superelement using the enhanced superelement technology is not supported in Version 69. Avoidance: Change the following: dblocate db=eqexins, where (peid=0), logical = rsdb to: dblocate db=bgpdts, where (peid=0), logical = rsdb
Description
CR 26575 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RCFILE - Enhancement Request, UFM 1019 Blank characters are significant in the symbol definitions in an RC file or on the command line. For example, in the following line: SYMBOL = MTF = /u/jfc/csr The symbol name will be taken as
Description
"MTF " and the value as " /u/jfc/csr" Write the symbol definition as symbol=mtf=/u/jfc/csr
Known Error Product
CR 26586 Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW, CHBDYG,REV - Missing View Factor Output Although the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide description of the CHBDYG element states that View factor calculations are not supported with the REV option, Version 68 and prior releases supported the calculations when no third body shadowing existed. In Version 69, even for this limited case, View factor output for the CHBDYG element using the REV option is missing. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 26609 MSC / MD Nastran Post-processing - PARAM,POST,-2 - Missing Output PARAM,POST,-2 does not properly output the geometry data blocks if superelements exist. Avoidance: Insert the following alter:
Description
compile phase0 alter 'POST=-2 OR ','' if ( false ) then $ compile super3 alter 'RSPECTRX=' CALL OUT2GEOM CSTM,GPL,GPDT,EPT,MPT,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4, GEOM1,DIT,DYNAMICS,EQEXIN,BGPDT,CASECC// OUNIT2/0 $ CR 26620 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - SOLs 109 and 112 - Inefficient Load Calculation In SOLs 109 and 112, transient response loads are computed inefficiently and, depending on the number of time steps, may require significant CPU. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in SOL 109 or 112:
Description compile sedtran alter 'trlg ','trd1 '(,-1) copy usetd/usett $ paraml usett//'trailer'/4/s,n,usetr $
Known Error
CR 26620 PARAML USETT//'USET'//////'m'/S,N,NomSET/ 's'/S,N,NosSET/ 'o'/S,N,NooSET $ if ( nomset>-1 ) usetr=usetr-1 $ turn off m-set bit i
CR 26624 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VECPLOT, option 1 - Output Matrix Wrong for Fluid Problems In a fluid problem (CD=-1 on GRID entry), if option 1 is used in module VECPLOT, then the output matrix is bad. A symptom of this error is indicated by a different matrix trailer size in the f04 file as compared to the matrix size printed in the f06 file. Sometimes "BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPK" fatal message occurs. This output matrix is not used in any standard SOL sequence, so only user-written DMAP may encounter this error. CR 26633 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - BNDSPC, APPEND - BIOMSG: ERROR 1404, Wrong Answers The BNDSPC module is a new module introduced for partitioned bulk data superelements in Version 69. Its function is to take spcs and spcds on upstream superelement boundary points and transfer them to the downstream superelement with the same boundary point. While this module has passed many tests, different bad behaviors have been detected on some input files, including:
Description
Description
[The s-set variables appear out of sequence when printed by use of param, usetprt, 0. If the input datablocks (YSB and YSD) to the BNDSPC module are null, then corrupted output datablocks may be generated which may lead to failure in a subsequent module with the following messages: this may be wrong. delete this sentence from error report] BIOMSG: ERROR 1404 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GETSTR , This error has
Known Error
CR 26634
CR 26634 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST, ANALYSIS - Missing Plot Output Optimization jobs which have multiple analysis types and requests to the MSC/NASTRAN plotter can cause problems with the OUTPUT2 file for MSC/PATRAN. The OUTPUT2 file may be missing data and contain extra data. Avoidance: Do not combine NASPLOT requests with PARAM,POST,-1 in solution 200.
Description
CR 26677 MSC / MD Nastran Single Point Constraints - SPC, SPCD - UWM 2051A, UFM 2052, SFM 3001 If enforced displacements are specified on the SPC or SPCD entries on grid points that are not in the structure, then the following messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2051A (GP4) UNDEFINED GRID POINT x IN SPC SET y IGNORED. (ANY OTHERS ALSO IGNORED) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2052 MODULE = GP4 UNDEFINED GRID POINT x IN SINGLE-POINT CONSTRAINT SET z are issued. These messages are the correct messages and the job should have terminated in GP4. MSC/NASTRAN is designed to continue when spcs are specified on non-existent grid points, but not on spcd values. However, the job will continue without producing a uset table. The next module that needs the uset table will then fatal with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE
Description
CR 26728 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - UFM 4296, UFM 6692 The shell-solid connector RSSCON fails for certain irregular geometries when the ELEM option is used. In the example, the following fatal messages are issued
Known Error
CR 26728 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4296. (SECNSD) ILLEGAL GEOMETRY FOR QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID = 129131 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (SECSR ) RSSCON NUMBER 129780 CANNOT CONNECT AN EDGE OF SHELL ELEMENT 129131 TO SOLID ELEMENT 129079 The failure occurs when the shell element shares an edge with the solid element and the shell plane is tilted to the solid face. Avoidance: Use the GRID option to make the connection.
CR 26735 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - UFM 17 SYMBOL MEMSAVE IS UNDEFINED If the System Cell MEMSAVE=1 is specified instead of SYSTEM(229)=1, the run results in a UFM 17.
Known Error Product
CR 26739 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGRL, NASTRAN SYSTEM(229)=1 - Misleading Documentation The documentation for SYSTEM(229), a.k.a. MEMSAVE, indicates that setting this system cell to 1 reduces scratch space usage in Lanczos by 67%. This is the maximum possible savings. Jobs that execute three shifts or less will experience no savings. CR 26747 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MATREDU - SFM 4276 EC 3012, Wrong Answers In superelement analysis, if rigid elements or mpcs exist for a superelement but no spcs exist, and damping elements exist that do not intersect the m-set DOFs the damping effects are discarded. This may lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 3012 or wrong answers
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 26747 Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1. Add a token grid point to the superelement. Autospc will cause the dummy grid point to generate spcs. or 2. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semrb alter 'matredu','' paraml uset//'uset'//////'f'/s,n,nofset/ 'a'/s,n,noaset/ 'm'/s,n,nomset/ 'o'/s,n,nooset/ 's'/s,n,nosset $ matgen ,/iff/1/nofset $ equivx iff/rfa/nooset $ if ( nooset>-1
CR 26752 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SOLs 11, 111 and 200; SDAMP - Inefficient Processing For modal frequency response (SOLs 11,111, and 200), if only modal damping (SDAMP) exists in the model, then the uncoupled solution algorithm should be used. However in Version 69.1, the coupled solution algorithm will be used even though only modal damping exists in the model. Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter for SOLs 111 and 200:
Description
$ compile freqrs souin=mscsou list $$$$ alter ' frrd1 ','' $ FRRD1 CASES,DIT,CKDDF,CBDDF,CMDD,K4DDF,PDFI,FRLI,FOLI, EDT,SILD,USETD,/ UDFI,FOLI1/SOLTYP/-1/////S,N,FIRSTBD0/FRRDSET $ $$$$ alter ' frrd1 '(2),'' FRRD1 CASES,DIT,CKDD,CBDD,CMDD,K4DD,PDFx,FRL,FOL, edt,sild,usetd,/ UDF,fol1/
Known Error
CR 26752 SOLTYP/-1/////s,n,firstbad/frrdset $ $
For SOL 11 (or 30) insert the following al Known Error Product CR 26762 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - MGIV, GIV, HOU, MHOU - Missing Eigenvector, UIM 5218 On long word machines like CRAY, if the following user information message is encountered in an eigenvalue analysis using a transformation method such as Givens or Househoulder, then some of the eigenvectors requested may not be output. USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 5218 EIGENVALUE APPROACHING INFINITY AT ** MODE. EIGENVECTORS WILL NOT BE COMPUTED BEYOND THIS POINT. The error only occurs when ND on the EIGR entry is less than the number of eigenvalues calculated. In this case there will be one missing eigenvector for each mode that UIM 5218 is output for. Avoidance: Increase ND by the number of missing eigenvectors. Known Error Product Abstract CR 26772 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - TEMPBC,TRAN - Wrong Answers If there are unreferenced type TRAN, TEMPBC entries in the test deck, then different answers occur. This is a design limitation. TEMPBC entries internally generate CELAS2 elements and DAREA input. The CELAS2 elements are generated whether the TEMPBC is referenced or not and this may cause unexpected results.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 26772 Avoidance: Remove any unreferenced type TRAN, TEMPC entries.
CR 26775 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DEFORM - Wrong Answers If DEFORM bulk data entries are included in a part superelement file (that is, after a BDGIN SUPER= entry) they will be ignored. Avoidance: Place DEFORM entries in the main bulk data deck.
CR 26778 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - EMG - Wrong Answers When multiple subcases are specified in a nonlinear heat transfer analysis in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, module EMG does not generate the nonlinear heat transfer capacitance matrix BGGNL at the first iteration. This leads to wrong answers. Avoidance: Do not specify subcases.
Description
CR 26818 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=SAERO, UMERGE1 - SFM 3001 The design intent in solution 200 is that all static aeroelasticity subcases should have the same boundary condition but that other analysis types can have different boundary conditions specified. The sensitivity analysis for static aeroelasticity may produce a fatal error in UMERGE1 of the form below if different boundary conditions are applied to static aeroelastic subcases:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 MODULE = UMERGE1 THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED USET AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Avoidance: This following is a dmap avoidance for the problem: compile pslgdv alter 'desaerdr'(1,-1)
Known Error
CR 26818 CALL SETQ CASES//SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/ S,SPC/S,LOAD/S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD
CR 26825 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide-Line Analysis - BLSEG, BCONP - Wrong Answers The statement below is in error. Replace unsymmetric with symmteric and vice-versa. Unsymmetric is the default and use the deafult option. Rakesh Allahabadi
Description
Wrong answers may occur for nonlinear slide-line analysis when the unsymmetric search option, PTYPE=2 on the BCONP bulk data entry is selected. Avoidance: Use the symmetric option which is the default.
CR 26842 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - ASETi, BSETi, CSETi Entries Ignored When part superelements are present, aseti entries in the main bulk data section are ignored. That is all free degrees of freedom are placed in the a-set, and none in the omitted set. In a non-superelement model all free degrees of freedom not placed on aseti entries are moved to the omitted set. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use BSETi entries in place of ASETi entries
Description
CR 26844 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi, OMITi, ASETi - Wrong Answers In SOL 144 and for ANALYSIS=SAERO in solution 200, wrong answers will result if the user splines the aerodynamics to omitted degrees of freedom. Avoidance: Do not spline to omitted structural degrees of freedom
Description
Known Error
CR 26846
CR 26846 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - XNASTRAN - Job will not run with batch=yes If a job is submitted using the XNASTRAN GUI with "batch=yes" and the "after" keyword blank, the job will not execute.
Description
Avoidance: Set the "after" keyword to a non-blank value. Setting "after=now" will cause the job to run as soon as it's submitted. See the at(1) man page for additional information and acceptable keyword values. CR 26855 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST - Wrong Results Written to OUTPUT2 File If PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 is specified in a modal response run (e.g. SOL 111 or 112), and XYPLOTS are requested, or SORT2 output is requested, then the displacements written to the OUTPUT2 file are the modal eigenvectors instead of the frequency or transient response solutions. Avoidances: Two avoidances follow, however, the first avoidance is inefficient and the second avoidance is recommended.
Description
1) Insert PARAM,DDRMM,-1 or 2) Insert the following DMAP alter (V69.x) compile sedrcvr alter 'if ( app1=\'mmreig\' and not(sort2) )','' if ( app1='mmreig' ) then $ alter ' sdr3 ','' SDR3 qUGV1,OPG1,qQG1,qEF1,qES1,qSTR1/ OUGV2,OPG2,OQG2,OEF2,OES2,OSTR2 $ SORT2 OUTPUT
CR 26866 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CURV - SFM 6806 In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69, if the CURV module is used with elements
Known Error
CR 26866 other than QUAD4s or TRIA3s the run may abort with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6806 (CURV) RETURNED ERROR CONDITION -3, LOC CODE = 645, IN SUBROUTINE CURV1, FILE NUM = 104 (NOTE ADDITIONAL MESSAGES.) No CURV module output will occur. The non-CURV module output will be available in the f06 file and is unaffected. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 26867 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity Analysis - SELA, INREL - UIM 4570, UFM 4575 If inertia relief is requested in solution 200 with superelements then the run may fail with UIM 4570 and UFM 4575. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile pslgdv alter 'null egx' type parm,,i,n,nopgs $ NOPGS=NDVAR*6 $ matgen ,/egpg6/7/lusets/nopgs $ CR 26869 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - OUTPUT4, Sparse - Quits No Message If an OUTPUT4 request is made for a sparse, formatted matrix, then the job quits in the OUTPUT4 module with no message, no "END OF JOB" and the OUTPUT4 file is empty. Avoidance: Do not request sparse output.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 26879 Eigenvalue Analysis - SOL 3, 10, 11, 12, EIGRL - Poor performance A lanczos eigenvalue analysis, EIGRL entry, may require more memory in solutions 3, 10, 11, and 12 than in Version 68.2 or the corresponding structured solution sequence. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: malter 'cmset=\'v\'' cmset='a' $
Description
CR 26953 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V69 Release Notes - Error in sample problem input deck The input deck for the V69 Release Notes sample problem "blexam.dat" contains an error on the continuation card for PBARL 1 (should be "A" instead of "B"). This error is in the file itself as well as the book (pp. 55-57). If run as is, the input gives a fatal error. The corrected test deck has been put on the Version 70.5 delivery in the archive directory, the documentation can not be updated. CR 27029 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - DEFORM, GRAV - Wrong Answers If DEFORM entries are combined with GRAV entries with the same SID, wrong OLOAD resultants and wrong answers result. It is documented that DEFORM entries require unique SID; however, the following fatal messages should be issued not wrong answers:
Description
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 628 (IFP1D) THERMAL, DEFORMATION, AND EXTERNAL LOADS CANNOT HAVE THE SAME SET IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. or: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2134 MODULE = GP3
Known Error
CR 27029 LOAD SET 1 DEFINED FOR BOTH GRAVITY AND NON-GRAVITY LOADS.
CR 27036 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOAD1, FRPR - Erroneous Output When applying a PLOAD1 with a SCALE of FRPR, and the load direction is parallel (or near parallel) to the beam element, then a zero load will be generated in versions prior to Version 69. In Version 69, an undefined load is generated which leads to output that contains the following character "NANQ".
Description
Avoidance: Since the load is parallel to the axis, use the SCALE of FR instead. Known Error Product CR 27048 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FREQ, DRESP1 - SFM 4276, Trap Encountered If a FREQ response type is used on the DRESP1 entry and the associated eigenvalue is negative, the code attempts to compute the frequency by taking the square root of the negative eigenvalue, subsequently a trap occurs in subroutine dsad11 and the job terminates without a meaningful explanation. Avoidance: A negative eigenvalues typically occurs with unsupported rigid body modes. It is probably not the intent of the user to place design conditions on these roots. Therefore, review the design intent and force the eigenvalue analysis to only find non-negative eigenvalues. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 27055 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SNORM - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) Even though GRID ids may be up to one hundred million, the GRID ids referenced on a SNORM bulk data entry must be less than one million. If larger GRID
Description
Known Error
CR 27055 ids are referenced the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY SNORM will be issued. Avoidance: Other than renumbering the model so that the grid id's are less than one million, there is no avoidance.
CR 27139 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DBDICT - Missing Output The datablk(local) option of the dbdict DMAP command which should list the non-nddl datablocks contained in a subdmap does not work. Avoidance: DBDIR ////64 $ can be used to provide the same information.
Description
CR 27147 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, PARAM,LGDISP - SFM 2085 Nonlinear jobs with PARAM,LGDISP,1 and CBUSH elements may fail with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2085 MODULE = NLITER ELEMENT TYPE 102 NOT SUPPORTED FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = NLITER ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLEMG Avoidance: Other than not selecting PARAM,LGDISP there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 27247 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SOL 1, LSEQ - Missing Output Solution 1 accepts the LOADSET case control command and the LSEQ entries it references. It calculates loads and solutions for all of the load conditions listed on LSEQ entries, but outputs loads only for the first loading condition.
Description
Known Error
CR 27247 Avoidance: Use subcases with LOAD commands instead.
CR 27257 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - SYSTEM(107) - SWM 6299 (PARCPU) In NASTRAN Version 69 through Version 70 on HP computers with pa2.0 chips and on all NASTRAN versions on SUN Solaris Version 7, the following message in the execution summary will indicate that no parallel processing is occurring, when in fact it is: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6299 (PARCPU) NO PARALLEL PROCESS CREATED Avoidance: Ignore the message.
Description
CR 27286 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - STRAIN(PUNCH) - Mislabeled Punch File When strain output is requested for transient analysis, the punch file labels it "POINT ID" instead of "ELEMENT ID". The element ID numbers and the "ELEMENT TYPE" labels are correct. CR 27291 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL - Incorrect Hiwater Memory Output, Poor Performance The REIGL module does not keep track of the maximum amount of memory it uses so the HIWATER value reported in the .f04 file may be underestimated for eigenvalue jobs that go through REIGL. An eigenvalue run using mem=X, where X is the HIWATER value from a previous run of the same deck, may run slower, use a smaller MAXSET (Lanczos block vector size), require many more solves, or may not have sufficient memory to complete.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 27368 MSC / MD Nastran Executive - ASSIGN - Cryptic Message, SFM 1019 If a file exists and the keyword NEW is indicated on an ASSIGN statement SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1019 will be printed. Included in this message is text returned by the operating system. It should be noted that under some operating systems this text does not always clearly indicate the nature of the file open problem and may include the somewhat cryptic message "Not a typewriter (errno=25)". CR 27503 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Split Database - UFM 1127 When using a split database with superelement in Version 69, if the upstream database for a superelement is offline during a residual structure run, then the job will fail with the following error messages: USER FATAL MESSAGE 1127 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE XPURGE IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS DATA BLOCK 201 NAME = BTOPO WHICH IS ON AN UNAVAILABLE DBSET Avoidances: 1. Leave the upstream database online. 2. Modify the NDDL. Replace "PATH NLOOP ..." with: "PATH NLOOP PEID,APRCH,HIGHQUAL,NLOOP $"
Description
Description
CR 27516 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - effmassa.v69 - UFM 2025 The effmassa.v69 dmap alter included in the sssalter directory for V69 may fail with the message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025, UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM Avoidance: The cause of this is under investigation. If you encounter this error, contact MSC client support for an updated version of the alter.
Known Error
CR 27524
CR 27524 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DMIG - UFM 327 If a DMIG matrix is input after two or more BEGIN SUPER or BEGIN AUXMODEL bulk file delimiters, and the DMIG matrix in each partitioned file has the same name, an error message of the form *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 327, BAD DATA OR FORMAT OR NON-UNIQUE NAME. DMIG AXGGT SORTED CARD COUNT = 1 is produced. Avoidance: An avoidance is to place a second dmig matrix in each file, with a different name. Only a header entry is needed. The code keeps only one name from the dmig entries in the bulk data deck stored between repeated calls to ifp.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 27533 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SPARSE - Wrong Answers on SGI R4400 Computers -Very Serious In Version 69 on SGI R4400 computers, if the memory specified with the default memory or a mem= on the command line causes the MEMORY AVAILABLE to be between the MINIMUM MEMORY REQUIREMENT and the SPARSE DECOMP SUGGESTED MEMEORY as listed in USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4157 of the f04 file, bad results may be calculated. One symptom of the bad results is a very large epsilon in the f06 file. Larger problems are more likely to be affected by this. Sometimes under these conditions the problem will terminate with a Segmentation fault. Avoidance: Specify more memory or set SYSTEM(205)=1 and SYSTEM(198)=1. The latter avoidance can cause up to a 30% increase in decomposition times. MSC RECOMMENDS adding the two system cell settings to install_dir/conf/irix/nast69rc for V69 and install_dir/co
Description
Known Error
CR 27561
CR 27561 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA - Wrong Answers in XDB The nonlinear stress values for the center point of any solid element are wrong in the .XDB graphical database. The stress in the x direction is swapped with the stress for the y direction. All other data is correct (including nonlinear strains for the center point). The data blocks affected are NHEXR, NTETR, and NPENR. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 27572 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Logical Symbol, RC file - UFM (decode_keyword) In Version 69, you can define a logical symbol in the RC file. However, if the logical symbol is defined in the rc file as shown on page 43 of the MSC/NASTRAN Configuration and Operations Guide, then the job will fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE (decode_keyword) SYMBOL XXX=yyy Set by ./.nast691rc[1]. This keyword is not recognized. Avoidance: Replace the following statement SYMBOL DATADIR=/dbs/data with SYMBOL=DATADIR=/dbs/data
Description
CR 27580 MSC / MD Nastran PLOT - SEUPPLOT - Incorrect Plots If a superelement run is sent to the plotter and the residual contains no plot information, the resulting plots may be bad for SEUPPLOT 0. Avoidance: Include at least one grid/scalar which has a finite displacement.
CR 27597 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 - Mislabeled Datablocks Solutions 1-16 are new in Version 69. If PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 is used in these solution sequences, the output datablocks are mis-labeled. For example, GEOM1 will be mis-labeled as IGEOM1 on the output file and I-DEAS or MSC/PATRAN will not interpret the data properly. Avoidance: Other than using solution 101 thru 200 there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 27598 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - Restarts with APP COUPLED - UFM 9086 A restart into a structural analysis with APP COUPLED from a previous heat transfer run fails with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9086 (GETLOOP) THE DATA BASE IS INSUFFICIENT FOR PARAM,LOOPID RESTARTS. CHECK FOR BULK DATA CHANGES RELATED TO GEOMETRY, CONNECTIVITY, AND PROPERTIES, WHICH CAUSE THE RECALCULATION OF NONLINEAR DATA.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super1 alter 'PARAML CASECC','' type parm,nddl,i,y,subid $ PVT PVT,CASECC/PVTX $ PARAML CASECC//'DTI'/SUBID/251////S,N,PATH $ compile getloop alter 1 type parm,nddl,char8,n,aprch $ if ( GETSYS(1,21)=5 and APRCH=' ' ) APRCH='HEAT ' $
CR 27611 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPC, SPCD, BC - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 27611 In Design Optimization (Sol 200) with multiple boundary conditions, an enforced displacement of 0.0 is not preserved after the initial design cycle when one subcase puts a non-zero enforced displacement (using SPC or SPCD) on the same degree of freedom that a different subcase puts an enforced displacement of 0.0. When these conditions apply, the initial design cycle will be correct, but the subsequent design cycles will put the nonzero enforced displacements on all subcases.
Description
Avoidance: Use the following DMAP avoidance: compile update nolist, noref $ alter 129 $ V69.0 $alter 132 $ V69.1 paraml ysb//'null'////s,n,nullysb $ if (nullysb < 0) then $ matgen ,/yg1/7/lusets/1 $ else $ alter 130 $ V69.0 $alter 133 $ V69.1 endif $
CR 27617 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - alter9ga.v69 - Infinite cpu Loop If alter9ga.v69 is used in a frequency response solution, an infinite cpu loop will result. This problem did not occur in previous versions of the alter. Avoidance: Call MSC and request an updated version of the alter.
Description
CR 27623 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SELA - Wrong Answers If there are more than 5 superelements at a single level, then the static load matrices in the downstream superelement will be wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Increase BUFFPOOL on the NASTRAN statement or insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 27623 compile fea noref nolist alter 'return'(,-1) dbdelete datablk=(zuzr11) where(zname='pav' and zuzr1=*) $ $ compile sela1 souin=mscsou noref nolist ALTER 'TEMP=SEID','END $ SELA1'(1,-2) $ V68.2.3 and up call dbfetch /pav,,,,/s,seid/0/0/0/0 $ add5 pav,pjc,,,/pg $ $ compile phase0 noref nolist $ $ The alter and GP1 call are for V68.2.3 and up $ ALTER 'IF ( IMAGE OR EXTER ) THEN'(1,+1) $ V68.2.3 and up GP1 GEOM1I,GEOM2Scr,,GDNTAB,MEDGE/ xGPLS,xeQEXIN,xGPDT,xCSTM,xBGPDT,xSIL,xVGFS/ S,N,xLUSET/0/NOGPDT $ call dbstore xeq
CR 27629 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - EIGB,SINV - UWM 6278 A buckling analysis in Version 69.1 that specifies the SINV method will issue the warning message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6278 (MTMD23) THE BULK DATA ENTRY SELECTED BY THE CASE CONTROL COMMAND METHOD = xx WAS NOT FOUND
Description
If there is no fatal message printed in the f06 file, this warning message can be safely ignored. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Ignore the extraneous warning message. 2. Use Lanczos method.
CR 27647 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - CBEAM - Orientation Vector Information not Written to
Known Error
CR 27647 XDB When the GRID option is used to define the orientation of the CBEAM element, the orientation information is not written to the XDB file. Avoidance: Other than using the vector option, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 27659 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BC, STATSUB - Wrong Answers Eigenvalue sensitivity analyses (normal modes and buckling) require the associated eigenvectors. In Version 69, the appropriate set of normal modes eigenvectors is selected based on the BC case control command. For buckling, the STATSUB command is used. If BC or STATSUB does not result in a unique eigenvector set, wrong answers can result. Avoidance: Use BC and STATSUB requests in a way that ensures uniqueness.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 27674 MSC / MD Nastran Security - UFM 3060, SUBROUTINE MODEL - OPTION NUSR NOT IN APPROVED LIST The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060, SUBROUTINE MODEL, OPTION NUSR NOT IN APPROVED LIST" will appear when running on Windows NT systems that allow multiple users to run concurrently, e.g., Windows NT 4.0 with "remote shell" support. The problem has been fixed in MSC/NASTRAN V69.0.4 on the updated Windows NT CD released with the Digital Alpha NT system. CR 27677 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SEMPLN,NORMAL - Unsupported Features When defining the mirror plane for a partitioned, image superelement, only the MTYPE=PLANE option on the SEMPLN entry is supported. The Version 69.1
Description
Known Error
CR 27677 Release Guide incorrectly states that the MTYPE=NORMAL option is also supported.
Avoidance: Use the MTYPE=PLANE option on the SEMPLN entry. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 27685 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - CTRIAX6 - Missing Information in XDB The "negative" key is not written to the STX6R Object to distinguish between Von Mises and Octahedral Shear stress results for the CTRIAX6 element.
Known Error Product
CR 27704 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - CP is Temperature Dependant - Wrong Answers If CP, specific heat is a function of termperature, in a nonlinear heat transfer transient analysis then wrong answers will be produced. Avoidance: There is no avoidance
Description
Known Error Product
CR 27717 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - BAR, BEAM, ROD, CONROD - Wrong Margins of Safety in XDB The Bar, Beam, Rod and Conrod elements all get wrong answers for the margins of safety in the .XDB file. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 27722 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, PARAM,PRETEQXIN - UFM 5199 The MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Quick Reference Guide incorrectly documents PARAM,PRETEQXIN,
Known Error
CR 27722 the parameter should be PARAM,PRTEQXIN. If PRETEQXIN is specified USER FATAL MESSAGE 5199 may result.
CR 27734 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - ESE With Thermal Loads Prior to Version 70 element strain energy output was incorrect in the presence of thermal loads. This limitation was documented in the Quick Reference Guide under Remark 4 of the ESE Case Control Command. This limitation has been removed in Version 70 but the Version 70 QRG had already been sent to press, so Remark 4 was not removed. CR 27739 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - SDR3, XDB - UFM 4276 Nonlinear Heat Transfer jobs that request an XDB (i.e. param,post,0) may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276 on HP 9000/700 systems. The error appears to be dependent on problem size, machine and operating system. The error has been corrected in Version 70. Avoidance: Other than running on a different system there is no avoidance.
Description
Description
CR 27747 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYi, SSG1 - SFM 3007, Wrong Answers If the model has nonunique element IDs among with heterogeneous type of CHBDYP,CHBDYG, or CHBDYE , MSC/NASTRAN does not know which CHBDYx element ID should be used in the convection or radiation. This confusion in the code may lead to wrong answers or SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 in the SSG1 module. The fix to the code allows the program to flag the non-unique CHBDYP and CHBDYG in the GP2 module. Avoidance: Change the Element IDs of CHBDYP and CHBDYG so that the IDs are unique.
Description
Known Error
CR 27747 Duplicate CHBDYi element ids may result in the message:
CR 27755 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, REIGL - SFM 5299 Small models with many repeated modes may require smaller values for MAXSET else the following message may be encountered: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5299.UNRECOVERABLE TERMINATION FROM LANCZOS ITERATION INTERNAL ERROR CODE = -3 USER ERROR RETURN = -33 Avoidance: Reduce the value of MAXSET on the EIGRL entry.
Description
CR 27757 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - FEFACE,SURFID, EMA, GPSP - UWM 4398, BIOMSG ERROR 1305 If p-elements have FEFACE records that use SURFID to specify the geometry of the edges of the face, bad answers or one of the following messages may result. Module EMA may give the message: BIOMSG: ERROR 1305 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE ENDPUT, FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0
Description
Module GPSP may give the message: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4398 (GPSP) GRID POINT nnnnnnnnn FOR TRANSLATION DEGREES OF FREEDOM DOES NOT PASS SYMMETRY CHECK. NO SINGULARITY TESTS MADE ON THESE TERMS. Avoidance: This error occurs when several elements are connected to the edge with conflicting geometry. The only known avoidance is to identify the edges which are failing, and use consistent geometry for the FEFACEs which are associated with the edge.
CR 27761 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Can't Modify the Input File Suffix In Version 69, there is no simple method to specify a user or site-dependent default input file suffix for the nastran command. The V70 nastran command allows the keyword 'j.dat' in the '.ini' file to define the default input file suffix. For example, 'j.dat=.bdf' sets the default suffix to '.bdf'.
Description
Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance. The nastran script could be modified by the user to add a suffix whenever one is not provided. Since the order of input to the nastran command does not matter, the script would have to search for the input with no equal sign and then append the desired suffix to that input.
CR 27762 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - EMG - SFM 3008 A p-element run may terminate with a fatal message if a shell p-element and a solid p-element share a face and the p-order of the edges of the face is higher than 2. There is no avoidance to this errror. The following fatal message is issued 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 MODULE = EMG 0INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE PSHELD 0FATAL ERROR
Description
CR 27774 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EXTRN - Incorrect Format The format for the EXTRN entry as shown in the Version 69.1 Release Guide is incorrect. The correct format is as follows:
Description
EXTRN GID1 C1 GID2 C2 GID3 C3 GID4 C4 GID5 C5 -etcAvoidance: Correct the entry as shown above.
CR 27775 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SEBULK - Incorrect TYPE When defining the superelement boundary search options for the external superelement using the partitioned bulk data method, the TYPE field on the SEBULK entry should be specified as EXTERNAL. The V69.1 Release Guide incorrectly states that the TYPE field is either EXTRNLG or EXTRNLA. The documentation will be corrected in the Version 70 Quick Reference Guide. Avoidance: Use TYPE is equal to EXTERNAL.
Description
CR 27789 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - PARALLEL, SYSTEM(107) - Wrong answers If parallel processing is selected by setting SYSTEM(107) or the PARALLEL keyword on MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.0.2 for Windows NT wrong answers may result.
Description
Avoidance: Other than not selecting parallel there is no avoidance. A new version of MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 (V69.0.4) is in the process of being released and the problem will be corrected in this version. Also, the new executable (analysis.exe) is available on the MSC FTP site, in file mscnv69.exe in the /pub/outgoing directory. This is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains a single file, analysis.exe. To update an installation, copy this mscnv69.exe file to the install_dir\msc69\i386 directory and run it by entering "mscnv69". Reply "y" to the request to overwrite the existing executable (or rename the existing executable be CR 27804 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Authorization File not Updated in .ini File - UFM 3060 If during an installation of MSC.Nastran on an NT system an existing authorization file is selected and that file's name is different from the default, the .ini file will not be updated with the location of the authorization file. This will lead to USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060.
Description
CR 27811 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBARL, QRG - Missing Information In the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide it states that elements which use the PBARL entry to define their properties have the origin of the element coordinate system at the shear center of the cross-section. The manual does not state that the PBARL does not account for offsets between the neutral axis and shear center. Therefore, the CHAN, CHAN1, and CHAN2 crosssections may produce incorrect results. Avoidance: If a cross-section does not have coincident shear center and neutral axis, use a PBEAML.
Description
CR 27819 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GPSTRESS, Von Mises, Plane Strain - Wrong Answers In a plane strain analysis, the von Mises stress output using the grid point stress option is incorrect. The component stresses using the grid point stress option are, however, correct. Avoidance: If feasible, use the von Mises stress output from the element stress output.
Description
CR 27820 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PELAST - Possible Wrong Answers When the nonlinear property PELAST is used for the scalar spring, CELAS1 or CELAS3, the linear stiffness, Ki, must be greater than zero. If Ki is non-zero the actual value is replaced by the PELAST function. However, if 0.0 is entered then the value of 0.0 is used. CR 27821 MSC / MD Nastran ESTIMATE - Estimate Utility does not search standard MSC/NASTRAN RC files The ESTIMATE utility does not examine the standard nast*rc files to determine default settings for any of its keywords.
Known Error
CR 27821 Avoidance: In order to set default values, you must set them in the $MSC_BASE/$MSC_VERSD/$MSC_ARCH/estimate.ini, $HOME/.estimaterc, or the ./.estimaterc files. ESTIMATE V70.5 will use the nastran command to search the standard MSC/NASTRAN RC files. In order to do this properly, (i) the nastran command executable must present in the same directory containing the ESTIMATE executable, and (ii) ESTIMATE must be passed the same values for and (if any) that will be passed to the nastran command. Items set in the ESTIMATE RC files and on the ESTIMATE command line will override the MSC/NASTRAN RC files.
CR 27822 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRAK - UFM 316 The Quick Reference Guide appears to allow the user to leave the HIGHRNG field blank with the algorithm defaulting to the highest extracted mode. However, if the user has set LOWRNG and leaves HIGHRNG blank, the following fatal message is issued: USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY MODTRAK Avoidance: Either remove the LOWRNG value or specify the HIGHRNG value.
Description
CR 27824 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SDR3 - SFE 4276 EC 7777, SIGNAL 10 ABORTING On the HP that uses the PA2.0 processor, if the SDR3 module is being exercised (whether it is through user-dmap or executed automatically by the SOL sequence, e.g., SOL 111), the job may fail with the following error messages: ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 10, ABORTING ... BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0
Description
Known Error
CR 27824 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 The module SDR3 is used to convert sort1 output to sort2 output. Avoidance: If feasible, use sort1 output instead of sort2 output to avoid execution of the SDR3 module.
CR 27826 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Mode Tracking and Acoustics - UFM 6677 If fluid elements are present in SOL 200 and mode tracking is requested the run may fail with: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6677 (DOM12E) RUN TERMINATED DUE TO MODE TRACKING FAILURE. SEE USER FATAL MESSAGE 6677 (MTFTRD) PRINTED ABOVE FOR INFORMATION.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE FEA ALTER 'MODTRK','MODTRK' MODTRK CASEM,EDOM,LAMAS,MGG,MAA,PHG,PHSA, PHGREF0,PHAREF0/ MTRAK,NEWLAMA,NEWPHG,NEWPHA,PHGREF,PHAREF/ DESCYCLE/S,N,NOTRACK $
CR 27828 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - RADMT - UFM 4658 Large models with RADMT bulk data entries may fail in NLITER with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4658 . DIFFICULT GEOMETRY PREVENTS FURTHER COMPUTATIONS FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = ***
Description
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to increase memory.
Known Error
CR 27833
CR 27833 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Getting Started with MSC/NASTRAN The "Getting Started with MSC/NASTRAN User's Guide" states that "In any coordinate system, all angular input is in degrees, but output ... is in radians". It should read "In coordinate system entries, all angular input for grid locations are in degrees, but" CR 27867 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA - SFM 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MPGTKG Superelement jobs with SETs with large thru ranges may encounter the following fatal message:
Known Error Product
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 MODULE = SEMA 0ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MPGTKG 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance.
CR 27872 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,APHAi - Raleigh Damping Ignored Raleigh damping is ignored when using param,alpha1 (proportional to mass) and alpha2 (proportional to stiffness). Avoidance: Add the following dmap avoidance.
Description
compile gma $ alter 'call.*xadd5.*mhh.*khh.*bhh','' $ add5 mhh,khh,bhh,,/bhhx/alpha1/alpha2/cu $ alter 'call.*xadd5.*mdd.*kdd.*bdd','' $ add5 mdd,kdd,bdd,,/bddx/alpha1/alpha2/cu $ CR 27879 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - Optimization, Superelements - Missing Data from XDB
Known Error
CR 27879 In solution 200 with superelements, requested data may be missing from the XDB for any design cycle after the initial analysis.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile update alter 'do while'(,-1) descycle=descycle-1 $ alter 'descycle=descycle-1',''
CR 27880 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Postprocessing, PARAM,POST,0 - SWM 6065, 6066 Superelement jobs that set PARAM,POST,0 to produce an .XDB file may encounter the following messages when the new partitioned bulk data superelements are used: SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 11 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCEQG PREMATURE EOR FOR MSC/NASTRAN LOGICAL FILE GEOM1S FOR SEID 0, DBSET 0. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6066 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 34 FROM SUBROUTINE DBC THE DBC MODULE HAS BEEN TERMINATED BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE FATAL DBC ERROR. USER INFORMATION: SUBSEQUENT DBC CALLS WILL NOT BE EXECUTED, AND THE DATABASE CONVERSION IS INCOMPLETE.
Description
CR 27881 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFPDRV - UFM 316 Large input files (<1 million entries) can cause overflow in the sorted entry count of an error message. For instance:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY MPC 1 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = ****** ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPS)
Known Error
CR 27881 ^^^ ERROR(S) ENCOUNTERED IN THE MAIN BULK DATA SECTION ^^^ SEE MESSAGES ABOVE. ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE IFP,
CR 27917 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - External Superelement, SEP1X - SFM 3001 In Version 69.1, when using the parameter EXTOUT=dmigop2 option for external superelements, and more than one external superelement is brought in, then the job will fail with the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SEP1X ) THE EXECUTIVE FILE 0 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE SEPMAB 0FATAL ERROR
Description Avoidance: If more than one external superelement is to be brought in, use the dmigpch option. Or insert the following DMAP avoidance: compile phase0 alter 'dbview geom1f','dbview geom1f'(,3) dbview geom1f=geom1qs where ( peid<>0 ) $ dbview geom2f=geom2s where ( peid<>0 ) $ dbview geom4f=geom4qs where ( peid<>0 ) $ dbview sgpdtf=sgpdts where ( peid<>0 ) $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 27918 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DEQATN - SFM 6048 A DEQATN entry is validated for syntax by evaluating the equation with all variable set to zero. If this evaluation results in an invalid operation, like the square root of a negative number, then the following message may be unnecessarily issued: Description SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6048 (XQFNC7) Avoidance: The error should be able to be avoided by adding appropriate absolute value operators to the equation.
CR 27927 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, PARAM,ACOUT - Poor Description The description of the ACOUT parameter in the Version 69 Quick Reference Guide states; To obtain sound pressure level in units of dB and dBA given by the FORCE, DISPLACEMENT, and PRESSURE commands, a peak reference pressure must be specified with PARAM, PREFDB. The sentence should read: To obtain sound pressure level in units of dB and dBA given by the FORCE command, a peak reference pressure must be specified with PARAM, PREFDB.
Description
CR 27930 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Modelling Error - SFM 6169, Poor Message When a plate is immersed in a fluid, then the structural grid points will be attached to up to eight fluid HEXA elements (more if PENTAs and/or TETRAs are use) and two fluid/structure interfaces, one for each side of the plate structure. The fluid grids on each side of the plate are on different interfaces and thus must have unique coincident grids. Thus, at a point in space there should be two fluid grids and one structural grid.
Description
If only one fluid grid is erroneously used, that is, the fluid elements on both sides of the interface use the same grid, then the following error will occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6169, FOUND TWO OR MORE STRUCTURAL GRID POINTS WITH IDENTICAL COORDINATES WHICH LIE ON THE FLUID/STRUCTURE BOUNDARY. USER ACTION: CHECK GRIDS AND/OR SET1 CARDS WHI
CR 27936 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - External Superelement - Missing FMS statements
Known Error
CR 27936 Item 1 of Step 3 of the data recovery procedure as described on page 8 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.1 Release Guide is incomplete. Avoidance: Add the following FMS statements.
Description Assign sexx='step1.MASTER' Restart logical=sexx where step1.MASTER is the database from the first step. Known Error Product Abstract CR 27937 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NASTRAN - NASTRAN Command Ignored. The NASTRAN command must be the first entry in an input file, disregarding comment lines. If the NASTRAN command is mixed in with FMS commands such as ASSIGN statements, the command may be ignored.
Description
CR 27938 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - EMG - UFM 2016, Various UFM APP HEAT will be ignored in cyclic symmetry jobs. The job may fail in various ways, one likely way is:
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2016 MODULE = EMG Description NO MATERIAL PROPERTIES EXIST. FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance. COMPILE SUPER1 NOLIST NOREF ALTER 'IF (GETSYS(1,56)=1)'(,-1) $ PUTSYS(1,56) $ HEAT TRANSFER Known Error Product CR 27944 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 27944 Rigid Elements - RSSCON - UFM 6692 In nonlinear statics (Sol 106), the following user fatal messages are issued when a bulk data entry RSSCON with option "ELEM" is in the residual structure. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (GP4RS1) BULK DATA ENTRY RSSCON CAN NOT FIND ELEMENT IDS, USER ACTION: CHECK SUPERELEMENT STRUCTURE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GP4 )
Description
THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 11 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter which provides the element connection GEOM2S to the GP4 module. compile nlstatic souin=mscsou, nolist, noref alter 'GP4 CASESX2,GEOM4S','GP4 CASESX2,GEOM4S' $ GP4 CASESX2,GEOM4S,EQEXINS,SILS,GPDTS,BGPDTH,CSTMS,,,,GEOM2S,/ RGNL,YS1H,USET1,/ LUSETS/S,N,MPCF1/S,N,MPCF2/S,N,NOSSETX/
CR 27968 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - PSL: NUSR: unable to initialize (0 expired keys) The following error is issued in the log file when an abnormality occurs in the NUSR queues in the system. (i.e. if a nastran job gets killed some of the NUSR queues will not be removed from the system and following message will be issued when a subsequent job is started. PSL: NUSR: unable to initialize (0 expired keys).
Description Avoidance: Flush the queues by rebooting the machine. or, Remove nastran related queues by the command ipcrm -q PROCESSID of the queue. Known Error CR 27996
CR 27996 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Plotting, PLTSET - SFM 3062, Subroutine CNSTRC Use of a plot set defining a list of elements and grids to be used by the structure plotter cause a SFM 3062 whenever the exclude option is used.
For example: SET 1001 =110106 THRU 110452 110553 220101 THRU 220120 120274 THRU, 120292 120134 THRU 120178 230274 THRU 230286 220208 220218, . . 5033 5080 241 5034 5078 240 209 218 520 545 208 219, exclude grid points 1 thru 999999 results in the SFM 3062 from the PLTSET module. Avoidance: Commenting out the exclude set from the set definition allows the run to proceed but the plots are not consistent with the request of the set. That is, more information is plotted than requested. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28008 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 2 - SFM 4276, Traceback This option of matmod filters small numbers from the input matrix. When given a complex matrix, a floating point overflow occurs at 1.E19 on rs/6000 computers, and other relatively small numbers on other computer types. Since the range of this computer type is greater than 1.E30, this is not a reasonable limitation. The diagnostics from such a crash are machine dependent. On the rs/6000, the following appears in the .log file: Description SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP overflow Traceback: Offset 0x00000028 in procedure pack_ Offset 0x0000042c in procedure mtmd02_ Offset 0x000028e4 in procedure matmod_ Avoidance: Use the NORM module to first find the largest number in the matrix, scale it with the inverse of this number before using matmod(2), then re-scale the results. The NORM m
Description
CR 28009 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - TABLED1, TABLEM1 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Extrapolation of data from either TABLED1 or TABLEM1 entries beyond the end points of the table may result in numerical overlfow. Version 70 has been enhanced to trap machine overflow due to extrapolation and will issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 6917 to address this error. Avoidance: Add additional data points at each end of the curve to make the curve flat so that extrapolation to any x value can not be unbounded.
Description
CR 28011 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA, Plot Codes - Missing Definitions The stress item codes 8, 16 and 22 in the Quick Reference Guide are incorrectly labeled for the CHEXA (page A-7), CPENTA (page A-9 and A-10), and CTETRA (page A-17). Modern textbooks arrange the principal stresses in this order: First Principal> Second Principal> Third Principal. MSC/NASTRAN arranges the principals as: First Principal> Third Principal> Second Principal. MSC/NASTRAN arranges the principals this way because the principal stresses are the roots of a cubic polynomial and the this is the order that the method that extracts the roots puts out. The stress item codes 8, 16, and 22 for the solid elements should have the labels changed to the following, 8 - First principal 16 - Third principal 22 - Second principal A note should also be added to the element description
Description
CR 28027 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TETRA, TEMP(LOAD), MAT9 - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 on the IBM RS6000 power2 computer, the 10 noded TETRA element in conjunction with MAT9 and thermal loads produces wrong answers whenever there is also HEXA elements in the model.
Description
Known Error
CR 28027 Avoidance: The non-power2 executable can be selected with the exe submittal line command but this executable will run significantly slower.
CR 28047 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis - TABLES1 - Wrong Answers If stress-strain data is entered on the TABLES1 entry in descending order wrong answers may results. Avoidance: Enter data in ascending order.
CR 28052 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - OFREQ and OTIME, SOLs 108 and 109 - Wrong answers The OFREQ and OTIME case control commands will produce wrong answers in SOLs 108 and 109 in MSC/NASTRAN Version 69.1.
Description
Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter to avoid this error: compile disprs alter 'upf1' equivx upf1/upf/-1 $
CR 28063 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - SDR2,OUG1F - Poor Performance Acoustic analysis jobs that request data recovery sets with the thru option may experience very poor performance in the SDR2 module. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 28070 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - XDB File Left on Remote Node When using the keyword, the XDB file is left on the remote node.
Known Error
CR 28070 This file should have been deleted after it was copied from the remote node to the local node. Avoidance: Add the following line: %trans=[ya]:% %s.rsh% %node% -l %username% /bin/rm -f %r.out%.xdb just before the following line in the /bin/nast*.rmt file: %trans=[ya]:%}
Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product
CR 28073 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - QUAD4, CTRIA3, SNORM - SFM 3062 In Version 69.1 of MSC/NASTRAN, optimization and design sensitivity runs with shell normals may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062. CR 28087 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ESTIMATE - SMEM and BPOOL Parameter Not Passed to Utility If the ESTIMATE utility is being used by the nastran command to estimate the memory requirements of a job, the nastran command fails to pass in either "smemory" or "bpool". If set to non-default values, they could have a significant impact on ESTIMATE's accuracy.
Description Avoidance: Either use the default "smemory" and "bpool", or set the values in the following files: UNIX: $HOME/.estimaterc or /.estimaterc NT: %HOME%\estimate.ini or \estimate.ini VMS: SYS$LOGIN:estimate.ini or :estimate.ini Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 28088 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ESTIMATE, SYMBOL - SYMBOLS Defined in RC File Not Used The nastran command will not use SYMBOLs defined in the RC files on the command line.
Known Error
CR 28088 For example, if the following line exists in one of the system RC files or the $HOME RC file, symbol=MYDIR=/my/main/project The following will fail msc69 nastran MYDIR:myjob ... Avoidance: Set the SYMBOL values that will be used in the command line as environmental variables, e.g., export MYDIR=/my/big/project # Korn shell MYDIR=/my/big/project; export MYDIR # Bourne shell setenv MYDIR /my/big/project # C-shell and use the environment variable on the command line. msc69 nastran $MYDIR/myjob ...
Known Error Product
CR 28102 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - System RC Files on Remote Node Cannot Contain 'nastran' Statements The system RC files on a remote system cannot contain a 'nastran' statement. For example $ msc691 nastran myjob node=remotenode ... The system RC files on remotenode cannot contain a 'nastran' statement.
Description
Note: This restriction *only* occurs if the "node" keyword is used. Avoidance: Remove the 'nastran' keyword and set system cells by number. For example, change nastran system(196)=1, massbuf=10 to system(196)=1 system(199)=10
Known Error
CR 28104
Known Error Product
CR 28104 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TABPT of CSTM and BGPDT - Wrong Answers on Double Precision Machines If the TABPT module is used to print the CSTM or BGPDT tables on double precision, short-word machines, then incorrect data for the tables is printed. Avoidance: Use TABPRT (Formatted print of selected table data blocks) to print the CSTM and BGPDT table.
Description TABPRT CSTM/////1$ TABPRT CSTM//'CSTM'$ TABPRT BGPDT/////1$ TABPRT BGPDT//'BGPDT'$ $TABPT CSTM,EQEXIN,BGPDT/ $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 28123 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Invalid Media for V69.1 (R3) CD for HP The MSC/NASTRAN V69.1 (r3) CD has an error when attempting to install on an HP system with a local CD. The installation script, mscsetup, will incorrectly report the following error: MSC Installation and Setup - Invalid Media The specified CD pathname /CDROM does not contain any of the installation filesets. Description Please ensure that the pathname is correct, and the correct installation media is mounted.
Press ENTER or RETURN to continue... Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1) Copy the installation script to a local directory cp /CDROM/MSCSETUP.\;1 mscsetup
Known Error
CR 28123 Change line 3475 from iv_file="$iv_dev/${iv_file};1" to iv_file="${iv_file};1" Install the CD using the modified scr
CR 28124 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PELAST - UFM 4551, No Convergence Nonlinear analysis with CELAS elements that reference PELAST may encounter difficult converging. The problem is caused by an error in the element's coordinate transformation. Avoidance: Replace the nonlinear spring by a ROD element with nonlinear elastic material.
Description
CR 28128 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CMASS1, CMASS2 - Incorrect Description in QRG The description of the CMASSi bulk data entries in the Version 69 and 70 Quick Reference Guide indicates that multiple degrees of freedom, "up to six unique integers", may be specified for the component degree of freedom. This is incorrect, only a single degree of freedom may be specified.
Description
CR 28158 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Remote Execution will fail if MSC_BASE is not Properly Defined. The remote execution capability of the nastran command will fail if the MSC_BASE on the remote machine is not properly defined. The command will fail even if the nastran command on the remote machine was able to determine
Description
Known Error
CR 28158 the proper MSC_BASE value. Avoidance: Make sure the MSC_BASE value is properly defined in the /bin/nast70 script.
CR 28169 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Cray T90 Hardware Error May Cause Wrong Answers Cray Research has reported a T90 hardware error that has the potential to return random results for certain vector operations. The specific MSC/NASTRAN routines that may be affected by this error have been identified. It is very important to note that: 1) In our testing, and in specific testing of MSC/NASTRAN by Cray Research, the effects of this error have NOT been seen.
Description
2) This error is ONLY present on T90 systems. 3) No client has ever reported a problem related to this error. The specific MSC/NASTRAN executables that are affected by this error are: MSC/NASTRAN Version Executables --------------------- --------------------------------------V68.0 unicos/analysis.C90 V68.1 unicos/analysi
CR 28184 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,COUPMASS - Incorrect Description The definition of PARAM,COUPMASS in the Version 69 and 70 MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide is incorrect. It says:
Description
COUPMASS Default=-1 COUPMASS>=0 requests the generation of coupled rather than lumped mass matrices for elements with coupled mass capability, ...
Known Error
CR 28184 It should say: COUPMASS Default=-1 COUPMASS>0 requests the generation of coupled rather than lumped mass matrices for elements with coupled mass capability, ... Note that the action of the code has never changed. To obtain coupled mass a setting of 1 or greater has always been required.
CR 28186 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Job will fail if is set to non-local filesystem. Jobs on an SGI R8K, R10K system will fail if the keyword or TMPDIR environment variable is set to a non-local, i.e., NFS-mounted, filesystem. Avoidance: There are two avoidances:
Description
1) Do not set or $TMPDIR to an NFS-mounted filesystem. 2) In /bin/nast*.lcl, change the line "TMPDIR=%sdir%; export TMPDIR" to "TMPDIR=%TMPDIR%; export TMPDIR"
CR 28194 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, CQUADR, CTRIAR, PCOMP - Missing Output The Quick Reference Guide indicates that a PCOMP entry may be referenced by the CQUADR and CTRIAR element. It should be noted that composites are not supported for these elements and it is not possible to obtain lamina stresses and strains.
Description
CR 28199 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - SEBULK, EXTRN - Possible Wrong Answers When using the enhanced external superelement capability in Version 69.1, if more than one external superelement is dblocated in a single assembly
Known Error
CR 28199 run using the matrixdb option, then the answers may be wrong. Also see error 27917. Avoidance: Attach one external superelement at a time in the assembly run. Attach additional external superelements by making successive restarts--one additional restart for each additional external superelement.
CR 28205 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - Special Version of HP-UX dbiolib.a for Catia Catia Versions 4.1.6 and 4.1.7 require a shared dbiolib.a to link with MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.0 and Version 68.1 on HP 9000 systems. The standard dbiolib.a delivered with V68.0/V68.1 was not built this way (all subsequent releases were). This standard library is available from the anonymous ftp site under the URL ftp://ftp.macsch.com/pub/msc-products/NASTRAN/V68/v68-hp9000dbiolib.a+z This file is NOT required for MSC/NASTRAN V69 and later versions.
Description
CR 28210 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RFALTER and RFINCLUDE - Commands No Longer Exist Starting with Version 69, the RFALTER executive control statement and the RFINCLUDE FMS statement no longer work. This is due to the removal of RFALTERs from the program. The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly still lists these as valid commands. Avoidance: Use the INCLUDE command.
Description
CR 28218 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - SOL 101, NO SPC AND SCR=NO - UFM 9050 If the reduced external se is unconstrained and scr=no is used, then the job will fail with UFM 9050 (run failed due to excessive pivot ratio). The subsequent residual restart run will fail with the following messages:
Known Error
CR 28218 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 30 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS BEING READ 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 0 FATAL ERROR. 0 NO. FORTRAN RECORDS READ = 0 NO. FORTRAN WORDS READ = 0 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
CR 28219 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QUADR, PCOMP - UWM 4385 The Quick Reference Guide indicates that the QUADR element may reference a PSHELL or PCOMP property entry. Although referencing a PCOMP entry may not cause a fatal error, technically the QUADR element does not support composites and referencing a PCOMP will lead to the following message: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4385, STRESS PROCESSING FOR NON-COMP ELEMENTS IN SUBCASE XX NOT COMPLETE BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT DATA IN DATA BLOCK OES1A
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28226 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4 - Incorrect Corner Stresses and Forces with Variable Thickness The corner stresses and forces are incorrect for the QUAD4 element if variable thickness is specified. Avoidance: Do not request corner stresses, request stresses at the centroid (the default).
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28227 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAE - UFM 3003, Wrong Answers Beginning in Version 69 a shape optimization deck with superelements whose grids are designed may either fail with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3003 MODULE = DSAE, READ PAST DATABLOCK TABEVS" or result in wrong answers. Avoidance: Either do no use superelements or use Version 68.
Description
CR 28234 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - SOL 111 with CAABSF elements - Inefficient CPU Use of frequency dependent material property elements such as the CAABSF element may make frequency response analyses take an order of magnitude more cpu time. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter, in Version 69 or V69.1 solutions 108 or 111, to improve performance. compile sedfreq alter 'call freqrs'(,-1) call dbstore vgfs,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile semfreq alter 'call freqrs'(,-1) call dbstore vgfs,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile freqrs alter 'do while'(,-1) call dbfetch /vgfs,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ trnsp vgfs/vgfst $ matmod vgfst,,,,,/vgsf,/12//1 $ alter 'ckddf1','' call fd3mpy kggf1,vphfs,vgsf,vgfs,rgdfd/ckddf1 $ alter 'cbddf1','' call fd3mpy bggf,vphfs,vgsf,vgfs,rgdfd/cbddf1 $ alter 'k4ddf','' call fd3mpy k4ggf,vphfs,vgsf,vgfs,rgdfd/k4ddf $ compile fd3mpy s CR 28275 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28275 Documentation - Superelements - UFM 6794 The example jet101a.dat in the MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 Release Notes section describing superelement enhancements contains an error that will lead to: UFM 6794 (SEPSEB) The error is caused by duplicate boundary points connecting to superelement 4 at grid 26. The input requires the following changes to work: $GRID,4001,,-1.975,-3.4125,0. $GRID,4002,,-1.925,-3.9875,0. GRID,4003,,-1.925,-3.9875,1. $SELOC,5,1,3,6,4001,4002,4003 SELOC,5,1,3,6,4101,4102,4003
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28281 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, PARAM,PRTRESLT PARAM,PRTMAXIM - Missing Output The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide indicates that PARAM,PRTRESLT and PARAM,PRTMAXIM are supported for solution 106. They are not supported and their specification will yield no output. These parameters on supported in solution 106 starting in Version 70.5. CR 28338 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CBUSH - UFM 2042 When a design optimization analysis has a DRESP1 entry with RTYPE=WEIGHT and CBUSH elements, it may result in the following error message:
Description
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 MODULE = WEIGHT MISSING MATERIAL TABLE ******** FOR ELEMENT xxx. Avoidance: Specify VOLUME instead of WEIGHT as the RTYPE.
CR 28348 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Buckling Analysis - PARAM,POST - Missing Output In buckling analysis, solution 5, the static results are not written to the xdb file. The buckling results are written properly. Avoidance: Insert the follwing DMAP alter:
Description
compile sol5 alter 'EQUIVX CASECC\/CASEXX','' if ( post=0 ) soltype='statics' $ CASE CASECC,/CASEXx/'TRAN'/1 $ alter 'DBC OSTR1' soltype='bkl0' $ CR 28373 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - mscsetup hangs when starting FLEXlm As documented in the INSTALL.html and INSTALL.txt files, and in the mscsetup output, installing FLEXlm requires root privileges. Specifically, root is required to modify the /etc/inittab file. If non-root attempts to install FLEXlm AND modify /etc/inittab AND start lmgrd before the next system boot, mscsetup may appear to hang after it writes the following message to the screen:
Description
Starting /etc/inittab command now... The system is actually waiting for the password of the account that owns the lmgrd process. Avoidances: There are two avoidances1) Install FLEXlm as root. 2) Enter the password for the user that owns the lmgrd process if mscsetup appears to hang as described above.
CR 28383 MSC / MD Nastran Limitation on Problem Size - Version 70 on HP-UX Doesn't Support Large
Known Error
CR 28383 Files MSC/NASTRAN V70 on HP-UX does not support large files. Both the PA-RISC 1.1 and PA-RISC 2.0 executables should have supported large files, i.e., files larger that 2GB. This support is missing.
Description
Avoidance: Use FMS commands to partition the database into multiple files, each of which is smaller than 2GB.
CR 28395 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Normal Modes - PARAM,NMLOOP - SFM 3002 When performing a nonlinear normal modes analysis (param,nmloop,x), if the load increment is anything other than one, then the job will fail on the NT system in Version 68.2.5 with the following error messages:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 MODULE = CASE EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK CASEI (FILE 201) IN SUBROUTINE CASE FATAL ERROR Avoidance: If the number of load increments is more than one, break the subcase into multiple subcases--one load increment for each subcase.
Known Error Product
CR 28421 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, COR1S, CORD2S, CORD1C, CORD2C - Wrong Answers If the CBUSH entry references a non-cartesian coordinate system, wrong answers result. Avoidance: Use a cartesian system.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28483 P-Elements - GMSURF, GMCURV - UFM 4659 If an element edge being mapped to a GMSURF or GMCURV has tangents which are anti-parallel at the endpoints, the mapping is incorrect, possibly causing the following fatal message in EMG. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4659 (EMGPSD) DURING INTEGRATION FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = 1 BAD GEOMETRY HAS BEEN DETECTED. An example of an element that will cause this error is an element edge spanning a semicircle. Avoidance: Move one of the endpoints or split the element into multiple elements, such that the tangents are not anti-parallel.
Description
CR 28508 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - alter1ga.v691 - UFM 5423 (DUMERG) Use of alter1ga.v691 from the sssalter library may result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 point to the trailers for matrices GOAQ and AIDENT matrices. Avoidance: If this error occurs, call your local MSC office for an updated version of the alter. If you wish to make the correction yourself, change the line: UMERGE USET,QIDENT,/AIDENT/'A'/'Q'/'T' $ to: umerge1 uset,qident,,,/aident/'A'/'Q'/'T' $
Description
CR 28509 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - SYSTEM(107) - SFM 427, EC 7777 It has been reported on a Cray Version 69 system that when more than one processors is requested, then the job may fail with the following error messages: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.RECOVR ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0
Description
Known Error
CR 28509 Avoidance: We have been unable to duplicate this error at MSC. To avoid the error simply do not select parallel processing.
CR 28525 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V70 COG: HP Remote CD Install, V70 No such file The "MSC/NASTRAN V70 Configuration and Operations Guide UNIX Edition", Section 2.2.2, for remote CD installation of V70 on HP systems specifies
Description
file_set = "/CDROM/MSCSETUP.TAR;1" It should specify file_set = "'/CDROM/MSCSETUP.TAR;1'"
CR 28533 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - VELO(PHASE) - Wrong Answers If the user requests VELO(PHASE) output and the resultant velocity is near zero, then NASTRAN will not convert the result to the phase format and will print the real/imaginary result in an F rather than an E format. An example of the case control request and the incorrect output is: VELO(PHASE,SORT2) = 100 X-VELOCITY 0.0 -0.0159 Avoidance: Correct E format results may be obtained by selecting VELO(REAL,SORT2), the phase option is not applicable. X-VELOCITY 0.0 1.591795E-02 The Deck is verified and results are attached.
Description
CR 28554 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Iterative Solver, ITER - SFM 6723 The iterative solver may issue the message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6723" NON POSITIVE DIAGONAL ELEMENT IN SCALAR ROW INCREASE IPART VALUE ON BULK DATA CARD".
Description Avoidance: IPAD may be increased by 1, the current value is given in SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 4157 in the f04. However, SFM 6723 is often an indication of an ill-conditioned model. Thus, the model should be reviewed by plotting and/or by using the checka alter in the sssalter library. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28557 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - MPYAD - SFM 4276, EC 1305, EC 32 In Version 70, if a large number of frequencies is requested in a frequency response run, then the job may fail with one of the following error messages: BIOMSG: ERROR 1305 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE ENDPUT , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.ENDPUT ERROR CODE 1305 PID= 0 Description BIOMSG: ERROR 32 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GETSTR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 32 PID= 0 Avoidance: Reduce the number of frequencies. In modal frequency response, the new freq3, freq4 and freq5 entries may be used to guarantee that a solution is requested at each of the modes without specify a large number of frequencies.
Known CR 28558 Error Produc MSC / MD Nastran
Known CR 28558 Error t Correct ed 70.5 Version Abstrac Installation - rld: Fatal Error: cannot successfully map soname 'c_code.so' t The "Minimum" installation of MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 on the SGI R8000/R10000 will fail to load a file required by the MSC/NASTRAN solver executable, as a result, MSC/NASTRAN will fail with the following error message: $ msc70 nastran myjob MSC/NASTRAN V70.0 (Silicon Graphics IRIX64 6.1) Tue Jul 29 08:52:34 1997 MSC/NASTRAN beginning job myjob 21692:/scratch1/dnl/msc/msc70/irix64/analysis: rld: Fatal Error: cannot successfully map soname 'c_code.so' under any of the filenames Descrip /scratch1/dnl/msc/msc70/irix64/c_code.so:/usr/lib64/c_code.so:/lib64/c_code.so:/usr tion /lib/64bit/c_code.so:/lib/64bit/c_code.so: $ This file is loaded with the "standard", "full", and "custom" installations. Avoidances: There are two avoidances: 1) Use the "standard" or "full" installation. 2) If a mini Known Error Product Abstract CR 28565 MSC / MD Nastran Design Optimization/Aeroelastic Analysis - FLFACT - UFM 7087 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7087" is issued when a velocity requested in a flutter design task does not correspond to one used in the analysis. This could be a user input error, but it has been found that it can also be encountered when the user uses the thru option on the flfact entry. An equality check is being used to make the comparison and the numerical values that appear to be the same can differ slightly when they are generated from the thru data. Avoidance: Do not use the thru option on the flfact entry to specify analysis and/or design flutter velocities in design optimization (SOL 200).
Description
CR 28566 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSDJ2D, DSDJ2S - SFM 3007 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007" can appear when performing adjoint sensitivity analysis if the adjoint solution vector is null. The adjoint solution vector will only be null if the resultant sensitivity is null. Thus, the message indicates a poorly posed design task in that a critical response is unaffected by the design variables. An example is asking that an acceleration response be greater than zero at zero hertz. Since this response can only be zero, the error is triggered. Avoidance: Remove the responses that trigger the message since they cannot affect the design.
Description
CR 28573 MSC / MD Nastran Normal Modes - REIGL module with auto-omit - SFM 3007 When computing normal modes using Lanczos in the REIGL module, if the number of generalized coordinates assigned is larger than the actual number of component modes available or auto-omit is performed, then the job will fail with the following messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (REIGL ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE Avoidance: Remove the extra generalized coordinates or insert the following DMAP alter avoidance: compile moders alter 'EQUIVX MKAA\/KXX\/NOARED'(,-1) noared=-1 $
Description
CR 28581 MSC / MD Nastran Security - FLEXlm - Unable to serve licenses on SGI R8K, R10K Systems If the FLEXlm license server is installed on an SGI R8K, R10K system and mscsetup installs the license file, the DAEMON line will incorrectly reference the irix64 architecture (which isn't used on FLEXlm). As a result, the
Known Error
CR 28581 license server will not function. Avoidances: Either of the following two avoidances can be used: 1) Modify the /flexlm/licenses/license.dat file and change the "irix64" reference on the "DAEMON" line to "irix" 2) Create a link in the /flexlm directory from irix64 to irix with the command ln -s irix irix64
CR 28582 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SUPER3 - OPG1, OQG1, etc do not Exist Upon Return from SUPER3 In SOL 101, the tables containing containing the results in "OFP" format are not returned from subDMAP SUPER3. This means if a client DMAP alter tries to use these tables (OPG1, OQG1, etc) in SESTATIC, they will not exist. There is no effect on the solution or output.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in runs using DMAP in SOL 101: COMPILE SEDRCVR, SOUIN=MSCSOU, NOLIST, NOREF ALTER 2,2
CR 28604 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PUNCH files Cannot Exceed 2gB on HP Punch files can not exceed the 2 giga-byte limit on HP and possibly other machines. The 2 giga-byte limit still applies to all FORTRAN I/O files.
Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to break-up the output requests so that the punch files remain under the 2 giga-byte limit. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28615 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - alter1ga.v691 - Wrong Answers, Error in Transformation Matrix
Known Error
CR 28615 An error in the transformation matrix used in alter1ga.v691 may result in wrong answers for displacements during data recovery or in applied loads.
Avoidance: Modify the following line in the alter: Description UMERGE USET,GOAQ,/GOGT/'G'/'O'/'A' $ to: UMERGE USET,GOAT,/GOGT/'G'/'O'/'A' $ or request an updated copy of the alter from MSC. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28650 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - USPARSE=0 - Wrong Answers If unsymmetric sparse is turned off using NASTRAN system cell 209 (USPARSE=0) and a complex left-handed fbs is required, wrong answers are produced and there is no warning message. This error affects all SOL 145 and 146 runs that use doublet lattice aerodynamics. Also any solution 200 run that uses doublet lattice aero in a flutter analysis. Avoidance: Do not select USPARSE=0. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28655 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Slide-Line Analysis - BGP - MN4W Poor Performance The performance suffers on the NT running slide-line contact problem using SOL 106 as memory is increased. Description Avoidance: Limiting the memory to 4 million words will improve performance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 28662 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Random Analysis - TABRND1, IFP - UFM 315 If the TABRND1 entry uses the log-log option with very small data the following
Description
Known Error
CR 28662 fatal message may result: USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY TABRND1 Avoidance: This message has been encountered for data on the order of e12. The only avoidance is to either use the linear option or to use different units to scale the data up.
CR 28669 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PLOAD1, FORCE - Missing Output If element force output is requested in SOL 103 and one or more PLOAD1 entries exist in the bulk data, there will be no element force output provided. Avoidance: Remove the PLOAD1 entries from the input.
Description
CR 28673 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, EIGR - SFM 4276, EC 1401 Using GIVENS If GIVENS or MODIFIED GIVENS method is used for an eigenvalue solution and spill is required, it is possible that the run may terminate with:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETS68 ERROR CODE 1401 Avoidance: Either provide additional memory so that spill is not required or use the Lanczos method.
CR 28675 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Plotting, QRG - MAXIMUM DEFORM The documentation for the MAXIMUM DEFORM plot entry is deficient. Remark 2 is not true, and should be replaced with the remark below. Remarks 3, and 4 should be added: 2. If you wish the FIND command to utilize the d value, a MAXIMUM
Description
Known Error
CR 28675 DEFORMATION command should precede the FIND command. 3. If you wish the plot deformation scaling to be different then the FIND scaling a different MAXIMUM DEFORMATION command can appear first before the PLOT command. 4. For nonlinear plotting MAXIMUM DEFORMATION d and the MAXIMUM DEFORMATION field on the PLOT command should have the same value.
Known Error Product
CR 28679 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - Multiple FREQ, TSTEP, DLOAD Subcases - Inefficient Processing In SOLs 111 and 112, if multiple FREQ or TSTEP and/or DLOAD subcases are specified and default data recovery (PARAM, DDRMM, 0) is performed then SDR1 and SDR2 are re-executed every subcase even though their outputs do not change. Avoidance: If no superelements are present, then use SOLs 11 or 12.
Description
CR 28680 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC, MERGE, MPYAD - SFM 3007, UFM 5423 When a fluid/structure model with rigid body modes (requiring a SUPORT card) is run with PARAM,RESVEC,YES the following FATAL errors are issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (REIGL ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE 0FATAL ERROR
Description
or *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SMPYAD)
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance:
Known Error
CR 28680 compile modefsrs alter 'call resvec'(,-1) call dbstore vafs,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile resvec alter 'px1','' call dbfetch /vafs,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ partn pab,,vafs/px1,,,/1 $ alter 'px3,,,'(,-2) merge pxf,,,,,vafs/pxfs/1 $ equivx pxfs/pxf/-1 $ alter 'phux1'(3,-1) partn ux2,,vafs/ux2s,,,/1 $ equivx ux2s/ux2/-1 $ endalter
CR 28684 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - STRAIN and SPCF output in SOLs 11 - Missing output In SOLs 11 with default dynamic data recovery (PARAM, DDRMM,0) and multiple FREQ subcases, element strain and SPCforce (if PARAM,DYNSPCF=NEW) output will be missing in the 2nd and subsequent subcases.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile sol11 alter 1 file mus=append/kus=append/bus=append/istr1=append $ file mum=append/kum=append/bum=append/istr2=append $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 28685 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CASE, Multiple Dynamic Subcases - SFM 3002 In SOLs 108, 109, 111 and 112 with multiple FREQ and TSTEP (or DLOAD) subcases, if a superelement has fewer subcases than the residual structure then the run will fail with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 in the CASE module. For example,
Description
Known Error
CR 28685 disp=all subcase 10 super=10 subcase 100 freq=1 subcase 200 freq=2 Avoidance: Specify SUPER=ALL or the same number of subcases for the superelements and the residual structure or insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'casedrm','' paraml casedr//'trailer'/1/s,n,norec $ if ( dloop>norec ) then $ CASE CASEDR,/CASEDRM/'tran'/norec $ else $ CASE CASEDR,/CASEDRM/APP/DLOOP $ endif $
Known Error Product
CR 28686 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Modal Participation Factors - Missing Output, Wrong Answers In solution 111, modal frequency response, modal particicipation factor output is wrong or missing when PARAM,ACSYM,YES, which is the default. Avoidance: Insert PARAM,ACSYM,NO or the following DMAP alter: compile mpf alter ',ah,' type parm,,char8,y,acsym='yes' $ if ( acsym='yes' ) then delete /ah,,,, $ PARTN bHH,VPHFS,/,mAH,, $ add5 mah,,,,/ah/-1. $ endif $ alter 'z2x' if ( acsym='yes' ) then $ add5 z2x,,,,/z2xx/-1. $ equivx z2xx/z2x/-1 $ endif $
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28687 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - ASETi, SPOINT, EIGRL, EIGR, SUPORT - SFM 3007, UFM 4405 In an eigenvalue solution, if null dofs (e.g., SPOINTS) are placed in the aset, and a SUPORT entry exists, then depending on the eigenvalue solver requested, the job will fail with one of the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (REIGL ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE FATAL ERROR or
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 4405,0 NO EIGENVECTORS COMPUTED FOR COMPONENT MODE SYNTHESIS OR SYSTEM SOLUTION.
Avoidance: 1. Do not place the unreferenced SPOINTs in the ASET. 2. Remove the SUPORT entries if feasible. This avoidance only works for the Lanczos method. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28688 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - EMG, CAABSF - SFM 4276, EC 7777 When a solution at zero frequency is requested and frequency dependent acoustic absorber elements, CAABSF, are specified, then EMG fails with a divide by zero. At zero frequency, the frequency dependent acoustic absorber element should put out zero impedance. Avoidance: Do not request a solution at zero frequency. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28697 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACSRC, FORCE, DPD6 - SFM 3007
Description
Known Error
CR 28697 If an ACSRCE Bulk Data entry has the same DAREA ID (field 3) for loads applied to structural grid points and the loading applies to more than one degree of freedom at a given structural grid point then the run will fail in the DPD module with SFM 3007. The run should fail with UFM 6825 (see CSR 4618). Avoidance: See CSR 4618.
Description
CR 28710 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - MAT4, CONVM - UFM 6715, Wrong Answers If UFM 6715 shown below is issued in SOL 153 (or 106) then the run will not terminate but will continue and produce wrong answers. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6715 (ECNVMD) THERE IS NO DYNAMIC VISCOSITY SPECIFIED ON THE MAT4 ENTRY FOR CONVM ELEMENT 11. USER INFORMATION: FORCED CONVECTION ELEMENTS REQUIRE SPECIFICATION OF DYNAMIC VISCOSITY ON A MAT4 ENTRY IF ON THE PCONVM ENTRY THE REYNOLDS NUMBER CONVECTION EXPONENT IS GREATER THAN THE PRANDTL NUMBER CONVECTION EXPONENT.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'call super1' putsys(0,82) $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 28712 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - REIGL, DECOMP - Insufficient Disk Space MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 introduces a new re-ordering method in sparse decomposition for CRAY and SGI computers. While this method has been found to have performance advantages in nearly all cases, there may be cases where the improved
Description
Known Error
CR 28712 performance is at the expense of requiring more memory. If the memory is not available, which is more likely the case on very large jobs, additional spill may be required and the job may fail due to insufficient space. Avoidance: In the single problem case encountered to date the problem was resolved by increasing NQS memory. An error was found in the error handling when NQS memory was insufficient. Although we don't think it should be necessary for the user to ever have to deselect the new ordering method, SYSTEM(206) controls the re-ordering method a
CR 28713 MSC / MD Nastran Security - NT Only - UFM 3060 A problem with MSC/NASTRAN Version 69 NT system causes authorization codes that would normally produce expiration warning messages to issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060. Authorization expiration warning messages should be produced under the circumstances listed below. The only avoidance is to request a new auth code for a longer duration.
Description 1. If the duration of an auth code is four months or longer, an expiration warning message is displayed when the code is within 3 months of expiring. 2. If the duration of an auth code is three months, an expiration warning message is displayed when the code is within 2 months of expiring. 3. If the duration of an auth code is two months, an expiration warning message is displayed when the code is within 1 month of expiring. If t Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 28716 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - rflagb - Wrong Answers for Fluids with Enforced Motion Wrong answers have been observed when the rflagb.v70 alter is used on fluid-structure
Known Error
CR 28716 problems, and enforced pressures are input via the Lagrange Multiplier Technique. The problem has been observed only on short word machines, and does not occur on long word computers such as Cray. The alter package has been modified to test for wrong answers, and to switch to the avoidance procedure automatically when wrong answers are found. An investigation is underway to determine if this type of wrong answer could be achieved in any other manner, in particular when no dmap alters are present. The only cases found to date were for the circumstances given above. Avoidance: An avoidance is to cause the unsymmetric matrix solver to run instead of the symmetric solver. There is some economic penal
CR 28730 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GPFORCE, BUFFSIZE - Possible Longer Runtime A significant efficiency improvement has been added to the GPFDR module in Version 70 which can cause GPFORCE output to run much faster than previous versions. This improvement is most significant for large models with multiple subcases and open sets (using the thru option). A 20 to 1 cpu improvement has been observed on a client model. However, for smaller models, the GPFDR time may take longer than the previous versions, especially when using a large buffsize is specified. Avoidance: Use a smaller buffsize and the run time should then be comparable to previous versions. As the model gets larger, the runtime will become faster as compared to previous versions.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28757 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SOLs 108 and 111, TPL, K2PP, M2PP, B2PP - Wrong answers If the Case Control commands TF, K2PP, M2PP, or B2PP, change between subcases in SOLs 108 and 111, then the frequency response solution is repeated but the answers will not be correct.
Description
Known Error
CR 28762 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - CBAR, MATi, ALPHA, TREF - Possible Wrong Answers In a buckling analysis, if the thermal coefficient of expansion on the MAT1 entry is non-zero, and no thermal loads are applied, then the differential stiffness for the BAR element will be incorrect.
Description Avoidance: If there are no thermal loads then remove the thermal coefficient of expansion since this quantity is not needed for a mechanical load. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Documentation - Aeroelastic User's Guide Equation 8-43 in Section 8.10 of the Aeroelastic User's Guide indicates that the Imaginary part of Q31 is used to calculate the yawing moment coefficient due to sideslip rate. This is a typographical error. It should be using the Real part of Q31. See the Version 65 Aeroelastic Handbook equation 18 on page 6.2-190. CR 28778 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - rflagba - Segmentation Fault A frequency response run on an SGI R8000 using the sssalter rflagba.v691 may fail in FRRD1 with "signal 11 : segmentation fault" in the log file. Description Avoidance: The problem is under investigation at this time. Try to use the large mass approach in place of the alter. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28782 MSC / MD Nastran User Modifiable NASTRAN - XGPIDG - SFM 52 CR 28765 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error
CR 28782 When adding new user modules to the MSC/N user modifiable in version 69.1, the job may fail with the following error messages: ** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 52 (XGPIDG )
Description
NAMED COMMON /XLINK/ IS TOO SMALL This error is most likely to occur when adding more than one new module. Avoidance: Contact your local support for the corrected source to semdbdf.f.
CR 28798 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SPCD - Wrong Answers Applying an enforced displacement with SPC or SPCD while using the CONV field set to UPW causes wrong answers. CR 28813 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAM - CHAR8 Variables on PARAM Entries Must Be BCD, UFM 6011 The Quick Reference Guide states that character parameters are allowed as inputs on the PARAM entry. However, the full range of character values are not allowed. The Old Exec construct of "BCD" parameters is enforced by the preface. This construct states that only alphanmumeric values are used, that is, the first character must be a letter of the alphabet. An input of param, char, -1, where char is typed as a char8 variable in dmap, results in the fatal diagnostic: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6011 (IPVDFT) THE MAIN SUBDMAP VPS TYPE OF PARAMETER CHAR DIFFERS FROM THE TYPE DETERMINED FROM PARAM CARD DEFINITION. USER INFORMATION: VPS TYPE IS CHARACTER. PARAM TYPE IS INTEGER.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28817 Documentation - PARAM,BAILOUT - Incorrect Default Value for BAILOUT in QRG The V70 Quick Reference Guide states the default for BAILOUT is -1. In Version 70 of MSC/NASTRAN, the default is 0. CR 28829 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP2D, SUPER - UFM (SEP2D), Poor Message When the SUPER=i,j feature is used to input different load ids in subcases for different superelements, messages of the form *** USER FATAL ERROR ---- (SEP2D) CASE CONTROL RECORDS FOR SUPERELEMENT 2 CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF ZERO AND NON-ZERO LOAD SEQUENCE NUMBERS.
Description
may occur. The error message does not cause the program to exit, however. In all cases studied to date it continues to completion, and produces correct answers. Avoidance: The error message may be ignored. Using a fully expanded case control instead of using SUPER=ALL above the subcase level and SUPER=i,j within the subcase will also avoid the problem.
CR 28846 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - FBS - Wrong Answers for Complex FBS with 2 by 2 Pivots FBS of complex symmetric, non-positive semi-definite matrices may produce wrong answers. Standard structural elements do not produce non-positive semi-definite matrices so this error is unlikely to occur in most runs but it is possible in poorly conditioned models and users dmaps that solve Ax=b, where A is complex symmetric and not positive semi-definite. The error has been observed on runs using the rflagb.v70 alter, which uses Lagrange Multiplier Method techniques which cause indefinite systems of equations. Avoidance: Use the unsymmetric solution method. In the current version of the rflagb.v70 alter, the model is run first with the symmetric solver, usually the least expensive option. A check of the solution is made immediately after the frrd1 module, and if the accuracy is po
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Known Error
CR 28848
CR 28848 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - PARAM,INREL, MERGE - UFM 6143, Segmentation Fault On Digital UNIX Version 69.1 only, if inertia relief is requested in some subcases, but not all, then the run will fail with a "segmentation fault" in the MATGEN module. On all other machines in Version 69.1 and 70, if inertia relief is requested in some subcases, but not all, in the presence of enforced displacements then the run may fail with UFM 6143 in the MERGE module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile selr alter 'IF ( INREL0','' IF ( INREL=-1 and not(delta) ) THEN $
Description
CR 28853 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - mscsetup - Not all the files could be decompressed On Version 70 HP systems, mscsetup may incorrectly report the total or available disk space on a file system during the query or installation phases. If the error occurs during the installation phase, the installation may terminate with the following error message: Not all the files could be decompressed. MB free space are required.
Description
MB were available in the installation directory . MB were available in the work directory . Please make more space available and redo this installation using the command ./mscsetup -t /mscsetup.pbk where is an alternate directory with at least MB free space that can be used for scrat
CR 28857 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multi Master - SFM 4276 EC 3001 The multi-master technique, allows the user to develop a design task in pieces. That is, an automotive design task might have a chassis in one model, the body in another and doors and windows in other models. As part of the adjoint sensitivity development, an efficiency was introduced, which skips the generation of pseudo-loads if there are no active responses for a particular subcase. Unfortunately, this breaks the random order capability of the multi-master technique which would allow the user to have pseudoload information available on a standby basis in case a later job submittal requires it. If a later run needs the pseudo-load information from a previous run, which did not calculate it, then the message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0" is issued. Avoidanc
Description
CR 28891 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MATHP - Equations in QRG Incorrect Remark 1 under the Version 70 Quick Reference Guide description of the MATHP entry shows the equation 2D1=K2D1=K, it should read 2D1=K. CR 28892 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AERO - Wrong Answers If, in design optimization, a static aeroelastic subcase is present and their are no static aeroelastic specific responses (TRIM or STABDER on a DRESP1), the mass effects in the sensitivity analysis are ignored and wrong answers can result.
Description
Avoidance: Include a token static aeroelastic response. It could be constrained with very generous limits so that it is never needed for the design task, but at the same time the DSCREEN parameters should be set to force retention of the
Known Error
CR 28892 unimportant constraint.
CR 28893 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MODTRL - Various UFM, Missing Documentation In Version 70, the capability to modify the type and/or precision of a matrix with the MODTRL module was removed. DMAPs that use MODTRL in this way will fail with a message of the form: USER FATAL MESSAGE (MODTRL) AN ATTEMPT TO MODIFY MATRIX 101 TYPE OF TERMS HAS BEEN MADE. USER INFORMATION: USE MATMOD OPTION 34 TO CREATE TWO OUTPUT REAL MATRICES FROM A COMPLEX INPUT MATRIX. USE ADD OR ADD5 TO CREATE A COMPLEX OUTPUT MATRIX FROM ONE OR TWO REAL INPUT MATRICES. Unfortunately there is no documentation in the Version 70 Release Guide and the diagnostic messages from the MODTRL module above may be misleading. Avoidance: 1. In order to change the precision of a matrix, use ADD5. If the new precision does not match the mach
Description
CR 28894 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - Residual Vectors (PARAM,RESVEC) - Wrong Answers If there is a c-set and/or r-set and component modes are augmented with residual vectors (PARAM,RESVEC,YES or PARAM,INRLM,-1) then the answers will be wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semr3 alter 'call resvec','' call resvec pg,uset,gm,kfs,ys,bgpdts,scstm,cstms,medge,mff, cmpho0,loo,koo,cmlama0,moo,got,koo,cmphrc/ cmpho,cmlama/
Known Error
CR 28894 nozset/norc/seid/'o ' $ compile resvec alter 'if ( nobset','' if ( nobset>-1 ) upartn uset,got/,,gorc,/'t'/'b'/'c'/2 $
Known Error Product
CR 28917 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATHP - Poor Answers Using MATHP with Isotropic Materials Hyperelastic elements have been designed to allow incompressible solutions. The elements yield poor results when used with isotropic material properties.
Description 1. In the Version 70 QRG entry for MATHP, Remark 1. Wrong: "2D1 = K2D1 = K" Correct: "2*D1 = K" 2. The "MEAN PRESSURE" is wrong for the hyperelastic element. Known Error Product Abstract CR 28919 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DCMP, Spill- SFM 4276.SFPCKI EC 62 The message, "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.SFPCKI ERROR CODE 62 PID= 0", is supposed to be issued when the matrix to be decomposed exceeds the maximum allowable size. However, prior to MSC/NASTRAN Version 70, it may be issued erroneously, when the DCMP module starts to spill. This is because the spill logic may overwrite the variable that contains the matrix size. Avoidance: If possible, increase memory to avoid spill. Otherwise, change the available memory, so the spill logic will work differently, and perhaps not overwrite the variable with a number larger than allowed. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 28936 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4, OLDQ4K - Unexpected Answers The NASTRAN system cell OLDQ4K is ignored in Version 69.1 and 70 systems.
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Known Error
CR 28936 Avoidance: The avoidance is to set SYSTEM(173)=1.
CR 28939 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, PSHELL - SFM 3002 MODULE = SDRCOMP If a model requests STRESS output for some plate elements referencing PCOMPs and other plate elements referencing an equivalent PSHELL/MAT2 combination generated in a prior MSC/NASTRAN run, then no composite ply stress output or homogeneous stress output occurs and the following error message is issued:
Description
0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 MODULE = SDRCOMP 0EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK EPTS (FILE 103) IN SUBROUTINE SDRCMA Avoidance: MID1s, MID2s, MID3s, MID4s that are created on the equivalent PSHELL/MAT2s are equal to 100000000 plus the PCOMP PID. This is a flag to NASTRAN that they are from PCOMPs. If the MIDis in the punched output are change to smaller numbers, then composite ply stresses for the PCOMP elements and homogeneous stresses for the PSHELL element
CR 28959 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTRN - UFM 6894 The Quick Reference Guide documentation for the EXTRN bulk data entry states that a thru option is available for listing connected points. When this option is used for scalar points the following fatal error messages are output:
Description FOR EXTERNAL SUPERELEMENT ID= 3, SCALAR POINT ID= 712 HAS AN ILLEGAL COMPONENT DESIGNATED ON THE EXTRN BULK DATA ENTRY. Avoidance: Remove the thru range and list each point explicitly. Known Error Product CR 28965 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 28965 Nonlinear Analysis/Hyperelastic Elements - Lumped Mass, MATHP - Wrong Answers The 20-noded hyperelastic hexa element produces wrong answers when used with lumped mass. The mean pressure output is wrong for all hyperelastic elements. Avoidance: Use consistent mass, ignore the mean pressure output.
Description
CR 28972 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AERO, FLFACT, DSAD - SFM 3007 If the velocity specification for a flutter design response is a positive number on the associated FLFACT entry while the FLFACT velocity specification for the analysis is negative (to indicate that eigenvectors are required at that velocity), the above fatal message will occur. Avoidance: The simple avoidance is to not specify negative velocities on either the analysis or the design FLFACT entries. A slightly more complex avoidance is to not design at velocities at which flutter eigenvectors are desired.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 28987 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - V68.X and earlier used nice(1) with bat=yes, V69 and later doesn't. The nastran command, introduced with Version 69, removed the nice(1) command from the "batch=yes" submittal. This can be returned by setting the "-bg" queue command to "nice %job%" in any RC file. For example, the line submit=-bg=nice %job% can be placed in any RC file.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29002 Frequency Response, Flutter, Complex Eigen - DLOAD, CMETH - UWM 6498, Signal 11 In Version 70, if the DLOAD Case Control command references a non-existing DLOAD or RLOADi entry, or a CMETHOD Case COntrol command references a non-existing EIGC entry, othen depending on the machine, the job may fail with one of the following unclear messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGetStr) Message number is not found PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from FRLG with the message number 3031 Severity is USER WARNING Parameter 1 is 2 Parameter 2 is DLT Parameter 3 is FRRD USER ACTION: Please contact MSC Client support Signal 11 (in the log file) Avoidance: Correct the offending DLOAD/RLOADi entries or CMETHOD/EIGC entries.
Description
CR 29005 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - nastxxrc, symbol - Overwrite Ignored Once a symbol is defined in an rc file, it cannot be overwritten by a later RC file that you would expect to take precedence. This error prevents a site from providing a default value in a system RC file and the user from overriding that value in their local RC file. Similarly, a user cannot provide a default in the HOME RC file and then override it in the local RC file. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances:
Description
1. Use a different symbol or 2. Override the RC file value with an environment variable as follows (assuming the symbol name is MYDIR): export MYDIR=/my/big/project # Korn shell
Known Error
CR 29005 MYDIR=/my/big/project; export MYDIR # Bourne shell setenv MYDIR /my/big/project # C-shell
CR 29011 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=MODES - Missing Output A solution 200 shape optimization analysis that contains multiple subcases and ANALYSIS=MODES will not output the eigenvectors for the final design cycle.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance: compile presens alter 'deseig=false',''
CR 29013 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DRESP2 - Questions about Optimization Input Remark 2 under the DRESP2 entry should be changed to read: DRESP1 entries can not span analysis types or superelements.
CR 29016 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, EXTRN - Blank Field Feature not Documented. The EXTRN bulk data entry, first documented in the Version 70 Quick Reference Guide, allows pairs of blank fields. The pair is read as if it weren't there. This makes it easier to repair or modify EXTRN entries. For example, suppose that an EXTRN entry were of the form:
Description
$EXTRN GID CID GID CID GID CID GID CID $ GID CID (ETC) EXTRN, 12 123456 14 123456 22 123456 24 123456, $ etc. and the model is changed so that GID 13 should be added to this list. Since the sequence of points on the list is of critical importance, it is necessary to move the input entry for every point after GID 13 to meet the sequencing
Known Error
CR 29016 requirements. This change can be accomplished as shown: $EXTRN GID CID GID CID GID
CR 29043 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Folded license.dat Files may cause Auth Code Error, UFM 3060 Various mail tools may fold text that exceeds a pre-determined line length. Generally, the tool will break the line between words, i.e., at whitespace. In normal text this is, at worst, annoying. In a license.dat file, this can result in the failure of lmgrd. Avoidance: Use the mscsetup script in TAN #2778 to install a license.dat file. If the file has already been installed, but has been folded, copy the file to another location and reinstall it using the revised mscsetup.
Description
CR 29044 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PELAS, PELAST - Requires Initial Stiffnes on PELAS When a CELAS1 element is used with a PELAST property entry to represent a nonlinear spring in nonlinear analysis, an initial, non-zero stiffness must be specified on the PELAS entry. Other capabilities in MSC/NASTRAN require the flexibility to allow the stiffness field on the PELAS entry to be blank so the code will not be changed to trap this condition. A remark will be added to the PELAST documentation stating the requirement. CR 29047 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AERO - SWM 6911 (QCBFIN) The warning message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6911 (QCBFIN) MORE THAN ONE KHH appears when a solution 200 run is restarted from a solution 145 run. The message is, most likely, benign, but does have the potential for producing wrong answers. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance: compile respsen
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 29047 alter 'khhx','qhhx' type parm,,i,n,ncycl $ dbview khhx=khh where (wildcard and desiter=ncycl) $ dbview mhhx=mhh where (wildcard and desiter=ncycl) $ dbview bhhx=bhh where (wildcard and desiter=ncycl) $ dbview qhhx=qhhl where (wildcard and desiter=ncycl) $ alter 'dscmg'(2) ncycl = desiter $
CR 29050 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - resflexa, RESTART - SFM 3003 It is possible that the resflexa.vxxx alter will not automatically remove static vectors which are a linear combination of the elastic modes. If this error occurs, the program may encounter SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003, indicating an attempt to read past the end of a record. Avoidance: The alter has been updated to correct the error. Either request an updated version of the alter or include the following in the alter:
Description mpyad phiajc,pfac,/stamod/0 $ <== existing line add stamod,uarsflx/resvec//-1. $ <== existing line $ filter null columns if they exist - Sept, 1997 matmod resvec,,,,,/nullcol,/12/s,n,nonull/1 $ if(nonull>0)then $ message //'at least one residual vector can be represented' $ message //'by the elastic modes. the following matrix has 1.0' $ me Known Error Product CR 29052 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - ADAPT, PSHELL - Negative Eigenvalues, Wrong Answers, UFM 9050 In eigenvalue analysis, negative eigenvalues may occur in shell p-elements if bubble functions are present and the distribution of p-values is non uniform. In static analysis wrong answers or USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 may occurBubble functions may be present whenever the p-level is less than 3.
Description
Known Error
CR 29052 Avoidance: To avoid this error, bubble functions must be turned off by setting system cell 225 to 1.
CR 29053 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - Wrong Answers on SGI The RSSCON (rigid shell to solid connector element) has been found to produce wrong answers for one problem on SGI computers.
Description
Avoidance: The problem is not yet fully understood. In the case where the answers were wrong the oload and spc resultants did not agree. Thus, the user is advised to closely check these results. If they do not agree, then if possible run the job on another computer or use another method such as rbe2s to connect the shell elements to the solids. CR 29064 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - Modes, Preload - Wrong Stresses for Prestressed Eigenvectors If a Sol 106 run calculates a preloaded condition and then solves for the modes, the stress output for the modal portion of the analysis will be wrong whenever the stiffness matrix has been updated because the stresses are calculated using the initial geometry. The nonlinear stresses are still correct. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance for Version 70 is: $ $ s29064.v70 11-13-97 $ $ ALTER FOR SOL 106 (VER 70) FOR NMLOOP DATA RECOVERY $ AVOIDS LARGE SOURIOUS STRESSES (CSR 29064) ECHOOFF COMPILE NLSTATIC $ ALTER 'APPEND *UGNI' $ IF ( NLOOP = NMLOOP ) CALL DBSTORE UGNI,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ $ COMPILE SEDRCVR $ ALTER 'OPG1,OQG1,OUGV1','' $ TYPE PARM, ,I,Y,NMLOOP=0 $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,LGDISP $
Description
Known Error
CR 29064 IF ( APP1 = 'REIG' AND NMLOOP > 0 AND LGDISP > 0 ) THEN $
CR 29068 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - UDSFA, FRRD2 - UFM 6136, Insufficient Memory in FRRD2 It has been observed that for some frequency response problems that an incorrect estimate is made for the amount of core required for the incore decomposition. This error results in the message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (UDSFA) insufficient memory in FRRD2 regardless of how much memory the job is given. Avoidance: The avoidance is to set system(166)=1 so that if this error is encountered the job will revert to standard decomp and avoid this error.
CR 29082 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - mscsetup - noclobber Causing mscsetup to Crash If the noclobber flag is set, mscsetup will fail when it starts. Avoidance:
Description
Insert the line set +C as the first executable line of mscsetup and rerun.
CR 29087 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MKAERO - Lack of precision in Dynamic Aeroelasticity The aerodynamic matrices required in SOL 146 are interpolated from aerodynamics calculated at reduced frequencies input on the MKAEROi bulk data entries. The calculations are performed in single precision and it has been observed that this can produce bad answers when a poor choice of MKAERO data is
Description
Known Error
CR 29087 entered. The problem has not shown up on long word machines. Avoidance: Restrict the number of k's input on the MKAERO to no more than eight. Avoid k's that are close to one another (certainly no closer than 0.005). Check answers on a long word machine if possible.
CR 29096 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MPCFORCE - Answers do not Include Inertial Forces If MPCFORCEs are requested for MPCs or R-type elements (RBAR, RBE2, etc) in a transient response or frequency response solution, the resulting output will not include the inertial forces due to attached masses.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter into the input file: compile cforce, souin=mscsou, list, noref alter 'IF ( APP=','' IF ( APP='reig' or seid>0)then $ $
Known Error Product
CR 29105 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AERO - Wrong Answers for rtype=trim or stabder If a static aeroelastic subcase retains a STABDER or TRIM response types, but no element or grid type responses, the required sensitivity analyses will not be performed and wrong answers will be produced for the sensitivities.
Description
Avoidance: Include element and/or grid response in the subcase and force its retention through appropriate DSCREEN values. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 29139 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, CONVM - Incorrect Documentation The description of the CONVM bulk data entry in Quick Reference Guide incorrectly
Known Error
CR 29139 states that the EID may be that of a CHBDYE or CHBDYP element. This entry may only reference the CHBDYP entry and only when the FTUBE option is specified.
Known Error Product
CR 29140 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SIGSEGV Segmentation Violation - Problem Size The message "SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation" can appear in the log file of short word machines for large optimization design tasks. The cause is an integer overflow calculation. A general limit on problem size is that the 2*ndv + ncon SQRT< 2**31-1 = 46,341 (where ndv is the number of design variables and ncon is the number of constraints, including property limits but not side constraints. Avoidance: Reduce the problem size to fit within the above limit or run on a long word machine where the comparable limit is 3 billion and therefore not meaningful.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29144 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD, PCOMP, CTRIA3 - UFM 5626 (DSAD13) The above message can occur in error when a DRESP1 entry asks for a CFAILURE response and the deck contains only CTRIA3's or CQUAD8's and no CQUAD4's. Avoidance: Add a dummy, disjoint QUAD4 that references the same PCOMP entry and constrain its response.
Description
CR 29150 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry, Buckling - SOL 16 (or 77), EIGRL - UFM 4418 If a buckling analysis is performed using a cyclic symmetry solution sequence (SOL 16), and the Lanczos eigenvalue solver is requested, then the job will fail with the following error messages:
Known Error
CR 29150 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4418, 0 NO EIGENVALUE EXTRACTION DATA IS AVAILABLE. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sol16 alter 'matmod','' MATMOD CASEds,DYNAMICS,,,,/,/23/S,N,NP/S,N,LANCZOS $ endalter
CR 29165 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Shell Elements - Wrong Answers The bending energy is calculated incorrectly for the error estimator for p-shell elements. Thus, p-shell element models subjected to bending may produce poor or wrong answers. Avoidance: There is no avoidance using p-elements.
Description
CR 29178 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - ASETi - ASETi Entries Ignored, Reduction Not Performed The aseti entries are ignored if they are placed in the main bulk data section using the enhanced superelement capabilities (begin super=seid). Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Perform a component mode reduction instead of a Guyan reduction on the residual structure. or 2. Place only aset grids in the residual structure and put the rest of the grid points in a separate superelement.
Description
CR 29199 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - LOADCYT, CYCLIC1 - SFE 4276, EC 7777
Known Error
CR 29199 Cyclic symmetry problems on the Cray T90/IEEE Version 70 release of MSC/NASTRAN that contain LOADCYT entries may fail with the following traceback in the CYCLIC1 Module. Beginning of Traceback: Called from line 42 (address 15262370c) in routine 'TRBK'. Called from line 39 (address 202316c) in routine 'RECOVR'. Called from line 112 (address 1101772a) in routine 'sysrcv'. Called from address 14765131c in routine '__handlr'. Called from address 1717073a in routine 'CY1CYT'. Called from line 119 (address 1714533c) in routine 'CY1CYD'. Called from line 36 (address 1711300c) in routine 'CY1CCL'. Called from line 267 (address 1747550d) in routine 'CYCL1'. Called from line 116 (address 10753001b) in routine 'XSEM12'. Called from line 342 (address 2117a) in routine CR 29200 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,POST,-1 (-2) - Erroneous Output In a superelement analysis, if param,post,-1 or param,post,-2 is used, and is placed inside a subcase, then some of the output for the output2 file will be sent to the log file. A symptom of this error is the erroneous output printed in the log file similar to the following: Process Id = 20562 X 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$/+()'=.*"#%&,;:<>?@![]^_\ 020080 61^GGPL F^4^66^810/81BK33333^71^60^3^61^GGPL F^72^60^3^81BK^813.813*813"813#813
Description
Description
Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Place the param,post,-1 or param,post,-2 in the bulk data section or above the first subcase. or 2. Add the following dmap alter and place "param,ounit1,12" inside the same subcase as "param,post,-x". compile out2geom $ alter 'type.*parm.*ounit1','' $ type parm
Known Error Product
CR 29202 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ADJOINT - Wrong Answers for Multiple B.C.s The release guide for V70 states that the adjoint sensitivity method is not available when there are multiple static boundary conditions. In fact, the adjoint method may still be selected by the code but will yield wrong answers.
Description
Avoidance: The following alter avoids the problem: compile descon alter 'IF ( DOSTATX'(,-1) mbcflg=false $ alter 'bcdr '(,-1) mbcflg=true $
CR 29203 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SUPORT1, FBS - SFM 2198 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2198, INPUT DATA BLOCK 101 HAS BEEN PURGED" may be produced when a design sensitivity task contains static and normal modes subcases and the normal modes subcase contains a SUPORT1 entry that the static subcase does not.
Description
Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter compile desopt alter 'fbs '(,-1) CALL SETQ CASESx// SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/ S,SPC/S,LOAD/S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD/S,P2G/S,DYRD/S,METH/ S,MFLUID $ PARAML CASESx//'DTI'/1/255//S,N,SUPORT $
Known Error Product
CR 29210 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEROS - Incorrect NDDL Description for AERO Datablock
Known Error
CR 29210 The first record of the AERO datablock was changed for Version 70, but the NDDL description was not updated. Three additional words were added to the datablock to support running static aero and flutter in the same run while using different reference chord lengths. The words are the reference chord length from the third field of the AEROS entry, plus the aerodynamic and reference coordinate system ID's from field 7 and 8. Avoidance: The correct NDDL description for Version 70 is:
Description
Desc={Aerodynamic Matrix Generation Data } $ Desc={Contains information for control of } $ Desc={aerodynamic matrix generation and flutter } $ Desc={analysis } $ Desc={ } RECORD=HEADER, NAME(2),CHAR4,{Data block name } EOR, RECORD, ND,I,{Y sym flag SYMXZ CR 29213 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - STRAIN - Clarify Remark in QRG Remark 1 of the Quick Reference Guide description of the STRAIN case control command claims that 'Strains for nonlinear elements are requested by the STRESS command and appear in the nonlinear stress output'. This remark should state that 'Nonlinear strains for nonlinear elements are requested by the STRESS command and appear in the nonlinear stress output'. CR 29310 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, DVPREL2 - UFM 316 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DVPREL2" will be produced in error if the input deck contains DRESP2 entries and the highest numbered DRESP2 entry references DVPREL1 data. Avoidance: Remove the DVPREL1 references from the highest numbered DRESP2 entry. In almost all cases, this is a simple replacement to a DESVAR
Description
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Known Error
CR 29310 reference.
Known Error Product
CR 29315 MSC / MD Nastran Accounting - MSCACT, acct, acid, acdata - Missing Documentation & Examples To add accounting of the account ID (acid) and site-dependent account data (acdata) to the acct and MSCACT utilities, the following steps are required: 1) Modify the nastXX.lcl, where XX is "69", "691", "70", to pass the acid and acdata values to acct. For example, in the nast70.lcl file, change %acct=y:% %a.archdir%/acct $acctf $startdate %user% %out% MSC/%appl% %version% to %acct=y:% %a.archdir%/acct $acctf $startdate %user% %out% MSC/%appl% %version% "%acid%" "%acdata%"
Description
This change adds the two values, in quotes, to the acct command line. 2) Compile the modified mscact.c source as described in the COG, chapter 6. # cd /msc70/util # msc70 util mscact This modified program adds "summary=acid" and "summary="acdata". 3) I
Known Error Product
CR 29316 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1 referenced on a DRESP2 SIGTRAP FP The message SIGTRAP TRACE TRAP FP OVERFLOW may appear in the log file when a DVPREL1 entry is referenced by a DRESP2 entry and sensitivity results are requested. Avoidance: Replace the DVPREL1 reference with a reference to the associated DESVAR's or remove the request for sensitivity output.
Description
CR 29324 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - rflagba.v691, TRD1 -Receiving signal number 10 : Bus error When running a large problem in Version 69.1 on the SGI, if insufficient memory is available, then the job may fail in the TRD1 module with no error messages in the f06 file. A symptom of this error is the presence of the following error message in the log file:
Description
Receiving signal number 10 : Bus error This error has been observed in a large transient dynamic run when using the rflagba.v691 sssalter. Avoidance: Increase the memory.
CR 29329 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MPRES - Missing Element Lables from Output, Missing Output Element labels for complex "PRESSURES FOR ELEMENTS ON FLUID STRUCTURE BOUNDARY" may be missing if SORT2 output is requested. Avoidance: Request SORT1 output.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29338 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, PARAM,POST,-2 - Missing Output In solution 106 with lgdisp,1 and composite elements, ply stresses are printed in the f06 file but not in the param,post,-2 output2 file. Also homogeneous stresses are put in the output2 file although they are not requested.
Description
Avoidance: Use the following alters: V68: $ $ the following alter is used to work-around a problem when $ using PCOMP in SOL106 with INTOUT=YES on NLPARM (V68.2.3)
Known Error
CR 29338 $ originally the NLSTATIC DMAP writes OESCP multiple times $ with PARAM,POST,-1 which causes problems for PATRAN... $ the fix is to APPEND OESCP within the loop and write it $ afterwards. $ modified 10-9 to add I-DEAS output (POST=-2) $ $ output2 blocks: OESCP laminar stresses $ OESTRCP laminar strains $ COMPILE NLSTATIC SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF $ v68.2 $ AL
CR 29339 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Fluid Points, CELASi, CDAMPi, CMASSi - UFM 2012 If a scalar element is attatched to a fluid point, the following error message may occur: ** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2012 (GP1GSM) IDENTIFICATION 1 SAME BETWEEN GRID, SCALAR OR POINT IN SUPERELEMENT -1 Avoidance: Use DMIG entries for these coefficients or attach the scalar elements to the 1 dof instead of the 0 dof of the fluid point.
Description
CR 29340 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - MATT4 - Wrong Answers Transient Heat transfer - CBAR element - Version 69 and version 70 only If MATT4 references TABLEM1 or TABLEM2 entries that define constant values, then wrong answers result. Avoidance: Do not use the MATT4 if the material properties are constant. Use the MAT4 to specify these properties. Or if you are using the CBAR element,changed to crod element
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29341 Static Analysis - GPFORCE, GPFDR - SFE 4276 FILPS2 EC 1044 If grid point force output is requested for only some of the subcases, and the set does not contain all the grid points, then the job may fail with one of the following error messages below. Similarly in superelements, if there is a gpforce request above the subcase level that references a set and the set does not contain a grid point in each of the superelements then the job will fail. SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FILPS2 ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 GPFDR
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = 43 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (GPFDR ) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FI CR 29342 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - External SE with CMR, CSET - CMR DOF AUTOSPC'd in SE0 .If a component mode DOF from an external SE is not being attached into the residual structure as anticipated it is an indication that the mode is either a linear combination of the static transformation vectors or the first mode calculated. MSC/NASTRAN will eliminate this mode via the autospc and INREL DMAP mechanism by design. Two avoidances exist.
Description 1) remove the cset entries from the external SE run. or 2) ask for more modes to be calculated and add a second spoint putting it into the qset. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 29344 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIAR, MCID - Error in Material Orientation, Wrong Answers Specifying a MCID (integer, material coordinate system) in field 7 of the
Known Error
CR 29344 CTRIAR entry does not work. The resulting THETA (real, orientation angle) will be a large number ( 512.*(MCID+1) ), yielding incorrect stiffness for anisotropic materials. It may also lead to wrong element mass matrix. Avoidance: Do not use an integer in field seven of the CTRIAR entry, use the CTRIA3 element instead. DIAG 38 may be used to print the material angles.
CR 29348 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,STRUCTMP, PARAM,FLUIDMP - Missing Output Requests for structural modal participations and fluid modal participation factors do not work. Avoidances: Structural modal participations can be obtained for Version 69 and later systems with the following dmap alter: compile mpf alter ',ah,' type parm,,char8,y,acsym='yes' $ if ( acsym='yes' ) then delete /ah,,,, $ PARTN bHH,VPHFS,/,mAH,, $ add5 mah,,,,/ah/-1. $ endif $ alter 'z2x' if ( acsym='yes' ) then $ add5 z2x,,,,/z2xx/-1. $ equivx z2xx/z2x/-1 $ endif $ and fluid modal participation factors can be obtained with the following alter: alter 'ENDIF \$ FLUIDMP\<nofhset'(,-1) else $ equivx PHDFH1/PHDFH2/-1 $ </nofhset'(,-1)
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Known Error Product
CR 29356 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR, mem - SFM 3007 If an optimization job does not have enough memory allocated to it, it may fail with the message " *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM9 ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOM9P4".
Description
Avoidance: Allocate more memory (using mem keyword on NASTRAN command line). If more memory is not available, and the model contains only DVPREL1 entries with one associated DESVAR, then you can reduce the memory requirement by setting DELP > DELX on the DOPTPRM entry. CR 29367 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - SADD5 - UFM 4551, UFM 5423, Missing Output When a nonlinear transient model has difficulty converging, NASTRAN issues some variation of the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551". The job stops at that point and results which have been obtained up to that point are printed out. However, if the variation "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551, STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO TWO DIVERGENCES IN THE SAME TIME STEP." is issued, then no results are printed, and it is followed by the fatal message:
Known Error Product
Description
0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR PST1 IS 27 22 2 1 2 875 TRAILER FOR IFS IS 28 22 2 1 19 9740 Avoidance: Correct t
Known Error Product
CR 29398 Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - Incorrect SPC Force Output When the CGAP element orientation is defined by the orientation vector in fields 6 through 8, the moment due to frictional shear force is not calculated correctly. The resulting moment ignores the length of the element and is incorrectly calculated as the (shear force)/2. As a consequence, the moment component in SPC forces is incorrect. Avoidance: Use CID on CGAP to define the orientation of the Gap element.
Description
CR 29411 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=BUCK - Missing Eigenvalue Table If buckling analysis is used in an optimization run, then only the initial eigenvalue table will be printed. Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter: compile moders $ alter 1 $ type parm,,logical,n,eigprt $ alter 'if.*nasout.*ofp.*lama'(,-1) $ eigprt=nasout $ nasout=true alter 'if.*nasout.*ofp.*lama' $ nasout = eigprt $ endalter $ $
Description
CR 29412 MSC / MD Nastran Security - FLEXlM - Missing License Server on Windows NT The initial delivery of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 CD-ROM does not contain the FLEXlm network licensing servers for Windows NT. If you want to use your Intel Windows NT system as the license server and do not already have this software, then you can get the network software from MSC by calling our toll-free Order Processing hotline at: 1-800-4004672. A revised Version 70 CD is available, the Version 70.5 CD will also have the Intel Windows NT license server.
Description
Known Error
CR 29412 For Digital Alpha Windows NT systems, we do not have the network license server available. We will update the Version 70 Windows NT CD-ROM to contain both licensing servers in the near future.
CR 29421 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - after keyword - Maximum File Size 2 Giga Bytes On an SGI IRIX 6.4, use of the NASTRAN keyword "after" will lower the maximum filesize from unlimited to 2Gb. This is error is caused by a bug in the SGI operating system. Avoidance: There is no avoidance except not to use the "after" keyword.
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Known Error Product
CR 29425 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIA6, CQUAD8, ELFORCE - SFM 4276, EC 7777, Trap Encountered If element force data recovery is requested for the CTRIA6 elements, then the job may fail on the IBM RS6000, HP, and possibly other machines. Depending on the machine, the job may fail with the following error message in the f06 file, ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 8, ABORTING ... BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 or with the following error messages in the log file without any messages in the f06 file. Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP overflow Traceback:
Description
Known Error
CR 29425 Offset 0x00000024 in procedure gmmatd_ Offset 0x00005044 in procedure str61d_ Offset 0x0000075c in procedure s2bbrd_ Offset 0x00000c54 in procedure sdr2b_ Offset 0x00000260 in procedure sdr2_ Offset 0x00000194 in proc
CR 29442 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - GPFORCE - Can Not Post Process GPFORCE Results An error in the access key for grid point force results in the xdb prevents these results from being post processed in transient and modes runs. MSC/PATRAN Version 7.5 supports post processing of these results but MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 will be required to produce the corrected xdb.
Description
CR 29478 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Release Notes/jet101.dat - UFM 6794 (SEPSEB) The file jet101.dat on the V69 delivery CD, in the msc69/nast/misc/doc/relnotes directory, contains an error which will result in the following message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6794 (SEPSEB) DUPLICATE BOUNDARY POINTS DETECTED CONNECTING TO SUPERELEMENT 4 AT GRID 26 FROM DOWNSTREAM 0. LIST FOLLOWS: 4101 4001 This error is caused by grid points 4001 and 4002 which are not needed. Avoidance: Remove the definition for grid 4001 and 4002. The correct file is on the delivery CD for Version 69.1.
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Known Error Product
CR 29480 Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PBUSHT, KN, TABLED1 - BIOMSG ERROR 1044 Nonlinear transient analysis with CBUSH elements that refer to a PBUSHTentry that defines stress dependent properties may fail in the NLTRD2 module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 BIOMSG ERROR 1044. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 29489 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - GMSURF with zero derivatives - Poor Answers If a GMSURF has a point with zero derivatives, such as the center of a cylinder or sphere, linear element edges with grids at the singularity may have skewed parameterizations. This may result in poor answers. Avoidance: An avoidance is to specify an FEEDGE for any such element edge. No GMCURV or POINTs need to be specified for a linear edge.
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CR 29508 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - THERMAL, DBX - Segmentation Fault If a nonlinear transient heat transfer analysis, sol 159, specifies multiple THERMAL case control requests the job may fail with the following message in the log file. Process Id = 4393 Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault Job aborting... dbx: Not found Unable to call dbx for trace: Error 0 Avoidance: The data deck that encountered this error was attempting to request printed output for a specific set and punched output for all. The correct way to make this request is to use the OTIME entry to limit the printed request.
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Known Error Product
CR 29526 Random Response Analysis - TABRND1 - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) The SKIP feature on the TABRND1 entry does not work when LOG-LOG option is used. The following messages are issued.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY TABRND1 ***** SORTED ENTRY COUNT = ** Avoidance: Do not use the SKIP feature when LOG-LOG is used.
CR 29531 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBULK, SECONCT, SEP1X - SIGSEG, Segmentation violation When using the enhanced superelement capabilities (begin super=x), only one grid point may occupy the same location for a particular superelement at a particular boundary location. This is a documented limitation. Logically a user may believe that one way to get around this limitation is to use the SECONCT command; however, the use of the command for this purpose will cause the job to terminate with no message in the f06 file and the traceback shown below in the log file. The proper way to get around this limitation is to use the SEEXCLD command.
Description Trap encountered: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x00000a90 in procedure sepmc1_ Offset 0x000003f8 in procedure sepman_ Offset 0x00000180 in procedure sepsrh_ Offset 0x00000754 in procedure sep Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 29532 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEEXCLD, SEMA - SFM 4192, 3062 If the enhanced superelement capabilities (begin super=x) are used, and
Known Error
CR 29532 there is more than one boundary point that occupies the same location, the SEEXCLD can be used to exclude the extra boundary points. However, if the model also contains the old superelement type (seset), then the job may fail with the following misleading error messages: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL message 4192 (sema) GRID POINT 10 IN SUPERELEMENT 0 IS NOT DEFINED IN BGPDT FOR DOWNSTREAM SUPERELEMENT 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = SEMA FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY MAPBTI CALLED IN SUBROUTINE SEMA . REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID(S) NOT FOUND. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Reordering the grid sequencing for the superelements may avoid this error. Reorder the grids such that the lowest s
CR 29547 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MKAERO - UFM 1126 The message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE ADD IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = AJJ0 , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE AJJ0 =OVRWRT is produce when the input deck has m,k (Mach number and reduced frequency) pairs that are identical. Avoidance: Remove duplicate mk pairs.
Description
CR 29548 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - seaspa.v70 - Possible Wrong Answers An error in the seaspa.v70 alter (wrong value of app to some apd calls) results in un-needed data being checked improperly. It is unlikely that the error in the alter will cause errors in answers; however, the alter has been fixed to remove this error and it also gives better diagnostics if the auxmodel input file is given a wrong value. The revised alter may be down loaded from the web and has a revised date of Oct 23, 1997. The appropriate sample input files have also been updated and posted on the
Description
Known Error
CR 29548 web at http://www.macsch.com.
CR 29577 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Singularity in Stresses When Interior Angle of Element is Small P-Elements may encounter a data recovery error when the interior angle of the element is small. Avoidance: Other than modifying the mesh, there is no avoidance. In Version 71 an new system cell 269 is introduced to allow the user to specify a threshold ratio for the Jacobian determinant at a VU-grid with respect to it p-element center. If the ratio is smaller than the threshold specified, then the Jacobian determinant at the VU-grid is replaced with its element-center value when computing the stress and strain. CR 29580 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V69/70 COG - Sec 4.8.3 does not include HP Exemplar In the COG, Section 4.8.3 describes a method to flush the F04 and F06 files to disk during a long running job. The method is stated to work on Convex, Cray, and SGI systems. The method also works on HP Exemplar systems. The documentation should also explicitly state that after the buffers are flushed the job is terminated. Edition 2 of the Version 70 Configuration and Operations Guide has been clarified.
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Description
CR 29581 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD OPTION 13, COPY - SFM 1269 (SLCDRV) Copying the lower triangular factor from DECOMP or DCMP module may lead to the fatal message:
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1269 (SLCDRV) THE ASSOCIATED FILE FNUMERIC OF DATABLOCK 101 IS ALREADY OPEN.
Known Error
CR 29581 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: The error occurs only in Version 70, Version 70.5 corrects the error and prior versions also work.
CR 29613 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/P-Elements - PVAL - Recommended Minimum p-order. In general, an analysis started at P=1 will not produce the same results as starting at other p-levels. Although it is not suggested in the PVAL documentation where the p-order is set by either default or recommendation, a minimum starting p-level of 3 is recommended for accuracy and efficiency. CR 29615 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMIG, UACCEL - Incorrect Example in QRG The format and example for the UACCEL entry in the Quick Reference Guide implies that enforced accelerations are input as one column. The correct input format is one column for each enforced acceleration case. A better example with more typical values follows:
Description
Description
$23456789 dmig, uaccel, 0, 9, 1, , , , 4 dmig, uaccel, 2, , , 2, 3, 386.4 dmig, uaccel, 3, , , 2, 4, 3.0 dmig, uaccel, 4, , , 2, 6, 1.0 Remark 2 implies that the SUPER case control command must be present. This is not true. A better remark would be: "2. The load sequence number interpretation depends on the value of NCOL field on dmig, uaccel, 0 entry. The recommended method is to set it equal to the number of loading conditions, 4 in this example. The load sequence number L is then the sequence numbe
Known Error Product
CR 29619 Elements - PBARL, PBEAML - Wrong Answers for K1, K2, Cw, J The BEAM library capability in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 calculates the K1, K2 (the shear stiffness factor and CW (the warping coefficient) for the the BOX section incorrectly.
Description Avoidance: Calculate the correct cross sectional properties and enter use the pbar and pbeam entries or create a beam server library with the correct cross sectional properties. Known Error Product Abstract CR 29622 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SOL 15, EIGRL - SFM 3007 If the EIGRL Bulk Data entry is selected and the CYSUP entry is also specified in SOL 15 then the run may fail with SFM 3007 in REIGL. Avoidance: Run SOL 115, use EIGR entry or insert the following DMAP alter: Description compile sol15 alter 'reigl ','' REIGL Kxx,Mxx,DYNAMICS,CASEcc,,MR,DMx,vxcompr,,,vaxw/ LAMA,phixc,MI,EIGVMAT,OUTVEC/READAPP/S,N,NEIGV/RECNO/ ///////////nreigl $ CR 29625 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,POST - DBC Segmentation Violation Nonlinear jobs that fail due to insufficient time or failure to converge that have param,post,0 may continue and issue a traceback from the DBC module: Traceback: Offset 0x000006c4 in procedure dbcaol_ Offset 0x00000db8 in procedure convrt_ Offset 0x00001180 in procedure dbc_ Offset 0x000002d4 in procedure xsem14_ Offset 0x00000984 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain ---
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Known Error Product
CR 29639 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V70 Release Notes - Missing DMAP Non-upward Compatibilities The MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 Release Guide did not contain the description of the DMAP module non-upward compatibilities. Below is the information that should have been included. The information is also soon to be included on the MSC external web site. The location will be included in this report when it becomes available.
Description
This section summarizes DMAP module changes from Version 69 and 69.1 to Version 70. This information is intended to help you convert your Version 69 and 69.1 DMAP alters or sequences to run in Version 70. A structured solution sequence excerpt shows how the module is actually invoked in the structured solution sequences and the additions or deletions are shown in lowercase in the Version 69 or 70 excerpt, respectively.
Th Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 29643 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - COMPILER - Missing Documentation The design intent of the COMPILER LIST statement is to list all subDMAPS called by a solution sequence. If you wish to list only specific subdmaps you must input a specific COMPILE LIST statement for each subdmap listing desired. Remark 4 should be clarified to discuss this design intent. CR 29645 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - GPFORCE, SUBCOM, SET - Wrong Answers If GPFORCE force is requested for a set of grid points and SUBCOM is used, then the the gpforce output from the SUBCOM subcase will be incorrect. Description Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances:
Known Error
CR 29645 1. Request GPFORCE=all or 2. Use SUBCASE instead of SUBCOM
CR 29646 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity, Differential Stiffness - STATSUB - UFM 1126 When performing a buckling analysis in Optimization (SOL 200) with no mass on any unconstrained degree of freedom in the model and with scr=yes on the nastran command line, then the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE UPARTN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = KSF, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE KSF=OVRWRT", may be issued. The error may also occur in SOLs 103 and 107 through 112 if differential stiffness is requested with the STATSUB command.
Description Avoidance: There are three avoidances: 1. Insert a dummy mass element on any unconstrained degree of freedom. 2. Insert the following DMAP avoidance in V70. compile sekr nolist, noref $ $ alter 10 $ $ $ check for KFF $ if KFF exists, then so does KFS, KSF, KSS Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description CR 29648 MSC / MD Nastran 70.5 Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - SFM 4276, EC 7777 MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 on Dec Alpha OSF may fail in the EIGRL module with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777. The following traceback
Known Error
CR 29648 will be issued in the log file: handler(0x11fffdff8,0x11fffdf98,0x8,0x0,0x11fffdff8) L. 28 <>(0x0,0x0,0x0,0x8,0xc00000007) L. 28 dot3rd_(0x140602658,0x1208397bc,0x1409cbddc,0x12164ccc8,0x1409eb378) L. 93 lncrdd_(0x1404c1678,0x165000b38,0x1404c1678,0x1409eb378,0x165001708) L. 266 lncr3d_(0x165001c30,0x1407ac4f0,0x165001c50,0x165001c70,0x165000b38) L. 357 lncr2d_(0x1650023c8,0x165002550,0x1650026d8,0x1650008f8,0x140645210) L. 429 lncr1d_(0x165002550,0x165001cc8,0x1650026d8,0x165000250,0x1650002f8) L. 457 lncs1d_(0x1405d2348,0x14064522c,0x140645230,0x140645228,0x1406450c8) L. 893 Avoidance: In the si
CR 29655 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - propa.v70, propf.for - Wrong Answers The sssalter propa.v70 and accompanying fortran program propf.for enables the flutter analysis of propellers. Two errors have been discovered in this package. The first is that the propeller blade aspect ratio is based on the propeller diameter when it should be based on the radius. The second is that the example case based on NASA TN 1807, uses a reference semichord that is twice that specified in the NASA TN. The updated input file (prop1.dat) and the input for the pre-processor (prop_data.dat) has been added (8/15/2007). This will be delivered with the next version of MSC Nastran. Avoidance: Either input the aspect ratio into the preprocessing routine directly or modify the supplied FORTRAN code to use radius in the aspect ratio calculation. For the test case, divide the input chord lengths by two.
Description
CR 29663 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC3D, TEMP(LOAD), GP3D - SFM 3007 If TEMP is applied to a CRAC3D element that has 32 grids or more the run will fail with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (GP3 ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE GP3D Avoidance: If possible use TEMPD to apply the temperature load.
Known Error Product
CR 29691 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER, K2GG, M2GG B2GG SFM 6296 If flutter optimization is attempted with CASE CONTROL commands K2GG, M2GG or B2GG then the run will fail and the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6296 Unable to locate a member of datablock QHHL" will be issued. Avoidance: Don't use the K2GG, M2GG or B2GG commands in an ANALYSIS=FLUTTER subcase in SOL 200. A complex workaround involving TABEDIT's is available if this avoidance is unacceptable.
Description
CR 29699 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,OUNIT1 PARAM,OUNIT2 - Misplaced Output The parameters ounit1 and ounit2 are ignored in Version 70 when used with param,post,-2. Avoidance: If the ounit1 and ounit2 are needed, the following DMAP alter may used: $ $ for v70.0 $ compile super3 nolist, noref $ alter 335,335 $ type parm,nddl,i,y, ounit1 $ type parm,,i,n, ounit1x $
Description
Known Error
CR 29699 message //' ounit2 before out2geom call= '/ounit2 $ IF ( POST<0 ) THEN $ IF ( OUNIT1>0 ) THEN $ OUNIT1X=OUNIT1 $ ELSE $ OUNIT1X=OUNIT2 $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $ IF ( ( ((DROPT=0 OR DROPT=4) AND APP1<>'BKL1') OR APP='BKL0') AND (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') AND (POST=-2 OR POST=-4) ) CALL OUT2GEOM, CSTM,GPL,GPDT,EPT,MPT,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4, GEOM1,DIT,DYNAMICS,EQEXIN,BG
CR 29704 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - MPYAD - Large MPYAD has Excessive Run Time It has been observed on a very large test problem (1.5M DOF) that the matrix operation PhiT*M required more than 1000 passes, where M is symmetric and nearly diagonal, and Phi has the same number of rows of M and 70 columns. This type of operation is unlikely to occur in a standard solution, but may occur in a user-dmap. This operation is, for example, used in the checka.v70 sssalter. The MPYAD method selected was method 1T, which unpacks the (mostly null) rows of M in memory. This is on a model for which eigenvectors had already been computed, and the time spent up to the start of the mpyad was less than the estimate for the multi-pass solution. Avoidance: Instead of solving for x=PhiT*M in one step, break the operation into two steps as follows: xt = M*Phi x = trns
Description
CR 29705 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2, SCR=MINI - Missing OUTPUT2 Data
Known Error
CR 29705 When an input file is submitted with the scr=mini option and param post,-2 is used, no op2 output will be generated. Avoidance: Do not use the scr=mini option. If the scr=mini option and param,post,-2 are needed, then the following dmap alter may be used.
Description
COMPILE SUPER3 SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 335,335 IF ( (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') AND (POST=-2 OR POST=-4) ) CALL OUT2GEOM, CSTM,GPL,GPDT,EPT,MPT,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4, GEOM1,DIT,DYNAMICS,EQEXIN,BGPDT,CASECC// OUNIT2/S,NP $ CR 29710 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PBARL,PBEAML, ECHO=NONE - Unrequested punch file If both the beam library and echo=none are used in the same run, then a punch file containing the equivalent beam properties will be created.
Description Avoidance: If this additional punch file is not desired, then remove the echo=none case control command. Known Error Product Abstract CR 29723 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling & Differential Stiffness - PARAM,FOLLOWK - SFM 3002 (TAFF) When performing buckling analysis or stress stiffened analysis (STATSUB) with follower force effects (PARAM, FOLLOWK, YES), and a LOAD bulk data entry references more than one PLOAD4 entry, then the following fatal message will occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (TAFF ) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK (NONE) (FILE 0) IN SUBROUTINE TAFMEG Avoidance: 1) Set PARAM, FOLLOWK, NO -- thus follower force effects will be ignored. 2) Do not reference more than one PLOAD4 card on the LOAD bulk data entry.
Description
CR 29724 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Incorrect OS Version on Fujitsu systems The Operating System version reported by the nastran command and in the MSC/NASTRAN F06 title block is incorrect. The correct version is obtained with the 'uname -v' command. The result "1" indicates "V10L10"; "2" indicates "V10L20"; and "3" is expected to indicate "V20L10". The correct version may be specified with the "s.osv" keyword in any RC file, for example s.osv=V10L10
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29736 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=MFREQ - SFM 4276 EC 3001 module DSAD If FREQ3, FREQ4 or FREQ5 Bulk Data entries are specified in SOL 200 run with ANALYSIS=MFREQ and a METHOD entry, the following message is erroneously received: USER WARNING MESSAGE 6645 (FRSRTD) FREQ3,FREQ4, AND FREQ5 ENTRIES ARE PRESENT IN A DIRECT FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS. and the following message is issued in the DSAD module:
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GREAD , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile presens alter 'dopr3 ' type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ if ( not zuzrl1 ) then $ delete /CONTAB,R1TAB,RESP12,RSP1CT, $
Known Error
CR 29736 delete /frqrsp,CASEDS,ointds,pelsetds, $ endif $ no
CR 29759 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGR entry with METH=SINV - Inefficient Processing Auto-omit processing is done unnecessarily with METHOD=SINV on the EIGR entry. Auto-omit requires a decomposition to condense out the massless dofs which produces a denser stiffness matrix.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile moders alter 'noared'(2) noared=-1 $
CR 29772 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, DRESP1 - Wrong units The units for eigenvalues is incorrect as described in remark 18 of the Quick Reference Guide's description of the DRESP1 entry. The correct units are (radian/time)**2 instead of (radian/time). CR 29778 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - PLTSET - Poor Performance The PLTSET module for Version 70 has a severe performance degradation as compared to Version 68.1. For one probelm, the two PLTSET calls in Version 68.1 used less than 11 CPU seconds while Vhile 70 consumes 470 CPU seconds. This problem has been corrected in Version 70.5 CR 29779 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - h-p Interface, FEEDGE - Incorrect Results When a model consists of both h- and p-elements, the edges of the pelements
Description
Known Error
CR 29779 which are on the h-p boundary will not remain at p-level 1 if these edges are defined with curved geometry. These edges will adapt to higher p-level, giving incorrect results. Avoidance: Do not define curved FEEDGE geometry on the h-p element boundary.
CR 29780 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Singular Stiffnes Matrix Singular stiffness matrices or negative eigenvalues may occur in QUAD pelements for lower p-values when the p-distribution is nonuniform. This is due to an error in bubble functions which are used for edges with p=1 and p=2. The error is fixed in V70.5 Avoidance: Turn bubble functions off with system cell 225, specify NASTRAN SYSTEM(225)=1 in the input file.
Description
CR 29781 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, LINKER - Trap Encountered In an optimization run, if the PID (field 4) on the DVPREL1 entry references a PBARL entry, and the FID (field 5) references an invalid field on the PBARL entry, then the job will terminate in the f06 file without any messages. In this case, the job terminates after generating the equivalent PBAR entries. This error will result in the following error messages in the log file. Trap encountered: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation
Description
Traceback: Offset 0x000006f8 in procedure domcb_ Offset 0x000005dc in procedure domc_ Offset 0x0000028c in procedure dopr1f_ Offset 0x000010c0 in procedure dopr1_ Offset 0x00000284 in procedure xsem03_ Offset 0x00000934 in procedure mainal Avoidance: Reference a valid PBARL FID.
CR 29788 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD(12) - Illegal Trailer, BIOMSG: ERROR 211 MATMOD(12) may output matrices with an incorrect trailer of the form of 7, when it should be a form of 2. Some modules may accept this vector, while others may crash in unpredictable manners. The ADD module, for example, exits with the message below: BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPK, FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 Avoidance: Use the MODTRL module to change the form to 2.
Description
CR 29797 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD, ANALYSIS=FLUTTER - SFM 3007 Flutter optimization cannot be performed with superelements unless the design model is in the residual. If attempted the run will fail and issue the following messages:
Description ^^^ FLUTTER ANALYSIS COMPLETED. DESIGN CYCLE NUMBER= 1 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD14 0FATAL ERROR Known Error Product CR 29798 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, FRSPCF, TSPCF, DSADJ - UFM 5423, 3007 If the DRESP1 entries requests spc forces (FRSPCF or TSPCF) in a frequency response or transient response optimization task and all the constraints are inactive then an incompatible matrix multiply may result leading to the following message: Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSADJ ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSDJ2D 0FATAL ERROR or
Known Error
CR 29798 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) Avoidance: Use the DSCREEN entry to force a constraint in each subcase to be active.
CR 29800 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - SOLs 3 and 7 through 12, MFLUID - SFM 3001 in MGEN In SOLs 3 and 7 through 12, if there is an ELIST1 entry and no free surface nor plane of antisymmetry then SFM 3001 is issued from the MGEN module. Avoidance: Use SOLs 103 and 107 through 112.
Description
CR 29802 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, SPLINE3 - Incorrect Equation The equation written in Remark 2 for the SPLINE3 Bulk Data Entry is incorrect. The sign on the right-hand side of the equation should have a minus sign. That is the processing of the SPLINE3 entry is similar to the MPC entry and the equation should be written as: u + sum(A * u ) = 0 dii
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29817 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - MATT1, MATT2 - Temperature Dependent Materials May Fail, SFM 3007 In Version 70, material table lookups can fail if there are points outside the range of the supplied tables. This is true for both linear and nonlinear solution sequences. Symptoms of this error are the following messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698. STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX KLLRH
Description
Known Error
CR 29817 . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN 1.00000E+07 OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3057 (NLITER) MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLITER) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLINIT Avoidance: Define the temperature dependent material tables over a wider range.
Known Error Product
CR 29825 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN BULK SUPER, GENEL - UFM 316, Partitioned Superelements If GENEL elements are used in a partitioned superelement run, then "USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY GENEL xxx SORTED ENTRY COUNT = yyy" will be incorrectly issued if any GENEL ids in the second and subsequent bulk data sections are greater than or equal to any GENEL ids in a previous bulk data section.
Description Avoidance: 1) Do not use duplicate GENEL ids, and 2) Number your GENELs and order the bulk data sections such that the GENEL ids of the second and subsequent bulk data sections are less than those of the preceding bulk data sections. Known Error Product Abstract CR 29829 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - STRSORT - Stress Sorting may be Inefficient In very large models, if stress sorting is requested, then the time spent in the stress sorting module STRSORT may dominate the total runtime. This is most apparent in less efficient I/O machines. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. Known Error CR 29837
Description
CR 29837 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - STATSUB, SOLs 107, 108, 109, scr=no - UFM 9058 If scr=no and the Case Control command STATSUB are specified in SOLs 107, 108, or 109 to select the static subcase for differential stiffness, then the run will fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (STATICS2) - THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE AND THE CURRENT SUBCASE DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
Avoidance: Submit the job with scr=yes or insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'not(statics) or kdiff','' IF ( true ) then $
CR 29851 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Not all the files could be Decompressed. If the "GZIP" environment variable is set, mscsetup may fail with the error message Not all the files could be decompressed. MB free space are required. MB were available in the installation directory /some/dir/ MB were available in the work directory /some/otherdir/
Description
Please make more space available and redo this installation using the command /some/dir/mscsetup.pbk -t where is an alternate directory with at least MB free space that can be used for scratch purposes during the installation process. Prior to this error message, you may also see lines like: 7 22:18 36976 120864 69.4% ./msc70/irix64/demo1 11 Jul
Known Error
CR 29851 7.gz: No such file or directory 22:18.gz: No such file or directory
CR 29852 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE - UWM 2354 (GPFDR) Large TETRA models, about 35000 grids, with a GPFORCE request may fail with the message: . *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = 37 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3003 (GPFDR ) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 302) IN SUBROUTINE GPFDFB 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Increase memory.
Description
CR 29859 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - CEAD, EIGC, HESS - Traceback in hess1, UWM 6137 Complex eigenvalue analysis that selects the Hessenberg method may issue a traceback in the hess1 routine with no other message whenever the mass matrix is singular. Other runs may issue a warning message that the input matrix is rank deficient or may explicitly state that the mass matrix is singular and proceed and give unreliable answers. Examples of the traceback and warning message are given below:
Description Offset 0x00000030 in procedure pack_ Offset 0x00000ec4 in procedure hess1_ Offset 0x00000c60 in procedure cead_ Offset 0x0000006c in procedure xsem11_ Offset 0x00000994 in procedure mainal
Known Error
CR 29859 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6137 (DFMN) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 159 USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158 (DFMSA) ----STATIST
CR 29890 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - DLOAD, RLOADi, NEC - Possible Wrong Answers On the NEC, if the DLOAD entry references more than 12 RLOADi entries in a frequency response analysis, only the last 12 RLOADi entries will be included in the applied load. The other loads are ignored.
Description Avoidance: If more than 12 combined loadings are required, use a single RLOADi entry which in turn references multiple DAREA entries with the same ID. Known Error Product CR 29898 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Augmentation - PARAM,RESVEC, SUPORTi - UIM (RESVEC) No Static Shapes When a structure is free-free and a SUPORTi entry exists, there will be no static shapes to augment the mode shapes when there are no constraints in the model (i.e., no s-set, m-set or o-set). This condition leads to the following message: Description ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE ( RESVEC ) ^^^ NO STATIC SHAPES WERE FOUND TO AUGMENT MODE SHAPES Avoidance: Add a disjoint grid point, with no elements attached to it. Autospc will cause an s-set to exist. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 29901 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CBEND - UFM 2016 If a superelement contains a CBEND element that uses a MAT1 that is not referenced by any elements type, the MAT may not get copied internally
Known Error
CR 29901 into the bulk data associated with the superelement. This will results in: UFM 2016 MODULE = EMG NO MATERIAL PROPERTIES EXIST Avoidance: Make sure that each MAT1 that is used by a CBEND elements is also used by an element type other than the CBEND. This may require a dummy element such as CBAR be included in the appropriate superelements. This dummy element does not need to be part of the structure and may be fully constrained.
CR 29909 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FREQ - SFE 4276, EC 32, Missing Output In a frequency response analysis, if too many continuation entries are used for a FREQ entry, then the job will either fail with the following error messages:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 32 PID= 0 or the output will not be generated for all the frequencies. Avoidance: Use a combination of the FREQ3, FREQ4, and FREQ5 in a modal frequency response analysis.
CR 29919 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SEEXCLD - Incorrect description The description for field 3 (SEIDB) of the SEEXCLD entry should be changed from SEIDB Superelement identification. (Integer > 0 or Character = "ALL")
Description to SEIDB Superelement identification. (Integer >= 0 or Character = "ALL")
Known Error Product
CR 29922 Rigid Elements - RSSCON, SECNSD - UFM 6692 When a highly skewed plate element is attached to a solid element with an RSSCON entry, the run may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (SECNSD ) RSSCON NUMBER *** CANNOT CONNECT AN EDGE OF QUAD ELEMENT *** TO HEXA ELEMENT *** Avoidance: The only avoidance is to reduce the skewness of the plate element or to use the GRID option on the RSSCON entry.
Description
CR 29932 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSC/NASTRAN will not run on SGI IRIX 6.4 MSC/NASTRAN V68.2.3 (r2) for the SGI R8K may not run on IRIX 6.4 or later systems. The failure will occur at program start, before any processing has begun, with the following message: MSC/NASTRAN started Mon Nov 17 08:45:14 PST 1997 Process Id = 27828 idalloc: address of dynamic common is too low current brk value: 0x12700000 ( 309329920) current address of XNSTRN: 0x121f0000 ( 304021504) ***memory allocation failed, program stop*** real 0m0.04s user 0m0.02s sys 0m0.02s MSC/NASTRAN finished Mon Nov 17 08:45:14 PST 1997 The specific reason is that the amount of code and data put into the user's address space by the runtime libraries and OS has become too large and interferes with MSC/NASTRAN
Description
Known Error Product
CR 29944 MSC / MD Nastran Static Aeroelastic Analysis - QSETi, SEQSETi - UWM 5229, SFMs 2198, 2199, 3007
Known Error
CR 29944 If QSETi entries are present in SOL 144, Static Aeroelastic Analysis, the run will fail in subDMAP AESTATRS. The message issued from subDMAP AESTATRS varies. If the a-set contains only q-set dofs, the following messages are issued: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5229 (DDCOMP) INPUT FILE TO MODULE DECOMP PURGED. MODULE RETURNS WITH PURGED OUTPUT. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2198 MODULE = FBS INPUT DATA BLOCK 101 HAS BEEN PURGED.
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2199 MODULE = FBS SUMMARY, ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE FATAL ERRORS WAS ENCOUNTERED IN SUBROUTINE DFBS . If the a-set contains q-set and t-set dofs the the following message are issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UMERGE) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE QSETi and SEQSETi entries Known Error Product Abstract CR 29965 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - SWM 6065 - Undocumented Limit in DBC, SWM 6065 (DBC) The DBC module always has had a limit of 9999 allowable output positions available for any process list, ie time, frequency, modes, etc. The enforcement of this limitation has not always been consistent until V70. This limit may lead to the message: ^^^ SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) ^^^ DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 43 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCAOL OUTPUT LIST SUPPLIED EXCEEDS INTERNAL LIMIT, SUPPLIED 20013 INTERNAL LIMIT 10000. Version 70.5 uses a new dynamic access key technique which effectively increases the limit for many problems. MSC/XL and other programs may no be compatible
Description
Known Error
CR 29965 with this new technique. SYSTEM(274)=1 (a.k.a. DBFACT=1) is provided to access the old technique. This system cell may be set in the system or user rc file as well as the individual test deck.
CR 29998 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD METHOD 4T - UFM 4276 EC -31 Certain problems cause MPYAD METHOD 4T to be selected when other methods would solve the problem much more efficiently. The problem will take longer to run than it should and may run out of disk space. The symptom of the bad method selection is that MPYAD METHOD 4 T is selected with a large number of passes. This can be seen in the f04 file, for instance, as follows:
Description 20:36:57 267:07 53987.9 626.3# 6843.0 188.9# FDRMGEN MPYAD END 20:36:58 267:08 53998.1 0.5 6843.1 0.0 FREQRS 15 MPYAD BEGN METHOD 4 T , NBR PASSES=****, EST. CPU= 81.7, I/O= 40.0, TOTAL= 121.8 20:36:58 267:08 53998.1 0.0 6843.1 0.0 MPYAD BGN P=2930 20:36:58 267:08 53998.9 0.8 6843.2 Known Error Product Abstract CR 30005 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - ASETi, SE - SEP1X, SFM 3007 In an external superelement generation run, if the DMIGPCH option is used with the ASETi entries, and the external superelement contains upstream superelements, then the punch file will not contain the physical boundary matrices. The job may also fail with SFM 3007. Description Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Use BSETi instead of ASETi entries to represent the boundary points. 2. Use the DMIGDB, DMIGOP2, or MATRIXDB option instead of the DMIGPCH option. Known Error Product CR 30007 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Corrected Version Abstract
CR 30007 Documentation/Nonlinear Analysis - Multiple Subcases, Different Answers A transient nonlinear analysis may yield slightly different results when the problem is defined with multiple subcases rather than a single subcase. The difference occurs because loads are averaged over three timesteps. The loads at the end of a subcase and the beginning of the subsequent subcase may then be slightly different. CR 30009 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - SIGNAL 11 (SIGSEGV) CODE 5, or CODE 6 The submittal script on MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 on Convex computers has an error which may cause jobs that request more than 10 million words of memory to fail with the message: ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 11 - Segmentation fault (SIGSEGV); CODE 5 - Invalid page table reference (SEG_INVPTP_TRAP) JOB ABORTING... Avoidance: Modify the nast70.lcl file in the msc70/bin directory as follows: %MSC_ARCH=convex:% $tcmd %a.solver% $asgf %mem% rather than %MSC_ARCH=convex:% $tcmd %a.solver% %a.rel=68:% $asgf %mem%
Description
Description
CR 30010 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN BULK SUPER, RESTART - SFM 3001 A restart of a superelement problem will result in the fatal message shown below, if the cold start contains superelements defined in the main bulk data section as well as other superelements defined in the partitioned bulk data sections.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SEP1X ) THE EXECUTIVE FILE 0 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE SEPMAB Avoidance: Define all superelements in either the main bulk data section or the partitioned bulk data section, but not both.
CR 30011 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFREQ, OFREQ - SFM 4276.GREAD EC 3001 If a multidisciplanary optimization run uses MFREQ as one of the disciplines, contains an OFREQ Case Control requests and has a value of P2>=8 on the DOPTPRM entry to indicate that the responses are to be printed, then the job will fail with the following fatal message in the DOM10 Module: SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GREAD ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 USER INFORMATION MESSAGE: TO OBTAIN A NASTRAN DUMP, RESUBMIT JOB WITH DIAG 44 INSERTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION. Avoidance: Remove the OFREQ request or lower the value of P2 on the DOPTPRM entry.
Description
CR 30015 MSC / MD Nastran ESTIMATE - Incorrect estimates of DOF on TRIAX6 elements. The ESTIMATE utility may incorrectly count the degrees of freedom associated with CTRIAX6 elements. If the singular degrees of freedom are explicitly constrained, either on spc entries, grid entries or grdset entries, then the ESTIMATE will assume that a constraint in the 2 degree of freedom is removing one of physical degrees of freedom. This is not correct as a CTRIAX element is define in the x-z plane not the x-y plane. As a result, ESTIMATE will undercount the DOF by one per CTRIAX6 element. Avoidance: Do not explicitly constrain the singular degrees of freedom, let autospc perform this function.
Description
CR 30020 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD 2 or 3 - Wrong Answers When very low memory is requested such that MPYAD method 2 or 3 are selected, and multiple passes are required, then the job will produce wrong answers. Insufficient memory causes the sparse method to be deselected and MPYAD METHODs 2 and 3 to spill in multiple passes. This information is contained in the f04 file with DIAG 19.
Description
Known Error
CR 30020 Avoidance: Deselect method 2 and 3 by adding the following system cell to the top of the input file or system rc file: nastran system(66)=60 This may cause some jobs that require methods 2 or 3 to fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (*** ) THE SCRATCH FILE 399 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE GOPEN 0FATAL ERROR The most likely jobs to encounter this message are optimization jobs in DOPR1. If
CR 30023 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Ishell does not work on HP Systems The ISHELL module will not work on the HP Version 70 system because the allocated size of the stack and child thread was too small for HP machine. The original cause of this error was fixed in Version 70.5.0 but another error effectively renders the error not fixed on HP-UX 10.2 systems. The error has been fixed in Version 70.5.1. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 30027 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCD, scr=no, auxiliary models - Wrong Answers In a shape optimization run with SPCD loads on auxiliary models and scr=no the answers are wrong after the first cycle. Avoidance: Use scr=yes or insert the following DMAP avoidance:
Description
compile update alter 'delete \/yg1,' DBVIEW ygp=yg (WHERE DESITER=DESP) $ RESTART YGp,YG,//TRUE $ DETECT ENFORCED DISP CHANGES endalter
CR 30030 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SSG2 - Poor Efficiency The ssg2 module reduces the spline matrix gtkg to several other components. The r-set component is not used anywhere, and this operation takes a considerable amount of cpu time.
Description
Avoidance: An alter which eliminates this computation is to remove this component from the dmap call: COMPILE AESTAT NOLIST NOREF $ V70 ALTER 'SSG2','' $ REMOVE GTKR FOR EFFICIENCY. NOT USED DOWNSTREAM. $SSG2 USET,GM,,,GOA,DM,GTKG/GTKR,GTKO,GTKS,GTKA,GTKL $ SSG2 USET,GM,,,GOA,DM,GTKG/,GTKO,GTKS,GTKA,GTKL
CR 30037 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESOPT, TFL - UFM 3055 If the TFL command is specified and ANALYSIS=MFREQ or DFREQ in a SOL 200 run that performs adjoint sensitivity then the run will fail with UFM 3055 at statement 404 in subDMAP DESOPT.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'PARAML CASERS' PARAML CASERS//'DTI'/1/ 15// S,N,TFL $
CR 30041 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Security - No read access to authorize.dat or license.dat Files If the user running mscsetup has their umask set to a value that disables group or other access, e.g., 026 or 027, mscsetup may create files that are not readable by the user community. The specific files of concern are:
Description /flexlm/licenses/license.dat and/or /conf/authorize.dat. Note, having a restrictive umask value is a necessary, but not sufficient,
Known Error
CR 30041 condition for the error to occur. This error has been corrected on the MSC/NASTRAN V70 (r4) CD. Avoidance: Either of the following actions below will avoid the error. 1) Set the umask to 022 before running mscsetup. or 2) Change the permissions of the affected files after installation, e.g., chmod a+r /flexlm/licenses/license.dat chmod a+r /conf/authorize.da
CR 30045 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - CDAMP1, CBUSH - Wrong SPCFORCE Output If frequency dependent damping and no stiffness is specified on a CBUSHelement then the SPC forces will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile freqrs alter 'equivx bggf\/xggf','' ADD bggf,/xGGf/iomega $ endalter
CR 30054 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - STATSUB, PARAM,INREL - UFM 9058 (SUPER3) If a PARAM,INREL,-1 is erroneously placed in a SOL 103 run along with a STATSUB command for differential stiffness, then the following error message will be received: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SUPER3) - THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
Known Error
CR 30054 This error needs to be trapped in order help the user correct the problem. Avoidance: Remove the PARAM,INREL,-1 since it is only valid for inertial relief in SOL 101.
Known Error Product
CR 30058 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Incorrect Specification of FLEXlm License Servers on Windows NT The MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 NT "Configuration and Operations Guide" indicates the format for a list of alternate FLEXlm licensing files or license server nodes is specified as value:value:...
Description The correct format for NT machines is value;value;... Note, ANY list of values, such as a PATH, or the FLEXlm license spec, use semicolons on Windows NT. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Matrix Methods - UDECOMP - Various User and System Fatal Messages As problem sizes get larger the unsymmetric solver becomes less robust and the program may fail after significant time is spent in the module. Avoidance: The use of the unsymmetric solver can be avoided for some solutions by: Description SOL 108, fluid structure analysis. The default method now selects the symmetric solver, where possible. Do not use PARAM, ACYM, NO, because it forces use of the unsymmetric solver. The default value for this parameter since Version 69 provides the correct action. CR 30064 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 30064 SOL 144. Several methods are introduced in Version 70.5 which avoid use of the unsymmetric solver, which is still the default method. The recommended method is requested by use of PARAM, AESMETH, AUTO. This selects an iterative solution.
CR 30073 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - APPEND - SFM 4276, EC 1039 In a nonlinear run, it is possible that the run may terminate in APPEND with SFM 4276, EC 1039. Avoidance: Set SYSTEM(158)=1000 and SYSTEM(159)=500
Known Error Product
CR 30083 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - TLOAD, TRL ,- time: command terminated abnormally If a transient response analysis has a DLOAD that references a nonexistent TLOAD id, the job aborts without any messages except: *** TERMINATING /pw/devl/svr4/structures/t477/nastran/msc70/solaris/analysis.ultra *** Received signal 11 (SIGSEGV) time: command terminated abnormally in the log file. Avoidance: Remove the reference to the nonexistent TLOAD id.
Description
CR 30101 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Component Mode Synthesis - UFM 3007 (UMERGE) If an insufficient number of q-set degrees of freedom are allocated through the SEQSETi entry to hold all of the internally generated residual flexibility vectors, the run will fail in the UMERGE module with the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 3007" indicating illegal input to a subroutine.
Description
Known Error
CR 30101 Avoidance: Supply a larger number of SEQSETi degrees of freedom.
CR 30104 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation, QRG - TIME - Incorrect Default Value The default value for the executive control section entry "TIME" changed in V69. The value is now 1.892160e9 (seconds), not 60 minutes as documented. Avoidance: Specify a user defined value for TIME.
Description
CR 30109 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - NORM - SFM 4276 EC 7777 The norm module sets an output parameter to the size of the maximum magnitude number in a matrix. On short word machines these numbers can be as large as 1.E60+. The number is stored in an output parameter of single precision whose maximum size is 1.E30+. Therefore, matrices which are legal for other modules cause overflow in norm. Avoidance: Short of not generating matrices with large numbers in them, there is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 30124 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GPWG, PARAM,GRDPNT,0 - time: command terminated abnormally Jobs with PARAM,GRDPNT on SUN SOLARIS Version 70.0.0 systems may fail in the GPWG Module with the message: *** TERMINATING /local/msc/msc70/solaris/analysis *** Received signal 11 SIGSEGV time: command terminated abnormally. Avoidance: Remove the PARAM,GRDPNT from the data deck. The error could not be repeated on Version 70.0.3 or 70.5.
Description
CR 30136 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - "The following items are missing:" If a user or site has replaced the standard tar(1) command with another "equivalent" utility, e.g., pax(1), mscsetup may fail with the following error: The following items are missing: msc70/access where msc70/access is any file to be loaded from the CD-ROM. Avoidance: Make sure the tar command invokes the standard tar(1) executable.
Description
CR 30147 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPCI, CRIS - Negative Load Factors If the Crisfield arc length method (TYPE=CRIS) is used in a post buckling analysis, then the job may not converge. A symptom of this problem is the printing of large negative load factors as shown below.
Description
SUBID 2 LOOPID 29 LOAD STEP -6.389 LOAD FACTOR-7.38852477 SUBID 2 LOOPID 30 LOAD STEP -7.891 LOAD FACTOR-8.89144518 SUBID 2 LOOPID 31 LOAD STEP -10.059 LOAD FACTOR*********** Avoidance: Use the RIKS method or SOL 400.
CR 30200 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - UFM 6694, Incorrectly Worded Fatal Message When two solid elements are connected to one shell element using the ELEM option on the RSSCON entry, the following error message is issued:
Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 6694 (GP4RS4) SHELL GRID POINT xxx IS CONNECTED TO MORE THAN TWO SHELL ELEMENTS BY RSSCON BULK DATA ENTRIES.
Known Error
CR 30200 THIS IS NOT ALLOWED IF THE SOLID ELEMENT FACES CONNECTED ARE TRIANGLES. Although the user made an illegal connection, the error message is incorrectly worded. The problem is not that the shell is connected to a shell but that it is connected to two solids. The RSSCON entry can not connect more than one solid element to one shell element when the ELEM option is used. If the shell to solid connection spans across more than one solid element, the GRID option must be used.
CR 30201 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - FORCE - Unexpected Answers A negative sign in the CID field of the FORCE entry may not be trapped and the analysis may continue as if the field was left blank indicating the loads are to be applied in the basic coordinate system. Avoidance: Other than checking the oload output and entering proper data in the field, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 30204 MSC / MD Nastran Sensitivities/Optimization - MSGMESH - MSGMESH FE 9104 Running an input file with an auxiliary model generated with MSGMESH fails with the fatal error: 1 CGEN QUAD4 2001 2000 1 3 2001 2054 INPUT ** *** MSGMESH FATAL ERROR 9104 *** N1=1 N2=5 N3=0 N4=0 ERROR ** for any MSGMESH input entries. Avoidance: Do not use MSGMESH entries in the auxiliary subcase.
Description
CR 30205 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,RESVEC - Wrong Answers with MAX Normalization The Modal Augmentation (Residual Vector) Method introduced in Version
Known Error
CR 30205 70 gives wrong answers if the modes are normalized to MAX. Avoidance: Use MASS normalization of modes.
CR 30212 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SUPORTi, CSETi, GDR - SFM 3007 (UMERGE) When performing component mode synthesis using generalized dynamic reduction (GDR) and CSETi and SUPORTi entries are present the run may fail in the GDR module with the following message: ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE ( RESVEC ) ^^^ NO STATIC SHAPES WERE FOUND TO AUGMENT MODE SHAPES *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UMERGE) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE 0FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter to avoid the error: compile semr3 alter 'call resvec','' call resvec pg,uset,gm,kfs,ys,bgpdts,scstm,cstms,medge,mff, cmpho0,loo,koo,cmlama0,moo,got,koo,cmphrc/ cmpho,cmlama/ nozset/norc/seid/'o ' $ alter 'equivx cmpho0','' CALL SEGOA uset,GOT,/GOAt/NOOSET/NOQSET/NOTSET $ EQUIVX CMPHO0/PHIVZ/NORC $ IF ( NORC>
CR 30229 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - SGI R10000 misidentified during V70 installation On multi-processor SGI system running IRIX 6.2 or later, mscsetup may report a syntax error such as the following:
Description ./mscsetup[24]: 10000^J10000^J10000^J10000^J10000^J10000^J10000^J10000: syntax error
Known Error
CR 30229 Avoidance: Set the MSC_ARCH environment variable to "irix64" for any R8 or R10 processor running IRIX64, or "irix" for any other combination of processor and OS. Note, specifically "O2" systems use the "irix" architecture. For example, on an Origin2000 system, set export MSC_ARCH=irix64 # Korn shell setenv MSC_ARCH irix64 $ C-Shell
CR 30235 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SUPORT1, PARAM,SESEF - UFM 3055 (MPYAD) The use of SUPORT1 entries with PARAM,SESEF,>=0 and superelements will result in *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3055 (MPYAD ) AN ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR MULTIPLY AND ADD NON-CONFORMABLE MATRICES TOGETHER WAS MADE IN MODULE MPYAD.
Description
Avoidance: $V70 compile postreig nolist noref alter 4 $ type parm,nddl,i,n,suport $ alter 25 $ after call setq paraml casedr//'dti'/1/255//s,n,suport $ ENDALTER CR 30250 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - REPCASE - SFM 3002 (DSADJ ) The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (DSADJ)
Description may occur when the adjoint method is invoked and there are REPCASE case control commands.
Known Error
CR 30250 Avoidance: The best avoidance is to remove the REPCASE commands. A more complex and less robust avoidance is to force the direct sensitivity method. This latter technique entails forcing the retention of an element response.
CR 30251 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, SUBCOM - GPFDR - SFM 4276, EC 7777 If a run contains SUBCOMs and a GPFORCE request, the run will fail on Digital Alpha UNIX systems in the GPFDR module with the following message and traceback: SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.tbk ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 USER INFORMATION MESSAGE: TO OBTAIN A NASTRAN DUMP, RESUBMIT JOB WITH DIAG 44 INSERTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION.
Description
Process Id = 9467 handler(0x11ffff138,0x0,0x120974d00,0x150fb59a4,0x1405fd6c0) L. 24 <>(0x120974d00,0x150fb59a4,0x1405fd6c0,0x8,0xc00000007) L. 24 gpfdr_(0x1409ac7b0,0x11ffff494,0x14057e9b0,0x14057e9b4,0x1409ac7b4) L. 1057 xsem13_(0x12005727c,0x11ffff915,0x11ffff710,0x0,0x1) L. 94 mainal_(0x11ffff710,0x0,0x1,0x0,0x3ffc0082620) L. 349 <>(0x140a40188,0x0,0x100000000,0x100000001,0x100000000) L. 349 < CR 30252 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADMTX - Duplicate Continuation Entries in Punch File If a heat transfer analysis contains multiple cavities and each cavity exceeds 100,000 elements the duplicate continuation entries for RADMTX may be output to the punch file.
Description This problem only occurs when each cavity exceeds 100,000 elements. If each cavity has more than 100,000 elements,then you will get the duplicate continuation entries on the RADMTX bulk data entry. This error will lead
Known Error
CR 30252 to: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4392. CONTINUATION CARD ERRORS. EXPLANATIONS FOLLOW LIST OF CARDS IN ERROR when the punch file is used. Avoidance: Manually edit the punch file. The continuation fields may be left blank as long they are in order.
CR 30254 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - SFM 4276, EC 7777 If a complex eigenvalue analysis is missing a cmethod entry in the Case Control the job may end with a traceback in the CEAD module. Offset 0x00000020 in procedure raise Offset 0x00004110 in procedure bioxxx_routine Offset 0x00000134 in procedure bioxxx_ Offset 0x00000240 in procedure nsexit_ Offset 0x0000019c in procedure pexit_ Offset 0x00004048 in procedure gperr_ Offset 0x000002c0 in procedure mesage_ Offset 0x000010d8 in procedure cead_ Offset 0x00000094 in procedure xsem11_ Offset 0x000009b4 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Add a cmethod entry in the Case Control.
Description
CR 30259 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - TETRA, PENTA, CHBDYG - Poor Answers The ten noded TETRA element and the 15 noded PENTA element produce poor answers when the convection coefficient is large relative to the thermal conductivity of the material. For example , when h*delta(x)/k is larger than 10, where h is the convection coefficient, delta(x) is the element length and, the k is the thermal conductivity of the material poor answers
Description
Known Error
CR 30259 result.
Avoidance: Use other element types such as the 4 noded TETRA which uses CHBDYG,AREA3 for convection.
CR 30273 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - CALL statement - UFM 72, Poor message If a value or variable is not specified for all parameters on a CALL statement then UFM 72 is issued with misleading information becaue the parameter named in the message is not the cause of the error. The error is caused by the unspecified parameter following the named parameter. For example, 83 CALL FRRD2X KDDZ,BDDZ,MDDZ,,PDFZ,FOL,CASES,
Description
EDT,SILD,USETD,/ UDVF1,FOLI1/ENFORCE///////FRRDSET//FIRSTBD0 $ 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 72 (XGPIDG ) PARAMETER SYNTAX ERROR IN ABOVE STATEMENT. PARAMETER IS ENFORCE --ERROR CODE = 2 Avoidance: Remove the unspecified parameters or specify dummy va
CR 30293 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Undocumented Limit The intrinsic functions MIN and MAX for the DEQATN entry have an open ended list of arguments. There is an undocumented limitation that the number of arguments for these functions has to be less than 100. This problem is considered fixed in Version 2001 by raising the limit to 1000. Avoidance: If it is desired to take the max (or min) of more than 100 arguments,
Description
Known Error
CR 30293 several intermediate functions can be defined that find the max of a number of arguments less than 100 and then the max of the intermediate functions will result in the overall maximum.
CR 30299 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BCDR, Superelements - SFM 3002 If all the design variables and responses are specified in upstream superelements then the following messages may be issued in subDMAP PSLGDV and module BCDR: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (BCDR ) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK (NONE) (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE BCDR.
Description Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Specify at least one design variable or response in the residual structure. 2. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'call descon' seid=0 $ peid=0 $ equivx cases/casdsn/-1 $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 30322 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - TETRA - Wrong Answers In MSC/NASTRAN Version 70, a temperature look-up for a temperature dependent material property for the TETRA element only occurs at temperature=0.0. This causes wrong answers. Avoidance: Use other element types such as HEXA or PENTA elements when there are temperature dependent material properties in the problem. Known Error CR 30325
Description
CR 30325 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Reserved Names If a parameter or datablock on a type statement uses a name that has "cond" as a prefix, for example, condnosq, then the results using these parameters or datablocks in subsequent operations are unpredictable. For example, in the following dmap operation, type parm,,rs,n,condnosq $ condnosq = 1.0 $ message //condnosq $ does not produce a value of 1.0 for the condnosq parameter. The reason is that "cond" is a dmap exec statement for branching operations. Avoidance: Do not define a datablock, parameter, or label using "cond" as a prefix for the name.
Description
CR 30336 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Building a New Solution Sequence - UIM 1179 (RESDBS), Poor Message An attempt to LINK a "called SUBDMAP" (one with input and output arguments on the SUBDMAP line) will result in the following error message, which does not explain the problem: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1179 (RESDBS) A DB-DIRECTORY IMPROPERLY CLOSED IN THE PREVIOUS RUN IS BEING RESTORED BY THIS RUN. MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 408540, A(/SYSTEM/) = 14ef640 MAIN: Exception occurred at address 89050D. MAIN: Program attempted to access data at location 19970738. MAIN: Context Flags 0001001F Avoidance: Do not LINK a "called SUBDMAP" only MAIN SUBDMAPs with no arguments in the SUBDMAP line are to be linked.
Description
CR 30367 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Incorrect Stresses It is an undocumented limitation that thermal loads cause incorrect stresses in dynamic analysis. This limitation will be documented under TEMP(LOAD) case control entry in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide.
Description
CR 30414 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SET - SFM 3008 Long SET case control entries may cause NASTRAN fail with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008. The following SET entry resulted in this fatal: SET 1 = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21
Description Avoidance: The above SET entry may be broken up as follows: SET 1 = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19, 20,21 Known Error Product CR 30419 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - Description of Large Field Format Continuation Entries In the discussion in the QRG on the "Format of Bulk Data Entries" there is no mention made of how to continue a large field format Bulk Data Entry. There is an example of a large field format entry, which shows the correct use of the "*" in column 1 that marks field 1B as a continuation mnemonic of the parent entry begun in field 1A. However, in the "Continuations" discussion, there is no mention made of how to continue with child entries that are also of the large field format. These types of continuations require an "*" in column 1 of field 1B along with the continuation mnemonic of the first half of the entry. Additionally, it is stated that continuation fields can be auto-generated (the recommended practice) within MSC/NASTRAN, provided that those continuations
Description
Known Error
CR 30419 immediately follow
CR 30420 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - EIGB - SFM 6707, SFM 3007, Poor Message In a nonlinear buckling analysis, if the method on the EIGB entry is SINV or INV and no eigenvalues are found in the range, then the following misleading messages will be printed in the .F06: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3030 (OFP) THE OFP MODULE CANNOT PRINT THE DATABLOCK LAMA USER ACTION: USE THE MATPRN OR TABPT MODULE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: OFP LOC CODE = 40 FILE = 102 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6707 (PARAML) THE PARAML MODULE WITH P1=DTI DETECTS A STRING RECORD. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (PARAML) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARAML or 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4540, INPUT ESTNL DATA BLOCK IS NOT NONLINEAR FORMAT. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLITER) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLINIT
Description
Avoidance: Choose a more appropriate range on the EIGB ent Known Error Product Abstract CR 30453 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - ALTER - String Based Alter, UFM 802 If a string-based DMAP alter uses the ! in the expression (find occurrence at the beginning of a line), it is possible that MSC/NASTRAN will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 802 stating that no match was found, even if there should be a match. Avoidance: If you encounter UFM 802, check to see that the desired line is not preceded by a comment in the DMAP. The search logic using the "!"
Description
Known Error
CR 30453 assumes the line begins on the preceding comment. In order to avoid this, remove the ! from the text string (be careful to verify that the DMAP alter is inserted at the correct location, as this will then search for any occurrence of the text on a line, rather than only searching for lines which begin with the text). If necessary a more unique search string will have to be selected.
CR 30459 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - Leading 0's in Integers - Poor Results If an integer has leading 0's (e.g., 05 instead of 5) on a NASTRAN bulk data entry, MSC/ESTIMATE may not interpret the data correctly.
Description
Avoidance: Remove any leading 0's from the bulk data of a file to be processed by ESTIMATE. CR 30462 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - Excessive Errors - Run Aborted If 'memory=estimate' or 'buffsize=estimate' is specified on the nastran command line or in an RC file, messages generated by the ESTIMATE utility may overflow a buffer within the nastran command. When this overflow occurs, the following message will appear: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE (nastran.estimate_job_requirements) a.estimate=/msc705//estimate (program default) ESTIMATE executable filename. This keyword may only be specified on the command line or in the command initialization file (see <0.ini>). It appears that ESTIMATE has failed. Ensure that the program is properly installed. Assuming default value for buffsize. Avoidance: Either of the following avoidances will work: 1. Fix the errors in the input file and rerun wi
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Known Error Product
CR 30468 Miscellaneous - VECPLOT - SFM 3062 If a very large memory is requested in a run, then the job may fail in vecplot with the following error messages: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = VECPLOT FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY GETGPT CALLED IN SUBROUTINE VECPL1 . PREXYZ FLAG ARGUMENT WAS SET WITH AN INCORRECT VALUE TO GET THE REQUESTED DATA RETRIEVAL. In this case, a memory of 400mw was requested. Avoidance: Reduce the amount of memory request.
Description
CR 30496 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Delete Entry - Various User Fatal Messages When a restart delete entry, using the small field format, is incorrectly shifted a column to the left, the beginning and end values are misread without a fatal message. For instance the following delete bulk data entry:
Description
/ 65266 65267 is read as: / 5266 5267 Avoidance: Use free field, comma separated input for this entry.
CR 30507 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDR2 - SFM 3062 A shape optimization task may fail with a system fail message, 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = SDR2 FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY MAPXTI CALLED IN SUBROUTINE SHLNRM . REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID(S) NOT FOUND. The failure may occur when the following conditions are met:
Description
Known Error
CR 30507 1. A shape optimization job; 2. Shell normal is invoked; 3. The identification id for grid points is larger than the total number of grids in the model. Say the model has 10 grids but the ten grids are identified by 100001 to 100010. The possible avodance: 1. Always start grid ids from 1; 2. Set SNORM=0.0. Notice that if shell normal can not be ignored, the avoidance # 1 should be used.
CR 30515 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - EPOINT - Inefficient Restart If a restart is made from a solution 103 normal models run and epoints are added, the modes will be recalculated even though they are unaffected by the epoints. Avoidance: Use the following alter, it removes the check on DYNAMIC(s) and the restart skips the READ or REIGL module. THIS AVOIDANCE PRODUCES INCORRECT RESULTS! compile ifpl alter 158,158 compile phase0 alter 590,590 endalter
Description
CR 30522 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - SFM 5628 (DSAD12) In design optimization, if there are composite responses (DRESP1 = CSTRESS, CSTRAIN or CFAILURE) and force responses (DRESP1=FORCE), a USER FATAL MESSAGE 5628 as shown below will be encountered unless the highest element ID has a composite response. 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5628 (DSAD12)
Description
Known Error
CR 30522 DRESP1 ID = 5363003 IS FOR RTYPE = FORCE AND ELEMENT ID = 5682. THE RESPONSE COULD NOT BE FOUND, EITHER BECAUSE THE ELEMENT DOES NOT EXIST OR BECAUSE THE RESPONSE TYPE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE ASSOCIATED ELEMENT TYPE. 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5628 (DSAD12) DRESP1 ID = 5363004 IS FOR RTYPE = FORCE AND ELEMENT ID = 5682. THE RESPONSE COULD NOT BE FOUND, EITHER BECAUSE THE ELEMENT DOES NOT EXIST OR BECAUSE THE RESPONSE TYPE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR T
CR 30542 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra Analysis - SUBCASE - Missing Output When using Response Spectrum ananlysis in SOL 103, if you have multiple SUBCASEs (solutions) and there are diffenrent output requests in various SUBCASEs, only the requests which match the first SUBCASE will be honored. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile postreig alter 'sdr2 ','' SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,,,BGPDTS,OLB,PHQG, PHIGH,EST,XYCDBDR,,,,GPSNTS,,,/ ,IQG1,IPHIG1,IES1,IEF1,/ 'mmREIG' $ endalter CR 30550 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, INIT,SCRATCH - Incorrect Default The default value for the SCRATCH dbset is stated as 175,000 gino blocks in the Quick Reference Guide. The correct default value is 250,000 gino blocks. CR 30560
Known Error
CR 30560 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - scr=mini, SUPORT command - UWM 4410, Missing output If SCR=MINI is specified on the command line and the SUPORT command is specified in the Case Control, then subsequent data recovery restarts will terminate with UWM 4410 and no data recovery output.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sestatic alter 'call setq' PARAML CASES//'DTI'/1/255//S,N,SUPORT $ endalter
CR 30563 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - OTIME, op2, f06 - wrong answers In Version 69.1, the OTIME command is ignored for element-type output (e.g., forces, stresses). Furthermore, the time labels are in the correct sequencial order, but the label values are incorrect. The OTIME command functions properly for grid-type output (e.g., disp, velo, acc). This problem has been corrected in Version 70. Avoidance: Either remove the OTIME command or upgrade to Version 70.
Description
CR 30575 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Limit on the Number of Design Variables There is a limit imposed by the optimization algorithm used for design optimization that the number of design variables (NDV). squared must be less than the number of machine precision words available. For example, if a job is run with 40 million single precision words, the number of design variables must be less than the sqrt(40,000,000/2) = 4472 on a short word machine and 6324 on a long word machine. CR 30578 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 30578 Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP, PLOADX1, LOAD - Wrong Answers If PLOADX1 (pressure loads for axisymmetric elements) is referenced by a bulk data LOAD record, follower forces (in nonlinear solution sequences) do not work. Pressure loads are computed based upon the initial geometry.
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to write PLOADX1 records for every load magnitude needed, and not use the LOAD records to combine loads. Known Error Product Abstract CR 30585 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Security - Unable to Obtain Licenses for MSC/NASTRAN There is an error in the FLEXlm libraries provided by Globertrotter that result in the libraries ALWAYS examining the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable even though a valid license file or server has been explicitly named in the "authorize" keyword. As a result of this, the following limitation is set: If the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable is set, it shall point to a valid license file. This error is most easily seen by setting the "authinfo" value to 9 and examining the LOG file output. If a license file not named by the "authorize" keyword is present, it was obtained from the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. Avoidance: Delete the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable if it does not point to a valid FLEXlm license file. Known Error Product Abstract CR 30590 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - Superelements, Restarts - SFM 4540 When downstream superelements are processed in a SOL 106 coldstart by using SEALL=n, where n is the superelement number, NASTRAN incorrectly issues the following fatal message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4540, INPUT ESTNL DATA BLOCK IS NOT NONLINEAR FORMAT.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 30590 Avoidance: If you are using partitioned superelements and you are going to restart to process the residual, ignore the fatal message and restart anyway. The fatal message is benign and restarts are possible.
CR 30617 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, Force(corner), strain(corner) - Incorrect default The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly lists cubic as being the same as the corner output for the force and strain output. The correct default corner option for the force and strain corner output is BILIN, similar to the stress output. CR 30631 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Reference Manual, GPSTRESS - Strain Not Supported In the second paragraph of Section 10.1 of the MSC/NASTRAN Reference Manual it states "The calculation of strains may be sustituted for stresses using the STRAIN command in place of the STRESS command in the Case Control Section" inside the same paragraph that describes the GPSTRESS features. This may lead users to incorrectly conclude that grid point strain can be obtained by substituting the STRESS Case Control Command with the STRAIN command. Grid point strain output is not supported. CR 30638 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force Balance - GPFORCE, PLOAD - Wrong Answers Grid point force balance output of element force contributions are not correct when pressure loads are applied. For example, PLOAD1 on BAR, BEAM and BEND elements will produce different element forces with the ELFORCE data recovery than from that printed in the grid point force balance output. The same is true of the plate elements under pressure loads.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 30638 Avoidance: There is no avoidance, this is currently a limitation of the GPFDR module. The GPFDR module has as input the discrete load vector to perform the data recovery operations. The discrete load vector does not contain any of the distributed load effects and will calculate element force contributions based on the discrete loads not the distributed loads. The limitation has not been removed but is now documented under the G
CR 30639 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PLOAD1/BEAM - Wrong Answers A design optimization job may report incorrect element response value (Stress/Strain/Force) for CBAR, CBEAM and CBEND elements subjected to pressure loads because SOL200 does not account for distributed forces of the PLOAD1 entry while recovering those element response quantities. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 30645 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - User Supplied subdmaps may Discard datablocks on type Statements If a user subdmap is of the form: subdmap mine in1/out1 type db sils mod1 sils/out1 etc. etc. ... return end $ and sils is a datablock in the nddl, which means it is stored in the database, then assuming qualifiers are set correctly, module mod1 will find sils and use it appropriately. However, at the end of the execution of the subdmap the LTU logic will automatically delete the datablock. This will not be discovered until the datablock is needed by a downstream subdmap, when it will no longer be in the database. Consequences include wrong answers
Description
Known Error
CR 30645 or mysterious fatal error crashes such as "SILS NOT AVAILABLE" for modules that allow purged inputs. These errors occur even though SILS was in the database in prior subdmaps. Avoidance: Do not write the type stateme
CR 30703 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - XDB Limitation - Maximum Number of Grids There is a limit on the number of GRID points which can be processed by the DBC module for the ".xdb" file. The limit is dependent on many factors, one of the most significant factors is the solution sequence. For dynamic and nonlinear solution sequences the limit is 214748 GRID points. If more GRIDs than this exist in the model, some of the desired data may not be processed and placed in the ".xdb" file.
Description
Although there is still a limit on the total amount of data DBC can process, Version 70.5 contains changes that take into account the actual number of timestep or load steps actually solved. Thus, the program can more accurately predict the amount of data that it must process. The maximum number of grids is now determined dynamically and this change effectively greatly increases At 2005R2 this limitation is removed with DBCFACT=2.
CR 30704 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - CHBDYG - UFM 2157 The backside on an ambient plate element cannot be used for thermal radiation. If attempted the follow message results: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2157, MATERIAL ID = 0 FOR ELEMENT ID = 1 DOES NOT APPEAR ON ANY RADM RADIATION MATERIAL DATA CARD FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Add a front face RADM entry.
Description
Known Error
CR 30712
CR 30712 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,INREL, ADD - UFM 5423 The USER FATAL MESSAGE below may occur when performing an inertial relief sensitivity analysis with multiple subcases and one or more subcases does not have any retained responses. The message is: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423---ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR PL IS 6 57 2 2 50 3596 TRAILER FOR PLR6Y IS 12 57 2 2 64 5614 TRAILER FOR PLIPA IS 12 57 2 2 34 2281 FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'call descon' solapp='stnmbk' $ call dbstore caseds,casdsn,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile inersen alter 'plbase','qrbase' call dbfetch /caseds,casdsn,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ type parm,,i,n,ic
Description
CR 30721 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRK - Eigenvectors in Wrong Order Mode tracking in design optimization seeks to place modes back into their original order if any mode switching has occurred as a result of changes made to the design. The eigenvalue summary, however, will not be correctly correlated with the eigenvector output if modes have switched, and the parameter, NASPRT is set to a positive integer to request data recovery for the intermediate design cycles. The values are correct but the order does not agree with the eigenvalue summary table. Avoidance: The following is a DMAP alter for Version 70 that correctly reorders the eigenvector summary output as a result of mode tracking. This alter has been built into Version 70.5 of MSC/NASTRAN along with some additional module MODTRK enhancements.
Description
Known Error
CR 30721 $ $ v70 avoidance for csr 30721: $ comp
Known Error Product
CR 30738 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - QUAD4, sort2, corner, - SFM 3001, Possible wrong answers In a frequency response analysis, if SORT2 output is requested, then the following error message may be issued in data recovery after printing the element force output. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DPD ) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 11 DOES NOT EXIST. Furthermore, on the SGI (and possibly other machines), a sort2, corner output request for quad4 elements may produce incorrect results that are evident by the printing of very large element forces (e.g. E+20) or "Inf". Avoidance: Use a sort1 output request with frequency response. If corner output is not being requested, and if random response is not being performed, then the following alter may avoid the problem in Version 70. compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou nolist noref $ V70 alter 'dpd'(1,-2),'dpd'(1,7) $ De
Description
CR 30740 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP, CAERO1, CAERO2 - UFM 3005, Subroutine AMPC The message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (AMP ) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX SCRATCH IN SUBROUTINE AMPC FATAL ERROR will occur in the AMP module if multiple group ids are used in defining the aerodynamic model and the model contains both lifting surface entries
Description
Known Error
CR 30740 (CAERO1) and body entries (CAER02). Avoidance: Place all the aerodynamic panels and bodies in the same interference group.
CR 30766 MSC / MD Nastran MNE - Missing Collection on V70 MNE If you choose an installation option that does not install the PRIMARY (V70) documentation set onto the hard disk, you must do the following after executing the installation script: 1. Change the current directory to /mne70, where is the directory in which you installed the MNE: cd /mne70 2. Remove the existing erroneous symbolic link to v70qrg: rm v70qrg 3. Add the correct link for v70qrg: ln -s //doc/mne70/v70qrg where is the CD-ROM mount point.
Description
CR 30775 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOADi - Incorrect Follower Forces There is an error in the follower force stiffness matrix (see PARAM FOLLOWK) due to PLOAD, PLOAD2 or PLOAD4, if the global displacement system is not in the basic coordinate system. This error occurs if the first grid point listed on the PLOADi has a non-basic coordinate system reference in field seven of the corresponding GRID entry. CR 30776 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 103, Element Strain Energy (ESE) incorrect when used with static preload (STATSUB) The element strain energy output for modes found in SOL 103 using STATSUB
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 30776 is incorrect. It includes only the linear portion of the ESE; the differential stiffness contribution is ignored. Avoidance: The following alter will calculate the strain energy contribution of the differential stiffness in addition to the linear portion: $ the following dmap is for V70 SOL 103 with STATSUB $ after the solution completes, there are 2 ESE outputs $ 1st: unstiffened ESE due to KELM $ 2nd: stiffened ESE due to KDELM $ combine these to get the total modal ESE $ this has not been tested with superelements. COMPILE SEKDR,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 'EMG.*KDELM' $ CALL DBSTORE KDELM,KDDICT,,,//-99/SEID/'DBALL'/0 $ COMPILE SEDRCVR,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 'OFP.*ONRGY1
CR 30782 MSC / MD Nastran Static Condensation - Approximate Results for Differential Stiffness Static Condensation is approximate for differential stiffness which is used in buckling analysis, nonlinear analysis, and analysis that uses the STATSUB entry. Users can use this knowledge to omit local modes from their buckling analysis, but it can also lead to poor or unexpected results depending on the geometry and degrees of freedom omitted by static condensation. Static condensation occurs when there are superelements, ASET, ASET1, BSET, BSET1, BNDFIX, BNDFIX1, BNDFREE, BNDFREE1, CSET, CSET1, or OMIT, OMIT1 entries in a model. CR 30797 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - ESTIMATE - Poor Diagnostics The ESTIMATE program is currently limited to estimating resources for models composed of GRID and connectivity entries. If no GRIDS are present, ESTIMATE will return a USER FATAL MESSAGE or may indicate NaNQ for memory or disk
Description
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Known Error
CR 30797 estimates. If no recognized connectivity bulk data entries are present, ESTIMATE will return DOF=-2**(32-1). Avoidance: Do not use the ESTIMATE program for models as described above. Do not use either the "memory=estimate" or "buffsize=estimate" keywords on a nastran command for models as described above.
Known Error Product
CR 30805 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Multiple Subcases - Error in Bisection logic, Infinite LoopSFE 3002 (TOLAPP) In a nonlinear analysis, in some instances, the load factor tolerences may be in error. When this occurs the value of the load factor exceeds 1.0 and the solution may enter an infinite loop or produce some other error later on. The problem is identified when one of the load factors > 1.0 Avoidance: On the NLPARM entry increase the ninc field by 1 and restart into the offending subcase. This will change the tolerance
Description
CR 30810 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SEP1A - Infinite CPU Loop When the analytic boundary shape option is used for a shape optimization task and a local coordinate system is defined for the auxiliary boundary model, the job may fall in an infinite loop in the SEP1A module. Avoidance: Do not define local coordinate systems in the auxiliary boundary model.
Description
CR 30852 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-4 - UIM 1207, UIM 1206 If PARAM,POST,-4 is used and FORMATTED output is requested in the OUTPUT2 file, error messages 1207 and 1206 will occur indicating that several datablocks have not been written to the file. An example of these message are:
Description
Known Error
CR 30852 USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1207 (OUTPN2) THE DATABLOCK KDICT /KDICT DEFINED AS NDDL TYPE KDIC IS NOT SUPPORTED BY NEUTRAL FILE TRANSLATION. THIS DATABLOCK WILL NOT BE TRANSLATED TO NEUTRAL FORMAT 0*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1206 (OUTPN2) THE DATABLOCK OPHIG /OPHIG IN AN OUTPUT2 REQUEST IS NOT DEFINED IN THE MSC/NASTRAN DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE (ND This is due to the fact that these datablocks are not described in the NDDL.
Avoidance: Use binary OUTPUT2 if PARAM,POST is set to -4. Known Error Product Abstract CR 30903 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,AUTOSPC - Incorrect Constraint If two or more superelements which have no internal constraints applied, meet at a single GRID point, and no elements which are not in those superelements connect to that GRID point, AUTOSPC may incorrectly constrain that point. The reason for this is that the reduced stiffness matrix at a single point for a determinate structure with no constraints is a null matrix. This limitation is unlikely to affect real world models since it is unlikely that the boundary between superelements will be comprised of a single point.
Description
Avoidance: 1. Put the DOFs you want as dynamic analysis variables on spcoff bulk data entries. 2. Put in small springs to ground, large enough to turn off autospc but not large enough to change dynamic analysis results. This is the most practical method for supere Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 30947 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - MATTi - SDR2, biomsg error 7777 For a large job on the hp (hpux), if temperature-dependent material property
Known Error
CR 30947 exists in the model, then the job may fail in SDR2 with following error messages: ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 8, ABORTING ... BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 Avoidance: Remove the MATTi entry and define the desired properties at the appropriate temperature on the MATi entries since for a linear analysis, the temperature-dependent lookup is only performed once in the beginning of the run.
Known Error Product
CR 30959 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP, PGAP - Possible Wrong Answers when U0 is Negative Use of a gap element (tmax>=0.) with a negative value of U0 when GA and GB are NOT coincident may lead to wrong answers. Consider two grids on the x-axis with GA to the left of GB and the CID field blank and U0 specified to a negative value. Then the gap will always try to push GA to the left and GB to the right regardless of whether GA comes first or GB comes first in field 4 on the CGAP entry. Thus, a press fit with the inner radius of the outer disk at GA and the outer radius of the inner disk at GB would always pull in the wrong direction when UO is negative. Avoidance: To make the gap sensitive to the order of GA and GB with U0 negative, the CID entry of field 9 must be specified.
Description
CR 30969 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - SET, GPFORCE - Poor Message, SFM 4276, EC 3061, SWM 3002 If a GPFORCE request is made for a SET that only contains grid points attached to rigid elements then the deck will fail in the GPFDR module. The exact message encountered may vary. The following messages have been encountered: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 3061 or
Description
Known Error
CR 30969 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = 33 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (GPFDR) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 303) IN SUBROUTINE GPFDFA Avoidance: GPFDR does not support rigid elements, request MPCFORCE output instead.
CR 30976 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Installation The UNIX installation aborts if you choose an installation option that installs the V69.X documentation set on the hard disk. The old V69 documentation is duplicated on this CD only for those customers still running MSC/NASTRAN V69 or V69.2. If you use MSC/NASTRAN V70, we recommend not installing V69.X documentation onto your hard disk, since all the documents applicable to V70 are already contained in the Standard installation. If you occasionally need to refer to V69 documentation, it is best to access it directly from the CD. If you frequently need V69-specific documentation and you prefer to access it from the hard disk instead of the CD, please follow the Installation Instructions on the pink sheet included with the delivery package.
Description
CR 30981 MSC / MD Nastran Online Encyclopedia - INSTALL.txt on V70 Online Encyclopedia is Incorrect The INSTALL.txt file on the MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 Encyclopedia (MNE) is incorrect. It is the file for MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 not the MNE. Avoidance: Either view the INSTALL.htm file using a web browser or request
Known Error
CR 30981 a printed copy of the file from MSC.
Known Error Product
CR 30987 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, GMINTC, GMINTS - Possible Missing Roots, SFM 5407 The Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction does not work well when interface elements (GMINTC or GMINTS) are present, roots may be missing in the range. This may lead to the message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5407 (LNCS1D) INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN A (PARTIAL) INTERVAL Avoidance: If interface elements are present, the SINV method is recommended.
CR 30995 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - GE on MAT10, PARAM,ACSYM,YES - Wrong Answers If GE is specified on the MAT10 entry and PARAM,ACSYM is YES (default) then the answers will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile gma alter 'if ( app=\'tranresp\''(2),'' alter 'if ( app=\'tranresp\''(3,-1) if ( app='tranresp' or soltyp='direct' or modacc>=0 ) then $ alter 'k4hh','' if ( nok4dd>0 ) then $ if ( acsyml ) then $ add5 ifdd,,,,/mifdd/-1. $ MERGE isdd,,,mifdd,VAFSE,/idd $ mpyad k4dd,idd,/k4ddx $ SMPYAD PHDH,K4DDx,PHDH,,,/K4HH/3////1 $ else $
Description
Known Error
CR 30995 SMPYAD PHDH,K4DD,PHDH,,,/K4HH/3////1 $ endif $ endif $ nok4dd>0 endalter
CR 31000 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - Initial Vectors Ignored The READ module has provisions for initial vectors as input for the Lanczos method. These vectors are ignored in the READ module. Avoidance: Use the REIGL module.
CR 31003 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 12 - Wrong Answers The form of the column vector output in MATMOD option 12 is 7 (labeled "ROW VECTOR") and should be 2 (labeled "ROW RECTANG.").
Description
Avoidance: Run MODTRL on the output; for example, MATMOD I1,I2,I3,,,/O1,O2/12 $ MODTRL O2// / /2 $
CR 31027 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,CHECKOUT and PARAM,PRTPG, SSG1 - SFM 3003 If PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES and PARAM,PRTPG,YES are specified, and thermal loads are also applied, then SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 will terminate the run in the SSG1 module in the PHASE0 subDMAP.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'ssg1 ','' SSG1 SLT,BGPDTS,CSTMS,SILS,EST,MPTS,ETT,EDT,MJJX,CASESX, DIT,,DEQATN,DEQIND,GPSnts,cstm0,scstm/ PJX,PTELEM,NEWSLT/
Known Error
CR 31027 LUSETS/1//'ALL '/ALTSHAPE/TABS/seid $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 31037 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEMA, SEBNDRY, SECONCT, SEEXCLD - UFM 4192, UFM 7341, UFM 6787 Two errors relating to checking the input on the SEBNDRY, SECONCT and SEEXCLD entries have been discovered. 1. The SEIDA field is not verified to be restricted to partitioned superelements. The failure to check this may cause UFM 4192 to occur in SEMA. This message may be followed by a SFM 3062 concerning the MAPBTI utility. The true message is UFM 7341. 2. Conflicts in grid usage between the SECONCT and SEEXCLD is not properly verified and should have result in UFM 6787. Avoidance: Follow the rules for the entries delineated in the Quick Reference Guide.
Description
CR 31051 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - GMSURF, GMCURV, GP0 - Segmentation Violation If you use an EQUATION or Aries BSP for geometry evaluation, in other words, if "MSCGRP1", or "MSCABS" is specified for the 'group name' field on the GMCURV or GMSURF entries the job may fail with the following traceback in GP0:
Description Trap encountered: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x000003d4 in procedure get_edge_info
Known Error
CR 31051 Offset 0x000000e8 in procedure abspnt Offset 0x000000a8 in procedure ngpont_ Offset 0x00000b80 in procedure gp0dx_ Offset 0x00000680 in procedure gp0dc_ Offset 0x000017c8 in procedure gp0da_ Offset 0x00000cf8 in procedure gp0_ Offset 0x000004b0 in procedure xsem02_ Offset 0x000009a8 in procedure mainal
--- End of call chain --Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 31054 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SEBULK, SECONCT, SEEXCLD, SELABLE, SELOC, SENQSET UWM 9013 In the interest of upward compatibility, several of the bulk data entries implemented in Version 69 will only work if PART superelements (BEGIN SUPER) exist. These entries are: SEBULK, SECONCT, SEEXCLD, SELABEL, SELOC, SEMPLN, SENQSET, SETREE. Avoidance: Do not use these entries unless you have defined PART superelements. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31067 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SFM 4276 EC 7777, signal 10 It is possible, but not probable, that a file run on the HP9000 using the analysis.pa2_0 executable may fail with SFM 4276, EC 777, signal 10. This is due to a kernel error on the PA2 machines. Avoidance: There are several possible avoidances: Description 1) run using a different BUFFSIZE or memory 2) try using a different SMEM 3) run using the older 'analysis' executable (this will avoid the error, but is slower) 4) change bpool
Description
CR 31069 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1, DVPREL2, EMG - UFM 2042 In an optimization analysis, if a negative FID is specified on a DVPREL1/2 entry when PTYPE is not PBEAM, the job may result in the following error message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (EMG ) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE ******** FOR ELEMENT IIIIIIII Avoidance: Always use a positive FID on a DVPREL1/2 entry when PTYPE is not PBEAM.
CR 31070 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - File indexing error A file indexing error may cause a nonlinear analysis to fail in the NLTRD2 module. Avoidance: Increase the bufferpool or smem.
CR 31071 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML DTI option - Wrong Answers If the PARAML module DTI option is used to extract a character string then the variable contains both the value from the selected word in the record and also the value in the next word; e.g., PARAML TABLE//'DTI'/1/45////S,N,STRING $
Description
the variable STRING will contain the character value from the 45th and 46th word. Avoidance: Add the following statement after the PARAML module: STRING=SUBSTRIN(1,4,STRING) $
Known Error Product
CR 31073 DMAP - MATMOD OPTION(17) - UFM 6968 MATMOD OPTION(17) is designed to read the PARTN case control entry. When PARTN is present, it sets p4 to 0, properly. When it is not present it sets p4 to -1, also properly, but also outputs *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6968 (MTMD17) NO GRID OR SCALAR POINTS IN SELECTED SET. PARTITIONING VECTOR NULL. However, execution continues. Avoidance: Ignore the message, or test for the presence of a PARTN command, and branch over the module if none is present. SSSALTER evds103.f705 demonstrates this avoidance.
Description
CR 31076 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - PENTA(15) - Failed Convergence If there are temperature dependent material properties in the model and you are running a transient thermal analysis using the PENTA(15) element the run will fail to converge. Avoidance: Use lower order PENTA elements.
Description
CR 31083 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - SET, THRU - Extra Output In a superelement analysis, if output is requested with a SET command using multiple "thru" ranges, then extra output that is not specified in the range may appear in the output in addition to the requested output. An example of the offending SET command is as follows:
Description
SET 100 = 1 THRU 10, 80 THRU 90 DISP = 100 The displacements for grid points that are outside of the range may appear in addition to output for the above grid points. The answers are, however, correct.
Known Error
CR 31083 Avoidance: If the extra output is not desired, then specify the SET explicitly without using the THRU range. The above example can be modified as shown below: SET 100 = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90 disp = 100
CR 31096 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GP4 - BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FILPS2 A P-element analysis with coordinate systems may fail in the module GP4 with the message:
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FILPS2 , FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0 STATUS = 0 Avoidance: Increase the memory request.
CR 31101 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PLOT, SDR2 - SFE 4276 EC 211 The nastran plotter does not support the plotting of p-element results. If the nastran plotter is requested with p-elements, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages. BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLPK68 , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.BLPK68 ERROR CODE 211 PID= 0 0*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE: TO OBTAIN A NASTRAN DUMP, RESUBMIT JOB WITH DIAG 44 INSERTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION. Avoidance: If plotting of p-element results is desired, use MSC/PATRAN.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 31104 Matrix Methods - MPYAD - SFM 4276, EC 7777 It has been observed on a very large problem, if the matrices are very dense, then the job may fail in MPYAD. On some machines, the following message may appear at the bottom of the f06 file. ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 8, ABORTING ... BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) = 0 STATUS = 0 On other machines, there is no messages in the f06 file, but the following messages may appear in the log file:
Description Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap Traceback: Offset 0x00000024 in procedure gino_ Offset 0x000007bc in procedure mpytim_ Offset 0x00000708 in procedure mpyad_ Offset 0x000004f8 in procedure dmpyad_ Offset 0x0000029c in procedure xsem07_ Offset 0x000008f4 in procedure mainal This is due to an o Known Error Product Abstract CR 31105 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Duplicate Point ID's on Boundary Lead to UFM 6794 When a model with list superelements has part superelements added to it, duplicate grid points at the boundary of the list superelements are not allowed, although they were allowed prior to Version 69. This condition leads to following error message: Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 6794 (SEPSEB) DUPLICATE BOUNDARY POINTS DETECTED IN UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT xxx WHILE SEARCHING 0 AT GRID yy. LIST FOLLOWS:
Known Error
CR 31105 Avoidance: Remove the part superelements, or move one of the offending grid points.
CR 31114 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBUNLOAD - Signal 11 Writing LLL If the NEUTRAL option is used in DBUNLOAD, the run will fail. The f06 will likely contain no message, the log file will contain a message of the form: ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 11, ABORTING ...
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0
Avoidance: Use the BINARY DBUNLOAD. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31118 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - GPFDR, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 6218 If a model has thermal loadings and GPFORCE is requested, the run may terminate with SFM 6218 in the GPFDR module. Description Avoidance: Remove the request for GPFORCE or the thermal loads. Defining SETs (which omit the GRID points connected to the element mentioned in the message) for GPFORCE may avoid the problem. CR 31139 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SAMEAS Keyword in NDDL - Poor Message and Wrong Answers. If SAMEAS,recnam is specified in the NDDL and RECORD=recnam is specified below SAMEAS,recnam then the following message is issued but the run is not terminated. *** SAMEAS CTETRA NOT FOUND
Description
Known Error
CR 31139 RECORD=recnam must appear above SAMEAS,recnam. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 31141 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, very large v2 - Possible Wrong Answers If the specified V2 value on the eigrl entry is substantially larger than the last mode found and the absolute value of V2 is large (e.g., 99999.), then the eigenvectors may be incorrect. This can lead to incorrect responses in a subsequent modal response analysis. This error is most likely to occur if there are massless degrees of freedom and/or large mass in the model and the above conditions exist. If the model is stable, a possible symptom of this error is large rotational displacements in the eigenvectors. This error does not occur with the new Lanczos method which is the default method in Version 70.5. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. In v70.5, use the new Lanczos (the default method). 2. Based on the last eigenvalue calculated and the sturm sequence
Description
CR 31145 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Restarts into Dynamic Analysis for Base Excitation A method to perform automatic restarts from static nonlinear analysis (SOL 106) to linear dynamic analysis (SOLs 103-112) has been avaialble for several versions. The resart runs have limitations on the type of data that can be changed. A Technical Application Note (TAN) describing this capability can be obtained from your MSC Technical Represenative. CR 31150 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,OPTEXIT - Incorrect Termination Message When optexit is set to -4 (output design sensitivity information into an external file) for a design optimization input file, the task terminates
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 31150 with an incorrect message: RUN TERMINATED DUE TO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DESIGN CYCLES = IIIII. The correct message should be RUN TERMINATED DUE TO PARAMETER OPTEXIT = -4.
CR 31154 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Duplicate Element ID's not Detected It is a rule of superelement usage that element ids must be unique across all element types, including structural, rigid, and plot elements. When part and grid list superelements are in one model, duplicated element ids in the list superelements are not detected. The results are difficult to predict. Some models have computed correct results, but it is possible that others would either give wrong answers or take confusing fatal exits. Avoidance: An avoidance is to perform a data check run where all of the part superelements are removed. This will result in a different path through the code which will identify all illegal duplicate element ids.
Description
CR 31155 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling, Nonlinear Analysis - CBEAM, CQUAD4, ZOFF, OFFSET - UFM 6174 Offsets should not be used for the beam and plate elements in a buckling or nonlinear analysis. This is a documented limitation. However, the action taken for the beam and plate element with offsets is inconsistent. In the case of a beam element, the job terminates with UFM 6174; however, in the case of the plate element, the job continues without any messages. CR 31189 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLITER, CREEP - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Nonlinear analysis with creep and temperature loads may fail in the NLITER module with the message:
Description
Description
0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.tbk ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 The traceback will indicate the routine nmcrd. Other machines may produce
Known Error
CR 31189 NaN's in the output. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use Version 70.5.2 where the error has been fixed.
CR 31209 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, REIGL - SFM 5401 If f1 is set on an eigrl entry to avoid computing rigid body modes, and f1 is much closer to the origin than the first flexible mode's frequency, than SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5401 may be encountered.
Description
Avoidance: An avoidance is to first run with f1 blank. It should be possible to compute the flexible modes, as well as the rigid body modyes. On a second run, set f1 10% below the first flexible mode. CR 31218 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - SUBCOM, TEMP(LOAD) - Missing Forces of SPC GPFORCE output for SUBCOMs with thermal loads will be missing the contribution of the Forces of Single Point Constraint. Standard SUBCASE processing will be correct. CR 31225 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBAR/PBARL, PBEAM/PBEAML - UFM 4382, Wrong Answers A job that includes PBARs and PBARLs with the same PID will issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 4382 and then continue to run. The same behavior is seen with PBEAM/PBEAML.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4382 (IFP9 ) PBARL AND PBAR IDENTIFICATION xxx WAS DUPLICATED Known Error Product CR 31232 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 31232 Transient Analysis - LOADSET - UWM 4582 If a static pre-load is used in a modal solution, then LOADSET entry may not be used to define the dynamic loading. This combination will lead to either UWM 4582 show below (if the number of LSEQ entries is not equal to the number of static subcases) or wrong answers (if the number of LSEQ entries is equal to the number of static subcases).
Description
USER WARNING MESSAGE 4582---, LSEQ CARD SID= 100 REFERS TO A NONEXISTENT STATIC LOADS MATRIX COLUMN 2 ( NCOLS= 1 ) USER WARNING MESSAGE 4582---, LSEQ CARD SID= 100 REFERS TO A NONEXISTENT STATIC LOADS MATRIX COLUMN 3 ( NCOLS= 1 ) Avoidance: Do not use the LOADSET command when using static pre-loads.
CR 31237 MSC / MD Nastran Online Encyclopedia - Installation If MSC/NASTRAN Online Encyclopedia (MNE) is installed on a directory path name that is too long or contains a name with embedded space characters (e.g. "Program Files"), the documentation browser will not execute properly. Avoidance: Use the suggested default directory :\msc
Description
CR 31249 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SFM 3002 (TAHT) If a control node is used in a very large heat transfer analysis model, then the following fatal message may be encountered: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (TAHT ) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK NEWSLT (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE TAHA Avoidance: Run the job with more memory.
Description
CR 31256 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDR2, SUBCOM - SWM 2092, ERROR 3021 If a design optimization design task contains subcoms and one or more of the subcom related subcases has no retained responses, the following fatal message may occur: SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2092 MODULE = SDR2 SDR2 FINDS A SYMMETRY SEQUENCE LENGTH = xx AND AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VECTORS AVAILABLE = yy WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COMPUTE STRESSES AND FORCES. ALL FURTHER STRESS AND FORCE COMPUTATION TERMINATED. BIOMSG: ERROR 3021 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GREAD , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 In a related error, if a subcom contains subseq coefficients that are 0.0 and the subcase associated with this zero coefficient has no retained responses, the above fatal message may occur. Avoidance: Either remove the subcase that has no retained responses or fo
Description
CR 31262 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBEAML - Warping Coefficients are Always Set to Zero. The documentation for the PBEAML does not state that the equivalent PBEAM created will not contain warping coefficients. Avoidance: Provide the terms using a PBEAM entry.
Description
CR 31263 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - PARAM,ACSYM The description for the parameter "acsym" in the Quick Reference Guide states that the parameter only works for coupled fluid-structure analysis in direct
Known Error
CR 31263 frequency response. This parameter also works for coupled fluid-structure analysis in modal frequency response.
CR 31266 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, DRESP1 The Quick Reference Guide states that the PKNL method can be used in the evaluation of a DRESP1 with RTYPE=FLUTTER if the word `PKNL' is placed in the ATTB field of the DRESP1 entry. This is an error, it should be placed in the PTYPE field of the DRESP1 entry. Avoidance: Move PKNL from the ATTB to the PTYPE field.
Description
CR 31271 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DECOMP, PARAM,AUTOSPC,NO - Unexpected Answers If the automatic grid point singularity check is turned off (param,autospc,no), and there are singularities in the model, then the run may continue and produce large deflections. The next release of the Quick Reference Guide will warn the user that if param,autspc,no is set, then the user should take extra caution analyzing the results in the GRID POINT SINGULARITY TABLE, EPSILON output as well as all warning messages.
Description
CR 31278 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBLOCATE, SERST,SEMI - UFM 4188 A superelement job that contains PARAM,SERST,SEMI and attempts to add the bulk data for a new superelement fails with the message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 4188 QUAD4 ** REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT **. Avoidance: Apply the following alter: COMPILE IFPS1 nolist noref
Known Error
CR 31278 alter 60 $ putsys(1,109) endalter
CR 31304 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - PARAM,ADSTAT,YES with TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers For SOL 109 and 112 a STATSUB can be used to define a preload. The default for PARAM,ADSTAT is YES, which implies that the static displacements, SPC forces and MPC forces will be included in the output. There are limitations such as the static load is not included. Another limitation is that element forces and stresses will be incorrect if thermal expansion was used in either the static preload or the dynamic load. CR 31308 MSC / MD Nastran Element Strain Energy - ESE(PUNCH), CELASi - Missing Punch Output In MSC/NASTRAN Version 70, if ESE(PUNCH) is requested and there are CELAS1 elements in the model, then there will be no output in the punch file.
Description
Description Avoidance: Insert NASTRAN SYSTEM(210)=1 at the top of the MSC/NASTRAN input file. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31312 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO2 - Possible Wrong Answers If the aerodynamic coordinate system is not aligned with the basic coordinate system, the geometry of CAERO2 slender bodies IN THE BASIC COORDINATE SYSTEM (BGPA or BGPDT where MODLTYPE=aerostruc) may be incorrect. These data are used in Spline calculations, so that, if the geometry is affected in such a way as to shift the location of the body relative to the spline computational coordinate system, erroneous results may be obtained. The geometry in the aerodynamic coordinate system is not affected, so the "rigid aerodynamic" data are not affected--only the spline matrix MAY BE affected.
Description
Known Error
CR 31312 It has been observed, however, that certain erroneous transformations in combination with TYPEs of CAERO2 bodies (Z, Y or ZY) can yield identical answers even if the transformation error has moved the bo
CR 31318 MSC / MD Nastran Composite Analysis - SEDRCVR - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Large composite models that request large amounts of data recovery may fail on CRAY systems with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 7777 in the SEDRCVR module. CR 31322 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RSSCON and PARAM,HEATSTAT - SWM 3001 in SEP1X, Wrong answers If PARAM,HEATSTAT,YES is specified in SOL 101, then SWM 3001 will be issued by the SEP1X module. Theis warnings may safely be ignored unless there are RSSCON elements present, in which case, wrong answers may result.
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Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sestatic alter 'hsflag\=false' peid=-1 $ seid=-1 $ endalter
CR 31323 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SFM 3063, Memory Allocation Error If a run is submitted using the MEM= option and the memory allocated is above or near the limit of what is available, it is possible that the run may fail with SFM 3063 indicating that there is no more dynamic memory available.
Description
Known Error
CR 31323 Avoidance: Always leave at lease 8mW of memory available for the system when using the MEM keyword. For example, if you are using a queue which has a 128mW limit, use a MEM value of 120mW or less.
Known Error Product
CR 31327 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CSUPER - Should Reference EXTDR, EXTDROUT, EXTOUT and EXTUNIT The Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide documentation for the CSUPER entry should be modified to reference parameters EXTDR, EXTDROUT, EXTOUT and EXTUNIT in section 6 of the QRG. CR 31334 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Optimization - DVPREL1, DVPREL2 - QRG Not Updated for V70.5 Version 70.5 has simplified the interface for the design of constant section beams. The revised user interface requires changes in the Quick Reference Guide's description of the DVPREL1 and DVPREL2 entries. These changes were not completed in time before the Version 70.5 QRG was sent to press. Avoidance: The revised descriptions can be found in Appendix B of the Version 70.5 Release Notes.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error Product
CR 31351 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SUBCOM - SFM 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 31 The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, GETSTR ERROR CODE 31
Description may occur if the user employs SUBCOMs and the adjoint sensitivity method is selected.
Known Error
CR 31351 Avoidance: Since the adjoint method is not selected when there are pelements, an easy avoidance is to tell the module that determines whether the adjoint method can be selected that there are p-elements in the model. This is done with the following dmap alter: compile descon $ alter 'dsad'(1,-1) $ type parm,,logical,n, hold $ hold=pexist $ pexist=true $ alter 'dsad' $ pexist=hold $
CR 31364 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEROS, ZY Bodies - Wrong Answers IF there are zy bodies in the model and the aerodynamic coordinate system is rotated about the x-axis relative to the aerodynamic reference system, wrong answers can occur in the stability derivative prints, and hence, the trim solution.
Description Avoidance: If ZY bodies are included in the analysis, make sure the aerodynamic coordinate system and the reference coordinate systems appearing on the AEROS entry are not rotated relative to each other. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31374 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAM, IFP - SFM 469 If a PBEAM entry contains an integer in a real field, then the job may fail in IFP without a meaningful message. Description Avoidance: The error was only experienced on CRAY systems. If you have access to another system then run the job on that system to identify the invalid entries and correct them. CR 31381 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT2 - UFM 1019, SFM 6551
Known Error
CR 31381 If the .dat file that is used to read the INPUTT2 file has the same prefix as the referenced INPUTT2 file--for example, test.dat is the .dat file and test.op2 is the referenced INPUTT2 file--then depending on the value of STATUS=x, the job may fail with one of the following error messages: ASSIGN INPUTT2='test.op2',UNIT=12 USER FATAL MESSAGE 1019 (OPNPFL) FORTRAN UNIT OPEN ERROR
Description
IOSTAT = 6, No such file or directory(errno=2) LOGICAL = INPUTT2 FILE = test.op2 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 12 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS BEING READ 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 0 FATAL ERROR 0 NO. FORTRAN RECORDS READ
CR 31392 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - GPFORCE, trncompa - SFM 5423, Incompatible Matrix Multiply If GPFORCE output is requested when using the trncompa alter, then the job may fail with the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR QG2 IS 101 21 739 2 2 12 77 TRAILER FOR UHDISP IS 102 21 11 2 2 18 7792 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 0 0000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 0FATAL ERROR There are two possible avoidances: 1. Add "param,ddrmm,-1" to the input file
Description
Known Error
CR 31392 or 2. Replace the following dmap statement mpya
Known Error Product
CR 31399 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,USETPRT, PARAM,USETSEL - Incorrect Decimal Equivalent the Version 70 and 70.5 Quick Reference guide parameter section indicates that the decimal equivalent of set U6 (to be specified on PARAM,USETSEL for PARAM,USETPRT) is 76108864, it should be 67108864. CR 31422 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - XYPLOT, PARAM,CURVPLOT - UWM 979 If XYPLOT commands are specified for plotting in transient or frequency response analysis with grid points on the abscissa, as defined under PARAM,CURVPLOT, then USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 is issued and no plots are output. PARAM,CURVPLOT is applicable only in static and normal modes analysis; i.e., SOLs 1, 3, 5, 14, 15, 16, 101, 103, 105, 106, 114, 115, 144, and 200 even though Table 1 of Section 6 in the Quick Reference Guide indicates that it is applicable in all the structured solution sequences. Table 2 is documented correctly for CURVPLOT. Section 13.3.6 of the Reference Manual is also documented incorrectly with regards to solution sequence applicability. CR 31423 MSC / MD Nastran Interface Elements - GMBNDC - GMCURV Option Results in UFM 6403 The GMCURV option on the GMBNDC entry may incorrectly result in the following fatal message:
Description
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6403 (CIFCRV) THE GMBNDC ID = 2 REFERENCED BY GMINTC ID = 5001 IS NOT CONTINUOUS AT GRID ID= 1.
Known Error
CR 31423 Avoidance: The exact cause of the problem is not yet known. The FEEDGE and GRID options may be used instead.
CR 31427 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Access violation (C0000005) exception encountered When there is an illegal bulk data entry "0" as shown below, then the job may fail in various ways. NT systems have failed with the message "Access violation (C0000005) exception encountered"
Description
0 4602 4603 4604 4605 0 4606 4607
Avoidance: Correct the offending bulk data entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31430 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Elements - CMASS1, CMASS2, GPWG - QRG Unclear The CMASSi elements have provisions for defining a pair of DOFs, although they are often used for point masses. To input a point mass, define only a single DOF. When two DOFs are used a coupled mass matrix is produced. If not input correctly it may cause internal constraints. No checks are made for internal constraints in such elements. The following remarks should be added to the CMASS1 and CMASS2 Quick Reference Guide Descriptions: 7. Scalar elements input coupled mass matrices when the second pair of fields is entered. When uncoupled point masses are desired input only the first pair of fields. When a coupled mass matrix is requested the submatrix added has M on the diagonal, and -M on the off-diagonal. The element is not checked for internal constraints, which is the user's Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 31436 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBARL, PBEAML - Missing Documentation There are undocumented limits in the use of the beam library. For the PBEAML:
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Known Error
CR 31436 The beam can have no more than 14 dimensions per station. The total number of dimensions at all stations must be less than 200. The transfer of data with the beam server is limited to 4000 words. None of these limits are exceeded with the MSC beam library, but a user defined beam library could. The data transfer limit would most likely be exceeded when the number of dimensions for a PBARL exceeds 235 (4000 / 17 properties per bar). There is a further limit that the NSM values input on the PBARL and PBEAML must be >= 0. No other property types have this limit.
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CR 31447 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - EPOINT, SOL 145, Multiple Eigenvalue Subcases - UFM 1126 In aeroelastic flutter analysis (SOL 145 only) UFM 1126 as shown below is issued when there are multiple normal mode boundary conditions and the model contains epoints. UMERGE1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK NAME = GMD which already exists Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sefluttr alter 1 file gmd=save,ovrwrt/god=save,ovrwrt/k4dd=save,ovrwrt $ endalter
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CR 31452 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMINTC and GMINTS - Non-Zero Rigid Body Stresses Models that connect curved surfaces with the GMINTC and GMINTS interface elements may experience non-zero stresses due to rigid body motion. These non-zero stresses are caused by the differences in cubic geometry on the dissimilar mesh. Straight interfaces have no such problem, since the geometry is identical.
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Known Error
CR 31452
Avoidance: The tolerance TOL on the PINTC and PINTS property entries will generate a warning message for differing geometry, and may be set lower to be more conservative. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31461 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,NQSET - Missing QRG Documentation For part superelements, generalized coordinates can be defined automatically by senqset entries, as documented in the qrg, or by the param, nqset entry. The param method was introduced in Version 69 but has yet to be documented. The documentation follows: Description NQSET Default=0 If NQSET>0, and the PARAM entry is in case control, all part superelements that do not contain qset entries, or are not referenced by senqset entries in the main bulk data deck, have NQSET generalized coordinates assigned to them. These qset variables are functionally equivalent to those generated by senqset entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31463 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANAL=STATICS - UFM 9058 In solution 200 with ANALYSIS=STATICS, if the static loads are null then UFM 9058 will be issued during the sensitivity analysis: THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile pslgdv alter 'call sela1'(,-1) dbstatus egxp//s,n,noegxp $ if ( noegxp<=0 ) matgen ,/egxp/7/lusets/nopgs $ endalter Known Error Product CR 31465 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 31465 Documentation - DMAP Prog. Guide, OUTPUT2 - Record 16 The DMAP Programmer's Guide incorrectly states that for matrices Record 16 (OP2NEW=0) is not equal to zero. Record 16 is always zero for both matrices and tables. The same error exists for OP2NEW=1 in Record 20. CR 31469 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SECONCT - UFM 4156 If PART superelements are used in a model and manual connections are specified through the SECONCT entry and there are coincident exterior points in the PARTs, the run will fail when attempting to connect the reduced matrices with UFM 4156 indicating an incorrect matrix trailer as shown below: USER FATAL ERROR 4156--- DIMENSIONS OR TYPE OF DATA BLOCK XAAV , SUPERELEMENT xx TRAILER=( 1278 1278 6 2 58 52) ARE INCONSISTENT WITH SUPERELEMENT MAP. FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Coincident points are not supported when connecting PART superelements. It is possible that the error could be avoided by only connecting one of the points to the other PARTs in the model and using an RBAR or CBUSH to connect the coincident points in the PART. If the automatic connection logi
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CR 31472 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PBEAM - UFM 3005 (SNGERR) BEAM p-elements fail in an adaptive loop if J(A)>0 is not specified on the PBEAM entry. The following fatal message is issued. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (SNGERR) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX D IN SUBROUTINE ADPF1D 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Specify J(A)>0 in the 8th field of the PBEAM entry.
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CR 31473 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CVISC - Stress Plot Codes not Applicable The Appendix A in the Quick Reference Guide documents stress plot codes for the CVISC element. The CVISC element only supports force output.
Known Error Product
CR 31475 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity Analysis - Multi-Level Superelments - UFM 9058 "USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058" may appear in a superelement sensitivity analysis if the model contains multilevel superelements and an upstream superelement contains a design model but more than one of its downstream superelements does not. Avoidance: Place dummy design information in downstream superelements.
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Known Error Product
CR 31479 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TETRA, GMLOAD, GMCORD - UFM 6497 on SGI and SUN Machines TETRA p-elements with GMLOAD and GMCORD may lead to the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6497 (TRNJFD) THE POINT AT: X= 0.346875D+03 Y= 0.500000D+03 Z=-0.203698D+03, IN THE BASIC COORDINATE SYSTEM COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON FEFACE ID= 1. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 MODULE = SSG1 UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM 1 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Either: - mesh with HEXA elements.
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Known Error
CR 31479 - use a system other than GMCORD with GMLOAD - use PLOAD4 instead of GMLOAD
CR 31488 MSC / MD Nastran ESTIMATE - May Ignore Entry After TITLE or SUBTITLE Under certain circumstances, ESTIMATE will ignore the entry following a TITLE, SUBTITLE, or LABEL entry. This may cause ESTIMATE to ignore a METHOD, MPC, SPC, STRAIN, or STRESS CC entry if it immediately follows a TITLE, SUBTITLE, or LABEL that contains a comma "," character.
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Avoidance: One of the following avoidances may be used: 1) Enter a comment following the TITLE, SUBTITLE, or LABEL. or 2) Specify the missing METHOD, MPC, or SPC entry on the command line.
CR 31498 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - DBALL offline - UFM 1127, SFM 6357, plus others If scr=no is specified in a cold start, but the data base path and name is not assigned by the dbs keyword or the ASSIGN statement, then a restart run in a different directory with only an ASSIGN statement for the MASTER dbset, and not DBALL, will fail with UFM 1127. This problem does not occur if the dbs keyword specifies the location of the database on the command line. Some of the possible error messages are shown below: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1127 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PLTSET IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS DATA BLOCK 103 NAME = GEOM2 WHICH IS ON AN UNAVAILABLE DBSET *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (SEP1X ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED GEOM1QS AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST.
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*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6357 (SEP1A) NO GRID POINTS FOU Known Error CR 31537
CR 31537 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, PARAM,AUTOSPC - Incorrect Default Starting with Version 69, the QRG states that the default for PARAM,AUTOSPC is NO in SOL's 1 thru 12, when in fact it is YES for all of these solutions except SOL 4. CR 31540 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Incorrect Approach Code in XDB Solution 1 in Version 69 will incorrectly set the approach code to 4 in the xdb file. The correct value is 1. Avoidance: Either insert the following DMAP alter or use solution 101: compile sol1 alter 'dbc '(2),'' DBC CASECC,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'CASECC'//////////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/soltype//V,Y,GEOMU/V,Y,LOADU/V,Y,POSTU/ V,Y,DBCDIAG/V,Y,DBCCONV/V,Y,DBCOVWRT $ endalter
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CR 31568 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - DBLOC - UFM 723 (LCDEFW) The WHERE clause on the DBLOC command does not work consistantly with the VERSION and PROJECT qualifaiers with the DBDICT entry. The following statement: DBLOC DATABLK=(QKKS) WHERE (VERSION=* AND PROJECT=*) LOGICAL=QTODB5 caused the diagnostic message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 723 (LCDEFW) PROJECT ID EXPRESSION HAS AN UNBALANCED NUMBER OF SINGLE QUOTES
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Known Error
CR 31568 Other variations of the WHERE clause with these qualifiers may cause data to not be found.
CR 31578 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Load Factor Greater than 1.0 causes Infinite Loop In a nonlinear analysis, on some instances, the load factor tolerances may be in error. When this occurs the value of the load factor exceeds 1.0 and the solution may enter an infinite loop or produce some other fatal message later on. The problem is identified when one of the load factors > 1.0 Avoidance: On the NLPARM entry increase the NINC field by 1 and restart into the offending subcase. This will change the tolerance calculation.
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Known Error Product
CR 31582 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,DESPCH1 - Punch output with small field format not allwed Bulk Data paramter DESPCH1 can be used to request the format type for the punched output. A negative DESPCH1 requests the small field format while the positive DESPCH1 requests the large field format. However, when an optimization deck specifies the negative DESPCH1 and also specifies the second parameter DESPCH>0, the small field format is ignored.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the dmap alter below: compile nddl=nddl include 'nddl.dat' $ where the nddl.dat is the modified nddl list that includes the following two lines: param,despch =0, type=I, PATH=GEOM,LOCATION=master param,despch1 =6, type=I, PATH=GEOM,LOCATION=master compile desopt alter 'despch' type parm,,i,y,despch1 compi CR 31583 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 31583 Acoustic Analysis - METHOD(STRUCTURE), SDFREQ - UFM 4276 EC 1305 In modal frequency response analysis, solution 111, with fluids, if the METHOD(STRUCTURE)=n case control command is missing, the following error will occur: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 5222 (SQFREQ) COUPLED SOLUTION ALGORITHM USED. BIOMSG: ERROR 1305 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE ENDPUT , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 ********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE ********* INDEX LOGNAME STREAM_ID NAME 2 OBJSCR 00000002 /work/30314_42.OBJSCR 3 DBA 00000003 /work/fnd1.dba 4 MAST 00000004 /work/fnd2.mast 6 SCRA 00000006 /home/no4/emc/emc3fnd/fnd5.scra 7 SCRU 00000007 /tmp/fnd6.scru 8 MASTER 00000008
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CR 31590 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Missing Intermediate output on a nonlinear restart run If additional subcases are added in a restart of a solution 106 nonlinear job then there may be missing intermediate output.
Description Avoidance: The problems is under investigation. Other than performing the job as a cold start there is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 31591 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC, PARAM,POST PARAM,GEOMU,0 - NASTRAN Stops in DBC Module If PARAM,GEOMU,0 is used to suppress the writing of geometry into XDB (i.e. PARAM,0) is in the deck, then the job will stop without message in the DBC module. The log file may contain a message of the form: 1525-001 The READ statement on the file ./s31591.xdb cannot be completed
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Known Error
CR 31591 because the end of the file was reached. The program will stop.
CR 31608 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN, DELETE - DBALL is not Deleted The fms statement ASSIGN includes the DELETE qualifier, which specifies that an existing data base at the start of a run should be deleted, and replaced with a new version. If this qualifier is applied against a MASTER database, it properly deletes the MASTER database. However, MASTERs point to one or more data base members, such as DBALL. The index for these databases are stored on MASTER, so they are useless after MASTER is deleted and they too should be deleted but are not. Aoidance: using assign with delete option applying to all dbsets of the database.
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CR 31622 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE, TA1A - Segmentation Error Heat Transfer models with CHBDYE elements may fail with a segmentation error. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 31636 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESSUB - UFM 6293 incorrectly issued If an attempt to place limits on a global response (such as weight) is applied using a DESSUB command, the program will incorrectly issue UFM 6293.
Description
Avoidance: Global responses (such as WEIGHT) may only be constrained using the DESGLB command. They may not be constrained by the DESSUB command. CR 31655 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 31655 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9 - SFM 4276, EC 3002, EC 1409, EC 31 The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 1409 can occur in the DOM6 or DOM9 module if there are DRESP2 responses and two or more of the DRESP1 id's invoked by a single DRESP2 are duplicates. Avoidance: Remove the duplicate DRESP1 id's from the DRESP2 entry. It is most likely not the user intent to have duplicated the id's, but it will be permitted once this error is corrected.
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CR 31662 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DBVIEW - Infinite CPU Loop If the view name and the datablock name are identical on the DBVIEW statement, and the datablock is local scratch, then an infinite CPU loop will occur in GNPREP when the view name is used as input to a module. The following input deck demonstrates the problem: sol AERBG diag 8,24$ compile AERBG $ SUBDMAP AERBG dbview uset = uset ( where peid=1) tabprt uset END $ $ CEND BEGIN BULK ENDDATA CR 31664 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3, GP4 - EXIT from GP4, No Fatal Message The um fields of the RBE3 element contain grid point and component data. A GID-component pair may appear only once in the um fields. When a pair
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Known Error
CR 31664 appears more than once, the gp4 modlule takes an exit without producing any diagnostics. The most likely clue that this has happened is to inspect the .f04 file. If the last several modules to run are gp4, append, bcdr,prstum, and exit, a bad rbe3 may be the cause. Avoidance: An avoidance is to check the um fields of all rbe3 entries.
CR 31665 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - MATGPR - GRIDN Labels Incorrect When using the MATGPR module to print a matrix for p-elements, the components of the higher-order degrees of freedom represented by the GRIDNs are incorrect. They are labeled T1,T2,T3,R1,R2,R3 followed by garbage, since the number of components may be much higher than 6. They should simply be labeled with integers. CR 31668 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM - Wrong Answers The Version 70.5 Release Notes state that it is now possible to design properties for the constant cross section PBEAM by referencing the END A fields only on the PBEAM bulk data entry. (Previously, one had to reference the EPT and explicitly design END A and END B). The implementation of this new capability was incomplete in that it does not change the DVPREL2 invoked designed properties at END B. As a consequence, sensitivities of END B responses are most likely incorrect. If an optimization task in undertaken with END B responses, the redesigned structure will provide incorrect analysis results at END B and lead to invalid designs. Avoidance: Either do not use the new feature or do not ask for data recovery at END B in the design task.
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CR 31671 Documentation - MODES - Inefficient Processing, Excessive Output The MODES case control command may be used in all solution sequences as a subcase replicator. The most common and obvious use is in eigenvalue solutions and is demonstrated under the Quick Reference Guide's description of this entry. This command may be of no use in other solution sequences such as transient response and may cause the data recovery processing to be repeated and printed multiple times. CR 31674 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM, CB1, CB2, CK1, CK2, CK3, CP1, CP2, CM1, CM2 UFM 6011 Parameters CB1, CB2, CK1, CK2, CK3, CP1, CP2, CM1, and CM2 are incorrectly indicated to be real parameters with a default of 1.0 when they are complex parameters with a default of (1.0,0.). Avoidance: If you use these parameters, define both the real and imaginary terms.
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CR 31686 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4, CQUAD8, CTRIA3, CTRIA6 - UFM 316 The MCID field on the CQUAD4, CQUAD8, CTRIA3 and CTRIA6 entries cannot be greater than 999999 or else UFM 316 will be generated. However, on the PSOLID and CGAP, coordinate system IDs > 999999 are accepted. CR 31689 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - PGAP - Unnecessary Restriction for Non-Adaptive Gap The adaptive gap element requires that MU2 <= MU1; however, this restriction is unnecessarily imposed on the non-adaptive gap element. Avoidance: This limitation can be avoided by proper choice of the
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Known Error
CR 31689 orientation vector.
CR 31694 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SOLs 103-112, PARAM - Wrong Answers In SOLs 103, 105, and 107 through 112, if the Case Control section contains multiple dynamic subcases or a static subcase for differential stiffness, then PARAM commands specified in the dynamic subcase(s) are ignored. Avoidance: Specify PARAMs in the Bulk Data section or insert the following DMAP alter: compile sekdr alter 'pvt ','' pvt pvts,casebuck/pvtxxx $ endalter
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CR 31703 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AELIST, ADG - UFM 6944 If an AELIST set is referenced by more than one AESURF entry, then the job will fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6944 (ADG) AELIST ENTRY ID = xxx THAT IS REFERENCED ON AESURF ENTRY ID =yyy DOES NOT EXIST. The id's specified in the message are also scrambled in that aesurf id's are given in the aelist position and vice versa. Avoidance: Create another AELIST entry with a unique ID but with the same set of aero boxes.
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CR 31717 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOLVE - Inefficient Processing The internal resequencing option for decomposition in the SOLVE module is
Known Error
CR 31717 not performed. This may lead to inefficient processing. Avoidance: Use the DCMP and FBS modules.
CR 31721 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Missing Release Guide Test Problems The MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 Release Guide as well as the README file in the Version 70.5 relnotes directory refer to the problems ar29be01.dat, ar29src1.dat, tpsnp.dat, and tpsp.dat. These problems are missing on the UNIX R0 cd. Avoidance: The input decks are listed below separated by $fname. $ ar29be01.dat $ $********************************************* $ Test of nonlinear shock absorber $ under large deformation $******************************************** TIME 1000 SOL 129 $******************************************** CEND $ TITLE = Shock absorber and spring loaded with sine pulse LABEL = CBUSH1D with SHOCKA option and SPRING option ECHO = SORT SET 1= 1,2 DISP(SORT2,PLOT) = 1 SET 2 = 1, 100 STRESS(SORT2,PLOT) = 2 OLOAD(SORT2,PLOT) = 1 $ SPC = 1 $ CR 31724 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - OFREQ - Wrong Answers If sensitivity is requested in a frequency response analysis and there is an OFREQ request to limit output, the sensitivity results will be in error.
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Known Error
CR 31724
Avoidance: Remove the OFREQ request from case control. In Version 2003 this error is considered fixed by simply ignoring the OFREQ Case Control command in Solution 200 during DSA phase of the job. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31738 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - Possible Infinite Loop In optimization analysis, if none of the connectivity cards reference existing property entries and a dresp1 selects an existing property card for an element response, it is possible to enter into an infinite loop in subroutine DOMLOC of module DOPR3. Avoidance: Correct the missing property entries or the incorrect connectivity references. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31751 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH - Wrong Answers This error points out two problems: 1. A code problem where the CBUSH has a secant logic for load deflection which can not properly track the curve. 2. A user problem with use of the field 9 CID. The CID sets the element axes in cement. The element then becomes sensitive to the order of the grids when computing an internal force. The relation is Ke * (Ub - Ua) If Ua > Ub a compressive force will result. This is unlike the G0 option which flips the element axies if the grids are interchanged. CR 31757 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TRLG - UFM 2025 The following fatal message may be incorrectly encountered in the TRLG module: Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (TRLG) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 1065353216
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Known Error
CR 31757 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: The error exists in Version 69.1, 70. and 70.5. The best avoidance is to request MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5.1. The correction of this error has been integrated in to Version 70.0.5 for NASTRAN for Windows. The fixed version remains at 70.5.1 since this error was never an issue for the prior release of NASTRAN for Windows which was based on Version 68.2.
CR 31759 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RELEASE - UFM 6755 The documentation for the RELEASE entry does not state that it is not supported if the model has PART superelements. If a model containing PART superelements contains a RELEASE entry, the program will issue UFM 6755 and terminate the run. CR 31763 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, READ - SFM 7340 (LNNHERR), LNNDRVD In the rare case that Lanczos shifts directly on a mode, the new lanczos shift logic in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 may encounter an error which may cause the job to fail with messages similar to those below instead of performing a new shift. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 (DCMPD) STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX (NONE) . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN 4.85302E+11 OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNP2CD see LNNP2CD abstract (ier = -729) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) warning reported by subroutine LNNDRVD see LNNDRVD abstract (ier = 729) Avoidance: The simplest, most guaranteed avoidan
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CR 31769 MSC / MD Nastran Online Encyclopedia - RANDPS - RANDPS is Missing from Index The RANDPS index is missing from the Table of Content section of the online documentation. The actual RANDPS entry is in the online CD.
Description Avoidance: Click on the RANDT1 button and scroll one page up to find the RANDPS entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31775 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - PLOTPS - Fail with UNRECOVERABLE library error On all Cray platforms, PLOTPS will fail with the following error message lib-1171 plotps: UNRECOVERABLE library error An output list item is incompatible with its data edit-descriptor. Encountered during a sequential formatted WRITE to an internal file (character variable) Error initiated at line 647 in routine '_wrfmt'. Abort Beginning of Traceback: Interrupt at address 74547a in routine '_lwp_killm'. Called from line 16 (address 75571a) in routine 'raise'. Called from line 92 (address 15347c) in routine 'abort'. Called from line 59 (address 352112a) in routine '_ferr'. Called from line 647 (address 424651c) in routine '_wrfmt'. Called from line 232 (address 343053c) in routine '_xfer_iolist'. Called from line 396 (address 423231c) in routine '_FWF'. Known Error Product CR 31778 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DECOMP - UWM 4698 Does not Identify Degrees of Freedom When running sparse decomposition in solution 106, the message: Description USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698, STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX ***. THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS
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Known Error
CR 31778 GREATER THAN *** OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL" does not list the grids/dofs corresponding to the negative diagonal terms.
Avoidance: Run the job with SPARSE=1 to identify the negative diagonal terms.
CR 31784 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, PBUSHT - Missing CBUSH STRESS/FORCE Output In a SOL 106 run, if a CBUSH element is present using the nonlinear forcedeflection feature (KN on the PBUSHT entry) and there is no other nonlinear material present, then the STRESS/FORCE output for the CBUSH element may be missing. This has been observed on some, but not all problems. Avoidance: Add param,lgdisp,1 to the input file. A safer avoidance would be to define a dummy rod or quad4 element with an associated MATS1 entry
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CR 31787 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer Analysis - CHBDYG, CHBDYP - Wrong Answers If the user has nonunique CHBDYP element ID that are the same as a CHBDYG element ID, the NASTRAN program does not know which CHBDYx element ID should be used in the convection calculation. The fix will allow the program to flag the non-unique CHBDYP and CHBDYG id's in the gp2 module. Avoidance: Change the conflicting CHBDYP and CHBDYG element id's so that they are unique.
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CR 31796 P-Elements - ADAPT, EPSTOL - Wrong Answers When a shell or beam p-element is omitted from the error analysis because of the EPSTOL parameter on the ADAPT bulk data entry, all subsequent shell and beam p-elements will also be omitted.
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to set the EPSTOL parameter to zero on the ADAPT entry so that no elements are omitted. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31801 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - ADAPT, EPSTOL - Poor Answers If a shell or beam p-element has a low stress at one grid, the element may be omitted from the error analysis because of the EPSTOL parameter on the ADAPT bulk data entry. The element should not be omitted unless all grids have a low stress. Avoidance: An avoidance is to set the EPSTOL parameter to zero on the ADAPT entry so that no elements are omitted. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31804 MSC / MD Nastran Thermal Loads - PSHELL - Wrong Stresses If the T1 and T2 fields are specified on the TEMPP1 entry and the MID1 field on the PSHELL record is left blank, then the calculated element stress will be wrong. Avoidance: Specify the MID1 field on the PSHELL entry. Known Error Product CR 31814 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD Method 1 NT/T Storage 1 - Memory Allocation Error Runs on aix platforms with large multiply-adds, in which Method 1 NT/T Storage 1 is selected, may unexpectedly run out of virtual memory. Encountering the error depends on such variables as the size of the problem and the amount
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CR 31814 of system paging space available on the machine. When the error occurs, the run terminates with the following error message: SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGE (gotsig33): SYSTEM RAN OUT OF PAGING SPACE. Avoidance: Note that when this error is encountered, increasing the memory allocation with the NASTRAN mem parameter will not generally avoid the problem. The avoidance is to increase the system paging space.
CR 31817 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,VMOPT,1 - Inefficient Processing If PARAM,VMOPT,1 is specified then the MGEN module is executed twice. Also, if component modes are not requested then the fluid mass should not be computed at the g-set level; in other words, PARAM,VMOPT,1 should be ignored. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semrm alter 'mgen '(,-1) if ( vmopt=0 or not((DYNRED=-1 or METHOD=-1) and noqset>-1) ) then $ alter 'vmopt'(2),'' alter 'call mgen1'(,1) endif $ NOMGEN>-1 alter 'PURGEX \/mvaa','' dbstatus mej//s,n,nomej $ if ( nomej>0 ) then $ alter 'mpyad meo'(,-1) CALL SEGOA uset,GOT,GOQ/GOA/NOOSET/NOQSET/NOTSET $ alter 'mpyad meo'(,1) else $ purgex /mea,,,,/-1 $ endif $ nomej>0 alter 'ENDIF \$ NOMGEN','' compile semg alter 'vmopt'(2),'' type db uset0 $ PARAML CASES//'DTI'/-1/150//S,N,DYNR CR 31832
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CR 31832 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,USETPRT - Wrong Sort If there is a user defined degree of freedom set (USET, USET1), and row sorting is selected (PARAM,USETPRT,0 or 10), then the uset print tables will not be sorted in ascending order, but will be in a random order. Avoidance: Select 'Column'(val=1 or 11) or 'Row and Column'(val=2 or 12) sort on the PARAM,USETPRT entry.
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CR 31842 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INCLUDE, SOL - UFM 443 If the SOL executive statement points to a user-written dmap, and the dmap is inserted in front of the SOL statement using the include command, then the job may fail with the following messages on some machine. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 443 (DBALOC) THE SUBDMAP MAIN REFERENCED BY THE SOL, LINK OR COMPILE STATEMENT WAS NOT FOUND ON THE MSCOBJ DBSET. Avoidance: Either move the SOL statement before the include command or insert the dmap into the actual file instead of using the include command.
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CR 31844 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Anaslysis - AEKX, AESMETH=ITER - Slow Convergence When using AESMETH=ITER or AESMETH=AUTO in SOL 144 and the displacement and force splines are not the transpose of one another (e.g., if the USAGE field is not BOTH on all SPLINEi entries), the iterative aeroelastic solution may converge slowly or even fail to converge. This is caused by an error in the AEKX subdmap in which it was mistakenly assumed that the splines were transposes of one another (as they had been required to be prior to Version 70.5). If the force and displacement splines are transposes of one another, this problem does not occur. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use identical FORCE and DISP splines (which was a requirement prior to Version 70.5). Another avoidance is to apply the following alter to Version 70.5:
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Known Error
CR 31844 compile aekx list noref $ $ fix errors due to mqg' an
CR 31849 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - nastran.ini on Windows NT - Application Error If the last line of the nastran.ini file (found in the $MSC_BASE\msc705\\ directory) is not terminated, then the NASTRAN command will fail with the following message generated by Windows: An application error has occured and an application error log is being generated nastran.exe Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address: 0x0041c608
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This error is easily created with Notepad. Note that the ini file is now only used to set a very small number of keywords, e.g., msc_base, and version. In most other cases the rcf files are now used. If other keywords are set in the nastran.ini file they are ignored.
Avoidance: Put an end-of-line at the end of the last line in the nastran.ini file. Known Error Product Abstract CR 31855 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CGAP, PARAM,G - Unreasonably Large Damping With penalty CGAP (default), W3 damping can become excessive because of large CGAP penalty stiffness. This is a limitation that should be documented under the CGAP entry. Description Avoidance: When gap elements are used in nonlinear transient analysis, param,g damping should be avoided. Damping should be specified on the MATi entries and PARAM,W4 set.
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CR 31884 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ADD5, PARAM, DSNOKD - UFM 5423 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423" indicating an incompatible matrix multiple is output from the ADD5 module in SOL 200 when PARAM DSNOKD is non-zero and there are multiple subcases that have active buckling design constraints. Avoidance: Set DSNOKD to 0.0 or restrict the buckling design task to a single subcase.
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CR 31885 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - UWM 7343 Diagnostic USER WARNING MESSAGE 7343 for the RBE3 element appears, properly, when an RBE3 element has inadequate connectivity and is approaching singularity. It may also appear for a stable element when there is a large distance between the grid points to which it attaches. This is because the test used to measure singularity is not independent of the units of measure of the model. A test model of an rbe3 connecting 4 grid points in a square pattern to a point at their center does not cause the message when the points are 100 units apart, but does cause the message when they are 10,000 units apart on certain computer types. Avoidance: The criterion used to print this message is that the computational zero ("error value") associated with its use is greater than 1.E-10. This conserva
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CR 31890 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elemets - RBE3 - UFM 2038, Only one illegal RBE3 found per run All bad rigid elements should be found and identified in a single execution. However, the RBE3 is an exception. It causes the program to stop after the first bad element is found. This is a particular problem with Version 70.5 because improved logic for detecting singular RBE3 elements was introduced in this version, and the
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Known Error
CR 31890 program may fail RBE3 elements that earlier versions passed. Avoidance: The error has been corrected in Version 70.5.2. Another avoidance is to run the model in Version 70 with param, checkout yes present. This makes tests on the model including equibrium tests on the rigid element constraint matrix. Elements which will pass tests in Version 70 but fail with singularity messages in Version 70.5 are likely to show poor equilibrium properties in the para
CR 31891 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - GPSTRESS - No Printout for Midside Nodes MSC/NASTRAN does not printout GPSTRESS for midside nodes. This limitation is documented in the Application Manual but since that manual is no longer current a remark should be added to the Quick Reference Guide. CR 31898 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FREQ - UWM 6498 In a frequency response analysis run (SOL 108 and 111), if the FREQ Case Control command does not exist, then the job will terminate with the following unclear error messages on some machines. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGetStr) Message number is not found PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from FRLG with the message number 3031 Severity is USER WARNING Parameter 1 is 0 Parameter 2 is FRL Parameter 3 is FRRD USER ACTION: Please contact MSC Client support 0FATAL ERROR On other machines, the job may terminate with a signal 11 error in the log file. Avoidance: Add the appropriate FREQ case control command.
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CR 31906 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DBC - UFM 4551 If a nonlinear analysis fails to converge and PARAM,POST,0 is set, the job will issue fatal messages indicating that the analysis has not converged but then will continue and will fail in the DBC module with a machine dependent message. An example of the messages are: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6194, *** STOPPED ITERATIONS DUE TO REACHING MAXIMUM ITERATION LIMIT WITHOUT CONVERGENCE *** *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6193, *** MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BISECTIONS OR MINIMUM LOAD STEP HAS BEEN REACHED. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551, *** STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FAILED CONVERGENCE ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9005 (NLSTATIC) ^^^ THE SOLUTION FOR THE LAST CONVERGED LOOPID= 85 IS SAVED FOR RESTART ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 8, ABORTING ... BIOMSG:
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CR 31919 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Sun/Solaris - fatal : libsunmath.so.1: can't open file errno = 2 For Sun SuperSPARC V70.5 and v70.6 and Sun UltraSPARC V70.0.3 Clients only, If you do not have a Fortran compiler on your system, you may receive the following error message in the LOG file when you attempt to run MSC/NASTRAN: ld.so.1: /msc705/solaris/analysis: fatal : libsunmath.so.1: can't open file errno = 2 This error occurs when the system cannot find the "libsunmath" dynamic library. This error is corrected on the MSC/NASTRAN V70.5.1 (r2) CD-ROM. You can also obtain the missing libraries from your MSC representative or directly from MSC's Web site at the URL:
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Known Error
CR 31919 ftp://ftp.macsch.com/pub/mscproducts/NASTRAN/V70.5/solaris/libsunmath.so.1 Once you have obtained the file, please copy it to the solaris architecture directory, i.e.,
CR 31931 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - ACMODL, CTETRA, CTRIA3, GP5 - SFM 6169 Some models with TRIA3 structural elements and TETRA fluid elements at the fluid/structure interface using IDENT method on the ACMODL bulk data entry fail in the GP5 module with a message similar to: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6169, FOUND TWO OR MORE STRUCTURAL GRID POINTS WITH IDENTICAL COORDINATES WHICH LIE ON THE FLUID/STRUCTURE BOUNDARY. USER ACTION: CHECK GRIDS AND/OR SET1 CARDS WHICH BELONG TO PANEL OR ACMODL CARDS. GRID ID = 12 GRID ID = 101979 ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9031 (ERRPH1) - NOGO ENCOUNTERED IN SUBDMAP SEMG This message is in error since one of the referenced structural grids is really a fluid grid. Abitrary changes to the model can make it run or not run. Avoidance: Use the DIFF method on the ACMODL
Description
CR 31933 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP - MATGEN Option 5 - DMAP Module Dictionary The documentation for MATGEN option 5 states that the parameter p5 may
Known Error
CR 31933 be used to select pseudo-random or non-repeating random numbers, but the equation used is incorrect. It states that if P5<0, a matrix of random numbers that do not repeat from call to call is produced. By implication, values outside this range produce pseudo random numbers. The usual definition of this term is that while the numbers produced should have reasonable distributions for a set of random numbers, the matrix produced on each call should be the same, both on one run, and on different runs. The correct formula is "if p5 is less than or equal to 0" the non-repeating ("seeded") type of random numbers are used. Note that this changes the action for the default value of p5, which is zero.
CR 31934 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RFORCE - Clarification of the CD Field The content description of the CID and R1, R2, R3 fields for the RFORCE entry currently states CID must be a Caresian system. It should state that if a non-rectangular system is specified, RFORCE will use the CID as if it were a rectangular system and unexpected answers may result. The desrcription of CID, R1, R2, R3 should read as follows and remark 14 should be added. CID Coordinate system used to define the components of the rotation vector.
Description (integer >= 0, Default = 0) R1, R2, R3 Rectangular components of the rotation vector R. The vector will pass through G, please see remark 14. (R1**2 + R2**2 + R3**2 > 0.0) Remark 14. If CID is not a rectangular coordinate system, RFORCE will treat it as if it were a rectangular system when d Known Error Product Abstract CR 31958 MSC / MD Nastran Memory Management - REIGL, GPFDR - SFM 4275 and SFM 4276
Known Error
CR 31958 On a large model, it has been observed that the job may fail in REIGL or GPFDR with the following unclear messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4275. DURING A READ OPERATION, UNIT = 26, DATA BLOCK=NUMERIC , A BLOCK NUMBER CHECK CONDITION OCCURRED. ( IONAST CODE= 304) 0*IONAST* err 304 pid,name,b+1,z4(b+1),nxtblk,pbknbr= 0 118 62402415 0 3377 5912 BIOMSG: ERROR 304 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE IONAST , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 The exact cause of this error is currently unknown. MSC has been unable to obtain the input file that shows this error due to the confidentiality of the input file. Avoidance: Increasing memory cured this particular problem.
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CR 31966 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, CELAS1, CELAS2, MATHP - UWM 6286 in ZREAD If nonlinear stress output is requested for CBUSH, CELAS1, and CELAS3 elements which reference PBUSHT and PELAST in nonlinear analysis then UWM 6286 will be issued. This also occurs for hyperelastic element grid point output. Avoidance: Insert and/or replace the following changes into nddl.dat under DATABLK OES: OR,40,{ Bush1d } EITHER,BACK(FCODE)=0,{ Real } FE,RS,{Element Force} UE,RS,{Axial Displacement} VE,RS,{Axial Velocity* } S,RS,{Axial Stress*} E,RS,{Axial Strain*} EP,RS,{Plastic Strain*} FAIL,I,{Failed Element Flag} OR,1,{ Real / Imaginary } FER,RS,{Element Force} UER,RS,{Axial Displacement} SR,RS,{Axial Stress*}
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Known Error
CR 31966 ER,RS,{Axial Strain*}
CR 31970 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPEXT Ignored if no Elements Exist in a Superelement If there are no elements inside a superelement, but there are interior points, and CSUPEXT entries are used to define the exterior points, the CSUPEXT entries will be ignored. Avoidance: Add PLOTEL elements between interior and exterior points.
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CR 31980 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLCOMB - Traceback If a problem has BEAM, BAR, or BEND elements and thermal loads in a nonlinear solution sequence (106 and 129), the job may fail in module NLCOMB. This error first occurred in Version 70.5. This has been observed only on the Cray, but might occur on other systems. On the CRAY the following traceback was encountered:
Description
Beginning of Traceback: Called from line 42 (address 15517150b) in routine 'TRBK'. Called from line 39 (address 132053d) in routine 'RECOVR'. Called from line 112 (address 140623d) in routine 'sysrcv'. Called from address 15237006a in routine '__handlr'. Called from address 5616165c in routine 'NLCWRK'. Called from line 126 (address 5607145c) in routine 'NLCOMB'. Called from line 90 (address 10632226d) in routine 'XSEM15'. Called from line 363 (addr CR 31982 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - checka.v70 - UFM 13 In the checka.v70 and checka.v705 alters, there are two lines which exceed 80 columns. If these alters are pasted into the data file, the line will wrap in many editors, and cause the following fatal message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 13 (XGPIDG )
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Known Error
CR 31982 ERROR IN DMAP INSTRUCTION Q-SET INSTRUCTION NO. 50 DMAP INSTRUCTION NOT IN MODULE LIBRARY. Avoidance: Shorten the comments following the DMAP instructions "type db,aagds,ptga $", and "upartn uset0,aagds/ptga,,,/'G'/'A'/'S'/1 $". Another option is to avoid pasting the file in, but instead use the include statement.
CR 31986 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBDN DBset Too Large The DBDN DBset is larger in V70 and V70.5 than in earlier versions of MSC/NASTRAN. The increased size is due to several data blocks which are generated during dynamic reduction being incorrectly stored on DBDN. The only effect of this error is an increase in the DBDN Dbset disk usage. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semr3 alter 'call cmpmode' type parm,nddl,char8,n,dbupx,dbdnr1 $ type parm,,char8,n,dbtmp $ dbtmp=dbdnr1 $ dbdnr1=dbupx $ alter 'call sesum' dbdnr1=dbtmp $ compile sekr alter 1 type parm,nddl,char8,n,dbupx,dbdnr1 $ type parm,,char8,n,dbtmp $ dbtmp=dbdnr1 $ dbdnr1=dbupx $ alter 'end \$'(,-2) dbdnr1=dbtmp $ compile semrm alter 'mvaa'(2,-1) type parm,nddl,char8,n,dbupx,dbdnr1 $ type parm,,char8,n,dbtmp $ dbtmp=dbdnr1 $ dbdnr1=dbupx CR 31990
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Known Error
CR 31990 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBUSH1D The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide for Version 70.5 incorrectly states that SHOCKA, CVT, IDTS, IDETS, IDETSD, TYPE, IDT, IDTTU, IDTDV are required on the PBUSH1D entry. These fields may be required based on values in other fields and options selected, but are not mandatory. CR 32011 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PBUSH - Element Property Direction Not Described The documentation for PBUSH does not say which coordinate system the "directions 1 through 6" refer to. These directions refer to the element coordinate system.
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CR 32014 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - NLRGAP, TRD1 - Poor Answers, Traceback Input files using the NLRGAP in SOL 109 may fail with a floating point exception on NT platforms or may issue a traceback in the TRD1 module, routine tabld on SGI R8000/R10000 systems. The error is caused by the table look up for the coefficient of friction for the NLRGAP. All 32 bit, short-word, machines will return an incorrect value for the coefficient of friction; however, this is not likely to have a significant effect on the results of most problems.
Description
Avoidance: Run the problem in solution 129. A different error with similar symptoms may also be encountered in the same area of the code, please see error number 32685. Known Error Product CR 32015 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 32015 Documentation - Release Guide - NLRGAP Does Not Work in Solution 112. The MSC/NASTRAN Release Guide for Version 70.5 incorrectly states that the NLRGAP element works in SOL 112. The NLRGAP does not work in this solution, but it does work in SOL 9. CR 32016 MSC / MD Nastran GAP Constraints - PARAM,CDITER - UWM 9096, Wrong Answers If the iterative solution for GAP constraints in SOL 101 does not converge, a warning message is issued (9096), indicating that the solution has not converged; however, the results for displacements, etc. are still output.
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^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9096 (CSTRDISP) ^^^ CONSTRAINED DISPLACEMENT ITERATIONS FAILED, ITERATION LIMIT LOAD CASE =1 Avoidance: If warning message 9096 is issued, do not use the results. Increasing the value of CDITER may help the problem to converge.
CR 32022 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NLRGAP - Incorrect TPL Problem The tpl test deck nlrgap.dat referred is not the problem described in the Version 70.5 Release Guide. The tpl deck nlrgap.dat has been replaced with the correct input deck on the Version 70.5.1 r2 cd. A listing of the correct input follows: $ shaft1x.dat $ radial gap, .002 clearance, contact stiffness = 1.e6 constant $ example: rotating load on cantilevared shaft $ 40" shaft, circular x-section, 2" diameter shaft $ 10" diameter rotor $ 15 hz. imbalance sol 129 time 80 cend title= 15 hz. rotating imbalance, radial gap
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Known Error
CR 32022 set 1 = 9,10 set 2 = 1,8 set 3 = 1001,1002 $sdisp=3 $ epoint displacements (relative displacements) disp(plot) = 1$ NLRGAP grid displacements force(plot) = 2 nlload=1 $ NLRGAP load output nonlinear = 200 $ NLRGAP set ID tfl=900 $ transfer function ID fo
CR 32047 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Wrong Answers with Material Damping Material damping defined on a material bulk data entry is ignored in an adjoint sensitivity analysis. Avoidance; If damping is a constant across all materials, param,g may be used. Otherwise the adjoint method needs to be avoided by forcing the direct sensitivity method using the following alter:
Description COMPILE DESCON alter 'dsad'(,-1) $ type parm, ,logi,n,hold $ hold = pexist $ pexist = true $ alter 'dsad' pexist = hold $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 32070 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - SOLs 103, 107-112 - Wrong answers If QSETi, SEQSETi, or SENQSET entries are used to compute component modes in SOLs 103 and 107-112 and differential stiffness is requested with the STATSUB Case Control command, then the differential stiffness will not include the effects of the q-set degrees-of-freedom. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter which is valid for Version 70.5 only:
Description
Known Error
CR 32070 compile sekdr $ this alter is for Version 70.5 only alter 'call segoa','' type db goq $ CALL SEGOA USET,GOT,goq/GOAT/NOOSET/NOQSET/NOTSET $ endalter
CR 32073 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Partitioned SE - Wrong Answers or Fatal Messages If scalar points are defined in a partitioned superelement and the scalar points are also defined as exterior to the superelement (e.g.; QSETi) then the run may produce wrong answers and/or issue a fatal message. This error can also occur using the SENQSET entries. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile phase0 alter ',SILS,VGFS' delete /vgfs $ alter ',SILS,VGFS'(2) delete /vgfs $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 32074 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Data Recovery for Externals in SOLs 110-112 - UWM 9098 Performing data recovery using external superelements in SOLs 110, 111, and 112 with SEBULK type external superelements will result in user warning message 9098 indicating that the data necessary to perform data recovery is not available. The run will then fail in an unexpected manner. Avoidance : Include the following DMAP alter in the run which performs the residual structure solution Description compile super3 alter 'call extdrout'(4),'' if ( extdrout<>' ' ) then $ if ( app1='mmreig' ) then $ call extdrout uls,ol1m,eqexins,maps/ dum/app1/' '/true $ call extdrout uh2,ol1r,eqexins,maps/
Known Error
CR 32074 dum/app/soltyp/true $ else $ call extdrout uls,ol1m,eqexins,maps/ dum/app1/soltyp/true $ endif $
CR 32080 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - SFM 4276, EC 1605 On the SGI, complex Lanczos eigenvalue analysis may produce the unexpected system fatal message 4276 error code 1605. This appears to be caused by insufficient memory for the CEAD module. Avoidance: In most if not all cases experienced to date, increasing the memory has allowed the runs to run successfully.
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CR 32087 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - TLOADi - Wrong answers TLOADi entries are ignored in direct frequency response (SOLs 8, 11, and 108). Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in SOL 108: compile sedfreq alter 'CASE CASErs' type parm,,logi,n,fourier $ paraml dynamics//'bulk'//////'tload1'/s,n,tload1/ 'tload2'/s,n,tload2 $ PARAML CASEF//'DTI'/-1/38//S,N,TSTEP $ fourier=(tstep=-1 and (tload1=-1 or tload2=-1)) $ alter 'call freqrs','' CALL freqrs CASEF ,USETD ,DLT ,FRL ,trl , rpd ,DIT ,EST ,cstms ,mpts , bgpdts ,gpsnts ,GPECT ,SILS ,edts , ckdd ,cmdd ,cbdd ,k4dd , , , , ,sild ,ditid , vafs ,rgdfd ,rsgg ,rmgg ,ppf , CR 32091 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 32091 Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, STRESS, STRAIN, PARAM,POST,0 - Missing XDB Output If PARAM,LGDISP,>0 and PARAM,POST,0 is specified in SOL 106, then laminar stress and strain output is missing from the .xdb file. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'oescp,oestrcp' file oescpr=append/oestrcpr=append $ append oescp,/oescpr/2 $ append oestrcp,/oestrcpr/2 $ alter 'OUTPUT2 oesnlxr' IF ( POST=0 ) then $ DBC OEScpr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'OESC'/'CASECC'/'OL'////////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/app//GEOMU/LOADU/POSTU/ DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT $ DBC OEStrcpr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'OESC'/'CASECC'/'OL'////////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/app//GEOMU/LOADU/POSTU/ DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT $ endif $ post=0 endalter CR 32093 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CSSCHD - UFM 311 (IFPDRV) If a subcase invokes multiple CSSCHD bulk data entries, the user fatal message shown below incorrectly states that the CSSCHD ID's must be unique.
Description
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 311 (IFPDRV) NON-UNIQUE FIELD 2 ON BULK DATA ENTRY CSSCHD 10 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 153 Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to limit the scheduled control surface functionality to a single control surface for each subcase.
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Known Error
CR 32094 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Nonlinear Trim Analyis - BIOMSG: ERROR 100 Version 70.5 added a basic capability to perform nonlinear static aeroelastic trim analysis. This capability is not available in SOL 200 for sensitivity analysis and its use results in a nondescriptive fatal message such as
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 100 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE PACK Avoidance: Either linearize the static aeroelastic trim analysis or do not attempt to perform this type of sensitivity analysis. Version 70.7.2 has been corrected to provide a meaningful message.
CR 32098 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation, QRG - PSHELL, remark # 14 - typographical error There is a typographic error for Remark 14 of the PSHELL entry in the Version 70 and 70.5 Quick Reference Guide. The term (Ts)10**8(Ts) should simply be 10**8 instead. CR 32099 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2 - Multiple Geometry Written to OUTPUT2 File If multiple boundary conditions are specified in a normal modes analysis and param,post,-2 is set, the geometry data blocks are written to the output2 file in each subcase rather than just once. This unnecessarily increases the size of the output2 file. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,OGEOM,NO in all but the last subcase or insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'call out2geom'(,-1) type parm,nddl,i,n,ncase $ if ( ncase<=1 ) then $ alter 'call out2geom' endif $ endalter
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CR 32101 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT of Grid Point Stress in SOL 101 - UWM 979 If an XYPLOT of grid point stress (param,curvplot,1) in solution 101 will lead to the following message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID xxx -STRE- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK Avoidance: Insert the following alter: COMPILE SEDRCVR $ALTER 'SORT2\=','' $ for V70 ALTER 'SORT2\='(2),'' $ for V70.5 SORT2=NOT(ANDL(NOSORT2,NOSTR2) OR CURVPLOT>-1) $ ENDALTER
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CR 32112 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MSCACT Missing Summary Output The MSCACT utility delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 on the UNIX and Windows NT systems has an error that disables the "standard" output summary. If one of the alternate summaries is selected via the "summary" keyword, the correct detail lines will be generated, but the total line will be missing. This error can be corrected by changing the following lines in the /msc705/util/mscact.c source file and rebuilding the MSCACT utility as described in Section 6 of the "Configuration and Operations Guide" for you operating system. NOTE: This error does not affect the accounting logger functions. The changes are: Change line 1339 from if( total == -1 && !strcmp( p, TOTAL_LABEL ) ) to if( total == EOL && !strcmp( p, TOTAL_LABEL ) )
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CR 32113 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DMIG, DMI - Poor Messages The messages encountered when there is an error on a DMIG or DMI entry do not point to the location of the error. This can make it almost impossible to locate the error in a large matrix input. CR 32116 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ISHELL - Program Called by ISHELL Not Found If the program called by the ISHELL module has a name with fewer than 8 characters without including the extension, the module will not search properly for the extension. For example, the file named "EFM.EXE" will be found if the name "EFM.EXE" is entered, but will not be found if the name "EFM" is entered. Avoidance: Use 8 characters in the filename if you do not include the extension. A related error that may occur on Windows NT if a 16-bit executable is to be run. If ISHELL processing fails with an "UNABLE TO CREATE A NEW PROCESS" error, specifying the standard NT command processor as the processor to be used may solve the problem. That is, setting the MSC_ISHELLEXT environment variable to exe#cmd, either in the System/Environment Control Panel tab or by a command line set opti
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CR 32125 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - DBINIT - Long filenames on SGI If a very long filename is used, either via the job datafile pathname, the dbs or out keywords, or an ASSIGN statement, the job may fail without any messages in the F06, F04, or LOG files. A clue to this error may be the termination of the job in the DBINIT module (as indicated in the F04 file) or incomplete reports for the "SUMMARY OF FILE ASSIGNMENTS" or "SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL FILE INFORMATION" or "SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL FILE I/O ACTIVITY"
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Known Error
CR 32125 tables. Avoidance: Reduce the lengths of the longer pathname components. A pathname component is either a directory name (i.e., the text between slashes) or the actual filename part.
CR 32127 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AELINK, CSSCHD - Wrong Answers If AELINK and CSSCHD entries appear is the same subcase in a static aeroelastic analysis, wrong answers are produced. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 32134 MSC / MD Nastran 70.5.1 Installation - SGI IRIX64 Only When trying to run Version 70.5 on SGI IRIX 64 systems the following error message may appear in the command window: 3708:/msc/msc705/irix64/analysis: rld: fatal error: cannot successfuly map soname 'libcomplib.sgimath.so' under any of the filenames < then a list of library files follows >. Avoidance: If the client does not have a complete set of sgi math libraries they will need to get a /usr/lib64/mips4/libcomplib.sgimath.so from MSC. This can be found at the following locations: On the web at: ftp.macsch.com/pub/msc-products/NASTRAN/V70.5/irix64 filename: libcomplib.sgimath.so or the following computer file on MSC's net: /net/oberon/oberon/disk1/msc705/unix/msc705/irix64/libcomplib.sgimath.so
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CR 32135
CR 32135 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - Missing Left Hand Vectors The new CEAD module option for the CLAN method in Version 70.5 will produce both left and right hand eigenvectors. However, if there are less than three DOFs in the problem only the right hand vectors are output. Avoidance: An avoidance is to add a third DOF, uncoupled, if necessary.
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CR 32136 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,CURVE - Incorrect Equation The documentation for PARAM,CURV in the Quick Reference Guide indicates that if: | n dot lm | >= .4, then the projection of the y-axis on the surface of the element is taken as the reference axis. The left hand side of the inequality should be squared. ( n dot lm)**2 >= .4.
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CR 32143 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TETRA - Incorrect Mass Matrix The mass for TETRA p-elements at p-level 1 is incorrectly calculated. Avoidance: Run the analysis at a p-level of 2 or higher when using TETRA p-elements are present. CR 32145 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TRD1 - Received Signal 10 Transient analysis may fail in the TRD1 module with no message. The log file may contain a machine dependent message of the form:
Description *** Received signal 10 (SIGBUS) time: command terminated abnormally
Known Error
CR 32145 Avoidance: The error is machine dependent and is caused by a boundary alignment problem. The error will only occur on HP, SUN and SGI systems (Digital will print warning messages but will complete successfully). The error should be avoided by increasing memory by exactly 2 words on HP and SUN system and by 6 words on SGI systems.
CR 32157 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - Installation - Not a Valid WorldView Document The MSC/NASTRAN Online Encyclopedia issues a "Not a valid WorldView document:" error message when any hotlink button on a book selected from the main books menu is picked. Iview configuration file entries for fulltextPath and welcomeDoc are valid and the documents could be selected manually from the Open/File menu picks.
Description
Resolution/Avoidance: This problem could occur on any system where: 1) the mne collections are moved from one location to another 2) the mne installation directory is nfs mounted or linked to a differently named location As part of the installation process, several *.cfg files are created on the fly and locations are hardcoded with pathname of the installation directory. If the mne collection directory is changed, it is not sufficient to upd
CR 32168 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DCMP - SFM 4276 EC 7777 It is possible that a job that should fail in DCMP with a max ratio error, identifying the problem degrees of freedom, instead fails with a traceback in sparse decomposition. The following is an example of the traceback from an hpux system.
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Known Error
CR 32168 Process traceback ... ( 0) 0x0009700c sysrcv + 0x320 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 1) 0x00f83310 _sigreturn [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 2) 0x005efba0 dfmsj_ + 0x130 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 3) 0x0022b7b4 dfmsa_ + 0x2b20 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 4) 0x004c355c sdcomp_ + 0xb8 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 5) 0x00220eb8 dcmpa_ + 0x2b8 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc70/hpux/analysis.pa2_0] ( 6) 0x000c0fe8 dcmp_ + 0x130 [/cae_k_apps/msc/msc
CR 32171 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PARAM,POST,0 - Missing output Laminar stress and strain output is not written to the xdb file in SOL 103 and 105. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile sedrcvr alter 'DBC OSTR1' endIF $ SORT2 alter 'endIF $ SORT2'(3),'' endalter CR 32174 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - xnastran not delivered The XNASTRAN utility is missing from the Version 70.5 (R1) CD. The executable file, /msc705//Xnastran, can be copied from any earlier version. CR 32176 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGR - Point Normalization In modal analysis (sol 103), when POINT normalization is selected on the
Known Error
CR 32176 EIGR bulk data entry, and the defined component is zero, NASTRAN does not revert to MAX as specified in the Quick Reference guide for the EIGR bulk data entry: NORM Method for normalizing eigenvectors. (Character: "MASS," "MAX," or "POINT"; Default+"MASS") . . POINT Normalize to a positive or negative unit value of the component defined in fields 3 and 4 (defaults to "MAX" if defined component is zero). Documentation of NORM POINT should read: . . POINT Normalize to a positive or negative unit value of the component defined in fields 3 and 4 (defaults to "MASS" if defined component is zero).
CR 32177 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, INIT FMS - Incorrect Default values Under the description of the INIT command in the Quick Reference Guide, the default values for DBALL and SCR300 are stated incorrectly as 25000 and 175000 blocks. The correct default value is 250000 blocks for each of the DBSETs. CR 32193 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CELAS1, CELAS3, PELAST, NLITER - SFM 2085 If the CELAS1 or CELAS3 element references the PELAST entry in a nonlinear analysis where the TKNID field is used to define the nonlinear force vs. displacement relationship, the job will fail with the following message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2085 (NLITER) ELEMENT TYPE 11 NOT SUPPORTED FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLITER) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLEMG Avoidance: Use the CBUSH entry and define the nonlinear force vs.
Known Error
CR 32193 displacement relationship through the KN field on the PBUSHT entry.
CR 32218 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CBUSH, DVGRID - SFM 3007 In shape optimization, if the CBUSH element is present, (even when not referenced by a DVGRID), the job fails with the following fatal message, "element type 102 is not supported *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPR6) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE Dopr6a". Avoidance: Don't use the CBUSH element in a shape optimization run.
Description
CR 32220 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TSTEP - UFM 4562 In a modal transient analysis, the following error messages may be erroneously issued after the completion of the job.
Description
0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4562, TSTEP (TIME STEP) DATA IS MISSING Avoidance: This message can be safely ignored if all the requested output is obtained.
CR 32225 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG, System Cell 206 - Missing Option Option 9 of system cell 206 which selects the better of METIS and MMD, is not documented in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide. CR 32259 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Incorrect Answers for Unrestrained Hinge Moment Coeff.
Known Error
CR 32259 Two errors have been detected that relate to the printing of unrestrained hinge moment coefficients in SOL 144 (static aeroelasticity): 1. The unrestrained hinge moment coefficient values printed for the "INTERCEPT" coefficients are in error if they are nonzero. 2. If there are multiple subcases with the same Mach and q (dynamic pressure) conditions, the unrestrained hinge moment coefficient values printed for the second and subsequent subcases are in error. The coefficients for the first subcase are deemed correct with the exception of the INTERCEPT value mentioned previously. Avoidance: Make the following DMAP change: compile aestatrs list alter 'totu','kbrzx' dbstatus ipzf//s,n,noipz $ if ( noipz=-1 ) matgen ,/ipzf/7/norset/1 $ add ipzf,/mipzf/-1.0 append mipzf,k
Description
CR 32264 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - EMA - Wrong Answers Due to an error in parallel EMA, any system running parallel EMA (even if they are only using one processor), could get wrong answers. Avoidance: Use the serial version.
CR 32282 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - XNASTRAN - xmonast Started with the Wrong File Names The XNASTRAN utility does not properly handle an alternate input data file type, e.g., "example.bdf", when directly starting XMONAST to monitor a job. It will attempt to directly start XMONAST on the files "example.bdf.f04", "example.bdf.f06", and "example.bdf.log". Instead, it should be setting the nastran command's "xmon" keyword and relying upon the nastran command to correctly monitor the job.
Description
Known Error
CR 32282 Avoidance: Set "xmon=yes" in an RC file or as an "advanced argument" and do not use XNASTRAN's ability to start XMONAST.
CR 32286 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - STATSUB, multiple subcases - SFM 6710 (TAFF) When more than one static subcase exists in the bulk data for forming the differential stiffness matrix for a normal modes analysis (STATSUB), and the model contains superelements, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7325 (SEP2DR) PROCESSING OF SUPERELEMENT 10 IS NOW INITIATED. ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9049 (SEKDR) ^^^ SUPERELEMENT DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS GENERATION, ASSEMBLY, AND REDUCTION.
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6710 (TAFF) THE THIRD INPUT PARAMETER TO MODULE TAFF REFERENCES AN UNDEFINED LOAD SET ID. 0FATAL ERROR This job will fail even if there is only one static subcase callout, but there are multiple loadings in the bulk data section that are not used. Avoidance: There are two possible Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 32294 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ISHELL - Insufficient Memory on CRAY Use of the ISHELL utility on a CRAY computer may cause the job to fail due to insufficient memory. Avoidance: Specify twice the memory that the job would normally take. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 32296 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - STATSUB, Superelements - UFM 5423 (MPYAD) In SOL 105, or if differential stiffness is requested (STATSUB Command)
Known Error
CR 32296 in SOLs 103 and 107 through 112, when superelements are present and no SUPER command, or SUPER=ALL, is specified, then static loads will be generated for the second or dynamic subcase and the job will fail with the following error messages. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR GOAT IS 106 12 50 2 2 60 4333 TRAILER FOR UAS IS 103 1 12 2 2 8 3333 TRAILER FOR UOOX IS 104 2 50 2 2 40 2000
CR 32303 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - SUBCASE, SET - Missing Output In nonlinear transient heat transfer (SOL 159), if different subcases request different outputs, only the request for the first subcase will be honored and no output will be obtained for subsequent subcases. In the following example thermal results for grid 1 and 2 will be output for subcase 1 but no thermal output will be obtained for subcase 2. SUBCASE 1 TSTEPNL = 100 DLOAD = 200 SET 1 = 1,2 THERMAL =1 SUBCASE 2 TSTEPNL = 100 DLOAD = 200 THERMAL = ALL
Description
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to request the same output for all subcases above the first subcase. In the above example, request THERMAL=ALL above the first subcase. Known Error Product CR 32320 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 32320 Inertia Relief - PARAM,ALTRED,YES - Wrong Answers If PARAM,INREL,-1 and PARAM,ALTRED,YES are specified then wrong answers are produced. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'LFIXEDB OR INREL\=-1','' IF ( LFIXEDB ) ALTRED='NO' $ alter 'SEID\=0 and (LFIXEDB','' IF ( SEID=0 and (LFIXEDB or cditer>0) ) INREL0=false $ compile sedisp alter 'MPYAD LAO,UA,UOX','IF ( FIXEDB\>-1 ) CALL SEGOA,' if ( inrel0 ) then $ IF ( SEID=0 ) THEN $ IF ( inrel=-1 ) then $ MPYAD UOx,CRX,/UOXx $ else $ equivx uox/uoxx/-1 $ endif $ else $ MPYAD UOx,CRj0,/UOXx $ endif $ else $ equivx uox/uoxx/-1 $ endif $ MPYAD LAO,UA,UOXx/UOY/1 $ CR 32321 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,ALTRED,YES and MPCFORCE - Missing output MPCForce output is not computed if PARAM,ALTRED,YES is specified. Avoidance: Insert the following alter:
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Description
compile sedisp alter 'sdr1'(3,1) ENDIF $ ALTRED alter 'ENDIF \$ ALTRED','' endalter
Known Error Product
CR 32362 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation, Interface Elements - GMBDC, GMBNDS - DMAP Fatal Message 9050 The Quick Reference Guide bulk data definitions for the GMBNDC and GMBNDS entries needs the following remark added:
Description
The interface elements may generate high or negative matrix/factor diagonal ratios. If there are no other modelling errors, these messages may be ignored and PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 may be used to continue the run.
CR 32364 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - TABPRT, OUTPUT2 - Wrong Answers, SWM 1204 Incorrect data may be output by a TABPRT and/or an OUTPUT2 request using the neutral option. Many occurences of SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 1204 may be an indication of a problem. Avoidance: For the OUTPUT2 neutral option, increase mem such that the value is at least f2 x size of largest record + 2 x nasbuff + compiled length of the NDDL of that datablock For TABPRT NDDL-output, increase mem such that the value is at least 4 x size of largest record + 1 x nasbuff + compiled length of the NDDL of that datablock
Description
CR 32365 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SESUP - Problems with free-free Dynamic Reduction Models with free-free component modal superelement reduction give poor answers (or may fail). This limitation should be documented under the SESUP entry by adding the following remark:
Known Error
CR 32365 5. SESUP bulk data records are not allowed for Part (partitioned bulk data) Superelements. Use the SUPORT bulk data records to identify component rigid body modes.
CR 32375 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Transverse Shear Strain Output Mis-Labeled The p-shell element's two transverse shear strain outputs for the default curvature option are switched. Otherwise the values are correct. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 32376 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/P-Elements - OUTRCV - Missing P-Shell Output When the PROJ=F option is used on the OUTRCV bulk data entry for p-shell elements, no output is produced in the .f06 file. The option should be used if a postprocessor requires results in terms of 3D vectors or tensors, for example, stress tensors with 6 stress components. The option does not produce output in the print file *.f06. CR 32388 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TSTEPNL, ADD5 - UFM 4276 GETSTR ERROR CODE 31 If a nonlinear transient analysis has trouble converging and output is not requested for every timestep, the job mail fail with one of the following type messages in ADD5.
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Known Error Product
Description
0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.NXTCOL ERROR CODE -31 PID= 0 -> CELAS2 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 -> CBUSH1D Avoidance: Request output for every timestep.
Known Error Product
CR 32390 Cyclic Symmetry - READ, REIGL - UIM 6137, SFM 3001 The READ module may issue the message: UIM 6137 INPUT MATRIX TO DECOMPOSITION HAS xx SINGULARITIES, followed by *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (READ). This is due to null columns in the matrices. For cyclic symmetry AUTOSPC does not remove unused degrees of freedom if they are for grid points listed on CYJOIN records. Avoidance: For solid element models, add a bulk data record GRDSET,,,,,,456 to remove unused rotation degrees of freedom. Setting NASTRAN SYSTEM(273)=1 (Use earlier version Lanczos method) has been shown to work as well in NAST705. The following ALTER may be applied to version 70.5: COMPILE MODERS ALTER 'MATMOD *CASES' SETVAL //S,N,METHTYP/0 $ MESSAGE //'DO A-SET REDUCTION FOR MASSLESS DEGREES OF FREEDOM'
Description
CR 32394 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - SFM 3008 (UTMCOR) The new block complex lanczos method in Version 70.5 (selected by setting system(108)=4) does not accurately predict the memory requirement. For large problems this may lead to the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = CEAD INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE CLDRV USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 1130847 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = TSLSPILL Avoidance: The fatal message may not be able to be avoided by increasing memory. The analysis may have to be performed with another method.
Description
CR 32395 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analsysis - EIGRL, READ - SFM 7340 (LNNHERR) The new lanczos in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 may fail with some variation
Known Error
CR 32395 of the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNDRVS see LNNDRVS abstract (ier = -1)
The message that should have been output is: FACTORIZATION ERROR DURING FINITE INTERVAL ANALYSIS AT FLEFT. FLEFT = -3.9478D-05 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5299 (LNCS1D) FACTORIZATION ERROR AT A BOUNDARY SHIFT. POTENTIAL FIXES: IF LOWER BOUND IS ZERO USE A SMALL NEGATIVE VALUE. IF LOWER BOUND IS A SMALL NEGATIVE VALUE DECREASE IT. ELIMINATE MASSLESS MECHANISMS THE MODEL MAY CONTAIN. Avoidance: Follow the direction of SFM 5299 above. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32411 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - APD, RESTART LOGICAL - UFM 1245 If a read-only restart (RESTART LOGICAL FMS statement) is performed in SOLs 144, 145, or 146, then the run will fail in the APD module with the following message: Description 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1245, (BIO) AN ALLOCATION ERROR HAS OCCURRED FOR A DATABASE FILE, FILX = 10. WRITE ATTEMPTED ON FILX WHICH WAS OPENED FOR READONLY. Avoidance: Use RESTART with the COPY option. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32426 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GP0 - Distorted Element Edges May Lead to Traceback If a p-element edge is too distorted, the program may fail with the traceback that follows in GP0 instead of exiting with a meaningful message. Description SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP division by zero
Known Error
CR 32426 Traceback: Offset 0x00001380 in procedure evlpnd_ Offset 0x00000c54 in procedure gp0dc_ Offset 0x00001710 in procedure gp0da_ Offset 0x00000cd4 in procedure gp0_ Offset 0x000004b0 in procedure xsem02_ Offset 0x000009dc in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Other than correcting the distorted geometry, there is no avoidance.
CR 32438 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Wrong executable may be selected on HP-UX 11 Apparently HP will make both 32- and 64-bit versions of HP-UX 11.0 available. As a result of this, if the client is running the 32-bit version of HP-UX 11.0 on a PA-RISC 2.0 system, the nastran command will incorrectly choose the V-class executable. This error can only occur with MSC/NASTRAN V70 and MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 (r1). The bit size of the OS is determined with the following command: $ getconf KERNEL_BITS
Description
The command will print 64 on a 64-bit kernel, e.g., on a V-Class system; and 32 on a 32-bit kernel. Avoidance: Set the following keyword in the either system (e.g., /conf/nast705rc) or node (e.g., /conf/net//nast705rc) RC files. On a PA-RISC 1.1 system: proc= On a PA-RISC 2.0 system: proc=pa2_0 The processor type can be det
CR 32457 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Beam Error Estimator - Poor Answers, Inefficient Processing The error estimators for the beam p-element are incorrect by a factor based on the length of the beam. This error may lead to over adapting or under adapting. That is the error may lead to poor answers or it may lead to an unnecessarily high p-level. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 32458 MSC / MD Nastran ESTIMATE - P-Elements - Insufficient Memory MSC Estimate underestimates memory for input files with P-elements. This limitation will be removed with version 71 for P-element runs without interface elements (GMINTC/GMINTS). The limitation still exists for runs with interface elements. Avoidance: Do not use estimate to determine memory and disk requirements of runs with p-elements prior to Version 71, and do not use estimate to determine memory and disk requirements of any run with interface elements.
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CR 32467 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - Incorrect CPU Times When parallel processing is selected, the f04 per processor cpu times may show negative cpu times on Version 70.5 NT systems. This problem has been corrected in the Version 70.5.5 release. CR 32476 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - RCOUT2, BGPDT - rcout2 utility does not transfer data correctly The rcout2 utility will not transfer the BGPDT correctly on short-word UNIX systems.
CR 32477 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - SPC/SESET THRU 9999999 - performance If an input file has an SPC entry specifying 1 THRU 9999999, then estimate will take a lot of CPU time. This performance error will be removed in version 71. Avoidance: Specify the last grid id instead of 9999999.
Description
CR 32482 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DRMS1 - SFE 4276 EC 1305 in ENDPUT. The DRMS1 module may fail with SFE 4276 EC 1305 in ENDPUT.
Description
Avoidance: Reduce the number of subcases (or modes) in the input data blocks to the DRMS1 module. CR 32489 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEROF - Incorrect Aerodynamic Box ID's In SOL 146 for Harmonic Gust (Frequency Response), the AEROF= option is supported. However, if the ALL option is used in Version 70.5, the f06 output listing incorrectly lists the Aerodynamic Box ID's as 0 (zero) for all boxes. Whereas, if a specific SET is used, the correct results are obtained. The complex forces printed in both cases, are correct. CR 32490 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - UPARTN, PARAM,INREL,-1 - Poor Message, UFM 3007 If PARAM,INREL,-1 is specified without any SUPORTi entries then the run will fail in the UPARTN module with the message:
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Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UPARTN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARTN Avoidance: Remove PARAM,INREL,-1 or specify SUPORTi entries.
CR 32495 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Statics - PARAM,NMLOOP,-1 and POST,0 - Missing .xdb Output If PARAM,NMLOOP,-1 and PARAM,POST,0 are specified along with multiple subcases in SOL 106, then only the eigensolution results for the last subcase are written to the .xdb file. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'call super3'(2),'' CALL SUPER3 CASECC ,casei ,PHA ,OLB , , , ,olb , , , ,,,,, ,PCDB ,XYCDB ,POSTCDB ,FORCE , EMAP ,MAPS ,EQEXINS ,PVTS ,CASES , SLT ,ETT ,GOT ,GOQ , , , , , ,GPLS , USET ,SILS CR 32496 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSDF, ATOC, RALL - Random Requests not yet Supported in PATRAN The documentation for the new random analysis data recovery request options PSDF, ATOC and RALL for DISP, VELO, ACC, FORCE, and STRESS documented in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide is misleading. These options are not yet supported in PATRAN and thus are of no use and should not be selected. Presently if they are selected, the random output is written to output2 file and no random output is written to the f06 file. Currently, nothing is written to the xdb graphics data base as might be implied by the Quick Reference Guide remarks. Furthermore, if PARAM,POST,-1, is set, and the OUTPUT2 file is FORMATTED and the new format of the output requests for RANDOM results is used, such as DISP (PSDF) = all then the run will issue UWM 1206 indicating that the datablocks created by the RANDOM module are not written to the OUTPUT2 file.
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Known Error
CR 32496 Avoidance: Currently the avoidance is simply do not use these output requests since they are not supported in PATRAN.
CR 32504 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - TEMPD - Inefficient Processing If a bulk data entry used to define a temperature loadings (TEMP,TEMPD,etc) is changed on a restart, the restart logic will delete the stiffness matrix and create a new one. This results in inefficient restarts. Avoidance: Either:
Description
1) Place all TEMPi entries in the initial input file, or 2) Insert the following DMAP in the restart run; $ DMAP alter to remove checking for changed in temperature $ BE CAREFUL WHEN USING THIS, AS IT REMOVES SOME OF THE RESTART LOGIC compile ifpl alter 'restart.*geom3,geom3r','' compile phase0 alter 'restart.*geom3s,geom3sr','' CR 32514 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - LOADSET - Only One LOADSET Command is Allowed per Superelement The Quick Reference Guide description of the LOADSET command does not explicitly state that only one LOADSET command may be used for each superelement (or, in the case of no superelements, only one per run). This command should occur in the first SUBCASE for each superelement (or above the SUBCASEs). Any LOADSET commands in subsequent SUBCASEs will be ignored. CR 32522 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - CSUPER, SPOINTS - Wrong Answers If an external superelement is brought in using the CSUPER entry and
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 32522 SPOINTs are used for some of the attached dof, it is possible that the matrices will be attached incorrectly. In the problem demonstrating this, if all GRID points were listed before the SPOINTs on the CSUPER, the matrices were attached correctly. If the SPOINTs were listed, then the GRID points, then the matrices were incorrectly attached. (NOTE - the matrices are attached in the order listed on the CSUPER and care must be exercised to verify that the correct order is listed - do not simply change the order on the CSUPER to correct this problem) Avoidance: If possible, use only GRID points on the CSUPER, or be careful to create the matrices for the external superelement in such a way that the terms for the GRID point
CR 32526 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - SFM 4276, EC 3012 or Wrong Results On the SUN computer, if a MYPAD operation uses the DOT3RD kernel, then the answers may be incorrect or the job may terminate with one of the following error messages: BIOMSG: ERROR 3012 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX (FILEX) = process error reported by subroutine LNNP2CD see LNNP2CD abstract (ier = -728) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) Avoidance: We have been unable to describe in modeling terms when the erroneous method is chosen. To date the error has only been observed in two similar models using superelements while calculating the system modes at the residual. To prevent the incorrect method from ever being selected it is recommended to add the following system cell to the top of the input file or to the system rc file for all runs on V
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Known Error Product
CR 32550 Static Analysis - SDR2, GPFDR - Missing Output, SFM 3002, UWM 5244 If a model contains many subcases with mulitple boundary conditions and the boundary conditions are not "grouped" then UWM 5244 in GPFDR or SFM 3002 in SDR2 may result. If the warning message is encountered wrong answers or missing output may result. USER WARNING MESSAGE 5244 (GPFRBI) HAS IGNORED DATA FROM THE PG MATRIX DUE TO INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE UGV MATRIX OR *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (SDR2) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK UG2 (FILE 112) IN SUBROUTINE SDR2 Avoidance: Group all subcases with the same boundary condition together or insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'S,N,load'(2) PARAML CASEq//'DTI'/nskip/1//S,N,subid $ load=100000+subid $ compile sestatic alter 'PARAML CASESX'(2) PARAML CASEsx//'DTI'/nskip/1//S,N,subid $ load=100000+subid $ compile sedisp alter 'PARAML USET'(,-1) PARAML CASEw//'DTI'/nskip/1//S,N,subid $ load=100000+subid $ endalter
Description
CR 32551 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR, IFP - SFM 4276, Error Code 7777 If integer values are used for XINIT, XLB, or XUP on DESVAR entries, MSC/NASTRAN may fail in the IFP module with either SIGNAL 8, error 7777, or SFE 4276, EC 7777.
Known Error
CR 32551 Avoidance: Correct the format on the DESVAR entries.
CR 32557 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - STATSUB, Superelements - UFM 4562 in TRLG When performing transient analysis (SOL 109) with superelements and differential stiffness, with STATSUB, then UFM 4562 may be issued.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'equivx CASERS' else if ( nocasrs1>-1 ) then $ equivx CASERS1/CASE0/-1 $ for non-SOL 200 with dynamic looping endalter
Known Error Product
CR 32561 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Random Response - RANDPS - Time Command Terminated Abnormally An underflow error may occur on some machines when the random module squares stress values that are numeric zeroes. If this error is encountered the job will stop in the RANDOM module, the f06 file will not contain a message, and the log file may contain and overflow/underflow message. The DEC ALPHA OSF/1 system issued the message:
Description Time command terminated abnormally. Avoidance: Do not request random xy output for very small output quantities. If the quantity is near 1.e-19, when it is squared for random, it can cause an underflow to occur. Most machines will catch this and output a zero in the results. The ALpha stops with no meaningful messages Known Error Product CR 32572 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 32572 Superelements - SUBCASE,SUPER - UFM 5423 in SDR1 or UFM 7324, missing output If there exists more subcases for a superelement than the residual structure, then the run may fail with UFM 5423. If the load sequence number is specified on the SUPER commands for the superelement subcases, then UFM 7324 is issued. However, the run continues and output is missing for the extra superelement subcases. Avoidance: Remove the extra superelement subcases or add residual structure subcases.
Description
CR 32608 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia relief - DMIG, UACCEL - UFM 6143 If less than 6 degree of freedom are specified on a single grid point on the DMIG,UACCEL entry, then the job will fail with the following messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6143, (MERGE1) INPUT MATRICES AND VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter: $ $ for v70, v70.5 $ compile statrs alter 'UPARTN USET,UACCEL','' IF ( NOUACCEL>=0 ) UPARTN USET,UACCEL/URAx,,,/'G'/'R'/'S'/1 $ alter 'dbstatus','' dbstatus urax//s,n,noura $ alter 'solve ' endif $ alter 'endif \$ nullqrr','' endalter
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Known Error Product
CR 32609 Documentation - PARAM,UNSYMF - Missing Documentation Complex eigenvalue analysis may be performed in nonlinear static analysis, SOL 106, with PARAM,UNSYMF,YES. This feature is documented in the Version 70.5 Release Guide but the PARAM,UNSYMF is not documented in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide. The parameter should be documented and referred to from the cmethod case control command in the QRG. CR 32611 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Beam Error Estimator If there are beam p-elements in a model with no strain, such as rigid body modes in modal analysis, the error estimator may crash. The EPSTOL parameter does not work with beam p-elements so it will not help avoid this error. Avoidance: Exclude beam p-elements from the error estimate in such models, or turn off the error estimator.
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CR 32612 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - BEAMP - Wrong Answers at P=2 A BEAMP p-element has bad residual bending flexibility when p=2. The error is more apparent when small values for the modulus "E" are used.
Description Avoidance: Set NASTRAN SYSTEM(226)=1, to turn off the residual bending flexibility. Known Error Product CR 32615 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - A "$" Sign in Command Line Argument Causes Argument to be Truncated If a command line argument contains a dollar sign ('$'), the command line argument is truncated at the dollar sign. This probably should only occur for NASTRAN cards encountered in RC file processing.
Known Error
CR 32615 Avoidance: There is no avoidance for Windows NT. The error can be avoided on UNIX by quoting the argument and escaping the dollar sign, however, a dollar sign is a very unusual UNIX filename character.
CR 32626 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - UFM 9050 (SEKRRS) Excessive Pivot Ratio If negative terms occur on the factor diagonal matrix during matrix decomposition using the SPARSE (default) solver, UFM 9050 will correctly be printed, but the dof containing negative factors on the factor diagonal matrix will not be identified. Terms which have factor diagonal ratios greater than the value of PARAM,MAXRATIO will be properly identified. Avoidance: If the problem is run using NASTRAN SPARSE=1, the degrees of freedom with negative terms in the factor diagonal matrix will be properly identified in the listing.
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CR 32633 MSC / MD Nastran ACCESS - smplr - Program to Read .xdb Does not work Properly. A dynamic factor was added for the access key in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5. Thus, the program smplr.f delivered with MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 does not work properly.
Avoidance: An illustration of the protocode required is: Call READR (file,ia,0,iret) <- when output object is open attempt to locate entry with key=0 if ( iret.eq.0 ) then factor = ia(2) <- obtain dynamic factor for access key else if ( approach=statics ) then <- conventions before V70.5 more or less factor = 1 else factor = 10000 endif
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Known Error
CR 32633 key = intid*factor + offset <- intid from EQEXING/E and offset from TOL,FOL, etc.
CR 32639 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - EIGC, HESS - wrong answers The HESS method may produce one pair of roots that are wrong for diagonal input matrices. The symptoms indicate that the shift may not be removed from the last pair calculated. The solchk alter in the sssalter libray may be used when it is suspected that roots may be wrong. It computes a normalized residual for each eigenvector. Similar code is built into the complex eigensolver for systems after v70.5. It has been confirmed that a new HESS method implemented there has solved the two problems discovered to date that have wrong answers. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use the CLAN method instead. In Version 70.6 and beyond this error occurs only when the old HESS method is selected by system cell 108. An avoidance is to remove the system cell request from the NASTRAN card. The n
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CR 32642 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - Floating Point Exception An error in the spill logic on "small endian" computers which include Digital and Windows NT systems may cause a floating point exception to occur in the complex eigenvalue solver. The message obtained is machine dependent, one example is:
Description
"The FPU has been reset after floating point exception" Avoidance: Increase the available amount of memory until spill is not necessary. Memory on Intel NT systems can be increased above 25 mw only in Version 70.5.
Known Error Product
CR 32647 P-Elements - EMA - Wrong Answers A wrong stiffness matrix may occur if both h- and p-elements occur in the same model, the h-element grid points use a non-basic coordinate system for displacements, and multiple passes are required for matrix assembly. Since some columns are output using the Basic coordinate system rather than the local system, the matrix will be unsymmetric. The wrong answers should be evident by high epsilon values and the spcforce resultants will not balance the applied loads. Avoidance: Either increase memory to avoid multiple passes or avoid the use of displacement coordinate systems.
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CR 32660 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - time: command terminated abnormally MSC/NASTRAN will fail to run if the hard limit for the system's data segment size, see the "data(kbytes)" line of the "ulimit -H -a" command, has been set to any value other than "unlimited". Avoidance: Reset the hard limit to unlimited. This can only be done by root, it will require the user to exit the affected shell.
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CR 32664 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - RANDPS - UFM 5418, UFM 316 The RANDPS bulk data entry has an error that limits the number of RANDPS entries that are processed. This error occurs only for the special case of uncoupled PSDF (see remark 8 in the QRG). The error may results in various fatal messages. Those experienced include USER FATAL MESSAGE 5418 and USER FATAL MESSAGE 316. The text of these messages indicate that there are illegal RANDPS entries and NO GRID POINTS IN THE MODEL. It is speculated that there is a transition area somewhere between 100 and 320 bulk data entries where different types of bulk data entries may be discarded, leading to many different error messages. This error does not apply to other types of random analysis input, where
Description
Known Error
CR 32664 the number of RANDPS entries that are allowed depends only on memory requirements. Avoidance
CR 32670 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - QUADP - Spurious Zero Frequency Modes The QUADP element may have spurious modes (more zero frequency modes than expected) for certain values of p along the edges.
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to set SYSTEM(225)=1, which turns off the bubble functions. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32677 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,EIGD - PARAM,EIDG Does Not Exist In the Version 69, 70, and 70.5 Quick Reference guides the parameter description for EIGD says: "PARAM,EIDG,YES requests ..." But, it should say: "PARAM,EIGD,YES requests ..." (note EIDG vs EIGD) Known Error Product Abstract CR 32685 MSC / MD Nastran Transient dynamics - NLRGAP with SOL 109 - TRD1, Signal 10, Bus error When using the NLRGAP element in SOL 109, the job may terminate with no error messages in the TRD1 module on some machines. Depending on the machine, the log file may contain messages similar to the following: Description Receiving signal number 10: Bus error The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. Avoidance: Look at the "TOTAL MSC/NASTRAN MEMORY LIMIT" in the Execution
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Known Error
CR 32685 Summary (f04 file) and increase the memory by exactly 2 words on SUN systems and 6 words on SGI systems by specifying mem= on the nastran submittal command. See also error 32014 before proceeding.
CR 32705 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RSPLINE - Maximum of 100 Grids The RSPLINE has an undocumented limit of 100 grid points. A remark will be added to the next release of the Quick Reference Guide. CR 32707 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CTETRA - UFM 4683 (READ) Acoustic Analysis with the 10 noded CTETRA element fails with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683 (READ) MASS MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS Avoidance: Other than using the 4 noded TETRA element there is no avoidance.
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CR 32717 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD, EIGC - signal number 10: Bus error If the INV complex eigenvalue method is used in version 70+ and the model contains transfer function callout (tfl) and p-elements, then the job may fail with one of the following error messages: Receiving signal number 10: Bus error
Description
Trap encountered: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Access violation Avoidance: Use the complex lanczos method instead of the inverse method.
Known Error
CR 32725
Known Error Product
CR 32725 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Component Mode Synthesis - PARAM,FIXEDB - Missing Output If PARAM,POST is set to 0 to generate an MSC/XL database and PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 is used, the ".xdb" file will not contain the component modal results. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Version 2003 adds a new SOL 9 to address this problem.
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CR 32728 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Incorrect UWM 6231 is given is SOL 114 An erroneous message of the following form may appear in SOL 114: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6231 (CY1CCT) BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN SUBCASEKKLL ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE IN THE FIRST SUBCASE. SUBCASE 1 SPC= .001 AND MPC= SUBCASE .001 SPC= AND MPC= .001 USER INFORMATION: ONLY ONE BOUNDARY CONDITION IS PERMITTED FOR ALL SUBCASES IN CYCLIC SYMMETRY ANALYSIS. THEREFORE, THE CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST SUBCASE WILL BE USED FOR ALL SUBCASES. Avoidance: Ignore the message.
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CR 32731 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - sebloada.v705 - Possible Wrong Answers Due to an error in the sssalter sebloada.v705, output from the alter in transient solutions may not be printed correctly. Rather than printing a time history of OLOAD (boundary force), it may print only a few points with an incorrect time step.
Description Avoidance: Change the alter: change the line: EQUIVX OL1/OUTPLIST/ALWAYS $ OUTPUT LIST
Known Error
CR 32731 to: EQUIVX OL1r/OUTPLIST/ALWAYS $ OUTPUT LIST
CR 32733 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,EXTOUT, EXTSEOUT - Ignores differential stiffness When creating an external superelement using PARAM,EXTOUT or the EXTSEOUT case control command, the first residual structure SUBCASE is used. This means that it is not possible to include a static preload. See also QD 1-19045121. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter when creating the reduced superelement: Note: the component modes computed by the following alter do not include the preload. ADDITIONAL NOTE (by P. R. Pamidi - July 21, 2009) -------------------------------------------------------------The following DMAP alter is not valid for post-V2005 versions. $ dmap from CR 32733; updated to V2005, llp $ note: will not create .asm files $ .pch file is deficient: it only contains KAAX/MAAX $ should use with DMIGPCH only compile phase1dr alter 'EXTOUT0=.*EXTSEOUT' $ EXTOUT0=FALSE $ set to false to avoid processing w/o KDIFF $ compile semodes, list $ $ insert external superelement creation after differential stiffness is added $ alter 'xadd5.*kaa,kdaa' type db,gpak,gdak CALL EXTOUT mKAA,MAA,BAA,K4AA,PA,GPAK,GDAK, EQEXINS,USET,BGPDTS,CASES,GOT,GOQ,GM,MSF, BSF,KSF,K4SF,CMLAMA,ECTS,SILS,UOO,CSTMS, MPTS,DIT,ETT,EST,IBULK,VGFS,AAA/ DUM/LUSETS $ CALL PRTSUM /RSTJUNK $
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Known Error
CR 32733 EXIT $
Known Error Product
CR 32748 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Network Mounted Database Files Affect Elapsed Time Performance Database files that are remotely mounted will affect elapsed time performance of MSC/NASTRAN jobs. There is no explicit documentation or user warning to this fact.
Description Depending on the I/O characteristics of the job, the relative performance of the processor, and the relative performance of the network, the penalty can be extreme. One user saw a 24:1 ratio of elapsed time to CPU time with NFS files and 2:1 with local files. Higher ratios would not be surprising. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32751 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - EMG, MATT4 - SFM 4276, EC 7777 Nonlinear transient heat transfer analysis that involves a phase change in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 may fail in the EMG module with the following traceback: Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP division by zero Traceback: Offset 0x00001250 in procedure tab_ Offset 0x0000059c in procedure hmat1_ Offset 0x0000aeb4 in procedure ehexd_ Offset 0x0000054c in procedure emgbrd_ Offset 0x00000b68 in procedure emgpro_ Offset 0x000004a0 in procedure emg_ Offset 0x000000fc in procedure xsem09_ Offset 0x00000948 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: User avoidance is to add an additional point at the end of the TABLEMi table.
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CR 32760 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - estimate program, replication entries - UFM (estimate.generate_) If the input file uses the nastran replicator to generate continuation entries, the ESTIMATE program may fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE (estimate.generate_bulk_entry) In file "run1.dat", at line 26: *1, *2, *2 Field 10 is blank. Avoidance: Echo the input file into a sorted nastran punch file and run the ESTIMATE program on the new file.
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CR 32773 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON with ELEM option - UFM 6695 (SEGRDD) When using the ELEM option of the RSSCON entry, the following error may result when the shell element has a significant acute angle causing attachment to the wrong edges of the solid:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6695 (SEGRDD) RSSCON 12 CANNOT CONNECT SHELL GRID POINT 44 : USER ACTION, CHECK THE GEOMETRY *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6695 (SEGRDD) RSSCON 13 CANNOT CONNECT SHELL GRID POINT 43 : USER ACTION, CHECK THE GEOMETRY CR 32783 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Security - flexlm, rcf - Incorrect Default On NT systems using flexlm, the authorization code specified on the System environment variable MSC_LICENSE_FILE (under settings/control panel/system/environment) overwrites the rcf file but not the command line. If you want the RC file to override MSC_LICENSE_FILE, you must lock the keyword in the RC file. For example, auth=what_ever_the_filename_is
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Known Error
CR 32783 lock=auth Any attempt to set a new auth value will be silently ignored. Unfortunately, an error in prior versions of the nastran command allowed the environment to override a locked keyword. This error has been corrected for v70.7. Avoidance: Either specify the authorization file on the command line or remove the MSC_LICENSE_FILE variable from the system environment.
CR 32784 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGC - Incorrect OMEGAAJ Value Under the Quick Reference Guide description of the EIGC entry, field 3, the OMEGAAJ-field, of the first continuation entry should be +5.6 instead of -5.6 CR 32793 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - LOADSET, LSEQ - Segmentation Violation in TRLG In SOL 129, various computer types may fail with a segmentation fault of a "signal" error if LOADSET-LSEQ is used to define the dynamic loadings and the static load ids on the LSEQ entries are identical to the associated DAREA ids. Avoidance: Always use unique ids for the static loadings and DAREA ids
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CR 32828 MSC / MD Nastran Parts superelements - SECONCT - Wrong Answers External superelements at present require the presence of a seconct entry in the main bulk data deck, and an extrn entry in the part superelement. If the number of DOFs listed on the seconct entry is less than the number on the extrn entry, then what is called the g-set option is being used. There is an error in the map matrix which resequences the boundary point, leading to incorrect assembly of the external superelement in the assembly run. The error does not exist when the a-set option is used. For this option the number of DOFs listed on the seconct entry is exactly equal to the number
Description
Known Error
CR 32828 on the extern entry. Avoidance: If it is required to release some of the boundary dofs this can be done by coupling them to an extra grid point in the downstream superelement, then connecting
CR 32829 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - Missing bmsrv.o file for build The main program object file for the Beam Server is missing from the MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 CD's. This file is only needed by clients building a beam server. If a build is attempted messages similar to the following will be encountered: f77 -o beamserv /big_fish/msc/msc705/hpux/bmsrv.o bsmsg.o bsbrc.o bsbrg.o bsbri.o bsbrp.o bsbrt.o bscon.o bsgrq.o mevbr.o msbri.o msbrg.o msbrc.o brtup.o brtui.o brtug.o brtuc.o /big_fish/msc/msc705/hpux/libbmsrv.a -Wl,-a,archive +O3 +U77 +Oparallel_env +Onolimit +DS770 -v -lM f77: Cannot read file /big_fish/msc/msc705/hpux/bmsrv.o f77: Errors detected, no link *** Error exit code 1 Stop. Avoidance: The files will soon be available from the following URL: ftp://ftp.macsch.com/pub/msc-products/NASTRAN/V70.5/ Select the appropriate
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CR 32837 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Remote Execution Via node Command will Fail. Remote execution of a nastran job using the "node" keyword will fail. A typical error message that will appear on the terminal or window is:
Description
ksh: 128: not found. Avoidance: Edit /bin/nast705.rmt and change all four (4) occurrences of the text "0.name" to "rcmd".
CR 32846 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SECONCT - Wrong answers The g-set option allows connecting less DOFs to the downstream superelement than exist in the boundary matrices. If the number of DOFs listed on the SECONCT entry is less than the number on the EXTRN entry, then what is called the g-set option is being used. The method, used to discard unwanted DOFs, is to discard their rows and columns from the boundary matrices, which is analogous to spcing them. This will make internal constraints in the model, that is, spcs whose affects are visible implicitly in missing rigid body modes, load and element force unbalance at some of the grid points, etc. but the internal spc forces do not appear in spcforce output. Also be aware of error 32828. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use the a-set option only. See the discussion in error 32828 on how to
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CR 32852 MSC / MD Nastran Security - FLEXlm - Can't locate Multi-processors Status: Fixed during NA_SMP upgrade of N2004. When using FLEXlm, if the number of processors specified by the PROC entry in the license file is less than the total number of processors on a machine, MSC/NASTRAN will use only one processor even if more are requested. Avoidance: Obtain a license file that allows the maximum available (or unlimited) number of processors.
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Known Error Product
CR 32854 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Superelements - SETREE, SELABEL - Entry Ignored, Incorrect SE Tree The SETREE entry will only work if PART (BEGIN SUPER) superelements exist in the model. If there are no PARTs in the model, the SETREE entries will be ignored. A remark should be added to the SETREE and SELABEL entries stating this limitation.
Description
Known Error
CR 32854 Avoidance: Either: 1) Change BEGIN BULK to BEGIN SUPER to force new superelement logic or: 2) use DTI, SETREE
CR 32858 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Aeroelastic Analyis - SPLINE2, GI - Poor Message If an aeroelasticity run, contains a SPLINE2 element that incorrectly references only one grid point, the GI module issues a FATAL ERROR message with no explanation of the cause of the error. Avoidance: Increase the number of grids to the required two or more.
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Known Error Product
CR 32860 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - LOADSET, superelements, STATSUB - Wrong answers or UFM If the LOADSET command is used in SOLs 107 through 112 with superelements and differential stiffness (STATSUB Case Control command) then wrong answers may occur. For example, if LOADSET is specified above the subcase, the static loads in the static subcase are wiped out. If the LOADSET command is specified in the dynamic subcase following the static subcase, the dynamic load via LSEQ disappears. Avoidance: Specify two LSEQ Bulk Data entries with the same SID and two different DAREA IDs; one for the static preload and one for the dynamically applied static load. The LSEQ with the smaller DAREA ID must correspond to the static preload. The LSEQ with the larger DAREA ID must correspond to the dynamically applied static load. Also, insert the following DMAP alter avoidance: c
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CR 32861 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - DBC.XDB missing from NT delivery The DBC.XDB schema database was not included with the NT Version 70.5 delivery. This will cause the ddlqry and ddlprt utilities to fail or not have access to the Version 70.5 description information. CR 32864 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTRN, PARAM,EXTOUT, SMPYAD - SFM 3001 If external superelement matrices are used in SOL 101 or 103, then the run may fail with SFM 3001 in SMPYAD. Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile extin alter 'smpyad xmap,x_k','mpyad xmap,x_p' type parm,,char8,n,name $ trnsp xmap/xmapt $ smpyad xmap,x_k ,xmapt,,,/kxx/3////////6 $ call fname /mxx,ZUZR11/S,NAME if ( name<>' ' ) smpyad xmap,x_m ,xmap,,,/mxx/3////1////6 $ call fname /bxx,ZUZR11/S,NAME if ( name<>' ' ) smpyad xmap,x_b ,xmap,,,/bxx/3////1////6 $ call fname /k4xx,ZUZR11/S,NAME if ( name<>' ' ) smpyad xmap,x_k4,xmap,,,/k4xx/3////1////6 $ mpyad xmap,x_p,/px $ CR 32870 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - CTRIAX6 with MATT4 - UFM 4551 Nonlinear transient heat transfer models that use the 6 noded CTRIAX6 axixymmetric element will not converge and will fail with the message:
Description
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551 (NL2CON) Avoidance: Use the 3 noded axisymmetric element instead. Known Error CR 32873
CR 32873 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements/Plotting - Wrong VUGRID ID for TRIAP elements The VUGRID id for TRIAP elements may be output as zero. This will cause missing points in deformation plots. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 32884 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - CBEND with MATT4 - Wrong Answers The CBEND element produces wrong answers in nonlinear transient heat transfer analysis. Avoidance: Use the CBEAM element.
Description
CR 32890 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GI, SPLINE2 - Unnumbered Fatal Message Spline checking improvements made in V70.5 can result in erroneous and unlabeled "FATAL ERRORs" out of the GI module. These errors occur if a SPLINE2 is attached to a single grid point (a situation that can produce a singular spline matrix). Due to the code error, ANY SPLINE2 with a single structural grid point will generate the singularity fatal, whereas those attached to a single grid point for both translation and rotations will produce the correct results. Unfortunately, a secondary error causes the message to be lost; hence, the unlabeled FATAL. Avoidance: In the case of a single grid point accounting for both translation and rotations, in order to avoid the erroneous fatal message, RBAR another GRID to it. The other GRID has no use in the analysis, but just allows the model to a
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Known Error Product
CR 32899 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, READ, PARAM,AUTOSPC,NO - SFM 3001, SFM 3002
Known Error
CR 32899 A model which contains degrees of freedom with no mass or stiffness may cause the Lanczos eigensolver to fail with one of the messages below. The most likely cause for this is submitting a model with PARAM,AUTOSPC,NO. This error is also likely in cyclic problems with solid elements and points on the axis of symmetry since these points are unaffected by PARAM,AUTOSPC,YES and are singular in the rotational degrees of freedom.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (READ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 13 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CR 32901 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient - NLRGAP, AUTO, TSTEP, TABK - Possible Wrong Answers When using the NLRGAP element, if the gap stiffness varies as a function of time, and either the AUTO or TSTEP method is selected on the TSTEPNL entry, then the answers may be incorrect. Avoidance: Use the default ADAPT method.
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CR 32906 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi Referencing Non-existent GRID - Poor Message If an aeroelastic model is created in which a SPLINEi entry references nonexistent aerodynamic grid points (boxes), a misleading error message is issued in which the missing box id's are correctly listed, but the the message associates them to a SET1 or SPLINE3 entry that is, itself, nonexistent. Furthermore, the SET1/SPLINE3 association is only applicable to missing structural grids and, in this case, it is the aerodynamic grids that are missing. These data are on the SPLINEi entry and not on the SETi entry. CR 32909 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 32909 Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - PARAM,AUTOSPC - Wrong Answers The default for PARAM,AUTOSPC is NO for the nonlinear solution sequences, this includes solution 159 for nonlinear transient heat transfer. This is because AUTOSPC only acts on the linear portion of the kgg matrix and thus if it was YES it could lead to wrong answers. To prevent possible wrong answers, Version 70.5 ignores a YES setting for AUTOSPC. The correct action would be for AUTOSPC to act on the sum of the kggl and the kggnl matrices. The correction of this error will be to take this action. Avoidance: Do not use the PARAM,AUTOSPC,YES in transient heat transfer analysis. Identify any isolated/disjoint grids and constrain them.
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Known Error Product
CR 32917 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Plotting - SET, INCLUDE - All Elements Plotted instead of Subset When using superelements, any plot request which references a set definition using the INCLUDE option to select elements will plot the entire superelement.
Description Avoidance: Use the EXCEPT feature. Example: SET 1 = ALL EXCEPT QUAD4 $ will plot all elements except QUAD4s. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32929 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - P-Elements, PLOAD2, GP3 - UFM 2105 The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide does not state that the PLOAD2 may not be applied to p-elements. If a PLOAD2 references a p-element the message: Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2105 MODULE = GP3 PLOAD2 CARD FROM LOAD SET xxx REFERENCES MISSING OR NON-2-D ELEMENT OR HYPERELASTIC PLANE ELEMENT yyy
Known Error
CR 32929 will be encountered.
receive UFM 2105 stating that the loading references a missing or non 2-d element or hyperelastic element. Avoidance: Use a PLOAD4 to load p-shells. Known Error Product CR 32931 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - MATi, RESTART - Restarts Ignore Material Damping, Wrong Answers If a restart is performed from solution 106 (nonlinear static analysis) to solution 108 the GE field of the MAT1 entry is ignored. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,G damping instead. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32937 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UWM 9058, UFM 4574 If the direct sensitivity method is used in one iteration and then the adjoint method is selected by the program in a subsequent iteration, then the run will fail with the following messages:
Description
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^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9058 (FEA) ^^^ THE PSEUDO SOLUTION AND THE PSEUDO LOADS FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE AND THE CURRENT SUBCASE ARE ZERO. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4574, DATA RECOVERY STARTED BUT NO DISPLACEMENT VECTORS AVAILABLE Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile pslgdv alter 'isolapp\=1' psload=false $ endalter
Known Error
CR 32938
CR 32938 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMP, TEMPF - Wrong Answers If a model with p-elements has both TEMPF and TEMP entries, a solid element without a TEMPF entry will be assigned the default temperature, rather than using the nodal TEMP temperatures. Avoidance: A workaround is to use all TEMPF or all TEMP entries to assign temperatures.
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CR 32944 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,FLUIDSE - Missing Documentation The parameter fluidse is only documented in the Version 70.5 Release Guide, it is not documented in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference.
Description
Prior to Version 70.5 the fluid-structure analysis capability required that all fluid elements and all points (structure and fluid) at the fluid-structure interface be in the residual structure. With this parameter the structure points may now be assigned to upstream superelements. CR 32945 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - BEGIN BULK - Wrong answers The BEGIN BULK command may contain the words SUPER=seid or AUXMODEL=auxmid. If any other word is input, then the BEGIN BULK command is not recognized as a delimiter and no related fatal or warning message is issued. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 32951 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP - Poor Answers when GAPs used with Mid-Side Nodes GAP elements do not work well with elements with midside grid points. Irregular
Known Error
CR 32951 stresses will be produced in elements near the GAPs. This problem is severe when quadrilateral faces are involved (HEXA-20) and moderate when triangular faces are used (TETRA-10). Avoidance: Use elements without midside nodes.
CR 32960 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - GP2 and MCE2 - Poor Performance In the static solution sequences; e.g., SOLs 101, 114, 106, MCE2 may be reexecuted unecessarily during a restart. In SOLs 101-200, GP2 is reexecuted unecessarily. Avoidance: Insert the following alter in all runs including the restart: compile sekmr alter 'ENDIF \$ SEMR'(,-1) else if ( statics ) then $ purgex /goq/-1 $ compile phase0 alter 'gp2 ','' GP2 GEOM2,EQEXIN,EPT,geom2a,epta/ECT,ecta/S,N,ACOUSTIx $ alter 'fscoup\=','' FSCOUP=(ASCOUP='YES' AND ACOUSTIx=2) $ endalter CR 32961 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP, RESTART - SFM 4276 EC 1044 A restart into SOL 146 from SOL 103 may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 1044 in the AMP module.
Description
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Avoidance: If this error occurs, it is because the spline matrices are not being generated on the restart, insert the following DMAP alter. compile phase1a alter 'aspline'(,-1) delete /gpjk,gdjk,,, $
Known Error
CR 32972
CR 32972 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PARAM,PEDGEP, FEEDGE - Parameter Ignored If PARAM,PEDGEP,1 is specified in the bulk data file, the POINTs on the FEEDGEs are not re-parameterized. This parameter only applies to cubic edges; for quadratic edges, the parameter is ignored.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance; however, it is unlikely that this inconsistency would negatively affect answers. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32979 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Static Aeroelasticity - Missing Remark from PAERO2 Entry The following remark needs to be added to the Quick Reference Guide for the PAERO2 bulk data entry as follows: Description Remark: 8. For half models, the theta arrays LTH1 and LTH2 should encompass a full 360 degree range. Known Error Product Abstract CR 32981 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PSHELL, NSM - Wrong Answers If NSM (non-structural mass) is used on shell p-elements wrong answers may result. The NSM is interpreted as mass per unit volume instead of mass per unit area. This leads to wrong answers in the Grid Point Weight Generator, eigenvalues and static response due to gravity loads. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to adjust NSM to take into account the thickness of the element.
Description
CR 32983 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBULK - SFM, EC 1044 IN FILPS2
Known Error
CR 32983 When a sebulk entry references a seid that is not on a begin super entry, the following system error occurs:
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FILPS2 A log file message also appears, with a machine-dependent message.
CR 32987 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH1D, SDR2 - SFM 6985 The BUSH1D element when used in Nonlinear Statics (106) will abort in the SDR2 module when STRESS data recovery is requested. The fatal message is shown below. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6985 (SDR2RD) PREVIOUS ELEMENT-ID = 101 DID NOT REQUEST CORRECT NUMBER OF PHASE-1 OUTPUT WORDS. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: An avoidance is to request the BUSH1D data recovery with the NLSTRESS Case Control Command and to EXCEPT the range or BUSH1D elements from the STRESS Case Control Selection.
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CR 32991 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,FOLLOWK, GRAV, RFORCE - SFM 3002, TAFF SOL 106 Follower forces. EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK (NONE) (FILE 0) IN SUBROUTINE TAFMEG In nonlinear analysis, solution 106, when follower forces are used and there are GRAV and/or RFORCE inertial loads, the job may fail in the TAFF module with the message:
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SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK (NONE) (FILE 0) IN SUBROUTINE TAFMEG. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is under investigation. Currently there is no practical avoidance other than inserting PARAM,FOLLOWK,NO or
Known Error
CR 32991 removing the inertial loads. Although this error exists in Version 70.5.0 (it was fixed in 70.5.2) the error correction was taken to Version 70.0.5 for NASTRAN for Windows. Therefore, the fixed version has been changed to 70.0.5 under the assumption that all 70.5 cl
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CR 33006 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - MPYAD, SOLs 108, 111, 146, 200 - Poor Performance The MPYAD module in subDMAP FREQRS for frequency response analysis that is used to compute the PDF matrix does not take advantage of the tendency of the dynamic load matrix to be very sparse and this leads to poor performance.
Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile freqrs alter 'mpyad '(,-1) trnsp ppf/ppft $ matmod ppft/vppf/12/s,n,nullppf/1 $ if ( nullppf>-1 ) then $ partn ppf,,vppf/ppf1,,,/1 $ partn rpx,,vppf/rpx1,,,/1 $ mpyad rpx1,ppf1,/pdf/1 $ else $ alter 'mpyad ' endif $ endalter CR 33012 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SPCs on Boundary Grids - SFM 6804 If a boundary (exterior) point for a PART (BEGIN SUPER = i) superelement is constrained, then the fatal message below will be issued if different displacement coordinate systems are used for the coincident GRID points. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6804 (BNDSP3) THE DISPLACEMENT COORDINATE SYSTEM (CD FIELD ON GRID ENTRY)
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CR 33012 SPECIFIED FOR BOUNDARY GRID ID 4 B IN SUPERELEMENT 1 IS NOT CONGRUENT WITH DISPLACEMENT COORDINATE SYSTEMS IN OTHER CONNECTING SUPERELEMENTS. Avoidance: Either apply the constraints in the downstream superelement (the one which has the coincident point as an interior point) or use the same displacement coordinate system on all of the points which are coincident.
CR 33016 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SEEXCLD The Quick Reference Guide description for the SEEXCLD entry states that SEIDA(field 2) must be larger than zero. A value of 0 (zero) is also allowed. Also, the thru range is indicated as 61<62 it should be GIDA1<gida2< td=""></gida2<> CR 33023 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEPLOT - No Contour Plot Output Currently, the SEPLOT module does not support contour plots of superelements. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 33026 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - UFM 3007 (UPARTN) from CALCV A nonlinear buckling analysis will fail in the NLSTATIC module with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UPARTN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE CALCV if the run contains superelements and there are no spc or mpc sets in the residual structure. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance:
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CR 33026 compile nlstatic alter 'upartn.*dugni.*dulv'(2),'upartn.*dpgni.*dpl0' paraml usetnl//'uset'//////'G'/s,n,Gsize/'L'/s,n,Lsize $ message //'debug: from UsetNL, G-size is '/Gsize message //'debug: from UsetNL, L-size is '/Lsize if(Gsize = Lsize) then message //' fyi: copying dugni --> dulv, dpgni --> dpl0' equivx dugni/dulv/-1 $ else message //' fyi: doing normal upartn on DUGNI and DPGNI' UPARTN USETNL,DUGNI/DULV,,,/'G'/'L'/'M'/1 $ endif endalter
CR 33027 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Incorrect ID On CRAY systems DEQATN id's may be printed incorrectly in error message output. CR 33045 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP, TEMP(LOAD), ASETi - Wrong Answers at Omitted DOF Nonlinear analysis in Version 70 and 70.5 systems with multiple subcases, thermal loads, asets and gaps will give erroneous results at omitted degrees of freedom in the first printed load increment in the second subcase. If intermediate load increment results are not requested, the errors will occur in the final subcase. Avoidances:
Description
1)Use the following alter: =========================================== COMPILE NLSTATIC $ ALTER 'SOLPRE=SOLCUR-1', 'SOLPRE=SOLCUR-1' $ ENDALTER $ =========================================== 2) Set INTOUT=YES in the NLPARM bulk data card,
Known Error
CR 33045 3) use a version prior to 70. 4) Do not use SOL 106 with O-set in the resudual, in V2001.
CR 33075 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SECONCT - Wrong Answers If coincident grid points exist in a superelement and a SECONCT entry is used to connect one of them to a grid point in another superelement, it is possible that the SECONCT entry will not work properly and incorrect answers will result. If no SECONCT is used, then the program will correctly issue UFM 6794
Description Avoidance: Review the "BOUNDARY SEQUENCE ASSIGNMENT TABLE" for grids that are attached to multiple downstream GRIDS instead of the usual one to one correspondence. Do not create coincident grid points in a superelement where BEGIN SUPER is used. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33076 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - EIGRL, READ - UFM 4276 7777 signal 10 It is possible that the new Lanczos eigensolver may terminate with a machine-dependent error (signal 10 on an HP) followed by BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE RECOVR in the READ module. Avoidance: For the model that demonstrated this error, adding V1 and V2 on the EIGRL entry in addition to the ND specification allowed the problem to be solved. Setting SYSTEM(273)=1 to select the old Lanczos method will allow the problem to be completed. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 33078 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - CALL DBSTORE - Fails with Signal Trap If CALL DBSTORE and DIAG 47 are used then the run will fail with a hard crash in the PARAML module.
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Known Error
CR 33078 Avoidance: Remove DIAG 47 or insert the following DMAP alter: compile dbstor alter 't6','' type parm,,i,n,t6 $ endalter
CR 33080 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD2 - BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 If a nonlinear transient analysis has only stiffness, but no mass or damping the job may fail with the message BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 in NLTRD2. Avoidance: Add appropriate damping and mass to the model.
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CR 33101 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TRLG - UWM 6498 Module TRLG issues the following message if a nonlinear transient analysis has a DLOAD command which refers to non-existant TLOADi entries: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGetStr) Message number is not found PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from TRLG with the message number 3031 Severity is USER WARNING Parameter 1 is 111 Parameter 2 is DLT Parameter 3 is TRLG USER ACTION: Please contact MSC Client support Avoidance: Remove references to non-existant loadings on the DLOAD entry.
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CR 33108
CR 33108 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Buckling - EIGRL - UFM 4405 The Lanczos buckling shift logic in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 was enahanced. The enhanced code allowed many outstanding difficult problems to be solved without resorting to adjustments of the EIGRL entry. However, a very unusual case has been found that gives the Lanczos new shift logic trouble, wheras the old Lanczos shift logic solved the problem. The problem case occurs when there are on the order of thousands of eigenvalues below 1. and there are on the order of thousands of eigenvalues in the frequency range of interest. The old Lanczos shift logic would shift near V1 first, thus if ND was specified and there were ND roots near V1, the old shift logic would solve the problem. The new shift logic has a tendency to shift near 1. first or V2 if V2 is less than 1. The new logic solve CR 33113 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Superelements - CSUPER - BIOMSG: ERROR 3021 from FILPS2 Although the documentation does not specifically state so, a superelement which is a copy (mirror or otherwise) of another superelement may not be copied or mirrored. Version 70.6 addresses this error by issuing a more meaningful fatal message. Avoidance: If additional copies are required, make more copies of the original superelement.
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Kno wn CR 33118 Err or Pro duc MSC / MD Nastran t Cor rect 70.5.2 ed
Kno wn CR 33118 Err or Ver sion Abs trac Installation - IRIX 6.5; libblas.so missing t MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 does not run on IRIX 6.5 with a standard operating system configuration. Error messages such as those shown below will be encountered: MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 (Silicon Graphics IRIX64 6.5) Fri Aug 21 20:11:26 1998 MSC/NASTRAN beginning job test. PID: 4669. Des jever 5% 4735:/msc/msc705/irix64/analysis: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully crip Map soname 'libblas.so' under any of the filenames tion /msc/msc705/irix64/libblas.so:/usr/lib64/libblas.so:/usr/lib64/internal/libblas.so:/lib64/lib blas.so:/opt/lib64/libblas.so:/msc/msc705/irix64/libblas.so.1:/usr/lib64/libblas.so.1:/usr/li b64/internal/libblas.so.1:/lib64/libblas.so.1:/opt/lib64/libblas.so.1:
Avoidance: If the client does not have a complete set of sgi math libraries they will need to get a /usr/lib64/mips4/libco Known Error Product Abstract CR 33119 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TRIAX6, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers The TRIAX6 element gives incorrect stresses if THETA (see CTRIAX6 entry) is nonzero, and there is thermal expansion. The deflections are not affected. The THETA field is most likely used for MAT3 orthotropic materials. Avoidance: The only known avoidance when there is thermal expansion, is to input the material properties in the r-z system, so THETA is zero. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33121 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - BEAMP - Element Coordinate System, Wrong Answers If the curvature of a beam p-element exceeds 90 degrees, the element coordinate system may reverse itself. For a beam with a symmetric cross section, this will probably only affect the data recovery points.
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Known Error
CR 33121 Avoidance: Use beam p-elements that have a curvature of less than 90 degrees.
CR 33131 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - P-Elements, Solvit - UFM 4157 The iterative solver may fail without issuing a meaningful message if the model contains adaptive p-elements. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4157 may be issued indicating insufficient memory; however, the message may not indicate the amount of memory required or it may indicate an incorrect amount. Avoidance: The failure may be the result of insufficient memory. Thus, increasing memory may solve the problem. If increasing memory does not solve the problem, then do not use the iterative solver.
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CR 33181 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - SDR2 - Poor Performance on NEC V70.5.1 The SDR2 module in V70.5.1 on the NEC system may be up to 60% slower than in V70.0. Avoidance: The problem has been fixed in Version 70.5.2.
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CR 33186 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RESTARTS - SFM 4252 Nonlinear analysis restarts may fail with the message: ^^^ PHASE 1 - SUPERELEMENT GENERATION, ASSEMBLY AND REDUCTION. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252 (SEMA) MATRIX XAAV FOR UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT 10 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THE CURRENT SUPERELEMENT REQUIRES ALL OF IT'S UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT MATRICES FOR ASSEMBLY INTO THE CURRENT SUPERELEMENT. THE PROBABLE CAUSES ARE: 1. THE UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT'S DBSET OR DATABASE IS NOT ATTACHED.
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Known Error
CR 33186 2. THE UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT DID NOT COMPLETE REDUCTION IN A PREVIOUS RUN. Avoidance: This problem is still under investigation but is believed to occur when temperature loads are applied in the cold start with TEMP(INIT) but are removed in the RESTART.
CR 33192 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - STATSUB in SOL 200 only supports ANALYSIS=BUCKLING Remark 1 of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide's description of the STATSUB command indicates that STATSUB is supported in SOLs 103, 105, 107 through 112 and 200. However, the support in solution 200 is limited to ANALYSIS=BUCKLING. CR 33202 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Response Analysis, Complex Eigenvalues. - GKAM - Wrong Answers It has been found that a very low memory request may result in poor complex eigenvalues being produced when using the modal method or poor answers in a modal response. In the case that demonstrated the problem the memory was set to one million words, well below the default of four million words. The one million word value was barely above the minimum needed for subroutine xspace. This error is not expected to occur if more than 1mw of open core memory is available to nastran, which is the case if the default memory and buffsize are used. The error appears to have occurred in the GKAM module which assembles the modal matrices. Avoidance: Make sure that sufficient open core memory is available.
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CR 33233 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - SUPORT, PARAM,INREL - Wrong Answers If an inertia relief analysis in solution 101 or 200 specifies less than six suport degrees of freedom in Version 70.5 of MSC/NASTRAN, then wrong
Known Error
CR 33233 answers may result. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter or use solution 1. COMPILE STATRS ALTER 'upartn ','fbs ' UPARTN USET,DRG/D6T,,,/'G'/'T'/'S'/2 $ TRNSP D6T/DT6 $ MPYAD DT6,DT6,/D6T2/1 $ MODTRL D6T2////6 $ DECOMP D6T2/LD6T2,,////////1.+8/16 $ MATGEN ,/IRR/1/NORSET $ UMERGE USET,DM,IRR/DML/'T'/'L'/'R' $ MPYAD DT6,DML,/DT6TDML/1 $ FBS LD6T2,,DT6T/CRYY $ compile inersen alter 'upartn ','fbs ' UPARTN USET,DRG/D6T,,,/'G'/'T'/'S'/2 $ TRNSP D6T/DT6 $ MPYAD DT6,DT6,/D6T2/1 $ MODTRL D6T2////6 $ DECOMP D6T2/LD6T2,,////////1.+8/16 $ MATGEN ,/IRR/1/NORSET $ UMER
CR 33239 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - GPSTRESS, QUAD4 - Incorrect results In a nonlinear analysis with PARAM,LGDISP,1, the grid point stress (GPSTRESS) output for grids attached to CQUAD4 elements with a STRESS(CORNER) request will be incorrect. Values of 1.0E+30 are printed for all components. Avoidance: Do not request STRESS(CORNER) and GPSTRESS in the same run.
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CR 33242 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOL 145 restart - UFM 5423 in AMP module Restarts into SOL 145 or 146 may fail with UFM 5423 in the AMP module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 33242 compile phase1dr alter 'call phase1a'(,-1) delete /gpjk,gdjk,gdak,gpak, $ delete /gpgk,gdgk,,, $ compile pfaero alter 'DELETE \/D1JK,D2JK','' DELETE /D1JK,D2JK,wskjf,, $ endalter
CR 33272 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, REIGL - Indefinite Mass Matrix, Wrong Answers If the mass matrix is indefinite, then the roots coming out of Lanczos may not be correct. A symptom of this error is the issuance of the following error messages: INERTIA (STURM SEQUENCE) COUNT DISAGREES WITH THE NUMBER OF MODES ACTUALLY COMPUTED IN A (PARTIAL) INTERVAL FOUND xxx MODES BETWEEN aaaa HZ AND bbbb HZ BUT THERE SHOULD BE ONLY yyy MODES.
Description Note that in almost all cases, an indefinite mass matrix is caused by modeling errors. Starting in Version 70.6, the job will terminate with the fatal message below if an indefinite mass matrix is encountered. USER FATAL MESSAGE 4646 (REIG) THE MASS MATRIX INPUT TO THE REAL EIGENSOLVER IS INDEFINITE. USER ACTION: REMOVE THE NEGATIVE MASS TERMS. If GDR is being used (DYNRED) it is possible that poor numerics (very s Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 33274 MSC / MD Nastran Coupled Fluid/Structural Analysis - Fluid Superelements - SFM 5423 If PARAM,FLUIDSE,>0 and any structural grid points or SPOINTs are assigned interior or exterior to the fluid superelement then SFM 5423 may be issued. Avoidance: Ensure that no structural points appear in the interior and
Known Error
CR 33274 exterior point list for the fluid superelement. This can be verified in the printout of the superelement map. This includes generalized coordinates used for component mode synthesis on the fluid superelement. The seqset1 should be input on fluid points (grid, CD=-1) rather than scalar points.
CR 33285 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - Aeroelastic Elements - Missing Plot Output Beginning in Version 70.5 the NASTRAN plotter no longer supports aeroelastic elements. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use Version 70 or PATRAN Version 8.1 which is due out by the end of this year.
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CR 33299 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - QUAD4 - Poor Answers for p=1 The QUAD4 p-element may be too stiff when p=1 on some edges. This is most noticible for coarse meshes. An avoidance is to specify p >= 2. CR 33307 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AELINK, TRIM - UFM 5267 The above message was produced by a client whose length units was millimeters and mass units were kilograms. The trim matrix became singular in this case, apparently because of the dynamic range within the equations to be solved. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5267 (ASGLD) ZXX MATRIX IS SINGULAR. TRIM AND AELINK ENTRIES SPECIFY AN INADEQUATE CONSTRAINT SET. Avoidance: In this case, the problem was avoided by scaling the ZZX and PZ matrices going into the trim module by 1.0e-4. This avoidance is likely to be problem dependent, so other factors may be required in other cases. The alter to perfrom the scaling is:
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Known Error
CR 33307 compile aestatrs alter 'asg'(,-1) add zzx,/zzxs/1.0e-4 $ add pz,/pzs/1.0e-4 delete /zzx,pz,,,/ $ equivx zzxs/zzx/always $ equivx pzs/pz/always $ A more general
CR 33309 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM, EXTOUT, DMIGPCH - UFM 327 When using the external superelement capabilities with the "param,extout,dmigpch" option in a SOL 103 run, the header entry for the load PAX will also be written out, even though it is not used. This will cause the issue of the following error messages in a subsequent attachment run. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 327 (IFS2P) BAD DATA OR FORMAT OR NON-UNIQUE NAME. DMIG PAX SORTED CARD COUNT = 161 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPS) ^^^ ERROR(S) ENCOUNTERED IN THE MAIN BULK DATA SECTION ^^^ SEE MESSAGES ABOVE. ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE IFP, Avoidance: Remove the offending PAX header. This entry is not used in a SOL 103 run.
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CR 33334 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DEQATN - Increased Limit The number of allowable non-blank characters for the DEQATN entry was increased from 12,500 to 32,000 in Version 70; however, the Quick Reference was not updated to reflect this. CR 33367 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 33367 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR - UFM 316 The message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DESVAR xx SORTED ENTRY COUNT = yy was produced when a DESVAR punched at the end of an optimization task had an XINIT that was very slightly less than the XLB value. When a new run is attempted, an equality test is used to see if the input satisfies XINIT .ge. XLB and the entry is rejected even though it had been produced in a previous run. Avoidance: Manually reset any punched DESVAR values to satisfy the relations XLB .LE. XINIT .LE. XUB
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CR 33401 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SEALL, SEMG, SEKR, etc. - UFM 9015, Poor Message If the SEALL, SEMG, SEKR, SELG, SELR, or SEMR command is specified in a subcase which is not the first subcase then the operation requested by that command is not performed and various messages or wrong answers may result. For example, with SEALL or SEMG then UFM 9015 will be issued.
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USER FATAL MESSAGE 9015 (SEMODES) THE USET TABLE IS NOT PRESENT. Avoidance: Specify SEALL, SEMG, SEKR, SELG, SELR, or SEMR above all SUBCASE commands.
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CR 33424 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi, AESTATRS - UFM, Incompatible Matrix Multiply An incompatible matrix multiply can occur in calculating the intercept hinge moment coefficients if the aerodynamic forces are splined only to dependent degrees of freedom (e.g., to m-set and r-set points).
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Known Error
CR 33424 Avoidance: A DMAP workaround is to include the following alter: compile aestatrs $ alter 'add *uintl','add *intl' $ type parm,,i,n,nointl $ dbstatus uintl//s,n,nointl $ if ( nointl < 1 ) then $ PARAML ALX//'TRAILER'/2/S,N,NOLSET $ MATGEN ,/MUNTL/7/NOLSET/1 $ MATGEN ,/MINTL/7/NOLSET/1 $ else $ ADD UINTL,/MUNTL/-1.0 $ ADD INTL,/MINTL/-1.0 $ endif $ endalter $
CR 33427 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AELINK, RESTART, MPYAD - SFM 5423 An error in the dependencies results in restarts into solution 144 where only the AELINK entries have been changed failing with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 indicating an attempt to multiply incompatible matrices: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR WSKJ IS 101 40 80 2 2 4 250 TRAILER FOR FFAJI IS 102 7 40 2 2 80 10000 TRAILER FOR FFINT IS 103 2 80 2 2 0 0
Description
Avoidance: Do not attempt restarts when only changing AELINK bulk data entries. A simultaneous change in the aerodynamic model geometry will enable the restart, but this would also entail recalulation of the aerodynamics. Alter Known Error Product CR 33454 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGC, SYSTEM(108) - Block Complex Lanczos is not the Default
Known Error
CR 33454 The more modern and reliable Hessenberg which supports spill was made the default in Version 69 by switching the meaning of system(108)=0 and 1. However, the documentation was never updated to reflect this change. Furthermore, because of poor performance for some problems the new Block Complex Lanczos was not made the default in Version 70.5. Although this decision is reflected in the release notes the decision was made too late to be reflected in the Quick Reference Guide's description of system(108) under the NASTRAN command and EIGC entry. CR 33476 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Elapsed Time Incorrect The elapsed time will be incorrect if more that 24 hours are spent in any one module. CR 33480 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - SOL 1 through 16, PARAM,POST - Missing output No results will be written to the .op2 or .xdb file if PARAM,POST is specified in SOLs 1 through 16 where SORT2 is the default output format or in all SOLs if SORT2 is explicitly requested. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in any SOL 1 through 16:
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Description compile sol__ $ insert SOL number for __ alter 'IF (POST=0) THEN'(,-1) LABEL LNOSORT1 $ alter 'LABEL LNOSORT1','' endalter Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 33481 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - SPC - Undefined GRID referenced When an SPC references an SPOINT, the estimate utility may indicate that a undefined GRID has been referenced.
CR 33491 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CAABSF - UFM 7115 The acoustic absorber element (PAABSF) is not supported in optimization and design sensitivity (SOL 200). If a PAABSF entry is included in the bulk data, even if it is not one of the design variables, the following message is issued, " *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7115 (DOM2B) PTYPE 1502 15 IS NOT SUPPORTED". Avoidance: Do not include PAABSF entries in an optimization run.
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CR 33500 MSC / MD Nastran Static Aeroelastic Analysis - Wrong Answers for Multiple Interference Groups If multiple interference groups are used with bodies in any interference groups except the last one and control surfaces exist, the DJX matrix generated by ADG (adgdjx routine) is corrupted. Avoidance: Specify a single interference group.
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CR 33527 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - ITER, JACOBI - SWM 6715 An error in the iterative solver for real-unsymmetric problems using the default Jacobi preconditions may lead to poor convergence and the message below: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6715 (SUCGRD) THERE IS A ZERO DIAGONAL TERM IN COLUMN 1 OF DATA BLOCK CEE WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY 1.0 IN THE PRECONDITIONER. USER ACTION: IT MAY BE BETTER TO USE CHOLESKY PRECONDITIONING (PRECOND=C ON ITER BULK DATA ENTRY) OR THE DIRECT SOLVER (ITER=NO ON NASTRAN STATEMENT) FOR THIS PROBLEM.
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Known Error
CR 33527 Avoidance: The error is caused because instead of using the diagonal terms of the stiffness matrix as the Jacobi preconditioner (as intended) the iterative solver is running with an identity matrix as the preconditioner which is the same as running with no preconditioner at all. Use
CR 33529 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - CTRIAR, PARAM,POST - UFM 6498 If a run with a ctriar element is execute back to back and the xdb file is not removed, the job will fail with the following message unclear message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGetStr) Message number is not found PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from with the message number 0.0 Severity is INVALID ERROR TYPE (0) Parameter 1 is 3 Parameter 2 is CTRIAR Parameter 3 is CTRR Parameter 4 is 0 USER ACTION: Please contact MSC Client support *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGetStr) Avoidance: Delete the xdb and re-submit the job.
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CR 33533 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Component Modes, SECSET - Possible Wrong Answers If free-free component modes are used (e.g., secset), then the eigenvectors may be incorrect. A symptom of this error is indicated by the discrepancies between the eigenvalues printed in the eigenvalue table versus the eigenvalues printed at the top of the eigenvector output. Avoidance: Do not use free-free components, use the default fixed-fixed component modes. See related error 32365.
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CR 33543 Estimate - Recommends Setting SPARSE=1 The estimate program may incorrectly recommend turning sparse decomposition off (i.e. setting SPARSE=1) for tet models. Sparse decomposition is virtually always better than standard decomposition for decomposing stiffness matrices for real world models. Sparse should never be turned off. CR 33559 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSHELL, STRESS(MAXS) - MAXS is not an Equivalent Stress A remark should be added to the Quick Reference guide description of the STRESS case control command that MAXS for shell elements is not to be confused with an equivalent stress as is the case for von Mises stress or the octahedral stress. CR 33566 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGPCH - UFM 327 (IFS2P) If param,extout,dmigpch is used in but there are no loads (for example in an eigenvalue analysis) a header record for the "PAX" load matrix is printed to the punch file. When this punch file is included in the bulk data of a subsequent run, the job will fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 327 (IFS2P) BAD DATA OR FORMAT OR NON-UNIQUE NAME. DMIG PAX SORTED CARD COUNT = 52 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPS) ^^^ ERROR(S) ENCOUNTERED IN THE MAIN BULK DATA SECTION ^^^ SEE MESSAGES ABOVE. ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE IFP, Avoidance: Edit the punch file and delete the DMIG entry for PAX.
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CR 33568 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD, PARAM,NOCOMP, PCOMP - SFM 3007
Known Error
CR 33568 When param,nocomps,0 is used in an optimization run with composite stress or strain responses the following message will occur and homogeneous responses are also requested, the following SFM is produced: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD12 Avoidance: Use param,nocomps,1 which is the default.
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CR 33572 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSC_LICENSE_FILE env var supersedes RC file "auth" keyword The precedence of the "authorize" keyword hierarchy in the "MSC/NASTRAN Configuration and Operations Guide", Section 3.2, is incorrect. The actual hierarchy is: 1) "authorize" keyword on command line. 2) MSC_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. 3) "authorize" keyword in an RC or RCF file. 4) /flexlm/licenses/license.dat 5) /conf/authorize.dat /conf/authoriz.dat # Windows NT 6) LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable. Note, the first three items are consistent with all other nastran command keywords.
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CR 33573 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM - Mislabeled Output The P2 parameter on the DOPTPRM entry is used to control the output of design optimization results. The output that is produced for composite responses is scrambled in that CFAILURE output appears as CSTRESS, the CSTRESS appears as CSTRAIN and the CSTRAIN appears as CFAILURE. Avoidance: The numerical values are correct. It is only the labeling that is in error.
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Known Error Product
CR 33588 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD, CSTRESS, CSTRAIN, CFAILURE - SFM 3007 The message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD13 can be produced if there is a combination of CSTRESS, CSTRAIN, and CFAILURE response types on DRESP1 entries and they invoke different sets of elements.
Description
Avoidance: Either only use one composite response type or apply the multiple response types to exactly the same set of elements. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33600 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART, MKAERO - Wrong Answers If a restart is selected with additional MKAERO data, only the new MKAERO pairs will be used in the Flutter or Dynamic Aeroelastic analysis and the original data will be ignored. Avoidance: For SOL 145, apply the following dmap alter in the restart run:
Description
compile flutter alter 'cntr'(2,-1) endif $ alter 'endif'(2),'endif'(2) For SOL 146, the appropriate alter is: compile seaero alter 'cntr'(2,-1) endif $ alter 'endif'(7),'endif'(7)
Known Error Product
CR 33606 SSSALTERs - checka.v705 - SFM 3007, Illegal Input to Subroutine CALCV If the sssalter checka.v705 is used on a deck that has no spcs or rigid elements then the message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007, ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE CALCV may be encountered. Avoidance: Put in a dummy grid point and constraint.
CR 33626 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Nonlinear Analysis, PARAM,POST,0 - SWM 6066 (DBC) In nonlinear analysis with superelements, MSC/NASTRAN Version 70 and 70.5 may fail with messages similar to those below when it attempts to write results to the XDB file. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 44 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCAOL OUTPUT LIST DOES NOT MATCH EXISTING IN THE DATABASE, MERGE/RESTART OPERATION IMPOSSIBLE.
Description MSC/XL DATA BASE CONVERSION FINISHED *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6066 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 34 FROM SUBROUTINE DBC THE DBC MODULE HAS BEEN TERMINATED BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE FATAL DBC ERROR. USER INFORMATION: SUBSEQUENT DBC CALLS WILL NOT BE EXECUTED, AND THE DATABASE CONVERSION IS INCOMPLETE. *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCROL UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION NLLF RETURN Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 33628 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPEXT - UWM 4155 If an image superelement has SPOINTs for component mode synthesis the the following warning message may be incorrectly encountered:
Known Error
CR 33628 USER WARNING MESSAGE 4155---GRID POINTS FOR SECONDARY SUPERELEMENT 82 ARE COLINEAR. CONFORMITY CHECKS NOT MADE.
CR 33629 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/P-Elements - CBEAM, CQUAD4, CTRIA3 - SFM 6352 If beam and plate p-elements are used in random analyses, the following uninformative message is printed in the .f06 file: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (SDRP36) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR= 7. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBCASE ID = 101 IN RECORD NUMBER 29 OF OUGV1 DATA BLOCK DOES NOT MATCH THE SUBCASE ID = 102 IN RECORD NUMBER 2 OF CASEDR DATA BLOCK. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: There is no avoidance, p-elements are not supported in random analysis.
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CR 33644 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - Multiple subcases with DLOAD - Wrong Answers Different DLOADs may not be applied in different subcases of a transient heat transfer analysis. If attempted the load applied in the first subcase will be lost in the second subcase.
Description
Avoidance: Loads should be combined in a single DLOAD. If multiple subcases are necessary to reference different tstepnl entries, than the DLOAD case control request should be put above the subcase level. CR 33725 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - System Fatal Message
CR 33725 If insufficient scratch space is available for a large mpyad, the job may crash and a meaningful message may not be output. Avoidance: Increase the amount of scratch space available ot the job.
CR 33726 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Aeroelastic Analysis, FLUTTER - SFM 7088 The message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7088 (DOPR3I) MODE NO. xx ASSOCIATED WITH FLUTTER DRESP1 ID = yy EXCEEDS 0, THE NUMBER OF MODES AVAILABLE FROM THE ANALYSIS.
Description
may be produced in error when NVALUE is not explicitly specified on the FLUTTER entry. Since there is a default value for NVALUE, the input may be valid. The message is also incorrect in that it is (a) listed as a system fatal message when it should have been a user fatal message and (b) the run does not stop despite the supposedly fatal message. Avoidance: If the default value has been used for NVALUE, the message can be ignored.
CR 33749 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - No ply failure indices with STRAIN case control When STRAIN ply results are requested, failure indices are not calculated. Avoidance:
Description
Supply a STRESS=n also, where n is the set of elements that will have failure indices calculated, but you get the extra ply stress results in addition to the ply strain results..
See related CR 1-18756447 which is being fixed right now. Known Error Product CR 33753 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 33753 Documentation/QRG - Replication example in QRG results in UFM 6721 The replication example in the Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide on page 427 results in USER FATAL MESSAGE 6721. The example: GRID, 101, 17, 1.0, 10.5,,17,3456 =(4),*(1),=,*(0.2),==$
Description Should be changed to: GRID, 101, 17, 1.0, 10.5,,17,3456 =,*(1),=,*(0.2),==$ =3 Known Error Product Abstract CR 33770 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Submittal - submit - Poor Message A Bourne shell cannot be used to process the job file in a user's submit command. If a Bourne shell is used, the following error may occur: -sh: MSC_ASG=/Stemp/TT7293_19.asg: is not an identifier The error message: MSC_ASG=/Stemp/TT7293_19.asg: is not an identifier Description was written by the Bourne shell, /bin/sh, and was complaining about an export command. Avoidance: Do not specify a Bourne shell. Section 3.11 of the "Configuration and Operations Guide" does specifically state that a Korn shell must be used. However, the example should be changed from "-s /bin/sh" to "-s /bin/ksh". Note, the use of "/bin/sh" is correct on a POSIX-compliant system, but could be misleading to an inexperienced user. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 33775 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODES - Missing Output When an optimization job with ANALYSIS=MODES uses more than one MODES statements
Known Error
CR 33775 in Subcase Control section, the results are printed in *.f06 file only for the first subcase. Avoidance: Do not use the MODES command.
CR 33776 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEROF - Null AEROF Output The AEROF output from solution 146 is all zeroes in Version 70.5. For frequency response analysis, the AEROF case control command should produce force and moment data for the the aerodynamic boxes of the DLM. Avoidance: A workaround is to supply a Case Control SET having the desired ids and referencing that SET in the output request: AEROF=
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CR 33779 MSC / MD Nastran Grid point stress - PSOLID, GPSTRESS, CORDM - Wrong Answers When higher order solid elements are used in Grid Point Stress Volumes, and their PSOLID references a material coordinate system, the local grid point stress will be incorrect. The invariants, such as Pressure or Von Mises are correct. Avoidance: Use the default basic coordinate system.
Description
CR 33797 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GUST - Documentation Clarification The Version 64 Programmer's Manual indicates that the X0 field of the GUST bulk data entry will change the phase relationship (it can be viewed as a time delay) whenever a harmonic gust is used in SOL 146. Also the streamwise location of aerodynamic elements introduces a phase change (a delay) in the aerodynamic forces caused by a harmonic gust. The statement on page 606 paragraph 2 is not completely accurate. The X0 and the aerodynamic element center streamwise location are terms in the equation that calculates the real and imaginary parts downwash for each aerodynamic element. The
Description
Known Error
CR 33797 phase relation represents a time delay for an excitation at X0 to arrive at an aerodynamic box streamwise position.
Known Error Product
CR 33809 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi, SUPORT - Incorrect Unrestrained Hinge Moments The unrestrained hinge moments are in error in static aeroelastic analysis if the aerodynamic and structural model coupling splines the displacements from the suport points to the aerodynamic mesh. This error is caused by omitting the suport point displacements from the computation of the aerodynamic mesh displacements for aeroelastic feedback.
Description
Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is: compile aestatrs list noref alter 'mpyad *gdkl.*ukpi','' UMERGE USET,ULPI,URPI/UAPI/'A'/'L'/'R' $ mpyad gdka,uapi,/ukpi $ capture the r-set motion, too
CR 33818 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - large problem - READ, Segmentation Fault On a very large buckling problem, 2.6 million degrees of freedom in this case, depending on the machine, the job may fail with one of the following error messages either in the log or f06 files. The error is caused by trying to solve THE BUCKLING SHIFT SCALE CALCULATION FBS OF a very large problem in core instead of out of core. Trap encountered: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x0000007c in procedure dbsmr1_ Offset 0x00000488 in procedure gbkmgr_ Offset 0x00000b50 in procedure ionast_ Offset 0x00000040 in procedure girdbk_ Offset 0x000003f8 in procedure sfupfc_
Description
Known Error
CR 33818 Offset 0x0000041c in procedure ssmf1d_ Offset 0x00000598 in procedure ssm5d_ Offset 0x0000039c in procedure bucksd_ Offset 0x000010c4 in procedure lnnrigl_ Offset 0x000
CR 33841 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Inaccurate Stresses using Drucker-Prager Yield Criterion The Mohr-Coulomb and Drucker-Prager yield criteria (selected on the MATS1 entry) entry create an inaccurate solution. The error is the result of an incorrect correction factor to the yield stress, which accounts for effects of the internal friction angle. Incorrect factors underestimate the yield stresses, resulting in premature yielding in tension. Avoidance: There is no avoidance, but the error is negligible if the strain is very small.
Description
CR 33860 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Execution Summary - "nan" in the f04 Output If MSC/NASTRAN is run on a computer which has more than 68 CPUs. Then the F04 file may have "nan" in the output.
Description
15:44:41 0:00 0.0 0.0 nan nan SEMTRN BGN Avoidance: There is no avoidance but the "nan" ouput may be safely ignored.
CR 33861 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAJ, DVGRID - abnormally terminated Shape optimization jobs may fail in the DSAJ module on machines that enforce boundary alignment. This includes SUN, HP and Digital Alpha. The log file will contain a message of the form; *** TERMINATING /software/msc/nastran705/msc705/solaris/analysis.ultra
Description
Known Error
CR 33861 *** Received signal 10 (SIGBUS) time: command terminated abnormally. and then a machine dependent traceback: from SUN: t@1 (l@1) signal BUS (invalid address alignment) in unpack_ at 0x8fcc58 unpack_+0x1d8: std %f2, [%o1] (dbx) where =>[1] unpack_(0x275, 0x1, 0x1dbb92c, 0x1a494e0, 0x1a49430, 0x0), at 0x8fcc58 [2] dsaj4_(0x18a88d4, 0x244598, 0x18a8680, 0x18a86d8, 0x1f6d010, 0x18a8638), at 0x244810 [3] dsaj_(0x18a8680, 0x18a8690, 0x1358, 0x18a8574, 0x0, 0x18a8578), at 0x243510 [4] xsem02_(0x123, 0x18852b0, 0x1
CR 33863 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - PARAM,FOLLOWK, TAFF - Poor Performance If follower force stiffness is turned on (which is the default) in a buckling analysis, and there are many load entries, then the calculation of the follower force stiffness will be extremely slow.
Description Avoidance: If the effect of the follower force stiffness is not important, add the following parameter to the bulk data section: PARAM,FOLLOWK,TAFF
CR 33874 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGRL, SYSTEM(146) - Incorrect Description The descriptions for system cell 146 in the Quick Reference Guide under the EIGRL entry and the NASTRAN statements are incorrect. The system cell values are no longer a percentage increase of the memory reserved for the sparse method, rather, it is calculated as (3 * x * buffsize), where x is the value specified for system cell 146. CR 33896 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 33896 Dynamic Analysis - TEMP, Thermal loads - UFM 4017 If multiple LSEQ entries exists in a model and the LSEQs reference different TIDs, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4017 (GETEMP) THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE DATA FOR ELEMENT x IN SET yyy 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Reference the same TID on all the LSEQ entries.
Description
CR 33911 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - GKAM - Inefficient Data Recovery Restart for Modal Solutions In a data recovery restart run in SOLs 110, 111, 112, 145, and 146, the GKAM module is unnecessarily reexecuted. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the restart run: compile semfreq alter 'call gma','' CALL GMA CASERS ,MATPOOLs,EQDYN ,TFPOOL , , , ,MAA ,GOD ,GMD , USETD ,KAA ,BAA ,K4DD ,PHsA , LAMAs ,DIT ,VAFS ,PHFA ,lamaf , AGG ,kddd / , ,CMDD ,CK2DD ,CB2DD , MHH ,BHH ,KHH ,PHDH ,VPHFS , K2MG ,M2MG ,B2MG ,K2SF ,M2SF , B2SF / LUSETD /SOLTYP /APP /NOUE /NOA / FALSE /FMODE /FALSE /FALSE /FS / CR 33913 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,CHECKOUT, PARAM,GPL - Missing Output The parameter GPL described under PARAM,CHECKOUT in the Quick Reference Guide should be PARAM,PRTGPL. CR 33936
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Known Error
CR 33936 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Mislabeled Force Output from a Trim Analysis. If there are multiple interference groups (IGID on the CAEROx entry) and the element ID's are not in ascending order with respect to the IGID's, the trim force output can have incorrectly labeled element id's since it uses monotonically ascending values starting from the lowest element ID.
Description Avoidance: Remove the multiple IGID's or make sure that element id's ascend in order with the IGID's. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33938 MSC / MD Nastran RESTARTS - Inefficient Restart between binary compatible machines. If a database is created on one machine and read into NASTRAN on a different binary compatible machine, the RESTART logic may detect that there are minute differences in the model and everything may be re-calculated. Avoidance: Description compile phase0 alter 'RMGR,RMG,/','RMGR,RMG,/' The above alter should be used only if your are certain there are no changes to the model. or superelement manual restart logic could be used. See SERST parameter. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33942 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Differential Stiffness - EIGR, EIGRL - Poor Rigid Body Modes If the pressurized modes of a free-free structure are desired, the rigid body modes may not be very clean and may only be separated from the flexible modes by 3 orders of magnitude. Negative values may also be observed. This condition may occur in any model with follower stiffness or rigid elements.
Description
Known Error
CR 33942 Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary. Even though eigenvalue analysis without follower forces typically produces 6 orders of magnitude separation between the flexible and rigid body modes the answers should be acceptable.
CR 33952 MSC / MD Nastran Component Mode Synthesis - PARAM,METHCMRS Does not work in SOL 107 If residual structure cms is requested and METHCMRS is used to select the eigenvalue solution method in SOL 107, the program will perform a static reduction and will ignore the request for cms. Table 1 in section 6 of the Quick Reference Guide incorrectly indicates that this parameter is supported in solution 107. Avoidance: Use the METHOD command in the CASE CONTROL to request cms for the residual structure.
Description
CR 33953 MSC / MD Nastran Component Mode Synthesis - QSET - Wrong Answers If residual structure cms is used, unused Q-set dof are not automatically removed by AUTOSPC. This may result in unexpected or incorrect answers.
Description Avoidance: Either specify the correct number of Q-set dof (this may be difficult, as it requires prior knowledge), or use PARAM,SMALLQ,0., which will remove unused Q-set dof from the solution. Known Error Product Abstract CR 33954 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM,SMALLQ - Missing Documentation PARAM,SMALLQ is not documented in the Quick Reference Guide. The purpose of this parameter is to remove unused Q-set degrees of freedom from the solution set. If you are performing residual structure qms, then it is recommended to set PARAM,SMALLQ,0. in order to remove the unused Q-set dof.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 33955 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM, CBAR, TEMP(INIT), TEMP(LOAD) - Incorrect Beam Stresses In Version 70.5 if TEMP(INIT) references TEMPRB or TEMPP1, then TEMP(LOAD) must reference TEMPRB and TEMPP1 for the same elements, conversely if TEMP(LOAD) references TEMPRB or TEMPP1, then TEMP(INIT) must reference TEMPRB or TEMPP1 for the same elements, else wrong answers will results. CR 33957 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Composites - CQUAD8, PCOMP - Poor Results The bulk data description of the CQUAD8 in the Quick Reference Guide needs to be changed as follows: - Remove Figure 1 and change the title of Figure 2 to Figure 1, - The description of the MCID field needs to be changed as follows: "MCID ...................MCID coordinate system (defined by the CORDij entry or zero for the basic coordinate system) onto the surface of the element (see Remark 3). MCID is ignored ........." - Change Remark 3 as follows: "3. ........the line of constant xi." - Add the following paragraph to Remark 3: "The definition of the material coordinate system by projection is used to calculate an angle THETA. Please note that since xi changes direction throughout the element based on element shape, the material coordinate system varies similarly. Because of this an orthotropic or anisotropic
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 33957 material will cause the CQUAD8's stiffness to be biased by both it's shape and grid ordering. Use the QUAD4 element if a constant material coordinate system direction is desired."
CR 33960 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Aeroelastic UG - SOL 110 with Lagrange Multiplier Technique Section 8.11 in the Aeroelastic User's Guide demonstrates the use of the Lagrange Multiplier Technique with TPL problem ha110a.dat. Currently, solution 110 problems can not be solved reliably with the LMT approach and this example should be removed. CR 33973 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 25 - Wrong Answers The form of the column vector outputs in MATMOD option 25 is 7 (labeled "ROW VECTOR") and should be 2 (labeled "ROW RECTANG.").
Description
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Avoidance: Run MODTRL on the output; for example, MATMOD I1,I2,I3,,,/O1,O2/25 $ MODTRL O1// / /2 $ MODTRL O2// / /2 $
CR 33994 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - scr=no, DVBSHAP - UFM 1126 In Version 70.5, if shape optimization is attempted with the command line option 'scr=no', then the following fatal message occurs:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MDCASE IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = CASESTAT, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE CASESTAT=OVRWRT
Known Error
CR 33994 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 1 file casestat=ovrwrt $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 33997 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Large Field PSOLID Entry - Stress Results at GAUSS Points, not GRID A missing PSOLID large field format continuation line will incorrectly cause stresses to be returned at the GAUSS points instead of the GRID. This will change the output values to those calculated at the GAUSS points instead of the GRID points. This could cause optimistic results to be inadvertently used for design.
Description
Avoidances: 1) Include the blank continuation line, (you may want to consider specifying the defaults so someone doesn't delete the blank line thinking it is a useless line), 2) Use sma
CR 34005 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Aeroelastic Analysis - Wrong Answers The Version 70.5 release of MSC/NASTRAN enabled the ability to simultaneously perform static and static aeroelastic analysis and design. It has been found that, if the static aero and static subcases both have load requests, the load calculation can become confused and incorrect or no loads can be applied in the static aeroelastic subcases. Avoidance: The only known avoidance is to not use LOAD requests in static aero subcases in situations where there are also static subcases.
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Known Error Product
CR 34015 Rigid Elements - RSPLINE - UFM 4204 The word "WARNING" in "USER WARNING MESSAGE 4204" which warns the user that there are RSPLINE elements with no dependent degrees of freedom was inadvertently changed to "FATAL" in Version 70.5. The run continues and the results are unaffected. CR 34028 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR, EMG, PARAM,COUPMASS - SFM 4276, EC 7777 If coupled mass is used with CBAR elements with pinflags, the run may fail with the following traceback in the EMG module: Traceback: Offset 0x00000010 in procedure zerod_ Offset 0x00000130 in procedure ebarkd_ Offset 0x000003ac in procedure emgbrd_ Offset 0x00000a08 in procedure emgpro_ Offset 0x000003c8 in procedure emg_ Offset 0x00000108 in procedure xsem09_ Offset 0x0000097c in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Do not use coupled mass.
Description
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CR 34038 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR, DSAJ - SFM 4276, EC 31 When a solution 200 run has both shape and sizing variables and the shape variables have smaller ids than those for the sizing variables, the job may fail in the DSAJ module with "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 31". Avoidance: Renumber the DESVAR ids so that the shape DESVAR have larger ids than the sizing variables.
Description
CR 34042 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - GPSTRESS, PARAM,POST - Missing xdb Output If your run contains multiple subcases in nonlinear static analysis and you have requested strfield, output will only be obtained for the first subcase and subsequent subcase output will be missing. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than performing RESTARTs for each subcase.
Description
CR 34043 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - ITER - Iterative Solver Support of SOL 153 not Documented The Quick Reference Guide description of the ITER bulk data entry fails to list solution 153 as a supported solution sequence. CR 34060 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,METHCMRS - UFM 3032 If superelements are present and PARAM,METHCMRS is specified for the residual structure, then UFM 3032 will be issued stating that the program is unable to find the selected set (EIGRL entry). Avoidance: Insert the following alter:
Description
compile cmpmode alter 'methc\=','' if ( seid=0 and methcmrs>0 ) methc=methcmrs $ alter 'read ','' read cmkxx,cmmxx,,,dynamics,uset,cases,vyxw,sils,uset,,,eqexins/ cmlama,cmphixz,cmmi,cmoeigs,eigvmats,/ 'mode'/s,n,nozset//methf/cmset/methc $ endalter CR 34084 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP, SPC, METHOD - SFM 4276 EC 1044 QOPEN
Known Error
CR 34084 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. QOPEN ERROR CODE 1044 is issued in SOL 145 if BOTH the METHOD and SPC change (or are not included) for each subcase.
Avoidance: Include the same METHOD and SPC callouts in all residual subcases or place them above the subcase level. Also include the following DMAP alter: Description compile sefluttr alter 'modefsrs','' $ change cases to casem call MODEFSRS MR,USET,DM,CASEm,DYNAMICS,MAA,KAA,GPLS,SILS,EED, EQEXINS,,pg,gm,got,kfs,ys,lll,kll/ ,,,,PHA,LAMA,PHA0,LAMA0/ app/NORSET/NOASET/false/ 0/NOASET/METH/0/true/NOQSET/nsub/0 $ alter 'call setq','' CALL SETQ CASE1// SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/ S,SPC/S,LOAD/S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD/S,P2G/S, CR 34089 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - RESTART, PCOMP, DBLOCATE - Infinite CPU Loop If PCOMPs are changed in a RESTART and there is more than one PCOMP entry in the model, then the run may enter an infinite cpu loop in the DBLOCATE module. Avoidance: You can avoid the error with the following DMAP alter. Description malter 'ept,eptr','ept,eptr' restart ept,,/list/ $ malter 'epts,eptsr','epts,eptsr' restart epts,,/hists/ $ This alter will redo the entire analysis. Only use this alter if there is a difference in the number of plies between the restart pcomp card and the new pcomp card.
CR 34114 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,OPTEXIT,3 - Missing Output PARAM OPTEXIT 3 is used to exit SOL 200 after evaluating the constraints. However, the results of this evaluation are not printed, making this option of marginal utility. These prints could be of particular benefit if the user has synthesized a response that is not currently available with standard output requests. The user could see the values of the response, but avoid costly sensitivity/optimization calculations.
Description
Avoidance: The following dmap alter provides the P2 output (see the DOPTPRM bulk data entry) when PARAM OPTEXIT= 3 compile desopt $ alter 'optexit=3'(,-1) $ if ( descycle=1 ) DOM10 DESTAB,XINIT,,CNTABRG, CVALRG, , DVPTAB,PROPI,,R1TABRG,R1VALRG,, RSP2RG,R2VALRG,,OPTPRMG,OBJTbg,DRSTBLg, CR 34139 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - LSEQ, STATSUB - Missing UWM 3204 If a dynamic response analysis specifies a static subcase but then in the dynamic subcase the dynamic loads are incorrectly applied such that the LID field of the LSEQ entry references non-existant static load entries, no warning message will be issued and unexpected answers will result. The following user warning message should be issued:
Description *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3204 (SSG1) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( yy) IN TABLE (SLT ) IN SUBROUTINE (SSG1). Avoidance: Other that ensuring that the static load entries exist, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 34151 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Unknown Error Message, Lost some, 2206 of 2209 eliminated When the new reordering methods are used, it is possible that the message "Lost some, 2206 of 2209 eliminated" (the numbers may not be the same)
Known Error
CR 34151 may be written to the f04 and the job will stop. This appears to happen when the EXTREME reordering is used and insufficient memory is available. This has only been observed in two client runs. Avoidance: If the message above is encountered, disable the EXTREME method by setting SYSTEM(206) to 1, 8, or 9
Known Error Product
CR 34153 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - UFM 6482, Response Types Mislabeled If a composite type response (CSTRESS,CSTRAIN, or CFAILURE) is invoked in a subcase that does not support this type of response (e.g, ANALYSIS=MODES). The designated response type is scrambled; CFAILURE becomes CSTRESS, CSTRAIN becomes CFAILURE, and CFAILURE becomes CSTRAIN. Further, RTYPE CFAILURE is misspelled CFAIURE in USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482. Avoidance: The FATAL message is legitimate, but one needs to infer the correct response type.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 34200 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinear Analysis - CHEXA, CQUAD4, CTRIA3, TEMP(LOAD) Wrong Answers In sol 4, ssg1 puts out an incorrect load vector for CHEXA, CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 elements when thermal loads are present along with a global output system. Avoidance: Use solution 106 or 64.
Description
CR 34208 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TA1 - SFM 3001 When a design variable overrides an analysis property in a p-element sizing
Known Error
CR 34208 optimization job, it results in the following error message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TA1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED EHT AT POSITION 10 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Ensure that property values for both the analysis and design model are identical or apply the following dmap alter. compile desopt alter 'luset= ' DBVIEW eht0=eht (WHERE DESITER=0) $ EQUIVX eht0/eht/always $ DBVIEW ehta0=ehta (WHERE DESITER=0) $ EQUIVX ehta0/ehta/always $ DBVIEW gdntab0=gdntab (WHERE DESITER=0) $ EQUIVX gdntab0/gdntab/always $ DBVIEW medge0=medge (WHERE DESITER=0) $ EQUIVX medge0/medge/always $ DBVIEW mfac
CR 34211 MSC / MD Nastran Shape Optimization - DBLOC, DVSHAP, MATGEN - UFM 6962 When performing shape optimization using an external database for basis vectors, if the dblocated basis vectors (UGD) do not have same GSET size as the analysis model, then the following fatal message will occur:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 6962 (MATGEN) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 3 = **** Avoidance: Use an external model displacement vector (UGD) compatible with the current analysis model GSET size.
Known Error Product
CR 34236 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Authorization - FlexLM Failing on NEC SX4 with SIGALARM error -5038 There is a problem on the NEC SX4 machine using the FlexLM network licensing manager that may cause large jobs to fail with the message: SIGALARM Alarm
Description
Known Error
CR 34236 call 5038 error. Avoidance: There is no avoidance, use a node lock authcode instead.
CR 34238 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAM, PBAR, IFP - SFM 4276, EC 7777 HP systems may have fail with a traceback in IFP when it attempts to read bulk data inputs that contain PBAR and/or PBEAM input with very large property values. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 34239 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - TLOADi - Missing Documentation A remark under the description of the TLOADi entries in the Quick Reference Guide indicates that if time dependent loads are applied in a frequency response solution, that a Fourier transform is performed to transform the loads to the frequency domain and that the results are converted and reported in the time domain. This remark should refer the user to the Section 5.4 in the Advanced Dynamics User's Guide to obtain more information on the process. CR 34254 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - ITER, BIC - Poor Performance, Poor Convergence If an initial guess is given to the iterative solver with BIC preconditioning (default) in MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 it will be ignored.
Description
Description
avoidance: To be able to use an initial guess with the Version 70.5 set PRECOND=BICWELL or PRECOND=BICILL on the ITER Bulk Data entry and set SYSTEM(241)=2000 on the NASTRAN entry. CR 34259 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 34259 Acoustic Analysis - Superelements - UFM 9101 When a fluid only model with a fluid superelement is run in solution 103, the job may fail with the following messages: ^^^ BULK DATA AND CASE CONTROL PARTITIONING, RESTART CHECKING, AND UNDEFORMED PLOTTING IS ^^^ INITIATED FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9101 (PHASE0) ^^^ FLUID ELEMENTS ARE DETECTED IN THIS SUPERELEMENT. ^^^ USER ACTION: ENSURE THAT ALL FLUID ELEMENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO SUPERELEMENT yy Avoidances: 1) Do not use a superelements for this analysis, it is not needed. This may require stripping the superelement designation from all of the fluid grids if the model comes from a fluid/structure analysis. 2) Add a dummy structural element similar to the following: grid, 10000 $ token grid point in se 0 celas2,
Description
CR 34264 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - File Names may not Contain Blanks Blanks in pathnames are not handled properly when "memory=estimate" is specified. Only the part of the directory name after the blank is shown and estimate issues the message "This file does not exist." The job continues, but the default memory or buffsize is used. Avoidance: Specify a pathname that does not include blanks.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 34265 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Superelements - PARAM,MINIGOA - Undocumented Parameter In MSC/NASTRAN Version 70, an undocumented parameter (MINIGOA) was
Known Error
CR 34265 added to allow reduction in the amount of disk space used when using superelements. When this parameter is used, the transformation matrix (GOA) will contain terms only for the degrees of freedom defined in the U5 (USET, USET1, SEUSET, SEUSET1) set. As the GOA matrix is often one of the largest matrices stored in the database, this can allow for a significant reduction in the amount of disk space used. The limitation of using this approach is that data recovery will be available only for these degrees of freedom and the elements connected to them.
CR 34266 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - EIGRL - SYSTEM(273) Not Documented in the QRG In Version 70.5, setting SYSTEM cell 273 to 1 allows the selection of the old (pre-v70.5) Lanczos eigensolver. This is mentioned in the Version 70.5 Release Guide, but is not documented in the QRG. CR 34270 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Wrong Answers for p-BEAM Element at p=1 BEAM p-elements with p-order of 1 are stiffer in bending than BEAM helements due to incorrect residual bending flexibility in BEAM p-elements. Avoidance: The avoidance is to start at a p-order of 3.
Description
CR 34271 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/P-Elements - P-BEAM - Wrong Results in OES1 Table Wrong ENDB max and min stresses are written to the OES1 table for the pBeam element types by Module SDRP. However, the OFP printout of the ENDB max and min stresses is correct since the OES1 table values are not read but computed by the OFP module. This error will affect design optimization results
Description
Known Error
CR 34271 and postprocessors which report these values. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
CR 34287 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Incorrect Stability Derivative Sensitivities The UXU and UXR matrices produced by DSARLP may be in error. Consequently, this can produce wrong answers for the sensitivities of stability derivatives and will produce unpredictable downstream errors. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. This capability should be used with caution. Zero or unreasonable stability derivative sensitivities may be an indication that this error has been encountered.
Description
CR 34290 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TABLES1 - Discontinuity is not Allowed, UFM 316 The Quick Reference Guide description for the TABLES! entry should explicity state that discontinuities are not allowed and will lead to a fatal message. CR 34325 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMLOADs on FEEDGEs with p=1 may give bad answers GMLOADs on FEEDGEs with p=1 will give incorrect loads if another edge with p>1 was processed. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 34362 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Incorrect p-shell Output with PROJ=F Option If the PROJ=F option is chosen on the OUTRCV entry for p-shells, the moments
Known Error
CR 34362 may be incorrect. In addition, if a coordinate system is specified with the CID=n option, the transformation may be incorrect. Note that the PROJ=F option does not output any data into the f06 file, but it does affect the output in the OP2 and XDB files. The option was created primarily for use by MSC/ARIES.
CR 34393 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - xdb, DBC - msc2ptc Failed to work for NASTRAN Version 70.5 The msc2ptc utility does not run due to a problem with the nast705 script and missing m2p.dsc file. An attempt to convert the xdb file fn.xdb results in the message: fn: executable for fn not found or not executable. Verify that the fn executable has been installed. The full pathname of the bracket executable is: /nastran705/msc705/solaris/fn
Description
Avoidance: The updated files are posted at http://www.macsch.com/support/support.html Known Error Product Abstract CR 34415 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EPOINT - Wrong Answers In part superelements with extra points, the sequence of grid points provided in the usetd table, produced from the uset table by adding extra point data, may differ. This will cause plausible but wrong answers. In one example discovered in testing the load vectors were in a different sequence than the corresponding terms in the stiffness matrix. Description Avoidance: An avoidance which prevents the error is to put in at least one SEQGP entry for a residual structure grid point. It can be input in a manner that will cause no extra resequencing of the model. For example, if the main bulk data file includes grid point 47, the following SEQGP entry will suffice: SEQGP, 47, 47.1
Known Error
CR 34415 This avoidance may be used with any model, of any size, with negligible effect on cost. The presence of an SE
CR 34424 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBDICT May Fail to List All Keys NDDL datablocks are uniquely defined by their qualifier values. In addition to the NDDL datablock name, a path, or list of applicable qualifiers, is thus used to "point" to a particular datablock. The DBDICT FMS statement (which can also be called in DMAP) can be used to list qualifier values for datablocks stored on the database, and does so by printing out "keys," or unique lists of qualifiers and their values. A code error may prevent some of the keys from being printed out. Avoidance: If this problem is encountered, the DBDIR FMS statment (also callable in DMAP) can be used to obtain a complete qualifier listing.
Description
CR 34429 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Overflow "*****" in the f04. If a job requires more than 999999.9 CPU seconds, then the F04 will print ********. If a job requires more than 999999.9G of I/O then ******** will be printed. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 34459 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - Missing RADLST Information in Punch File If large CHBDYG id's exist, then the punch file which contains the RADLST entries will be incomplete and contain a line such as: RADLST 12 1****************
Description Avoidance: 1) Do not use element ID greater than 10000001 2) Use restart for the subsequent run rather than including the RADLST punch file because all the radiation matrix information is in the NASTRAN database. Known Error CR 34462
Known Error Product
CR 34462 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - HEXA - Poor Answers, Element too stiff when modeling thin plate The HEXA element with p=1 on most edges is too stiff. This was discovered when analyzing the thin flat plate test problem of the MacNeal Harder test set. For most problems the effect is small, but for the thin flat plate model the effect is dramatic. Avoidance: Use a higher p-order.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 34467 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA - Wrong Answers for Transformed Stresses If stresses and strains are being transformed using the CID= keyword in the OUTRCV bulk data entry, then wrong answers may result.
Description
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to request the stresses in the basic (default) coordinate system. CR 34474 MSC / MD Nastran Security - FLEXlm License may be Refused by the nastran Command The nastran command will refuse to accept an otherwise valid FLEXlm license spec for redundant servers written as: port@host1,port@host2,port@host3 Avoidances:
Description
1) Do not use redundant servers. They are high maintenence with little gain. Multiple servers, specified via "port@host1:port@host:..." on UNIX and "port@host1;port@host;..." are more powerful and less work. 2) Only specify one of the hosts. Each of the hosts in the quorum knows about the other two, so the comma specification is redundant. You could even specify all three hosts as if they weren't redundant, using the ":" or ";" separators as appropriate.
CR 34480 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC,YES - Missing Eigenvalues By simply specifying PARAM,RESVEC,YES, incorporated residual flexibility in the solution sequences making the the resflex sssalter unnecessary. There is an error in the capability which may cause missing modes. The error in the results is obvious because there will be fewer rather than more eigenvalues when you compare the eigenvalues "BEFORE AUGMENTATION OF THE RESIDUAL VECTORS" to those "AFTER AUGMENTATION OF THE RESIDUAL VECTORS".
Description
Avoidance : Insert the following DMAP alter: compile resvec alter 'if ( noxset'(3),'' if ( noxset>-1 or append ) then $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 34482 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Database, DBSTORE - DBSTORE Does not Function on RESTART The automatic restart logic does not schedule modules to run on restart that have no output data blocks. The dbstore subdmap, and the dbstor subdmap which it calls, have this attribute. Description Avoidance: Use putsys(1,109) before the call statement, or use an alter in the v70.5 sssalter library that includes dummy output data blocks for both modules.
CR 34491 MSC / MD Nastran Delivery Database - eie layer unable to extend file On Cray systems, if a user has the Delivery Data Base (SSS*) files on a device that does not have a sector size that is a multiple of 4096 words, and if the user specifies ff_io_defaults=eie.sds.diag, then the following message is printed:
Description
Known Error
CR 34491 eie layer unable to extend file "/apps/mscnast/v7052/msc705/unicosts/SSS.MASTERA" to a multiple of 65536 bytes /apps/mscnast/v7052/msc705/unicosts/SSS.MASTERA : open failed : errno =5048 : Unknown error ffopen(/apps/mscnast/v7052/msc705/unicosts/SSS.MASTERA) using alternate layers system opening layer system /apps/mscnast/v7052/msc705/unicosts/SSS.MASTERA : using layers : syscall The job will then continue to run if the the BUFFSIZE is 4097. However, if BUFFSIZE is set to a different value, then the following error is printed:
Known Error Product
CR 34517 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - STRAIN, SHELLS & SOLIDS -- Incorrect Principal and von mises strain If a problem has either shell or solid p-elements, then the principal, von Mises, and mean pressure strains may be incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 34520 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - METHOD(STRUCTURE) - Wrong Answers In fluid/structure analysis, in modal frequency response (SOL 111), if the fluid modes are calculated using the modal method, i.e. the case control command METHOD(FLUID)=n, but no METHOD(STRUCTURE) is specified, incorrect results occur.
Description
Avoidances: 1. Use SOL 108, or, 2. use both a METHOD(FLUID) and a METHOD(STRUCTURE), or, 3. put the fluid in a superelement and process it separately, or 4. use the following alter for Version 70.5: compile gma
Known Error
CR 34520 alter 295 partn k1dd,vafse,/k1shh,,, $ partn kddd,vafse,/kdhh,,, $ igh=ig $ call xadd5 k1shh,kdhh,,,/gk1shh/igh/cu/cz/cz/cz $ endalter $
CR 34523 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - SFM 4276 Optimization runs with large DEQATN entries that are near or exceed the limit of 32000 non-blank charachters may fail on Cray computers with the following message: lib-1190 /u/app/nastran/msc/msc705/unicosc90/NAST705: UNRECOVERABLE library error A numeric input field contains an invalid character. Encountered during a sequential formatted READ from an internal file (character variable) Error initiated at line 656 in routine '_rdfmt'. SIGNAL - Signal SIGABRT(6) caught, job aborting. See signal(2), CRI manual SR-2012 for further information. Beginning of Traceback: Called from line 42 (address 15624627c) in routine 'TRBK'. Called from line 39 (address 132322c) in routine 'RECOVR'. Called from line 112 (address 15073635b) in routine 'sysrcv'. Called from
Description
Known Error Product
CR 34535 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, MAT8, SDRCOMP - UWM 2020, UFM 5503 In solution 200, if ply failure indice responses are requested for a composite element whose PCOMP entry references a material entry that does not define the composite failure allowables for one or more of the plies, then the
Description
Known Error
CR 34535 following fatal and/or warning messages are issued and the failure index responses are not used for that element in the optimization analysis. ** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5503 (DSAD13) ELEM NO. 42649 PLY NO. 1 REFERENCED ON A DRESP1 ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2020 (SDRCOMP) ONE OR MORE OF THE ALLOWABLE STRESS CONSTANTS WERE INCORRECT FOR ELEMENT 1 PLY 4 ELEM NO. 1 PLY NO. 1 REFERENCED ON A DRESP1 ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND. USER ACTION: CHECK THE ELEMENT IDS REQUESTED ON THE DRESP1
CR 34548 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - EPOINT, CAABSF - SFM 6719 (MRGIDX) In frequency response, if EPOINTs exist in a fluid-only analysis with CAABSF elements with no SPCs, the following fatal message will be encountered: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6719 (MRGIDX) MATRICES HAVE DIFFERING NUMBERS OF ROWS: [A] = 48 x 48 [B] = 44 x 44 [C] = 48 x 48 [D] = 48 x 48 0FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter or add a dummy grid point and constrain all of its degrees-of-freedom. compile fdrmgen alter 'if ( noa','' type parm,,i,n,noue $ if ( noa=-1 and noue=-1 ) then $ compile freqrs alter 'if ( noa'(3),'' IF ( noa>-1 or noue>-1 ) then $ endalter
CR 34552 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - EPOINTs, GMA, GKAM - Fails with no message
Known Error
CR 34552 If EPOINTs are used in a fluid-only model in solution 111, the run will fail without message after the eigenvalue extraction and before the frequency response output. Avoidance: Use the following alter: compile gma alter 'gkam' if ( fonly and noue>-1 ) then $ matgen ,/iee/1/noue $ paraml phfa//'trai'/1/s,n,nohset $ paraml phfa//'trai'/2/s,n,noaset $ type parm,,i,n,nhe,nae $ nhe=nohset+noue $ nae=noaset+noue $ matgen ,/vhe/6/nhe/nohset/noue $ matgen ,/vae/6/nae/noaset/noue $ merge phfa,,,iee,vhe,vae/phdfh/1 $ merge MFHH,,,,vhe,/mfhh1 $ equivx MFHH1/mfhh/-1 $ merge K1FHH,,,,vhe,/k1fhh1 $ equivx K1FHH1/k1fhh/-1 $ endif $ fonly and noue>-1 CR 34558 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - BEAM, OUTRCV - Wrong Answers at View Points The results output at view points for beam p-elements is wrong if a curved coordinate system is specified as the output coordinate system on the OUTRCV entry. CR 34581 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - VIEW3D - FATAL, DIMENSION LENGTH x IS SMALLER THAN "VFZTOL" It is possible running a view factor calculation using the VIEW3D module (this is the default view factor method selected by PATRAN) to encounter the message: *** FATAL *** DIMENSIONAL LENGTH: 1.732432600E-11 IS SMALLER THAN
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 34581 "VFZTOL": 1.000000013E-10 REASSIGN "PARAM,VFZTOL,X.XE-XX" TO BE SMALLER THAN THE DIMENSIONAL LENGTH. Avoidance: Comment out the VIEW3D input so that the older view factor module is used. In the test problem that encountered the poor message, the old view factor module issued the messages below which identified the problem: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4528 (VNASIN) ERROR IN CHBDY CARD xx AN AREA4 ELEMENT MUST BE A QUADRILATERAL CONTAINING NO ANGLE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 180 DEGREES. THE GRID POINTS MUST BE SPECIFIED SEQUENTIALLY AR
CR 34585 MSC / MD Nastran Database - SFM 1041 (GALLEX) A limit in the database directory size may cause large jobs to fail with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1041 (GALLEX).
Description
Avoidance: This limitation can be overcome by increasing the buffsize and/or setting system(158)=1000 and system(159)=500 to allow for a larger expansion of the database. CR 34590 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue analysis - EIGB, SINV, CYCLIC4 - SFE 4276, FREAD EC 3002 In SOL 16, cyclic buckling, if the SINV method is used, and no eigenvalues are found for the current harmonic, then the run fails with the following message in CYCLIC4.
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.FREAD ERROR CODE 3002 PID= 0 Avoidance: Use the Lanczos method. Known Error CR 34591
CR 34591 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Buckling - SOLs 116 and 16, CYSUP - SFM 3001 and UFM 1126 The use of CYSUP in SOL 116 causes SFM 3001 in UPARTN. In SOL 16, if eigenvalues are requested at more than one harmonic, then UFM 1126 in CYCLIC3 is issued.
Avoidance: Insert the DMAP alter: Description compile sol16 alter 1 file pvec=save,ovrwrt $ COMPILE MODECYC $ ALTER 'CALL *MODERS'(,-1) $ DELETE /MR1,,,, $ REACT = -1 $ endalter CR 34592 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis/Random Analysis - EPOINT - Missing Random Output Random analysis with an aeroelastic model fails to yield the acceleration random output if any random output requests for EPOINT dofs are made. Description Avoidance: Make two separate runs, with the epoint data recovery being requested in a separate runs. The runs will be more efficient if restart is used. CR 34602 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - STRESS(BILIN), STRESS(CORNER) - Wrong Answers Complex corner stress output for QUAD and TRIA elements is incorrect in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5.2. The value for the real part of the stress at the grid point will be overwritten with the imaginary value. The results at the center of the element are not affected.
Description
Avoidance: Other than not requesting the corner stress option, there is
Known Error
CR 34602 no avoidance.
CR 34604 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - Estimate - Over-prediction of Resources MSC/ESTIMATE may predict significantly more resources than required for P-elements. This over-prediction is partially a result of the uncertainty of the P value. Avoidance: Do not use MSC/ESTIMATE for P elements.
Description
CR 34613 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - LOADCYN - UFM 4342, Job Aborts If a cyclic symmetry job encounters the fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4342 (CY1BLD) THE LOAD BULK DATA CARD GIVEN BELOW IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS OR SEGMENT OR SYMMETRY TYPE. then the job will not produce an "END OF JOB" and will issue the traceback below: Traceback:
Description
Offset 0xffffffff in procedure Offset 0x0000014c in procedure WriteUnit Offset 0x00001094 in procedure _xlfWriteFmt Offset 0x00000884 in procedure cy1bld_ Offset 0x0000063c in procedure cy1ccl_ Offset 0x000008c8 in procedure cycl1_ Offset 0x00000114 in procedure xsem12_ Offset 0x000009a0 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Although the job should not issue a traceback, the fatal message output is correct and the user should cor
Known Error
CR 34652
Known Error Product
CR 34652 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - RFORCE, CTRIAX6 - METHOD 1 and 2 Produce the Same Loads Remark 9 in the MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 Quick Reference Guides for the RFORCE bulk data entry states:
Description
9. METHOD=2 should be used for the CTRIAX6. METHOD=1 produces null loads. This is incorrect. Method 1 produces the same loads as method 2.
CR 34665 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - Nonlinear, HEXA, PENTA, TETRA - Under-predicts Memory In a NonLinear analysis (SOL 66, 99, 106, 129, 153,159) the ESTIMATE utility erroneously assumes the rotational degrees of freedom are fixed for grids attached only to 3-dimensional elements. The result is that the memory and disk requirements may be under-predicted. CR 34666 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity or Superelement- GENEL - Possible Wrong Answers If the number of GENEL's is an odd number greater than 1, the stiffness terms produced by the GENEL's will be in error on the second and subsequent design cycles in SOL 200. Similarly, in other solution sequences, having GENELs in more than one superelement, or in a superelement and residual structure can result in some of the GENELS not generating their respective stiffness matrices which will lead to wrong answers.
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter. compile semg1 $ alter 1 $ type parm,,i,n,nsize $ alter 'sma3.*nogenl','' $ if ( nokggx<0 ) then paraml kjjz//'trailer'/2/s,n,nsize $
Known Error
CR 34666 else $ paraml kjjx//'trailer'/2/s,n,nsize $ endif $ matgen ,/knull/7/nsize/nsize $ sma3 gei,knull/kjjy/lusets/nogenl/-1 $ $
Known Error Product
CR 34671 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - PBARL, PBEAML - Incorrect Sensitivity for Custom Cross Sections If custom beam cross section are added to the beam library and they are applied in the model without providing analytical sensitivities of the beam properties with respect to the beam dimensions, the sensitivities calculated using finite difference techniques will be too large in magnitude by 50%.
Description Avoidance: There is no easy avoidance except to manually scale the gradients. The sensitivities are of the correct sign and are therefore of some value when optimizing the cross section. Known Error Product Abstract CR 34699 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transer Analysis - Coupled Convection - SFM 6934 The fatal message below will be encountered if a connection grid is also specified as an ambient point. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6934 (EMGPOM) FOR ELEMENT ID = 100020 AND FILE TYPE = 1 EMGPRO DETERMINES A DIFFERENT COUNT OF ACTIVE CONNECTION SILS THAN DOES CALLER OF EMGPOM EMGPRO COUNT = 5 CALLING ROUTINE COUNT = 6 Avoidance: If the PATRAN interface is being used, make sure there are no overlapping points between application region one and application region two while applying coupled convection LBCs. Known Error Product CR 34706 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 34706 Restarts - RSSCON - UFM 9086 Running a nonlinear analysis restart with RSSCON entries results in USER FATAL MESSAGE 9086. In other solution sequences the restart may be inefficient. The restart fails because of a logic error in subdmap PHASE0.
Description
Avoidance: compile phase0 alter 'if ( noxsort )','' equivx geom1/ngeom1/-1 $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 34714 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Superelements - UFM 7052, Wrong Answers RTYPE=FREQ was introduced in Version 70 as a "friendly" alternative to RTYPE=EIGN. When RTYPE=FREQ is used with superelements, it can produce an incorrect user fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7052 (DOMPTC) ILLEGAL PROPERTY NAME
Description
This error was observed when there was no DESOBJ request. When a DESOBJ request was included, the job ran, but the sensitivity results were incorrect.
Avoidance: Use RTYPE=EIGN and not RTYPE=FREQ when there are superelements.
CR 34740 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Corrupted XDB Access Objects with internal keys exceeding 214747 in solution sequences other than linear statics will corrupt the object maps in the xdb. The internal key id is a 1 to n list of any particular type of output such as grids, bar elements, quad elements etc. In the Version 70.5 system, logic has been added to prevent integer overflow before the access key
Description
Known Error
CR 34740 formation. A FATAL error indicating that translation has stopped is generated if an overflow condition is encountered. Avoidance: Each superelement restarts the 1 to n list for each type of output, thus splitting the model into superelements is one avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 34756 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Aeroelastic User's Guide - Inconsistent Description of REFC Field The Aeroelastic User's Guide should be consistent in referring to the REFC field on the AERO and AEROS entries as being the reference chord. The following places in the Guide incorrectly refer to REFC as the semichord: Section 8.2, page 350, should refer to chord rather than semichord.
Description Section 8.13 (example HA145KR ) incorrectly inputs the reference semichord on the AERO bulk data entry. The REFC should be 40.0 and the same answers could be produced if the reduced frequency values were doubled. Section 9.1, page 578 should refer to chord rather than semichord. Known Error Product Abstract CR 34766 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - PBARL, NSM, TYPE=HEXA = Incorrect Mass Calculation For the beam library, PBAR section properties are computed based on the user's PBARL input. Due to a code error, this computation is incorrect for the NSM (non-structural mass) property calculation for section TYPE=HEXA. Therefore, if the mass properties of the BAR are used in the analysis, the answers will be incorrect. Avoidance: The PBEAML/PBEAM computation is correct for TYPE=HEXA, so PBEAML's could be used in place of PBARL's for this section type if the bar is not being designed. The error is benign in a static analysis without inertial relief or gravity loads. Known Error CR 34767
Description
CR 34767 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - checka - Incorrect Degree of Freedom Identifiers The output for the checka alter was modified for V69.1. Due to an error in the alter, the degree of freedom identifiers for the matrices REACCOLN and REACCOLA will be incorrect. Avoidance: Change the following line in the alter: MATGPR GPLS,USETB,SILS,REACcoln//'H'/'G'//printol $ to: MATGPR GPLS,USETB,SILS,REACcoln//'H'/'N'//printol $ and change the following line: MATGPR GPLS,USETB,SILS,REACcola//'H'/'G'//printol $ to: MATGPR GPLS,USETB,SILS,REACcola//'H'/'A'//printol $
Description
CR 34774 MSC / MD Nastran Fluid Elements - GRIDB - UFM 315 In Version 69 and later MSC/NASTRAN releases, when fields 3, 4, and 6 of the GRIDB entry are used the job will fatal with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY GRIDB x Although the fields are not used, Remark 6 of the Quick Reference Guide's description of the GRIDB entry clearly states:
Description "Fields 3, 4, and 6 are ignored, which facilitates the conversion of GRID entries to GRIDB entries. Note that the fields are the same except for fields 1 and 9 when a cylindrical coordinate system is used." Thus, allowing information in these fields is an important design feature. When blanks are used on fields 3, 4, and 6 of the GRIDB in an attempt to circumvent the above error, if structure with GRIDs i Known Error CR 34781
CR 34781 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - Poor Message, SFM 7340 (LNNHERR) If a Lanczos eigenvalue analysis requests more modes than exist, it is possible that the job will fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNP2CD see LNNP2CD abstract (ier = -729) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) warning reported by subroutine LNNDRVD see LNNDRVD abstract (ier = 729) This error has been observed only on small problem where some dofs did not have independent mass terms. Avoidance: An avoidance is to set f2 to limit the search region within plausible limits. For small models where all the eigenvalues are desired a Givens method may also be selected.
Description
CR 34784 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SYSTEM(198), QRG - Incorrect Default Value The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide states that the default for SYSTEM(198) (a.k.a MINFRONT) is 8. The default is actually machine dependent is documented in the Configuration and Operations Guide.
Description
CR 34795 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - PARAM,BUCKLE, Thermal Loads - UFM 2044 In a PARAM,BUCKLE,1 restart with thermal loads, if the PARAM,LOOPID specifies a loop ID which occurred in a subcase earlier than the previous subcase in the cold start run, then the restart run will fail with UFM 2044 in the NLCOMB module.
Description
Known Error
CR 34795 Avoidance: In the restart run remove all subcases after the subcase in which PARAM,LOOPID occurred. For example, if the cold start contained 4 subcases and PARAM,LOOPID value occurred in the 2nd subcase, then remove the third and fourth subcases in the restart run.
Known Error Product
CR 34824 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CQUAD4,CTRIA3 TABLEM1 - Wrong Intermediate Output All output for the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements at intermediate steps (NLPARM INTOUT > 1) is wrong when there exists a temperature dependent material property. Avoidance: Other than ignoring the intermediate output there is no avoidance.
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CR 34833 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Corner Force - Missing or Wrong Corner Force If corner force output ( stress(corner...)=x ) is requested in a frequency response analysis, the corner force for the QUAD4 will either be missing or incorrect. This error has been corrected for Version 70.5. Avoidance: Use the center stress.
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CR 34834 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - Wrong Answers If a C-set is defined for a superelement, the component modes are passed thru a filtering process to remove any which might be a linear combination of the static transformation. In V70, if residual vectors are not requested, the component modes will not be passed thru the filter. This may lead to either rank-deficient matrices or wrong answers. If the filtering is not performed, the reduced stiffness matrix will incorrectly contain the original eigenvalues on the diagonal and there will be no off-diagonal terms (as there should be if the filtering is not performed). Avoidance: If residual vectors are requested with at lease one loading
Description
Known Error
CR 34834 or U6-set dof defined, then the filtering will be performed. Otherwise, use Version 70.5 or later version.
CR 34874 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC, Superelements - Poor Answers If residual vectors are requested in dynamic analysis (PARAM,RESVEC,YES) and none are appended, the original modes will be lost without warning. The user should also see related error 34480. Avoidance: Either do not include residual vectors, make sure that residual vectors are calculated, or include the following DMAP alter: compile resvec alter 'WERE AVAILABLE AFTER FILTERING' equivx phx/aphx/-1 $ equivx lama/alama/-1 $ endalter
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CR 34902 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CBUSH, CVISC, CDAMP - UFM 1126 Optimization (SOL 200) produces User Fatal Messages 1126 when damping element properties ( CDAMP, CVISC, CBUSH) are active design variables and superelements are used in the model. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alters: compile desopt alter 'type DB' type db belmdsf, bdictdsf, belmdsb, bdictdsb $ alter 'dopr5' type db zuzr01 equivx tabdeq/zuzr01/always $ compile fea list alter 'type parm' type db zuzr01 alter 'dspt1'(2),'dspt1'(2) PARAML zuzr01//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NDVAR $ no. of des. var. alter 'dspt1'(3),'dspt1'(3)
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Known Error
CR 34902 PARAML zuzr01//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NDVAR $ no. of des. var. matprn zuzr01 // $ alter 'trd2'(2),'trd2'(2) TRD2 CASERS,TRL,NLFT,DIT,KHH,BHH,MHH,PHT,zuzr01,,,/ UHTDS,,TOLSCR/ SOLTYP/NOUE/NONCUP/0 $ COMPILE PSLGDV alter 'emg,'(3),'
CR 34925 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - DISPLACEMENT Remark 2b for the DISPLACEMENT Case Control Command should be modified from SORT2 is the default in transient response analysis (structural and heat transfer). SORT2 is not available for real eigenvalue (including buckling) complex eigenvalue, or flutter analysis. If SORT1 is selected for one or more of the commands ACCE, DISP, ENTH, FORC, HDOT, MPCF, OLOA, SPCF, STRA, STRE, and VELO than the remaining commands will also be output in SORT1 format. to
Description
SORT2 is the default in transient response analysis (structural and heat transfer). SORT1 is the default in frequency response analysis. SORT2 is not available for real eigenvalue (including buckling), complex eigenvalue, or flutter analysis. If SORT1 is selected in a transient solution for one or more of the c Known Error Product Abstract CR 34926 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEALL - SEP2DR, Logic error 110 If the SEALL command refers to an undefined superelement, directly or via the SET command, then the run terminates with "SEP2DR LOGIC ERROR 110". Avoidance: Correct the undefined superelement references.
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CR 34940 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - RADBC, NLITER - SFM 4276, Traceback In the radiation dominate problem, the stiffness term is approximately equal to 4*T**3. Therefore, if the guess at the initial temperature value is too low for the problem, the temperature may rapidly exceed an infinite value and the traceback that follows will occur:
Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP overflow Traceback: Offset 0x00000014 in procedure zerod_ Offset 0x00000564 in procedure nrdbcd_ Offset 0x00001124 in procedure nlemg_ Offset 0x00000780 in procedure nliter_ Offset 0x00000088 in procedure xsem15_ Offset 0x00000990 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Make a better estimate of the initial temperature on the TEMPD bulk data entry. In general it is safer to have a very high initial temperature than too low The deck with default temperature=0.0 ran to the end without errors on v2005t1 of AIX and LINUX platforms. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Plotting - XYPLOT - Bad Scaling of XYPLOT data The XYPLOT capability fails to scale the xy-plots properly when small values of displacement exist in the entire frequency range of interest. Description Resolution/Avoidance: Use Microsoft Excel to plot the data or scale the model so the response values are not so small. Known Error Product Corrected Version CR 34956 MSC / MD Nastran CR 34949 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 34956 Aeroelastic Analysis - Panels in XY Plane Produce a Singular Matrix The Quick Reference Guide AERO and AEROS descriptions caution against placing a lifting surface in the plane of symmetry. The problems associated with this modelling practice in the XZ plane of symmetry have been removed in Version 70.6. However, the XY symmetry was not addressed so that vehicles flying in ground effect (SYMXY=-1) with any panel or body in the XY plane still produce a singular matrix. The user is also cautioned not to attempt to perform a SYMXZ=1 (symmetric) analysis with ALL panels and bodies on the XZ plane. CR 34967 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - PARAM,RESVINER Ignored If PARAM,RESVINER,YES is specified to calculate residual vectors for the inertial loads due to the unit acceleration of mass and there are no LOADSET-LSEQ loadings or U6 set degree of freedom, then PARAM,RESVINER,YES will be ignored. This may lead to poor answers. Avoidance: Include the following DMAP alter for V70.5 compile semodes alter 'call modef','' CALL MODEFSRS MR,USET,DM,CASEM,DYNAMICS,MAA,MKAA,GPLS,SILS,EED, EQEXINS,,PG,GM,GOT,KFS,YS,LLL,KLL, bgpdts,scstm,cstms,medge/ ,,,,PHA,LAMA,PHA0,LAMA0/ APP/NORSET/NOASET/FALSE/0/NOASET/METH/METHF/TRUE/ NOQSET/NSUB/0 $ compile modefsrs alter 'subdmap','' SUBDMAP MODEFSRS MR,USET,DM,CASES,DYNAMICS,MAA,KAA,GPLS,SILS,EED, EQEXINS,VAFS,PG,GM CR 34969 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - EMG - UFM 4659, UIM 4656 from EHEXD
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Known Error
CR 34969 When superelements are used in a shape optimization task with solids elements, the job may fail in EMG during the sensitivity analysis phase with the user fatal messages: UFM 4659 and UIM 4656 from routine EHEXD. Other similar error message may also be issued depending on the type of elements being used in the model. Avoidance: Do not use superelements.
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CR 35007 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DDRMM,0 - UFM 5629, UFM 9058 If PARAM,DDRMM,0 is specified in SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=MFREQ or MTRAN, then the run will fail with UFM 5269 or UFM 9058, respectively. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile fea alter 'delete \/msf1,bsf1,ksf1,,'(,-1) if ( drmm ) drmm=false $ alter 'IF ( DROPT\=2'(2) delete /msf1,bsf1,ksf1,, $ IF ( DOSPCF ) call CFORCE1 MSF,M2SF,BSF,B2SF,KSF,K4SF,K2SF,,/ msf1,bsf1,ksf1/ APP/APP/false $ delete /MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,, $ IF ( DOMPCF ) CALL CFORCE1 MMG,M2MG,BMG,B2MG,KMG,K4MG,K2MG,,/ MMG1,BMG1,KMG1/ APP/APP/true $ alter 'destrn\=true'(,-1),'destrn\=true'(,2) alter 'ELSE if ( drmm )' destrn=true $ drmm=false $ endalter CR 35029 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC - LAMA Objects have Incorrect Attributes in the XDB When subcases in optimization refer to eigenvalue or buckling analysis,
Description
Known Error
CR 35029 the LAMA objects in the XDB will have incorrect attributes and this may effect the ability of other products such as MSC/InCheck to process the results. In addition, if a frequency range is specified rather than an explicit number of modes, NASTRAN DBC translation may be incorrectly terminated.
CR 35040 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SORT2, PUNCH - Punch Output has Zero Results If SORT2 is requested for static analysis results, zero results are written to the PUNCH file. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter uses OFP to write the data in f06 format to an alternate fortran unit thus avoiding the punch unit. $ $ Output of QUAD4 Element Stress data $ for post-processing of printed stress in $ a fortran unit separate from the usual $ f06 file. $ COMPILE SEDRCVR,SOUIN=MSCSOU,NOLIST,NOREF ALTER 'OFP.*OES2S,OSTR2,,,,,','' $ type parm,,i,n,linespp $ linespp=getsys(linespp,9) $ paraml kelm//'trailer'/1/s,n,noelem $ No. of nl elem. in model noelem=20*noelem $ calc. lines per page to 20 x no. of elem. putsys(noelem,9) $ set lines per page putsys(13,2) $ write printed output to unit 13 ofp oes2s,ostr2 // s,n,cardno $ putsys(linespp,9) $ reset lines CR 35050 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Data Transfer between Window and UNIX When an input file for MSC/NASTRAN is generated in a Microsoft Windows environment and is moved to a window on a unix computer with the drag and drop feature, it causes input errors. Each line of input has a "|" symbol at its end, symbolizing an illegal, unprintable character (carriage return) in the input,
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Known Error
CR 35050 leading to many illegal input messages. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use a file transfer utility such as ftp instead. It may require some experimentation to find out if the ftp utility you use avoids inserting these illegal characters. They are carriage return symbols. MSC has had success using the ftp option in the EXCEED product. MSC/NASTRAN itself will delete these spurious carriage returns from its input files, starting with Version 70.6. If other files are transferred
CR 35054 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - INREL - UFM 6143 If inertia relief (PARAM,INREL,-1) is requested in SOL 200 and there are more than 12 static load cases then the run will fail with UFM 6143 in the MERGE module in subDMAP INERSEN. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in V70 or V70.5: compile inersen alter 'nld6\=' $ type parm,,i,n,nz $ nz=nld6-5 $ alter 'vn6r'(2),'' matgen ,/vn6r/4/1/nld6r//6/nz/i661/0/1 $ alter 'vn6r'(4),'' matgen ,/vn6r/4/1/nld6r//6/nz/i661/0/1 $ endalter CR 35066 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - UFM 315 When a DRESP2 bulk data entry is missing a continuation line an error message is issued but the message indicates that a subsequent DRESP2 is in error. The message is similar to the following:
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY DRESP2 1001 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 584 USER INFORMATION : THE FORMAT OF DRESP2 ENTRY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN
Known Error
CR 35066 MSC/NASTRAN VERSION 68. PLEASE REFER TO THE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION. USER INFORMATION : PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FORMATS OF THE FOLLOWING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION ENTRIES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED IN MSC/NASTRAN VERSION 68 : DCONSTR DOPTPRM DRESP1 DRESP2 DSCREEN DTABLE DVPREL1 DVPREL2 *** USER FAT
CR 35067 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - PBUSH, PELAST - UFM 5423, 6719 In SOL 111, if there are frequency dependent elements, and if the a-set equals the g-set, the modal reduction of the frequency dependent matrices is not performed. In a structural analysis, this results in UFM 5423, and in an acoustic (uncoupled) analysis, the result is SFM 6719. Avoidance: Add a dummy SPC.
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CR 35096 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - ITER, DEFORM - SFM 6980 (SB85RD) A job that uses the iterative solver and specifies DEFORM type loads failed with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6980 (SB85RD) LARGEST BLOCK ROW OF THE INITIAL MATRIX ( 85606 WORDS) EXCEEDS THE SPECIFIED MAXIMUM RECORD LENGTH ( 65536 WORDS). USER ACTION: PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = SOLVIT INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 20070 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = M FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Increasing memory may solve the problem but it is likely that the sparse solver will need to be selected.
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Known Error Product
CR 35117 Acoustic Analysis - FORCE(PHASE) - Wrong Answers When magnitude/phase force output is requested for fluid elements, real/imaginary outputs are printed in the magnitude/phase format instead. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 35121 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, DRESP2 - UFM 7139 (DOPR3C) When an unreferenced DRESP1 entry of RTYPE=FREQ appears in a superelement optimization job the fatal message below may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7139 (DOPR3C) ON DRESP2 entry ID = 10, RESP1 ID = 1001 DOES NOT REFERENCE AN EXISTING DRESP1 ENTRY. Avoidances: 1) Remove the unreferenced DRESP1 entry using RTYPE=FREQ or 2) Use RTYPE=EIGN instead of RTYPE=FREQ
Description
CR 35138 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/SSSALTER - prldbckla.v706 - no longer needed Buckling with preload has been included in the standard 105 solution sequence in v70.6. Therefore, the prldbcka alter is no longer needed. Avoidance: The new capability is invoked through the STATSUB Case Control command. The documentation for STATSUB in Version 70.6 follows:
Description
Format: STATSUB[(BUCKLING)]=n (PRELOAD) Examples: STATSUB=23
Known Error
CR 35138 STAT=4 STATSUB(PRELOAD)=7 Describer Meaning BUCKLING Subcase id number corresponding to static subcase of buckling or varying load (default in buckling analysis) PRELOAD Subcase id number corresponding to static subcase of preload or constant load (default in dynamic analysis) n Subcase identification number of a prior SUBCASE specified for static analysis (Integer>0) Remarks: 1. Unchanged 2. Unchanged 3. R
CR 35139 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - param,inrel,-1 - UFM 9105 If param,inrel,-1 is included in the input file for a solution sequence that does not use inertia relief (e.g., sol 103), then the job will terminate with the following error messages: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9105 (PHASE0) ^^^ A SUPORTI BULK DATA ENTRY IS NOT PRESENT FOR INERTIA RELIEF ANALYSIS (PARAM,INREL,-1). Avoidance: Remove param,inrel,-1 from the input file since it is not used in a non inertia relief run.
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Known Error Product
CR 35141 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Complex Eigenvalues - PARAM,MODACC, CVISCi Wrong Answers If PARAM,MODACC,>-1 is specified in SOLs 110, 111, 146, or 200 with ANAL=MFREQ and the model contains viscous damping then wrong answers will result. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 35141 compile gma alter 'call xADD5 K2XDD' equivx b2ydd/b2dd/-1 $ endalter
CR 35143 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSADJ - SFM 1015 (GBKMGR) The fatal message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1015 (GBKMGR) may occur in the DSADJ module and has been attributed to an incorrect assessment of the amount of open core available. Avoidance: The message has only occurred when running with a small memory request. A possible avoidance is to increase the memory request.
Description
CR 35154 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN SUPER - SFM 3007 In a superelement analysis using PARTS, if more than 12 points occupy the SAME location at the boundary in the same superelement, then the job will fail with the following messages:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (SEP1X) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE SEPBSD 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Do not define more than 12 points occupying the same location at the boundary for a single part superelement.
CR 35158 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - LCGEN - SFM 3007, Poor Message If the first input, usually CASES, to LCGEN is purged then SFM 3007 is issued. SFM 3001 should be issued instead.
Known Error
CR 35187 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - UFM 6440 (MODGM2) If double-field entries are used to enter property ID's longer than 8 digits, then it is possible to obtain USER FATAL MESSAGE 6440 indicating that a property id is not found even though it exists in the input file. The cause of this error is the sorting routine which uses only the first 8 digits of the id. The problem will only occur if property ID's which are both 8-digit and longer than 8-digits exist in the input. Avoidance: Either keep the property ids less than 9 digits, or use all property ids greater than 8 digits in length.
Description
CR 35188 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SFM 471 The database of large restart runs may be corrupted when data spills from one file to another. In the restart run the error may lead to the message: ** ERROR ** UNABLE TO VALIDATE DATABASE FILE FORMAT. DATABASE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON A COMPATIBLE PLATFORM. BIOPNR ERROR ** TIMESTAMP/RECL VALIDATION FAILED. FILX = 30, LOGNAME = DBALL5 , NSBUF3 = 4096 FILE = /disk/tmp/test.dball TIMESTAMP OFFSET INVALID. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 471 (DGETTS) ERROR ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL FILE NAME (PFILEX= 30) : /disk/tmp/test.dball USER ACTION: 1) CHECK THE READ/WRITE PRIVILEGES GRANTED THIS FILE. 2) CHECK MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FILES THAT MAY BE OPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY. 3) CHECK THAT THIS DATABASE FILE IS COMPATIBL CR 35197 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 35197 Documentation/Optimization - QRG, PBUSH, DVPRELi - Unexpected Results The Quick Reference Guide fails to document that when a property on a PBUSH entry is designed a negative FID number must be specified on the DVPREL1 and DVPREL2 entries. If a positive FID number is specified on a DVPREL1/2 entry, unexpected results may occur. Avoidance: Use a negative word position number from the element property table for the FID field on the DVPREL1/2 entry. The following table provides the word positions for the PBUSH entry in the element property table. EPT Section for PTYPE = "PBUSH" Word Type Item 1 I Property ID 2 through 7 R K1 through K6 8 through 13 R B1 through B6 14 R
Description
CR 35200 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - FSLIST Missing from QRG Version 69 and later Quick Reference Guides do not have a description for the FSLIST bulk data entry. Avoidance: See the V68 Quick Reference Guide or the Fluid-Structure Seminar Notes for the description. An abbreviated description follows: FSLIST Defines the fluid points (RINGFL entry) that lie on a free surface boundary.
Description Format: FSLIST, RHO, IDF1,IDF2,IDF3........ Field Contents RHO Mass density at the surface. Real>0.0; the default is taken from DRHO on the AXIF entry). IDFi Identification number of RINGFL entry. (Integer>0 or Character="AXIS"
Known Error
CR 35200 in first and/or last field only) Remarks: 1. This entry is allowed only if an AXIF entry is also present. 2. The order of the points must be sequential with the fluid on the right with respect to the directi
CR 35206 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,EXTOUT - Wrong Answers, UFM 5423 If external superelements are used and restarts are performed, the restart logic will insist on re-processing the external superelements and any downstream superelements whether or not any changes are made to the model. If the superelements are created using PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGDB, this may result in incorrect answers or UFM 5423 indicating an incompatible matrix multiply.
Description
Avoidance: When restarting from a run which read in external superelements which were created using PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGDB insert the following DMAP alter: compile extin alter 'IF.*NOKAA.*0.*THEN','' IF ( NOKAA>0 and nomatk<0) THEN $
CR 35217 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGDB - Inefficient Restarts If external superelements are used and restarts are performed, the restart logic will insist on re-processing the external superelements and any downstream superelements whether or not any changes are made to the model. Avoidance: The following alter will disable the deletions for external superelements. If any changes are made to the external superelements, this
Description
Known Error
CR 35217 alter should not be used. compile phase0 alter 'INVOKE ALL RESTART DELETIONS HERE','' if(setype<>'EXTRNA')RESTART ,,,HISTS/TLIST/TRUE $
CR 35234 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DPD - UFM 2079, Poor Message The text of UFM 2079 is incorrect. The text reads: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2079 (DPD) GRID OR SCALAR POINT HAS AN UNDEFINED COORDINATE REFERENCED ON A ENTRY. Both of the the values "nn" and "xxxx" may be wrong and words "UNDEFINED COORDINATE" should be "ILLEGAL COMPONENT".
Description
CR 35246 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - SFM 4276 EC 3002 or 32 on Large Matrices It is possible that MPYAD may fail with SFM 4276 EC 3002 or 32 when very large, dense matrices are being multiplied. The client model that encountered this error had a very long duration transient analysis (more than 100000 time steps). This model failed during mode-acceleration data recovery in module DDR2 (using MPYAD).
Description
Avoidance: It is possible that providing more memory may allow the run to finish. For the problem mentioned above, using residual vectors (PARAM,RESVEC,YES) instead of mode-acceleration allows the run to complete. If you are encountering this problem in a run using mode-acceleration, try using residual vectors instead of mode-acceleration. CR 35259 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 35259 Nonlinear Transient Response - LSEQ - Wrong answers If LSEQ entries are used in SOL 129 and the DAREA and LID fields have the same ID, then the dynamic loads which are based on the LSEQ entries will be doubled and wrong answers will result. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile nltran alter 'trlg ','' TRLG CASESX2H,USETD,DLT,,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,TRL,DIT, GMD,GOD,,EST,MPTS,/,,,PDT,,TELH,DLT1/ /S,N,DCOL/IMETHOD/RSTIME/BETA/S,N,FAC1/S,N,FAC2/ S,N,FAC3//TABS $ endalter CR 35261 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYG, NLCOMB - UFM 4017 If the area of a CHBDY element is less than 1.E-10, than the job may fail with the message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4017, ESTNL AND FILE (103) ARE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLCOMB) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCKDT 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: This error may be caused by a poor selection of units. Change the units to increase the size of the element.
Description
CR 35277 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - LOAD, TEMP, GRAV - Wrong Answers If a LOAD bulk data entry references a TEMP bulk data entry which has already been referenced by a previous subcase (TEMP(LOAD)), then the temperature loads are ignored and wrong answers are produced for all subcases which contain GRAV or TEMP loads. In addition, then the warning message below, will not be issued: USER WARNING MESSAGE 3204 (SSG1)
Description
Known Error
CR 35277 UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 2) IN TABLE (SLT ) IN SUBROUTINE (SSG1)
Avoidance: Do not reference TEMP bulk data entries from the LOAD bulk data entry. In order to combine temperature and mechanical loads, use a LOAD case control entry to specify the static loads, in combination with the TEMP(LOAD) case control entry to specify the TEMP loads. Known Error Product Abstract CR 35280 MSC / MD Nastran Coupled Fluid/Structure Analysis - PARAM,PANELMP - Wrong answers In a coupled modal frequency response analysis (SOL 111), if there is no ASETi or OMITi entries, rigid elements, multipoint constraints nor single point constraints, all panel participation factors are zero. Avoidance: Add 1 dummy grid with all degrees of freedom constrained. Known Error Product Abstract CR 35289 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DBLOCATE - UFM 453 DBLOCATE fails if the MASTER dbset is assigned twice under different logical names and the first assignment is not used on a DBLOCATE statement. The following is an example of the input and fatal message: ACQUIRE NDDL ASSIGN ADB_1='test.MASTER.2' Description DBLOCATE LOGICAL=ADB_2 WHERE(DBSET='ADB' OR DBSET='AEDB') $ ASSIGN ADB_2='test.MASTER.2' DBDICT ENDJOB
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Known Error Product
CR 35295 Documentation/Linear Static User's Guide - Inertia Relief In SOL 101, inertia relief is calculated differently than in SOL 1. The description of inertia relief in the Linear Statics User's Guide describes the method used in SOL 1 to calculate the accelerations. In SOL 101, the approach is different. In SOL 101, 6 additional loads are created. These loads are created by applying unit accelerations in each of the 6 dof about PARAM,GRDPNT. The matrix URA is the accelerations required on these 6 new loads to provide static equilibrium when combined with the original loadings. In SOL 1, the accelerations about the SUPORT dof are calculated. CR 35298 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SDR1, UMERGE1, UMERGE - Poor message When two matrices are being merged row-wise in modules SDR1, UMERGE1, SSG4, DDR2, and READ and the number of columns in each matrix do not match, then the following message is issued. This error also occurs in UMERGE and UMERGE1 if the the number of zeros and non-zeros in the partitioning vector do not match the corresponding number of rows and columns in the sub-matrices. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0
Description
Description along with the following traceback Traceback: Offset 0x00000020 in procedure raise Offset 0x00000020 in procedure tracbak_ Offset 0x00000184 in procedure nsexit_ Offset 0x0000016c in procedure pexit_ Offset 0x00004000 in procedure gperr_ Offset 0x00000480 in procedure getstr_ Offset 0x000001ac in procedure m Known Error Product CR 35314 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - Insufficient memory - SFM 3001,1015, Out of range, Error 924 In a buckling analysis and possibly other eigenvalue solutions, if insufficient
Known Error
CR 35314 memory is allocated, then depending on the machine and number of cpus requested, the job may fail with any one of the following unclear messages: 1. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 () THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION xx DOES NOT EXIST 2. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1015 (GBKMGR) PHYSICAL FILE NOT FOUND IN FILE ASSIGNMENT TABLE BIOMSG: ERROR 4276 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GBKMGR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 3. BIORD ERROR - FILX = 0(00000000 HEX) OUT OF RANGE BIOMSG: ERROR 924 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE IONAST , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 BIOWRT ERROR - FILX = 0(00000000 HEX) OUT OF RANGE 0*** SYSTEM FATAL M
CR 35315 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - Process remains active after job is killed If a model using parallel on HPUX 10.20 is 'killed' by the system (for example, due to a full disk or exceeding file size limits), it is possible that a process may still remain active, possibly with a high CPU usage.
Description
Avoidance: If this occurs, use 'kill -9 pid' (where pid is the process id obtained using ps -ef) to 'kill' the remaining process.
CR 35324 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - No Output If an MSC/NASTRAN output file is opened by some other program, that other program may prevent MSC/NASTRAN from using the file. If it does, an error message such as the following may be displayed: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: run_job)
Description
Known Error
CR 35324 Unable to rename: ./d10101d.out to ./d10101d.out.1 Avoidance: Close any MSC/NASTRAN output files in use by other programs.
CR 35333 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, PBUSHT - Nonlinear Affects Ignored If a nonlinear model contains a CBUSH element, no nonlinear materials, and PARAM,LGDISP is not set, NASTRAN will solve the problem as a linear analysis. Avoidance: Add PARAM,LGDISP to the deck.
Description
CR 35370 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, EIGRL - Distributed Memory Parallel Hangs MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.5.4 for IBM/SP computers introduces Distributed Memory Parallel Lanczos as a beta capability. There are known problems with the capability that may cause the system to hang. The problems include 1. If the master node does not find any roots the job will fail, and if bat=no is set the job will hang. This problem may be avoided by selecting a different number of processors. This problem may be also be caused by error 2 below. 2. If dmp=n is specified on the submittal line but nastran numseg=x is not specified in the data deck or rc file, numseg will automatically be set to n. This action changes the shift logic which often causes the master node to find any roots. Error number 1 above is then encountered. An avoidance is to explicitly specify numseg.
Description
CR 35410 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Response - SPC, LSEQ - SFM 6920 in MATMOD In SOL 129, if the number of unique, with respect to DAREA ID, LSEQ Bulk
Known Error
CR 35410 Data entries is less than the number of subcases and static enforced displacements are specified, then SFM 6920 will be issued from the MATMOD module. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nltran alter 'MATMOD YST','' paraml yst//'trai'/1/s,n,yscol $ if ( yscol>1 ) then $ MATMOD YST,,,,,/YS,/1/1 $ else $ equivx yst/ys/-1 $ endif $ yscol>1 alter 'MATMOD YST'(2),'' paraml yst//'trai'/1/s,n,yscol $ if ( yscol>1 ) then $ MATMOD YST,,,,,/YSt1,/1/1 $ else $ equivx yst/yst1/-1 $ endif $ yscol>1
CR 35411 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - news=yes - UFM 756 (XCSA) If an include statement is the first line of an input deck or follows immediately after a NASTRAN statement and news=yes is requested, then the job may fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 756 (XCSA) THE BEGIN CARD IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION. USER INFORMATION: THE BEGIN STATEMENT IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE SUBDMAP DMAP STATEMENT. SEE USER MANUAL SECTION 5. ENDDATA *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 765 (XREAD) END-OF-FILE ENCOUNTERED ON UNIT 1. THE INPUT FILE IS INCOMPLETE. USER INFORMATION: THE FOLLOWING GUIDE LINES SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR PREPARATION OF AN INPUT DECK. FILE MANAGEMENT SECTION (FMS) CAN BE ENDED BY EITHER AN "ENDJOB"
Description
Known Error
CR 35411 OR A NON-FMS CARD.
CR 35415 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - REPCASE, SET - SFM 3003 (DOPR3) The fatal message shown below may be issued in an optimization job if there are REPCASE subcases but no SETt case control commands (all the data recovery requests = ALL)
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (DOPR3) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST RECORD IN DATA BLOCK Avoidance: Place a set command in the case control.
CR 35460 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD, PARAM,SNORM - SFM 4276 A nonlinear transient run may give a traceback similar to the following when param,snorm is used. +80 Offset 0x000001c4 in procedure getnml_ +81 Offset 0x0000003c in procedure gshnod_ +82 Offset 0x00001688 in procedure nqd4d_ +83 Offset 0x00000258 in procedure nembrd_ +84 Offset 0x00001124 in procedure nlemg_ +85 Offset 0x000004c0 in procedure nltrd_ +86 Offset 0x000001a4 in procedure xsem15_ Avoidance: Do not specify param,snorm.
Description
CR 35483 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - SGI Only, Implausible Warning Message with ff_io=no MSC/NASTRAN V70.5(r4) mistakenly omitted support for EAG FFIO in the template file. On some jobs this may lead to a slight degradation in I/O performance and hence longer run times.
Description
Known Error
CR 35483 Avoidance: This can be corrected by updating: /bin/nast705.lcl After line 143, which currently reads: %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%threads:% print "MP_SUGNUMTHD_VERBOSE: %thread_verbose%" the following lines can be added: %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%ff_io=^[ya]:%%ff_io_opts:% export FF_IO_OPTS='%ff_io_opts%' %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%ff_io=^[ya]:%%ff_io_defaults:% export FF_IO_DEFAULTS='%ff_io_defaults%' %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%ff_io=^[ya]:% print "EAG FFIO enabled." %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%ff_io=^[ya]:% print "FF_IO_OPTS: $FF_IO_OPTS" %MSC_ARCH=irix64:%%ff_io=^[ya]:% print "FF_I
CR 35508 MSC / MD Nastran Eigevalue Analysis - READ - UIM 4158, Massless Mechanisms Eigenvalue analysis of models with massless mechanisms may fail in the READ module with the following messages: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4158 (DFMSA) ---- STATISTICS FOR SPARSE DECOMPOSITION OF DATA BLOCK KFF FOLLOW NUMBER OF NEGATIVE TERMS ON FACTOR DIAGONAL = 5 MAXIMUM RATIO OF MATRIX DIAGONAL TO FACTOR DIAGONAL = 1.0E+15 AT ROW NUMBER 4*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNP1ED see LNNP1ED abstract (ier = -729) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNDRVD see LNNDRVD abstract (ier = -729) Avoidance: Add a small amount of mass to the mechanism or remove the mechanism.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 35547 ESTIMATE - Will not work if there is a blank space in path If a directory in the path to the file contains a blank space (for example ('Program Files'), MSC/ESTIMATE will not be able to find the input file and will fail. Avoidance: Do not include blank spaces in directory names.
Description
CR 35549 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SFM 3007 (SEP1X), Illegal input to subroutine SEPEXT If an EXTRN entry is not used when trying to use the new (V69+) external superelements, the run will fail and issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 indicating illegal input to subroutine SEPEXT. The run will then terminate. Avoidance: Be sure to use an EXTRN entry when using the external superelements.
Description
CR 35551 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - THRU, SPOINT, EXTRN - UFM 6739 (SEP2MP) If the THRU range is used on the EXTRN entry for a set of SPOINTs, the program will incorrectly issue UFM 6739 stating that the SPOINTs are specified with a nonzero degree of freedom Avoidance: Do not use the THRU option on the EXTRN for SPOINTs.
Description
CR 35562 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - TRIM - Wrong Answers Version 70.5 introduced the capability in SOL 144 to trim an aircraft that had more free variables than there are free degrees of freedom. The results from this Generic Control System capability will be in error unless the aerodynamic extra points (AESTAT and AESURF) specified on the TRIM bulk data entry are in ascending ID order. Avoidance: When there are redundant control surfaces, list the known trim variables on the TRIM entry in ascending ID order. The ID's are those
Description
Known Error
CR 35562 entered on the AESTAT and AESURF bulk data entries.
CR 35603 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - Distributed Memory Parallel - Confusing Messages At submittal, confusing error messages may be issued to the terminal when running MSC/NASTRAN V70.5.3 or V70.5.4 on AIX in distributed mode. The various messages may lead you to believe the job has failed even though it hasn't. The error messages will be displayed if the IBM Parallel Environment for AIX V2.4 or later is installed.
Description
Avoidance: The messages may be ignored or they may be avoided by changing the following line in the /bin/nast705.dmp file from: %MSC_ARCH=aix:% print -u3 $host %cpu_use% %adapter_use% to %MSC_ARCH=aix:% print -u3 $host
CR 35615 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - scr=mini, multiple subcases, SOL 145 - Missing output If multiple flutter subcases are specified in a SOL 145 job and the job is run with scr=mini, then the job will only process the first subcase and ignore subsequent subcases. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'saverstl\=','' compile sefluttr alter 'call super3'(,1) if ( saverst='sedr' ) saverstl=true $ compile sedisp alter 1 file ol1s=ovrwrt $ endalter CR 35619
Description
Known Error
CR 35619 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - Number of Desired Roots not Found Prior to MSC/NASTRAN 70.7 the Complex Lanczos eigenvalue method would require the user to specify many shifts to find many modes in a lightly damped system. Beginning in Version 70.7, an the system will automatically choose new shifts until the desired number of modes is found. CR 35622 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ISHELL may have Difficulties Locating the Called Program In versions prior to V70.5.2, the ISHELL module may have difficulty locating the called program file. This may result in the fatal message: ^^^ PRECLOSING FORTIO UNIT 25 ^^^ ISHELL PROCESS RETURN CODE: 1 ^^^ ISHELL FAILED WITH RETURN CODE 1
Description
Description
Starting with V70.5.2, the search logic has been improved to search for different file extensions and thru the path correctly. Avoidance: If you are using ISHELL in a version prior to V70.5.2, use a program name containing the exact name specified in the ISHELL statement (upper-case only, maximum of 8 characters including the extension) and make sure that the program is in the current directory.
Known Error Product
CR 35630 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,POST- Wrong Eigenvector Labels in XDB If multiple eigensolutions are requested in SOL 103 with PARAM,POST,0, then the eigenvectors will be labeled incorrectly in the xdb file.
Description
Avoidance: Use PARAM,POST,-1 or insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'EQUIVX CASECC',''
Known Error
CR 35630 EQUIVX CASErs/CASESEP4/-1 $ endalter
CR 35633 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Missing Output In solution 108, if displacements are requested for fluid grids, and accelerations are requested for structural grids, then no fluid grid pressures will be output.. Avoidance: Solution 111 works correctly.
Description
CR 35646 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis/Superelements - CAABSF - UFM 9101 If a fluid superelement is used, and frequency dependent acoustic absorbers (CAABSF) are correctly put in the residual with their fluid grids (in order to keep them frequency dependent), then an error message similar to the following is erroneously invoked causing the run to fail prematurely: ^^^ BULK DATA AND CASE CONTROL PARTITIONING, RESTART CHECKING, AND UNDEFORMED PLOTTING IS ^^^ INITIATED FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9101 (PHASE0) ^^^ FLUID ELEMENTS ARE DETECTED IN THIS SUPERELEMENT. ^^^ USER ACTION: ENSURE THAT ALL FLUID ELEMENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO SUPERELEMENT 2000 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter '9101'(,-1),'' paraml ects//'trailer'/5/s,n,trwd5 $ bits 161-176 and 65-80 type parm,,logi,n
Description
Known Error Product
CR 35647 Elements - CBEAM, GP2 - UFM 2007, Undefined Grid Point If a model contains both CBAR and CBEAM elements and the value of BIT is set to 0.0 on a CBEAM entry and p-elements are not being used, the run will fail with UFM 2007 stating that the BEAM element references an undefined GRID point.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007 (GP2) ELEMENT xx REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT yyy Avoidance: Do not place a value in the BIT field of the BEAM element unless you are using p-elements.
CR 35657 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - THERMAL - Clarification of Remark 1 The following remark should be added to THERMAL case control command description in the Quick Reference Guide. 3. In a transient heat transfer analysis the SID on the punched TEMP bulk data entries equal the time step number.
Description
CR 35695 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Nastran fails to trap invalid dbset that have been copied. Nastran fails to trap invalid copies of DBSETs used in RESTART (or reuse) runs. The following sequence demonstrates the problem: > nastran s31498a.dat # cold start run creates s31498a.MASTER and s31498a.DBALL > cp s31498a.MASTER s31498b.MASTER # copy s*a.MASTER to s*b.MASTER; DBALL is not copied > nastran s31498b.dat # run using s*b.MASTER; nastran finds s*a.DBALL using autoassign > nastran s31498a.dat # run using s*a.MASTER; nastran fails to recognize s*a.DBALL was modified above and is no # longer in synch with s*a.MASTER CR 35726
Description
Known Error
CR 35726 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH - UWM 979 (XYTRAN), THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND Trying to use XYPLOT for CBUSH postprocessing results in the following error message:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID n -FORC- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 106 CR 35743 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - IFP - UFM, TRIM Entries with no Fxed Parameters If you define a TRIM subcase in MSC/NASTRAN in which all trim parameters (aerodynamic extra points) are FREE, the resultant MSC/NASTRAN execution will fail due to an illegal TRIM Bulk Data Entry.MSC/NASTRAN considers it to be illegal to have a TRIM entry with zero PARAM/VALUE pairs. That TRIM entry would imply that all parameters were FREE, something that is not necessarily illegal, even for regular TRIM. Avoidance: Specify at least one parameter that is fixed at some value.
Description
CR 35745 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBARL/PBEAML, SOLs 1-16 - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) or 2011 (TA1) PBARL and/or PBEAML entries do not work in SOL 1. They cause the following error message: in V69.0 - V70.0;
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MODEPT IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = IEPT , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE IEPT =OVRWRT FATAL ERROR or UFM 2011 (TA1) in V70.5;
Known Error
CR 35745 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2011 (TA1) NO PROPERTY ENTRY FOR ELEMENT TYPE BAR *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2011 (TA1) NO PROPERTY ENTRY FOR ELEMENT TYPE BEAM 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in SOLs 1-16: MALTER 'IFP9 EPT','' IFP9 EPT.7/IEPTX/S,N,NOGOIFP9 $ endalter
CR 35754 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Missing Beam Server Documentation in NT C.O.G. The documentation for the beam server is missing from the "Configuration and Operations Guide, Windows NT Edition". Avoidance: The UNIX documentation can be used in its place.
CR 35760 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - MPCFORCES - Inconsistent Answers In a transient analysis, the MPCFORCES may appear incorrect because they may vary when the independent and dependent degrees of freedom are reversed. This is due to the inconsistency between the way the "equilibrium" is calculated using the modified Newmark integration scheme (which is evaluated at 3 time steps-- Un+1, Un, and Un-1) and the MPCFORCE data recovery (which is evaluated at Un). Avoidance: Use a smaller time step if mpcforces are desired. The error is negligible if (delta t)**2 * acc << disp
Description
CR 35762 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD, P1=4 - Possible Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 35762 Matmod option 4 (p1=4) does not produce the correct output matrix when using form 2 (LUSETS). Avoidance: Use form 1 (SILS) instead of form 2
Description
CR 35765 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - ITER - UFM 3032 (NLITER), Poor Message If the ITER entry uses the free field keyword approach but it is entered incorrectly a misleading fatal message may result. For example the entry "ITER,100,IPAD=3" lead to the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (NLITER) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 100) IN TABLE ( 0FATAL ERROR This entry should have been: ITER,100 ,IPAD=3
Description
CR 35781 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PSHELL, MID2=-1 - Nonlinear Stresses, SWM 6065 (DBC) If plane stress elements are mixed with plane strain elements (i.e., PSHELL with MID2=-1) then garbage may appear in the nonlinear stress output and if PARAM,POST,0 is selected then the DBC module will issue the following warning message:
Description SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 22 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 35790 MSC / MD Nastran RFORCE - SOL 103, Followk - Wrong Answers RFORCE follower force effects (param,followk) were included in Version 70.6.
Known Error
CR 35790 However, it was not documented that only RFORCE method 2 is supported. If method 1 is chosen follower force effects are ignored. Avoidance: Use method 2 for the RFORCE.
CR 35819 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - RROD, RBAR- UFM 6591 (SEP2RP) If RROD or RBAR elements are used to connect interior and exterior degrees of freedom on a PART superelement, the run may incorrectly fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6591 (SEP2RP) RIGID ELEMENT DEFINES DEPENDENT EXTERIOR POINTS Avoidance: An avoidance which sometimes works is to interchange the ga and gb points, and their related data. This behavior has not been found using other rigid elements, such as the RBE2.
Description
CR 35821 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PCOMP - ELFORCE Not Required for Ply Stresses In the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide, Remark 7 under the PCOMP entry which states that an ELFORCE and ELSTRESS request is necessary for composite ply stresses is no longer true. Only a STRESS request is required.
Description
CR 35845 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - PARAM CDITER, NASTRAN ITER=YES The iterative solver produces incorrect results for the SPCFORCE RESULTANT when the linear gap (PARAM,CDITER) is used. Avoidance: Use the direct solver or ignore the spcforce resultant output.
Known Error
CR 35851
CR 35851 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ISHELL - Access Violation on NT A call to the ISHELL module in Version 70.5 on Windows NT may fail with an Access Violation.
Description
Avoidance: Two possible avoidance exist. If the problem occurs, use Version 70.6 or higher. Else, use character parameters whose length is 8 characters with no blank spaces. The workaround for Version 70.5 may not always work. Whether or not the access violation occurs depends on the contents of the various data fields and is unpredictable. CR 35857 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PCOMP, STRESS - SFM 1013, Poor Message Composite materials run in sol 129 that request stress output may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1013 (GBKMGR) CANNOT FIND CORRECT CLUSTER POINTER RECORD BIOMSG: ERROR 4276 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GBKMGR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0
Description
Avoidance: Do not use the STRESS= case control command since nonlinear transient analysis does not support composite data recovery. Else substitute equivalent PSHELL/MAT2 entries for the PCOMP entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 35876 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - checka - Effective Weight Matrices Incorrect Output for the checka.vxx alter has the row and column output for the modal effective mass and FRACTOT output incorrectly labeled. It should state that each column represents a mode and each row represents an associated degree of freedom.
Description
Known Error
CR 35876 Avoidance: Edit the alter to correct the printout form or request an updated copy from MSC.
CR 35877 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSPLINE - UFM 5289, Incorrect DOF Identified If an RSPLINE specifies dependent degrees of freedom that have already been specified as dependent by another RSPLINE entry, then USER FATAL MESSAGE 5289 is correctly issued. However, the UFM incorrectly calls out the independent degrees of freedom on the entry as dependent and lists the independent degrees of freedom twice. The dependent degrees in error are also listed but they may be obscured by the incorrect data. Avoidance: Inspect the RSPLINE and other MPC entries to determine which are in error.
Description
CR 35882 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - modevala.vxx - Matrix STRAINED is off by a Factor of 2 If PARAM,EVAL,-1 is used in the modevala.vxx alter, the matrix for the modal strain energy (STRAINED) is off by a factor of 2. If the recommended value of PARAM,EVAL,-2, is used this problem does not occur. Avoidance: Modify the alter to divide the MATRIX by 2 as follows: Replace:
Description
DIAGONAL STRAINE/STRAINED/ $ with DIAGONAL STRAINE/STRAIND2/ $ add straind2,/strained/(.5,0.) $
Known Error Product
CR 35886 Loads - LOAD(TEMP), LOAD - No UFM, Unexpected Answers As documented in the Quick Reference Guide, the TEMPERATURE load ID should be unique with respect to all other loads in the model. However, this rule is not enforced, and misleading results can occur under the following situation. 1) The TEMPERATURE load has same set ID as a mechanical (e.g. FORCE, PLOADi) or body (e.g. GRAV) load. 2) The mechanical or body load is scaled by a non-unity value on a LOAD bulk data entry. Although the Quick Reference Guide LOAD card documentation implies that the TEMPERATURE loads are ignored by the LOAD card, the temperature load delta-T will be scaled by the load factor on the LOAD card if there is a mechanical/body load with the same set ID as the TEMPERATURE set. Avoidance: Ensure that the TEMPERATURE set is unique with respect to all other l
Description
CR 35892 MSC / MD Nastran ACCESS - Sample Program Build Errors The MSC/ACCESS sample programs are built with the command msc705 access build Failing to use the msc705 (msc706, msc71, et al) and access scripts will result in the makefile failing. Alternatively, you could set MSC_BASE and MSC_ARCH to the correct values and directly invoke
Description access build However, under no circumstances can you use make or make build Known Error Product CR 35893 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 35893 Plotting - OUTPUT(POST) - SFM 4276. BIOMSG ERROR 3012 If OUTPUT(POST) and SETS DEFINITION are incorrectly both included in the case control the following error message is output: 19 OUTPUT(POST) 20 SETS DEFINITIONS BIOMSG: ERROR 3012 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 The message should say the same thing as Remark 1 of the SETS DEFINITION description of the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide: "Either SETS DEFINITION or OUTPUT(POST) may be specified but not both."
Description
CR 35895 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - EMG, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 3003 EMG ETT If a buckling job, SOL 105, contains multiple static/buckling subcase pairs, and if a temperature set (e.g. TEMP(LOAD)) is called out in the second or later static subcase that does not exist, then the following error occurs:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (EMG) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE EMGTAB Avoidance: Add the referenced temperature set entries to the bulk data file.
CR 35896 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, Z0 - Unexpected Answers When optimizing ply thicknesses in Sol 200, the user must remember to recalculate Z0 if the midplane is to remain at the nodes. It is common for users to leave field 3 of the PCOMP entry (Z0) blank, and let MSC/NASTRAN calculate Z0 as -t/2. But in optimization, this field is not updated automatically, which can lead to unexpected results. Avoidance: Either:Create another design variable for Z0 (field 3 of PCOMP) and use DLINK to calculate updated Z0 or use an additional DVPREL1 to
Description
Known Error
CR 35896 calculate z0 = 1/2 ( c0 + x1 + x2 + x3 + ... xn) where co is the thickness of invariant plies and the xi's are designed ply thicknesses)
Known Error Product
CR 35901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Rigid Element Sensitivity - UFM 1126 in UMERGE When a shape optimization job includes grid points which are associated with rigid elements and are designed (referenced by DVGRID/DVSHAP/DVBSHAP) and the job is run with the option of SCR=no, it may fail in subdmap respsen with the following error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE UMERGE IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = DUG , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE DUG=OVRWRT Avoidance: 1) Use SCR=YES 2) Use the following dmap alter if SCR=NO, compile respsen alter '\/ dug ','\/ dug '(,1) umerge uset, uny, dum / dugz / 'G'/ 'N'/ 'M' $ equivx dugz / ugy / always $ alter '\/ dug '(2),'\/ dug '(2,1) umerge uset, upnds1, dum / dugz / 'G'/ 'N'/
Description
CR 35914 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - MPCForce output - Wrong Answers In linear static analysis (SOLs 101 and 200), if there exist MPC entries, but no rigid element entries, and some subcases, but not all select those MPCs, then MPCFORCE output may be labeled with the incorrect SUBCASE ID listed in the upper right hand corner of the printed output and the forces will be wrong. Avoidance: Add a rigid element or insert the following alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 35914 compile sedisp alter 'IF ( NOQMG','' IF ( NOQMG>-1 and not(delta) ) THEN $ if ( nomset<0 ) then $ PARAML USET//'USET'//////'g'/S,N,NOgSET $ matgen ,/qmx/7/nogset/nloads $ else $ alter 'call cforce' endif $ endalter
CR 35918 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,WTMASS - Inefficient Processing When param, wtmass is used in conjunction with fluid elements it causes the mass matrix to be of form 1 (unsymmetric). This causes an unsymmetric solution, which requires more memory and cpu time than a symmetric solution.
Description
Avoidance: The following alter avoids this problem: compile semg list noref alter 'MPYAD.*MJJX1','' $ add sym flag matprn wtmassg// $ MPYAD MJJX1,WTMASSG,/MJJX/////6 $ force symmetry
CR 35921 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE3 - UFM 2331 (MKSPL) Aeroelastic Analysis with SPLINE3 entries may fail with the following message in Version 70.5: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2331 (MKSPL) BOXES PICKED ON SPLINE3 ENTRY ID = xxx HAVE NOT BEEN GENERATED BY CAERO ENTRY ID = yyy USER INFORMATION: CAERO ENTRY ID = yyy GENERATES BOXES yyy to zzz. Avoidance: Use SPLINE2 entries if possible. If that is not possible, order
Description
Known Error
CR 35921 GRID components by internal order which can be determined by using PARAM,USETPRT,1 .
CR 35931 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts/P-Elements - PARAM,PVALINIT - Wrong Answers If a restart is performed from a p-version run and PARAM,PVALINIT is not specified, then the restart will default the starting p-value to the first p-value rather than the last p-value computed in the cold start. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,PVALINIT or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile ifps1 alter 'type ','' type parm,,i,n,seid,gnmax,pvalid,pvaltmp,np,adptindx,pval0, oldseq1 $ type parm,nddl,i,n,pvallast $ endalter CR 35932 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLRGAP - Radial Gap without Friction, UFM 316 (IFPDRV) Using the NLRGAP does not allow input of the nonlinear forces without reference to a TABLED1 which specifies O.O for friction. Leaving the field 8 blank yields the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY NLRGAP 20 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 36
Known Error Product
Description for the input item: SID GA GB plane tabk tabg tabu radius NLRGAP 20 90 101 XY 21 22 0.0
Avoidance: The avoidance is to specify a table for the TABU field with values of 0.0 for friction.
CR 35935 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLRGAP - UFM 2093 (DPD4) An NLRGAP element that identifies a non-existent grid id produces a fatal message that incorrectly identifies the grid. The following fatal message was produced by an NLRGAP element that referenced a nonexistent GRID id of 90: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2093 (DPD4) NOLIN OR NLRGAP SET 20 REFERENCES GRID 100 COMPONENT 1 SIL 61 WHICH IS NOT IN UD SET. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2093 (DPD4) NOLIN OR NLRGAP SET 20 REFERENCES GRID 100 COMPONENT 2 SIL 62 WHICH IS NOT IN UD SET. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2067 (DPD) UNDEFINED GRID POINT 90 ON NOLIN- ENTRY. Avoidance: Correct the NLRGAP entry.
Description
CR 35937 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - CPU Time not reported consistently The CPU time reported in the f04 file is not consistently reported across all platforms. Thus, comparisons of CPU time between machines that are reported differently are meaningless. The method of reporting for most systems is shown below: Compaq: user + system Cray: user HP: user IBM: user + system NEC: user SGI: user Sun: user Windows: user + system Avoidance: To compare CPU times across different platforms, use the time summary at the end of the LOG file.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 35939 Miscellaneous - INCLUDE - UFM 398, Unexpected Answers or Messages In Version 70.6, if a referenced include file does not exist, the job will issue the following fatal message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 398 (GETLIN) A REQUESTED INCLUDE FILE WAS NOT FOUND . . THE INCLUDE REQUEST IS SKIPPED but the job will continue. This may lead to unexpected results as the information in the INCLUDE file will not be included. Avoidance: Make sure that the referenced INCLUDE file exists.
Description
CR 35993 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - UFM 6482 (DOPR3R) If the DESOBJ references a DRESP1 that refers to a dynamic response (e.g., FRDISP or TACCL) and there are constraints on nondynamic responses (e.g., WEIGHT or DISP) then the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482 (DOPR3R) FOR SUBCASE 0, THE ANALYSIS TYPE IS GLOBAL BUT THE DESOBJ COMMAND REFERENCES AN INCOMPATIBLE DRESP1 ENTRY WITH RID = n AND RTYPE = FRACCL. 0FATAL ERROR is produced in error and it incorrectly states that the response type is incompatible with the analysis type.
Description Avoidance: Modify the input to have the DESOBJ refer to a DRESP2 and then create a DRESP2 as shown in the example Example, CASE control has: DESOBJ=40001 Bulk data has DRESP1, 40000, ZIEL1, FRACCL , , , 2, 140., 6294 dresp2 40001 kludge 40
CR 35996 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - trncomp1 - SFM 3002 (SDR2) If the sssalter trncomp1 is used with PARAM,DDRMM,-1 or in SOL 112 T then the message: SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 3002 (SDR2 ) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SILS (FILE 106) IN SUBROUTINE SDR2. is issued whenever a STRAIN case control request occurs. Avoidance: To avoid the error the follwing sdr2 dmap statements must be changed.
Description SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,SILS,ETT,OL2,bgpdts, ,,UG,EST,,,,,GPSNTS,,,/,,,,OEF1AX,/ APP1/S,N,NOS/FRCNCMP $ SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,SILS,ETT,OL2,bgpdts, ,,UG,EST,,,,,GPSNTS,,,/,,,OES1AX,,/ APP1/S,N,NOS/STRNCMP $ to: SDR Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD2 - Performance Degradation In many problems nltrd2 runs slower in Version 70.5 than in previous versions. The investigation continues; however, it has been found that increasing smem from the default of 100 to 1000 significantly improved the performance of nltrd2 to where it exceeded prior versions performance. Avoidance for V69: Nastran command should include keyword "sysfield=mapio=no" in all v69 runs to improve the performance. Known Error CR 36014 CR 36000 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 36014 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Postprocessing - FLD&S - Unrestrained Unit Solution not available The static aeroelastic solution sequence (SOL 144) will store the "unit solutions" (displacements and aeroelastically corrected forces associated with the unit perturbation of the aerodynamic extra point) on the XDB if PARAM, POST,0 is specified in the Bulk Data. Due to a typographical error, the variant of the unit solution forces associated with the unrestrained formulation are not correctly passed to the DBC module for storage. Consequently they are not available to be visualized in MSC/PATRAN V8.1+ (which has been enhanced to recognize these data as part of MSC/FLD V1.0). No other results are affected since the data are computed. They are simply not stored for subsequent post processing. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter against V70.6 will correct the problem compile aeopu
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CR 36042 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BEAM Library, DVPREL1 - Wrong Answers The design of the PBARL creates internal constraints on the bar dimensions to insure, for example, that the inner radius of a tube does not exceed the outer radius. The calculation of these constraints will be in error if the DVPREL1 that designs a beam dimension that is included in the constraint has a non-zero value for C0. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to recast the design task in a way that eliminates the need for a C0 term.
Description
CR 36066 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Incorrect Answers for p>=10 P-Elements with p>=10 may yield incorrect applied loads, boundary conditions,
Known Error
CR 36066 and displacement coordinate systems.
CR 36073 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - No Component Modes Computed for METHOD(FLUID) If an uncoupled acoustic analysis is performed and some of the fluid grids are placed into the a-set because frequency dependent elements are attached to them, then in SOL 108 no component modes are computed when the eigenvalue extraction method is selected using the METHOD(FLUID) Case Control command. Instead the METHOD Case Control command has to be used. This is due to a logic error in SEMRM which does not look for METHOD(FLUID).
Description Avoidance: A workaround is to use METHOD or to use the following DMAPalter (tested with V70.6): compile semrm alter 'PARAML CASES' if(method=0) PARAML CASES//'DTI'/1/226//S,N,METHOD $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 36075 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - SFM 2198 in FBS If residual vectors are requested for an unconstrained superelement which has no physical exterior points (no T-set), the run will fail with SFM 2198 in FBS which means that the LOO matrix is missing. Avoidance: Either have at least one exterior point for the superelement, or insert the following alter: compile sekr alter 'IF ( NLKOT>-1 )','IF ( NLKOT>-1 )' IF ( NLKOT>-1 OR RESVEC='YES') THEN $ endalter Known Error Product CR 36076 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 36076 Miscellaneous - INPUTT2 - SFM 6551 with READ ONLY file On NT computers, if the permission of a file used for INPUTT2 is "read-only", the program may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 indicating that the end-of-file was detected incorrectly. Avoidance: Change the file permission to be full access.
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CR 36078 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - SCR=NO - UFM 9050 (SEKRRS) If while running a Complex Eigenvalue Analysis in MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.6 the run encounters
Description
^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) ^^^ RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. and SCR = NO, set SCR = YES this may correct the problem.
CR 36096 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - GIV, MGIV, HOU, MHOU - UWM 4648,3034 When the tridiagonal eigensolution methods GIV, MGIV, HOU, or MHOU are selected, and the roots are closely spaced, the messages below may result: 0***USER WARNING MESSAGE 4648---- THE MODAL MASS MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE. 0*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3034, ORTHOGONALITY TEST FAILED. LARGEST TERM = 1.00E+00 ,NUMBER FAILED = 36
Description
Avoidances: An avoidance is to select the Lanczos method instead. It tests for orthogonality as a requirement for stopping the solution process. Another avoidance when using the tridiagonal methods is to stlightly perturb the system so that the repeated roots are separated. It was found by experiment with a 10 by 10 problem with 9 repeated roots in one cluster that only the first four modes had good orthogonality. If 10 stiffness terms
CR 36104 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Infinite cpu Loop, read error If a large DEQATN entry is used, then depending on the machine, the job may terminate without any messages in the f06 or f04 files or the run may appear to be caught in an infinite loop. Depending on the machine, any of the following messages may appear in the log file. This situation can occur even if the number of non-zero characters are below the 32,000 limits. 1. fmt: read unexpected character apparent state: unit -1 named last format: (I2,4X,I4) Unit -1 is a (null) formatted internal file *** Execution Terminated (115) *** 2. 1525-097 A READ statement using decimal base input found the invalid digit '' in the input file. The program will recover by assuming a zero in its place. Avoidance: Reducing the size the DEQATN entry.
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CR 36112 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analsyis - DRMS1 DMRH1 - UWM 5186, Missing Output DMAP modules DRMS1 and DRMH1 will issue the message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5186. (DRMH1C) A CHANGE IN WORD 2 OF THE OFP-ID RECORDS OF DATA BLOCK 101 HAS BEEN DETECTED. PROCESSING OF THIS DATA BLOCK HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
Description
and no output will be produced when the input OUGV1 matrix contains more than 1 type of grid output request (e.g. displacements AND velocities).
Avoidance: The easiest avoidance is to only include one type of output request in the case control (e.g. DISP or VELO or ACCE). A possible DMAP avoidance would involve breaking the UG matrix into 3 separate matrices (disp, vel, acc) before running through SDR2 to make 3 separate OUGV1s.
CR 36133 MSC / MD Nastran 70.7 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Rigid Element Sensitivity - UFM 1126 in DSVGP5 If rigid element sensitivity is requested in SOL 200 for static and frequency response analysis, then UFM 1126 is issued from module DSVGP5 in subDMAP PSLGDV for data block ENX3. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile pslgdv alter 1 file enx3=ovrwrt/kmmb=ovrwrt/kmntb=ovrwrt/kmnb=ovrwrt/knnb=ovrwrt/ gtkmn=ovrwrt/ym=ovrwrt/egxx=ovrwrt/egx3=ovrwrt/mmmb=ovrwrt/ mmntb=ovrwrt/mmnb=ovrwrt/mnnb=ovrwrt/gtmmn=ovrwrt/gtmmny=ovrwrt/ gtmyg=ovrwrt/gtkmny=ovrwrt/gtbmny=ovrwrt/gtbyg=ovrwrt/gtkyg=ovrwrt/ gtkyg1=ovrwrt/gtk4yg=ovrwrt/gtk4mny=ovrwrt/egx4=ovrwrt $ endalter CR 36136 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML, PBARL - Incorrect Sensitivities The sensitivities of the stress recovery locations with respect to the section dimensions are in error for the CHAN and Z section types. This error will result in incorrect stress response sensitivities.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The magnitude of the error has been under 10% in the examples that have been seen. Thus, the designs produced using the incorrect sensitivities should be adequate. CR 36155 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity - DSAMODES, SENSITY - Poor Performance The eigenvector sensitivity capability of the dsamodes module requires the identification of the row of the eigenvector which contains the largest value. Currently this is done by a do loop in the subdamp which checks the magnitude of each term in the vector in turn. This can be very time consuming if the size of the eigenvector is large.
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Known Error
CR 36155 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile dsamodes alter 'do while ( mode'(,-1) PARAML USET//'USET'//////'f'/S,N,NOfSET $ matgen ,/row1/4/nofset/1 $ row matrix of 1 2 3 4 .... trnsp row1/rowt $ column matrix of 1 2 3 4 .... alter 'ir\=0','ir\=0'(,5) matmod phj,,,,,/phjn/2////1. $ filter out values less than one add phjn,rowt/phjx///1 $ element-by-element multiply norm phjx/junk///s,n,irr $ find row number
CR 36160 MSC / MD Nastran User's Modifiable - blank common block - Possible Wrong Answers The blank common block name for the User's Modifiable has been changed for Version 70.5. If the old name common / / is used, the results may be unpredictable.
Description
Avoidance: Replace the following common block common / / with common /BLNKCM/
CR 36215 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PCOMP - Failure Index Output In the MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE, Remark 7 under the PCOMP bulk data description needs to be changed: from:
Description 7. ELFORCE and ELSTRESS requests must be present for all elements for which ply stress or failure index output is desired. to:
Known Error
CR 36215 7. In order to get failure index output the following must be present: a) ELSTRESS or ELSTRAIN case control commands, b) Sb, FT, and SOUTi on the PCOMP bulk data entry, c) Xt, Xc, Yt, Yc, and S on all referenced MAT8 bulk data entries if stress allowables are used, or Xt, Xc, Yt, Yc, S, and STRN=1.0 if strain allowables are used.
CR 36230 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi, SET1, SET2 - Unexpected Answers If an input file contains both a SET1 and a SET2 Bulk Data entry with the same identification number, one or the other willl randomly be used in the spline(s) that reference that SETi identification number. There is no way to control which entry will be used and no error message is issued that indicates that one of the two inputs is being ignored. Avoidance: There is no real avoidance. You must ensure that your SET1 and SET2 entries do not have common identification numbers.
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Known Error Product
CR 36245 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DEFUSET - UFM 316 When DEFUSET References PA or PS Sets If a DEFUSET entry references the PA or PS sets the following fatal message will be encounterd:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DEFUSET ******** SORTED ENTRY COUNT = xx CR 36247 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - LOADSET - Wrong Answers Multiple loadset entries may not be specified in a dynamics run. If there are loadsets in each subcase the results for the subsequent subcases use the initial loadset and are usually zero. However if the user defines the same assumed DAREA id on each of his LSEQ entries wrong results will occur for the subsequent subcase. The load is calculated from
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Known Error
CR 36247 using the initial loadset. A warning or fatal message should be issued if the loadset is ignored. This problem has been fixed in the code in V2001.
CR 36251 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - PBEAML, PBARL - Incorrect Properties for "T1" Section PBEAML and PBARL produce incorrect I2 and J properteis for the "T1" type section. Avoidance: If possible use the "T" type section.
CR 36257 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - UWM 4698 (DCMPD) Nonlinear analysis may identify degrees of freedom large factor diagonal ratios at every iteration with the UWM 4698 shown below. This may result in a large amount of output. Version 70.7 has been enhanced so that this output may be controlled by setting SYSTEM(60)=-999.
Description
USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 (DCMPD) STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX KLLRH . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN 1.00000E+07 OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL. CR 36286 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - RFORCE - Wrong Answers In Version 69 and later systems, RFORCE will produce incorrect moment loads. Moments are produced when CONM2 entries have an offset specified. Moments are also produced for the mass associated with a PBEAM entry when an offset is specified and for the PBEAM entry when a channel cross section is specified. . Avoidance: The only avoidance is to specify an additional GRID at the offset location and use a rigid element to attach it to the main GRID.
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CR 36287 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRAK, scr=no - SFM 3001 in DOM12 When running SOL 200 with mode tracking (MODTRAK) and scr=no, the job may terminate with the following diagnostic message in the f06 file: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOM12) THE EXECUTIVE FILE -112 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE DOM11C Avoidance: Run with scr=yes or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile fea alter 'if ( modetrak'(2) IF ( MODETRAK>0 ) THEN $ delete /mtrak,,,, $ modtrl mtraki//nomod/nomtk $ copy mtraki/mtrak $ endIF $ MODETRAK>0 alter 'delete /mtrak'(,-1),'delete /mtrak'(,3) endalter Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 36299 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OFP - Inefficient Processing Efficiency has been improved in the OFP module for MSC/NASTRAN Version 70.7 for jobs that request only plot output. CR 36350 MSC / MD Nastran FMS - INIT MASTER(NORAM) - SFM 1026 In Version 70.6, if the fms statement INIT MASTER(NORAM) is used on UNIX machines, then the job may terminate with the following error messages: Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1026 (XIO) ATTEMPT TO ACCESS A FILE WHICH IS NOT OPENED 0********* DUMP OF XIO PARAMETERS
Known Error
CR 36350 0XIO NAME = 423 ATTEMPTED OPERATION = FILPSX FILEXX = 23 Avoidance: Remove INIT MASTER(NORAM).
CR 36366 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - mtacca.vxxx - Wrong Answers SSSALTER mtacca.vxxx assumes that the modes are mass-normalized. If your modes are not mass-normalized, wrong answers will result. Avoidance: Use the default (MASS) eigenvector normalization.
CR 36389 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Case Control, MODES - Poor Performance If a very large value of x is requested with the modes=x case control command, then the performance will be very inefficient. An example of this situation is illutrated below: Subcase 1 modes = 20 disp = all Subcase 21 modes = 9000 disp = none Avoidance: Request a reasonable modes value.
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CR 36391 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Superelements/CLOAD - UFM 5423 In the MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 Quick Reference Guide, remark 1 of the CLOAD case control command should read: "1. This command may only appear in the residual structure subcases (see SUPER command) and it must be specified in all of them."
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CR 36410 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers for Multiple Subcases In Sol 101, if TEMP(INIT) is not defined above the subcase level, it is ignored and incorrect results occur. Contrary to the Quick Reference Guide documentation TEMP(INIT) is the recommended way for specifying the datum (reference) temperature for static analysis with temperature loads. However, TEMP(INIT) must be made above the subcase level. CR 36428 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPR1 - UWM 7602 The following message is correctly issued but is confusing because it states the analyis value which in this case is not greater than the maximum value allowed. The message should state the design value.
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*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 7602 (DOPR1I) ON PROPERTY ENTRY PBEAM WITH PID= 7610 AND FID= -9, THE PROPERTY VALUE 9.93100E+06 IS GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM PMAX VALUE 1.00000E+07 SPECIFIED ON THE DVPREL2 761001 ENTRY. CR 36450 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - GMBC, Multiple Edge Boundary Conditions - SFM 6363 If there are multiple edge GMBC's for different coordinate directions using different methodon a p-element, the following error results: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6363 (EVLEDG) THE ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT VECTOR COLUMN DOES NOT EXIST FOR EDGE ID = -21 FOR COMPONENT = 3 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER ACTION: CHECK ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT VECTOR ROUTINE (IERROR=2). Avoidance: A workaround is to use the same method for the multiple boundary conditions.
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CR 36451 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MATMOD option 16 - Wrong Answers When using a determinate interface with an external superelement, using MATMOD option 16 may lose rigid-body modes due to numeric roundoff.
Description
Avoidance: When creating external superelements, do not use a determinate interface for the component models. CR 36463 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1, PBUSH, PSHELL - UFM 7190 When an optimization task includes DVPRELi entries refrencing PBUSH as well as other property entries, it fails in module DOPR1 with the following error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7190 (DOPR1I) PTYPE PBUSH DEFINED ON A DVPREL1 2 ENTRY CAN NOT BE FOUND ON A PROPERTY ENTRY. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DVPREL1 ENTRY OR INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ENTRY. Avoidance: Remove DVPRELi entries which do not reference PBUSH entries.
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CR 36465 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Wrong Answers for QHHL in tpl ha145i The tpl deck ha145i fails in Version 70.6 due to an interaction between the incomplete Case Control used in this test case and the changes made to NASTRAN to support multiple aerodynamic symmetries. Under those changes, the AERO/AEROS symmetries (which are single valued for a run) are "replaced" by symmetry in Case Control. However, for upward compatibility, the AERO/AEROS symmetries are used in the absence of any Case Control. A subtle requirement of this upward compatiblity logic is that the Cases must be "aerodynamic" cases for the procedure to function. Unfortunately, HA145I doesn't have a complete Case Control, so the fact that the run is aeroelastic cannot be determined from Case. Consequently,
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Known Error
CR 36465 the defaulting rules (whereby the AERO/AEROS would have provided the symmetry) were no
CR 36528 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Infinite CPU Loop If a DEQATN contains a double precision constant (e.g. 10.0D0) in a design optimization task, an infinite loop will be encountered and the job will enter the PREDOM subdmap and never complete. Version 70.7 outputs USER FATAL MESSAGE 224 to correct this problem. Avoidance: Remove the double precision constant from the DEQATN.
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CR 36530 MSC / MD Nastran TRANS - MAT5, MAT9, MAT10 - forrtl: error (65): floating invlaid The trans program may fail to convert a binary XDB file to a neutral file when MAT5, MAT9, or MAT10 entries are present in the MSC/NASTRAN input file. This error has only been duplicated on DEC ALPHAs running UNIX thus far. The error message from trans is: forrtl: error (65): floating invlaid.
Description
Avoidance: Set PARAM,GEOMU,0 which eliminates all of the undeformed geometry or edit the PHASE0 subdmap DBC statement to eliminate the writing of the MPT table.
CR 36547 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Limit of the number of superelements - SFM 4276, EC 1044 Models that contain more than 100 superelements may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 1044 caused by an integer overflow in routine GETOFF. CR 36563
Known Error
CR 36563 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SGI, OS level 6.5 - Receiving signal number 10: Bus error On the SGI when running OS level 6.5, if the scratch disk is full, then the job may fail with the following unclear messages in the log file:
Description
Receiving signal number 10: Bus error Job aborting.. Avoidance: Allocate more space with the scratch disk..
Known Error Product
CR 36569 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SUBCOM,SUBSEQ - Missing Error Messages, Unexpected Answers The number of coefficients for SUBSEQ are limited to 200, which is documented in the QRG. However, if more than 200 coefficients are used--in the case of combining more than 200 subcases--only the first 200 coefficients are used without any warning or fatal messages. Avoidance: If more than 200 coefficients are needed, create a separate subcase
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CR 36589 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - MCE1, MPC, RBE - Poor Performance When there are a large number of m-set dofs, the mce1 module may exhibit poor performance. In cases seen to date, the decomp portion of mce1 finishes in a reasonable time, but the next portion, which happens to be an fbs with many right-hand sides, ran for hours without completion.
Description
This condition can be detected by looking at the run time for the decomp operation. If the fbs takes more than 10 times this value, the avoidance below may be worth considering. Use the mce1.v706 subdmap from MSC's web site for sssalters. It has been verified that it works correctly for Version 70.5 as well. On the model in question, it reduced mce1 times from over 15 hours to minutes.
Known Error Product
CR 36611 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BNDGRID, DVGRID, MODTRK - UFM 1126 in GP4 If mode tracking is requested with BNDGRID and DVGRID entries present, then the run will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE GP4 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 203 NAME = USET0 , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE USET0=OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile desopt alter 'lcgen '(,-3),'' if ( ambs or gmbs ) then $ endalter
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CR 36617 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix - SOLVE - Possible Wrong Answers with Low Memory If insufficient memory is available for the SOLVE module with SPARSE, then the results may be incorrect. Avoidance: Increase memory.
CR 36628 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - RADSET - Unnecessary Calculation of View Factors According to the MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide, the RADSET entry "Specifies which radiation cavities are to be included for radiation enclosure analysis." However, in a multiple radiation enclosure model, if an enclosure is NOT referenced on the RADSET entry, the view factors are still calculated.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error CR 36630
CR 36630 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - Changing tstep or freq between subcases causes failure in dbc If tstep or freq is changed between subcases and param,post,0 is specified to create a dbc database, then dbc will not complete and the following messages will be issued to the f06 file: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 44 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCAOL OUTPUT LIST DOES NOT MATCH EXISTING IN THE DATABASE, MERGE/RESTART OPERATION IMPOSSIBLE. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6066 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 34 FROM SUBROUTINE DBC THE DBC MODULE HAS BEEN TERMINATED BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE FATAL DBC ERROR. USER INFORMATION: SUBSEQUENT DBC CALLS WILL NOT BE EXECUTED, AND THE DATABASE CONVERSION IS INCOMPLETE. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to execute the subcases in different runs.
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CR 36632 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - PARAM,CURV - Floating point overflow If PARAM,CURV,1 is specified then the run may fail in the CURV module with the following traceback: Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP overflow Traceback: Offset 0x00000240 in procedure pstr2s_ Offset 0x00001bd4 in procedure curv3_ Offset 0x00000198 in procedure curv_ Offset 0x000000e4 in procedure xsem14_ Offset 0x00000984 in procedure mainal Avoidance: The input that demonstrated the error contained a STRESS=set id. The error was avoided when this request was changed to STRESS=ALL.
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Known Error
CR 36636
Known Error Product
CR 36636 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW, RADSET - UWM 6427, UIM 4534, UWM 6137 (UDSNRD) If an initial run is used to generate a radiation matrix punch file and a subsequent run inputs the punch file and defines a RADSET entry that attempts re-calculate the view factor for some but not all of the cavities, then the job will fail with the following messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6427 (VIEWD) VIEW FACTORS WILL NOT BE COMPUTED FOR RADIATION CAVITY ID= 85 BECAUSE A RADIATION MATRIX IS ALREADY DEFINED. USER INFORMATION: THE RADIATION MATRIX IS DEFINED ON RADLST OR RADMTX BULK DATA ENTRIES. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4534 (RMG2) 2 ELEMENTS HAVE A TOTAL VIEW FACTOR (FA/A) LESS THAN 0.99, ENERGY MAY BE LOST TO SPACE. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6137 (UDSNRD) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 10 IERROR USER ACTION: CHECK
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CR 36645 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3, GP4 - UFM 6490 When an extremely large number of RBE3 elements is used, the job may fail indicating an RBE3 input error: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6490 (WRGMTD) FATAL ERRORS HAVE OCCURRED WHILE PROCESSING MPC AND RIGID ELEMENT ENTRIES. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SIL NUMBER ******** DOES NOT EXIST IN THE DEPENDENT SIL TABLE. Other symptoms are that run times may increase greatly if the number of RBE3 elements increases. This effect begins to be noticeable at about 10,000 RBE3 elements, and becomes the dominant source of cost in runs where there are hundreds of thousands of RBE3 elements. The RBE3 code was revised in V70.7 to provide increased efficiency. The
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Known Error
CR 36645 original code was made with the assumption that no model would have over 100 RBE3 elements. More modern general software tools for
CR 36646 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - CBUSH - SWM 3002, UWM 979 PSDF force plots fail for BUSH elements, but RESPONSE plots work. That is: XYPLOT ELFORCE RESPONSE.... (works) XYPLOT ELFORCE PSDF...(fails with the message below)
Description
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (RANDOM) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK OES2 (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE RAND2 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 36665 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PFAERO - Infinite Loop PFAERO If the user attempts to run an aeroelastic solution sequence (SOL 144, 145 or 146 or SOL 200 with aeroelastic analyses) without any aerodynamic data, an infinite loop will occur in the PFAERO subdmap. This is caused by a failure to trap the absence of the requisite aerodynamic data. Subsequently, the PFAERO subdmap (responding to data reuse logic) will endlessly attempt to create the aerodynamic model. Avoidance: You must have at least one aeroelasticity-related bulk data entry to avoid the infinite loop and trigger the "missing data" error traps.
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CR 36678 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGR, EIGRL - SFM 7340 The Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction may give nonstandard error messages. For example a run may terminate with the following messages.
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNP2CD
Known Error
CR 36678 see LNNP2CD abstract (ier = -725) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) warning reported by subroutine LNNDRVD see LNNDRVD abstract (ier = 725) Avoidance: The LNNDRVD or LNNDRVS messages meanings are given below: ier error condition. -723 insufficient workspace revealed during lanczos iteration -724 failure of tridiagonal ql iteration to converge -725 number of eigenvalues computed exceeds internal storage limitations -726 i/o error with lanczos vector file -727 failure of bidiagonal ql iteration to con
CR 36682 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Requesting Huge mem may yield Wrong Answers Reguesting more than 1200mb of memory on an RS6000 system may result in wrong answers or a fatal message.
CR 36685 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - INREL, SUPORT1 - SFM 3007 in UPARTN If there are multiple subcases with SUPORT1 command in some, but not all, subcases and PARAM,INREL,-1 is specified in the Bulk Data then the run will terminate with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UPARTN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARTN
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile statrs alter 'if ( norset','' if ( norset<6 and norset>0 ) then $ endalter Known Error Product CR 36701 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 36701 Dynamic Analysis - DAREA - Unexpected Answers If on the DAREA entry the coordinate system is specified as "0" for a grid point it will be interpreted as "1". For example: $ pi ci DAREA 410 3 0 1
Description
is interpeted by the program as DAREA 410 3 1 1 This may cause unexpected answers. Avoidance: Specify the desired degree of freedom.
Known Error Product
CR 36709 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSVG1D - UFM 5172 When Material has no Density If a designed property (DESVAR/DVPREL1) references a material with zero density, then the job will fail with the following messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5172 (DSVG1D) THE VARIATIONAL ELEMENT ID IN MDICTDSF INCONSISTENT WITH THE VARIATIONAL ELEMENT ID IN DSPT1, MODULE DSVG1 IS TERMINATED. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSVG1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED MDICTDSF AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Specify a non-zero density on the material entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 36727 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis w/Differential Stiffness - SUPORTi, STATSUB, scr=yes UFM 4407 If differential stiffness is requested in dynamic analyis, supported degreesof-freedom are specified (see the SUPORT or SUPORT1 entries), and the job is run with scr=yes, then the mass matrix will not be reduced to the supported degreesof-freedom and UFM 4407 will be issued.
Description
Known Error
CR 36727 Avoidance: Run with scr=no or insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'or kdiff','' if ( true ) then $ endalter
CR 36730 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBULK, SECONCT - UFM 6794 When using part superelement, only a single boundary point is allowed at a particular boundary location (within a specified tolerance), this is design intent. However, it has been observed in a model that the job terminates with the following messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6794 (SEPSEB) DUPLICATE BOUNDARY POINTS DETECTED IN UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT 1 WHILE SEARCHING 0 AT GRID 7001. LIST FOLLOWS: 13403 49682 even though the points identified do not appear to be at the same location within the tolerance. The exact cause of this error is not known at this point. Avoidance: Use the SEEXCLD command to remove all but a single boundary point at each PART.
Description
CR 36737 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM SOFTEXIT YES, SDR1 - UFM 4574 If PARAM,SOFTEXIT,YES is specified with static or frequency response analysis in SOL 200, then the run will fail with UFM 4574 and SFM 3001 in module SDR1 and subDMAP SEDISP on the final data recovery.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'dbdelete','' endalter
CR 36741 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectrum Analysis - RSPEC - SFE 4276 EC 777 If a response spectrum analysis is performed in Version 70.5 on HP computers, then the job may fail with the following message and traceback in the RSPEC module: Process traceback ... ( 0) 0x00093e90 sysrcv + 0x2a0 [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] ( 1) 0x01126d78 _sigreturn [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] ( 2) 0x004935e8 rspcod_ + 0x740 [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] ( 3) 0x00199024 rspec_ + 0xbc [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] ( 4) 0x00098d44 xsem14_ + 0x2fc [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] ( 5) 0x0008fbc8 mainal_ + 0x9b0 [/nast2/msc705t2/hpux/analysis] real 19.5 Avoidance: The only avoidances are to run Version 70 or generate the curves on another computer.
Description
CR 36752 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MSCACT - UFM (mscact) Unknown keyword The MSCACT utility incorrectly flags the keyword assignment "summary=jid" as an error and outputs the message shown below. However, "summary=job" is accepted and generates the requested functionality. USER FATAL MESSAGE (mscact) unknown keyword "summary=jid". Avoidance:
Description 1) Use "summary=job" instead of "summary=jid".
2) Alternatively, the error can be corrected by changing line 1180 of /msc705/util/mscact.c from else if( !strncmp( "job", q, lq ) ) to else if( !strncmp( "jid", q, lq ) )
Known Error
CR 36752 Once the change is made, rebuild MSCACT as described in the "Configuration and Operations Guide".
Known Error Product
CR 36764 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - FORCE(PHASE), Velocities and Pressure levels - Wrong Answers The acoustic output titled "COMPLEX ACCELERATIONS VELOCITIES AND PRESSURE LEVELS" prints an incorrect format for the element ID when the MAGNITUDE/PHASE option is requested. The incorrect format is that the "PRESSURE(DB)" column is truncated and the phase values are misaligned. Here is an example of the incorrect MAGNITUDE/PHASE output: (PEAK ) COMPLEXACCELERATIONSVELOCIT IESANDPRESSURELEVELS (MAGNITUDE/PHASE) ELE-ID EL-TYPE X-ACCELERATION Y-ACCELERATION Z-ACCELERATION X-VELOCITY Y-VELOCITY Z-VELOCITY PRESSURE (DB) 1.4994E-43 HEXPR 1.364242E-11 -2.376055E-10 CR 36776 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBAL, DLINK, DOM9 - UFM 6499 (DOM9D) An optimization job which designs PBARL dimensions with DLINK entries fails in DOM9 with the following message: THE GRADIENT OF CONSTRAINT NUMBER NNNNN IS ZERO CONSTRAINT IS REMOVED FROM THE ACTIVE SET ** THIS IS A VIOLATED CONSTRAINT ** A FATAL ERROR WILL BE GENERATED
Description
Description
**** ONE OR MORE VIOLATED CONSTRAINTS HAS A ZERO GRADIENT **** NO PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE OPTIMIZATION TERMINATED
Known Error
CR 36776 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499 (DOM9D) THE DOT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR THAT MAKES FURTHER PROGRESS IMPOSSIBLE. SEE MESSAGES ABOVE. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 36777 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYISIS=MODES and MFREQ - SFM 3001 in DSAH If a model has fluid-structure interaction in SOL 200 and both ANALYSIS=MODES and ANALYSIS=MFREQ are requested, the run may fail with SFM 3001, stating that data block PHG does not exist.
Description
Avoidance: The following alter will avoid the FATAL error, but has not been confirmed to give correct answers. compile fea alter 'IF.*DOSUPER3 AND NOT.*FSCOUP','' IF ( DOSUPER3 ) THEN $
CR 36780 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - vers= - Does not get right version If a different version than the latest installed (or latest known by the invoked nastran command if under the form nastxxx where xxx is a version number) is requested, the rc files of the requested version are picked up, but not the executable and SSS. CR 36790 MSC / MD Nastran Radiation Heat Tranfer Analysis - VIEW, UDSFA - UFM 6136, estimate=mem, unsymmetric decomp MEM=estimate did not yield the correct estimate for a large heat trasnfer radiation problem. The job subsequenty Failed with the message:
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 36790 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (UDSFA) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR NUMERIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY 5217107 WORDS 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Use the following dmap alter to run the symmetric decomp instead of the unsymmetric decomp sol 153 diag 8 compile nlstatic list noref alter 'IF ( DCMPKLLT ) DCMP' (1,-1)$ modtrl kllrh////6/$ cend Heat transfer problem is all symmetirc problem and thus using symmetric decomp is a lot faster.The only exception is when there is fluid elements in the problem such as CONVM or when when the user imported the radiationmatrix from other software that has input an unsymmetric radiation exchange matrix (RADLST and RADMTX with MTXTYP =3 These are the unsymmetric physics applications anyway. As for the N4W avoidance:(there is no dmap available) Therefore the user can use: NASTRAN system(209)=0 in the executive section to force the unsymmetric solver to run UDCOMP which will require less memory or Increase mem=20MW in the NASTRAN submittal command
CR 36792 MSC / MD Nastran Aerodynamic Analysis - PARAM,OPGTKG,1 - Missing output PARAM,OPGTKG,1 requests a printout of the aerodynamic splining matrices. The capability was inadvertently deleted from Version 70.6. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1a alter 'np\=seid','' equivx uset0/aeusets/-1 $ equivx bgpdts/aebgpdts/-1 $ dbdict datablk=(aebgpdts,aeusets) select=(name,size, modltype,aeconfig,symxy,symxz) qualcurr $ dbview bgpdtf=aebgpdts where (modltype='aerostrc' or modltype='structur' ) $
Description
Known Error
CR 36792 dbview usetff=aeusets where (modltype='aerostrc' or modltype='structur' ) $ IF ( OPGTKG>=0 ) then $ MATGPR bgpdtf,usetff,,GPJK//'K'/'G' $ MATGPR bgpdtf,usetff,,GDJK//'K'/'G' $ endIF $ OPGTKG>=0 endalter
CR 36815 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - TEMPP3 - Wrong Answers The TEMPP3 thermal loading bulk data entry is obsolete and is no longer supported. The TEMPP3 entry may give wrong answers for composites with inplane or normal thermal gradients. Avoidance: Use the TEMPP1 bulk data entry instead which works correctly in all cases and includes the same features as the TEMPP3.
Description
CR 36821 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RHO - Incorrect Material Sensitivities The design sensitivities with respect to the material densities of transient response analysis that has a steady state response may be incorrect.
Description Avoidance: Do not specify the material density as a response for a steady state analysis since the response is not affected by the density. Known Error Product Abstract CR 36823 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - OTIME, SDR1 - BIOMSG: ERROR 211 in BLDPK In nonlinear transient analyis, if the value of an output time on an OTIME= request exceeds the time value of the final time step, the job will fail in the SDR1 module with the message: Description BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPK , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 STATUS = 0 the same job runs with fewer time step intervals for output (NO) on the
Known Error
CR 36823 TSTEPNL card or with fewer OTIME requests in the case control. Avoidance: Do not use the OTIME entry in nonlinear transient analysis. The Quick Reference Guide does not indicate that OTIME is supported for nonlinear transient solutions.
CR 36836 MSC / MD Nastran FMS - INIT - UFM 1257 If a large value is assigned to a DBSET member, e.g., init scratch logical(scratch(50gb)) then the job may fail with the following unclear messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1257 (DBMAP) THE MAX-SIZE SPECIFIED ON THE INIT FMS STATEMENT OR SMEM VALUE IN THE RC FILE OR SMEM KEYWORD IN THE COMMAND PROCEDURE FOR THE MEMFILE OF DBSET SCRATCH IS 100 BLOCKS AND IS LESS THAN THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM OF 110 BLOCKS. USER ACTION: SPECIFY A MAX-SIZE OR SMEM VALUE AT OR ABOVE THE RECOMMENDED VALUE. Avoidance: Either increase the buffsize or decrease the dbset value
Description
CR 36842 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,SESEF - UFM 5423 If the fraction of total strain energy (PARAM,SESEF) is requested and external superelements exist, the job will fails with USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES
Description
Avoidance: Include the following alter: compile postreig, list alter 'MPYAD.*KAA,PHILS','' type parm,,i,n,temp
Known Error
CR 36842 dbview kaanew=kaa, where(seid=temp and wildcard) temp=seid $ paraml kaanew//'trailer'/1/s,n,noaset $ MPYAD KAAnew,PHILS,/FA $
CR 36870 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analyis - MPCFORCE, SE, INTOUT - SFM 5423 (DMPYAD) If mpcforce output is requested in a nonlinear analysis, and the model contains superelements and intermediate output is requested, then the job will fail with the following messages: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7321 (SEDRDR) DATA RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 20 IS NOW INITIATED. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR KMG IS 101108522 1310 2 2 12 3 TRAILER FOR UGJ IS 102 1108522 2 2179608 8275 TRAILER FOR PM IS 103 5 1310 2200 TRANSPO CR 36930 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ECHOON, ECHOOFF - Doesn't Always Work Correctly ECHOON and ECHOOFF entries may be used in the Executive, Case Control, or Bulk Data but there are limitations. ECHOOFF must not be the first entry in the Executive Control section else it will be ignored. ECHOOFF does not handle continuation entries (for example SET commands) in the Case Control correctly. If after and ECHOOF command has been placed in the Bulk Data, PARAM entries are the only entries that follow the ECHOON command, they will not printed in the unsorted output.
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 36943 Aeroelastic Analyisis - GUST - Missing Output for Gust Analysis In SOL 146, the gust loads are computed inside the GUST module and then transformed to generalized coordinates. Only the generalized loads are output. This makes it impossible for clients to manipulate these loads in any meaningful way.
Description
Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 36949 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - GPFDR - Extra Output The GPFDR module with the third parameter xflag=1 (the cross strain energy output) gives extra output for the first subcase. There should be no results output for the first subcase. CR 36978 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Aeroelasticity - DMI, W2GJ - Downwash Matrices not Kept In SOL 200 with static aeroelasticity, user input downwash matrices (W2GJ) are not kept after the first cycle. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter in V70 and V70.5: COMPILE PFAERO ALTER 'dmiin' CALL DBSTORE W2GJ,,,,//0/1/'DBALL'/0 $ $ COMPILE FEA ALTER 'fea' $ TYPE PARM,,I,Y,IFOUND $ ALTER 'pfaero' IF ( DESCYCLE >1 ) CALL DBFETCH /W2GJ,,,,/0/1/0/0/S,IFOUND $ $ CR 36997 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Premature Termination - UIM 6464 An optimization job starting from a feasible region may terminate for a
Description
Known Error
CR 36997 hard convergence after the first design cycle without showing any improvement in either objective or constraint and showing any changes in the design variables. Here is the termination message: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6464 (DOM12E) RUN TERMINATED DUE TO HARD CONVERGENCE TO AN OPTIMUM AT CYCLE NUMBER = 1. Avoidance: None.
CR 36998 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - nlgyroa.v706 - Gyroscopic Effects Ignored The version 70.6 nlgyroa.v706 sssalter does not include the gyroscopic effect. Avoidance: Replace nlgyroa.v706 with the following alter. A copy of the revised alter is also available on the MSC web site. $ $ THIS ALTER IS CONFIDENTIAL AND A TRADE SECRET OF THE $ MACNEAL-SCHWENDLER CORP. THE RECEIPT OR POSSESSION OF $ THIS ALTER DOES NOT CONVEY ANY RIGHTS TO REPRODUCE OR $ DISCLOSE ITS CONTENTS, OR TO MANUFACTURE, USE, OR SELL $ ANYTHING HEREIN, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT THE $ SPECIFIC WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MACNEAL-SCHWENDLER CORPORATION. $ echooff $ $ $ nlgyroa.v706 - updated 8-13-99 $ $ updated July 7, 1998 - tlr $ $ added PARAM,RFORCE,i - set i to the RFORCE to be used by this alter $
Description
CR 37010 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - SFM 4276, EC 31
Known Error
CR 37010 When an optimization deck includes a DRESP2 entry which references the same DRESP1 ID more than once, the following system fatal message is issued from module DOM9: BIOMSG: ERROR 31 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GETSTR , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0
Description STATUS = 0 followed by: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276.GETSTR ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 Avoidance: Do not duplicate the same DRESP1 ID on a DRESP2 entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 37027 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART - SFM 3001 for QHHA or Inefficient Restart A read-only restart in aeroelastic solution 145 will unnecessarily recompute and decompose the AJJT for a list of existing Mach numbers and reduced frequency even though the list is a subset of the original list. Another symptom is SFM 3001 for QHHA. Description Avoidance: If the original MKAERO1 entry is re-entered as it was input on the initial run, then the AMG and DECOMP modules in the PFAERO subDMAP will not be re-run.
CR 37031 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AESYMXZ, AESYMXY, AECONFIG, IFP - UFM 603 Case control commands are free field input and should allow users to add comments at the end of the lines so long as a dollar sign precedes the comment. The new Version 70.6 aeroelastic analysis case control commands do not allow comments to be specified on the same line as the command. The simple input file below fails in IFP due to the comments onthe AE* case control commands.
Description
Known Error
CR 37031 sol 144 cend aesymxz=symmetric $ this is a comment on the aesymxy line aesymxy=asymmetric $ this is a comment on the aesymxy line aeconfig=csr $ this is a comment on the aeconfig line spc = 1 $ this is a comment on the SPC line begin bulk param,checkout,yes enddata
CR 37032 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - Possible Wrong Answers When residual vector is requested, it has been observed on some models that the additional augmented eigenvalue is lower than the highest calculated mode. This has been observed on a very small problem and also on problems using virtual mass. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile resvec alter 'matmod oxf','' type parm,,rs,y,resvoxf=.001 $ matmod oxf,,,,,/ox5,/2////resvoxf $ filter again alter 'append=','' append=(noox5<0 or ox5r<10000) $ set flag for below endalter or inspect the augmented eigenvalue table, if the additional mode is lower than the highest calculated frequency, use o
CR 37038 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLTRD2 - Poor Performance in Unsymmetric Decomp The nltrd2 module may exhibit poor performance while performing an unsymmetric decomposition. Avoidance: The following dmap alter will allow a factor of four performance
Description
Known Error
CR 37038 improvement. compile nltran alter ' kjjnl, ' trnsp kjjnl/kjjnlt $ add5 kjjnl,kjjnlt,,,/xxx//-1. $ norm xxx/////1/s,n,xnorm $ if ( xnorm<=1.d-6 ) modtrl kjjnl////6 $ endalter
CR 37042 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MPYAD - SFM 4276 (GINO) If working memory is small relative to problem size, data is stored past the end of working memory, destroying executive tables. The result will ultimately be a confusing error message, such as: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (GINO) ERROR CODE 100 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (GINO) TO OBTAIN A NASTRAN DUMP RESUBMIT JOB WITH DIAG 44 INSERTED IN THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL SECTION.
Description
1 * * * END OF JOB * * * *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1123 (GDBSNO) DATABASE NUMBER: -10855138 IS OUT OF RANGE. DBSPTR = -1085513983 USER ACTION : MAKE SURE ALL ATTACHED DATABASE(S), INCLUDING THE DELIVERY DATABASE, ARE VERSION (e.g. 69) COMPATIBLE. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Increase memory.
CR 37043 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3, GP4 - Poor Efficiency When there are more than 50,000 rbe3 elements run times in the GP4 module, where they are processed, may be very long. Avoidance: Avoidances are to reduce the number of rbe3 elements, or put
Description
Known Error
CR 37043 them in several superelements. Each superelement will call GP4 for only the elements within it.
CR 37051 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - TRIM, ASG - SFM 4276, EC 100 The message "SYSTEM FATAL ERROR 4276 ERROR CODE 100" is issued from the ASG module in an aeroelastic trim analysis when there are no SUPORTed degrees of freedom but there are aerodynamic extra points (AESTAT and/or AESURF entries) that are not constrained on the TRIM entry. Avoidance: Constrain or remove the aerodynamic extra points or add to the SUPORT degrees of freedom.
Description
CR 37055 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - Component Modes - Excessive resource usage If component modes are requested and the number of q-set points is not exactly equal to the number of component modes then the reduced stiffness and mass matrices and the resulting residual structure matrices will contain many small off-diagonal terms which should be exactly zero. This condition contributes to inefficiencies in subsequent matrix operations. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile semr3 alter 'dotrip\=','' alter 'dotrip\='(2),'' alter 'nullkqq' nullkqq=0 $ alter 'cmmat' if ( noqset1>noqset ) then $ partn cmmat,,vq1qx/xxx,,,/1 $ equivx xxx/cmmat/-1 $ else if ( noqset1 merge cmmat,,,,,vq1qx/xxx/1 $ equivx xxx/cmmat/-1 $
Known Error
CR 37055 endif $ endalter
CR 37059 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NEC SX-5, HPIO - Job Hangs It has been reported that when HPIO is turned on the NEC SX-5 and the disk space is full, then nastran will not terminate properly and the job will hang. Avoidance: Kill the job manually.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 37078 MSC / MD Nastran Random Response - CBAR, PLOAD1 - SWM 3002, SFM 4276, missing PSD output If PSD element force or stress output for a BAR element is requested in a random analysis, and the loading involves PLOAD1 entries, then the requested random output will be missing. Depending on the machine, the job will issue one of the following messages: SWM 3002 "EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK OES2 (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE RAND2" SFM 4276 in the SDRX module. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: !. Replace the BAR elements with BEAM elements. 2. If the BAR element must be used, replace PLOAD1 with equivalent point loads.
Description
CR 37080 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Desgin Sensitivity - PBAR - Wrong Answers When an optimization job includes CBAR elements which are loaded by PLOAD1 entries, the end-B maximum stress, end-B minimum stress and end-B Safety
Known Error
CR 37080 margin in compression for the static case are incorrectly selected from the stress data file. Avoidance: Use item code + 1 for selecting end-B maximum stress and end-B minimum stress. However, there is no avoidance for getting the correct endB safety margin.
CR 37088 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - param,extdrout,dmigop2 - Wrong answers When using the enhanced external superelement capability, if the boundary points have a different order in the assembly model than in the component model, then the boundary solution written out for PARAM,EXTDROUT,DMIGOP2 will be in the incorrect order, resulting in incorrect results for data recovery on the component. Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter.
Description
compile super3 alter 'call.*extdrout','call.*extdrout'(3,) CALL EXTDROUT ULS,OL1M,EQEXINS,MAPS,uset/ DUM/APP1/' '/TRUE $ CALL EXTDROUT UH2,OL1R,EQEXINS,MAPS,uset/ DUM/APP/SOLTYP/TRUE $ ELSE $
Known Error Product
CR 37089 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis/Superelements - SPLINEi - AECOMP Datablock Does not Exist If external superelements are used in an aeroelastic solution and all splines are contained within the external superelements, the run will fail claiming that datablock AECOMP does not exist. CR 37102 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 37102 Superelements - Buckling, SPCD - Wrong Answers If buckling (SOL 105) is run with superelements and there are enforced displacement on the upstream superelements, then the static answers will be incorrect and hence the eigenvalues will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'ISOLAPP\=NSOLAPP','' noop() $ alter 'ISOLAPP\=ISOLAPP'(,-1) IF ( SEID>0 ) ISOLAPP=NSOLAPP $ endalter or place all enforced displacements on the boundary into the residual superelement.
Description
CR 37106 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMPP1 - QUADp Gives Wrong Answers for TEMPP1 Loads The QUAD p-element gives wrong results if it is loaded with temperature gradients (TEMPP1 entry). Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 37126 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - XYPLOT - LONG Command Default The MSC/NASTRAN V70.5 Quick Reference Guide case control description in the XYPLOT section for the LONG command says that the default is YES. This is not correct. The default is NO. CR 37128 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,EXTDROUT,DMIGOP2 - SFM 3007 (UPARTN) If the original component model for an external superelement has one or more superelements defined, and the residual structure is equal in size to the ASET chosen for the reduced matrices, then the data recovery run
Known Error Product
Corrected Version 70.7.2 Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 37128 on the component will fail with the following messages if the PARAM,EXTDROUT,DMIGOP2 option is used. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (UPARTN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE CALCV Avoidance: Insert the following alters. compile extdrin alter 'upartn.*uset.*ul','' paraml uset//'uset'//////'g'/s,n,lgset/'a'/s,n,noaset $ if(lgset<>noaset)then $ UPARTN USET,EXTDB/UL,,,/'G'/'A'/'O'/1 $ else $ equivx extdb/ul/-1 $ endif $
CR 37130 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER, SE - SFM 3001 In SOL 200, if ANALYSIS=FLUTTER and superelements exist, the analysis results will be wrong if the aerodynamic model is splined to an upstream superelement. Further,the job may fail with SFM 3001 in DVSG1 indicating that datablock DUG does not exist. See also CSR 38501 Avoidance: Run the model without using superelements, or use this alter for V70.7.
Description
compile respsen alter 'dsflte','dsflte' DSFLTE KHHx,BHHx,MHHx,QHHL,FLUTAB,r1tabr,casem/ CPHFL,CPHFR,VTQU $ alter 'dug0','vtqu0'(2) IF ( NODUD>0 ) CALL xSEDRDR, DUD,EMAP,CASEXX,SLT,ETT,MAPS,bgpdts,USET, GOAT,GOAQ,GM,CASEs,casem/ DUG/ RSONLY/'DYNAMICS'/false $ IF ( NODVD>0 ) CALL xSEDRDR, DVD,EMAP,CASEXX,SLT,ETT,MAPS,bgpdts,U CR 37132
Known Error
CR 37132 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - sedampa doesn't supposrt r-set and c-set If R- or C-set dof exist in a superelement and the sssalter sedampa is used, the associated superelement will not have modal damping applied. The alter is intended to terminate the run with a message stating that C- and R-set dof are not supported by the alter. Avoidance: Do not use R- or C-set dof with the alter. The alter has been replaced by a standard feature, which does allow R- or C-set dof to exist in Version 70.7.
Description
To correct the alter, replace paraml uset//'uset'////s,n,nousetxx//'R'/s,n,norset/ 'C'/s,n,nocset $ with paraml uset0//'uset'////s,n,nousetxx//'R'/s,n,norset/ 'C'/s,n,nocset $
CR 37146 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART, GUST - SFM 5423, Incompatible Matrices If an aerelastic gust analysis attempts to change the number of retained modes in a restart, then "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423" is issued indicating an "ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES (SADD5)" Avoidance: Perform a cold start.
Description
CR 37151 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Plot Command AXES is miss typed as AXIS In case control section of Quick Reference Guide the Plot command AXES page header and format spell it as AXIS which is incorrect. CR 37152 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 37152 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRK - SFM 3001 "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001" occurs in the MODTRK module when all three of the following are present: 1. shape design variables, 2. at least one subcase with mode tracking 3. and at least one subcase with ANALYSIS=STATICS Avoidance: Place the MODTRAK request above the subcase level
Description
CR 37169 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ADAPT - Typographical Error The Quick Reference Guide description of the ADAPT entry contains the typographical error:
Description
TY=PEUNIP, SIGT=OL22 it should be TYPE=UNIP, SIGTOL=22
Known Error Product
CR 37173 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,SOFTEXIT - Incomplete Design History In SOL 200, if PARAM SOFTEXIT YES is used and soft convergence is achieved, the DESIGN CYCLE HISTORY does not include the results from the final exact analysis.
Description
Avoidance: The information that should be in the DESIGN CYCLE HISTORY can be obtained using the P1 and P2 parameters on the DOPTPRM entry. CR 37178 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Missing UFM 315 - Unexpected Answers If a negative sign is the only character in a field of a bulk data entry
Known Error
CR 37178 it may be ignored. This may lead to unexpected answers. For example if the negative sign was intended for the value in the following field as in the following entry: CBAR 70101 51001 464 1322 0. 0. 1.0 ++000363 ++000363 - .238 - .238 +000364 Avoidance: Specify "ECHO=PUNCH" in the Case Control and perform a search (grep) on negative signs followed by blanks ("- ").
CR 37190 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL - Wrong Answers Use of PBARL with "T" section in an optimization task may cause an infeasible result with Version 70.5 or earlier release of MSC.Nastran.
Description
Avoidance: 1. Use equivalent PBAR with DVPREL2 equations defining the PBAR properties. 2. Use a new version such as v70.7.
CR 37195 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivities - Rigid Elements - Incorrect Sensitivities When a shape optimization job has locations of rigid elements being designed it may result in incorrect sensitivities or may have difficulty converging. This may lead to excessive time in the DSVGP5 module.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Version 70.7 corrects this error and shows a dramatic improvement in performance of the DSVGP5 module for some problems. Known Error CR 37222
CR 37222 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RESTART - Inefficient Processing Restarts into SOL 200 will not be efficient if the design model is not included in the cold start run. Avoidance: 1. Include the design model in the cold start run or 2. Insert the following alter in the cold start run: compile prtsum alter 1 DBEQUIV WHERE (DESITER=0 and WILDCARD) , CONVERT (DESITER=1), OVRWRT $ endalter
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CR 37224 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, DSAD - SFM 4276, Poor Message In solution 200, when using the cfailure criteria force item code 7 (interlaminar stress), NASTRAN will either fail in the DSAD module with system fatal 4276 or give wrong answers if the code is specified for the last lamina (ply). This fatal occurs because there are no interlaminar stresses for the last lamina since interlaminar stresses are between laminae. Also, using the cfailure criteria as force item code 8 (max of FP and FB) will fail unless the lamina (ply) number specified on the DRESP1 is the final one. CR 37227 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Creep Law May Cause Overflow - SFM 4276 in nmcrd Some forms of creep law may cause an overflow condition in nonlinear creep analysis. The error causes an overflow in the nmcrd subroutine which will be identified in the log file. Avoidance: A different creep law may avoid the error.
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CR 37247 Transient Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answer In transient analysis, thermal strains are not subtracted from the total strains before computing the state of stress. This leads to wrong answers. Avoidance: This is a limitation, there is no avoidance.
CR 37253 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Virtual Mass, MFLUID - Wrong Answers Virtual mass will cause wrong results when used with cyclic symmetry if a fluid segment is modeled. This path should be blocked with a fatal error. Fully enclosed fluids in each segment will give correct answers. Avoidance: Use acoustic fluid elements instead.
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CR 37263 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUID - PARAM,VMOPT,1 Does Not Function Properly When param, vmopt, 1 is present, the virtual mass should be added to the structural mass at the g-set, that is, before any constraints are applied. In Version 70.6 and 70.7 and V2001, setting this parameter has no effect and the solution method adds virtual mass after all constraints are applied. This may or may not affect the results Avoidance: The alter below will make vmopt, 1 take effect. compile semg list noref $ Alter 'if ( vmopt=1 and','' $ always do what user requests IF ( VMOPT=1 ) THEN $ Compile semrm list noref $ Alter 'if ( vmopt=0 or','' $ IF ( VMOPT=0 ) THEN $
Description
Note that the original dmap would over-rule the user's request if it did not seem to "make sense". The alter always honors the vmopt request. Note that if vmopt=1 is used on medium- and large-size mode Known Error CR 37264
CR 37264 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - MPYAD - MPYAD Method 1, Storage 2 not selected Under certain condition, the MPYAD Method 1, Storage 2 method, which is optimized for dense matrices, will not be correctly selected. This happens when all of the B and D matrices just fit into working memory. Avoidance: The work around is to either increase or decrease memory.
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CR 37284 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - MSGCMP.EXE, Windows NT - Missing Utility The msgcmp.exe executable is missing from the Version 70.5 NT release of MSC/Nastran.
Description
Avoidance: Download msgcmp.exe from the MSC ftp site or contact your local support person. The file is located in the /pub/outing directory. Since this is an executable, use the BIN option for downloading. CR 37290 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,POST - Patran may use the xdb The Quick Reference Guide documentation of parameter POST,0 does not mention the possibility to use the xdb database with MSC.Patran. This should be added and it should be clarified that the parameters MODEL and SOLID are not supported by MSC.Patran. CR 37291 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - GE - Wrong Sensitivities In a dynamic optimization job, if the design variables include damping coefficients and the adjoint method path is invoked, then the dynamic response sensitivity coefficients with respect to all design variables will be incorrect. This error has been corrected in Version 70.7.
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Known Error
CR 37291 Avoidance: Turn off the adjoint method using the following dmap alter compile descon alter 'dsad'(1,-1) pexist = true alter 'dsad' pexist = false
CR 37295 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATHP - Poor Convergence The following sentence need to be added to the Quick Reference Guide description of the TAB1 parameter of the MATHP entry:
Description
Stresses are negative for compression and positive for tension. If this convention is not followed the job may fail to converge or issue a traceback.
CR 37307 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(MAT), HEXA - Wrong Equivalent Stress The "EQUIVALENT STRESS" for the nonlinear HEXA element is wrong if there are temperature dependent material properties. Avoidance: There is not avoidance.
CR 37309 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - APPEND - UFM 4276 EC 1039 The APPEND module may fail and issue the message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276.OPENDV EC=1039" Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The error is fixed in Version 70.7.
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Known Error
CR 37319
CR 37319 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB - Unexpected Answers DESGLB is intended for the selection of design constraints at the global level (e.g., weight, volume). If DESGLB is used above the subcase level with the intent to apply the constraints to all the subcases, the constraints will be ignored for the second and subsequent subcases.
Description Avoidance: Use of the DESSUB above the first subcase applies it to all subsequent subcases until a new DESSUB request is entered. DESGLB is reserved for subcase independent response only. Known Error Product Abstract CR 37335 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - NMLOOP, LOOPID - Inefficient Restart, Modes Recalculated In a restart from SOL 106 to SOL 111, the stiffened modes are being recalculated unnecessarily. Avoidance: Insert the following dmap avoidance. Description compile semfreq $ alter 'call modefsrs'(,-1) $ equivx lama/lamas/-1 $ equivx pha/phsa/-1 $ if ( false ) then $ alter 'call modefsrs' $ endif $ endalter CR 37336 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - SEGYRO, CYGYR0 Alters - Wrong Results with Parameter DEPEND=-1 The SEGYRO alter puts the gyroscopic terms in the damping matrix and not in the mass matrix for param, depend,-1 and this leads to wrong answers. The assumption eigenvalue lambda = i*Omega is not valid in a rotating reference frame. The Corillis forces are equal to the mass times the cross product of the
Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 37336 rotation vector times the velocity vector in the ROTATING SYSTEM. ie. f=m(omega X V ). The assumption that lambda is proportional to i*omega is only good for a limited set of response cases where the applied load has the same frequency as the rotations. An example would be an unbalanced turbine. The problem would diverge at the critical rotational frequency.
CR 37341 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,CDITER and INREL - Wrong Answers If PARAM,INREL,-1 is specified along with PARAM,CDITER,n then no message is issued stating that PARAM,INREL will be ignored The Version 70.5 Release Guide and QRG indicate that PARAM,CDITER and INREL are mutually exclusive. A fatal message will be issued in Version 2001. CR 37344 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACSRCE, DAREA - Wrong Answers When using an ACSRCE power input during an acoustic frequency response analysis, if the scale factor on the DAREA is increased, then QDOT is erroneously factored instead of power. Avoidance: Scale the values on the TABLEDi instead.
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CR 37356 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - DLOAD - SFM3002 (TAH1) If transient thermal analysis loads (QVOL, QHBDY) are combined with temperature dependent material properties (MATT4), then the analysis will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 in the TAHT module.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 37382 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 37382 Nonlinear Analyis - CBUSH1D, PARAM,LGDISP - Wrong Answers Small initial values of stiffness for the CBUSH1D element, i.e. K=1, may lead to wrong results when PARAM, LGDISP,1 is specified. The problem occurs because the compression displacement is not limited to the length of the element. Avoidance: Specify a larger value for the stiffness.
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CR 37392 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CELAS1, CAABSF - UFM 5423 If frequency dependent elements are present in both the fluid (CAABSF) and the structure (CELAS1) then the run will fail with UFM 5423. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 'if ( fs )'(2),'' if ( false ) then $ alter 'if ( fs )'(3),'' if ( false ) then $ alter 'if ( fs )'(4),'' if ( false ) then $ alter 'if ( fs )'(5),'' if ( false ) then $ endalter
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CR 37399 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - OUTPTR Module does not Process STRAIN Requests The OUTPRT module introduced in Version 70.7 does not process STRAIN requests. As a results the partitioning vector that is generated will not include these points unless they are requested with other output requests. Avoidance: An avoidance is to also request STRESS for the same output set. At present, this module is used only in sssalter spdra.v707.
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CR 37400 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - RFORCE - Wrong Answers Wrong answers may be obtained when RFORCE is applied to p-elements where p>2. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use the origin of the basic coordinate system to locate the rotation vector.
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Known Error Product
CR 37402 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BNDGRID - UFM 6499(DOM9), UFM 9050(SEKRRS) When the C field on a BNDGRID entry in a shape optimization task is left blank or takes the value of zero, this input error is not detected. Therefore, the job may fail in one of the following ways:
Description
1. UFM 6499 (DOM9) due to a zero gradient of a violated constraint 2. UFM 9050 (SEKRRS) due to excessive pivot rations in Matrix KLL. 3. Wrong Answers Avoidance: Specify a non-zero component on the C field.
CR 37403 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD - Wrong Answers If the first input, I1, to the MATMOD module, under option 12, is purged then the module will incorrectly report that NONULL=0 and the O1 output is purged without warning or fatal even if the second and third inputs (I2 and I3) are not purged and contain null columns. The documentation for MATMOD option 12 contained in the DMAP Module and Data Blocks Guide states that only I2 and I3 may be purged, which implies that a fatal message should be issued if I1 is purged. Avoidance: Rearrange the inputs so that the first input is not purged.
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Known Error Product
CR 37407 Superelements - SEP1X, DTI, SETREE - SFM 4276 EC 3001 If external superelements are used in a multi-level model containing PART superelements (BEGIN SUPER), and the multi-level tree is defined using a DTI,SETREE entry, the run may fail in the SEP1X module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. The fatal message will indicate that "ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN GREAD".
Description
Avoidance: Replace the DTI,SETREE entry with an SETREE entries. Actual error in DTI,SETREE where the user entry was DTI,SETREE,0 when the QRG stipulates DTI,SETREE,1 as the required starting format. Using the latter the job executes properly as a multi-level tree. Code corrected to use default of single level as a processing attempt, and for this job is also successful.
CR 37411 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - FATAL, Infinite CPU Loop If MSC.Nastran is run with DMP=n (n > 1) on an NEC system, and there is a FATAL message, then the processors which do not get the FATAL hang. They accumulate CPU time, but never finish. Avoidances: Avoidances are given below; however, this and several other problems related to DMP have been corrected in Version 70.7.2. DMP users should install this later version.
Description 1. Modify the $MSC_BASE/bin/nast707.lcl file: insert after line 294: %MSC_ARCH=superux:% errorcode=$? insert at the end of the file: %MSC_ARCH=superux:% exit $errorcode
2. Or run without DMP being specified. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 37437 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - dmp>1 and multiple FREQ subcases - Infinite loop A job with multiple frequency subcases submitted with Distributed Memory
Known Error
CR 37437 Parallel, dmp>1, in solution 111 will hang. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile freqrs alter 'ckdd,cbdd'(,-1) $ putsys(1,287) $ alter 'ckddf,cbddf'(,-1) $ putsys(1,287) $ compile semfreq alter 'fs and'(,2),'' jump endloop $ alter 'if ( loopflag'(,-2) label endloop $ endalter
CR 37454 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP, ITER=YES, SPCF - SFM If distributed memory parallel processing is specified with the iterative solver and spcforces are requested, the the job will fail.
Description Avoidance: Either do not request spcforces, distributed processing, or the iterative solver. Known Error Product CR 37457 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, Smax, Smin - Possible Wrong Answers In an optimization run, if PBARL is used and only Smax or Smin is specified instead of the four stress data recovery points, then wrong answers may occur. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: Description 1. Specify all four stress data recovery points instead of using Smax or Smin. or 2. Use PBAR instead of PBARL.
CR 37458 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - DBC, PARAM,POST - Job Crashes during BLKWRT A job with thousands of subcases may fail in DBC during a BLKWRT. The following message was encountered: MSC.XL DATA BASE CONVERSION STARTED PROJECT 0 0 0 0 0 00000 PATHQUAL 0 0 0 0 0 00000 PATHLINK 0 0 0 0 0 00000 PATHINT 0 0 0 0 0 00000 POST-PROCESSING DATA RECOVERY INITIATED SUBCASES 1 0 1 0 0 10000 ILLEGAL DATA BASE NUMBER PASSED TO BLKW
Description
CR 37462 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP>1, CBAR, CBEAM, SEQP - SFM 4276 If a statics job is submitted with Distributed Parallel Processing, dmp>1, and the job contains BAR or BEAM elements that specify disjoint GRID points for the orientation vector then the job may fail in the SEQP module or hang. Avoidance: There are several avoidances:
Description 1. Do not use distributed parallel processing. 2. Modify the CBAR, CBEAM entries to explicityly define a coordinate direction. 3. Modify the CBAR, CBEAM entry to reference an attached GRID point. 4. User Version 70.7.2 where this error has been corrected. Known Error Product CR 37483 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SFM 3007 (NLCOMB)/ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCXGR
Known Error
CR 37483 MSC.Nastran may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLCOMB), ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCXGR on Sun/Solaris systems when run with MEM => 2Gb. Avoidance: Either: 1. Reduce memory below 2Gb 2. Run with version 70.7 or higher.
Description
CR 37485 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Incorrect Sensitivities for Static Aero Incorrect sensitivities and subsequent poor optimization performance occurs on long word machines, such as the CRAY, for static aeroelastic sensitivity analysis when there are more design variables than there are AESTAT and AESURF entries. Avoidance: Run the job on a short word machine, reduce the number of design variables, or increase the number of AESTAT/AESURF entries to satisfy the above inequality.
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CR 37486 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - GPSP, PARAM,AUTOSPC - be-set dofs may be autospcd The be-set is a new set introduced in Version 70.7. It is not used in any solution sequences at present. Its only use is in the rflaga.v707 alter package. The be-set should not be autospcd, even when singular. This is analogous to the suport entry. It sometimes is autospcd, although the circumstances when this happens are not well understood yet. Avoidance: An avoidance is to always used an spcoff entry for every be-set point. It may not be necessary, but it should not cause problems either. Example uset, be, 17, 3 spcoff, 17 3
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Known Error
CR 37487
CR 37487 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - USET - UFM 2104 (GP4), Poor Message The be-set is new in Version 70.7. When a degree-of-freedom is placed in a mutually exclusive set, such as the s-set, and the be-set, the following truncated message appears: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) SCALAR POINT 1 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS US
Description
The phrase "UBE" should also appear. If you see a message of this type look for be-set entries on the same dof . These dofs are entered on USET, BE-type inputs. Known Error Product CR 37495 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Hoffman's Theory incorrect in Composites Seminar Notes (NAS113) The Equation for Hoffman's Failure Theory in Chapter 5 of the NAS113 (Analysis of Composites Materials) semninar notes is incorrect. There is a sign error for one term. The term: (SIG1*SIG2) / (Xt*Xc) should be preceded by a negative sign in the equation.
Corrected Version 70,7 Abstract
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CR 37496 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - CELAS2 , STRESS - Wrong Answers In a direct frequency response analysis, the stress output for the CELAS2 element is incorrect. Avoidance: Use the CBUSH element instead,
CR 37503 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Misleading UWM 5462 (IFS5P)
Known Error
CR 37503 The presence of acoustic elements always leads to the following misleading warning message:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5462 (IFS5P) OPTIONS IN PSOLID ID = 800000 FOR FLUID ELEMENT ARE NOT ALLOWED. DEFAULT VALUES WILL BE TAKEN. Avoidance: Ignore the warning message.
CR 37585 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SET - Duplicate Output If a SET command is used to request grid point output, and the set contains a thru range referencing non-existing grid points, then duplicate output will be printed for the last existing grid point. For the following example, no grid point exists between the range of 10001 and 10010, the displacement for grid point 12 is printed twice. SET 1 = 11,12 , 10001 THRU 10010 $ DISP(PHASE,SORT2) = 1
Description
Avoidance: Remove the reference to the non-existing grid points in the set. Known Error Product Abstract CR 37590 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - GPFDR - Output does not include MPC forces in SOL 144 When Grid Point Forces (GPFORCE) are requested in SOL 144 (Static Aero), the forces of multipoint constraint (MPCFORCE) should be included in the output, but are not. Description Avoidance: Add the MPCFORCE=ALL or MPCFORCE(PLOT)=ALL output request to Case Control to cause the MPC forces to be computed. Once computed, they will be included in the GPFORCE output. CR 37593 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPER, STATSUB, SPC - UFM 1126 (GNFIST)
Known Error
CR 37593 In a normal modes analysis with image superelements (CSUPER), if the structure is preloaded (STATSUB) and spcs are applied to the interior of the primary superelement, then the job will fail with the following unclear error messages:
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MATREDU IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = KDSF , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE KDSF=OVRWRT Description Avoidance: Replace the following nddl statement PATH KDSF PEID,MPC,SPC,MTEMP,NLOOP,DESITER,PVALID, APRCH,HIGHQUAL,K2GG,M2GG,AUXMID,STATSUB,P2G $
with PATH KDSF seid,PEID,MPC,SPC,MTEMP,NLOOP,DESITER,PVALID, APRCH,HIGHQUAL,K2GG,M2GG,AUX Known Error Product Abstract CR 37597 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - delmodea.vxx, Part Superelements - Modes Not Deleted When using the delmodea.vxx alter with PART superelements, and the DMI,SKPMODE entry is placed in the main bulk data section, then selected modes will not be deleted. The following warning messages will be issued: ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE: MODE PARTITIONING MATRIX NOT FOUND IN BULK DATA ^^^ PLEASE CHECK INPUT DECK FOR DMI, SKPMODE ENTRIES ^^^ ^^^ THE MODE DELETION ROUTINE CANNOT CONTINUE - NORMAL PROBLEM SOLUTION CONTINUING WITH ALL MODES... Avoidance: Either request a copy of the updated alter from your local support engineer or put the DMI, SKPMODE in the last partitioned bulk data section.
Description
CR 37598 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP, Component Modes - Infinite loop If distributed parallel processing is selected by setting dmp>1 on a component modes analysis the job may hang. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile cmpmode alter 'xofp' if ( getsys(np,265)>1 ) then $ delete /cmlama,cmphixz,cmmi,cmoeigs,eigvmats $ disutil ,,,,/cmlama///3 $ disutil ,,,,/cmphixz///3 $ disutil ,,,,/cmmi///3 $ disutil ,,,,/cmoeigs///3 $ disutil ,,,,/eigvmats///3 $ paraml cmphixz//'trai CR 37600 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PSHELL - Incorrect NLSTRESS Format The NLSTRESS format is wrong if both plane-strain and plane-stress shell elements exist in the same input file. That is if multiple PSHELL records exist, some with MID2>-1 and some with MID2=-1.
Description
Description
Avoidance: This output can be turned off by requesting NLSTRESS=NONE. Another avoidance is not to put both types of shell elements into a single nonlinear run. The other results (including the stresses using the linear format) are not affected. CR 37602 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - DMP, dmp>1 and iterative solver - SFM 4276 (UNPACK) If a SOL 101 run is made with Distributed Memory Parallel and the iterative solver is selected, then the job may crash with the following message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 20 PID= 0
Known Error
CR 37602 Avoidance: Do not use DMP. The error is corrected in Version 70.7.2
CR 37606 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP>1 and mergeresults=yes, OLOAD - Wrong Answers In static analysis with domain decomposition (a.ka., Distributed Memory Parallel, dmp>1) and mergeresults=yes on the nastran submittal line, the OLOAD output and OLOAD maximums will be wrong for the boundary points if distributed loads like PLOAD and GRAV are applied. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile sedisp alter 'pj0s','pj0s'(,1) upartn usetx,pj/pax,pga,,/'g'/'a'//1 $ merge ,,pax,,,,spcpart/pag0/1 $ Loads at boundary due to local $ distributed loads DISUTIL pag0,,,/pg0///8 $ sum of all boundary dist. loads disutil pg0,,,/pg00///3 $ broadcast to slaves if ( getsys(np,265)>1 ) equivx pg00/pg0/-1 $ CR 37615 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - UWM 4698 (DCMPD), SFM 7340 When Lanczos encounters a massless mechanism it will first provide the following message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 (DCMPD) STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX (NONE) . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN 1.00000E+15 OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL. GRID POINT ID DEGREE OF FREEDOM MATRIX/FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIO MATRIX DIAGONAL
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Known Error Product
CR 37633 Restart - EIGRL, EIGR - Inefficient Restart In a restart run, if an unreferenced EIGRL (or EIGR) is added to the restart run input, then the modes will be recalculated even though the entry is not referenced. Avoidance: Remove the unreferenced EIGRL/EIGR entry.
Description
CR 37635 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - RESTART, PARAM,G, GE -Different Answers In a nonlinear transient restart analysis, if large displacement is turned on (param,lgdisp,1), and param W3 damping exists in the model (with PARAM,G ), the results may be different than the one in the coldstart run. The difference is due to the possible non-syncronization of the stiffness update between the coldstart and restart runs.
Description
Avoidance: Recommended damping in nonlinear transient (SOL 129) is param, W4 damping with GE value in MAT1. If stiffness update syncronization is desired with param W3 damping, set KSTEP=1 to force the stiffness update. Care must be exercise when there is adaptive gap element since the penalty stiffness can be fictituously high inducing an unrealistic high damping force. CR 37642 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - CBUSH, CAABSF, GMINTS, GMINTC - SWM 2072 If a model contains CBUSH elements, then upon RESTART SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072 will be issued by the RESTART module when it compares the GEOM2 data block. A similar error can occur if the model contains CBEND, CAABSF, GMINTS, or GMINTC entires. Avoidance: No avoidance is necessary, ignore the message.
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Known Error Product
CR 37646 Documentation/QRG - CSUPER - Improve Remark 3 of CSUPER Entry Remark 3 of the description of the CSUPER bulk data entry in the QRG should be improved to read:
Description
3. For identical or mirror image superelements, the grid point IDs, GPi, may appear in any order. However, if they are not in the same order as the external GRIDs of the primary superelement, then the SEQSEP entry is also required. In case of external superelements, the GRID IDs must be in the order that the terms in the associated matrices occur in. CR 37653 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - CREEP - Thermal Correction The Quick Reference documentation for the CREEP entry should be changed to further explain what turns on the thermal correction for the creep strain rate. If the T0=0.0 or blank, then the thermal correction is not utilized. However if PARA,TABS is used, TABS is added to T0 and then the thermal correction is utilized even if T0 is blank or 0.0. If thermal correction is utilized then, EXP must be meaningful and have the consistent units. CR 37661 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - Repeated SUPER Command - UFM 7323, Possible Wrong Answers If the SUPER case control command is repeated incorrectly as shown below . subcase 100 super = 0,1 . subcase 200 super = 0,2 . subcase 300 super = 0,1 . then following unclear fatal message is issued *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7323 (SEDRA) SUBCASES FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 HAS A LOAD SEQUENCE NUMBER = 1 WHICH IS OUT OF ORDER.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 37661 The job will continue to execute and the results are unpredictable. Avoidance: Correct the offending SUPER case control command.
CR 37700 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing/Statics - Distributed Memory Processing - SFM 7492 If DMP is specified on the command line for a SOL 101 run, the following error message may appear: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7492 (PRESOL) INCONSISTENT VALUE FOR NUMBER OF LOCAL GRIDPOINTS ON PROCESSOR 1: ACCORDING TO SIL TABLE, THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GRIDPOINTS IS 100763 ACCORDING TO GEQMAP, THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GRIDPOINTS IS 101073 USER ACTION: PLEASE CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. Avoidance: Do not use DMP. This error is corrected in Version 70.7.2.
Description
CR 37719 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V70.7 Release Guide - DCMPSEQ Section 2.7 of the Version 70.7 Release Guide documents a new keyword "DCMPSEQ". This section of the guide does not give examples and it contains a typo. The Guide states that this keyword is the same as SYSTBM(206), this is a typo, it should be SYSTEM(206). It states that the new option is invoked by adding 64 to the value of the keyword; however the default of SYSTEM(206) is not documented. The default value of SYSTEM(206) is 4 for all systems except NEC, the default for NEC is 0. This keyword must be set on the NASTRAN command line in the input deck. For all systems except NEC the input to activate this option is: NASTRAN DCMPSEQ=68 or
Description
Known Error
CR 37719 NASTRAN SYSTEM(206)=68
CR 37748 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - V70.7, New Log File Messages - Wrong DOF Output The following new messages are sent to the log file in Version 70.7: 10:32:43 Finite element model generation started. 10:32:43 Finite element model generated 1 degrees of freedom. 10:32:43 Finite element model generation successfully completed. The second message above always reports 1 DOF which is in almost all cases wrong.
Description
CR 37764 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing/Frequency Response - DMP, PARAM,RESVEC - UFM Distributed Memory Parallel frequency response analysis will fail when PARAM,RESVEC,YES is used to specify residual flexibility. Avoidance: Either: 1) Run using a newer version (V70.7.2 or newer) 2) Do not use residual vectors with dmp 3) Insert the following DMAP alter: compile resvec alter 'read '(,-1) $ For dmp>1, deactivate parallel np=getsys(np,197) $ capture NUMSEG if( np>1 ) putsys(0,197) $ set NUMSEG=0 alter 'read ' if( np>1 ) putsys(np,197) $ restore NUMSEG compile cmpmode alter 'read ' if ( getsys(np,197)>1 and getsys(np,265)>1 ) then $ $ Since the master node has all modes, then $ then we will generate a dummy mode on the $ slaves to avoid hang-ups. delete /cmlama,cmphixz,cmmi,cmoeigs,eigvmats $
Description
CR 37773 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - PARTN/MERGE - Poor Performance The PARTN and MERGE modules perform poorly when the partitioning vectors are purged. Avoidance: There is no avoidance but this has been corrected in Version 70.7.2.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 37775 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Q4SKEW,Q4TAPER, TETRAAR, and T3SKEW do not work in Unix rcfile On unix workstations, if you attempt to set SYSTEM cells 189, 190, 191, or 218 in the "rcfile" using the cell name (Q4TAPER, Q4SKEW, TETRAAR, T3SKEW), the default values will be used for these cells with no warning messages issued,
Description
Avoidance: Use the SYSTEM cell number in the "rcfile" for these cells. For example: nastran system(189)=1. nastran system(190)=1. nastran system(191)=100. nastran system(218)=1.
CR 37793 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Normal Modes - RESTART, PARAM,FOLLOWK - Wrong Answers Nonlinear normal mode analysis by a restart in SOL 103 from SOL 106 database gives erroneous solution in presence of follower forces in Version 70.7. The follower stiffness is not included in this restart runs. This error may be avoided if the normal mode analysis is performed in SOL 106 during the coldstart run, or SOL 103 is used with a statsub option for the preload. However, a restart procedure is required if free-free modes are subject to a nonlinear deformation under the preload.
Description
Known Error
CR 37793 Avoidance: For free-free modes, insert the following DMAP alter into the SOL 103 restart compile semg alter 'call semg1' type parm,,char8,y,followk='yes' $ TYPE PARM,,RS,N,stol=0. $ type db slt $ dbstatus slt//s,n,noslt $ PARAML CASES//'DTI'/COLNO/4//S,N,LOADID $ if ( followk='yes' and noslt>0 and loadid>0 and seid=0 ) then $ TAFF SLT,BGPDTS/ESTF,GPECTF/ LUSETS/LOADID/0/1. $ EMG ESTF,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,UGni,ETT,EDT, DEQATN,DEQIND,BGPDTS,GPSNTS,,,,/ KFELM,KFDICT,,,,/ 1/0/0//1/////////-1/1. $ EMA GPECTF,KFDICT,KFELM,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,,/ KFGG0,/-1 $ dbview cstm0=cstms where (peid=0) $ emakfr bgpdts,cstms,slt,mjj,cstm0,scstm/ kfrfgg/loadid $ rforce stiffness ADD5 KFGG0,kfrfgg,,,/Kfgg $ PARAML KFGG//'TRAILER'/3/S,N,UNSYM//S,N,NOKFGG $ IF ( UNSYM<>6 AND NOKFGG>-1 ) THEN $ $ Symmetrize stiffness matrix if unsymmetric TRNSP KFGG/KFGGT $ ADD5 KFGG,KFGGT,,,/KF/1./-1. $ norm kfgg/dummy///s,n,xnorm/1 $ stol = xnorm*1.e-11 $ tolerance recommended matmod kf,,,,,/kfa,/2////stol $ paraml kfa//'null'////s,n,notnull $ if ( notnull=-1 ) modtrl kfgg////6 $ symmetric ENDIF $ UNSYM<>6 AND NOKFGG>-1 add kfgg,kjj/kfjj $ equivx kfjj/kjj/-1 $ ENDIF $ FOLLOWK='YES ' endalter
CR 37797 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - diag= keyword does not work for all diags
Known Error
CR 37797 The "diag" command line keyword does not work for all possible diag flags. In particular, diag flags 5 and 6 cannot be set from the command line or an RC file. Avoidance: Set these diags in the bulk data file using the standard DIAG statement, DIAG 5,6
Description
CR 37799 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DRESP2, DRESP1 - SFM 3007 (DOPR3) In an optimization run, if a DRESP2 references both DRESP2 and DRESP1, and the DRESP1 references a property PTYPE (e.g., PBAR) which points to more than one element, then the job will fail with the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPR3) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOPR3J 0FATAL ERROR
Description
*** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 1156 (XCLNUP) GINO FILE 110 WAS LEFT OPEN AT PROGRAM TERMINATION. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Avoid referencing a DRESP2 with a DRESP2, reference a series of DRESP1 instead. 2. Reference ELEM instead of property on the PTYPE field on the DRESP1 entry.
CR 37805 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=MFREQ - UFM 9068 The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 9068 NO DRESP1 OR DRESP2 ENTRIES EXIST FOR DESOBJ=n" may be issued in error for a solution 200 analysis that contains only frequency or transient analysis subcases and the objective is a WEIGHT or VOLUME response. The fatal will only occur if the DRESP1 ID that is just below the ID called out by the DESOBJ request has a blank ATT1 field on the DRESP1 bulk data entry; i.e., the response is RTYPE = EIGN, FREQ or LAMA. Avoidance: Provide an ID on the DRESP1 entry for the WEIGHT or VOLUME
Description
Known Error
CR 37805 objective that is lower than any other DRESP1 ID or ensure that the ID that is just below the objective ID has a non-blank ATT1 value.
CR 37806 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V70.7 Release Guide Release Notes, p50, "File Size Reduction for Modal Frequency Response"
Description
The efficiencies described in this section require the use of sssalter spdra.v707, available on the msc internal web site. Contact your local MSC Technical Representative to get a copy of this dmap alter. CR 37812 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - InterFace Elements - Incorrect EPSILONs The EPSILON table produced when interface elements are used is incorrect in the NEC Version 70.7.0 release of MSC.Nastran The EXTERNAL WORK is correct however. Avoidance: There is on known avoidance. The error has been corrected in Version 70.7.2.
Description
CR 37832 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - TSTRU, TEMP(INIT) - SFM 3001(TA1) If TEMP(INIT) is set to the same ID as TSTRU then the job will fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (TA1) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 106) IN SUBROUTINE TA1ETD Avoidance: Specify a different set ID for TEMP(INIT).
Description
Known Error
CR 37833
CR 37833 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - INSTALL.txt and INSTALL.htm on CD state incorrect MPT version The files INSTALL.txt and INSTALL.htm on the V70.7 CD state that for running distributed parallel MSC.Nastran on SGI R8K/ R10K/R12K, MPT 1.5 is required. This is a typo, MPT 1.3 is required.
Description
CR 37834 MSC / MD Nastran Estimate - buffsize=estimate keyword broken in V70.7 In Version 70.7, if the keyword buffsize=estimate is used, then the job will fail with the following error messages in the f06 file. NASTRAN BUFFSIZE=ESTIMATE $(/USERS/SWAN/.NAST707RC[26]) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 17 (LOOKUP) SYMBOL "ESTIMATE" IS UNDEFINED followed later by: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 782 (SYSCHK) THE NASTRAN BUFFSIZE PARAMETER CANNOT BE SMALLER THAN MACHINE DEFAULT = 2049 USER INFORMATION: NASTRAN BUFFSIZE PARAMETER IGNORED. USER ACTION: USE THE INIT FMS STATEMENT TO SET THE DESIRED BUFFSIZE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL DBSET. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 480 (SYSCHK) JOB TERMINATED DUE TO ABOVE ERROR(S) IN THE NASTRAN STATEMENT PROCESSOR. FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Specify a specific buffsize.
Description
CR 37835 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - HP-UX, Install Script Reports No Disk Space Available Under some circumstances on HP-UX systems, mscsetup may report "0 MB" disk space available on NFS or automounted filesystems. The full circumstances
Known Error
CR 37835 are not yet known. Note: The error is a direct result of incorrect information being returned from the df(1) command on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00. The specific command used by mscsetup is "df -k", and sample output showing the error is: $ df -k /net/trinity/scratch /tmp_mnt/net/trinity/scratch (trinity:/scratch ) : 0 total allocated Kb 0 free allocated Kb 0 used allocated Kb 45 % allocation used Another invocation of df, that does not return sufficient i
CR 37837 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Estimate - Minimum Values The ESTIMATE utility will apply a minimum value to estimates for the following: Parameter Keyword Default Value (MB) --------- ---------- -----------------memory memmin 16 disk dskmin 1 sdball dballmin 1 scratch scratchmin 1 scr300 scr300min 1 The minimum value is applied after the conservative value (i.e., "memco", "dskco", "dballco", "scratchco", and "scr300co" respectively). Thus, setting "memco=0.5" to reduce all memory estimates by 50% will have *no* effect if the estimate falls below the minimum value.
Description
CR 37843 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOAD4, Large Field Format - UFM 4577 (GP3C) If a PLOAD4 references an element with large field format, the job may fail
Known Error
CR 37843 with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4577 (GP3C) PLOAD4 LOAD SET= 1 REFERENCES ELEMENT ID =******************* WHICH WAS NOT FOUND AMONG TRIA3, TRIA6, QUAD4, QUAD8, HEXA, OR PENTA ELEMENTS Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than renumbering the elements.
CR 37844 MSC / MD Nastran Accounting - XSEMDR - Can not Determine Solution Sequence In releases prior to Version 70.7 the f04 Execution Summary ended with the last module specific to the solution. Beginning in Version 70.7 the f04 Execution Summary ends with the last line XSEMDR END. For example: 13:19:02 0:13 212.0 0.0 12.8 0.0 NLTRAN 527 EXIT BEGN 13:19:02 0:13 212.0 0.0 12.8 0.0 XSEMDR END This prevents the accounting program provided my MSC which reads the last line from determining the solution sequence.
Description
CR 37859 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Missing TPL file mcso42.dat in V70.7 The file mcs042.dat was missing from the Version 70.7 tpl. It has been added to the Version 70.7.2 tpl. CR 37862 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - FLEXlm can not be used with system checkpoint capabilities MSC.Nastran jobs (as well as any other program) that use FLEXlm licensing or any other socket-based communications cannot be checkpointed by system-level checkpoint/restart capabilities, such as SGI's cpr utility. If attempted messages similar to the following will be issued in the log file:
Description
Known Error
CR 37862 Checkpointing id 259527 (type PID) to directory /tmp/test.cpr CPR Error: Uncheckpointable fd, pid 259527 fd 10 type socket Checkpoint failed. Restarted all processes back to their running states CPR Error: ckpt_create child failed: errno 47 (Checkpoint/Restart error) Failed to checkpoint process 259527 --------------------------------Avoidance: Use a node-lock authorization code for licensing and avoid the use of any socket connections by MSC.Nastran.
CR 37872 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - checka, PARAM,LANSUP - SFM 3007 If PARAM,LANSUP,1 is used in the checka sssalter in version 70.5, 70.6, or 70.7, the run will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 indicating an illegal operation while merging matrices. Avoidance: Replace:
Description
UMERGE USET,DMI,Dar/DM1/'A'/'R'/'L' $ DN changed to DAR with: equivx dar/dm1/-1 $
CR 37873 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity - SFM 3001, MPTS Does Not Exist If the old sensitivity (SOL 103) is used and no material entries are present, the run will fail with SFM 3001 indicating that data block MPTS does not exist.
Description Avoidance: 1) use SOL 200 to perform similar task or 2) or add a dummy material to the input file if the old dsa is used. Known Error Product CR 37880 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 37880 Parallel Processing - DMP - SPCForce Output with Multiple Subcases - UFM 5423 Distributed Memory Parallel jobs, dmp>1, with multiple subcases will fail with the following message if spcforce output is requested. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5)
Description
COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR QG0S IS 1 450 2 2 0 0 TRAILER FOR QGI IS 2 450 2 2 24 267 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Either do not select dmp or do not select spcforces.
CR 37886 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE, PARAM,FOLLOWK - Poor Performance EMAKFR Nonlinear analysis of large problems with RFORCE as a follower force may exhibit poor performance in EMAKFR. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 37892 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/COG - V70.7 smaster=estimate fails The "MSC.Nastran V70.7 Configuration and Operations Guide" incorrectly states that "smaster=estimate" is valid, it is not. Avoidance: Set an actual size if the MASTER DBSet default size needs to be increased.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 37898 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SDAMPING; PARAM,SESDAMP,YES - NORM=MAX or POINT, Wrong Answers Superelement modal damping (PARAM,SESDAMP,YES) produces incorrect answers
Known Error
CR 37898 when MAX or POINT normalization is selected on the EIGR or EIGRL entries. Avoidance: Use MASS normalization which is the default. Verified in R.32. -TIN-
CR 37907 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, PCOMP - UFM 5503 The message: UFM 5503 ELEM NO. n PLY NO.y REFERENCED ON A DRESP1 ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND may be issued in error for composite responses (DRESP1 RTYPE=CSTRESS,CSTRAIN or CFAILURE) if the SOUTi requests on the underlying PCOMP entries have different values for the different layers (i.e., some are YES and some are NO or blank). Avoidance: Make all the SOUTi requests on a given PCOMP entry the same if design responses are to be imposed on elements associated with the PCOMP.
Description
CR 37913 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - nastran Command does not recognize LSF Submittal The nastran command does not automatically recognize a submittal via LSF. For NQS, the nastran command will recognize it is running in a batch job and set the defaults batch=no and notify=no. In addition, if submitted as a DMP job by LSF, the nastran will not recognize the list of selected hosts.
Description
Avoidance: The problem may be avoided by: 1. set notify=no and batch=no in an RC file or on the command line when running under LSF. 2. Set hosts=$(print $LSB_HOSTS | sed 's/^ *//;s/ *$//;s/ */:/g') on the command line when running a DMP job under LSF
CR 37918 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP - DISUTIL not documented The MSC.Nastran DMAP Modules and Datablocks CD for Version 70.7 mentions, but does not document the module DISUTIL The following is the documentation for this module: Broadcast data blocks between slave and master processors for parallel processing. Additional processing may occur on the master processor. Format: Format for DISMETH=1 or 2: DISUTIL B,X,R,EQMAP/ EPSSE/ NSKIP/S,N,EPSI/1 or 2 $ Format for DISMETH=3 on master processor: DISUTIL DB,,,////3 $ Format for DISMETH=3 on slave processor: DISUTIL ,,,,/DB///3 $ Format for DISMETH=4 or 5: DISUTIL RESMAX,RESMAX0,CASECC,HEADCNTL////4 or 5 $ Format for DISMETH=6: DISUTIL UG,SPCPART,GEQMAP,/UGG///6 $ Format for DISMETH=7: DISUTIL PG,SPCPART,GEQMAP,/PGG///7 $ Format for DISMETH=8 or 9 on master processor: DISUTIL MATS,,, CR 37925 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - UFM 5629 (DSAD1C) If RTYPE=STRESS or STRAIN in a composite optimiztion deck with NOCOMPS=1, the following fatal message is issued.
Description
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5629 (DSAD1C) THERE ARE DRESP1 ENTRIES FOR RESPONSE TYPE = STRESS BUT THERE ARE NO CORRESPONDING OUTPUT RESPONSES. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Users need set nocomps=0 or -1.
Known Error Product
CR 37932 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVMRELi, DVCRELi, scr=no - Wrong Answers In an optimization run, if the design variables involve material properties (DVMRELi) or connectivity (DVCRELi) only, and scr=no is used, then the run will converge prematurely. A symptom of this problem is the unexplainable job termination after the first design cycle with no change in the objective function. Avoidance: Run the job with scr=yes or insert the following alter:
Description compile update alter 'RESTART EPTS,EPTSP' DBVIEW mPTSP=mPTS WHERE (DESITER=DESP) $ RESTART mPTS,mPTSP,/UHIST $ DBVIEW geom2SP=geom2S WHERE (DESITER=DESP) $ RESTART geom2S,geom2SP,/UHIST $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 37944 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - VECPLOT - DMAP Module and Datablock Dictionary The Version 70.7 DMAP Module and Data Blocks Dictionary has incorrectly indicates that the VECPLOT module has only one output datablock. Starting in Version 70.7 the VECPLOT module has two output datablocks. This is correctly documented in the V70.7 Release Notes.
Description
CR 37952 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/COG - Estimate Program, Precedence of Keywords The precedence of ESTIMATE processed keywords in the MSC V70.7 Configuration and Operations Guide listed in Section 6.2 should be as follows:
Description
1) ESTIMATE keywords, which are also NASTRAN keywords that are recognized in the bulk data file (Example: NASTRAN BUFFSIZE=4097)
Known Error
CR 37952 2) ESTIMATE keywords on the command line, Example: msc707 estimate myjob.dat memco=2.5 Note: NASTRAN only keywords will cause an error (example: auth=1700@server) 3) ESTIMATE keywords, which are also NASTRAN keywords, contained in the nastran INI and/or RC files (example: buffsize) 4) ESTIMATE keywords contained in data-file-directory/.estimaterc on UNIX, or data-file-directory\estimate.rcf on NT, where data-file-directory is the directory containing the input data file 5) ESTIMATE keywo
CR 37969 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Poor Message, UFM 6790 (SEPO21) UFM 6790 shown below is output when a list superelement has no points that can be identified as boundary points. The fatal message is followed by table print which may be ignored. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6790 (SEPO21) THE FOLLOWING SUPERELEMENTS ARE DETACHED: 1 3 62000000007 52000000008 212000000002 222000000003 232000000004 242000000005 252000000006 61101529088 71102053376 81102577664 91103101952 101103626240 11 22000000001 42000000007 52000000008 212000000002 22 2000000003 232000000004 242000000005 252000000006 -1 0 0 0 0 0 CR 37978 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - HEXA - Poor Convergence for Small Loads Geometric nonlinear analysis (SOL 106 with PARAM LGDISP > 0) with solid elements and extremely small loads may fail to converge.
Description
CR 37981 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - UWM 5426 for DEFORM Entry Should be a FATAL Using a DEFORM entry in the case control for SOL 106 (nonlinear statics) will produce: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5426, DEFORM BULK DATA CARDS REFERENCED BY DEFORM CASE CONTROL COMMAND ARE NOT DEFINED. THE REQUEST FOR STRESSES AND/OR FORCES IS IGNORED. This will cause data recovery for stresses and/or forces to be ignored. It will also lead to misleading results, because the DEFORM entry is not applicable to Sol 106. Recommendations: 1) change Warning 5426 to Fatal for sol 106 2) Add the following remark to Deform Bulk data section: 4. The deform entry, when called by the deform case control command, is applicable to linear static, inertia relief, differential stiffness, and buckling (Solutions 101,105,114, and 200) and will produce fatal messages in other solution
Description
CR 37990 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Beam with Warping Failed to Converge - SFM 4549 BEAM elements with warping are not allowed in geometric nonlinear analysis.
Description
A nonlinear analysis of a CBEAM with the warping degree of freedom specified may results in failed convergence or SFM 4549 followed by a traceback: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4549, SINGULAR (C+KBRR) MATRIX ENCOUNTERED FOR BEAM ELEMENT 1001 Traceback: Offset 0x00003e28 in procedure nmepd_
Known Error
CR 37990 Offset 0x000009d0 in procedure nmatd_ Offset 0x000022dc in procedure nbem2d_ Offset 0x0000017c in procedure nembrd_ Offset 0x00001124 in procedure nlemg_ Offset 0x00000790 in procedure nliter_ Offset 0x00000088 in procedure xsem15_ Offset 0x00000990 in procedure mainal
CR 38012 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,FOLLOWK The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly states that PARAM,FOLLOWK is available only in solutions 103, 105, and 107. It is also available in solutions 108, 109, 111, and 112. CR 38013 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARTN - TYPE is Ignored Specification of TYPE is ignored in the PARTN module. This may cause a problem in user dmaps. The avoidance is dependent on the intent of the DMAP.
CR 38016 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SESET failures in SEP1X using THRU range entry It has been observed that the SESET entry may cause failures when a THRU range is specified where the low GRID ID is less than the starting GRID ID of the model. Avoidance: An avoidance is to make the starting grid equal to the low the low grid identification.
Description
CR 38021 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/COG - Fujitsu, XDB, TRANS
CR 38021 The V70.7 Configuration and Operations Guide states that the Fujitsu VPP,Vx UXP/V systems require that the XDB file be translated. This information is incorrect. The correct line would be similar to that of HP HP-UX right underneath the Fujitsu line. CR 38023 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBEAML - NSM(B) not included on PBEAML entry The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly omits the field for the NSM (nonstructural mass) on end B of the PBEAML entry. The last field on this entry is the NSM for end B. CR 38031 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Thermal Analysis - Missing Results from XDB A multiple subcase transient thermal analysis will be missing temperature results in the OP2 and/or XDB files for the 2nd and subsequent subcases. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is under investigation.
Known Error Product
CR 38041 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB, GRAV, Multiple Subcases - UFM 5423 In an optimization run, if the DESGLB global constraint is used, and there are two or more static subcases with gravity loads, then the job may fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5)
Description
COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR EGM IS 2 80532 2 2 1830 114 TRAILER FOR EGKL IS 1 80532 2 2 10976 681 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error
CR 38041 Avoidance: Use the DESSUB constraint callout instead.
CR 38046 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2, TABPRT - Incorrect Format Field Output datablocks (OFP tables) contain information in the header record which describes the information contained in the datablock. Word 9 is used to indicate if the information is (1) REAL, (2) REAL/IMAGINARY, or (3) MAGNITUDE/PHASE. If the data is REAL/IMAGINARY, this flag is incorrectly set to 1. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38055 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - Incorrect SPCforces for constrained & loaded points In a distributed memory parallel execution, dmp>1, SPCforces are incorrect for constrained and loaded interior DOFs. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile disph1b alter 'pss' call dbstore pss,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile sedisp alter 'kfs,uox,pss'(,-1) call dbfetch /pss,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ endalter CR 38056 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - PBARL - ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOMPFTN When the generalized PBARL is designed using the beam library server, the job fails in DOPR1 with the following message: "ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOMPFTN". This message is caused by designing the sixth property (FE) in the EPT table which is currently not used. Avoidance: In the bsbrid subroutine, change the
Description
Known Error
CR 38056 Do 110 i = 1,nprop do 100 j = 1,ndim sentyp(i,j)=3 100 continue 110 continue to Do 110 i = 1,nprop if ( iprop .eq. 6 ) go to 110 do 100 j = 1,ndim sentyp(i,j)=3 100 continue 110 continue
CR 38061 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - cygyroa.vxx, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 3003 (EMG) The following message will occur in with the SSSALTER CYGYROA if thermal loads are used. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (EMG) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE EMGTAB
Description
The error occurs when the differential stiffness matrix is being generated, and hence the actual output (e.g. displacements, stresses) is correct. However, since differential stiffness is not generated, restarts off this database will not include the desired gyroscopic effects. The error occurs because of the unique way thermal loads are called out in Cyclic solution sequences. The TEMP(LOAD) case control command points to a bulk data LOADCYN entry which inturn points to a temperature set. The EMG module issues the fatal error because it is searching for CR 38062 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - differential stiffness, modes, tempi - UFM 4342, SFM 3001 In a cyclic symmetry run that uses the differential stiffness (e.g., buckling
Known Error
CR 38062 and normal modes with preload), the applied loads must be uniform. To enforce this requirement, the loads must be applied to segment one only. If loads are applied to segments other than one, then the job will fail with following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4342 (CY1BLD) THE LOAD BULK DATA CARD GIVEN BELOW IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS OR SEGMENTS OR SYMMETRY TYPE. LOADCYN xxxx yyy zzz To avoid this message, remove loads from segments greater than one. Furthermore, if the preload consists of thermal loads, then the job will fail with the following error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (CYCLIC4) THE INPUT
CR 38070 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - System error message at completion of job DMP jobs may report the following error text at job completion: ERROR 0031-636 User requested child or EOF termination of pm_command
Description
This message does not affect the MSC.Nastran job. Avoidance: Delete the following line from /bin/nast707.dmp: %MSC_ARCH=aix:%export MP_NEWJOB=yes
CR 38073 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - RESTART, STATSUB - Inefficient Restart If a restart from SOL 114 (Cyclic static) into SOL 115 (Cyclic modes) is performed to calculate pre-stressed modes of the model, the static solution will be re-calculated in SOL 115. There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 38096 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Accounting file, Solution type and CPU time are not written The Version 70.7 accounting program does not properly identify the solution name, CPU, or elapsed times in the account files. Avoidance: Use the following procedure to modify and install a new accounting logging program. 1) Change the current working directory to /msc707/util 2) Change lines 1440 through 1443 in mscact.c from if( (f04 = fopen( f04f, "r" )) == NULL ) { (void) strcat( f04f, ".f04" ); f04 = fopen( f04f, "r" ); } to (void) strcat( f04f, ".f04" ); f04 = fopen( f04f, "r" ); That is, delete the "if" statement and its matching closing brace. 3) Build a new version of mscact with the command msc707 util mscact 4) Install the new account logger program with the command cp -p mscact ../<
Description
CR 38097 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - FLEXlm - /etc/inittab file is wrong. mscsetup for MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 does not set the /etc/inittab line with the full path of the flexlm utility. If the system is subsequently rebooted FLEXlm will not run automatically.
Description Avoidance: If FLEXlm is already installed, and you want the new version of FLEXlm, install it but do not have mscsetup set the /etc/inittab file; if FLEXlm is being installed for the first time, modify the /etc/inittab
Known Error
CR 38097 file after the installation is complete and add the full path for the /bin/flexlm utility.
CR 38100 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - No Output When installing MSC.Nastran on Intel computers, the last step in the installation asks if you would like to enter the authorization code. If you choose not to enter the code, the program does not create the authorize.dat file, but the nastxxx.rcf file will incorrectly point to the non-existant file. If you submit a Nastran job, no output files will be created. Avoidance: Either:
Description
1) enter the authorization code when installing. 2) edit the nastxxx.rcf file to remove the "AUTH=" line 3) when you try to run MSC.Nastran, enter the following on either the command line or in the "optional keywords" box pause=yes If you do this, the command window trying to run the program will stay open and you will obtain the error message indicating that the authorize.dat file does not
CR 38115 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Missing library libxlsmp.a[smprt.o] IBM AIX clients that don't have the Fortran compiler installed will be unable to run MSC.Nastran V70.7.0 and V70.7.2 until the libxlsmp.a library is installed on their system or in the /msc707/aix directory. The following message is issued in the log file: MSC/NASTRAN started Mon Jan 03 09:46:03 EST 2000 Could not load program /tmp/vxlq/n707/msc707/aix/analysis Could not load library libxlsmp.a[smprt.o] Error was: No such file or directory
Description
Known Error
CR 38115 Avoidance: Install the missing library.
CR 38116 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPER, PARAM,INREL - SFM 5423 (DMPYAD) If SOL 101 with inertia relief is used with external superelements, the external superelement data recovery run will fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES indicating that UOO and CRX are not correct. This is due to an error which results in CRX not being written to the EXTDRUNT. Avoidance: Include the following DMAP alter in the residual structure run: compile super3 alter 339 dbview crx0=crx (where seid=0 and wildcard) $ equivx crx0/ol1m/-1 $
Description
CR 38119 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - SOL 105, PARAM,POST,0 - Missing Output Under PARAM,POST,0 in SOL 105, the buckling eigenvalues and eigenvectors will not be available in MSC.Patran. Avoidance: Use PARAM,POST,-1 or insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'CASEdr,ol2s'(,-1) app=app1 $ alter 'CASEdr,ol2s' app='reig' endalter Verified , see attachs for files. Chanhed 'reported by to ABBEY as LIBBY no longer with MSC
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38123 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN, DRESP2 - Wrong Answers If multiple DRESP2's refer to the same DEQATN, only the first (lowest numbered DRESP2 is checked to see if the number of DRESP2 arguments agrees with the number DEQATN arguments. If a subsequent DRESP2 has a mismatch with the number of arguments, the error goes undetected and unpredictable answers are produced.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than not sharing a DEQATN id on multiple DRESP2's. If this is too tedious, the user must be vigilant in checking that the number of arguments on the DRESP2 agree with the number of arguments on the left hand side of the DEQATN in every DRESP2 except the lowest numbered one. Known Error Product CR 38127 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, DSAPRT - Incorrect Sensitivity Data When the formatted prints of sensitivity data (case control command DSAPRT) for DRESP2 responses list a frequency value of the response, the value has been incorrectly scaled upward by a factor of ten. A similar error exists for time values. Also, values that are greater than 100. appear as *******. Description Avoidance: Frequency/time values for DRESP1 responses are printed correctly. The user must be aware that printed DRESP2 frequency/time values are 10 times greater than they should be. It should also be noted that when a DRESP2 response spans several frequency, only the lowest frequency is printed. CR 38137 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Corrected R2001 Version Abstract SSSALTERs - errors in alter1ga.vxx and alter9ga.vxx
Known Error
CR 38137 SSSALTERs alter1ga.vxx an dalter9ga.vxx have errors in them when using OTM (Output Transformation Matrices) with OUTPUT2 or in frequency response. alter1ga.vxx does not correctly write the tables identifying the terms in the OTM if OUTPUT2 is used. alter9ga.vxx does not correctly use the OTM if it is used in frequency response. Avoidance: Contact MSC and request an updated version of the alters or get them from the MSC web page at: http://www.mechsolutions.com/support/prod_support/nastran/sssalters/index.ht ml
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CR 38141 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2, Year 2000 - Incorrect Year Printout When running nastran jobs in year 2000+, on some unix machines, the output2 trailer information will print out the date incorrectly. For example, when using param,post,,-1, the trailer information for OEF1 coming out right after UIM 4114 with a job ran on January 6, 2000 will appear as follows: 1001 63 1 6 100 0 1
Description
instead of the correct value 1001 63 1 6 0 0 1 In this case field 5 is the year. This problem is fixed in Version 70.7
Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Note that the results are not affected by the date printout. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38143 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - SYSTEM(173) - Old QUAD4 Formulation SYSTEM(173) allows the selection of either the pre-V68 QUAD4 formulation or the V68-V70.5 formulation. This system cell is incorrectly documented in the Version 70.7 Release Guide. The documentation should state: 1: Requests pre V68 QUAD4 Formulation
Description
Known Error
CR 38143 2: Requests V68-V70.5 QUAD4 Formulation Likewise the Version 70.7 Release Guide documentation for the keyword OLDQ4K incorrectly states that this keyword is equivalent to setting SYSTEM(173)=2, the keyword is equivalent to setting SYSTEM(173)=1.
CR 38167 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - nastran command: fails with multiple 70.7.X versions If V70.7.2 of MSC.Nastran is installed in the same directory as V70.7.0, then both cannot run. The intent was to allow users to use "nast7070" for V70.7.0 and "nast707" or "nast7072" for V70.7.2. This feature was broken in the V70.7.x releases. Avoidances: 1. Install V70.7.2 in a directory with a different MSC_BASE than V70.7.0 2. Use V70.7.2 and not V70.7.0 Details: Nastran can not have seperate versions installed in directories like: /msc/md200700/linux /msc/md200701/linux /msc/md200702/linux Rather, the whole tree needs to be under the version. Ie: /msc/md200700/msc2007/linux /msc/md200701/msc2007/linux /msc/md200702/msc2007/linux The /msc/bin/nast* files will need to have links made to /msc/VERSION/msc2007/bin/nast2007
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38168 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Incorrect OUTPUT2 units for different SEs w/ PARAM OUNIT2 If PART superelments are used, and different values are provided for
Known Error
CR 38168 PARAM,OUNIT2 in different PARTs, the program will use these values incorrectly.
1) Setting distinct PARAM, OUNIT2 values in each of the Partitioned Bulk Data Sections is ignored - only the setting for the residual structure is used and the OUNIT2 values set under the BEGIN SUPER=xxx are ignored. 2) Setting distinct PARAM, OUNIT2 values PER SUBCASE using expanded Case Control causes: A) All geometry for all SE to be written to the 1st OUNIT2 specified B) End of Data record on that 1st OUNIT2 C) Results for the residual are then written to that 1st OUNIT2 file D) The 1st OUNIT2 file is rewound and re-labeled (wiping out the geometry and SE0 results) and the correct SE results are written. E) L Known Error Product CR 38180 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - DMP>1, SOL 108, fluid-structure decks - Wrong answers If distributed memory parallel, dmp>1, is used with a fluid-structure in SOL 108, then wrong answers result. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: Description compile freqrs alter '197','' if ( acsyml and adjflg<2 and not(GETSYS(np,265)>1 and GETSYS(np,197)>0 and soltyp='modal') ) then $ endalter CR 38195 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - .plt File Contains Bad Date String The plot file will contain an invalid date string on any file generated after Dec 31, 1999. The error is present in all versions of MSC.Nastran, up to and including V70.7.2. On Version 70.7 the year 2000 was written
Known Error
CR 38195 simple as "0", for example 1-10-0; however other strings are possible.
This error does not cause any other problems with the plot data. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38207 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity/Optimization - Static Aero, METHOD - UFM 1126 for M1RR If the Case Control for a multi-subcase static aeroelastic solution in SOL 200 contains a METHOD command that varies from subcase to subcase, a FATAL error can occur in which the M1RR matrix is recomputed. Since the M1RR matrix is not declared OVRWRT, this causes UFM 1126 shown below. The error occurs when the METHOD command is the ONLY boundary difference between the two sets of subcases. Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MPYAD IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = M1RR , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE M1RR=OVRWRT 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Since static aero analysis in SOL 200 is not affected by METHOD selection, remove the extraneous METHOD selection(s) from the Case Control or insert the follo Known Error Product Abstract CR 38221 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSHELL, MAT2 - Missing Stress Output for Plate Elements When a plate element references a MAT2 entry with an MID larger than 99999999, it is assumed that this MAT2 entry has automatically been created from a PCOMP entry (see QRG, MAT2 entry, Remark 13). Thus, stress output will be missing unless PARAM, NOCOMPS, -1 is specified. Avoidance: Do not use MIDs of MAT2 entries larger than 99999999, or use PARAM, NOCOMPS, -1.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38237 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - slaveout=yes, mergeresults=no - Clarify Documentation for DMP Distributed Memory Parallel executions may specify the keywords slaveout and mergeresults on the submittal line. These keywords are documented in the V70.7 Release Guide. The Release Guide should have clarified and emphasized that the non-default values of these keywords, slaveout=yes and mergeresults=no are typically only used for debug purposes. The following should also be noted: 1. If mergeresults=no is specified in a static run the results of the individual domains will not be sent back to the master and the system solution will not be obtained. 2. The keyword mergeresults has no affect on a solution 103 or 111 run. 3. In solution 108, if mergeresults=no is specified and slaveout=yes is not specified, then the results of the slave processors will be lost. 4. In solution
Description
CR 38238 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SFM 3001 (READ), Poor Message In SOL 115, if the stiffness and mass matrix have common null-columns the following message will be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (READ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 13 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Make sure degrees of freedom with no stiffness and no mass are constrained. In Version 70.7 parameter AUTOSPC will do this, but in Version 70.5 AUTOSPC would not correctly constrain grids on CYJOIN entries. A better error message is implemented in Version 2001..
Description
CR 38254 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBAR - UFM 5626 (DSAD17) Optimization analysis does not support item codes 18 and 19 for PBAR for complex stress. If specified the following fatal message is issued:
Known Error
CR 38254 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5626 (DSAD17) ITEM CODE 18 REFERENCED ON DRESP1 ENTRY 16 WITH RTYPE = FRSTRE IS INVALID FOR ELEMENT TYPE BAR 34. USER ACTION: CHECK THE SPECIFIED ITEM CODE WITH THOSE LISTED IN APPENDIX A OF THE MSC/NASTRAN QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 38257 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - FBS - Wrong Answers, BIOMSG: ERROR 31 The FBS module may return poor fatal diagnostics (BIOMSG: ERROR 31) or wrong answers when a left hand fbs is requested incorrectly. An example of a left hand fbs follows. The conventional (right hand) equation solved by the FBS module is: Given the square matrix A, and a collection of vectors X, find B, where A*X< = B $ FBS module A is first decomposed into its factors L and U. $ DECOMP OR DCMP modules.
Description Typically, X and B have many fewer columns than A. There are applications where X has many more rows than A. That type of problem is most naturally posed as X*A<= B The unknown vectors X have been moved to the left hand side, hence the name LH FBS. One method to solve this problem is to transpose it. Assume, for the sake of simplification, that A is symmetric Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38263 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Multi-Master, Data Recovery - Missing Output In a dynamic response analysis using the mulit-master technique, no output will be generated for the superelements. This error only occurs in Version 70.5, 70.6, and 70.7.
Known Error
CR 38263 Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter. compile super3 alter 'equivx cases \/casedr1','' equivx casedr/casedr1/-1 $ endalter
CR 38268 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - TRLG - Loss of Accuracy Transient loads are computed in single precision in module TRLG. One effect that has been observed is the accumulated time after many delta-T steps is in error due to numeric underflow. This round-off error typically only occurs if the duration, T is greater than 100000 times delta-T. Loads such as COS(W*T) may appear to have a slight frequency shift. This problem is more likely to occur on 32-bit computers than on 64-bit computers. CR 38276 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - XYPLOT - XMIN Incorrectly Described In the Quick Reference Guide, remark 2 on the XMIN (XYPLOT) command incorrectly states that if XMIN is not specified, it is set to the lowest value of "Y". This should state that it is set to the lowest value of "X". CR 38283 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - SGI Only, arrayservices not available When running distributed parallel (DMP) on the SGI, the job may fail with the following error messages in the log file: 'MPI: asgetnetinfo_array('(null)') failed : array services not available SLAVE1 Avoidance: Change the authentication method in the /usr/lib/array/arrayd.auth from AUTHENTICATION NOREMOTE
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 38283 to AUTHENTICATION NONE and make sure you start the array services with '/usr/etc/arrayd start' as root. Furthermore, make sure that the user account can do a 'rsh shu01irx date' on the shu01irx machine without running into a 'permission denied' problem.
Known Error Product
CR 38293 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Superelements, SPLINE, AMP- SFM 4276 EC 1044 QOPEN In Version 70.7, a flutter analysis (SOL 145) with superelements may fail with SFM 4276, EC 1044 (QOPEN) in the AMP module if the superelement reduction is applied using separate subcases AND the separate subcases do not include the FMETHOD bulk data entry .The problem occurs because the splining to upstream superelements, combined with work in Version 70.6 to support multiple aerodynamic symmetries has coupled the spline matrix data to both the aerodynamic configuration (AECONFIG) and to the superelement/boundary condition qualifier paths. To ensure that the correct linkage among configurations and boundary conditions is performed, the Case Control is examined for aerodynamic cases to determine the AECONFIG name of each subcase. In the case of superelement reduction subcases, these fict CR 38295 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RESTART, SEBULK, CSUPER - Wrong answers or fatal If external superelements are used in a solution, then a change is made to the external superelement (new matrices generated) for use in a RESTART run, the updated matrices will not be used.
Description
Description Avoidance: If you are using external superelements created using PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGOP2, the following alter (for V70.5) will provide support for restart changes
Known Error
CR 38295 to the matrices: compile extin, list alter 'FORTIO.*EXISTS.*EXTUNIT.*IOSTAT ' if(iostat=0)then $ dbdelete datablk=(extdb), where(xname=*) $ endif $
CR 38304 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - STRAIN(SORT2) - Missing Output If STRAIN(SORT2) output is requested in a frequency response run and there are no other output requests, there will be no strain output produced.
Description
Avoidance: Add any other (SORT2) output request - for example DISP(SORT2,PLOT)=ALL - to the case control. CR 38306 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analyis - DAREA, LSEQ - Unpredictable Answers Non-unique Set-ID/DAREA-ID pairs in LSEQ data lead to unpredictable results. This is because the user cannot be sure as to which of the static loads specified as part of the non-unique data are actually applied and which ones are ignored. Accordingly, this scenario must be regarded as a fatal error. The user can avoid this situation by using and referencing the combination LOAD bulk data instead of non-unique Set-ID/DAREA-ID pairs. CR 38308 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYE, QUAD4 - UFM 6285 If a heat transfer analysis attempts to calculate view factor from the edge of plate elements using CHBDYE with sides from 2 to 5, then you will get UFM 6285 Avoidance: Define the line segment with CHBDYP, LINE boundary elements.
Description
Description
CR 38317 MSC / MD Nastran ACCESS - Utilites error forttl:severe(25) record number outside range After a successful build, the following error may occur during execution of any of the sample ACCESS utilities.. The error may occur for both v70.5 and v70.7.
Description
"forttl:severe (25) record number outside range, unit 40, file c:\filename.xdb" Avoidance: Download new dbio object libraries, libdbio_vc.lib and libdbio_irc.lib, from MSC's ftp site.
CR 38323 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - BUILDSSS - UFM 701 PRCMPL In Version 70.7, when using the buildsss utility to create a new delivery database with more than one added user dmap, the following error occurs: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 701 (PRCMPL) THE NUMBER OF SUBDMAPS BEING COMPILED EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED NUMBER OF 200 FOR THIS VERSION Avoidance: Compile the additional dmaps in a separate run and add them to the delivery. Contact MSC Support for details on how to perform this.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38337 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Large physical memory (>8GB) may cause failure of nastran command Machines with physical memory in excess of 8GB may cause the nastran command to fail with a message similar to:
Description
MSC/NASTRAN V70.7 (SUN SPARC SunOS 5.7) Wed Jan 26 14:23:19 2000 *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE (pgm: nast707, fn: validate_buffsize_memory) Assuming "memory=-2147483648" as specified by
Known Error
CR 38337 "memorymaximum=0.8*physical". In some instances, an error will not occur, instead the nastran command may generate an incorrect memory request. Avoidance: Set the maximum memory size in a system RC file to the value listed in the "MSC.Nastran V70.7 Configuration and Operations Guide", Table 4-2, pg 90. For example, on Solaris: memorymaximum=4GB
CR 38349 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - UFM 9050 DCMP (70.5) or UFM 3001 VECRMA (70.7) It is possible that in a model containing both p- and h-elements that the run may fail with either UFM 9050 or UFM 3001.
Description
Avoidance: This problem is under investigation. The model demonstrating this problem executed successfully when more memory was allocated or the BUFFSIZE was increased. CR 38365 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PARAM,SNORM - Wrong Answers The maximum allowed value of the SNORM parameter is 45 degrees. Higer values are automatically set lower. For shells meeting at a large angle, such as a right angle, with a different number of elements on each side, the calculated normal may be greater than 45 degrees from one side. This is legitimate, but will fail the error check. CR 38373 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements and Multipoint Constraint - RBEi, MPC - UFM 5289 If a dof is listed as depednt more than once on an MPC or RBEi entry, Nastran will issue UFM 5289, indicating an error. Unfortunately, the message may point to the wrong dof and may not point to the entry which has the error.
Description
Known Error
CR 38373 Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than inspecting the MPC and rigid element entries.
Known Error Product
CR 38376 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - DMP>1, GPSTRESS and PARAM,POST,0 - Missing output in xdb If grid point stresses are requested with dmp>1 and param,post,0 then the xdb file will be missing the grid point stresses for the slave domains. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'GPLS,EGPSTR'(2),'' DBC OPG1,OUGV1,OEF1X,OES1X,OQG1,GPL,EGPSTR,EGPSF,GPDCT, ELDCT,error1,,,,,,,,,// 'OPG'/'OUG'/'OEF'/'OES'/'OQG'/'GPL'/'GPS'/'SVF'/ 'GPDCT'/'ELDCT'/'perror'////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/APP1/ICYCLIC/GEOMU/LOADU/POSTU/ DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT/DESCYCLE/////adptindx/lusets $ endalter CR 38378 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD option 12 - Wrong answers, Missing Fatal Message If the first input, I1, to the MATMOD module, under option 12, is purged then the module will incorrectly report that NONULL=0 and the O1 output is purged without warning or fatal even if the second and third inputs (I2 and I3) are not purged and contain null columns. The documentation for MATMOD option 12 contained in the "DMAP Module and Data Blocks" guide states that only I2 and I3 may be purged, which implies that a fatal message should be issued if I1 is purged. Avoidance: Rearrange the inputs so that the first input is not purged.
Description
Description
CR 38381 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - UFM 6482 from DOPR3R
Known Error
CR 38381 USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482 indicates that an invoked DRESP1 entry in a SOL 200 subcase is not compatible with the ANALYSIS type for that subcase. Although the message points to a real user input error, it is possible that the identified DRESP1 type is not the type that caused the error. Avoidance: The UFM has the correct RID for the DRESP1. Use the RID and not the response type to identify the incorrect input.
Description
CR 38396 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - NASTRAN LOCBULK=2 - SFM 4192, SFM 3062 in SEMA If the multi-master method is used on a Cray and LOCBULK is set to 2 and there are GRID id's greater than 1000000 (one million) then the run may fail with SFM 4192, indicating undefined grid points. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4192 (SEMA) GRID POINT .... IN SUPERELEMENT 0 IS NOT DEFINED IN BGPDT FOR DOWNSTREAM SUPERELEMENT and 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = SEMA FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY MAPBTI CALLED IN SUBROUTINE SEMA . REQUESTED EXTERNAL ID(S) NOT FOUND.
Description Avioidance: There are several avoidances: 1. Insert the following DMAP alter in the residual structure run: compile phase0 alter ',np,' paraml bgpdt//'trai'/6/s,n,maxgid//s,n,nobgpdt $ if ( nobgpdt>-1 ) putsys(maxgid,186) $ endalter 2. Reduce all GRID id's to less than one million. 3. Run using a different computer type, or run using LOCBULK=1 Known Error Product Abstract CR 38398 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT, DRESP1 - SFM 4276
Known Error
CR 38398 If the fomatted sensitivity option is used and there are no retained responses associated with DRESP1 entries, but there are retained DRESP2 responses, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 and a traceback in dsaprt is produced. Avoidance: Use the unformatted sensitivity option or force the retention of a DRESP1 response.
Description
CR 38401 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Superelements - Changes in SPCs may yield Wrong answers If in a superelement restart run, changes are made to the constraints (spcs) of only one superelment, then wrong answers may result. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'IF ( LRESTART )'(2)' IF (KCHNG) CALL CHNGFLG //KCHNG/SEDWN/SEID/PEID $ IF (MCHNG) CALL CHNGFLG //MCHNG/SEDWN/SEID/PEID $ IF (BCHNG) CALL CHNGFLG //BCHNG/SEDWN/SEID/PEID $ IF (PCHNG) CALL CHNGFLG //PCHNG/SEDWN/SEID/PEID $ IF (K4CHNG) CALL CHNGFLG //K4CHNG/SEDWN/SEID/PEID $ endalter CR 38411 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL2, APRCOD, DOM9 - SFM 4276, EC1404 If an input file for optimization has DVPREL2 entries and APRCOD is set to 3 on the DOPTPRM entry, the run may fail and issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1404 in the DOM9 module. .
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: 1) If the file contains DVPREL2 entries, do not set APRCOD to 3 or 2) If the deck contains DVPREL1 entries, force them to be retained using a DSCREEN entry.
Known Error Product
CR 38412 Submittal - "pwd: cannot access parent directories" error Under not-fully-understood circumstances a small subset of C shell users may encounter the following error message: $ /nast/deliv/msc707/unix/bin/msc707 /nast/deliv/msc707/unix/bin/msc707[42]: pwd: cannot access parent directories /nast/deliv/msc707/unix/bin/msc707[97]: cd: bad argument count when submitting a nastran job. Avoidance: One avoidance is to use the Korn shell (ksh) as the login shell.
Description
CR 38428 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PAERO4, AEFACT - UFM 6171 (APD4) If a PAERO4 entry has fewer strips that requested, the program will issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 6171 (APD4) and terminate. Unfortunately, the fatal message will incorrectly state that the error is on an AEFACT entry with the same id as the PAERO4. Avoidance: Provide the correct number of strips on the PAERO4 entry.
Description
CR 38443 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DEQATN - Unexpected Results The documentation for the DEQATN entry does not mention that the arithmetic is carried out using the type of the input data. For example, if a term is raised to a fractional power:
Description
X=A**(1/2) since both values in the exponent are integers, the value returned for the exponent is calculated using integer arithmetic or 1/2=0. Avoidance: Excersize caution when writing equations. If possible, avoid integer terms.
Known Error
CR 38449
CR 38449 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - MPCFORCE, TEMP(LOAD) - Missing APP-LOAD Output If there are thermal loads and mpcforces, GPFORCE output may be missing the applied load (APP-LOAD) output. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 38455 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Configuration & Operations Guide - Maximum Memory on HP-UX Tables 4-2 and C-7 of the "Configuration and Operations Guide" incorrectly state the maximum memory size on HP-UX systems is 2 GB. The maximum memory size on HP-UX systems is:
Description
1 GB (256 MW) on HP-UX 10.20 2 GB (512 MW) on HP-UX 11.00, PA-RISC 2.0 The actual value usable by the "memory" keyword is reduced from this by approximately 35 MB.
CR 38458 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - QUAD4 - Plastic In-Plane Bending, Wrong Answers If a nonlinear analysis is performed with QUAD4 elements with elastic, perfectly plastic material and the elements are loaded in pure shear and twise (no bending, no axial load), then the results may incorrectly indicate that the model can sustain increasing loads even after the elements in the critical load path have reached the inplane shear plastic limit. This problem only occurs for coarse meshes subjected to pure shear loads. It is not likely to affect real world models.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 38468 Miscellaneous - GP4, Possibly Other Modules - Infinite Runtime Sort routines in nastran have an upper limit that may be exceeded if models have many of one type of element. The deck that encountered this error had several hundred thousand rigid elements.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance. The limit has been removed in MSC.Nastran V2001. Known Error Product CR 38478 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CONNECT, PBARL, PBEAML - Non-Existant Developer's Guide The MSC/NASTRAN Quick Reference Guide documentation for the FMS CONNECT statement, remarks : 5. Custom beam cross-section evaluator libraries developed by users should comply with the MSC/NASTRAN Beam Cross-section Evaluator Developer's Guide. Description There is no such document. Avoidance: The remark should instead, refer to: MSC/NASTRAN V69 Release Guide, Section 3.1 Beam Cross-Section Library Appendix C: Adding Your Own Beam Cross Section Library Known Error Product CR 38501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Flutter, Superelements - UFM 1126 for FPHP USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 occurs if a flutter analysis is attempted with superelements in SOL 200 and complex eigenvector output is requested. See also CSR 37130. Description Avoidance: Remove the eigenvector request or make the following dmap changes: compile fea alter 1 type db fphp
Known Error
CR 38501 endalter
CR 38502 MSC / MD Nastran Optimiztion/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - SFM 233 (PRSPOP) In SOL 200, if the DEQATN bulk data entry uses certain keywords such as "OR" as variable names in the equation argument list, an error message similar to the following will occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 233 (PRSPOP) UNDERFLOW OCCURRED DURING PROCESSING OF OPERAND STACK DURING DEQATN EQUATION PROCESSING. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: STACK POINTER = 0 WITH MINIMUM = 1 *** COMPILATION DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION *** 1. STATEMENT TYPE: DEQATN EQUATION 2. EQUATION ID NUMBER: 14 3. EQUATION: TWALL(OR,IR)=OR-IR *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 233 (PRSPOP) The error message needs to be improved to add the following: Possible cause: variable name is a keyword such as "OR". Avoidance: Change the variable name
Description
CR 38519 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PACABS - Units The Quick Reference Guide description for the PACABS entry should state that the units of the B, K, and M fields are per unit area. CR 38539 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP, DISDCMP - Infinite CPU Loop MSC.Nastran may get caught in an infinite cpu loop when distributed memory parallel is used with inertia relief.
Known Error
CR 38539 Avoidance: Do not use ineria relief with distributed memory parallel in V70.7.
CR 38542 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - VECPLOT - SWM 3062, Insufficient Memory Module VECPLOT does not check for insufficient memory. This may lead to the following unclear message: 0*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = VECPLOT FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY GTXYZD CALLED IN SUBROUTINE DMTRXD . PREXYZ FLAG ARGUMENT WAS SET WITH AN INCORRECT VALUE TO GET THE REQUESTED DATA RETRIEVAL. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3199 (VECPLOT) NON-FATAL MESSAGES MAY HAVE BEEN LOST BY ATTEMPTING TO QUEUE MORE THAN 100 MESSAGES. CR 38547 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Anaysis - Multiple Double Lattice Groups yield Wrong Answers If a doublet lattice model (CAERO1 and/or CAERO2) is created in SOL 144 for use in static aeroelasticity, and the model has more than one interference group, the downwashes representing unit perturbations of the control devices (the DJX matrix) are incorrect under most circumstances. The problem is caused due to the erroneous introduction in Version 70.5 of an assumption that the coordinate system ID and the CAEROi ID are in the same order. This is true for a single interference group, but not for multiple groups. As a result, the wrong coordinate system may be used in the computation of the downwash. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to convert the model to have a single interference group. Note, also, that unsteady aerodynamics (SOL 145 and SOL 146) are NOT affected.
Description
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Known Error
CR 38555
CR 38555 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - NFS Mounted - HP-UX 10.2 and 11.0 The original MSC.Nastran V70.7 (r1) CD may fail to install correctly on some HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00 systems if the installation base directory is NFS mounted from another system. The problem is due to incorrect information being returned from the df(1) utility, this should be visible from the output of the command df -k
Description Avoidance: Choose one of the following avoidances: 1) Use the MSC.Nastran V70.7.2 (r2) release, that works around the HP-UX utility error. 2) Install on the computer exporting the filesystem. If this is not an HP-UX system, you can use the "Custom" installation to deselect the local computer's binaries and select the HP-UX binaries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38559 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD, DRESP2 - SFM 3007 An optimization job may fail in module DSAD with SFM 3007 when the following conditions are met: 1. The DRESP2 entry only references the DNODE term, 2. The job has more than one subcases, 3. The DESGLB entry references the DRESP2 entry with DNODE terms.
Description
The avoidance is to replace DESGLB with the DESSUB entry and place it in the last subcase. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38564 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Linux: how to enable large files (> 2 GB) The "Configuration and Operations Guide" incorrectly states that large files are available on Linux. They were not in the version of either the Linux
Known Error
CR 38564 kernel (2.0.36) or libc (2.0) that MSC.Nastran was built with. Note: The support required for this was not built into MSC.Nastran, so using a system with support for large files will not help. Large file support will be available in a new release of MSC.Nastran Version 70.7.2 on Linux that is to have a build date and release date of June 2000. Avoidance: Use INIT and ASSIGN statements to specify multiple physical files for any DBSet that exceeds 2GB.
CR 38574 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DISPRS - Poor Performance It is possible, when performing modal frequency analysis in SOL 200, to recover results to the g-set in the DISPRS subDMAP twice with each call performing identical operations. For large problems, this can entail significant CPU resources with no benefit.
Description
Avoidance: The following dmap alter removes the redundant call: compile fea alter 'if ( psldf'(2) if (delta) then $ alter 'if (psldf'(2,4) endif $ endalter
CR 38595 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, PARAM,S1 PARAM,POST,0 - Wrong Answers in xdb If stresses are to be sorted (PARAM,S1) and composite stresses are requested, then the xdb file will contain incorrect composite stresses.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'DBC OES1C','' DBC ES1C,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'OESC'////////////////////
Known Error
CR 38595 -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/APP1/ICYCLIC/GEOMU/LOADU/POSTU/ DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT/DESCYCLE/////adptindx $ endalter
CR 38608 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - FLFACT - Remark 4 contains incorrect equation The formula of Remark 4 on the FLFACT bulk data entry of the Quick Reference Guide V70.5 has two omissions and a typographical error. It should read as follows:
Description
F1 (FNF-FMID) (NF-i) + FNF (FNF-F1) (i-1) Fi = ----------------------------------------------------------------------(FNF-FMD) (NF-i) + (FMID-F1) (i-1) The above formual was taken from the Aeroelastic Supplement and was compared to output generated by Version 70.5.
CR 38610 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - EIGRL - System Cell 229 Documentation Incorrect The documentation for SYSTEM cell 229 incorrectly indicates that if it is given a value of 1, then the scratch database usage for Lanczos will be decreased. This system cell applied only to the old Lanczos solver and will not have an impact on the current Lanczos solver in MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 (The old Lanczos solver is available by setting SYSTEM(273)=1). CR 38614 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM NMLOOP may give poor answers Nonlinear SOL 106 with PARAM NMLOOP may give poor answers. The eigenvalues, displacements, and stresses for modes including prestresses and nonlinear geometry may be based upon matrices that do not reflect a converged solution. This error started in version 70.7 when a different version of the history
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 38614 file was used to construct the required matrices. The use of NLPARM method ITER-1 gives fairly good results. Avoidance: An avoidance ALTER is available from MSC to improve results. When using HEXA elements in nonlinear, include NASTRAN SYSTEM(309)=1 , see CSR 38899.
CR 38620 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DMIG - UFM 327 DMIG matrices in part superelements result in the following fatal message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 327 (IFS2P) BAD DATA OR FORMAT OR NON-UNIQUE NAME. DMIG also for DMI
Description
The message above occurs when two part superelements adjacent in the processing order have dmigs or dmis with the same name. Avoidance: Add a second dmig or dmi matrix. It does not need to be used anywhere, it is only necessary to have more than one dmig or dmi name.
CR 38627 MSC / MD Nastran Subcases - SPC, DEFORM - UFM 9058 In static analysis, if DEFORM and SPC entries are changed between subcases the job will fail with the message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SUPER3) - THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST Avoidance: Execute the subcases as two separate runs.
CR 38629 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD), PARAM,LGDISP - Incorrect OLOAD Output MSC.Nastran considers the fictitious forces for thermal expansion to be loads. These are output by a case control command OLOAD. The output is
Known Error
CR 38629 for the initial geometry, even when geometric nonlinear effects are requested. Since only the OLOAD output is wrong, other items like displacements, element forces and SPCFORCEs are not affected. Other load types (like PLOAD and FORCE1) are correctly updated to the new geometry.
CR 38632 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics Analysis - KJJZ of fluid is wrong for prestressed structure An acoustic analysis of a prestressed structure yields an incorrect fluid part of KJJZ. The values are off by a factor of 2. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter to Version 70.5 or 70.7:
Description compile semg alter 'add5','add5' add5 kjjl,kjjnl,kdjjnl,,/kjjz $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38634 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - trncompa.v707, SORT1 - Missing Output If sort1 output is requested while using the trncompa sssalter, no ply output will be obtained. Avoidance: Only request sort2 output. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38645 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT - Missing Data Points An XYPLOT of grid points versus temperature results in a heat transfer analysis results in missing data points. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error
CR 38653
CR 38653 MSC / MD Nastran Mass Matrix - SYSTEM(303), CUTOFF - UFM 17(LOOKUP) The MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 Release Guide states that the name for SYSTEM(303) is CUTOFF. If SYSTEM CUTOFF=1 is specified, the program will issue: USER FATAL MESSAGE 17 (LOOKUP) SYMBOL "CUTOFF" IS UNDEFINED Avoidance: Use the system cell number rather than the name.
Description
CR 38654 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,POST,0 - SWM 6065 (DBC) If superelements are used in SOL 106 and PARAM,POST,0 is used, it is possible that SWM 6065 may be issued, followed by SWM 6066, indicating that the DBC module has been terminated. If this occurs, no additional information will be written to the .xdb file for post-processing.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter into the file: compile super3 $ remove ol2s from DBC list alter 'dbc.*casedr.*ol2s.*casecc.*oltype','' DBC CASEDR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'CASECC'//////////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/APP/ICYCLIC/GEOMU/LOADU/POSTU/ DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT/DESCYCLE/////ADPTINDX $
CR 38676 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Missing Panel Participation Factor Output Prior to Version 70.7.2 fluid/structure problems that have no s-set (no constraints) will not allow panel participation factors to be printed with PARAM,FLUIDMP or STRUCTMP. Avoidance: Use AUTOSPC and an unattached GRID to force a degree of freedom
Description
Known Error
CR 38676 in the s-set.
CR 38682 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NMLOOP - Possible Wrong Answers The use of NMLOOP yields incorrect prestressed modes in Version 70.7 if the user does not enforce a stiffness update. The prestressed modes are correct in Version 70.5 because the stiffness is updated automatically at the end of the subcase. Avoidance: There are three possible avoidances in V70.7, we recommend the first option. 1. Insert the following dmap alter: ECHOOFF $ SWITCH ESTNL, REPLACE MODULE EMAKFR WITH SUBDMAP CENTRIP COMPILE NLSTATIC $ VER 70.7 BY R.L.H. MARCH 29, 2000 ALTER 'NMLOOP.*CNMLOOP=2','' $ IF ( NEWP>-1 AND NMLOOP<>0 ) THEN CNMLOOP=2 $ MESSAGE //' DELETE/COPY ESTNL $ CSR 38614' DELETE /MESTNL,,,, $ COPY ESTNLH/MESTNL $ ENDIF COMPILE NLKR $ ALTER 'EMAKFR','' $ TYPE DB,EQEXINS $ CAL CR 38684 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PSHELL - Remark 14, (ts)10e8(ts) incorrect. Remark 14 under the PSHELL description in the MSC/NASTRAN Verson 70 and 70.5 Quick Reference Guide description is incorrect.
Description
Description It says: 14. If MIDi is greater than or equal to (Ts)10^8(Ts), then parameter
Known Error
CR 38684 NOCOMPS is set to +1 indicating that composite stress data recovery is desired. (MIDi greater than (Ts)10^8(Ts) are generated by PCOMP entries.) It should say: 14. If MIDi is greater than or equal to 10^8, then parameter NOCOMPS is set to +1 indicating that composite stress data recovery is desired. (MIDi greater than 10^8 are generated by PCOMP entries.) The v70.5 online encyclopedia has the correct remark as does pre v70.0 Quick Reference Guides.
CR 38722 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - UFM 315, UFM 316 In Version 70.7 it is possible to output updated propertied in an optimization run. If a model contains PCOMP entries and one or more of the PCOMP entries has an odd number of layers, then any subsequent run using the updated PCOMP entries generated from the previous puch file will fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY PCOMP X *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY PCOMP X
Description
Avoidance: Punch out the PCOMP entries using the small field format (e.g., param,despch1,x) where x can be -1, -2, -3, -5 -,6, or -7. The default is param,despch1,6. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38740 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DRHM3 corrupts OSE1 table It has been observed that on Version 70.5 SGI systems that the OES1 table
Known Error
CR 38740 produced bythe DRHM3 module is corrupted and can not be printed.
CR 38743 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCFORCE, DSCREEN - UFM 315 Specifying the response type (RTYPE) of SPCFORCE on the DSCREEN entry in SOL 200 will result in UFM 315 ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DSCREEN. Note that the SPCFORCE response type was first added in V70.7.
Description
Avoidance: Create an equivalent DRESP2 for each DRESP1 of type SPCFORCE that will be constrained. Then specify the response type (RTYPE) of EQUA on the DSCREEN entry. Verified in R. 32. -TIN-
CR 38750 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTARTS, MKAERO - Inefficient Processing The dynamic aeroelastic restarts are dependent on the sorted order of the MKAEROi (i=1 or 2) bulk data entries whenever multiple entries are present. This creates the situation of regenerating the aerodynamic matrices when the /,1,99999 method of deleting and reinputting the bulk data is used. The MKAEROi entries on the restart MUST be in the same order as the coldstart run otherwise SOL 145 or 146 will rerun AMG/DECOMP even though the MKAEROi entries are identical to the coldstart but in a different sorted order.
Description
Aviodance: To avoid this problem the restart should only delete the specific bulkdata entries required NOT the entire bulkdata input. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38769 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - CQUAD4, MAT8, G12 - UFM 4297 In Version 70.7, if the G12 field on the MAT8 entry is blank, then the job will fail with the following misleading error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 (EQD4D)
Known Error
CR 38769 QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID = 1 HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Add the G12 field to the MAT8 entry if appropriate. or 2. Set SYSTEM(173)=2
CR 38780 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - mmecha.v707 - possible errors It has been observed that the mmecha alter may fail due to a singularity problem. This problem is due to an incorrect maxratio test in the presence of 2x2 pivots. This type of pivot can be caused by the Lagrange Multiplier Method.
Description Avoidance: The revised alter for Version 70.7 is available on the MSC.Software website. If you have trouble getting the updated alter, contact your local support representative. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38788 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - STRESS, CORNER, PUNCH - Missing Grid ID When requesting punch output for element forces or stress at the corners , the punch file does not print the grid ID. It does not know wich fields are integer and which fields are floating point Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 38815 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Correcte 2005 d Version Abstract Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP - Sigbus Error on SGI Descripti SGI distributed memory parallel jobs that request 8 or more processors may on fail with a "SIGBUS: Bus error" as follows:
Known Error
CR 38815 Core from signal SIGBUS: Bus error (dbx) where > 0 _realloc(0x100193e8, 0x190, 0x19450152, 0x0, 0x110, 0x9436c5a, 0x94369bd, 0x94369d2) ["/xlv43/6.5.7m/work/irix/lib/libc/libc_n32_M4/gen/malloc.c":367,0xfb2a1fc] 1 parse_file(0x111, 0x1, 0x19450152, 0xfb51ef8, 0x110, 0x9436c5a, 0x45,0x94369d2) ["/home/poppy08/kak1/mpt/1.3/mpi/lib/libxmpi/libxmpi_n32_M3/all/all_parse.c":2 64,0x9406214] 2 parse_global_opts(0x9425388, 0x1, 0x19450152, 0xfb51ef8, 0x110, 0x9436c5a, Avoidance: The following changes need to be made to the nast707.dmp file: From: %MSC_ARCH=irix64:% print -nu3 -- "${hosts[$i]} -np 1 ${rcmds[$i]} -c$i -d%r.debug% jid=$jid $args" To: %M
CR 38839 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBULK, Collectors - SWM 3001 (READ) If component modes are requested on a collector superelement then the run will fail with SWM 3001 in READ.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'call ifps1' if ( setype='colltr' ) equivx dynamic/dynamics/-1 $ endalter
CR 38841 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Poor Error Message If MSC.Nastran is NOT installed on a remote node properly, then the following error may occur: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: validate_dmp_hosts) beowulf21(LAM n1): No response from MSC.Nastran remote query:
Description
Known Error
CR 38841 /scratch/msc/bin/nast707 -d0 -rN70.7 frs=/scratch/DMP/dmp_108.dat drwx=/tmp fw=/scratch/DMP/dmp_108.T6084_15 drwx=/scratch/DMP drwx=dmp_108 drwx=. Segmentation fault (core dumped) Avoidance: Install MSC.Nastran correctly on the remote node. If there is not an authorization file, then the following error may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: validate_authorize) authorize="???????" (LM_LICENSE_FILE) This file does not exist. Avoidance: Install the an authorizatoin file.
CR 38869 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation -- DMAP Module Dictionary - APPEND 1st param cannot be 0 Both the Version 68 DMAP Module Dictionary and the current Version 70.7 online pdf documentation indicate that the 1st parameter for the APPEND module may be either a "0" or a "1" in order to create an output datablock [IN1:IN2]. However, if "0" is used then "UFM 5005 INVALID VALUE OF OPTION PARAMETER DETECTED 0" is issued, followed by "SFM 3007 MODULE = APPEND ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE APPEND". Avoidance: Set the 1st parameter to "1" instead of "0".
Description
CR 38889 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers The applied load contribution of the GPFORCE output is incorrect in TEMP(LOAD) is applied to only a portion of the model.
Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to put a small thermal load on ever element. .
Known Error Product
CR 38892 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SYSTEM(2), DOPTPRM - Undocumented Feature If the IPRINT parameter on the DOPTPRM entry is used to obtain intermediate prints from the DOT optimizer, the output is always written to unit 6 regardless of which unit other "f06" output is directed to by NASTRAN SYSTEM(2).
Description Avoidance: Undocumented paramter IWRITE can be used on the DOPTPRM entry to direct the intermediate prints to the unit of the users choice. That is IWRITE=4 places this output in the .f04 file. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 38895 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML - U1 Set not Recognized Degree of freedom Set U1 is not recognized by DMAP modules dealing with degree of freedom sets, e.g. PARAML, VEC, etc. Avoidance: The only avoidance is not to use the U1 set. Known Error Product Abstract CR 38898 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - SYSTEM(107) - Poor Performance If Parallel processing is selected with SYSTEM(107) (a.k.a. keyword PARALLEL) on MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 on the Cray J-90 executable cache memory will be disabled and poor performance results. Avoidance: Other than not selecting parallel there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Nonlinear Analysis - HEXA - Poor Convergence Poor convergence may be experienced for Nonlinear jobs with HEXA elements CR 38899 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error
CR 38899 in MSC.Nastran Version 70.7. The problem occurs because the new HEXA formulation introduced for linear analysis in Version 70.7 is used on the first iteration and it shouldn't be. Avoidance: Set SYSTEM(309)=1 to revert to the pre-Version 70.7 formulation for all iterations.
CR 38907 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD - UWM 5411 (REIGL8) The message below may appear many times when using the complex eigensolver module CEAD. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5411 (REIGL8) NEGATIVE TERM ON DIAGONAL OF MASS(VIBRATION) OR STIFFNESS(BUCKLING) MATRIX DETECTED. ROW NUMBER = 80 VALUE = -1.20000D+02 Avoidance: This message may be safely ignored when encountered in the CEAD module.
Description
CR 38925 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Static Analysis - slideline contact, PELAST - SFM 3001 in EMG Job will fail in SOL 106 when line contact problem includes nonlinear springs in the model. For example, any SLIDE-LINE model with PELAST and/or PBUSHT, which refer to TABLEDi bulk data cards, will be terminated during contact nonlinear stiffness generation in SOL 106.
Description
Avoidance: Please insert the following DMAP alter into SOL 106 decks to avoid this difficulty COMPILE NLSTATIC $ ALTER 'CALL NLKR'(3),'' $ CALL NLKR MESTNL ,CSTMS ,BTOPSTF , , , BGPECT ,BGPDTH ,SILS ,USETNL ,GMNL , , ,GPSNTS ,USET1 , ,
Known Error
CR 38925 DEQATN ,DEQIND ,ETT , , , / BKELM ,BKDICT ,BKGG ,BKFS ,BKAA , , , ,BKMG / S,NO
Known Error Product
CR 38927 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTETRA, PSOLID - Poor Answers, UWM 4683 (READ) MASS MATRIX The mass matrices for mid-side-noded CTETRAs are not calculated correctly if the defaults values for IN and ISOP fields on the PSOLID are not used. This may lead to UWM 4683 from the READ module and poor answers. Avoidance: Leave the IN and ISOP fields blank on the fluid PSOLIDs in order to use the defaults.
Description
CR 38939 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - FlexLm - Problem with FlexLm on Windows 2000 In some instances, the authorization process on NT and Windows 2000 may take almost a minute to return with the authorization. If this is happening, add the following line to your .rcf file SYMBOL=LM_NO_SNMP=1
Description
CR 38949 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - hosts keyword on nast707 command is ignored If the hosts keyword is defined in any of the RC files, then you will be unable to override it's value on the command line.
Description
Avoidance: A work around is to put the keyword in a local RC file in the directory where the input file resides. This value will override any values set in the other RC files. CR 38951 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 38951 Submittal - Execution on remote node may cause input and output to be deleted. If a Nastran analysis is run on a remote system using the the node keyword, and the output file directory is visable to the remote node, then all the output files and the input files will be deleted after the job has run.
Avoidance: There are two avodiances. 1) Run the job in a directory that is not visable to the remote node Description 2) Make the following change near the end of the install_dir/bin/nast707.rmt file. 127,128c127 < %s.rsh% %node% -l %username% /bin/rm -f "%r.out%*" < %r.outvis=y:%/bin/rm -f "%r.out%*" --> %r.outvis=n:%%s.rsh% %node% -l %username% /bin/rm -f "%r.out%*" Known Error Product Abstract CR 38955 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML - Overflow Exit, Floating Point Exception When the PARAML module is used to extract an element from a matrix with the DMI option, and the element is larger than the range allowed by single precision parameters, a machine-dependent overflow error exit occurs. On NT MSC/NASTRAN, the output from the f06 file is: 0THE NUMBER OF NON-ZERO TERMS IN THE DENSEST COLUMN = 1 0THE DENSITY OF THIS MATRIX IS 100.00 PERCENT. MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 405290, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1777f60 [similar data is presented in the .log file] There is no mention in any of the diagnostic output that the PARAML module was being executed when the overflow occurs. One diagnostic method is to temporarily put a message statement in front of every suspected module ca Known Error Product CR 38960 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 38960 Documentation/QRG - PELAST, PBUSHT - Unexpected Answers If the initial slope of the nonlinear force-displacement relationship defined on a PELAST or PBUSHT entry in a nonlinear solution does not match the corresponding Ki value on the PELAS or PBUSH entry, then the results may be unpredictable. Avoidance: Make sure that the initial slope as defined on the TABLEDi entry matches the corresponding Ki value on the PELAS or PBUSH entry.
Description
CR 39031 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - MATMOD Option 5, Form 3 Example 3 under the DMAP Module Dictionary's description of MATMOD option 5 should be modified from Transform KGGBASIC coordinate system 10. MATMOD CSTM,SIL,,,,/TRANS10,/5//10 $ TRNSP TRANS10/TRANST10T $ SMPYAD TRANS10,KGGBASIC,TRANS10T,,,/KGG10/3 $ to Transform KGGBASIC to coordinate system 10. MATMOD CSTM,SIL,,,,/TRANS10,/5//10 $ TRNSP TRANS10/TRANST10T $ SMPYAD TRANST10T,KGGBASIC,TRANS10,,,/KGG10/3 $
Description
Known Error Product
CR 39041 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,NOCOMPS -1 not supported on DRESP1 PARAM NOCOMPS -1 is used to recover shell element stresses for an equivalent homogeneous element. The use of this capability has been blocked in SOL 200 so that if the user invokes the equivalent PSHELL on the DRESP1 entry to obtain stress/strain responses of the element, the corresponding PSHELL will not be found.
Description
Known Error
CR 39041 Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Version 2001 will remove this restriction.
CR 39046 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBDICT - Missing Dictionary If the DBDICT FMS command is used in a run as follows, the dictionary will be blank. assign master='oldrun.MASTER' DBDICT endjob Avoidance: Use a read-only restart similar to the following to list the database dictionary. assign run1='oldrun.MASTER' restart, logical=run1 dbdict sol 101 cend begin bulk enddata
Description
CR 39056 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress - GPSTRESS- 4276 (FREAD) If GPSTRESS output is requested, then following error may occur. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (FREAD).
Description Avoidance: Ensure that case control requests for stress and force specify the same type of output. If center and grid point output is specified for one, it should also be specified for the other. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 39067 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP, READ - Poor Performance Distributed Memory Parallel eigenvalue jobs may experience poor performance
Known Error
CR 39067 in READ on Compaq Alpha clusters. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. I can't find the data deck. But this csr has the same issue to vvpr 120092 which Joe Griffin had verified the performance of this job. So I consider it's verified. -TIN-
CR 39088 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Modes - SFM 3001 (DCMP) The following message may occur in a cyclic symmetry modal run (SOL 115) when requesting a tridiagonal solution method such as AHOU or AGIV. The message is output from the DCMP module if the USET and SIL tables are mismatched with the input matrices. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DCMP) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use the Lanczos method which does not perform this operation. Another avoidance is to use the DECOMP module instead: Compile moders list noref $ Alter 'dcmp.*kww1'(,-1) $ If (cyclic) then $ Decomp kww1/lww1,, $ Else $ Alter 'dcmp.*kww1' $ Endif $
Description
CR 39098 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,USETPRT and PARAM,SETSTR1 In Version 70.7 param,usetsel has been changed such that values greater than 0. are not acceptable. If USETSEL is set greater than 0 the following message occurs:
Known Error
CR 39098 ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9109 (SEKR0) ^^^ USETSEL IS GREATER THAN ZERO WHICH IS OBSOLETE. USETSEL WILL BE RESET TO -1 TO PRINT ALL SETS. ^^^ USER ACTION: SPECIFY PARAM,USETSEL,0 AND SET NAMES ON PARAM,USETSTR1 THRU USETSTR4. Avoidance: The syntax for the r USETSTRi paramerter is: PARAM,USETSTR1,M:R for more info see the description under TABPRT in the Release Guide for Version 70.7.
CR 39109 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - GIV, MGIV, HOU, MHOU - Poor Answers When using methods GIV, HOU, or their variants, if there are repeated roots their eigenvectors may not be orthogonal. A small test problem with 9 repeated roots produced only three orthognal vectors. Avoidance: An avoidance is to use the LAN method.
Description
CR 39125 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC3D, MAT9 - UFM 3005 If a model has CRAC3D elements that reference MAT9 entries, then the job may fail with the following error messages:
Description
**** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (SNGERR) Attemp to operate on singular matrix AI in subroutine SD92ND. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
CR 39129 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAGONAL - UFM 5250 DIAGNL Negative non-integer exponent If the diagonal terms of a matrix are raised to a negative power using the DIAGONAL command with the 'SQUARE' option, if there are negative offdiagonal
Known Error
CR 39129 terms, the program will fail with: UFM 5250 DIAGNL Negative non-integer exponent Avoidance: First extract the diagonal terms using a POWER of 1.0, then raise the resulting matrix to the desired negative power.
CR 39150 MSC / MD Nastran DSAPRT, TRIM, STABDER, - Formatted Output not Supported The formatted sensitivity prints produced using the DSAPRT case control command are not supported for aeroelastic responses (DRESP1 RTYPE = TRIM, STABDER or FLUTTER Avoidance: Use the unformatted sensitivity prints.
Description
CR 39168 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Access Violation Error A dmap had a purged input data block of the form call xyz a,,c . . . It in turn called another dmap, with the format call wyz b// $, where b is the purged input. If an attempt was made to test for the presence of b with paraml or to print it with matprn, an access violation occurs. If all inputs to a subdmap are purged, an executive system error occurs. Avoidance: An avoidance is to add another non-purged datablock to the calling argument. This purged argument does not need to be used in the subdmap. Its presence avoids the error that results when all inputs to the subdmap are purged
Description
MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered.
CR 39172 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - paraml /dbname/'name' - Datablock is discarded If the paraml option 'name' is used on a data block in the calling argument of a subdmap, and the datablock used as input to paraml is an NDDL-scratch data block that has previously been equivalenced, the data block is discarded at the end of the subdmap. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 39191 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SDR1 - UFM 4574, SWM 3001 UXAX Does not exist Aeroelastic analyses that result in no a-set elastic deformations for unit perturbations of the controllers will result in the following error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4574 (SDR1) DATA RECOVERY STARTED BUT NO DISPLACEMENT VECTORS AVAILABLE *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (SDR1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED UXAX AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description The problem is that UXAX is purged because there are no elastic deformations. This is a somewhat rare event, that can happen if you attempt to model a "rigid" airplane. There are a number of ways in which a rigid airplane can be better modelled. In particular, in the TRIM specification, you can set the AEQR field to 0.0. That will result in a flexible vehicle with no elastic feedback to modify the aero loads. This is t Known Error Product Abstract CR 39198 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATGPR - UWM 3059 If the 2nd parameter is unspecified on the MATGPR DMAP module, then UWM 3059 is issued. This warning can be safely ignored. Avoidance: Specify the 2nd parameter. Known Error CR 39203
Description
CR 39203 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,POST - Missing Postprocessing Output PARAM,POST does not work correctly in the Case Control of a Version 70.7 Nonlinear run. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter;
Description
COMPILE NLSTATIC alter 'PVT PVT,CASESX2','' dbstatus casesx2//s,n,nocase2 $ if ( nocase2>0 ) PVT PVT,CASESX2/ $ endalter CR 39208 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOT, XYTRAN - Missing Plot Output If a non-existant grid point is requested by the XYPLOT command, the XYTRAN module makes a premature exit. i.e. when a displacement plot command cannot find the grid point, all of the acceleration and element stress/force plots could be skipped. CR 39213 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Anaysis - FRLG - Wrong Answers. In MSC.Nastran it has been found that FRLG can produce incorrect loads when insufficient memory is given.
Description
Description
Avoidance: If the answers are suspect, run the analysis at only the suspected problem frequencies and see if the answers change. If the answers change increase memory and rerun the job. CR 39215 MSC / MD Nastran Mass Matrix - UFM 4646, Grids and Components not Identified The indefinite mass matrix check may not correctly identify the grid point and degree of freedom.
Known Error
CR 39215 AN INDEFINITE MASS MATRIX DOF DETECTED AT GRID: 0 COMPONENT: 0 Avoidance: The run may be allowed to continue by setting system(303). MSC's elastic elements do not produce an indefinite mass matrix. Massless mechanisms may cause this error, dmig input, or improperly coded rigid elements.
CR 39219 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - Missing Eigenvalues In MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 the new Block Complex Lanczos Eigenvalue analysis method automatically reverts to real operations when no damping matrix exists. This may cause roots to be missed in acoustic/fluid problems.
Avoidance: Two possible avoidances are: Description 1. Introduce a false damping matrix by applying the following alter: compile gma alter 'acsyml\=','' acsyml=(acsym='yes' and fs) $ endalter 2. Force the method to always use complex arithmetic by setting system(108)=16384. Known Error Product Abstract CR 39224 MSC / MD Nastran Optimiztion/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM - UFM 7055 When an optimization task tries to design K1, K2 and other quantities specified on the last two continuations of a PBEAM entry, then USER FATAL MESSAGE 7055 (DOPR1C/DOPR1Z) will be printed.
Description
Avoidance: Do not design K1, K2 and others on the last two continuations of the PBEAM entry. Known Error CR 39235
CR 39235 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 3001 (DSAL) In a SOL 200 senstivity analysis with multiple frequency subcases, an error can result if an initial subcase has no responses that require a direct (as opposed to adjoint) sensitivity analysis and a subsequent subcase does.
Description Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to arrange the subcases so that any that the initial subcase requires a direct analysis. Another avoidance is to force the use of the direct senstivity calculation for all subcsases with PARAM AUTOADJ NO. Known Error Product Abstract CR 39248 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1, PBEAML, PBARL - UFM 7193 USER FATAL MESSAGE 7193 may be issued in error when there are both PBARL and PBEAML entries being designed. The error does not occur when a single PBARL is designed. Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to replace either the designed PBARL's or the PBEAML's with PBAR's of PBEAM's and use the original dvprel1/dvprel2 techniques to design these properties. Known Error Product Abstract CR 39269 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - SFM 4027 (WRITE), EC 3021 An optimization task may fail with the SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4027 when the following two conditions are met: 1) a DRESP1 response is referenced in the first subcase and 2) a DRESP2 response is retained in the second subcase where the DRESP2 response references to another DRESP2 entry. Avoidance: Do not use a DRESP2 referencing a DRESP2. Known Error Product CR 39272 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 39272 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Wrong Answers An optimization task may generate incorrect type 2 response values when the nested referenced DRESP2 entries are used in multiple subcases.
CR 39273 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - HEXA, Corner Stresses, SDR2 - Possible Wrong Answers In Version 70.7, if the HEXA element is highly distorted, then the corner stresses may be incorrect. The element center stresses are correct. Avoidances: There are two possible avoidances.
Description
1. Use the version 70.5 HEXA formulation by adding nastran system(309)=1 to the top of the input file 2. Do not use the corner stress values.
CR 39275 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRK, FREQ3, 4, 5- SFM4276 (GREAD) In SOL 200, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 may be issued if mode tracking is requested and there is a modal frequency subcase that uses the FREQ3, FREQ4, or FREQ5 entries. in the specification of the excitation frequencies.
Description
Avoidance: The use of FREQ3, 4 or 5 is not recommended with sensitivity and optimization analysis since the excitation frequencies are not updated when the structural model is changed. Further, the sensitivity calculations ignore the effect of the change on the excitation frequency on the design response and are therefore inaccurate, at best, and may cause the design to go in the wrong direction. CR 39280 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 39280 Documentation - QRG - SET description under OUTPUT(POST) Missing Keywords The SET description on page 244 of the V70.5 QRG for OUTPUT(POST) is the missing keywords [ELEMENTS, GRID POINTS]. CR 39285 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM EIGD, DSAPRT(EXPORT), IUNIT SUBDMAP EIGVECDS does not contain the parameter iunit. Thus, when the DSAPRT(EXPORT) Case Control command is used, OUTPUT4 fails because IUNIT is undefined. Avoidance: Apply the following alter: INIT MASTER(S) assign output4='a200.op4' unit=21 formatted delete $ ID MSC, SWRO TIME 100 DIAG 5,6,8,56 SOL 200 $need to rewind iunit before anything else malter 'file.*append' output4 //-1/iunit $ $ need to modify output2 from rewind to do nothing malter 'output2.*dscmcol','output2.*dscmcol' OUTPUT2 DSCMCOL,,,,//0/IUNIT/'DSCMCOL'/OMAXR $ compile eigvecds,nolist alter 'nddl' TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,iunit $need iunit id subdmap eigvecds alter 'output4' message // 'iunit='/iunit $ alter 'output4'(2,0),'output4'(2,0) $ remove rewind of iunit $exit
Corrected Version 2001 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
Description
CR 39288 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTETRA, PSOLID - UFM 9050 (SEKRRS)
Known Error
CR 39288 If a CTETRA with midside nodes references a PSOLID that has the IN field equal to "TWO", the following error message occurs: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) ^^^ RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. ^^^ USER ACTION: CONSTRAIN MECHANISMS WITH SPCI OR SUPORTI ENTRIES OR SPECIFY PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 TO CONTINUE THE RUN WITH MECHANISMS. NASTRAN should give a warning message saying that IN = "TWO" is not allowed and that the suggested IN = "THREE" is used instead, and the run should continue. Avoidance: Use IN equal to "THREE".
Description
CR 39294 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, DNODE - Incorrect Sensitivities When an optimzation task includes a DRESP2 entry which also references a DNODE and another DRESP2 entry, incorrect sensitivity coeffcients for the DRESP2 entry may be produced. Avoidance: Do not reference both DNODE and DRESP2 on a DRESP2 entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 39304 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Cyclic Symmetry Normal Modes - DBC, PARAM,POST,0 Incorrect Results in XDB Cyclic Symmetry Modal Analysis produces incorrect XDB outputs. The results for modes may be truncated. CR 39309 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - GP0 - GMLOAD applied to GMCURV for CBEAMs For p-elements, if a GMLOAD is applied to a GMCURV in order to load CBEAMs, a fatal error with no additional information occurs in GP0.
Corrected Version GL Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 39309 Avoidance: The avoidance is to apply the GMLOAD to the individual FEEDGEs for the CBEAMs.
CR 39314 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - UIM 9005, Saved LOOPID is not correct Even when an increment in nonlinear statics (SOL 106) cannot converge, it still prints the following message, where "n" is the loopid of the unconverged increment:
Description
^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9005 (NLSTATIC) ^^^ THE SOLUTION FOR LOOPID= n IS SAVED FOR RESTART This message is not true since increment "n" has not been saved for restart. Avoidance: Ignore the message since only increments up to n-1 have been saved.
CR 39326 MSC / MD Nastran Database - SFM 1041 (GALLEX) A limit in the database directory size may cause large jobs to fail with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1041 (GALLEX).
Description
Avoidance: This limitation can be overcome by increasing the buffsize and/or setting system(158)=1000 and system(159)=500 to allow for a larger expansion of the database. CR 39342 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DEFUSET - Entry Ignored without Warning The DEFUSET function was removed in Version 70.7. Any such bulk data entries are now ignored, without warning. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 39375 MSC / MD Nastran FMS - ASSIGN, scr=yes - Database Not Deleted :q vi rIn Version 70.7, if an ASSIGN statement is specified for the database, the database will not be deleted at the end of the job even if scr=yes is specified on the command line.
Description
Avoidances: There are two possible avoidances. 1. Add the following FMS statement to the input file init master(s) 2. Add a ",temp" to the end of the assign statement.
CR 39378 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - CONNECT - Incorrect Properties for Multiple Beam Servers When more than one beam server is used, it may produce incorrect the properties. This error occurs whe the Group names or evaluator class names show certain pattern in which the first portion of the n-th group name is identical to the name of the (n-1)-th group where n is => 2. In addition the CONNECT entry including (n-1)-th group must precede the CONNECT entry containing n-th group name. For example, the CONNECT entries given here will produce the incorrect properties for the beamsrv1 group: CONNECT BEAMEVAL beamsrv locbml and CONNECT BEAMEVAL beamsrv1 locbmls. Avoidance: Do not use the problematic pattern as the group name for multiple beam servers.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 39386 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,S1 - Incorrect Documentation for SOL 109 and 112 Stress sorting was implemented in SOL's 109 and 112 in Version 69. The QRG incorrectly shows that the associated parameters are not supported for
Known Error
CR 39386 these solutions. .
CR 39387 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - SFM 3007 DOM9 An optimization task may fail with the 'SFM 3007 DOM9, SUBROUTINE DOM91' message when the DRESP2 response references another DRESP2 entry. Avoidance: 1) Convert the offending DRESP2 entries into a single DRESP2 entry or 2) Use the following dmap alter: For v70.7 COMPILE DESCON alter ' DSAD ' DBSTATUS RR2IDR//S,N,NORR2ID $ IF ( NORR2ID>0 ) THEN PARAML RR2IDR//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NRR2 $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,NRR2I NRR2I = NRR2 PARAML RR2IDR//'DTI'/1/ S,N,NRR2I//S,N,R2ID $ IF (R2ID = 0) THEN MODTRL RR2IDR //0 $ ENDIF ENDIF CR 39391 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - EIGN, FREQ, FLUTTER - Wrong Sensitivities Incorrect sensitivities can be produced in SOL 200 when all of the following pertain: a. There are superelements b. A global response is selected as the objective c. The response is not WEIGHT or VOLUME. An example of responses are EIGN, LAMA, FREQ and FLUTTER. Correct answers are provided when the response is constrained. It is only when it is invoked by the DESOBJ case control command that incomplete
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 39391 sensitivity information is provided.
CR 39422 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - Execution fails with large value of "dmp" Nastran runs with large values of the "dmp" parameter will fail in the setup of the run. The exact value that is allowed is a function of various factors like the size of the current path name. CR 39426 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Eigenvalue Subcases - Missing Output If two eigenvalue subcases with different boundary conditions are run in SOL 200, the second subcases eigenvalues are printed twice but the first is not printed. The eigenvector results are printed correctly and the optimzation is performed correctly. Avoidance: Setting NASPRT=1 will produce correct eigenvalue results at each design iteration, including the last. Version 70.5 can also be used to get the correct prints.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 39433 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - PARAM,INREL,-2 - UWM 4698 When a matrix to be decomposed requires 2 by 2 pivots, its rows may be identified as having negative factor terms by maxratio and USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 may be issued. 2 by 2 pivots most commonly occur when using Lagrange Multiplier techniques (LMT). The max ratio test is not valid for this circumstance, so this warning message may be ignored. LMT methods are used in sol 101 for param, inrel, -2.
Description
Known Error
CR 39436
Known Error Product
CR 39436 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PARAM,POST,0 - Complex Eigenvectors Missing from xdb If complex eigenvalues/vectors are extracted using the pk method, they cannot be written to the xdb file (PARAM POST 0) due to an error in the datablock labelling Avoidance: The op2 file (PARAM POST -1) can be used to display complex eigenvectors in MSC.Patran
Description
CR 39439 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - PARAM,INREL,-2 - Poor Performance When the automated suport capability for inertia relief is selected (param, inrel, -2) the problem may run many times slower than when other methods of inertia relief are used. Avoidance: A dmap avoidance is given in the sssalter library with the name ir2a.v707.
Description
CR 39440 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - Wrong Answers If any thickness of the various plies on a PCOMP entry is defined as a design variable, Z0 is blank, and a DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 has not been used to define ZO, then wrong answers may occur. This error occurs because the the initial Z0 is used for the entire design optimization task even though Z0 changes as the ply thicknesses change.. Thus, sensitivities and optimization results are wrong.
Description Avoidance: A DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 entry must be used to define Z0 ( Z0 =0.5 times the element thickness). Otherwise, the initial Z0 will be used for the entire design optimization task even though Z0 changes as the ply thicknesses change.. Thus, sensitivities and optimization results are wrong for Z0=blank without DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 definition.
CR 39449 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Plotting - CTETRA iem codes for nonlinear are wrong The Stress-Strain Item Codes, in Appendix A, of nonlinear HEXA, PENTA and TETRA are wrong in the current Quick Reference Guide, The errors and corrections are listed as follows: 1) The last row of Nonlinear CHEXA (Code=93), "19-146 Items 3 through 17 Repeated for 8 corners", should be changed to
Description
"19-146 Items 3 through 18 Repeated for 8 corners ". 2) The last row of Nonlinear CPENTA(Code=91), "19-146 Items 3 through 17 Repeated for 8 corners", should be changed to "19-114 Items 3 through 18 Repeated for6 corners". 3) The last row of Nonlinear CTETRA(Code=85), "19-146 Items 3 through 1
Known Error Product
CR 39452 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - ASET, USET, Residual Vectors - Possible Wrong Answers If an explicit ASET and a user USET (i.e. U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, or U6) are specified, then the USET table is corrupted. The ASET will be reduced by the dof which are common with the user set (u1-u6). and wrong answers may occur. CR 39473 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis/Hyperelastic Elements - PLSOLID, MATHP, PCOMP - SFM 3003 When hyperelastic material properties (PLSOLID and MATHP) are used together with composites (PCOMP) or the alternate form of beam property (PBCOMP) in a nonlinear analysis, Nastran fails in IFP6 if MATHP refers to any TABLES1
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 39473 entry. Avoidances: This error can be avoided if user specifies the material constants instead of using tables.
CR 39490 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLTRD2 - SFM 4276 UNPACK It is possible that a nonlinear transient analysis may fail with BIOMSG 33, followed by SYTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, indicating an UNPACK error.
Description
Avoidance: The exact cause of this problem is under investigation. One potential cause is epoints. Replacing epoints with spoints may solve the problem. CR 39508 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis/Hyperelastic Elements - PLSOLID, MATHP Nastran job may fail in nonlinear analysis when the specified number(s) of NA (order of polynomial function of the distortional strain energy) and/or ND (order of polynomial function of thethe volumetic strain energy) in MATHP card are higher than the real rank(s). The real ranks are computered from user specified material constants (Aij and Di) or tables (TABLES1) in MATHP bulk data card by NASTRAN automatically. Avoidances: This error can be avoided if user controls the number of order of NA and ND - don't make them higher than the possible ranks based on the user's input of Material constants (Aij) or Tables (TABLES1) in the MATHP bulk data card.
Description
CR 39509 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - PARAM,ADSTAT, LFREQ, STATSUB - UFM 6143 If a modal transient analysis is run using PARAMs ADSTAT and LFREQ and the case control command STATSUB, then the run will fail with UFM 6143 indicating incorrect input to the MERGE module.
Description
Known Error
CR 39509 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP your file: compile super3 alter 'matmod.*lm1.*mass' type parm,,rs,y,lfreq if(lfreq>0.)then $ $ $ correct error if ADSTAT, LFREQ, STATSUB are all used $ this is a simple correction and will not work for the general case $ paraml freq//'trailer'/2/s,n,nmodes $ type parm,,i,n,rmmodes rmmodes=nmodes-NRUH1 $ number of modes removed by LFREQ - NOTE this alter does $ not check for HFREQ or NMODES matgen ,/lfmodes/6/nmodes/rmmodes/NRUH1 $ partitioning vector based on removed modes partn freq,,lfmodes/,nfreq,,/1 $ partn mass,,lfmodes/,nmass,,/1 $ equivx nfreq/freq/-1 $ equivx nmass/mass/-1 $ endif $
CR 39510 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Incorrect Loadstep ID after UIM 6189 If a Nonlinear analysis issues the message: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6189 (NCONVG) *** BEST ATTAINABLE SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND *** Then for the next load increment the 3 permitted bisections are going to take place without convergence. The displacement output for the "BEST ATTAINABLE SOLUTION" will then be labeled with a load factor that includes the increment from the final step with 3 bisections. Avoidance: Set the intermediate output (INTOUT) field 9 on the NLPARM entry to YES.
Description
CR 39556 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, READ - UFM 5401 USER FATAL MESSAGE 5401 is issued when a Lanczos job does not find any roots. Possible causes are given. One cause that is not given in the message is a large maximum ratio indicating a modeling error. CR 39560 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=FLUTTER SFM 4276 (tbk) at DSAPRT,DSAD A design optimization analysis may fail in the DSAD or DSAPRT modules if ANALYSIS=FLUTTER
Known Error Product
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (tbk) ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (tbk) CR 39572 MSC / MD Nastran Normal Modes - SOL 103 - Bad Eigenvalues Bad eigenvalues may occur on the Version 70.7.2 NEC system with a build date of December 15, 1999. This error has been corrected in Version 70.7.2 on the R3 CD. The error was fixed without changing the Version. The build date of the corrected executable is June 28, 2000. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 39609 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SGI ffio may result in a traceback The FFIO feature may cause problems on some SGI operating systems. The jobs may stop with a traceback in ffopen.
Description
Receiving signal number 5: Trace/BPT trap Avoidance; Setting ff_io_opts = 'casecon.DB* casecon.db* casecon*SCR* casecon*scr*
Known Error
CR 39609 may solve the problem. Else turn off FFIO.
CR 39612 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ORTHOG Module Incorrectly Declares a Matrix to a Null Matrix The ORTHOG module may incorrectly declare a matrix with small terms to be null and the following message is then issued.
Description *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6467 (ORTHRD) A NULL COLUMN WAS ENCOUNTERED AT COLUMN NUMBER = 1 DURING ORTHOGONALIZATION Known Error Product Abstract CR 39624 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - MATTi - Wrong Answers If temperature-dependent material properties are being used with pelement shells,and the temperature field is not constant, the answers may be incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 39630 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Frequency Response - multiple subcases, element output - Missing Output If multiple subcases exist in a modal frequency response analysis, and element-type output is requested (e.g., force) in the second or subsequent subcases without requesting it in the first subcase, then the element output will be missing. Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances. The first one is recommended. 1. Add the same request in the first subcase. If the printed output is not desired, use the (plot) option. 2. Use param,ddrmm,-1. This method is not recommended as it may cause substantial
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 39630 additional runtime.
CR 39633 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - PARAM,BUCKLE,2 - UWM 8592 (REIG) Nonlinear buckling analysis in a cold start run was made possible in Version 70.7 by specifying param, buckle, 2. A buckling analysis should be able to be selectively perfromed for each subcase that has a method = n specified. However, if a method request is not made in each subcase the job will fail with the following message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 8592 (REIG) THE METHOD RECORD IN CASE CONTROL IS MISSING OR INCORRECT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FOLLOWING FATAL ERRORS. USER ACTION: PUT A METHOD ENTRY IN CASE CONTROL WHICH POINTS TO AN EIGR, EIGRL, OR EIGB RECORD IN BULK DATA. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (READ) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 0) IN TABLE (EED ) IN SUBROUTINE (REIG). 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter or make the
Description
CR 39636 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE - UFM 7358 In an aeroelastic analysis, USER FATAL MESSAGE 7358 may be issued in error. This has been observed to occur when the the structural grid points used by the spline are separated by a length that is much less than one.
Description
Avoidance: Recasting the dimensions of the problem so that the distances are greater than one should provide a workaround. Another alternative is to select additional gridpoints that are outboard or inboard of the selection. This error does not occur in Version 70.5 so this version could be used as an avoidance. . CR 39643
Known Error
CR 39643 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, DSAD13 - Read Past End of Record In a Nastran optimization job (sol 200) the message ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD (DSAD13)
Description
is produced with composite responses (DRESP1 RTYPE = CSTRESS,CSTRAIN or CFAILURE) if the lamina number requested in the ATTA field is greater than the number of lamina on the associated pcomp entry. Avoidance: Correct the incorrect lamina number request
CR 39663 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - DOM9 - Segmentation Error A large optimization job that utilized the external beam library capability gave a segmentation error in the DOM9 module. This problem was traced to a time-out problem. Avoidance: Use Node Locked instead of Flexm
Description
CR 39682 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GUST, RMS - Wrong Answers In a symmetric aeroelastic analysis, if an aerodynamic panel lies on the plane of symmetry wrong GUST RMS values or a rank deficient matrix result.
Description
Avoidable: For symmetric analysis do not define panels that lie on the plane of symmetry. Version 70.7 allows aerodynamic panels to lie on the plane of symmetry by implementation of the AESYMXZ and AESYMXY commands. CR 39695 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC,YES - Traceback in READ PARAM,RESVEC,YES may cause a floating point error in READ. This occurs when the number of modes plus residual vectors exceeds the rank of the
Known Error
CR 39695 mass matrix. This problem typically only occurs in very small test models where all modes may be unexpectedely calculated. Avoidance: Modify the EIGR(L) record so not all modes are computed. If there are disjoint submodels, do not get all of the modes for any submodel for which there will be residual vectors.
CR 39697 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER library - pstmac2a.v707, missing eigenvalue table - SFM 3001 When using the pstmac2a.v707 alter, if an eigenvalue table is not provided, then the job will fail with SFM 3001 Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Provide an eigenvalue table
Description
or 2. Modify the following statement from lamx ,,lamdum1/lamat $ to lamx lamdum1,/lamat/nummodes $
CR 39705 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUIED, ZFS - UWM 5411 When using virtual mass, if any grid point of an element listed on an ELIST record lies very near the free surface, a nonpositive definite mass matrix may occur. This may result in the following message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5411 (REIGL8) NEGATIVE TERM ON DIAGONAL OF MASS(VIBRATION) OR STIFFNESS(BUCKLING) MATRIX DETECTED. ROW NUMBER = 56 VALUE = -3.60212D+01 The number of modes calculated may not match the Sturm sequence
Description
Known Error
CR 39705 output. Avoidance: Change the free surface level slightly so that no grid point lies near the free surface. Near means a distance less than one percent of the square root of the area.
CR 39713 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DMIG - UFM 2070 (MTRXIN) DMIG matrices may be selected by the (K2gg, M2gg, and B2gg) commands, and the (K2pp, M2pp, and B2pp) commands. If the same matrix is requested twice, for example K2gg = AA $ M2gg = AA $
Description
or K2pp = AAX $ B2pp = AAX $ Then the following misleading fatal message is output: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2070 (MTRXIN) REQUESTED DMIG MATRIX AA IS UNDEFINED. Avoidance: Duplicate the DMIG matrix and rename.
CR 39714 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - TFL - Poor Message, BIOMSG, ERROR 3001 MTRXIN If the Case Control contains the command TFL = [sid] but there is no TFL entry in bulk data, a non-standard exit is taken. For Version 70.7 on the NT, the following exit was taken in the MTRXIN module:
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 Avoidance: Correct the input data.
CR 39718 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - MPRES - Missing Output Labels If SORT2 format output is requested with the MPRESS Case Control command, the associated "PRESSURES FOR ELEMENTS ON FLUID STRUCTURE BOUNDARY" output will have no element labeling on it. Avoidance: Request SORT1 output
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Known Error Product
CR 39724 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - modevala.v707 -MAX Eigenvector Normalization causes Wrong Ans. SSSALTER modevala.vxx assumes that the eigenvectors are normalized to unit generalized mass. If they are not, incorrect results will occur. Avoidance: Always normalize your eigenvectors to MASS (the default).
Description
CR 39742 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - STATSUB - Missing Output If there is a static subcase in SOL 111 to apply a prestress followed by a dynamic subcase, and if output requests are only in the dynamic subcase no output is obtained. Avoidance: Put the output request above all subcases or insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'if ( desopt ) then','' if ( true ) then $ endalter $
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Known Error Product
CR 39751 Loads - UFM 2008 (GP3) UNDEFINED GRID IN LOADSET If you have a large number of loads the analysis may fail with the message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2008 (GP3) UNDEFINED GRID **** IN LOADSET **** Avoidance: Increase BUFFSIZE
CR 39771 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML requires SOUT=YES If a tapered PBEAML is being designed and the user has a value of NO for one of the SO stress requests, incorrect sensitivity values will be created. The optimizer will then be unable to make progress. A fatal message may be issued or the job may indicate a hard convergence at design cycle 1. Avoidance: Do not use SO(j) or SO(B) = NO.
Description
CR 39772 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP Z0 term is Incorrect in Punch File If a PCOMP with blank Z0 specified is designed in a Design Optimization (SOL 200) run, the punch file incorrectly changes Z0 to -1. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to edit the punch file.
CR 39773 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM, PBEAML - UFM 7052, 7197 Solution 200 jobs may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 7052 or USER FATAL MESSAGE 7197 when the field name of an intermediate section of a PBEAML is referenced on a DVPREL1 entry. Avoidance: Split a PBEAM with multiple intermediate sections into multiple CBEAM/PBEAML. For the new PBEAMLs, provide properties for end A and B only.
Description
CR 39786 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Continuation Entry Replication produces UFM 6721 The "=(C)," immediate continuation format for card replication as defined on page 428 of the v70.5 Quick Reference Guide no longer works. Avoidance:
Description
Use "," instead. For instance, instead of: =(C), , *7, *7, *7, *7, *7, *7, *7 use: , , *7, *7, *7, *7, *7, *7, *7
CR 39791 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SDR2 - SFM 3001, Wrong Datablock Position Number The DMAP message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SDR2) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 10 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description may incorrectly identify the missing data block position. Avoidance: Use DBSTATUS before the offending line to verify the status of the input datablocks. Known Error Product Abstract CR 39806 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Missing "BEGIN BULK" causes part of input to be ignored Starting with Version 70.7, if an input deck contains a "BEGINBULK" entry (no space between "BEGIN" and "BULK") and the bulk data section contains INCLUDE statements, then bulk data cards that appear BEFORE the "INCLUDE" statement will be ignored. CR 39847 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 39847 Documentation/QRG - DCONADD and DCONSTR When the same DCID specified by a DESSUB command is referenced by DCONADD and DCONSTR entries, the constraints defined with the DCONSTR entry are ignored.
Description
Avoidance: Two avoidances exist: 1. Do not reference the same DCID with the DCONADD and DCONSTR entries. 2. If one insists on referencing the same DCID with both entries, include that DCID in the DCONADD entry as the DCONSTR identification number.
CR 39885 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - MAT2 - UFM 2042 (EMG) Starting with Version 70.5, if a bulk data file includes PSHELL/MAT2s with 9-digit MIDs where any of the MIDs are greater than 400,000,000 then the deck fails with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (EMG) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE ****** FOR ELEMENT Such PSHELLs/MAT2s are routinly constructed from the PUNCHed echo of a PCOMP entry but they must not be mixed with other PCOMP entries. The message has been improved in Version 2001.
Description
CR 39889 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP, EMG - Job Hangs A distributed memory parallel Statics, SOL 101, job will hang if one of the tasks gets a fatal error in EMG. Avoidance: Other than correcting the input there is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 39892 DMP - Missing Library - libmpi.so not found The distributed version of MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 on linux requires a file libmpi.so.1. This file was not placed on the CDROM. There are two possible avoidances: 1. The file may be created by using the lam-6.3.1.tar.gz file which is in $MSC_BASE/msc707/linux with the following commands: configure --with-fflags=-fno-second-underscore --with-shared make install These commands create /usr/local/lam-6.3.1/lib/libmpi.so.1. Please copy this file into $MSC_BASE/msc707/linux. 2. The file may be downloaded from the MSC ftp site from: ftp://ftp.macsch.com/pub/msc-products/NASTRAN/V70.7/linux/ or: ftp.mscsoftware.com/pub/msc-products/NASTRAN/70.7/linux/
Description
CR 39896 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, EIGRL, RBE3 - SFM 7340 (LNNHERR) Lanczos eigenvalue problems that ran in Version 70.5 may fail in 70.7 with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) process error reported by subroutine LNNP2CD Avoidance: This error may be related to the re-formulated RBE3 elements, Setting rotational dof set as independent, appears to be the cause of the problem. If this is the case, either setting: NASTRAN SYSTEM(310)=1 or removing all rotational dof from the independent set may fix the problem.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 39904 Superelement - heat transfer - UFM 6599 Superelement heat transfer works in SOL 101 by specifying APP HEAT. However, it only works when there is no convection in the problem. NASTRAN heat transfer applies convection by first defining a boundary element (CHBDYG or CHBDYE) and then applying CONV with the same element ID on that boundary element. For example: chbdyg,101,,area4 ,5,6,17,16 conv,101,1,,,99 However, there is a limitation in superelements that all element IDs must be unique else the following fatal message is encountered: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6599 (SEPUEC) DUPLICATE ELEMENT IDS CONV 101 AND CHBDYG 101 IN SUPERELEMENT 0 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Do not use superelements.
Description
CR 39931 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - FIles Required to Create Delivery Database Missing on NT If you are using Windows NT, the files necessary to create a delivery database are not in the "del" directory.
Description
Avoidance: Contact MSC and request a copy of the necessary files Installed 2001 onto my w2k machine holywell, looks like files are inD:\msc\msc2001\nast\del dir. Ken Winkler CR 39942 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Normal Modes - PARAM,FOLLOWK - Wrong Answers Using SOL 106 to perform a nonlinear static analysis of a rotating beam with followk effects leads to wrong results when the modes are calculated by restarting with SOL 103 using the NMLOOP parameter. Restarting SOL 106 from a converged solution with just the NMLOOP parameter and a
Known Error
CR 39942 METHOD case control request yields onty the results of the nonlinear static analysis, no normal modes are computed. Avoidance: To get the modes from a restart with SOL 106, add a static subcase with the appropriate values of SUBID and LOOPID set with the NMLOOP parameter and METHOD case control command, then the nonlinear normal modes could be obtained.
CR 39962 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,RESVEC - Wrong Answers When using superelements or residual vectors, there is a hard-coded limit of 999 eigenvectors in the program for any single component. If a component has more than 999 modes calculated, the program will incorrectly truncate it to 999 modes with no warning.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter to remove the limit: compile resvec nolist noref alter 'read.*kzz,mzz','' paraml kzz//'trailer'/1/s,n,zzsize $ READ KZZ,MZZ,,,,,,,,,,,/ ALAMA1,APHX1,MX,OX,EX,/ 'MODES'/S,N,NV////-1/'LAN'////zzsize/0////PRTSUM $
CR 39963 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CELAS1 - Incorrect Sign The element force output for CELAS1 in nonlinear solutions has an incorrect sign in MSC.Nastran Version 70.7. CR 39994 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - YTAXIS - UFM 676 If the XYPLOT command YTAXIS is used, the program will incorrectly issue
Known Error
CR 39994 UFM 676 indicating that it is not recognized. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 676 (IFP1XY) YTAXIS IS NOT RECOGNIZED ON ABOVE CARD. Avoidance: Remove the command
CR 39995 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DLINK - UFM 7011 (DOPR1B) with Concatenated DLINKs The following remark show be added to the DLINK bulk data description in the QRG. i
Description
Remark 6. If a design variable is specified as dependent on a DLINK entry, then it cannot be specified as independent on another DLINK entry.
CR 39997 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,INREL, REPCASE - UFM 6143 or SFE 4276 in MRGCOL If conventional static solutions are mixed with inertia relief in the same run and REPCASEs are used, the run may fail with UFM 6143 indicating incompatible matrices. This error can also occur in SOLs 105, 200, and all dynamic SOLs with preload capability.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sestatic alter 'NSKIP1=NSKIP-1','' nskip1=nskipl-1 $ alter 'NSKIP1=NSKIP-1'(2),'' nskip1=nskipl-1 $ endalter
CR 40001 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDAMPING - Wrong Answers The BHH value for modal damping is computed as Bi = 2 * Mi * (omega) *
Known Error
CR 40001 (zeta) . Mi and omega can vary with the design variable and therefore affect the modal damping sensitivity. However, these perturbations are ignored in the current sensivity analysis with ANALYSIS = MFREQ. The discrepancy associated with neglecting this term is most pronounced at resonant peaks. Avoidance: Alternative forms of damping, such as PARAM G, cvisc and cdamp elements and material damping are supported and could be substituted for the modal damping input.
CR 40007 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - SUPER - Fails in DISFBS A distributed memory parallel job with SUPER Case Control commands will fail in DISFBS. Version 2001 traps this invalid input earlier in SEQP and issues the following fatal message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7567 (SEQP) THE SUPER CASE CONTROL COMMAND HAS BEEN SPECIFIED. USER INFORMATION: THE SUPER COMMAND IS NOT PERMITTED WITH THE AUTOMATIC MODEL PARTITIONER. USER ACTION: CONSOLIDATE AND REWRITE THE SUBCASES WITHOUT THE SUPER COMMAND. CR 40008 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - K2GG, K2PP, M2GG, M2PP, P2G - Unexpected Answers DMIG entries are selected by the K2GG, M2GG, P2G, and K2PP, M2PP case control commands. If a case control command selects a bulk data DMIG entry, and there are no DMIG or TF entries in the bulk data file, the module that reads this matrix returns without any error messages, and the run may go to completion although it is missing the selected DMIG information. Avoidance: An avoidance is to put in at least one legal DMIG matrix. The program will provide good diagnostics and a fatal error exit if any selected matrices are missing from bulk data.
Description
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Known Error
CR 40037
CR 40037 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW3D - Wrong Answers The View factor calculation may have trouble detecting elements when the elements are very close. This may lead to wrong answers.
Description
Avoidance: Decrease the ETOL error estimate from default 0.1 to a small number such as 0.0001 on the VIEW3D bulk data entry , so that the VIEW3D program will go and calculate the view factor using the contour integration method CR 40040 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - TEMP(LOAD), ADAPT - SFM 3003 When the ADAPT module is retrieving the thermal loads to calculate the error estimators, the following fatal error may occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (ADAPT) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 109) IN SUBROUTINE GETEMP Avoidance: The error appears to occur with multiple element types. Currently the only workaround is to specify temperatures using TEMPD.
Description
CR 40077 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Programmer's Guide - SUBDMAP NOT EXECUTED If a SUBDMAP is called with no output datablocks or parameters, then it may not execute. Symptoms will be missing output and a statement in the .f04 file "SUBNAME NOT EXECUTED." where SUBNAME is the name of the subdmap. Avoidance: Add an output block to the calling sequence, or add a parameter.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 40088 SSSALTERs - mtacca - Wrong Answres SSSALTER mtacca.vxxx correctly calculates the rigid-body acceleration terms based on the initial conditions, however it does not include the effect of the initial rigid-body acceleration on the rigid-body velocity and displacement terms. Avoidance: The flexible results are correct. If the relative solution is obtained (positive value of PARAM,RBMODES), the answers are correct..
Description
CR 40094 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - K2PP - SFM 3007 (TRD1) If a complex matrix is input using the K2PP command, a transient response run will fail with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (TRD1) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE TRD1H Avoidance: Use only real matrices in transient analysis.
CR 40127 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADBND - Wrong Answers In a steady state heat transfer analysis if RADBND is used to model the radiation across a gap then wrong answers may result. Avoidance: Use RADBC to model radiation across gap instead of view factor.
CR 40133 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - TLOAD1, TLOAD2 - Wrong Answers TLOAD1 and TLOAD2 entries define a time dependent load. In frequency response a Fourier analysis is used to transform the time-dependent load to the frequency domain. The TYPE field on the TLOAD1 and TLOAD2 entry which specifies whether the dynamic excitation is and enforced displacement, velocity, or
Description
Known Error
CR 40133 acceleration, is ignored in frequency response. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 40134 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ESTIMATE crashes when PROJ statement is present The estimate program fails when a PROJ file management statement is present.
Description Avoidance: Remove the PROJ statement.
CR 40139 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATGPR, USET - Bad DOF Labels When USET entries are present in the bulk data section that place degrees of freedom in user defined displacement sets, Form 1 (MATGPR GPL,USET,SIL, ...) usage of the MATGPR module may cause the degree of freedom output identifier code to change from the expected T1/T2/T3/R1/R2/R3 to simply the component direction number (1 thru 6). This will occur when the degree of freedom internal number associated with the grid/components defined on the USET entry is less than the number of grid points in the bulk data. External grid identification numbers and printed matrix values are correct. Only the component code identifiers may be displayed differently. The identifier (whichever one is displayed) is correct. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to use the second form of the MATGPR module
Description
CR 40141 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Optimizer has difficulty making progress It has been observed that the Method of Modified Feasible Directions (Method=1 on the DOPTPRM entry) can sometimes fail to provide a better design even
Known Error
CR 40141 though it seems that it should. This occurs in situations when there are many more active constraints than there are design variables Avoidance: The SQP algorithm (Method=3 on the DOPTPRM entry) may make progress in these situations.
CR 40156 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - fluid-only models - Missing Acoustic Pressure Output If a model contains only fluid elements then the "COMPLEX ACOUSTIC RESULTS" output will not be printed.
Description
Avoidance: Insert a dummy structural element or the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'fscoup' fscoup=true $ endalter
CR 40157 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,BUCKLE,1, RESTART - SFM 6036 Nonlinear buckling analysis by a restart in SOL 106 with param, buckle, 1 will encounter SFM 6036 (divide by zero) if the number of increments for the restart subcase is different from 2 or the bisection is triggered. Avoidance: Specify INTOUT=YES on the NLPARM Bulk Data entry in the last subcase or insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'IF ( BUCKLE=2 ) POUTF=1','' if ( buckle>0 ) poutf=1 endalter
Description
CR 40158 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Rigid Elements - RBE3 - Different Answers The reformulated RBE3 element in V70.7 can result in large differences in
Known Error
CR 40158 answers between V70.5 and V70.7. This has only been observed on models where rotations have been selected on the connected grid points. The changes are most noticeable when the distances between connected grid points are much greater than 1.0. The changes in answer between versions do not occur when only translations are used for the independent dof. Avoidance: To obtain same answers as in Versions prior to 70.7 set: NASTRAN SYSTEM(310)=1 to use the old RBE3 formulation or do not use rotations on the "connected" grid points on RBE3 elements. The answers will then be identical between v70.5 and later versions.
Known Error Product
CR 40165 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NLRGAP, PARAM,TSTATIC, NLTRD2, UWM 5258, SWM 3002 An NLRGAP entry exists in a nonlinear transient analysis with param,tstatic,1 then the job will fail in the nltrd2 module with UWM 5258 and SWM 3002. Avoidance: Other than removing the NLRGAP entry there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 40167 MSC / MD Nastran Optimizaton/Design Sensitivity - CBUSH - Wrong Answers on NEC In MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 the NEC system has special code to enhance the performance of design sensitivity tasks that utilize the adjoint method. This code yields wrong answers when there are no coordinate systems in the bulk data file and a CBUSH element is being designed. Avoidance: Add a dummy coordinate system. For small problems where performance is not a large concern, setting PARAM AUTOADJ NO will avoid the problem by avoiding the adjoint method.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 40171 Eigenvalue Analysis - Maxratio Control in READ module is Indirect. Parameter MAXRATIO is used by the DCMP module in statics analysis to control the degree of near-singularity that is allowed when computing solutions. It is input to the DCMP module with a user parameter. This parameter is not an input to the eigensolver, the READ module, although READ makes tests based on its value. If the DCMP module has not run first the value READ uses is set to 1.E7. If DCMP has run prior to READ the value input by the user for DCMP is also used for READ. Avoidance: DCMP is called in modal analysis when SUPORTs exist, when superelement reduction is used, when residual vectors are computed, and for several other reasons. However, it is not always called before the READ module, that behavior is problem dependent. Look in the .f04 file for the word DCMP before R
Description
Known Error Product
CR 40184 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity Analysis - PLOADi, CBAR - Incorrect Sensitivitie In solution 200, sensitivities are incorrect if a distributed load is applied on CBAR and/or CBEAM elements and there are more than one design variable.
Description
Avoidance: There is no avoidance
CR 40228 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPER - Floating Point Exception in SEP1X A model bringing in an external superelement may fail with a floating point exception in module SEP1X if the GRID points defined on the EXTRN entry do not exist. Avoidance: Always make sure that the GRID points on the EXTRN entry exist in the model.
Description
CR 40257 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - PARAM,RSPECTRA, STATSUB - UWM 4568 (INTERR) Response spectra analysis does not work with prestressing (STATSUB Case Control command). If attempted the following message is issued: .*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4568 (INTERR) THE NUMBER OF SPECTRUMS SELECTED ON THE, DLOAD CARD DOES NOT MATCH THE NUMBER OF SUPPORT POINTS., CALCULATIONS FOR THIS SUBCASE TERMINATED.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semodes alter 'call postreig'(,-1) call dbstore casem,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile postreig list alter 'equivx ' call dbfetch /casem,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ PA
CR 40261 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Part Superelements - PARAM,OUNIT2 is ignored The Nastran Quick Reference Guide indicates that PARAM,OUNIT2 may be specified in either the Case Control or the Bulk Data. If it is specified in the Bulk Data after a BEGIN SUPER entry it will be ignored. Avoidance: Specify the parameter in the case control..
Description
CR 40263 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response Analysis - EPOINTS, PARAM,ADSTAT - UFM 6143 If a model has EPOINTs and PARAM,ADSTAT is specified on a pre-stressed structure in a modal transient response analysis, the run will fail with UFM 6143 indicating that incompatible matrices were attempted to be merged.
Description
Known Error
CR 40263 Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile super3 alter 'append.*freq0,mass' if(n1<>nruh1)then $ type parm,,i,n,ted1 $ ted1 = n1 + 1 $ matgen ,/vone2/6/ted1/1/n1 $ merge ,,f0m,,,,vone2/f0m1/1 $ $ else $ n1=nruh1 $ alter 'merge.*f0m,,,,vone' endif $
CR 40275 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 20 - Wrong Answers If the first input to MATMOD Option 20 is purged, then wrong answers result. Avoidance: Rearrange the inputs so that the first input is never purged.
CR 40276 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SCR=MINI - UFM 2071 in DPD In any dynamic solution with static loads used to define dynamic loads, if the initial run is made using SCR=MINI, the restart run may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2071 (DPD2) will be issued indicating that the DAREA set is not defined.
Description
Avoidance: Insert a dummy DAREA or the following DMAP alter in the restart run only: compile (insert main subdmap name; e.g., sedtran for SOL 109, sedfreq for SOL 108, semfreq for SOL 111, semtran for SOL 112) alter 'dpd ',''
Known Error
CR 40276 DPD DYNAMICS,GPLS,SILS,USET,,/GPLD,SILD,USETD, TFPOOL,,PSDL,,NLFT,TRL,EED,EQDYN/ -1/S,N,LUSETD/0/0/0//0/0/1/123/S,N,NOUE $ endalter
CR 40280 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, PBUSHT ,CBUSH1D, PBUSH1D - SFM 3003 In SOL 106, the use of CBUSH or CBUSH1D elements with a nonlinear forcedeflection with a lot of zero slope around the origin may lead to the following unclear fatal message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (NLITER) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK MESTNL (FILE 208) IN SUBROUTINE NLINIT This is due to the fact that all the nonlinear stiffness is zero for this iteration. This should rarely occur-usually with single element decks. If it does add a dummy nonlinear element that will never have a zero slope as for example: $ put in a mnl dummy element $23456789 0 CBUSH 6666 333333 777777 888888 PBUSH 333333 K .1 PBUSHT 333333 KN 1212 TABLED1 1212 -2.3 -9.-9 0.
Description
CR 40296 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESPCH - Incorrect Punch File When parameter DESPCH is set to a non-zero value in an optimization task, the updated property entries written in the punch file do not correspond to the current design cycle. In fact, the updated property entries for the previous design cycle will be written. Avoidance: use the following dmap alter where the original inputs of ept, geom2 and mpt are replaced by eptn, geom2n and mptn.
Description
Known Error
CR 40296 compile desopt alter 'dom12 '(2),'dom12 '(2) DOM12 XINIT,XO,CVALO,PROPIF,PROPOF,OPTPRMG,HIS,DESTAB, geom1n,coordo,,,eptn,geom2n,mptn,epttabf,dvptabf,,,,,,,/ HISADD,NEWPRM,,NEWDES/ DESCYCLE/OBJIN/OBJOUT/S,N,CNVFLG/cvtyp/OPTEXIT// MDTRKFLG/DESPCH/DESPCH1/MODETRAK/eignfreq// PROTYP///fsdcyc $
CR 40307 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - UFM 4276 EC 923, Infinite loop on master+slave(s) In a DMP (distributed memory parallel) analysis if a slave runs out of disk space then the job may hang and become caught in an infinite cpu loop.
CR 40310 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT If a design variable has more than 6 digits in its id, the formatted sensitivity output will replace the design variable id with ******. Avoidance: Do not use design variables with more than 6 digits in the id.
CR 40315 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Module Dictionary - DIAGONAL The DMAP Module Dictionary description of the DIAGONAL Module's WHOLE option is incorrect for complex matrices.
Description
In case of a complex matrix, the option WHOLE gives the following result: POWER = 1.: Magnitude of the complex matrix elements POWER != 1.: The real part of the complex matrix element is raised to the power
Known Error Product
CR 40358 Acoustic Analysis - PACABS - Possible Unexpected Results SYNTH=-YES requests the calculation of B, K, and M from the specified tables. However if a value is given for B, K, or M on the PACABS entry, then any table input is ignored and the data in the B, K, and M fields is used. If SYNTH is specified as NO and no data is specified for B, K, or M then TIDi is used. CR 40394 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - GPFDR, DEFORM, REPCASE, TEMP - Wrong Answers Grid Point Force gives incorrect answers when thermal (TEMP) loads are combined with DEFORM loads in the same subcase. CR 40395 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - GPFDR, CQUAD8 with thermal loads - Wrong Answers The applied load may be incorrect for Grid Point Force output when thermal loads are applied to CQUAD8 elements. Avoidance: There is currently no avoidance.
Description
CR 40399 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1,RTYPE=ESE - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) If RTYPE=ESE is specified on the DRESP1 entry then the job may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126.
Description
Avoidance: compile respsen alter 'IF ( DOWTVOLD\<=0 ) ELTPRT', ''
CR 40408 MSC / MD Nastran Damping - GE, MAT8 - Possible Wrong Answer
Known Error
CR 40408 The value specified for the GE, material damping, field on the MAT8 entry is being ignored if it is referenced by a PCOMP entry.
Description
Avoidance: If the GE field is important, replace the PCOMP/MAT8 with equivalent PSHELL/MAT2/MAT1 entries. CR 40423 MSC / MD Nastran nastran script - s.pmem - Memory Allocation If s.pmem is set in the nast*.ini file, then it will be ignored. Avoidance:
Description Set s.pmem in the nastran command script: nast* ) exec $cmdtool "$@" s.pmem=1024mb Known Error Product Abstract CR 40444 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RBEi, RBAR - Wrong Answers When an optimization job includes both sizing variables, and shape variables that affects the grid locations associated with the r-type elements, the response sensitivities with resepcet to a sizing variable may be null.
Description
Avoidance: use the following dmap alter: compile desopt alter 'rgsens=' rgsens = false alter 'dopr5 ' rgsens = false compile respsen alter 'rgsens=(' rgsens = false compile pslgdv alter 'dsvgp4' rgsens = false CR 40465 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 40465 Complex Eigenvalue - EIGC, Massless DOF - SFM 3002 In MSC.Nastran Version 70.7, if the model contains massless degrees of freedom and the old lanczos single vector method (system(108)=2) is used, then the job may fail with the following error messages:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (CEAD) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 309) IN SUBROUTINE CLASP 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Use the new default block lanczos method.
CR 40475 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Elements - CBUSH1D, SDR2RD - SFM 6985 A FORCE=ALL Case Control request will cause an analysis with CBUSH1D elements to fail with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6985 (SDR2RD) PREVIOUS ELEMENT-ID = 9010 DID NOT REQUEST CORRECT NUMBER OF PHASE-1 OUTPUT WORDS. Avoidance: Request STRESS=ALL instead or both FORCE and STRESS
CR 40479 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - CEND, ENDALTER - UFM 601 (IFP1D) The automatic generation of a CEND entry introduced in MSC.Nastran V70.7 causes jobs with user DMAP that does not end with an ENDALTER to fail with the following message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 601 (IFP1D) THE KEYWORD ON THE ABOVE CARD TYPE IS ILLEGAL OR MISSPELLED.
Avoidance: Input an ENDALTER statement
CR 40497 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - EIGRL - Traceback in lnnrigl, bucksd In a nonlinear buckling analysis, if the differential stiffnes matrix is null then a traceback may occur in the READ module. Traceback: Offset 0x000003c0 in procedure chkjacd_ Offset 0x000005fc in procedure bucksd_ Offset 0x0000149c in procedure lnnrigl_ Offset 0x000028b8 in procedure reig_ Offset 0x000000f4 in procedure xsem06_ Offset 0x00000134 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000984 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --CR 40503 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - TRLG - Poor Performance MPYAD picks inefficient methods. It tends to pick method 1 nt, when that is almost always the slowest method, usually requiring multiple passes when there are many time steps. An alter that avoids this error is:
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Description
Compile semtran list Alter 'trlg.*ppt'(,-1) $ before type parm,,I,n,oldsys66 $ oldsys66=getsys(oldsys66,66) $ message //'oldsys66'/oldsys66 $ putsys (1,66) $ deselect 1 nt Alter 'trlg.*ppt' $ after putsys (oldsys66,66) $ restore original value CR 40514 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,BUCKLE,2 and scr=yes - Wrong Answers Nonlinear buckling analysis in SOL 106 with PARAM,BUCKLE,2 may give poor answers if a scratch data base is used (scr=yes) and there are linear elements
Known Error
CR 40514 in the model. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE NLSTATIC ALTER 1 FILE KDJJ=SAVE,OVRWRT/KDGG=SAVE,OVRWRT/KDSF=SAVE,OVRWRT/ KDSS=SAVE,OVRWRT/KDAA=SAVE,OVRWRT/KDMG=SAVE,OVRWRT/ KDLL=SAVE,OVRWRT $ alter 'call sekdr '(,-1) dbdelete datablk=(kdaa,kdmg,kdsf,kdjj,kdgg,kdss,kdelm,kddict) , where(wildcard) $ endalter
CR 40545 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - Traceback in IFS6P It has been observed on Cray computers that DEQATN input that exceeds 10000 characters can cause NASTRAN to fail during the processing of the input bulk data deck. This is well below the 32000 character limit that is documented. Symptons are erroneous echos of the deqatn input and a traceback in the log file which includes subroutines PRERR2 and IFS6P. Avoidance: Run on a computer other than the CRAY. Reduce the number of characters in a DEQATN to less than 10000. In Version 70.7 a DRESP2 can reference a DRESP2 so that a single DEQATN could be broken up into a string of DEQATN's.
Description
CR 40547 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Missing Output If there are both h- and p-elements in the model, and the output requests differ, for example stress=print for h-elements and stress=print,plot for p-elements, the p-element output may be missing. CR 40563 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - AESTAT - Add Remark on Units of ROLL, PITCH and
Known Error
CR 40563 YAW Table 1 of the description of the AESTAT bulk data entry in the Quick Reference Guide states that ROLL, PITCH and YAW are urdot(R1), urdot(R2) and urdot(R3). It might be incorrectly concluded that the units are rad/s. Actually, the examples given in the Aeroelastic User's Guide as well as the more detailed description in the seminar notes show that normalized roll, pitch and yaw rates have to be input, i.e. ROLL = pb/2V, PITCH = qc/2V and YAW = rb/2V. A remark should be added which explicitly states this. CR 40564 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - AUNITS - Incomplete Description The Quick Reference Guide description of parameter AUNITS should be replaced by the clearer description from the seminar notes:
Description
Description "Accelerations are divided by this parameter. To convert accelerations input in g's into physical, consistent units, set AUNITS to 1/g." Known Error Product Abstract CR 40565 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Sensitivity - PARAM,EIGD,YES - Wrong Sensitivity Coefficients If eigenvector sensitivity is requested (param,eigd,yes) and there is no constraint in the model (e.g., spc, rbe, etc.), then the eigenvector sensitivitiy coefficients may be incorrect. Avoidance: Add a dummy grid point and constrain the dummy grid point or apply the following dmap alter: Description compile eigvecds alter 'ssg2'(,-1) if (omit = -1 and nomset = -1 and single = -1 ) then equivx fg/ff/always $ else $ alter 'ssg2'(,6) endif $ no spc, mpc or omit CR 40579
Known Error
CR 40579 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - DVPREL1 - PSHELL Property Name for 12I/T**3 The DVPREL1 entry has the ability to reference property field id names; however, the PSHELL id field 12I/T**3 and other fields that begin with integers can not be referenced in this manner. Avoidance: Refer to the field by the field position.
Description
CR 40582 MSC / MD Nastran Design Sensitivity/Optimization - PARAM,SOFTEXIT,YES - UFM 2109 in DPD The message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2109
Description
will be issued from the DPD module with an accompanying "NO GRID, SCALAR, OR EXTRA POINTS DEFINED." when PARAM SOFTEXIT set to yes.
Avoidance: Do not specify PARAM SOFTEXIT YES Known Error Product CR 40620 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT, PARAM,SOFTEXIT - UFM 4276 EC 3001 When an optimization task includes the DSAPRT formatted request and PARAM,SOFTEXIT,YES it may fail in subroutine dr2dx with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 3001. Description Avodiance: 1) Use either dsaprt(unformatted,...) option or use optexit=4. 2) Use the following dmap alter (for Version 70.7) compile desopt alter 'l exitopt'(8),'l exitopt'(8) CALL EXITOPT XINIT,DESTAB,HIS,,,R1TABRG,RSP2RG,DRSTBLG,
Known Error
CR 40620 FOL1,TOL2,FRQRPRG,DPLDXI,CONSBL,R1VALRG,R2VALRG, DSCMG,DEQATN,PLIST2,DEQIND,DXDXIT,DCLDXT,DVPTAB,TABDEQ, R1MAPR,R2MAPR,DPLDXT,EPTTAB,DBMLIB,,,PROPI,PROPO,,,,, CASEXX,EDOM,MTRAK,HISADD,WMIDG,dnodel,rr2idrg,EPT,MPT,GEOM2/ DOM11SCR/ CNVFLG/
Known Error Product
CR 40628 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CROD, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Stress Results for Linear Elements If a thermal load is applied in one subcase in a nonlinear analysis and then is removed in a subsequent subcase, the total thermal load is removed in one step from linear elements. This may lead to incorrect stresses for intermediate output. The output at the end of each subcase is correct.
Description Avoidance: Insert MATT1 for the linear element using a constant property, then the stress will be correct for the linear elements at the immediate output. Known Error Product Abstract CR 40644 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - alter1ha and alter2ha - Incorrect Results It is possible that the results (printed output) from alter2ha may be incorrect. This results from the internal sort of the exterior (connecting) dof being different between the alter1ha run and the alter2ha run. Avoidance: Verify that the exterior dof are in the same order between the runs or request an ujpdated version of the alters for V70.7 (also available on the MSC web page). Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 40647 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - DMIG UACCEL, SPCFORCE - UWM 3059 SDR1 In Version 70.7, when using DMIG UACCEL to apply inertia loads in SOL 101 and SPCFORCE = ALL is specified, the following error may occur: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3059 (SDR1)
Description
Known Error
CR 40647 SET IDENTIFIER DOES NOT EXIST. ERROR DETECTED IN SUBROUTINE GETBOL 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Either use GRAV/RFORCE to apply the loads, or remove the SPCFORCE=ALL case control.
Known Error Product
CR 40667 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - SFM 3008/SWM 3002 (RANDOM) Insufficient Memory for RAND5A If SORT2 output is requested, and PSDF, ATOC, or RALL output are requested, and the SET being used has a THRU range, the RANDOM module will fail with SFM 3002, indicating insufficient memory. Avoidance: This only occurs if all 3 of the above are done simultaneously. Removing the SORT2 request or using a SET which does not contain a THRU will allow the problem to run.
Description
CR 40670 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - Missing Output If the p-element output requests are varied by subcase, for example stress only for the first subcase and stress and displacement for the second, the output for the earlier subcases may be missing and/or mislabeled. Avoidance: An avoidance is to request the same output for all subcases.
Description
CR 40685 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - IFP1 - Access Violation on NT Systems When requesting XYPLOT output, several commands require that an equal (=) sign be used. On NT systems, if any of these commands (XTGRID for example) do not have the equal sign, the program will fail with an access violation in IFP1. On other systems, it will terminate with "USER FATAL MESSAGE (IFP1X) 676 IS NOT RECOGNIZED ON ABOVE CARD"
Description
Known Error
CR 40685 Avoidance: Be sure to include the equal sign on the appropriate commands.
CR 40686 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - RLOADi, ACSRCE - Wrong Answers If solution 111 is run with multiple subcases loading the fluid structure, all loading on the fluid structure is lost after the first subcase. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: $ begin lost loads fix compile freqrs,list $ alter 'MATMOD FOL' $ if (ncol > nfreq) then $ $ $ ensure that omega contains nfreq for all subcases $ file omegax=append $ type parm,,i,n,nsols $ nsols = ncol/nfreq $ trnsp omega/omegat $ do while (nsols > 0) $ append omegat,/omegax/2 $ nsols = nsols - 1 $ enddo $ (nsols > 0) delete /omega,,,, $ trnsp omegax/omega $ endif $ (ncol > nfreq) $ end lo CR 40700 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SWM 6065 (DBC), UWM 4698 (DCMPD) When using PART superelements (BEGIN SUPER), error messages 6065 and 4698 may use internal numbers, rather than the original ids, to identify GRID points.
Description
Description *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 19 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCEQG EXTERNAL GRID ID 2000000334 DOES NOT MEET UPDATE ASSUMPTIONS, CHECK
Known Error
CR 40700 MODEL BEFORE PROCEEDING. Avoidance: To guarnatee a specific order boundary grids are biased with the value of system cell 223. The default value for this system cell is 2,000,000,000. Subtracting this value from the value identified in the message will obtain the external grid id.
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 (DCMPD) STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX (NONE) . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN Known Error Product Abstract CR 40725 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements/Postprocessing - PARAM,POST - Strains overwrite Stress in XDB When stress and strain output is selected in an analysis with P-Elements, the P-Element strains will over-write the P-Element stresses on the xdb file. Description Avoidance: When saving P-element stresses on the xdb, make stress requests only. Strain can be saved when no stresses are requested but will be identified incorrectly on the xdb. CR 40732 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CHACAB, CHACBR - Missing Fatal Message, Wrong Answers The CHACAB and CHACBR elements are structural elements and all faces must connect to structural points. The face on the fluid side should connect to structural grids that have all degrees of freedom constrained (spc'd) except the dof that is normal to the fluid. These grids should coincide with the fluid grids but be separate from them. If the fluid side of the element attaches directly to fluid points a bad solution will result with no warning. This can happen when both the CHACAB or CHACBR element and the fluid points are in the residual.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 40733 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Buckling - PARAM,POST,0 - Missing ESE Results In a solution 105 buckling analysis the Element Strain Energy results are written to the xdb file for the static subcase but not the buckling subcase.
Description
From the attachments and data base content I believe this problem no longer ( and possibly never ) existed from a XDB perspective. kkk CR 40734 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBNDRY and SECONCT with THRU - UFM 315, Wrong answers, UFM 6782 The THRU format on the SEBNDRY and SECONCT Bulk Data entries causes various failures or wrong answers: 1. THRU ranges on SEBNDRY continuation entries cause UFM 315. 2. The second THRU range on the SEBNDRY parent entry is ignored with no warning or fatal message issued and produces wrong answers.
Known Error Product
Description 3. Multiple SEBNDRY entries causes UFM 311. 4. THRU ranges with gaps in numbering on the SECONCT entry causes UFM 6782. Avoidance: For SEBNDRY use only one THRU range. For SECONCT, specify separate THRU ranges without any gaps. Known Error Product CR 40773 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ASSIGN, OUTPUT2, OUTPUT4 - SIGNAL 11 ERROR, access violation If there are many output2/output4 assign statements, then depending on the machine, the job may fail with any one of the following messages: Description SIGNAL 11 ERROR
Known Error
CR 40773 MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 428ce0, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1781f80 MAIN: Exception occurred at address 005A04DD. MAIN: Program attempted to store data at location CB31AF28. MAIN: Context Flags 0001003F Avoidance: Removing one or two of output2/4 statements avoided the error in this case.
Known Error Product
CR 40805 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 - Incorrect Eigenvectors for Component Modes If output is requested for component modes using PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 and C- or R-set degrees of freedom exist, the output eigenvectors and eigenvalues printed will be incorrect. Note that all other output will be correct. Avoidance: Insert the following alter into SOL 103 to correct the problem. compile semodes alter 1 putsys(0,192) $ compile super3 alter 'call.*sedisp.*cmpho','' type db,cmpho0,cmlama0 CALL SEDISP, GOT ,GOQ ,LOO ,LAO ,UOO , UOX ,USET ,PJ ,UL ,CRJ , CASESX ,CASEDR ,ULS ,EDTS ,YS , GM ,PSS ,KFS ,KSS ,QR , CMPHO0 ,OL1M CR 40821 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN SUPER, RESTART - Wrong answers When using part (BEGIN SUPER) superelements with any type of RESTART then the data recovery may be incorrect.
Description
Known Error
CR 40821 Avoidance: Insert a dummy (unreferenced) FORCE Bulk Data entry in the main Bulk Data section of the restart run.
CR 40826 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP -- OUTPUT2 with MATRIX neutral format - Wrong answers On short-word computers (all except Cray and Nec), if OUTPUT2 is used to output a single precision matrix in neutral format then the INPUTT2 of the neutrally formatted matrix will produce wrong answers.
Description Avoidance: Use the ADD or ADD5 module to convert the matrix to double precision before passing it to OUTPUT2. Known Error Product CR 40831 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Heat Transfer - UWM 6137(UDSNRD), UFM 3007 (NLTRD2) If a nonlinear transient heat transfer analysis, solution 159, model has extra grid points that are not attached to any elements and are not constrained, then the job may fail with the message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6137 (UDSNRD), INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 7816 IERROR USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL 0*** UNSUCCESSFUL MATRIX DECOMPOSITION. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLTRD2) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLTRD2 Avoidance: Use the following alter: compile nltran alter ' kjjnl, ' trnsp kjjnl/kjjnlt $ add5 kjjnl,kjjnlt,,,/xxx//-1. $ norm xxx/////1/s,n,xnorm $ if ( xnorm<=1.d-6 ) modtrl kjjnl////6 $ endalter 1) Rerun the model using SOL 101 with APP HEAT and insert
Description
Known Error
CR 40831 PARAM,SPCGEN,1 in the bulk data section. The PARAM,SPCGEN,1 entry will cause constraint entries for the unattached extra grid points to be written to the punch file and these constraint entries can be subsequently used in solution 159. 2) Rerun the tran
CR 40839 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - RESTART, DMIG - Inefficient Restart or SFM 4252 Restarts with DMIG entries may unneccessarily re-process the entire model even though no changes to the input have occurred. The way to verify that this is happening is to run with DIAG 56 and to look in the .f04 file for "changed" and "DMIG" on the same line. If these words occur on a line output by the RESTART module, the program will re-run the entire model.
Description
Avoidance: This is currently a limitation of the sort routines used in Nastran. Other potentially problem entries include BNDFL, DMIAX, ELIST, DMIAX, ELIST, MFLUID, RADLIST, and RADMTX. If there are no changes to any BNDFL, DMIAX, DMIG, ELIST, MFLUID, RADLIST, and RADMTX entries, then insert the following alter to disable the checking for changes in these entries. compile ifpl alter 'restart.*matpool','' message //'re
CR 40874 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - NLCOMB - Poor Message, UFM 4016 (GETEMP) In Version 70.7 Heat Transfer analysis the following message indicating that there is missing TEMP entry data will be output for any point with an SPC constraint that does not have a corresponding TEMP entry.
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP) THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE DATA FOR ELEMENT 8127187 IN SET 1 FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Check all the grids with SPC constraints and ensure that there
Known Error
CR 40874 is a corresponding TEMP entry. Developer's comments: The code has been fixed in v2005t1 to avoid the fatal messages. (7/7/05)
CR 40892 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBEAM The following remark should be added to the Quick Reference Guide description of the PBEAM entry:
Description
Remark 13: In nonlinear analysis the location of the 8 plastic rods is the same on the PBEAM as on the PBCOMP SYMOPT=0.
CR 40909 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SEUPPLOT, SEPLOT, PLOT - Missing Plot Output Starting with Parts superelements in Version 69 each PLOT command requires an SEUPPLOT or a SEPLOT command. This requirement and an example should be noted under the Nastran Quick Reference Guide PLOT command description.
Description
An example follows: some general plot commands such as VIEW etc. SEPLOT 10 FIND SCALE ORIGIN 1 SET 1 PLOT SET 1 ORIGIN 1 $ SYMBOL 1 LABEL GRID SEUPPLOT 0 FIND SCALE ORIGIN 1 SET 1 PLOT SET 1 ORIGIN 1 $ SYMBOL 1 LABEL ELEMENT
Known Error Product
CR 40910 Nonlinear Transient Analysis - RESTART/CGAP - Missing CGAP Output If a nonlinear transient analysis restart run adds a request for CGAP element force/stress output the output may be missing. Avoidances: Request the output in a cold start run.
CR 40934 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBEAML - Illegal input to DPNCH6 When both PBARL and PBEAML entries are included in an optimization task, the job may fail in routine dpnch6 with a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE indicating illegal input to subroutine dpnch6. Avoidance: Set PARAM,DESPCH,-1
Description
CR 40936 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Missing Output, UFM 316 The Nastran Quick Reference Guide does not specify a limit for element identification numbers. With the large field format 16 digits may be specified but id's greater than 8 digits may result in missing output or USER FATAL MESSAGE 316. In Version 2001 a limit of 8 digits will be enforced. Avoidance: Do not specify element ids that are greater than 8 digits.
Description
CR 40937 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SPOINTs, SEP1 - SWM 4203, UWM 4203 If a model has superelements and contains more than 32,000 SPOINTs the run may fail after issuing SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 4203 and USER WARNING MESSAGE 4203, indicating that the SEMAP datablock has been marked as nonexecutable in SEP1.
Description
Known Error
CR 40937 Avoidance: If possible use GRID points in place of SPOINTs.
CR 40953 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivtiy - DRESPi - No Message, Traceback in dopr3m If a DRESP2 entry references a DESVAR, DRESP1, DNODE, or DVPRELx with ID = 11000. The job will fail in the DOPR3 module. The traceback from the log file follows: Signal received: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x000002e4 in procedure dopr3m_ Offset 0x000004e8 in procedure dopr3_ Offset 0x00000284 in procedure xsem03_ Offset 0x00000110 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x000009ac in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Specify another DRESP id.
Description
CR 40974 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - part superelements, SNORM - Wrong answers If PARAM,SNORM or the SNORM Bulk Data entry is specified with part superelements or BEGIN SUPER and main Bulk Data superelements, then wrong answers will result. Avoidance: Insert PARAM,SNORMPRT,2 or 3.
Description
CR 40990 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,SESDAMP - Incorrect Damping If param,sesdamp,yes is used, then superelement component modes will have modal damping applied based on the SDAMP command in each
Known Error
CR 40990 superelement's SUBCASE. The residual structure will use the SDAMP command in the first residual structure SUBCASE, unless there is none, in which case it will use the last SDAMP called in a superelement subcase, which may result in unexpected damping in the solution.. Avoidance: To be safe, if using PARAM,SESDAMP,YES, always explicitly specify SDAMP in the residual subcase. If zero damping for the residual is desired, SDAMP should refer to a TABDMP1 with 0.0 damping.
CR 41009 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - PBEAM - Non-structural mass is ignored For beam p-elements, the non-structural mass (NSM) on the PBEAM bulk data entry is ignored.
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to adjust the density to account for the nonstructural mass. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41020 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CSUPER - SFM 3007 (MTRXIN) If external superelements are used in optimization, and DESMAX has a value greater than the number of cycles required to converge, and the run is not saving the database (i.e. scr=yes), the run may fail with the following message:. Description SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (MTRXIN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MTRXIN FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Either set DESMAX to the number of cycles required to converge or run with SCR=NO on the submittal.
Known Error Product
CR 41021 Aeroelastic Analysis - APD - SFM 4276 If an AEFACT entry has a duplicate station defined, then the APD module fails with a floating point exception.
Description Avoidance: The avoidance is to remove or correct the duplicate station specification. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41034 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - OUTPUT - Wrong Answers If the output requests specified by the DISPLACEMENT, VELOCITY, and ACCELERATION case control commands are different from the corresponding output requests on the OUTPUT bulk data entry, then the output may be incorrect. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to make sure the output requests are consistent. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41036 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CORDi - UFM 6915 (GP1C) When defining a coordinate system in MSC.Nastran, three non-colinear points are required. If the dimensions of the three points are such that there are more than 15 orders of magnitude difference between them, the program may incorrectly issue the message: Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6915 (GP1C) indicating that the points are colinear. Avoidance: Use 3 points which have locations within 10 orders of magnitude of each other when defining coordinate systems. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41039 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DRMH1 - SFM 4276 EC 7777 on DEC ALPHA
Description
Known Error
CR 41039 Use of the DRMH1module to generate transfer matrices for certain element types may cause an underflow to occur. Subsequent use of the matrices will generate the following error on Alpha machines:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (tbk) ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 Avoidance: This error appears to occur only on Compaq Alpha Unix systems. If possible, try running on a different type of computer.
CR 41050 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - RBEi, DMP, SEQP - Traceback in SEQP If a Distributed Memory Parallel, DMP, run contains rigid elements or mpc equations with many dependent degrees of freedom, then the job may fail in the SEQP module with the following traceback: Signal received: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x000006d4 in procedure seqcon_ Offset 0x000013b0 in procedure seqmpc_ Offset 0x00000f0c in procedure seqp_ Offset 0x000002c8 in procedure xsem02_ Offset 0x000001b8 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000c30 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Increasing memory may allow the job to execute but there may still be a performance penalty that makes Distributed Memory Parallel undesirable for models with a large number of depen
Description
CR 41057 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers A nonlinear analysis with temperature loading applied to composite elements where the PCOMP specifies an unsymmetric thermal coefficient expansion in the 1 and 2 direction results in wrong answers.
CR 41059 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMG - Floating Point Exceptions The above error can result when using Strip Theory aerodynamics with a Prandtl-Glauert correction to the lift curve slope (CLA < 0) and a supersonic Mach number is chosen on a MKAEROi entry. This is because the correction involves computing a term of the form sqrt(1.0 - M**2); i.e., taking the square root of a negative number Avoidance: If strip theory is to be used with lift curve slope corrections, use CLA > 0
Description
CR 41061 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PLOADX1, PARAM,FOLLOWK - UFM The follower stiffness for PLOADX1 is incorrect. This could cause some nonlinear static problems in SOL 106 to diverge.
Description Avoidance: Turn off the follower stiffness by specifying param, followk, no. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41066 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PARAM FOLLOWK - Missing Solution Sequences The Version 70.5 Quick Reference Guide description of PARAM,FOLLOWK does not include all applicable solution sequences. The description should read: In Sols 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, FOLLOWK=YES(default) requests...... and on the fourth line: For FOLLOWK=YES in Sols 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, and 116 a separate static subcase is required ....... Known Error Product CR 41069 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 41069 Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP, PARAM,RESVINER - SFM 5423 (DMPYAD) MSC.Nastran Version 70.7 with DMP with PARAM,RESVINER,YES fails in SOL 111 with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile resvec alter '\/paa','' dbstatus vafs//s,n,novafs $ if ( novafs>0 ) then $ merge mxx,,,,vafs,/mxx1 $ else $ equivx mxx/mxx1/-1 $ endif $ mpyad mxx1,dga,/paa $ endalter CR 41071 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - Enhancement to PARAM,INREL,-2 An inertia relief option based on measuring deflections from a body-based coordinate system was introduced in Version 70.5. It is requested with param, inrel, -2. This method uses constraint equations that cause deflections to be measured from a coordinate system tied to the model's center of gravity. In Version 70.7 the rigid body modes used to generate the constraint equations are based on shapes made by moving a point at the basic origin through 6 unit motions. Revision 1 of the ir2a.v707 sssalter package for improved efficiency (dated 2 Jan 2001) now has the modes calculated around the grid point specified on the param, grdpnt entry. The default action of this parameter is to use the basic origin, as before. This change is in the revised sssalter package on the MSC web site, an CR 41109 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 41109 Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Extra Roots Some small eigensolutions compute extra roots by repeating one of the roots and its eigenvector. This tends to cause fatal exits in the dynamics solvers such as frrd1 and trd1.
Description
Avoidance: Use the AHOU method. In MSC.Nastran 2001 Lanczos automatically switches to a QLHOU method for problems with less than 20 degrees of freedom. Thus, this and other difficulties that Lanczos has with small problems are considered fixed. CR 41137 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Lanczos unreliable for diagonal input matrices. The Lanczos method gets eigenvectors with poor orthogonality when there are repeated roots, and both the mass and stiffness matrix are diagonal. On some occasions these matrices can also cause overflow exits. Diagonal matrices occur most commonly on research efforts when using dmap. Avoidance: Use the AHOU method instead.
Description
CR 41142 MSC / MD Nastran Parts Superelements - SELOC, Exterior SPOINTs - UFM 4156 (SEMA) If SELOC is used to locate a parts superelement that has exterior degrees of freedom that include generalized coordinates that are defined by spoints and qset1 entries, then the run may fail in the SEMA1 module with the following message when the superelement is attempted to be attached to the residual:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4156 (SEMA) DIMENSIONS OR TYPE OF DATA BLOCK SCRATCH , SUPERELEMENT 10 TRAILER=( 72 72 1 2 18 662) ARE INCONSISTENT WITH SUPERELEMENT MAP. FATAL ERROR
Avoidance: The error occurs because the program assumes every scalar
Known Error
CR 41142 point has six degrees of freedom. The error may be avoided by using the internally generated q-set DOFs with the SENQSET entry. Remov Note still errors at 70.7.2, however works from 2001.0.1 forward.
CR 41146 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - maxset=1 or =2 on eigrl causes fatal exits The number of vectors in a block for the LAN method is controlled by the maxset input (field 7) on the eigrl entry. When set to any explicit value, several classes of small problems have been observed to fail, with diagnostics including floating point overflow, lnherr subroutine errors., and other obscure diagnostics. Examples include those with Lagrange Multiplier variables and those with diagonal input matrices. Avoidance: Use the default value for maxset (leave it blank), or use the AHOU method.
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CR 41152 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,SNORM - Slow Convergence When net rotations of shells become large in Sol 106 or Sol 129, some examples have shown that convergence is slower in Version 2001 than in 70.7. This is caused by shell normals which are turned on by default in 2001. Convergence can improve by turning shell normals off (PARAM, SNORM, 0.). CR 41164 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - EXPAND, INIT - SFM 1012 Allocating too much space to scratch files may lead to poor messages such as;
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Description
"SPECIFIED RECORD IS BEYOND MAXIMUM FOR THIS FILE SYSTEM" or "DBSET SCRATCH IS FULL AND NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. USER ACTION: USE FILE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT "EXPAND" FOR THIS
Known Error
CR 41164 DBSET." Avoidance: The diagnostic stating to use EXPAND FMS statement is applicable only to restarts. The user is referred to the Version 2001 Installation and Operations Guide or tan 4893 on the msc web site for methods to make larger databases.
CR 41165 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Possible Wrong Answers If f1 is specified as 0.0 on the EIGRL entry and the model contains a "large mass" for enforced motion the run may produce poor answers. Avoidance: Leave f1 blank.
CR 41192 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,FOLLOWK, PLOADi - Poor Efficiency In most cases the formulation used for follower stiffness results in an unsymmetrical matrix. Since the default value for parameter FOLLOWK is yes in SOL106 most problems with pressure loads will have an unsymmetrical stiffness unless param,followk,no is specified. This may lead to an inefficient solution. Avoidance: If the follower force effects are not great, a more efficient solution may be achieved by setting PARAM,FOLLOWK,NO.
Description
CR 41198 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Transient Response - SUPORT1, PARAM,RESVEC - SFM 6424 (DFNSB) If a modal transient response analysis has a static preload, a SUPORT1 entry, and PARAM,RESVEC,YES is specified, the run may fail with :
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6424 (DFNSB) THE NUMBER OF ROWS IN THE LOAD VECTOR AND THE FACTOR MATRIX ARE INCOMPATIBLE followed by:
Known Error
CR 41198 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES Avoidance: Insert the following alter into your file: compile resvec, list alter 'SSG3.*LXX,,KXX,PX3,,,,,/UX1'(,1) $ 144 PARAML USET//'USET'//////'r'/S,N,NOxSET $
CR 41215 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TRNSP, APPEND - Segmentation Violation in TRNSP The APPEND module will append incompatible matrices and this may cause problems in subsequent modules including a segmentation violation in TRNSP module. Two steps have been taken to address this problem in MSC.Nastran 2001. First, the following warning message is issued: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5423 (APPEND) ATTEMPT TO APPEND INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES ID COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR X IS 101 20 30 2 2 60 10000 TRAILER FOR Y IS 102 40 10 2 2 20 10000 Second, the program will select the greater number of rows for the output matrix. For example if APPEND is requested to append a 10X40 matrix with a 30X20 matrix ins
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CR 41221 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAIN, dmp - Job Hangs if Insufficient Space Distributed Memory Parallel jobs, dmp=n, executed on Sun systems may hang if insufficient space exists. Currently, this is a limitation of the Sun MPI implementation but this problem may also exist on other machines. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to provide more space.
Description
CR 41237 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GI, SPLINE1, CAERO1 - Floating Point Exception If a SPLINE1 with the FPS option is used to connect a CAERO1 that only has one spanwise box, then a floating point exception may occur in the GI module. This error will also occurs if the spline connects to a chordwise strip of elements on a CAERO1 that is 1 spanwise box wide. Avoidance: Split the CAERO1 entry so that it has two span wise boxes, or use the IPS option on the SPLINE1.
Description
CR 41241 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SMPYAD - Segmentation Fault, Signal 11, Alpha Only On Alpha platforms, large runs may fail during a SMPYAD operation with a message in the log file: Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault Job aborting..
Description Avoidance: There are 2 possible avoidances either replace the SMPYAD in the dmap with 2 equivalent MPYAD's, or set NASTRAN SYSTEM(129)=1. This error has been corrected in the dot3rd kernel in Version 70.7.4 and 2001. Version 70.7.4 was not made available until after 2001 was released. It is available on special request only. Known Error Product Abstract CR 41243 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOLVE does not exit when illegal input, SFM 6830 The solve module requires a square input matrix when used for the matrix inverse function. If it is given a rectangular matrix it issues a system fatal message, but continues with no output and this may lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6830. Description An avoidance is to test for the presence of output: solve s,,,,/sinv/3 $ paraml sinv//'presence'////s,n,nooutp $ error avoidance if (nooutp=-1) then $ message //'user fatal message. Solve failed due to illegal input' $
Known Error
CR 41243 matprn s// $ exit $ endif $
CR 41257 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - OFREQ - Extra Output OFREQ feature does not work for solution output requests in complex eigenvalue analysis CR 41260 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FRRD1 - SFM 3001 If the model in frequency response does not have any stiffness, the program will fail in FRRD1 with SFM 3001 indicating that executive file 0 does not exist. CR 41269 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SYSTEM(218) - SFM 4276 (tbk) , Arithmetic Trap in gmtstd Setting SYSTEM(218) to a real number may cause an arithmetic trap in routine gmtstd on some machines. Avoidance: Use the keyword "T3SKEW" instead. verif 1/2/02 abb.
Description
CR 41276 MSC / MD Nastran Lagrange Multiplier Technique - Wrong Answers When using enforced velocity in transient analysis with the Lagrange Multiplier approch, the LMT variables may show an instability. This appears as a high frequency signal at the forcing variable only. If this is encountered, contact MSC, and ask for details on residual mass. Mention this Client Service Request Number (41276).
Description
CR 41280 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DIAGONAL - Module DIAGONAL may give a bad matrix trailer If a rectangular matrix (form=2) is processed by the DIAGONAL module using the 'SQUARE' option, the output matrix will have an incorrect trailer (form=6) indicating that it is symmetric, when it should be rectangular(form=2). Avoidance: If the input matrix to DIAGONAL is rectangular and the 'SQUARE' option is specified, use MODTRL to update the trailer.
Description
CR 41301 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - GPSTRESS- Missing Output If GPSTRESS output is requested in SOL 112 in Version 70.7, there will be no corresponding output created. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'call gpstress'(2),'' call gpstress postcdb,BGPDTN,ECTS,est,CSTMS,estnl,casedr, eqexins,oes1x,oesnlx,ostr1/ egpsf,ogs1,egpstr,oeds1,ogds1,eldct,gpdct, ogstr1,egpstra/ app/otape2/statics/app $ endalter CR 41302 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO - Wrong Answers An error exists in the recovery of nodal aero mesh data (like OPPHIPA in Sol 145) if the CAERO ID's do not allow enough spacing for unique mesh point node id's (element IDS must be unique, but node ids are allowed to be nonunique for backward compatibility). In the case of non-unique nodes, the aero mesh data should NOT be recovered. Instead, it is recovered but the results are nonsensical. DBC may give warnings or fatal messages.
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CR 41308 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - DDRMM - Incorrect Principal Strains For solid p-element dynamics in SOL 112 (modal transient), the principal strains calculated with DDRMM are incorrect. Avoidance: A workaround is to turn DDRMM off by setting param,ddrmm,-1.
Known Error Product
CR 41319 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - BUSH1D - Wrong Answers for a Stepped ForceDeflection Curve If a BUSH1D element references a TABLED1 that defines the force-deflection curve in descending order, wrong answers will occur in nonlinear analysis.
Avoidance: Do not define the tabled1 for the bush1d in the descending order If a TABLED1 is refered by a CBUSH1D element in nonlinear analysis, two restrictions apply. Description 1. If TABLED1 values are defined in descending order, the results of the CBUSH1D element are wrong. The x values of the x,y pairs must be in ascending order. If the pairs are defined in descending order, the table values are ignored. 2. If jumps are defined in the TABLED1 entry, the results of the CBUSH1D element are wrong or the solution does not converge. It is recommended to define a steep slope instead of a jump. The slope shou Known Error Product Abstract CR 41335 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Complex Eigenvalue - Material Damping Ignored The calculation of complex eigenvalues in SOL 106 does not include the effect of structural damping defined by Ge on the material entries. Avoidance: Insert the alter:
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Known Error
CR 41335 compile nlstatic alter 'call semr2' equivx kllrh/kaa/-1 $ type parm,,i,n,nobggnl=-1,nok4ggnl=-1 $ EMG MESTNL,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,MUGNI,ett,,DEQATN,DEQIND,BGPDTS, GPSNTS,,,,ditid/ x1,x2,,,belmnl,bdictnl/ -1/0/s,n,nobggnl/s,n,nok4ggnl/NSKIP/ /////////tabs/sigma/K6ROT/LANGLES/NOC//////unsym
CR 41344 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - No Fluid to Structure Coupling in Complex Eigenvalue Analysis The fluid/structure interface matrix (A matrix) is not used in a fluid stiffened structure complex eigenvalue analysis. This results in no interaction between the structure and the fluid. Thus, wrong answers
Description
CR 41348 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analsysis - FORCE, DISP - Missing Pressure Output When fluid elements are present in SOL 111 and the FORCE= case control is used, the PRESSURE column in the element ACCEL, VELO, PRESS output has a N/A incorrectly printed.
Description
In SOL 108 or SOL 111, the COMPLEX ACOUSTIC results are always magnitude/phase regardless of whether the REAL or PHASE options are used on the PRESSURE= or DISPLACEMENT= case control commands. CR 41359 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi - Unexepected Answers The USAGE field of the SPLINEi entries is not clearly documented that the "BOTH" option is the ONLY one in which a single SPLINEi entry will transform both loads and displacements (wherein the virtual work transpose of forces
Known Error
CR 41359 to get displacements is used). Since the set of structural degrees of freedom appropriate for load application may not be the same set that is appropriate to represent the important deflections for the aeroelastic correction, the FORCE and the DISP options allow the the splines to be defined separately. However, FORCE or BOTH spline must be defined for each aerodynamic box to yield a "complete" mapping of forces. It is unusual (but not unheard of) to have aerodynamics for which forces are not desired (e.g., to impose 2D-like boundary conditions or "infinite
CR 41365 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - STATSUB, PARAM, RESVEC, RESVINER, INRLM - UFM 9050 If the STATSUB Case Control or PARAMs, RESVEC, RESVINER, or INRLM is requested in a fluid-structure model then the job may fail with UFM 9050. Avoidance: Specify a SUPORT entry for any grid point in the fluid model.
Description
CR 41379 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TSTEPNL - Poor Message, SFM 4276, EC 7777 If NDT on the TSTEPNL entry is incorrectly set to a value less than 3, the program will fail with a Floating Point Exception. Avoidance: Specify a value greater than 3 for NDT.
CR 41387 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP, GPWG - Wrong Answers for GPWG The GRID POINT WEIGHT GENERATOR output is incorrect in (DMP) Distributed Memory Parallel solutions. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to execute a checkout run without dmp.
Description
Known Error
CR 41389
Known Error Product
CR 41389 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Incorrect DRESP2 Response Output The print of the DRESP2 response values that are controlled by the P2 parameter on the DOPTPRM entry may be in error. The error occurs when there are more DRESP2 values than the length of the maximum record in the RESP12 datablock (this value is the second word of the trailer of the RESP12 datablock). The incorrect value that is printed is not used for subsequent calculations with the exception that it may get used in calculating the sensitivities of DRESP2's that reference other DRESP2's. Optimization is not affected. CR 41397 MSC / MD Nastran DMIG - PUNCH File - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) If MSC.Nastran is requested to generate DMIG entries, and those entries are read back into MSC.Nastran on a restart job, then the following error may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DMIG DMIG *KAAX 7 1 +000001 *+000001 7 1 1.833933289E+01 +000002 The error is a result from the g77 (ecgs) compiler on linux writing double precision variables with an "E" instead of with a "D" Avoidance: Edit the DMIG file and change all the E formats to D. This can be done with "g/E-/s//D-/" and "g/E+/s//D+/" from within "vi"
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Description
CR 41408 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATGPR - Illegal Input to MATGPR The MATGPR module fails with "Illegal input" error messages when
Known Error
CR 41408 attempting to print matrices that contain the k or ks sets in aeroelastic analysis.
Avoidance: For matrices that are of size (aero) x (unknown), or (unknown) x (aero), MATGPR may be made to work by specifying DBVIEWs for the USET and BGPDT similar to the following: DBVIEW BGPDTF=AEBGPDTS WHERE ( (MODLTYPE='AEROSTRC') OR (MODLTYPE='STRUCTUR' AND AECONFIG=AECONFIG AND SYMXY=SYMXY AND SYMXZ=SYMXZ) ) $ DBVIEW USETFF=AEUSETS WHERE ( (MODLTYPE='AEROSTRC') OR (MODLTYPE='STRUCTUR' AND AECONFIG=AECONFIG AND SYMXY=SYMXY AND SYMXZ=SYMXZ) ) $ MATGPR BGPDTF,USETFF,,AEDBQKV//'H'/'K' $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 41415 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling - EIGRL - Indefinite Stiffness Matrix Leads to SFM 4276 In some cases nonlinear buckling analysis may produce an indefinite stiffness matrix. If this matrix is used in a nonlinear buckling analysis then the job may fail in the READ module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 indicating an overflow. CR 41417 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - Endless Error Message When the server routine for either external beam library or external response fails due to an unexpected error, the following error message may appear in the f06 file. However, the SFM 6498 message will be repeated untill the disk space is filled. API MESSAGE FOLLOWS. USER INFORMATION: Server has Crashed.
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Known Error
CR 41417 IpcRead: Read an End-Of-File from the Server IpcRead: The server has probably Crashed. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6498(code=32) Invalid Error Code 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Kill the processes for both client and server.
CR 41424 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - MPCF, SPCF - SFM 5423 If MPCForces or SPCforces are requested in a dmp run in SOL 111 then the job will fail with SFM 5423. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile semfreq alter 'if ( not(acms'(2),'' if ( not(acms) and procid>1 and fdmodes ) jump endloop $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 41437 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - PARAM,DFREQ - Missing Frequencies Parameter DFREQ is used to determine how the program will filter the loading frequencies to remove apparent duplications. This parameter is ignored in SOL 108, which may result in unintentional removal of desired loading frequencies. Description Avoidance: Insert the following alter in your file: compile sedfreq alter 'frlgen ','' type parm,nddl,rs,y,dfreq $ frlgen dynamics,,/frl0,frli///dfreq $ endalter Known Error CR 41458
CR 41458 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - RCOUT2 - INTERNAL ERROR: buf_next: bad fileposition RCOUT on the NT will not work with files larger than 2gb. This limitation has been removed in Version 2003. CR 41490 MSC / MD Nastran Aerodynamic Analysis - No Splines - Poor message, SFM 3001 or UFM 1126 If an aero model has no splines to the structure then: 1. In V70.7, SFM 3001 will be issued for data block KRZX.
Description 2. In V70.5, SFM 1126 will be issued for data block WGJ. Avoidance: There is no avoidance Known Error Product Abstract CR 110595 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SELOC, POINT - UFM POINT entires can not be used to locate a superelement (on the SELOC entry). If attempted the run will fail. Avoidance: User GRID entries instead of POINT entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 110850 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - Missing Output, Incorrect Labels The triangular shellp elements produce incorrect point ids in the displacement output. Also, stress and displacement output is missing for certain elements in the patran op2 file. Known Error Product CR 1-11YIK MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-11YIK Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBEAML, DVPREL2 - Wrong Answers An optimzation task may produce wrong design sensitivity coefficients when it meets the following conditions:
Description
1) pbarl or pbeam properties are designed; 2) a DVxREL2 entry is presented. Avoidance: use PBAR/PEAM to replace PBARL/PBEAML.
CR 116498 MSC / MD Nastran SOLVIT - BICILL and System Cell(241)=2000 - Traceback in SBUT5 The tpl deck it101err when modified to request SYSTEM CELL(241)=2000 and PRECOND=BICILL on the ITER bulk data entry, crasehd with the following traceback: Trap encountered: SIGTRAP - Trace trap FP division by zero Traceback:
Description
Offset 0x0000002c in procedure sbut5_ Offset 0x0000100c in procedure sbvrd_ Offset 0x00000c50 in procedure sitdr3_ Offset 0x00000628 in procedure solvit_ Offset 0x000005a0 in procedure xsem07_ Offset 0x00000964 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain ---
CR 116508 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - ESTIMATE - fails with NASTRC=yes in a protected directory If estimate is run in a protected directory and NASTRC is either not specified or specified to yes, then the following error occurs: mayotte <201> msc705t2 estimate smaop ESTIMATE - (Version 70.5 Mar 16 1998 07:19:15)
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Known Error
CR 116508 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE (nastran.validate_common_keywords) out=./smaop (program default) Alternate output file prefix. If the prefix is a directory, "/" is appended. The default is "out=./". This directory exists, but is not writable. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE (estimate.get_nastran_values) No usable data was returned by the nastran command: /msc/msc705t2/solaris/nastran -o smaop whence=bpool,buffsize,memory,real,realdelta,smemory,version *** Mar 19 1998 7:47AM *** Joe Griffin ***
CR 1-1R8S9 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetric Buckling - STATSUB - UFM 1126 in CYCLIC3 When running pre-stiffened modes in cyclic symmetry SOL 115 or buckling with SOL 116, using STATSUB, if scr=no is used, UFM 1126 in CYCLIC3 is issued. Avoidance: Either run with scr=yes or use the following alter for both SOL 115 and SOL 116.
Description
COMPILE CYCBUCKL ALTER 'CYCLIC3'(,-1) DELETE /KKK,,,, $ COMPILE CYCMODE ALTER 'CYCLIC3'(,-1) DELETE /KKK,,,, $ ENDALTER CR 121710 MSC / MD Nastran Direct Frequency Response - ITER - Incorrect Results for frequency of 0.0. Iterative solver produces incorrect results for zero frequency. CR 124542 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 124542 Distributed Memory Parallel - Poor Message, SFM 7402 (DFMFRD) When using DMP, if each processor does not have at least one internal and one external dof, then the job will stop with the following messages: DFMSA: ICOMP= 1 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7402 (DFMFRD) ERROR DURING NUMERIC ASSEMBLY OF MATRIX ROWS. USER ACTION: PLEASE CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Do no use dmp on small models.
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Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
CR 125213 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - MSC.Monitor (xmon=yes) does not work with dmp. MSC.Monitor (xmon=yes) does not work with distributed memory parallel jobs. CR 125393 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - EIGC - Poor Answers Any method other than complex Lanczos will not produce left-hand eigenvectors of sufficient accuracy to yield reasonable complex eigenvalue sensitivities. If another method is requested the job should issue a USER FATAL MESSAGE recommend. UFM 7629 (DOPR3) issued if method on EIGC is not CLAN or HESS. 3/28/02 gdc
Description
CR 125588 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - multi-MASTER restart - UFM 3046 (TRD1) A multi-MASTER residual structure run may fail and issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046.
Known Error
CR 125588 Avoidance: If this fatal message is encountered add the following commands into the Case Control: SET 99=0 SELR=99 SELG=99 Else, insert NASTRAN OLDDAREA=0 above the FMS and Executive section
CR 126109 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - ESE - Missing Last Freq Output If element strain energy output is requested in frequency response analysis in MSC.Nastran V2001 the output for the last frequency may be missing.
[Joe M - May 2010] Sol 111 ESE testing on v2001.0.7 & 2001.0.9 can't produce error. Appears to have occurred in initial v2001.0.0 release, and there was substantial ESE work (CR 126066) for v2001.0.4. Don't have access to any v2001.0.0 to re-produce error. No reports in last 9 years of any freq resp ESE error of this sort. Assume fixed. Avoidance: To get the ESE for all the frequencies a subcase for each frequency must be created and one extra dummy subcase must be added. An example follows: Description DISP(PLOT,PUNCH)=ALL SUBCASE1 FREQ = 40 ESE(PLOT,PUNCH)=ALL SUBCASE 2 FREQ = 41 ESE(PLOT,PUNCH)=ALL SUBCASE 3 FREQ = 42 ESE(PLOT,PUNCH)=ALL SUBCASE 4 [Joe M - May 2010] Sol 111 ESE testing on v2001.0.7 & 2001.0.9 can't produce error. Appears to have occurred in initial v2001.0.0 release, and there was substantial ESE work (CR 126066) for v2001.0.4. Don't have access to
Known Error
CR 126109 any v2001.0.0 to re-produce error. No reports in last 9 years of any freq resp ESE error of this sort. Assume fixed.
Known Error Product
CR 1-296X7 MSC / MD Nastran Performance/Nonlinear Analysis - Poor performance in SOL 106 with superelements If superelements are present, then SOL 106 executes subdmap XSEDRDR which may take an excessively long CPU time to complete. Module xsedrdr is no longer executed in v2004
Description
CR 1-2M26V MSC / MD Nastran nlinear Analysis - GPFORCE, NLPCI - UFM 4276 EC 3102 QOPEN In Version 2001 a request for GPFORCE output in a nonlinear run that uses arc-length methods specified on the NLPCI entry may result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 3102. Avoidance: Other than removing the GPFORCE request or NLPCI, there is no known avoidance.
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CR 1-2WTGH MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4 - Wrong Answers for STRAIN(FIBER,BILIN) option New QUAD4 element formulation (V70.7+) gives wrong answers for strain(fiber,bilin) at corner GRIDS. V70.5 and earlier gives correct answers. Avoidance: Set NASTRAN SYSTEM(173)=2 to get the pre-V70.7 formulation.
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CR 1-2706201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DMIG - Adjoint Method Produces Wrong Answers If any of the mass damping or stiffness matrices are not symmetric, results
Known Error
CR 1-2706201 obtained using the adjoint sensitivity analysis will be in error. Asymmetry is typically introduced via user input matrices that are not asymmetric. Acoustic matrices generated in MSC.Nastran are handled correctly and do not have this error. Avoidance: Setting PARAM AUTOADJ NO forces the direct senisitivity analysis and avoids the error. A dmap alter in the attachment corrects the error while using the adjoint method. Fix taken in r30
CR 1-2754601 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Mach label in Aerodynamic Force Output is Incorrect The AEROF request in SOL 146 produces a table which always indicates MACH=0.00000, regardless of the Mach number used in the analysis. If there is a single Mach number input with the MKAEROi entries, then only the label is wrong. With multiple Mach numbers, the print will be based on the lowest Mach number and the data will be in error if the analysis has been performed at other than the lowest Mach number. Avoidance: The following dmap alter produces the correct Mach number print: compile seaero alt
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CR 1-2771301 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Formatted OUPUT2 File causes excessive SWM 1204 (UNRTN) When Nastran is writing a formated op2 file for certain large models, it creates thousands of warning message:
Description
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 1204 (UNRTN) ABSOLUTE VALUE OF SINGLE PRECISION VALUE IS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM FILTER OF 1.0E-37, AND WILL BE RESET TO THE CORRECTLY SIGNED FILTER VALUE
CR 1-2804804 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers The new skewed QUAD4 element formulation introduced in Version 70.7 may yield incorrect answers for static analyses with thermal loads. Avoidance: The version 70.5 formulation may be requested by setting SYSTEM(173)=2.
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CR 1-2859001 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Poor Message, UFM 404 The DMAP compiler gives a bad message, when a "/" delimiter is used instead of a ",". The message is UFM 404 (CTYPE) "A NON-RIGHT PARENTHESIS DELIMITER WAS DETECTED WHERE A RIGHT PARENTHESIS DELIMITER IS REQUIRED". CR 1-2883605 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACSRCE, RLOAD1, DPHASE, DELAY - Wrong Answers DPHASE and DELAY functions on fluid loads with ACSRCE and RLOAD1 entries give incorrect delays in Version 2001 leading to wrong answers.
Description
Description Avoidance: Use RLOAD1 with TD and TC combinations for phasing.
CR 1-2971701 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - CYSUP with differential stiffness - maxratio errors The CYSUP entry is ignored in the static analysis part of SOLs 115 and 116. This may lead to maxratio errors.
Description
Avoidance: There is no Avoidance. This was fixed for version 2001
CR 1-2994320 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - LOADSET/LSEQ - Poor Message, UFM 4603 If there is a LOADSET request in the Case Control and no LSEQ entries in the Bulk Data but other static load entries with the same id , the program terminates the job with a very confusing USER FATAL MESSAGE 4603. The program should terminate the job with the more appropriate UFM 4390. CR 1-2994324 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ORTHOG Module - Incorrect Matrix Trailers may lead to various fatal messages If the ORTHOG module is used to generate the Q and R output matrices for a rectangular matrix A using parameter values of IOPT=1 and ICON=0, the R output matrix, which is an upper traingular matrix, is generated with wrong trailer values. This causes a fatal error if this matrix is subsequently used in a module like MPYAD. CR 1-2999801 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Methods - DOMAINSOLVER ACMS - SE Commands Cause Failure In ACMS case control superelement commands such as SEALL=set will cause ACMS to fail. Avoidance: Comment out all superelement case control commands in runs using DOMAINSOLVER ACMS.
Known Error Product
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Note that SEQP removes SUPER records from case control. Fatal messages takes the form: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252 (SEMA) MATRIX XAAV FOR UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT XX DOES NOT EXIST. where XX is some upstream SE number.
Known Error Product
CR 1-3011601 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-3011601 Nonlinear Transient Analysis - LOADSET - Wrong Answers When a static load set is specified in SOL 129 in version 2001, incorrect result may be produced if: (1) The LOADSET case control command and LSEQ bulk data entries are omitted (an enhancement supported by v2001); and (2) At least one of the following static loads is referenced by the field of DAREA in TLOADi (i=1,2) bulk data card. They are FORCE1, FORCE2, MOMENT1, MOMENT2, PLOAD, PLOAD4 and PLOADX1. Avoidance: Always use the LOADSET case control command and the LSEQ bulk data entries to specify static loads in nonlinear transient analysis (SOL 129) if the type of static loads is a follower force.
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CR 1-3012601 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - OLOAD - OLOAD output may not include follower force effect. In Version 2001, the OLOAD output does not include the follower force effect in SOL 129 when static loads are selected but the case control command LOADSET and bulk data entry LSEQ are omitted. This is a cosmetic problem that will not affect the other results. CR 1-3036805 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Missing Documentation for Heat Transfer in P-Elements P-Elements were extended to support heat transfer analysis in MSC.Nastran Version 70.7. The Quick Reference Guide was not issued for 70.7 and the updates have not been added to the 2001 QRG. Avoidance: If you are interested in this capability contact support and the documentation will be provided.
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Known Error
CR 1-3063705 Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAINSOLVER, GDMODES, SEQP - No Message If a user attempts to submit a model with superelements in SOL 103 with geometric domain Lanczos the job will fail in the SEQP module and will not issue a meaningful message.
Description Avoidance: This is a limitation. References to superelements must be removed from the model. Known Error Product CR 1-3068607 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Senstivities of PBEAMLs that include warping may be incorrec Sensitivities of warping coefficients are ignored in the design of PBEAML section types. The effect of this is that warping coefficients are unchanged from their initial value thereby creating wrong answers when these effects are significant. Description Avoidance: An awkward avoidance is to design equivalent PBEAM properties using DVPREL1 and DVPREL2 entries. The SA and SB points on the CBEAM entry must be grid points for warping sensitivities to be calculated correctly even when the PBEAM entry is used. Otherwise, it is suggested that if the PBEAML is used, the final PBEAML design be submitted in a new run to see if the neglected warping effects are significant. CR 1-3068612 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP - SFM LAJJT Matrix Not Available If multiple aero methods such as strip theory and the doublet lattice method are used in the same run, the AMP module will produce a message that the LAJJT matrix is not available. Avoidance: Do not run multiple aero methods in the same run or run in a Version 70 or earlier system. Known Error Product CR 1-3103909 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 1-3103909 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - SFM 3003 The above fatal message can occur when spc forces or element strain energy responses are used in conjunction with grid responses. The problem is caused because the code incorrectly thinks that adjoint sensitivity method is appropriate and subsequent calculations produce incompatible datablocks. Avoidance: Set PARAM AUTOADJ NO to preclude the selection of adjoint senstivity analysis.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3151101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Adjoint Method with Inertia Relief yields Wrong Answers Sensitivity analysis results are in error for a statics analysis with inertia relief when the program selects the adjoint method for the sensitivity analysis. Avoidance: Set PARAM,AUTOADJ,NO to force the direct sensitivity method.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3151106 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Gravity effects ignored in adjoint method if PARAM,CDIF,YES The adjoint senstivity calculation ignores the sensitivity of any gravity loads when the PARAM,CDIF.YES is used to specify central difference based element perturbations.
Description Avoidance: Set PARAM,CDIF,NO (the default for property optimization) or obtain a DMAP alter from client support.
CR 1-3159901 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP - SFM 3001 (DISUTIL) Small models, demonstration problem v10101.dat with dmp=2 is an example, that are submitted with dmp may fail with SFM 3001 (DISUTIL) THE INPUT
Known Error
CR 1-3159901 DATA BLOCK NAMED QGHD DOES NOT EXIST. The problem is that the partitioner is not able to partition the model into as many domains as desired. Usually this does not cause a problem and the job continues serially. Other jobs that enter the following line in subdmap sedrcvr will have the problem: "if ( prtreslt='yes' and noqg>-1) then .. ) Avoidance; Don't run dmp on small jobs.
CR 1-3162504 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - APRCOD=3 - Inaccurate Gradients APRCOD=3 in design optimization approximates the constraint values using the the most conservative prediction on the change in the constraint due to a change in a design variable. The constraints calculated in this fashion are computed correctly, but the gradient of these constraints can be computed incorrectly. Avoidance: Use another APRCOD value (1 or 2). Internal testing has not revealed a case where the incorrect computation has produced a difference in the final design.
Description
CR 1-3209214 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - MEFFMASS - Missing Output It has been observed on some problems that the output for the TOTAL EFFECTIVE MASS FRACTION SUMMARY is missing in some of the directions.
Description Avoidance: Divide the appropriate diagonal term of the EFFECTIVE MASS MATRIX by the corresponding RIGID BODY MASS diagonal term. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-3209224 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - PARAM,EIGD,YES - SFM 6920 If eigenvector sensitivity is requested (PARAM,EIGD,YES) and there is design variable linking (DLINK), then the job may fail with messages similar to
Known Error
CR 1-3209224 the followin: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6920 (MATMOD) FOR MATMOD OPTION 1, THE COLUMN NUMBER 3 IS INVALID. IT MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO AND LESS THAN 3. Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter: compile eigvecds list alter 'L XINIT','' PARAML DESTAB//'TRAILER'/2/S,N,NDB $
CR 1-3297102 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Lanczos - EIGC - UFM 6138 In a complex eigenvalue problem using complex lanczos, if insufficient memory is available for sparse fbs, then the following messages will be issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6138 (UDSFBI) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR SPARSE FBS USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY 1002 WORDS
Description
However, increasing the MEM keyword may not increase the allocated memory. Avoidance: Use one of the following avoidances. 1. Add nastran system(108)=512 to use the QZ HESS method. 2. Add nastran system(108)=2 to use the old complex Lanczos 3. Add nastran system(108)=131072 to the input file
CR 1-3354804 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - NT Only - New FlexLM server on NT is missing .dll file The new FlexLM license server (V7.0) delivered with Nastran V2001 on Windows NT is missing a .dll file that allows the FlexLM GUI (from the Control Panel icon) to check the license server status. Picking on the "Status" button
Known Error
CR 1-3354804 on the NT FlexLM GUI results in a message that it is "unable to obtain status due to missing lmgr326a.dll The same message appears when you choose the HostID button to find out the current FlexLM HostID.
CR 1-3379914 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - PBEAML/PBARL - Incorrect Sensitivity Coefficients In an optimization/sensitivity analysis, if the model contains PBEAML or PBARL entries, then the eigenvector sensitivity coefficients will be incorrect.
Description
V2004 supports 6 new response types in sol 200 for eigenvector sensitivity. The responses must be specified on the DRESP1 entry, specifying param,eigd,yes will not activate this capability. This addresses this error in v2004.
Avoidance: Replace the PBEAML or PBARL entry with the equivalent PBEAM or PBAR entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-3414201 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TEMP(INIT), TEMP(LOAD) Table 4-3 in Section 4A of the Quick Reference Guide indicates that TEMP(INIT) is not supported in SOL's 101, 103, and 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 112. TEMP(INIT) may be used in SOLs 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, and 112 if STATSUB is used to define the initial temperature. Likewise TEMP(LOAD) may be used in SOLs 103, 107 and 110 if STATSUB is used. CR 1-3422001 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,INREL,-2 - Missing Documentation The documentation for PARAM,INREL,-2 is missing from the QRG. Description The value of param, inrel, -2 provides an inertia relief analysis in SOL 101 without the need for a SUPORTi entry. Remove all such entries. The model must have mass defined. Request TAN 4854 from your client support user documentation and example problems.
Description
CR 1-3437715 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TABPRT - NaN in TABPRT output of ONRGY When the ONRGY datablock is printed using TABPRT using the NDDL descriptions, the final -1 is not recognized and is printed as NaN.
Description
compile sedrcvr alter 208 tabprt onrgy1//'onrgy'///1 $ endalter CR 1-3439701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB, DESSUB - Wrong Answers for Superelement Optimization When a superelement optimization job includes a DESGLB (or DESSUB) command that references a constraint defined by either a volume response or weight response with ATT1=ALL, the contraint values for each SE, along with the one for the whole model are presented to the optimizer which may lead the optimizer to reach a wrong conclusion. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-3451401 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GPFORCE - Missing Output In a SOL 106 run, if grid point force is requested, and the model contains more than one linear element type and thermal loadings are applied, then the following fatal message will be issued.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (GPFDR) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE GPFTDL Avoidance: Other than having only one linear element type, there is no known avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-3458801 Nonlinear Transient Analysis - Wrong answers NO>1 w/ AUTO or TSTEP Wrong answers are produced if METHOD=AUTO or TSTEP are specified on the TSTEPNL entry and the NO field (nskip) is > 1.
Description
This error will not be fixed. The functionality of METHOD=AUTO or TSTEP is fully replaced by METHOD= ADAPT. The AUTO and TSTEP methods have been de-documented but are not blocked. CR 1-3477406 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analsyis - PARAM,SNORM - SFM 3007 (MERGE) A model containing 59 massless mechanisms failed with SFM 3007 indicating illegal input to MERGE during the eigenvalue solution.
Description
Avoidance: For this model, changing the value of PARAM.SNORM to 0.0 allowed it to run. CR 1-3496527 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Frequency Response - ESE - Incorrect Output In a modal frequency response analysis, if element strain energy is requested and a set ID of 2 is used, then erroneous complex acoustic results may be printed, even though there is no acoustic elements in the model. Avoidance: Use a set ID other than 2.
Description
CR 1-3507901 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - Floating Point Overflow in frrd1 Modal frequency response jobs may fail in the frrd1 module with a traceback when param,resvec,yes is specified. Traceback:
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Known Error
CR 1-3507901 Offset 0x00001680 in procedure bldpk_ Offset 0x00000790 in procedure frrd1f_ Offset 0x0000215c in procedure sqfreq_ Offset 0x0000000c in procedure freq_ Offset 0x00000124 in procedure xsem10_ Offset 0x00000164 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x000009ac in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Avoidance: Do no specify param,resvec or request fewer eigenvalues.
CR 1-3524604 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - gpftrna alter does not work in modal transient SSSALTER gpftrna.v707 works only in direct transient, not in modal transient.
Description
Avoidance: Change COMPILE SEDTRAN to COMPILE SEMTRAN in the alter or get an updated version from the MSC web page CR 1-3525701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSVG1 - Wrong Answers In design sensitivity (DSVG1), if there is not enough space to hold the solutions in core, the program will hold as many solutions as possible to perform matrix multiplication, then, repeat for the rest of solutions causing wrong results. Avoidance: Increase memory using the following formula:
Description
Minimum memory space to hold all solutions in core = (NSOL * GSIZE * NWORD * NCMP * 4) nsol - number of non-null solution vectors in UG gsize - number of rows in the UG vector NWORD - 2 for short word machine and 1 for long word machine NCMP - 2 for complex number and 1 for real number in UG
Known Error Product
CR 1-3539967 Optimization/Aeroelasticity - BC, TEMP, ANALYSIS=SAERO - SFM 1013 Multiple boundary conditions with static aeroelastic optimization and temperature loading results in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1013. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3543501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Superelement, Incorrect Complex Eigenvalue Sensitivities In multiple superelements, the complex eigenvalue sensitivity coefficients are incorrect for the residual superelement (SEID=0). This problem also exists in flutter sensitivity when more than one superelement is in the model. This problem can be avoided with following DMAP alter: compile ceigsens,list $ alter 'EQUIVX CDELK1/CDELK/DMRESD',''(,10) $ IF ( DMRESD<0 ) THEN $ EQUIVX CDELK1/CDELK/DMRESD $ EQUIVX CDELM1/CDELM/DMRESD $ EQUIVX CDELB1/CDELB/DMRESD $ ELSE $ ADD5 CDELK1,CDELK,,,/CDELK2 $ ADD5 CDELM1,CDELM,,,/CDELM2 $ ADD5 CDELB1,CDELB,,,/CDELB2 $ EQUIVX CDELK2/CDELK/-1 $ EQUIVX CDELM2/CDELM/-1 $ EQUIVX CDELB2/CDELB/-1 $ ENDIF $ DMRESD<0 $ In addition, flutter job may fail if upstream SEs have their own subcase. CR 1-3556907 MSC / MD Nastran FLuid/Structure Analysis - FLSPOUT, PANEL, - SWM 2072, Missing Output If the FLSPOUT Case Control command selects PANELMP and GRIDMP=ALL and one or more of the PANEL Bulk Data entries lists more than one panel then SWM 2072 may be issued and acoustic output will be missing for some panels.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3612601 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ADD5 - SFM 6924 Wrong Answers for Double to Single Precision Conversion The procedure outlined in SFM 6924 and the DMAP Module dictionary to convert a double-precision matrix to single-precision will produce wrong answers in Version 2001. Avoidance: Change the following in the outlined procedure: PUTSYS(1,55) ADD5 DOUBLE,,,,/SINGLE $ PUTSYS(2,55) to putsys(1,55) $ add5 doubl,,,,/a52 $ putsys(2,55) $
Description
CR 1-3654801 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SFM 4276, EC 7777 in IFS10P Solution 106, nonlinear analysis, jobs may fail on Compaq Alpha systems in routine IFS10P with the message: BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE tbk
CR 1-3677801 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Wrong Answers The calculation algorthm for spot weld elements (CWELD) sometimes returns a projection point outside of the triangular shell. The program should return an error and abort the execution. This leads to wrong answers.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3677804 Elements - CWELD - Performance MSC.Nastran CWELD elements perform unnecessary operations that waste cpu resources. The program shouldn't generate shell normals for the point-topoint or point-to-patch connection of spot welds with the BEAR option. Furthermore, the program shouldn't check if the projection points are shell grids. CR 1-3683607 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - Extended output force resultants, Wrong Answers with Output COORDi Systems Moment summations for forces could be in error if output coordinate systems are used at grid points. The error affects only the moment summations due to forces in the extended (7-line output) summation option. The TOTALS line is always correct. Avoidance: Ignore the moment summation portion of the force output. CR 1-3694031 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Elements - NOGO Flag Encountered, Poor Message If HEXA, PENTA, or TETRA acoustic elements fail the geometry check the job will stop after EMG and the only message output will be "NOGO FLAG ENCOUNTERED". Avoidance: Specifying
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Description GEOMCHECK STD_MSG in the Executive Section will cause the correct fatal message and the problem elements will be identified. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-3699001 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - XYTRAN gets into infinite loop
Known Error
CR 1-3699001 Large acoustic analysis sol 111 jobs may get into an infinite loop in the XYTRAN module. This behavior has been seen on both NEC SX-5 and AIX systems.
Description
CR 1-3724703 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SDSAC - UFM 5608 When a superelement optimization task includes a DRESP2/3 entry that references a DRESP1 entry and also references a design entry following DRESP1 (e.g., DViRELj, DRESP2, USRDATA), it will fail with the following error message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 5608 () DRESP2 ENTRY ID= 100 REFERENCES AN UNDEFINED DRESP1 ENTRY ID= 1 Avoidance: No practical avoidance exist. Do not include the offending entries or do not use superelements.
CR 1-3743525 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Aeroelasticity with Temperature Loads An aeroelastic optimization task with multiple subcases and with one or more subcases having a temperature load will fail in the sensitivity phase. The type of failure is dependent on the specific design task, but there will be an indication of missing data. Avoidance: The following DMAP avoidance is available for the V70.7 and 2001 Release: compile saersens alter 'dksalx'(,-1) if ( stflg>0) then $ alter 'lauldx'(2) endif $ stflg>0 alter 'lauldx'(3) if ( ncol > 0 ) then $ alter 'lauldx'(5,2) endif $ ncol>0 compile gendv2p
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Known Error
CR 1-3743525 alter 'bcdr' PARAML CASE0//'DTI'/s,n,nskip/7//S,N,TEMPLD $ PARAML CASE0//'DTI'/s,n,nskip/6//S,N,DEFORM $ compile xsedrdr alter 'bcdr' (complete alter does not fit in allowed space. See the attachment)
CR 1-3745506 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Superelements - Missing or Extra Output In nonlinear analysis (SOL 106), if superelements are used, they will use the output requests from the residual structure subcases. Any output requests in the superelement subcases will be ignored.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter into your input file: compile super3 alter 'alter 'IF ( (NOCASRS1>-1','' IF ( NOCASRS1>-1 AND SEID=0 ) THEN $
CR 1-3749805 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - ELSUM, PCOMP - SFM 3008 (ELTPRT), Excessve Memory If ELSUM output is requested and the model has composite elements, the run may fail with in ELTPRT or ELTPT4 with a message of the form:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (ELTPRT) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE PREMAT Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than providing a large amount of memory or not requesting ELSUM output.
Known Error Product
CR 1-3751401 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - param,post,0 - Patran can not view postprocess results in the xdb If a linear heat transfer analysis is followed by a stress analysis in
Known Error
CR 1-3751401 SOL 101, then Patran can only view the temperature output and can not view the displacement output from the xdb. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-3754501 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - param,fksymfac - Difficulty Converging, Follower Forces SOL 106 may diverge with symmetrized follower stiffness as the rotations becomes large. If the effect of asymmetry of the follower stiffness dominates the stiffness, but the default option for param,fksymfac symmetrizes it, then the problem may have convergence difficulty. Avoidance: Set param,fksymfac,0.0.
Description
CR 1-3770604 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - MEFFMASS - Wrong Answers If modal effective mass output (MEFFMASS) is requested in a frequency response analysis that requests more that 50 modes, than the formatting of the "MODAL EFFECTIVE MASS FRACTION" table will deteriorate and put each additional mode on a new page. Also models with many roots (more than 100) may result in meaningless results being printed to this table. This error has been fixed in Nastran 2001.0.3 except on Cray platforms.
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Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error
CR 1-3771601 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NOLIN, NLRGAP - Poor Message MSC.Nastran issues an incorrect fatal error message when the NOLIN-type Bulk Data entry (including NLRGAP) references an undefined grid point ID. CR 1-3787901
Known Error Product
CR 1-3787901 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Fluid/Structure Analysis with multiple PANEL bulk data entries - UFM 653 Fluid/Structure analysis using multiple PANEL bulk data entries may fail with a GINO read error. The GP5 module counts EDT PANEL entries incorrectly when there are 3 or more individual PANEL bulk data entries. Avoidance: Use a single PANEL entry to list panel data.
Description
CR 1-3788001 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - CORDi - UFM 2025 (VECPLOT) Large p-element models with output displacement coordinate systems may fail in VECPLOT with the following message: error in VECPLOT:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (VECPLOT) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 10 Avoidance: A workaround is to increase BUFFSIZE. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-3816002 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - No Warning Message Issue for Invalid Requests If a case control output request includes unsupported options, there is no warning issued and the request is simply ignored. For example if DISP(POLAR) is specified instead of DISP(PHASE) to get output as magnitude/phase, the output will be real/imaginary and no warning message will be issued. CR 1-3827201 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - SWM 6065, DBCMSG Error Message 14 In v70.7, if the geometry datablocks, load datablocks, and the output datablocks are requested on the same DBC call, the job may fail with the following
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Known Error
CR 1-3827201 error messages: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is available that beaks the DBC into two separate calls, one for the geometry and loads, and one for the output datablocks.
CR 1-3860101 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - OFREQ, OMODES - SFM 6143 (UPARTN) Using the OFREQ or OMODES feature in modal complex eigenvalue analysis results in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 in the UPARTN module. CR 1-3889242 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - WEIGHTCHECK. CGI=NO - Extra Output If on the WEIGHTCHECK case control command set is not equal to g, then the CG location, I(S), I(Q), and Q matrices are not printed unless the CGI keyword is set to YES. This is the design intent. The default for CGI is NO. However, if CGI is explicitly set to NO for set not equal to G, then the CG location, I(S), I(Q), and Q will also be printed. For example: weightcheck(set=(n),cgi=no )=yes Avoidance: If this additional information is not desired, leave the CGI keyword out.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-3889601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GPFORCE - Slideline Forces ignored in the GPFORCE Calculation Remark 5 of the GPFORCE case Control description in the V2001 QRG needs to be modified to state that Slideline force contributions are ignored in the GPFORCE calculation. CR 1-3948211
Known Error
CR 1-3948211 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,OMID - Missing Documentation The documentation for parameter OMID is missing from the 2001 Quick Reference Guide. The parameter is documented in the 2001 Release Guide. The documentation should read:
Description
OMID Default=NO To print or punch the results in the material coordinate system, set the parameter OMID to yes. Applicable to forces, strains, and stresses for CTRIA3, CQUAD4, CTRIA6, and CQUAD8. Other elements and outputs are not supported. This capability is not supported by pre-processors (xdb and op2 output are not changed) and grid point stress output that assumes output is in element coordinate systems.
CR 1-3961304 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,RESVEC,YES, SOL 103 -Not Generated In a SOL 103 run, if the direct load method is used (TLOADi pointing directly to a spatial load, e.g, FORCE entry) instead of the LOADSET/LSEQ combination, then the residual vectors are not generated. Avoidance: If the residual vectors are desired in a SOL 103 run, then use the LOADSET/LSEQ combination
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CR 1-3961311 MSC / MD Nastran Automatic Component Mode Synthesis - RESIDUAL VECTOR, USET,U6 - UFM 2049 If a job employs ACMS, and USET,U6 is used to request a residual vector, then the job will fail with the following error messages:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2049 (GP4) UNDEFINED GRID POINT xx HAS A COORDINATE REFERENCED ON A USET CARD. Avoidance: Use the inertial load method or the applied load method
Known Error
CR 1-3961311 (LOADSET/LSEQ combination)
CR 1-3971529 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4 - UFM 4297 Incorrectly Issued for Missing MATi If the PSHELL for a valid-geometry QUAD4 references a non-existent MATi entry, then UFM 4297 (EQD4D) is issued indicating the element has an interior angle greater than 180 degrees. This message is incorrect. The UFM 4297 is followed by an appropriate UFM 2042 (EMG) that does indicate that the MATi entry is missing. This sequence of messages occurs in both Version 70.7.2 and 2001. In earlier releases (v70 and 70.5), only the appropriate 2042 message is issued. The UFM 4297 message is incorrect/misleading which will increase model debug time for the user and increase support time/cost for MSC. A small test deck demonstrating the problem is attached.
Description
CR 1-3975803 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - CBEAM, TEMP(MAT) - Wrong Answers For the beam p-elements, the temperatures used for the temperature-dependent material properties are incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-4015495 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - VIEW3D, CHBDYP - Wrong Answers Bob Harder is looking into it. - Raj The VIEW3D module gives bad results for the chbdyp,line option for rod structures
Known Error
CR 1-4015495 that span 360 degrees. When there is potential shading where the ERROR=YES, for example 1-18 sees the error,then it will recompute the view factor using contour integration. The error of NASTRAN is that It Does not using the contour integration method,and the view factor 1-18(on the second times) is 0.554. The theory for 1 to 18 using Hottel's String method is 0.02851 *** VIEW FACTOR MODULE *** OUTPUT DATA *** CAVITY ID = 10 *** ELEMENT TO ELEMENT VIEW FACTORS C* PARTIAL SURF-I SURF-J AREA-I AI*FIJ FIJ ERROR SHADING ERROR SCALE 1 - 18 6.5403E+00 6.82983E+00 1.04427E+00 6.8657E+01 NO YES 1 52 6.5403E+00 1.06617E+01 1.63015E+00 2.4993E+02 NO YES 1 18 6.5403E+00 3.62416E+00 5.54126E-01 240/256 1 52 6.5403E+00 1.32828E-01 2.03091E-02
Avoidance: Use the older view module. The older view factor can be selected by commented out the VIEW3D bulk data entry. See attachment :2d_chbdyp_view_dcc_old.dat Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-4022230 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4, CTRIA3 - Misleading UFM 4297. A missing material entry may cause UFM 4297 (EQD4D) to be incorrectly issued: QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID = 140507 HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES. before issuing a correct message UFM 2042 (EMG) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE 111551 FOR ELEMENT 140507
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Known Error
CR 1-4022230 This is misleading when a large number of UFM 4297 are issued before the correct UFM 2042.
CR 1-4037006 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MPC, blank coefficients - UFM 316 Miscellaneous - MPC, blank coeffiecients - UFM 316 The default for the coefficients of the independent degrees of freedom for an MPC is 0.0. However, if they are left blank, then the job may fail with the following messages:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY MPC Avoidance: Remove the degrees of freedom that have zero coefficients. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-4051301 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Incorrect sign of moments in plane 2. The moments in plane 2 (m_y) of CWELD elements are output with the opposite sign.
CR 1-4056201 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD, PWELD - UFM 2042 (EMG) If the CWELD element is used in superelement analysis the job may fail with the message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (EMG) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE xxx FOR ELEMENT yyy Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-4056908 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - GDMODES, w/multiple BC's - SFM 6143 in DUMERG
Known Error
CR 1-4056908 A sol 103 run w/ multiple subcases having different SPC sets runs in Version 70.7.2 DMP but not Version 2001. More precisely, multiple boundary condition subcases with different s-set size do not run under Geometric Domain Parallel (GDMODES). The following error results: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (DUMERG) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in PHA1 is not equal to the size of the COMP-set Essentially, when the F-set changes between subcases, an incompatible matrix multiplication with PHA1 is attempted. Multiple BC case works when Domainsolver FDMODES is used.
Description
CR 1-4063523 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,SESDAMP - SFM 3001 (GKAM), Wrong Answers If modal damping is requested for PART superelements using PARAM,SESDAMP,YES the run may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GKAM) or get incorrect damping. This is due to the program trying to get the TABDMP1 data from the main bulk data. Avoidance: Copy the TABDMP1 entries into the main bulk data section.
Description
CR 1-4067301 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ISHELL module prematurely terminates Nastran The ISHELL module terminates the Nastran execution if any forked process takes more than about 5 minutes to complete. CR 1-4070108 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-4070108 Optimization - PBARLs, PBEAMLs - UFM 6499 In an optimization run, if both PBARL and PBEAML exist in the model, then the job may fail with the following error messages: THE GRADIENT OF CONSTRAINT NUMBER x IS ZERO CONSTRAINT IS REMOVED FROM THE ACTIVE SET ** THIS IS A VIOLATED CONSTRAINT ** A FATAL ERROR WILL BE GENERATED
Description **** ONE OR MORE VIOLATED CONSTRAINTS HAS A ZERO GRADIENT **** NO PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE OPTIMIZATION TERMINATED *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499 (DOM9D) Avoidance: Use either all PBARL or all PBEAML or convert them to equivalent PBAR and PBEAM Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-4082701 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - LOADCYN - UFM 4342 (CY1BLD) A remark needs to be added to the Quick Reference Guide LOADCYN entry that indicates that in cyclic buckling anaysis loads may only be applied to the first segment and only harmonic zero loads may be applied. CR 1-4082801 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Incorrect sign on moment force output.ccordinate system is not published The sign of the m_y element moments of the CWELD is wrong, it must be opposite to be the same as for the CBAR. In adition, the CWELD element force item codes are not published in the Quick Reference Guide and the rules for the element coordinate system have not been published. A word document is attached to this quality that contains all the necessary information for post processing the CWELD. Known Error CR 1-4100101
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-4100101 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - DIAG 49 - Remove DIAG 49 from QRG DIAG 49 should be removed for the Quick Reference Guide, see error 33293. The utility f04rprt should be used to summarize the f04 Execution Summary.
CR 1-4117910 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,XYUNIT - Missing Documentation The documentation for parameter XYUNIT is missing from the 2001 Quick Reference Guide. The documentation should read:
Description
XYUNIT n XYUNIT is used in conjunction with an FMS ASSIGN statement to specify the unit number for the storage of design sensitivity data in comma separated value format for use in a spreadsheet.
CR 1-4126807 MSC / MD Nastran Part Superelements - BEGIN SUPER, CORD - Possible Wrong Answers For a PART superelement, if the boundary point of a superelement uses a secondary displacement coordinate system, then the results may be incorrect. Avoidance: Use the assembly basic coordinate system at the boundary.
Description
CR 1-4150825 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - FREQ1 - Incorrect Formula The formula in Remark 3 of the FREQ1 bulk data entry description should say:
Description
(NDF+1) not
Known Error
CR 1-4150825 (NDF=1)
CR 1-4168512 MSC / MD Nastran Random - multiple subcases,freq - SWM 3002 In a random analysis, if there are multiple subcases, and each subcase has a different frequency callout, then the following unclear messages will be issued without performing a random analysis:
Description
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (RANDOM) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK OUGV2 (FILE 104) IN SUBROUTINE RAND2 Avoidance: Use the same frequency callout for all the subcases
CR 1-4168528 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GPKE Not Available for Dynamic Response GPKE output is only supported for normal modes analysis. Contrary to what is indicated in Table 4-5 of the QRG, the GPKE output is not supported in SOL 108. GPKE output can be obtained for the normal modes part of the other modal dynamic solutions. CR 1-4195201 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - CWELD - Possible Wrong Answers The CWELD element does not support nonlinear analysis nor does it create a differential stiffness matrix. However, if the CWELD element is used in a SOL 105 buckling analysis, depending on the problem and machine that you are running on, the job may terminate without any message, yield incorrect results, or terminate with the following messages: MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 401380, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1915050 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3320020
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4195201 MAIN: "Floating point zero divide" (C000008E) exception encountered. MAIN: Exception occurred at address 010654CD. MAIN: Context Flags 0001003F MAIN: EAX 00000006 EBX 03
CR 1-4214309 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - Enforced Motion with Static Preload - Wrong Answers If enforced motion is used in a modal solution (SOL 111 or 112) with a static preload, the run will either fail indicating that no loading is defined or will run with incorrect results (if another loading is applied in addition to the enforced motion).
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile SEMTRAN $ SOL 112 or SEMFREQ for SOL 111 alter 'umerge.*ys.*yg'(,-1) lcgen casers,slt,ett,dynamic,geom4s/cases2t/s,n,dummt/'tranresp' $ paraml cases2t//'dti'/1/4//s,n,load $
CR 1-4239801 MSC / MD Nastran P-Elements - STRAIN, TEMP - Strain Output does not Include Thermal Strain The strain output for solid p-elements is the mechanical strain, which is the difference of the total and thermal strains. For a solid model undergoing free thermal expansion, the strain output would be zero, rather than the non-zero mechanical strain that is customary. The stress output is calculated from the mechanical strain and is correct.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-4266901 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - SPCD, DAREA - Wrong Answers for Frequency Response Sol 111 DMP returns incorrect responses for the responses for all slave processes when both SPCD and DAREA/LOAD type subcases are mixed
Known Error
CR 1-4266901 within same run.
CR 1-4273414 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVMRELi - SFM 4276 EC 3001 from DSAB0 In an optimization job, when an existing MATi entry is being designed by a DVMREL1/2 but has not been referenced by any property entry, then the job will fail in DSABO with SFM 4276, EC 3001.
Description Avoidance: Make sure the problematic MATi entry is referenced by a property entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-4299402 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - NLRGAP Contents Description Incorrect The MSC.Nastran Quick Reference Guide incorrectly describes the TABK field of the NLRGAP entry when it is set to less than zero. When TABK<0 the description under the Contents heading on the NLRGAP entry should be "force vs penetration" NOT "stiffness vs pentration". CR 1-4304427 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - Inefficient restart if Ge is changed on a PELASi entry When the Ge field of a PELAS entry is changed between a SOL 103 cold start and a SOL 111 restart, the eigenvalues are recomputed. This is inefficient as the change to damping does not affect the eigenvalue computation. Resolution: Insert the following DMAP in your file (be careful, as it disables the restart checking for element property changes) Description compile ifpl alter 'RESTART EPT,EPTR, /LIST','' $ 194 message //'WARNING - element property change restart checkingl/ ' has been disabled' $ endalter compile phase0, list alter 'RESTART EPTS,EPTSR','' $ line 841
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4304427 message //'WARNING - element property change restart checkingl/ ' has been disabled' $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-4306901 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEND, PLOAD1 - SFM 3007 (SDRX), ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE SDRX3 MSC.Nastran 2001 may issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007(SDRX) - ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE SDRX3 for a model with CBEND elements requesting STRESS=ALL. Avoidance: If this error occurs, use a SET which does not include the BEND elements.
Description
CR 1-4332806 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - LOADCYH,DAREA The following sentence in Remark 5 of the QRG description of the LOADCYH entry
Description
..FORCE2,MOMENT2,PLOAD,... should be replaced by ..FORCE2,MOMENT2,DAREA(if these entries have been converted),PLOAD,...
CR 1-4342210 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - system cell 319 In the Release Guide, Section 9.8 says set system cell(119)=1 for extended error messages. This should be system cell(319)=1 instead.
Description Release Guides are not re-issued. This error will be marked fixed when the system cell is added to the 2003 QRG. Known Error CR 1-4344301
CR 1-4344301 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/IOG - Description of mattst.f and tabtst.f are reversed The descriptions of mattst.f and tabtst.f in Section 6.15 of the MSC.Nastran 2001 Installations/Operation Guide are reversed. The sample source program mattst.f reads binary output4 and not output2 and tabtst.f reads output2 and not output4. CR 1-4365301 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - OFREQ, SPCF, MPCF, CBUSH, frequency-dependent elements - SFM 5423 If OFREQ and MPCF (or SPCF) are requested in a run with frequency dependent elements then the run may fail with SFM 5423 in MPYAD. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile disprs alter ' modacc ','' MODACC CASEf,fOL,Uhf,PPf,qmgf,qsgf/ fOL0,Uhf1,PPf0,qmgf0,qsgf0/APP $ alter 'call cforce2'(1),'' call CFORCE2 USET,rgs,Uff,MSF1,BSF1,KSF1,Pgf1,fOL1, qsgf0, qdg,vspcg,/ Qpf/ APP/APP1/'spcforce'/true $ alter 'call cforce2'(3),'' call CFORCE2 USET,rgs,Unt,MSn,bSn,KSn,Pgf1,fOL1,qsgf0, qdg,vspcg,/ Qpf/ APP/APP1/'spcforce'/true $ alter 'call cforce2'(4),'' call cforce2 USET,rgm,Uhf1,MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,Pgf1, fOL1,qmgf0,,vmpcg,/ Qmpf/ APP/APP1/'mpcforce'/true $ alter 'call cforce2'(5),'' call cforce2 USET,rgm,Upf1,MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,Pgf1, fOL1,qmgf0,,vmpcg,/ Qmpf/ APP/APP1/'mpcforce'/true $
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4365301 endalter
CR 1-4371801 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 3001 (DSAP) A SOL 103 external superelement creation run using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command fails with SFM 3001 in the DSAP module if the superelement is reduced via static condensation (no QSET data provided) rather than via component mode reduction.
Description
CR 1-4383701 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CBUSH - UFM 2170 In SOL 146, if a frequency-dependent element, such as a CBUSH element, is used then the job will fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 (PARTN2) BOTH THE ROW AND COLUMN PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE PURGED AND ONLY ONE MAY BE. FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Apply the folloiwng dmap avoidance. compile seaero $ v705 alter 'call.*freqrs','' $ CALL FREQRS CASES ,USETD ,DLT ,FRL ,TRL , RPH ,DIT ,EST ,CSTMS ,MPTS , BGPDTS ,GPSNTS ,GPECT ,SILS ,EDTS , KHH ,MHH ,BHH , ,QHJL , ACPT ,CSTMA ,QHHL , ,DITID , ,RGHFD ,RSGG ,RMGG ,PPF , FOL , ,vgfd , / AUHF ,QMGF ,QSGF ,PHF / SOLTYP /FREQDEP /NOA /FOURIER /FALSE / 1 /TRUE /BOV /DOMPCFFD/DOSPCFFD/ FALSE /NOUE /0 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4387523
CR 1-4387523 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SDAMPING, TRD1 - Wrong Answers or Fatal Message If modal damping (SDAMP) is requested in modal transient analysis and some of the natural frequencies result in negative modal damping, then either wrong answers are produced or a fatal error is encountered in TRD1. (Test problem no. d11257.dat exhibits this behavior if PARAM,RESVEC,YES and PARAM,RESVINER,YES are BOTH specified. See discussion in the Attachment dealing with various e-mails.) Avoidance: Modify the TABDMP1 entries so that the interpolation over all frequencies leads to positive modal damping values or use the MODESELECT command or PARAM,HFREQ. LMODES, and/or LFREQ to specify only those modes with positive modal damping.
Description
CR 1-4405020 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - fluid/structure, DOMAINSOLVER - SFM 3001 (FBS) When using ACMS for a fluid/structure model, the job may fail with the following fatal messages:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (FBS) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED LLL AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Setting NUMDOM to a different value on the DOMAINSOLVER entry
CR 1-4405034 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - fluid/structure - Extra Erroneous Output In an ACMS run with fluid/structure, the f06 and punch file may contain extra erroneous output. An indication of this is the output results for non-existing elements or grids. This error is considered fixed with the introduction of auto-Qset. Avoidance: Other than ignoring the extra output there is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 1-4405054 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - CTRIAX6 - Unclear messages The CTRIAX6 element should not be used in a buckling analysis since it does not generate a differential stiffness matrix. This is documented in the Reference Manual. If the CTRIAX6 element is used in a buckling analysis, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages: MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 401380, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1915050 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 2e40020 MAIN: "Floating point zero divide" (C000008E) exception encountered. MAIN: Exception occurred at address 010654CD. MAIN: Context Flags 0001001F MAIN: EAX 00000006 EBX 02F2C790 ECX 00000008 EDX 02F2CA58 ESI 02EDD4D8 EDI 02E8EA80 MAIN: EBP 02F2CAB0 ESP 0012F210 EIP 010654D3 EFLAGS 0001029 The traceback has been corrected. Models but differential stiffiness is not supported and buckling analysis is likely to fail with a message that there are no roots in the range.
Description
CR 1-4415801 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - MEFFMASS and FDMODES - SFM 3008 If MEFFMASS is requested in a FDMODES DMP run in both Sol 103 (with DOMAINSOLVER) and Sol 111 (default DMP) the following error message is encountered: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (EFFMAS) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE EFFMA4
Description [Joe M - May 2010] Freq domain dmp works in v2004+. Also dof domain dmp works in v2007+. DOMAINSOLVER MODES(partopt = freq or dof) with MEFFMASS. Alters not needed. Remains limitation for default Sol 103 dmp (partopt=grid), see CR 14056905. Known Error Product CR 1-4428001 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-4428001 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML - UFM 6499 Design of more than approximately 20 PBEAML properties can result in wrong answers or USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499. Avoidance: Avoid the design of large numbers of PBEAML's or use Nastran 2001.0.4 or higher.
Description
CR 1-4454102 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Wrong answers if upstream superelements exist If an external superelement contains upstream superelements, then data recovery performed on those will only show the fixed-boundary solution and will be incorrect. Avoidance: Include the following DMAP alter when performing data recovery on the external superelement: compile sedisp, list alter 'sdr1'(2,) dbstatus ug//s,n,ugexist $ if(ugexist=1)delete /ug,,,, $
Description
CR 1-4467601 MSC / MD Nastran Large Problem - EMG - SFM 4275 A very large problem fails in EMG with the following error message: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4275. DURING A READ OPERATION, UNIT = 1, DATA BLOCK=EST , A BLOCK NUMBER CHECK CONDITION OCCURRED. ( IONAST CODE= 304) 0*IONAST* err 304 pid,name,b+1,z4(b+1),nxtblk,pbknbr= 0 101 366837611 0 466 6683 BIOMSG: ERROR 304 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE IONAST , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 The model that failed is a fluid structure interaction problem with approximately
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4467601 800,000 grids. It has been verified that the model ran past emg in version 2004.
CR 1-4470101 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUTT4 - UWM 6445, NanQ in output OUTPUT4 ASCII format closes off a matrix with an extra column. An arbitrary number is placed in this column, which is later thrown away. On NT and Compaq DEC Alpha systems this number may be an illegal number which prints as NaNQ when viewed with an editor. This may also cause the INPUTT4 module to crash with *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6445 (INPTT4) A FORTRAN FORMATTED READ ERROR HAS OCCURRED WHILE PROCESSING UNIT = 12 USER INFORMATION: THE FILE WAS SPECIFIED IN AN ASSIGN FILE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT CR 1-4470501 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - DTABLE Description needs Updating The description of the DTABLE entry in the Quick Reference Guide needs to be updated to indicate that it may be referenced by a DVMREL2 entry.
Description
CR 1-4483401 MSC / MD Nastran Effective Mass Table - Frequency Column has Wrong Frequencies When effective mass is calculated for more than 100 modes, the effective mass listing gives wrong frequencies in the table. CR 1-4507201 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP - Jobs Hang
Known Error
CR 1-4507201 DMP jobs that encounter DMAP fatal errors in subDMAP PHASE0 may hang. DMAP level fatal errors which are handled via NOGO/EXIT in subdmap PHASE0 are not handled correctly. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile phase0 alter 'if ( stop0'(,4) if ( nproc>1 ) then $ param //'stsr'/1/-3 $ putsys(0,307) $ endif $ nproc>1 endalter CR 1-4534835 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - MPCs, PLOTELs - SFM 6802, SEARCH KEY When using PACMS in a model that has many MPCs (mpc, rbei, etc.) and/or PLOTELs, the job may fail with the following unclear messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6802 (SEPSUP) SUPERELEMENT xx HAS FAILED TO AUTOMATICALLY DERIVE A SEARCH KEY. USER ACTION: REVIEW MODEL FOR REASONABLE GEOMETRY AND SELECT SEARCH KEY VIA OVER-RIDE PARAMETER AND/OR REVIEW GRID POINT LOCATIONS FOR REASONABLE GEOMETRY Avoidance: The exact cause of this problem is not yet known. Other than using a serial run, there is no known avoidance. Adjust system cell 360 (from 10 to 2000)
Description
CR 1-4534854 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTRN and PARAM, EXTOUT, DMIGOP2 - SFM 4252 In Version 2001, if an external superelement was created PARAM,EXTOUT,DMIGOP2, and in the assembly run, PARAM,EXTUNIT is specified in the Case Control then the run might terminate with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252, indicating that matrix XAAV does not exist for that superelement.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4534854 PARAM,EXTUNIT must be specified in the Bulk Data section of the external part superelement.
CR 1-4557005 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - Enforced Motion - UFM 3046 If modal transient analysis is performed with enforced motion, and there is no coupling between the calculated modes and the enforced motion dof, the run will fail with UFM 3046 indicating that no loading has been defined.
Description Avoidance: The enforced dof must be connected to the model and the attached dof must have mass and stiffness. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-4570801 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARM,OPPHIPA The QRG documentation of the PARAM OPPHIPA should indicate that the resulting normal modes are output in the global coordinates and refer to OPPHIB for the option to have basic output. CR 1-4590301 MSC / MD Nastran Axisymmetric Fluid Elements - PRESPT, RINGFL, CFLUIDi - Wrong Answers on Cray Reran the following tests in v2005t1 on nihau and updated archives(v2004,v2005): csr7377.f05 d07d2.f05 d10702.f05 e2280.f05 hydr26.f05 hydr27.f05 p3b1.f05 p3b2.f05 parcmp.f05 s32585a.f05 s32585b.f05 s34774c.f05 s34774c1.f05 s34774d.f05 s34774d1.f05 abb 1/12/04 Fluid pressure output at PRESPT points for axisymmetric fluid elements is incorrect on all short word machines. Only the Cray gives correct answers. CR 1-4590602 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - Incorrect PCOMP Punch output when SOUTI = BLANK or "NO" on PCOMP entry
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-4590602 Solution 200 will generate incorrect punched PCOMP entries when the SOUTI field is blank or "NO". On the punched entries the SOUTi field is populated with "STRN" instead of "YES" or "NO". Reading this entry into Nastran will yield a fatal message.
Description
Also SOL200 generates designed PBEAM for both END A and B data for a constant section beam. For constant section beams only END A data for PBEAM and PBEAML should be output. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to edit the punch file.
CR 1-4635614 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Vecplot - # of input/output datablocks In section 10.3 of the MSC.Nastran 2001 Release Guide, "Summary of DMAP Module changes from V70.7 to MSC.Nastran V2001", the VECPLOT module description for v2001 should be changed from VECPLOT XG,BGPDT,SCSTM,CSTM,CASECC,{LAMA or USET}, MEDGE,x66p,vgq,rbf/ XOUT,RESMAX,HEADCNTL,x66/ S,N,GRDPNT/COORID/IOPT/TITLE1/TITLE2/TITLE3/ ALTSHAPE/WTMASS/SEID/setnam/rbfail $ to VECPLOT XG,BGPDT,SCSTM,CSTM,CASECC,{LAMA or USET}, MEDGE,x66p,vgq/ XOUT,RESMAX,HEADCNTL,x66,gcfxx/ S,N,GRDPNT/COORID/IOPT/TITLE1/TITLE2/TITLE3/ ALTSHAPE/WTMASS/SEID/setnam/rbfail $ wher GCFxx is the ground check force.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-4638015 MSC / MD Nastran Beam Library - CHAN, CHAN1, CHAN2 - Wrong Property for Shear Center Location
Known Error
CR 1-4638015 The beam library (PBEAML) calculates an incorrect shear center for the CHAN, CHAN1, and CHAN2 cross sections. Patran uses the Nastran routines and also calculates an incorrect shear center. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-4659227 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPLOTs on HP Machines Plotps on HP machines may fail to generate a readable postscript file due to underflow processing. A xyplot with computed zeros for response quantities may cause the plotps program on HP to place ****** in a postscript instruction.
Description
Avoidance: Don't try to plot results that are computed zeros. Use the xyprint feature of the program to identify potential problems and avoid requesting these plots. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-4668001 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - INCLUDE - Long File Names MSC.Nastran 70.7 & 2001 INCLUDE statement can be longer than 72 characters, even though the QRG indicates there is a 72 character limit (Remark 2 in the INCLUDE keyword documentation) Avoidance: The MSC.Nastran Configuration and Operations Guide, Section 4.9 indicates how to use long filenames. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-4669601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP - ADD5 - CD Parameter When the add5 module has a purged CS parameter for a data block, and an explicit CD parameter set equal to zero, the module uses the default for the CS parameter, which is 1.0. Complex Double paremeters used as inputs to the add5 module should not be set to zero values. This is a limitation that should be documented.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4669601 Avoidance: If a variable parameter is used to set the value of the DP input parameters, and its value can be the DP equivalent of zero, the default value of the corresponding SP parameter will be used instead. That happens to be unity, unless changed with an explicit value. When using DP paramters set by variable parameters, it is therefore a good practice to use calls of the form ADD5 A,B,C,D,E/X/0./0./0./0./0./ALPHAD/BETAD . . etc.
CR 1-4672328 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - SDAMP, TABDMP1 - Wrong Answers If a high modal damping level is used with the new enforced motion capability in MSC.Nastran 2001, then the answers may be incorrect. The effect on results is not significant unless the modal damping value is high.
Description
Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Approximate the modal damping with structural damping. See quality 1-5399310 2. Put the entire structure in a superelement and apply the modal damping to the superelement.
CR 1-4674201 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARTN Case Control Command Disabled In coupled fluid structural analysis the PARTN Case Control command has been disabled for Version 2001 but the Remark 2 under the QRG description of this command was not removed. This capability is being replaced by the FSLPOUT command. CR 1-4698707 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - nonlinear, param,post,0 - Missing Output in xdb file In a nonlinear static restart run, the xdb does not contain all the output for all the requested load steps.
Known Error
CR 1-4698707 Avoidance: Use op2 by selecting param,post,-2 or -1, instead of param,post,0.
CR 1-4702701 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Methods - SYSTEM(107) - Traceback in Unsymmetric Decomp Shared memory parallel executions (system(107)=n) will give a traceback on Cray SV1 2001.0.1 systems in unsymmetric decomp if the high rank system cell 221 is set to other than 1. Avoidance: High ranks is not supported for parallel on this platform. The default for system(221) has been set back to 1 in 2001.0.3 to correct this error.
Description
CR 1-4717576 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - GEOMCHECK - UWM 9031, Poor Message If a model contains elements which cause unusable matrices, the default value of INFORM on the GEOMCHECK statement will not print a FATAL message. Therefore, the run might fail later in the process with a message which does not indicate the elements which caused the problem. In one example, a user encountered the following message with multiple elements which gave bad jacobians: ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9031 (ERRPH1) ^^^ NOGO ENCOUNTERED IN SUBDMAP SEMG Avoidance: Use the FATAL option on GEOMCHECK rather than try to run a model with bad elements.
Description
CR 1-4721414 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis/Loads - RFORCE - UWM 6584 USER WARNING MESSAGE 6584 might be incorrectly issued in SOL 106 if an RFORCE load is used.
Known Error
CR 1-4721414 Avoidance: If p-elements or coupled mass are not being used, this message can be ignored.
CR 1-4724901 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TLOAD1/TLOAD2 - Missing reference to TEMPBC Remark 4 under the description of the TLOAD1 and TLOAD2 entry in the MSC.Nastran 2001 Quick Reference Guide should include the TEMPBC entry:
Description 4. EXCITEDID may reference sets containing QHBDY, QBDYi, QVECT, QVOL and TEMPBC entries when using the heat transfer option. Known Error Product CR 1-4733501 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SPCD, OFREQ, PARAM,DDRMM,-1 - SFM 5423 (DMPYAD) When OFREQ is used with PARAM,DDRMM,-1 to output ESE (or EKE/EDE) in an SPCD Sol 111 run, get the FATAL error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES [Joe M - 1-jun-2010] lbpsrb3_s111_spcd_ese_ofreq.dat attached, works fine in v2004r2, and results verified. Also non-DDRMM, default RESVEC's, and both ENFMETH versions tested fine under the SPCD/OFREQ combination, all new in Nast 2004. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance: compile disprs alter 15,15 $ V2001 if( otf>0 and noypo>0 ) modacc casef,fol,ypo,,,/ fol00,ypo1,,,/app $ alter 30,30 $ V2001 if ( otf=0 and noypo>0 ) equivx ypo/ypo1/-1 $ alter 89,89 $ V2001 CALL SPMPYAD RPH1,UHF1,YPO1,V01DR/UPX/0/1 $ Known Error CR 1-4734006
Description
CR 1-4734006 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - CSUPER, EXTRN - UFM 2065 MTRXIN If DMIGDB is used when creating external superelements and they are brought into the analysis using the CSUPER entry, the program will issue the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2065 (MTRXIN) if SPOINTs are referenced.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'GP1 GEOM1I','GP1 GEOM1I' GP1 GEOM1I,geom2scr,,,,,/ XGPLS,XEQEXINS,XGPDTS,XCSTMS,XBGPDTS, XSILS,XVGFS,,/ S,N,XLUSETS/0/NOGPDT/////SEID $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-4734222 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC, CLAN - SIM 6491, Wrong Answers A complex eigenvalue analysis that produced reasonable answers in Version 70.5 is producing wrong answers in Version 2001 using complex Lanczos after issuing the message: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6941 (CLSCLD) INVARIANT SUBSPACE DETECTED IN BLOCK LANCZOS. Avoidance: The problem is still under investigation - using SOL 110 with HESS produced the same results as the Lanczos method in Version 70.5. Setting SYSTEM(108)=2 to force the old method or setting SYSTEM(108)=64 to force full orthoganalization also avoided the problem.
Description
CR 1-4747001 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,MECHFIX - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 1-4747001 If PARAM,MECHFIX,YES is set or if MSC.Nastran encounters difficulties in the eigenvalue analysis and it automatically enters the massless mechanism control but no massless mechanisms are found, then rigid body modes may be incorrectly constrained. Avoidance: See SSSALTER mmfindfix.v2001 on the SSSALTER web page for an avoidance. Another avoidance is to use param, mechfix, no, and fix any mechanism errors that appear manually.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-4748406 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, TEMP(LOAD), DEFORM - Possible Wrong Answers or Overflow Grid point force balance (case control GPFOR request) may fail or give wrong answers if there are thermal or deform loads (case control TEMP or DEFORM requests). The failure has been observed as either bad answers or an abort due to overflow. The bad answers can be recognized if the grid point TOTALS are not computed zeros. Only GPFDR results are affected, all other output (such as displacements, spcforces, stresses, etc.) is not affected. This error only occurs on version 2001.0.1 and is unlikely for small models. Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
Description
CR 1-4748439 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2 - Missing Modes If a user program is designed to read the element strain energy output from an OUTPUT2 (op2) file created by Version 2001, it is possible that the program might only find the first mode. Avoidance: This problem is actually due to an error fix in 2001. In the table description in the NDDL, it indicates that word 5 in the IDENT record of the element strain energy is the mode number. In Version 2001, this is correct. In previous versions, the mode number was incorrectly written in word 4. Many programs which read OUTPUT2 files are looking for the mode id in word 4 and will not find it in a v2001 OUTPUT2 file. The reading program
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4748439 needs to be updated.
Known Error Product
CR 1-4807909 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Effective Mass - MEFFMASS - Wrong Answers for Rotational Inertia Terms The output for Modal effective mass (MEFFMASS) may have wrong values for the rotational inertia terms. Avoidance: Use the alter effmassa.v707 from the V70.7 sssalter directory.
Description
CR 1-4807929 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM, AENLTOL - Missing Output If the bulk data section contains a parameter called AENLTOL with a real value, the run will terminate before printing the sorted bulk data (in module XSORT) with no messages Avoidance: Do not use this parameter name CR 1-4819505 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP3 - Missing Data in the USRDATA field on a DRESP3 entry When the USRDATA field is present on a DRESP3 entry, the first part of the string input data may be lost. The following remedies may be used to avoid the data loss: 1) If the DRESP3 entry does not include any DNODE item, start the string input from the fifth letter in the USRDATA field; 2) If the DRESP3 entry includes one pair of DNODE items, no action is needed; 3) If the DRESP3 entry includes more than one pair of DNODE items, the forward offset in the server routine, r3svald/s is required to obtain the original string input. The actual offset value may be obtained experimentlly.
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-4830716 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,RESVEC - Residual Vectors not Calculated If a model has superelements and PARAM,RESVEC,YES is specified in the main bulk data section, it is possible that the program will not calculate residual vectors.
Description
Avoidance: Either move PARAM,RESVEC,YES into the case control above all subcases or include the following DMAP alter in your file: compile phase1dr alter 'sep2dr.*slist.*emap' $ line 80 pvt pvts,//s,n,dummy21 $
CR 1-4833901 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - OMODES, OFREQ - SFM 3001 (MODACC) The presence of an OMODES or OFREQ case control request will result in a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 from the MODACC module, if DOMAINSOLVER GDMODES is used. This is a DMP method for SOL 103. Avoidance: Workaround is to apply the following alter:
Description
compile super3 $ alter 'EQUIVX CASEcc\/CASEDR' $ EQUIVX UL/ULS/-1 $ compile sedisp $ alter 'equivx ul\/un'(2),''(2,1) $ equivx ul1/un/nosset $ if ( nosset>-1 ) umerge uset,ys,ul1/un/'N'/'S' $ endalter CR 1-4835004 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - No results when using PSDF, ATOC, or RALL If random output is requested using the PSDF, RTOC, or RALL options in case control, no output will be produced unless there is a SORT2 output request or an XYPLOT request for random output.
Known Error
CR 1-4835004 Avoidance: Although there is no printed output from these options, the output datablocks can be created by adding a single XYPLOT command which requests random output or requesting SORT2 output.
CR 1-4837703 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - DRESP3 - Missing Documentation The DRESP3 (External Response) capability was developed as a funded project that was intentionally not documented in the 2001 Release Guide but can now be discussed. The design optimization capability (SOL 200) in MSC.Nastran has a powerful DRESP2 feature allowing the user to create a synthetic response. However, the types of variables that a synthetic response can use are limited to the data from MSC.Nastran. The external response feature extends the synthetic response by allowing the user to define a custom response using either inhouse programs or any application programs written in Fortran, C or other languages. This enables the use of proprietary responses as the objective or a constraint in a design. The documentation for this feature is available in Solution 1-3772901 CR 1-4854701 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - CRAC2D, CRAC3D - SFM 6984 The CRAC2D(ADUM8) and the CRAC3D(ADUM9) elements are not supposed to have any frequency (SDR2) data recovery and should simply return when running frequency response such as SOL 108. Instead they crash with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6984 (SDR2RD) INCORRECT NUMBER OF WORDS BEING REQUESTED FOR TRANSMISSION TO AND BY PHASE-2 ROUTINE. CR 1-4855904 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-4855904 Documentation/QRG - Incorrect default value for SYSTEM(166) The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly states that the default value for SYSTEM cell 166 is 1. The actual default is 0. The following alter will allow you to view the default value: compile seaero alter 1 type parm,,i,n,sys166 $ sys166 =getsys(sys166,166) $ message //' the value of system cell 166 is '/sys166 $ exit $ OPTIONAL endalter $ $
Description
CR 1-4866203 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,OUMU is for ESE not EKE. The Quick Reference Guide incorrectly states that parameter OUMU is for element kinetic energy. It is for element strain energy. CR 1-4866209 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,POST,-1 - Extra Output If you specify PARAM,POST,-1 and PARAM,POSTEXT,NO in SOL 103, the program will still unnecessarily calculate and write ONRGY2 to the OUTPUT2 file if you have requested ESE output. Avoidance: Set PARAM,OUMU,NO and the datablock will not be calculated or written.
Description
Known Error Product
Corrected 2004 Version Abstract SSSALTER - trncompa.v2001 fails in SOL 109 Descriptio SSSALTER trncompa.v2001 will fail in SOl 109. n
Known Error
CR 1-4880311 Avoidance: Request an updated alter from MSC or get a copy from the MSC web site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod_support/nastran/sssalters/v2001/toc. cfm
CR 1-4885505 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - WEIGHTCHECK, QSET - SFM 3007 (VECPLOT) If WEIGHTCHECK or GROUNDCHECK is requested for a model with superelements and the Q-set is defined using GRID points, the program will issue
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (VECPLOT) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARTN Avoidance: Either remove the WEIGHTCHECK request or don't use GRID points for the Q-set degrees of freedom.
CR 1-4891701 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - MAT1 - Large Property Values may lead to overflow. Large magnitudes for the values of the material properties on the MAT1 bulk data entry can cause floating point overflows in the material property lookup routines. Avoidance: Be sure that the magnitudes of the properties are less than the SQRT of the largest magnitude number representable on the machine.
Description
CR 1-4902401 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - OFREQ, SPCD - SFM 5423 (DMPYAD) If the OFREQ Case Control command specifies different sets in different subcases that reference SPCD type loads, then an incompatible matrix multiple may result. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4902401 ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES COLS ROWS FORM TRAILER FOR RPH IS 101 23 504 TRAILER FOR PPF IS 102 868 504 TRAILER FOR PYHF IS 103 651 23 Avoidance: Follow the recommendation desribed in Remark 7 under the OFREQ Case Control Command desription in the Quick Reference Guide.
CR 1-4915301 MSC / MD Nastran Non Linear Buckling - PARAM,BUCKLE,2, NLPARM with AUTO - UIM 6137 Non Linear Buckling with PARAM,BUCKLE,2 does not work with the AUTO KMETHOD option on the NLPARAM entry. If an analyis contains these entries iInformation message 6137 and user warning message 4698 listing almost all DOF with MAXRATIO may be encountered. Avoidance: User the ITER KMETHOD option.
Description
CR 1-4922804 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PLOAD1, SDRX - UFM 2025 In solution 200, multiple PLOAD1 sets may result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 in the SDRX module. CR 1-4938101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PEAML - SFM 3007 (DOPR1) SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPR1) ILLEGAL INPUT TO DOP1E may be issued if DVPREL1 entries point to designed PBARL's or PBEAML's while other DVPREL1 entries point to PBEAM's or PBEAML's. Avoidance: The only sure avoidance is to not design PBARL's or PBEAML's
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4938101 with PBEAM's or PBEAML's
Known Error Product
CR 1-4948003 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SUBCOM - ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD12 The fatal message below may occur when SUBCOM's are used in SOL 200 with a SUBSEQ request that references a single subcase.
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD12 Avoidance: Either eliminate the SUBCOM request or reference more than one subcase with the SUBSEQ. The Ri coefficients on the SUBSEQ can be 0.0
Known Error Product
CR 1-4966701 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - MEFFMASS and MAX normalization - Possible Wrong Answers If the max option is used in the eigenvalue calculation, then the modal effective mass output will be off by the generalized mass term. The modal effective mass fraction, however, is correct. Avoidance: Use the default mass option or insert the DMAP alter found in the attachments.
Description
CR 1-4966763 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - SGI - Signal 10: Bus Error John, I think most of the old bus errors have been fixed in v2004 or v2005, if it's ok please close this error. On the SGI, it has been reported that on a large modal complex eigenvalue problem, the job terminates without any messages in the f06 file. The log file, however, contains the following messages: Receiving signal number 10: Bus error Job aborting...
Description
Known Error
CR 1-4966763 Unable to call dbx for trace: Resource temporarily unavailable Error unable to remove temp file: /tmp/tt1376064 This type of error is generally due to a misalignment problem and can only occur with the exact combination of memory usage, buffsize, other jobs running the background, and what the operating system is doing. It may occur on the SGI, SUN, and HP. MSC.Software has not duplicated this error on this particular model. Avoidance: Rerunning the job as it. Otherwise, changing the buffsize or memory may also work.
CR 1-5001808 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - READ, PARAM,RESVEC - Floating Point Exception If all modes of a model are calculated and residual vectors are requested, the run will fail in the second eigenvalue solution with a floating point exception. Avoidance: This error only occurs when the static solution cannot be represented by a combination of all modes of the model. Then the residual vector contains only dof which have no mass associated with them (and therefore, an infinite eigenvalue). The avoidance is to not request residual vectors when all modes of the model are found. CR 1-5009015 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW - Large models may punch impropely formatted RADLST entries Improperly formatted RADLST entries may be output from the VIEW module in heat transfer analysis of large models. CR 1-5014405 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Buckling - SOL 116 - Wrong Answers
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-5014405 In SOL 116 (buckling with cyclic symmetry), boundary conditions may not be changed between the static preload and the buckling eigenanalysis subcases leading to wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
COMPILE CYCBUCKL ALTER 'ISOLAPP=2' $ CALL SETQ CASERS// SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/ S,SPC/S,LOAD/S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD/S,P2G/S,DYRD/ S,METH/S,MFLUID $ DELETE /CYCD,,,, $ CYCLIC2 GEOM4S,EQEXINS,USET/CYCD/NSEG/CTYPE $ endalter CR 1-5023407 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERS - rigyroa alter sync=no - Wrong Answers Complex eigenvalues using the ridgyroa alter with sync=no and Lanczos causes incorrect mode shapes in v70.7 and v2001. Avoidance: Use system(108)=2 or the Hessenberg method.
Description
CR 1-5023428 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH - Unexpected Answers If the user defines a cbush entry with the same grid id for end A and end B, the cbush will be grounded. This input should result in a fatal error. CR 1-5023444 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Incorrect ELSUM results for PCOMP In V2001, using the ELSUM Case Control command with a plate element that references a PCOMP entry using the BEND option on the LAM field causes wrong large numbers in the Structural Mass field of the ELSUM printout.
CR 1-5052701 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - SFM 7340 lnnp2cd -729 The error message: Lanczos *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR). . LNNP2CD. .(IER = 729)
Description
may occur when the number of eigenvectors requested (ND) is greater than the number in the structure. Evidence of this occuring is that the size of the shifts increases at many steps, as listed in UIM 5010, but the number of eigenvalues below the shift does not increase. Avoidance: Decrease ND to the number found, or use FMAX instead.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5065701 MSC / MD Nastran Automatic Component Mode Synthesis - Output scrambled in incorrect order Running ACMS in SOL 111 with multi-grid, multi-frequency, multi-subcase, and multi-output requests produces correct results but in the wrong order. That is, the data from one subcase is not contiguous in the OFP data blocks.
Description
CR 1-5067801 MSC / MD Nastran MEFFMASS - EFFMAS - SFM 4276, EC 7777 tbk. When requesting MEFFMASS in V2001 on an Alpha machine: BIOMSG: ERROR 7777 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE tbk. Occurs while executing DMAP statement EFFMAS BEGN
Description
Avoidance: Other than running on a different platform, there is no known avoidance. Fixed in 2001r4. Verified test problem runs nast2002t2 May29 build.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5079301 Optimization/Design Sensitivities - Incorrect senstivities with the PBEAML The sensitivity of the N1(b) and N2(a) properties with respect to the PBEAML dimensions are reversed. This can result in errors in the element response sensitivities. To date, this error has only appeared to be significant with the HAT1 section type.
Description
Avoidance: If neutral axis locations are important, the only complete avoidance is to replace the PBEAML with a PBEAM and use DVPREL2 relations to specify the beam dimension/property relationships. CR 1-5081408 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CEIG - SFM 3007 (DSFLTF) In an optimization run, if the number of complex eigenvectors calculated are less than the number of complex eigenvalues referenced on the DRESP1 entries, then the job will fail with the following unclear error messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSFLTF) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSFLTF 0FATAL ERROR
Description Avoidance: Make sure that the number of the complex eigenvectors requested is equal to or greater than the number of complex eigenvalues referenced on the DRESP1 entries. This problem has been fixed in v2001 awhile back. Possibly before v2001 was released. ---GDC Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5088301 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - QSET, EXTSEOUT - SFM 3200 (BNDRYINFO) A SOL 103 external superelement creation run using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command with BULK=PUNCH option fails with SFM 3200 in the BDRYINFO module (caused by logic error 11 in subroutine BDYINP) if the number of Q-set SPOINTs specified is odd.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5088301 Avoidance: Use an even number of Q-set points.
CR 1-5089207 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP - Error in Description of OEE datablock. In the NDDL description of datablock OEE in the DMAP Module Dictionary, there is an error in the comment notes describing the approach codes. The values for approach codes 1 thru 5 are correct, but Approach code =6 should be Transient (not Buckling part 1) the values after this should be increased by 1.
Description
IE. Approach Code Solution Type 1 Statics 2 Reigen 3 DS0 4 DS1 5 FREQ 6 TRANS 7 BKL0 8 BKL1 9 Complex Eigen 10 NonLinear Statics etc
Known Error Product
CR 1-5093401 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Poor Message when DRESP2 incorrectly refers to DESVAR labels Optimization run fail with no meaningful message when DRESP2 entries incorrectly refer to DESVAR labels rather than ids. The following is an example of the error message in log files:
Description for SUNS iio: [-1] end of file lately: writing sequential formatted internal IO part of last string: |
Known Error
CR 1-5093401 time: command terminated abnormally. for HP *** FORTRAN I/O ERROR 958: FORMAT DESCRIPTOR INCOMPATIBLE WITH CHARACTER ITEM IN I/O LIST INTERNAL FILE. LAST FORMAT: (I8,"|
There are no messages in the f04 file and f06 file. The job fails with the correct error message on NT and in version 70.7 on unix. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5104006 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBEAML - Divide by Zero For closed hat sections, the input constraints are checked, but the less stringent of 'GT' is utilized. This may cause a divide by zero in the RJ computation. Description Avoidance: To avoid the floating point divide by zero, observe the following constraints on DIMx for HAT1 sections (closed hat) 1. DIM1>DIM3 2. DIM1>2*DIM4 3. DIM2>2*DIM4+DIM5 CR 1-5104009 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML - Incorrect Sensitivities For tapered PBEAML, cw(b), na1(b) and/or na2(b) are perturbed when end a DIMx are designed. Although this is not correct, the impact on sensitivity is not expected to be significant. CR 1-5109902 MSC / MD Nastran Automatic Component Mode Synthesis - ACMS - Poor Accuracy The accuracy of the dynamic response output (SOL 111 and 112) may be reduced
Known Error
CR 1-5109902 due the the retention of an inadequate number of Q-set points in the residual structure. If the number of O-set modes, plus the number of associated residual vectors, is greater than [ngrids/(numdom*4)], the accuracy may suffer. Avoidance: Include the following bulk data entry: senqset,0,N where N is greater or equal to the required number of Qset points.
CR 1-5126706 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - SPCD, BNDSPC - UFM 6083 If the new Version 2001 dynamic enforced motion is used with multiple input locations, it is possible that the run might fail incorrectly with UFM 6083 in BNDSPC, indicating a long list of points which do not exist.
Description Avoidance: This problem has only been seen on Windows/NT systems. If this problem is encountered it may be avoided by defining an ASET. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5129501 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, CORD2x - UFM 315 (PREFACE) An external superelement creation run with a boundary grid point referencing a CORD2x displacement coordinate system and using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command with BULK=PUNCH option fails with UFM 315 in the Preface in a subsequent assembly run due to a missing asterisk (*) in the CORD2x name field. CR 1-5129505 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-5129505 Superelements - EXTSEOUT, BULK=PUNCH - UFM 5290 (GPSP) A SOL 103 superelement assembly run employing an external superelement created in an earlier run by using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command and BULK=PUNCH fails with UFM 5290 in the GPSP module if one or more A-set points of the external superelement are not on the boundary. See also related Quality 1-4371807; the difference between these qualities is that this quality employs the BULK=PUNCH option.
Description
CR 1-5131904 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FSD does not support DRESP1=CSTRAIN Fully stressed design optimization runs do not fully support DRESP1=CSTRAIN.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5155018 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAML, HAT1 - Incorrect J Value The QRG description of the HAT1 section of the PBEAML and PBARL incorrectly describes dimensions as "Di" instead of "DIMi" and is missing the length of the horizontal leg. Description In addition, for both the HAT and the HAT1 sections, the torsional moment of inertia incorrectly uses the open section equations instead of closed section equations. This is incorrect for the HAT1 because it is shown as closed and for the HAT because hats are by definition always attached to skins. A remark needs to be added to this effect. In the unlikely event that a hat is used as open (for instance, upside down), an option needs to be added to select an open section calculation. CR 1-5162113 MSC / MD Nastran Element Strain Energy - SFM 4276 EC 31 in GPFDR if ESE not in all REPCASEs
CR 1-5162113 If a file contains REPCASEs and ESE output is requested in some, but not all, REPCASEs and SUBCASEs, the run may fail with SFM 4276 EC 31. Avoidance: Place an ESE request in all SUBCASEs and REPCASEs.
CR 1-5169004 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, CORD2R, QSET - SFM 3200 (BDRINFO) A SOL 103 external superelement creation run with 9 boundary grid points, 120 Q-set SPOINTs and 15 CORD2R Bulk Data entries and using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command terminates with SFM 3200 in the BDRYINFO module with Logic Error 11 in subroutine BDYINF.
Description This problem is caused by a serious error associated with memory management in the BDRYINFO module. There is no easy avoidance for this. The user may be able to avoid it if he reduces the number of grid points, Q-set SPOINTs or CORD2x entries (if any) or a combination thereof in his input data. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5174501 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBARL and PBEAML HAT1 Sections yields incorrect J value. The J calculated by MSC.Nastran for the PBARL and PBEAML HAT1 section is wrong. CR 1-5204241 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW - Poor Efficiency-unsymmetric decomp In nonlinear heat transfer solution with view factor calculations, unsymmetric decomp is unnecessarily used. Since all the matrices are symmetric, sparse symmetric decompositon should be used by default. Unsymmetric decomp requires twices the memory to run and frequently will encounter UFM 6136, insufficient core for numeric phase of sparse decomposition.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5204241 Avoidance: Set NASTRAN SYSTEM(209)=0 This forces the unsymmetric decomposition with active columns which requires less memory to run as compared to the newer sparse unsymmetric decomp. dmap avoidance: using symmetric solver SOL 153 compile nlstatic list noref alter 'IF ( DCMPKLLT ) DCMP' (1,-1)$ modtrl kllrh////6/$ CEND
CR 1-5233709 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - MEFFMASS - SFM 3007 (EFFMAS) If effective mass is requested and there is no s-set in the model, the job will fail with the following error messages:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (EFFMAS) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARTN Avoidance: Add and constrain a dummy grid point in the model.
CR 1-5233716 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - MEFFMASS - UFM 2025 (EFFMAS) In a large model that has many coordinate systems and requesting effective mass output (MEFFMASS), the job may fail with the following error messages
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (EFFMAS) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = xxxx Description *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 1156 (XCLNUP) GINO FILE 301 WAS LEFT OPEN AT PROGRAM TERMINATION. This error occurs even though the coordinate system referenced in the message exists. Avoidance: The effmass.v707 alter from the v70.7 sssalter library provides similar output and this alter will run in v2001 also. Removing unused
Known Error
CR 1-5233716 CORD2R entries may also allow the job to run successfully.
CR 1-5235204 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC - Traceback in READ Eigenvalue jobs with residual vectors (param,resvec) may fail ungracefully on small models. In one example the job issued a traceback in the READ module. Avoidance: Do no specify residual vectors for small models.
Description
CR 1-5241491 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - MAT2, PSHELL - UFM 4297 (EQD4D) If a MAT2 entry has no elastic properties and is referenced by a PSHELL entry, then a misleading message similar to the following may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 (EQD4D) QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID = 16772653 HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES. Avoidance: Specify realistic material properties. The message should be changed to read:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 (EQD4D) QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID = 16772653 CAUSES ARE: 1) THIS ELEMENT HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES. 2) NO ELASTIC PROPERTIES ARE ENTERED 3) G12 IS BLANK ON THE MAT8 ENTRY 4) G33 IS BLANK ON THE MAT2 ENTRY 5) MAT2 IN NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE CR 1-5271102 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - PARAM,POST - Can not Post Process Results In ACMS for certain post-processing programs, the data block names don't
Known Error
CR 1-5271102 match the names expected by the post-processor. This prevents these data blocks from being imported into the post-processing program. Note that Patran can read these names without any problems. Avoidance: Please contact MSC Support for A DMAP alter avoidance.
CR 1-5284409 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DSAD, DRESP2 - Signal 11 If a DRESP2 references another DRESP2, and the referenced DRESP2 is actually an implied DRESP2 (e.g., DRESP1 using the RSS option), then depending on the machine, the job may fail with the following message in the f06 file MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 401380, A(/SYSTEM/) = 193e800 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3370020
Description
or it may fail without any message in the f06. The following message may appear in the log file in this case. *** Received signal 11 SIGSEGV time: command terminated abnormally. Avoidance: There are 2 possible avoidances: 1. Add a dummy DRESP1 to the calling DRESP2 or 2. Define the referenced DRESP2 explicitly.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5284424 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DESPCH1,-4 - Missing DRESP1 entries in punch output The punch file does not contain the DRESP1 entries when using param,despch1,-4
Description Avoidance: This is a documentation error. The design intent is that only mode tracking related (RTYPE=FREQ and/or EIGN) are to be printed when
Known Error
CR 1-5284424 despch1 = + or -4
CR 1-5328702 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - CQUAD4, MAT1 - ELSUM Incorrect with non-structural mass When a MAT1 entry specifies nonstructural mass on a CQUAD4 element, ELSUM incorrectly calculates the element and total mass. CR 1-5328715 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - UWM 9031 Nastran Version 70.7.2 gives a clear message (UFM 4659) that a fluid element is badly shaped, Nastran 2001 fails with
Description
^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9031 (ERRPH1) ^^^ NOGO ENCOUNTERED IN SUBDMAP SEMG without any indication of the problem.
CR 1-5330601 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - OUTPUT2, DTI - Missing Data If the formatted option is used for OUTPUT2 of the DTI datablock, then some information may be missing.
Description Avoidance: Other than using the binary format, there is no known avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-5334628 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis/Static Analysis - TSTRU - SFM 3003 (GP3) A static analysis with temperature loads defined by a heat transfer analysis
Known Error
CR 1-5334628 with the TSTRU case control command with multiple subcases will fail with the following message in the GP3 module: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (GP3) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK GEOM3Y (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE GP3B 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error Product
CR 1-5343701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=MTRANS - Enforced Motion results in SFM 5423 If SOL 200 is requesting modal transient analysis and enforced motion and the skip factor on the TSTEP entry is not unity then the run terminates with SFM 5423 in the MPYAD module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile fea alter 'trlg'(2),'' TRLG CASErs,USETD,dlt,,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,TRL,dit, ,,,,,,/ xppt,,,,,TOL,,yptt,ypot/////////1 $ alter 'call disprs casers,tol1,uhtds,','' call disprs casers,tol1,uhtds,,ppt1,usetd,rph,rpd, phdh,k2dd,b2dd,mdd,lll,dar, uset,rgm,mmg1,bmg1,kmg1,, rgs,msf1,bsf1,ksf1,,kss1,mss1,bss1,ypot,mechg,,,,/ tol2,uht1,pgt1,upt,qpt,qmpt,ypo1/ app/app1/soltyp/drmm/noa/noue/dospcf/dompcf/noph2/ true/0/false $ endalter CR 1-5361602 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - SOL 101 - SFM 3007(OFP),set NASTRAN system(210)=1 The following error message may be encountered in heat transfer analyis or in static analysis with APP HEAT:
Description
Description *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6433 (ZREAD) THE DECODED C-ITEM "TCODE" OF DATA BLOCK=OEF1X , RECORD=IDENT.
Known Error
CR 1-5361602 EXCEEDS NORMAL LIMITS "J"=**** "I"= 496. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: PROBABLE CAUSE IS WRONG POSITION OF TABLE CODE, OR EARLIER RESET OF (C) ITEMS. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3030 (OFP) THE OFP MODULE CANNOT PRINT THE DATABLOCK OEF1X USER ACTION: USE THE MATPRN OR TABPT MODULE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: OFP LOC CODE = 510 FILE = 104 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (OFP) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE ZREAD Avoidance: This error only occurs when SYSTEM(201)=1, that is when the NEWPUNCH option is selected. This option is the default in 2001, so SYSTEM(210) must be set explicitly to 0 in 2001 to avoid the error.
CR 1-5369401 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencing - SEQP Large jobs may fail with Metis reordering On the NEC, the default sparse matrix reordering method is Metis. The Metis package has some uncontrolled memory allocation instances (mallocs) that may cause very large jobs, or jobs featuring dense matrices, to fail via operating system fault. Beginning in Version MD R3 (2008.0.0) metis may be selected automatically on an platform. If a job fails in without message, it is possible that metis is the cause and extreme reordering should be attempted. Avoidance: If jobs fail in the SEQP module, select Extreme reordering with sys206=4.
Description
CR 1-5372208 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - Infinite Root Aborts UWM 6137 Degrees of freedom with no stiffness may cause complex Lanczos to fail with the following message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6138 (UDSFBI) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR SPARSE FBS USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY 1002 WORDS
Known Error
CR 1-5372208 Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile ceigrs list $ alter 'cead.*cphdx'(,-1) $ putsys(0,209) $ use active column solver
CR 1-5377220 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRK - UFM 6656 When running optimization with discrete design variables and mode tracking is used, the following error is obtained: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6656 (MODTRK) THE TRACKED SUBSET PHGREF OF MODES FROM A PREVIOUS DESIGN CYCLE CAN NOT BE FOUND. Avoidance: A dmap alter is available on request.
Description
CR 1-5378704 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Elem ID - UFM 316 The explicit grid id and element id must be a positive integer greater than 0 and less than 100,000,000. This is documented for the grid id in the Quick Reference Guide. However, for element id, the QRG only specfies the lower bound, but does not the upper bound of 100,000,000. If an element ID of 100,000,000 or greater is used, then the following error messages will be issued and the results are unpredictable. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) Note that internally, nastran can generate larger values (e.g., p-elements). Avoidance: Define the element id as (0< Integer < 100,000,000)
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-5386201 Transient Heat Transfer - Models with small relative stiffness fail to converge. In the transient thermal analysis, varying temperature boundary conditions require that a value of 1.0e10 be used for the stiffness in conjuction with SLOAD entry in order to apply time-varying temperature BC. If the model has very small stiffness, then the transient solution will not converge. The 1.0e10 is defined in the code and can not be changed by the user.
Description Avoidance: Change all the TEMPBC,TRAN into SLOAD and CELAS2 combinations. Else, see the newly implemented NASTRAN TBCMAG=1.0e3 in Nastran Version 2004 Known Error Product CR 1-5386817 MSC / MD Nastran Stress Sorting/Filering - PARAM,NUMOUT2,0 causes strange characters in the f06 output PARAM,NUMOUT2=0, used for filtering stress output according to PARAM,BIGER, may result in strange characters in the f06 file. Avoidance: Use PARAM,NUMOUT2=-1.
Description
CR 1-5396501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - UFM 7137 (DOPR3C) When an optimization task defines a DRESP2 entry that references an undefined DESVAR entry, the job fails without a clear message being issued. Avoidance: Reference only defined DESVAR entries.
Description
CR 1-5399310 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - SPCFORCEs - Wrong Answers Wrong SPCForces at the enforced motion dofs will result in SOLs 111, 112,
Known Error
CR 1-5399310 and 200 if any of PARAMs G, W3, or W4 are specified. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile disprs alter 'call CFORCE ','' call CFORCE2 USET,rgs,yso,MSs1,BSs1, KSs1,,fOL1,,,,/ Qpy/ APP/APP /'spcforce'/true $ endalter If the DMAP option is not available then add param,ddrmm,-1 to the input file.
CR 1-5409701 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - Wrong Answers If only one grid point is in the connected DOFs, the answers produced by the RBE3 may be wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Either replace the rbe3 with an rbar element, which will give equivalent action, or use the "UM" feature. The error will not occur when this feature is present. CR 1-5447411 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TAble A2 - Element type 38(gap) missing Element type (38) cgap is missing from Table A2 in the MSC.Nastran Quick Reference Guide. CR 1-5450201 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - vma.v2001 withdrawn - Wrong Answers. SSSALTER vma.v2001 is being withdrawn because it may produce wrong answers, it is too costly to update and correct, and the means to get most of its capability without alters is included in Version 2001. CR 1-5461501
Known Error
CR 1-5461501 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2 - SFM 2190 if the file being read does not have a label. If you attempt to read data from a file without a label using a value of -1 or -3 for ITAPE, then the run will fail with:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2190 (INPTN2) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR KEY = 2, EXPECTED VALUE = 3. Either write a label on the file when creating it, or do not use -1 or -3 for ITAPE CR 1-5461571 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - PARAM,RESVEC - Potential wrong answers If residual vectors are requested on a restart run, the program will not calculate them unless the eigenvalue solution is re-solved. There will be no warning or information messages issued. If enforced motion is used (V2001+), this may result in incorrect answers if a restart is made from SOL 103 to perform the enforced motion solution. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter will force the program to re-calculate the residual vectors on a restart (inlcuding any based on the new loading).
Description compile modefsrs $ alter 'call resvec'(,-1) type parm,,i,n,nophsa dbstatus phsa//s,n,nophsa $ if(nophsa>0)then $ copy phsa/phsa0 $ copy lama/lama0 $ delete /phsa,lamas $ endif $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5467701 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement Analysis - Enforced Dynamic Motion - SFE 4276 in DPD
Known Error
CR 1-5467701 Superelement analysis may fail in DPD with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) when enforced dynamic motion is specified.
Description
Avoidance: A workaround is available by including the following DMAP alter: compile phase1b $ alter 'noys' $ paraml pg//'trailer'/1/s,n,noys $ endalter $
CR 1-5469524 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TET10 - Possible Wrong Answers When using the nonlinear tet10 elements, if the material is elastic perfectly plastic and the default grid option is used, then the stresses may be incorrect.
Description Avoidance: Use the GAUSS option by specifying GAUSS in field 6 of the PSOLID entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5500401 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RESTART - BIOMSG: ERROR 31 Section 7.11 of the V68 MSC/Nastran User's Guide for Design Sensitivity and Optimization illustrates how to use the restart feature of MSC.Nastran in SOL 200. This capablity is broken with the result that the example case does not work and will result in a message such as: BIOMSG: ERROR 31 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE UNPACK Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the restart run: compile desopt alter 'call predom' DELETE /RSP2RG,CNTABRG,R1TABRG,DRSTBLG,FRQRPRG $ DELETE /R1VALRG,R2VALRG,CVALRG,wmidg,r3valrg $ DELETE /RESP3RG,rr2idrg,,, $ DELETE /DSCMG,DELW,DELV,DELB,DELF $ compile descon alter 'dbstatus'
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5500401 NR1OFFST = 0 $ NR2OFFST = 0 $ NCNOFFST = 0 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-5504006 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Modeling Errors lead to Wrong Answers with No Warning or Fatal Messages Fluid elements that have geometry should give a fatal message if stucture points are connected to them but they do not. This includes all fluid elements except the single GRID CAABSF, the CHACAB, and the CHACBR. The CHACAB and CHACBR fluid elements have their own rules that must be followed where four structure GRIDs must be on one side of the hex and four fluid GRIDs must be on the other. Structure elements with geometry must give fatal errors when connected to fluid GRIDs. This includes all structure elements except elements such as CELASi, CDAMPi, CMASSi, CBUSH. When the above modeling error was present, different results were obtained between SOL 103 and SOL 111.
Description
CR 1-5509401 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - MSC.Nastran 2001.0.3 removes 2 gig XDB File Size Limit MSC.Nastran 2001.0.3 effectively removes the 2 gig XDB file size limit. The default value for buffsize of 1024 will allow a file size of approximately 68 gig but any one object is still limited to 1 gig. While the need for a file size greater than 68 gig is not likely, the need for an object greater than 1 gig is. Increasing the buffsize to 65535 with the following assign statement will allow a single object to be 68 gig. assign dbc='testb.xdb' status=new unit=40 recl=65535
Description
CR 1-5525601 MSC / MD Nastran Mode Tracking - Poor Message The message below which is output when mode tracking fails is of limited
Known Error
CR 1-5525601 usefullness and needs to be enhanced by output the filtered and unfiltered "truth matrix". TWO OR MORE MODES ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL, WHICH MAKES TRACKING THE MODES NOT POSSIBLE. USER ACTION: RERUN USING A SMALLER VALUE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1) DELXV PARAMETER OF THE DESVAR BULK DATA ENTRY 2) DELP PARAMETER OF THE DOPTPRM BULK DATA ENTRY 3) DELX PARAMETER OF THE DOPTPRM BULK DATA ENTRY ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9051 (FEA)
CR 1-5533601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SYSTEM(357) - Ignore Continuation Fields SYSTEM(357) is not documented in the MSC.Nastran 2001 Quick Reference Guide. This system cell was added for a user request. When set to 1 continuation fields will be ignored and treated as blank.
Description
CR 1-5569401 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Wrong Answers Incorrect CWELD element forces are output if any of the attached grids (the CWELD grids or the connecting shell grids) are in a global coordinate system. CR 1-5580011 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - PBUSHT, GE, HP- NaN On the HP machine, if a frequency-dependent GE value is used in version 70.7.0, then the output may contain erroneous "NaN." Avoidance: This problem has been fixed in Version 70.7.2
Known Error
CR 1-5623817
CR 1-5623817 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Continuation Entries The continuation fields are supposed to support a base of 36 (0-9, A-Z), which allows a maximum of 36**7 continuation entries. However, when the continuation fields are left blank, MSC.Nastran only generates the continuation field using the numbers 0-9 and it starts with 1 and goes to +9999999 and then it starts repeating. This will cause a fatal error if there are more than 9999999 continuation entries.
Description
There are two possible avoidances: 1. Set system cell 357 to 1. This is the recommended method. 2. Specify the continuation fields explicitly, then you can use all 36 numbers/characters. Start field 10 of the parent entry with +0000000 and increment the right-most column first (starting from 0,1,2,...9,A,B,...Z). Next increment the 2nd right-most column by 1 and repeat the same thing for column 1. Repeat the same process until this is done for all 7 columns.
CR 1-5643535 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Missing Eigenvalues If both F1 and ND are specified on an EIGRL entry, it is possible that the number of eigenvalues in the output will be fewer than ND.
Description Avoidance: This has only been observed in one model and removing F1 from the entry resulted in the correct number of roots being found. Known Error Product CR 1-5668101 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Optimization - Multiple Boundary Conditions lead to GREAD Error in DSAL Aeroelastic optimization with multiple boundary conditions may lead to a GREAD error in the DSAL module. Description Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile respsen list
Known Error
CR 1-5668101 alter 'aug1x' delta=true $ compile pslgdv alter 'caseaa'(2),'caseaa'(2) SSG1 SLT,BGPDVP,CSTMS,medge,ESTDV2F,MPTX,ETTDV,EDT,, caseau,DIT,,,,gpsnts,cstm0,,/ aAG ,PTELMa,/ LUSETS/0/1/'ALL'/altshape $ alter 'caseaa'(3),'caseaa'(3) SSG1 SLT,BGPDVb,CSTMS,,ESTDV2B,MPTXB,ETTDV,EDT,, CASeau,DIT,,,,gpsnts,cstm0,,/ aAGB ,PTELMAB,/LUSETS/0/1/'ALL' $ alter 'pmg'(4),'pmg'(5) dbstatus pma//s,n,nopma$ IF ( nopma<0 ) then $ compile fea alter 'fluidse0'(2) type parm,,i,n, nsolga = 0 alter 'saersens'(,-1) nsolga = nsolga + nsol $ alter 'psload'(6),'psload'(6) IF ( FEAOPT='SENSITIVITY' AND NOT ITOL( NOSEDV ) AND ( ITOL(-SAERODSA) OR ITOL(-STATDSA) ) AND PSLOAD AND ( SAERCC AND NSOLGA>0 ) ) THEN $
CR 1-5676909 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - TEMPD - Duplicate TEMPD ID causes UFM 7522 If an input file has multiple TEMPD entries with the same id, the program will issue UFM 7522, incorrectly indicating that there are conflicts with DEFORM entries. Avoidance: If you get this error message, check all TEMPi, DEFORM, and TEMPD entries for unique ids.
Description
CR 1-5684501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, ATTB - UFM 5628 (DSAD) If a DRESP1 entry is defined with a function name in the ATTB field it is
Known Error
CR 1-5684501 considered as an implied DRESP2. If an implied DRESP2 selects an element related response such as frstre or frforc, then the job will failed in the DSAD module with UFM 5628.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5687106 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - DMIGOP2 - Previous Versions not Upward Compatible If an external superelement created using DMIGOP2 in a previous version is used in V2001, the run will fail in various ways.
Description
Avoidance: If possible, re-create the external superelement using V2001. If not, contact MSC with this error number and request the DMAP avoidance. CR 1-5688001 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - enforced motion, restart - UFM 3046 When performing restarts in a dynamic response analysis with load changes using the direct enforced motion (spcd option), the job will fail with the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (TRD1) THIS TRANSIENT RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS, ENFORCED MOTION, INITIAL CONDITION AND NON-LINEAR FORCES ARE ALL NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION. 0FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: Run the job as a cold start. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-5704209 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - EIGC - SFM 3002 in Complex Lanczos If complex lanczos method is used and the EIGC entry does not have ND0 specified and has no continuation lines, the program will fail in the CEAD module with:
Known Error
CR 1-5704209 BIOMSG: ERROR 3002 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD Avoidance: Provide ND0 and/or continuation lines.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5735601 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - Insufficient memory in routine dsab1q When an optimization task designs the property (thickness or ply angle) of a PCOMP entry or the material properties (E, Rho) referenced by the PCOMP entry, then the job may fail with insufficient memory in routine dsab1q. However, the real problem is caused by an incorrect calculation of the memory requirement.
Description
Avoidance: Specify as large an amount of memory as possible for the job using the keyword MEM=aaa on the nastran command line. This may not work if the number of designed PCOMP properties is very large. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = DSABO INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE DSAB1Q USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 18494 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = move PCMP
Known Error Product
CR 1-5742601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Aeroelastic Analysis - MONPNT1 - UFM 315 (IFPDRV) XYZ default not supported The Quick Reference Guide indicates that there is a default value of 0.0 for X, Y, and Z on the MONPNT1 entry but leaving any of these fields blank results in the following fatal message
Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY MONPNT1
Known Error Product
CR 1-5782201 Documentation/QRG - MFLUID The following remarks should be added to the description of the MFLUID entry in the QRG. 10. A tolerance is computed for each wetted element, with the value of 0.01*sqrt(2.*A), where A is the area of the element. If any grid point connected to the element lies within TOL below the free surface it is moved to the free surface. 11. Any element that has all grids on or above the free surface, after the grid points are moved by the procedure given in Remark 10, is removed from the ELIST. It is not included in the VM effects, and will produce no pressure output.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-5784601 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - RANDPS with Cross Spectrum - Possible Wrong Answers, SWM 3002 (RANDOM) If a random analysis with a cross spectrum, requests random output for a non-existing grid point, then the answers may be incorrect. The following warning messages are issued: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (RANDOM) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK OUGV2 (FILE 104) IN SUBROUTINE RAND2 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID xxxx Avoidance: Remove the output request for the non-existing grid point
Description
CR 1-5784622 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CRAC3D, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 3003 In a nonlinear analysis is running on an NT and the model contains CRAC3D elements and temperature loads, then the job may fail with the following messages.
Known Error
CR 1-5784622 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (TA1) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK EST (FILE 201) IN SUBROUTINE TA1NLE 0FATAL ERROR *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 1156 (XCLNUP) GINO FILE 201 WAS LEFT OPEN AT PROGRAM TERMINATION.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5785604 MSC / MD Nastran Database - DBLOAD - BIOMSG: ERROR 3010 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GXWRIT Attempting to DBLOAD a large database in neutral format may fail with errors similar to the following: BIOMSG: ERROR 3010 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GXWRIT or MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
In V2005+ the error is given as follows: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1129 (GNLOC) THE FILE ASSIGNMENT (DBSPACE) TABLE CONTAINS NO ENTRY FOR LOCATION PARAMETER ADBX = ADB USER INFORMATION: 1. GNLOC PERFORMS MODULE FILE ALLOCATIONS 2. THE DBSET ADB WAS NOT ALLOCATED FOR THIS RUN PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FULL DBDIR RECORD CONTAINING THIS LOCATION PARAMETER IS: 67108 67140 71400ADBX 3 2ADB 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-5809604 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD and PARAM,POST,-2 - Wrong answers If a CWELD element generates GRID points for the connection, the locations of these new GRID points will be written into the OUTPUT2 file incorrectly
Known Error
CR 1-5809604 if PARAM,POST,-2 is used. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'geom1qx' call dbstore geom1qx,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile super3 alter 'gp1','' call dbfetch /geom1qx,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ GP1 GEOM1qx,GEOM2,,,,,/ GPL,EQEXIN,GPDT,CSTM,BGPDT,SIL,,,/0/0/0 $ alter 'call.*out2g.*geom2'(2,),'' CALL OUT2GEOM, CSTMs,GPL,GPDT,EPT,MPT,GEOM2s,GEOM3s,GEOM4s, GEOM1s,DIT,DYNAMICS,BGPDTs,CASECC,MATPOOL, AXIC//OUNIT1X/S,NP $ $ endalter
CR 1-5818132 MSC / MD Nastran Model Checkout - UFM 9050 The error message USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT .... should be accompanied by probable causes and guidance such as: RUN TERMINATED DUE TO POSSIBLE INSTABILITIES OR MECHANISMS IN YOUR MODEL LIST OF SOME POSSIBLE CAUSES AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Description (1) LARGE LOCALISED ELEMENT STIFFNESSES CAUSING HIGH STIFFNESS RATIOS ACTIONS: CHECK MATERIAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTY ENTRIES FOR EXCESSIVELY LARGE OR SMALL PROPERTY SPECIFICATIONS OR INCOMPATIBLE UNITS. CHECK FOR BAR/BEAM TO SHELL NORMAL CONNECTIONS IF PARAM,K6ROT
Known Error
CR 1-5818132 IS NOT 0.0 CHECK FOR SEVERELY DISTORTED ELEMENTS (2) MECHANISMS CAUSED BY ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO DOFS WITH LITTLE OR NO STIFFNESS ACTIONS: CHECK FOR SECTIONS OF THE MODEL UNCONNECTED DUE TO ERRORS IN MODEL BUILDING SUCH AS FAILURE TO EQUIVALENCE GRIDS IN PATRAN CHECK CONNECTIONS OF ELEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES SUCH AS: SHELL TO SOLID (SOLID ELEMENTS ROTATIONAL DOFS ARE NULL) BAR/BEAM TO SHELL (SHELL ELEMENT DRILLING FREEDOMS ARE NULL) CHECK PSHELL PROPERTY IS NOT MEMBRANE ONLY (IS THE MID2 (BENDING) FIELD SPECIFIED?) CHECK PIN FLAGS FOR BAR/BEAM ELEMENTS (3) MISSING SINGLE POINT CONSTRAINT (SPC) DEFINITION ACTIONS: CHECK SPC ENTRIES IN THE BULK DATA ARE PRESENT WITH CORRECT SET ID CHECK CASE CONTROL SPC ENTRIES FOR ALL SUBCASES ARE PRESENT AND HAVE CORRECT SET ID (4) NEGATIVE STIFFNESS SPECIFIED ON SCALAR ELEMENTS (CELAS, CBUSH...) ACTIONS: ENSURE ALL SCALAR ELEMENT STIFFNESSES ARE POSITIVE (5) MECHANISMS OR INSTABILITIES ARE VALID IN THE IDEALISATION ACTIONS: EITHER USE INERTIA RELIEF (TO PERFORM A STATIC SOLUTION) OR USE A DYNAMIC SOLUTION SEQUENCE TO OBTAIN A SOLUTION UNDER LOAD FOR AN UNSTABLE STRUCTURE.
Known Error
CR 1-5818132 GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC ADVICE IF THERE IS A TABLE OF DOF FOLLOWING THIS MESSAGE THEN THIS REPRESENTS THE LAST SET OF DOF IN YOUR MODEL WHICH (IF CONSTRAINED) COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INSTABILITIES.
IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO CONSTRAIN THESE DOF AND RUN AS THIS IS PROBABLY NOT PHYSICALLY MEANINGFUL. THE DOF SHOULD BE USED TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE MECHANISMS (OR INSTABILITIES) ARE AND PREVENT THEM. PAY ATTENTION TO ANY SPC'S, SCALAR ELEMENTS, RIGID ELEMENTS OR LOCAL ANALYSIS COORDINATE SYSTEMS USING THESE DOF. INSPECT THE ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO THE DOFS FOR ERRORS AS DESCRIBED IN THE POSSIBLE CAUSES SECTION OF THIS MESSAGE. IF NO ERRORS ARE FOUND, CONSIDER REMODELLING THE CONNECTION OF THE ELEMENTS TO THESE DOFS, OR TRY THE METHODS BELOW. DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS METHODS RUN A SEPARATE SOL 101 RUN WITH A SUBCASE FOR EACH DOF LISTED. THEN IN EACH SUBCASE, MOVE ONE OF THE LISTED DOF 1.0 UNITS WHILE THE OTHERS ARE CONSTRAINED. THE RESULTING DEFORMED SHAPES REPRESENT THE MECHANISMS (INSTABILITIES) WHICH ARE IN YOUR MODEL RUN THE MODEL IN SOL 103 AND ANY 0.0 HZ MODES FOUND REPRESENT THE MECHANISMS/INSTABILITIES. RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS TO ASSIST IN VISUALIZING MECHANISMS OR LARGE LOCALISED DISPLACEMENTS. DO THIS BY FORCING THE RUN TO CONTINUE PAST THE
Known Error
CR 1-5818132 FATAL ERROR POINT BY SETTING PARAM,BAILOUT,-1 IN THE BULKDATA OR SETTING PARAM,MAXRATIO TO A VALUE HIGHER THAN THE LARGEST MAXRATIO INDICATED ABOVE. BE AWARE THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED USING EITHER OF THESE METHODS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE IN ERROR AND ARE FOR DIAGNOSTICS ONLY- YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
CR 1-5821306 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - APP,HEAT - param,extout,dmigpch lead to UFM 6962 Use of PARAM,EXTSEOUT,DMIGPCH in SOL 101 with APP HEAT leads to *** UFM 6962 (MATGEN) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 3 = 33 *** SIM 1156 (XCLUNP) GINO FILE 201 WAS LEFT OPEN AT PROGRAM TERMINATIONsee SR 157057011:
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: SOL 101 APP HEAT diag 8,15 compile semg list noref alter 'IF ( NOMGG>=0 ) THEN' (1,-1) matpch kjjz$ $ Direct Text Input for Executive Control CEND CR 1-5821710 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analsyis - READ - Segmentation Fault in Lanczos On the SGI, for a large problem, it has been observed that the job may occasionally terminate in the READ module without any additional messages. The following message may appear in the log file
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5821710 Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault Note that this is an intermittent problem and may or may not be repeatable. The problem may go away by varying buffsize, memory, or even having different loads on the machine. Avoidance; Change BUFFSIZE or Memory. This error can only be corrected by changing to f90 compilers. A 2001.0.9 system built with f90 compilers has been released to correct this problem. This system with a build date of February 11, 2003 has been put out on the external MSC web site. Go to www.mscsoftware.com, pick support, pick product Nastran, pick software updates. Replace the analysis executables in the irix64 directory and place the nast2001.lcl file in the bin directory. This latter file sets: setenv FORMAT_TYPE_CHECKING RELAXED which is required for this executable.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5824401 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - TRIM - Nonlinear Controller with Redundant Control may lead to SFM 3007 (ASG) If a nonlinear controller exists that is not labeled as one of the standard rigid body controllers, and the users attempts to trim with redundant controls, then the following error message may appear:
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (ASG) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE ASGNMD 0FATAL ERROR
CR 1-5828001 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - UFM 1250 issued in DBC module Large nonlinear jobs may fail in MSC.Nastran 2001.0.4 in the DBC module with the message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BLKRD) STATUS = 6007, FILX = 40, LOGNAME = DBC , NSBUF3 = 1024 FILE = ./bi-metallic-plate.xdb BLKNBR = 78533
Known Error
CR 1-5828001 ERROR MESSAGE IS -Read block number beyond End-of-file. 0FATAL ERROR at SEDRCVR 596 DBC BEGN Avoidance: Reducing the amount of data recovery or increasing the memory may avoid the error.
CR 1-5843101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 6499 (DOM9D) When an optimization task has more active and violated constraints than the number of design variables, the optimization module may produce the error message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499 (DOM9D)
Description
or may have difficulty converging. Avoidance: Set METHOD to 3 (SQP) or 2 (SLP) on the DOPTPRM entry. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6499 (DOM9D) THE DOT OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR THAT MAKES FURTHER PROGRESS IMPOSSIBLE. SEE MESSAGES ABOVE.
CR 1-5862001 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - PLOADX1 - Wrong Answers Nonlinear transient analyis should treat the PLOADX1 as a follower force but does not. This may lead to wrong answers. CR 1-5872004 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP - CBEAM with Offsets may not produce UFM 6174. A nonlinear analysis with BEAM elements with offsets should produce the following fatal message:
Known Error
CR 1-5872004 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6174 (TA1NLE) BEAM ELEMENTS WITH OFFSETS ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS OR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS. REMODEL WITHOUT USING BEAMS WITH OFFSET. However, if only some of the BEAMS in the model have offsets the message may not be issued and poor answers may be produced.
CR 1-5872801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - STATSUB - UFM 6468 (GETCOL) USER FATAL MESSAGE 6468 may occur in an optimization analysis when multiple buckling subcases with separate STASUB requests are employed. Avoidance: The following 2001 DMAP should avoid the problem: compile respsen alter 'casebuck','dsnokd'(3) DSVG1 KDICTDSF,KELMDSF,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,KDICT, KELM,BUDG,,LBTAB,DSPT1/ EGKBK///2/0 $ IF ( cdifx='yes' ) THEN $ DSVG1 KDICTDSB,KELMDSB,bgpdts,sils,cstms,kdict, kelm,budg,,lbtab,dspt1/ EGKBKB///2/0 $ ADD5 egkbk,EGKBKB,,,/EGKBKC/.5/-.5 $ EQUIVX EGKBKC/EGKBK/-1 $ ENDIF $ cdifx='yes' if ( dsnokd<>0.0 ) then $ dbview casebuck=casers (where isolapp=2) $ IF ( SEID=0 ) THEN $ PARAML CASEBUCK//'DTI'/1/3 //S,N,SPC $ PARAML CASEBUCK//'DTI'/1/2 //S,N,MPC $ PARAML CASEBUCK//'DTI'/1/255//S,N,SUPORT $ PARAML CASEBUCK//'DTI'/1/5 //S,N,BMETH $ PARAML CASEbuck//'DTI'/1/256//S,N,STATSUB $ ENDIF $ SEID=0 GETCOL CASEbuck,CASE0//1/S,N,COLNO $ PARAML CASESX//'DTI'/1/7//S,N,TSET $ EMG EST,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,UG,ETT,EDT,,,BGPDTS, GPSNTS,,,,/KDELM,KDDICT,,,,/ 1/0/0//1//Tset/-1//////COLNO $ CR 1-5883813
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5883813 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - OLOAD, EPOINTS - Wrong Answers If EPOINTs are used in a model with superelments, the applied load output may be incorrect. This has been encountered when the EPOINT ids are less than the highest GRID id and the number of EPOINTs is not a multiple of 6. Avoidance: Always use id numbers for EPOINTs which are greater than the highest GRID id.
Description
CR 1-5884008 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Poor Convergence An optimization job using the modified feasible method may encounter divergent behavior when it starts with a feasible design and degrades to an infeasible design. Avoidance: It may help to scale the objective to unit.
Description
CR 1-5884017 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transiet Analysis - TSTEPNL - SFM 4276 (NLTRD2) Nonlinear transient analysis may fail in the NLTRD2 module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (as shown below) if multiple load cases exist and NO (the time step interval for output) is set greater than 1 on the TSTEPNL entry.
Description
FATAL 4276 ERROR CODE 1044 (BIOMSG: ..... Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-5884049 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBDYG, PARAM,CHECKOUT - SIM 6296 (EMGPOM) Heat transfer analysis, SOL 153, with CHBDYG elements and PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES results in SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6929(EMGPOM) for every
Known Error
CR 1-5884049 CHBDYG element. This message is misleading and does not indicate any problems with the model.
CR 1-5884081 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - SFM 4276 EC 1044 If output is not requested for all time steps in a nonlinear transient analysis the job may fail with:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1044 Avoidance: Request output for all time steps.
CR 1-5884092 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SFM 3001 (RMG2) If in radiation heat transfer analysis a TEMP(INIT) Case Control entry and TEMP or TEMPD Bulk Data entries are not specified to define the initial temperature vector the following fatal message will be issued: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (RMG2) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED MUGNI AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. CR 1-5905907 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT(OTM) - Missing Output A SOL 111 external superelement creation run using the EXTSEOUT(OTM) feature followed by a SOL 111 assembly run with six dynamic load cases
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5905907 gives results for only the first five subcases for the external superelements in the assembly run. The error only occurs when there is only one forcing frequency. Avoidance: Specify more than one forcing frequency.
CR 1-5905910 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Missing Output A SOL 111 external superelement creation run using the EXTSEOUT feature followed by a SOL 111 assembly run with two FREQ requests in the Case Control does not produce any output for the external superelements in the assembly run. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile super3 alter 'norec','' paraml casers//'trai'/1/s,n,norec//s,n,nocasers $ if ( nocasers<0 ) paraml casers1//'trai'/1/s,n,norec $ compile semfreq alter 'dloop=dloop','' paraml casef//'trai'/1/s,n,norec $ dloop=dloop+norec $ endalter CR 1-5916231 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - CWELD - GPDT Table contains incorrect locations for CWELD GRIDS The table GPDT does not contain the correct locations for GRID points generated by CWELD elements. This has no impact on MSC.Nastran, but if you have a program which reads this table, it will get incorrect locations. Avoidance: Use GEOM1S, which contains the correct locations.
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-5927813 Miscellaneous - Large Element IDs - UFM 316 In MSC.Nastran 2001, if an element ID is equal to or greater than 100001001, then the following fatal message will be issued *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY CBAR ON SORTED ENTRY COUNT 2 USER INFORMATION: ELEMENT ID xxxxxxxxx EXCEEDS MAXIMUM VALUE ALLOWED 100001001.
Description
The error is that the avoidance is not given in the message. Avoidance: If such a large value must be uses, then insert the following NASTRAN statement at the top of the input file NASTRAN SYSTEM(182)=nnn where nnn is a number larger than the largest element id needed. See quality 5447 for related limits.
Known Error Product
CR 1-5930003 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ISHELL - Very large timeout value for ISHELL causes error on Solaris If a user specifies a very large timeout value for ISHELL (greater than 100,000,000) using system cell 275, the ISHELL run fails on Solaris with an "Invalid Argument" system error code. Solaris allows a maximum timeout value of 100,000,000 seconds (about 3.1 years) and fails the request if this value is exceeded. Other UNIX systems quietly reset the timeout to the maximum supported and continue. The X-Open specified max is 31 days. ISHELL will be modified to quietly reset user-specified timeout values to 31 days. If this is not long enough, the "infinite" option can be used.
Description
CR 1-5931701 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TET10, PLASTIC - UFM 4551 (NCONVG) The TET10 element has problems converging in nonlinear analysis in the
Known Error
CR 1-5931701 plastic range. This problem may lead to the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551 (NCONVG) *** STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FAILED CONVERGENCE Avoidance: The problems has been corrected in Version 2001.0.9 available on the Nastran 2001 R4 CD.
CR 1-5953201 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Matrix density output from PARAML If the PARAML module TRAILER option is used to output the density of a matrix from trailer word 6 into the 3rd parameter position of PARAML and the density is greater than 99.999%, but not full, then the value returned to the PARAMLs 3rd parameter will be 10000 which incorrectly indicates a full matrix.
Description
Avoidance: Use PARAML's 4th parameter output which will give the density as a real value with 1.0E0 indicating a full matrix. Known Error Product CR 1-5963032 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ACCELERATION - Output is available for SOL 103 for Response Spectrum Analysis In the MSC.Nastran Quick Reference Guide, Remark 2 on the ACCELERATION case control command incorrectly states that ACCELERATION output is only available in Frequency response and Transient response. Table 4-5 in the QRG correctly indicates that acceleration output is available in SOL 103. However, acceleration output is only available when the response spectrum method is used. CR 1-5963501 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-5963501 Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINEi - UFM 2260 (TPSPLD) The thin plate spline will fail due to a singular matrix for small models. The message encountered is:
Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 2260 (TPSPLD) SINGULAR MATRIX DEVELOPED WHILE PROCESSING SPLINE 100001 0FATAL ERROR Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-5987106 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - ESE, GPFORCE - Output2 Files are Incompatible This report is written to document op2 format changes for clients and developer of other post processors. The following defines the changes to the ESE/GPFO and new EKE,EDE headers between pre and post MSC.Nastran 2001 systems. The ESE type headers now conform more closely to SDR2 headers, except for the eigenvalue locations. Word Old Header New Header 1 1*10+Device (Approach Code)*10 + Device Code 2 MSC.Nastran OFP code ESE(18) EKE(36) EDE(37) GPFO(19) 3 Total Energy of all elements / Null for GPFO 4 "Pseudo Subcase" Subcase Number 5 Load Set Id /Mode/Time/Frequency/Load Factor/ 6 Element Name (1) / 0 for GPFO 7 Element Name (2) / 0 for GPFO 8 0 Load Set ID 9 Approach Format Code (R=1/RI=2/MP=3) 10 Number of words per OFP data entry directly following header 11 Flags 0->Not Complex 1->Average 2->Amplitude 3->Peak 12 Element Energy Sub-Total 13 Element output Set Identification 14 Null Eigenvalue Real Part 15 Null Eigenvalue Imaginary Part 16 Null Natural Frequency Supported Approach Codes for V2001 /1-STATICS/2-MODES/5-FREQUENCY/6-TRANSIENT/8-BLK1/9-CEIGEN/10NON LINEAR/ Discussion: The old word one always indicated STATICS and the real Approach was placed in word nine. Since GPFO will eventually allow for Complex Grid Point
Description
Known Error
CR 1-5987106 Forces, the Format Code will be needed. Therefore, like SDR2 headers, the true format will be built into the approach area of word one. Therefore, when processing old tables like ESE(18) and GPFO(19), an approach value not equal to "1" implies that you are processing the V2001 and later header/table conventions. Since STATICS(1) always has a "REAL" data format, the value in word nine is consistent between releases, and nothing has to be considered unless the Load Set Id information was important. The "Pseudo Subcase" number concept has been replaced, where the first mode was the base Subcase Identification and the Subcase was then incremented to delineate the next mode. In V2001, the Subcase Number is not incremented.
Known Error Product
CR 1-6030001 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analsyis - Incorrect Intermediate Composite Ply Stresses for Thermal Loads When composite ply stresses are requested for SOL 106, the contribution for the thermal strain may be calculated incorrectly for intermediate load steps. It is correct for the final load step. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-6047016 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GPFORCE \The following line should be added to the end of Remarks 2 and 3 of the MSC.Nastran Quick Reference Guide description of the GPFORCE entry.
Description
See remark 4 for further details. Furthermore, CQUAD4 should be added to the list of elements supported for the output of grid point forces aligned with the edge of the element.
Known Error Product
CR 1-6047029 Documentation/QRG - Strain Failure Indices Direction Code not Documented When using the strain failure criteria for composite elements, the -1, -2, or -12 output follows the failure indices printout. The intepretations of these values are not documented anywhere. They can be intepreted as follows: -1 - failure in the fiber direction -2 - failure in the matrix direction -12 - failure in the inplane shear.
Description
CR 1-6051920 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - nlgyroa.vxx - UFM 5423 If the nlgyroa.vxx is used and m-set exists in the model (e.g., RBAR, RBE2, etc.), then the job will fail with the following message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) Avoidance: Replace the MPCs with a stiff BAR.
CR 1-6054801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Aeroelastic Analysis - monitor points, restart - SFM 3001 A restart run in SOL 200 can fail due to a missing MPSRV datablock when attempting a static aeroelastic trim analysis. It appears that the failure only occurs when the design variables change the analysis model from the cold start to the restart. Avoidance: The following dmap alter can be used in the restart run to avoid the missing datablock: compile phase0 alter 'if ( aero )','nlheat'(3,-1) alter 'not(exter or image'(1,-1) if ( aero ) then $ $ $ Create the aerodynamic model geometry and other data dependent $ only on the model $ GP1 GEOM1,GEOM2,,GDNTAB,MEDGE,,dynamics/ xGPL,EQEXIN,xGPDT,xCSTM,xBGPDT,xSIL,,,/
Description
Known Error
CR 1-6054801 S,N,LUSET/0/s,n,nopoints $ $ if ( desopt0 ) then $ equivx casexxu/aecase/always $ else $ equivx casecc/aecase/always $ endif $ $ call aero0 aecase ,edt ,xcstm ,dmi ,dmindx , xbgpdt ,pcdb ,geom3 / aebgpdts,aeusets ,aeboxs ,aecomp ,aero , acpt ,cstma ,trx ,control ,spline , mklist ,gpksk ,gdksk ,gpgk0 ,gdgk0 , mpjn2o ,mpjsfn2o,aempcomp,aemonpt ,saemprk , strucomp,monitor ,saerg0 ,aedbstdx,uxvst , pgvst0 / false /aertyp /s,nk /s,nj /s,nx / s,bov $ if ( ifpindx ) call xifpindx spline,,,,,,,,,//s,np $ endif $ aero
Known Error Product
CR 1-6077806 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC, NDJ - Poor Message, BIOMSG Error 3002 As stated in the Quick Reference Guide, the NDJ field must not be left blank on the EIGC entry when using the complex Lanczos method If the NDJ field is left blank on the EIGC entry, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages:
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 3002 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 Avoidance: Specify the appropriate NDJ field.
CR 1-6077837 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - WEIGHTCHECK - punch option not supported The WEIGHTCHECK command does not support the punch option using the standard case control
Known Error
CR 1-6077837 command WEIGHTCHECK(punch...)=yes as illustrated in the Quick Reference Guide. Avoidance: If the WEIGHTCHECK output is desired to be send to the punch file, request it in the print format and include the following alter. $ compile semg1 $ alter 2 $ type parm,,i,n,sys2 $ sys2=getsys(sys2,2) $ putsys(7,2) $ alter 'return'(,-1) $ putsys(sys2,2) $ $ compile semrm $ alter 'call.*semr2'(,-1) $ type parm,,i,n,sys2 $ sys2=getsys(sys2,2) $ putsys(7,2) $ alter 'call.*semr2' $ putsys(sys2,2) $ $
CR 1-6084723 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - KE-Method, FA2 - SFM 4276, EC 3002 A flutter analysis using the KE-method fails in the FA2 module with a FSM 4276, EC 3002. The MKAERO1 contains 20 k values each separated by 0.05 in k for one Mach number.
Description Avoidance: Modify the MKAERO1 entry to have fewer k values and a more commonly used distribution. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-6151702 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PWELD, PBUSH1D - UFM 5074 A message similar to:
Known Error
CR 1-6151702 USER FATAL MESSAGE 5074 THE PROPERTY NAME PWELD REFERENCED ON DVPREL1 ENTRY 1 CAN NOT BE DESIGNED.(PBUSHID). will be produced when a PWELD or PBUSH1D is being designed and FID is used on the fifth field of the DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 entry. Avoidance: Input the PNAME in the fifth field. For example, for a PWELD diameter, use D in the fifth field rather than 4.
CR 1-6155301 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TRLG - Enforced Acceleration gives poor answers An enforced acceleration problem may exhibit strange behavior due to the mixed precision computations in the TRLG module (specifically in the TRLGCD subroutine).
Description
CR 1-6166948 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PGAP - Descripion of Kb field is wrong The QRG description of the PGAP's Kb field should have the following default:
Description
"Default = 10e-14*KA" instead of: "Default = MU1*KA"
Known Error Product
CR 1-6181949 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, Unsymmetric Ply Thickness, Negative Factor Diagonal QUAD4 elements using offsets fail to converge when using SOL4 for large displacements.
Known Error
CR 1-6181949 The same model with QUAD4 elements runs correctly in SOL 106, also TRIA3 elements with offsets run correctly in SOL 4.
CR 1-6197801 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DECOMP, ADD - Address error for Cholesky factor sent to add module. The decomp module outputs a special form matrix when the active column cholesky option is selected. Inputting this matrix to the ADD module will cause the job to fail in various ways and a meaningful message is not output. CR 1-6229106 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response/Random Analysis - STRAIN(PSDF) - Wrong Answers for Strain PSDF. When there are both XYPLOT requests for STRAIN PSDF and STRESS PSDF, the strain results are incorrect and in fact are identical to the stress results. Avoidance: Remove the XYPLOT commands for STRESS PSDF output.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-6242809 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SPCD - Incorrect SPCFORCE plot results with damping If modal damping is present in a modal frequency response analysis, then the SPCFORCES generated by an XYPLOT request will be wrong unless there is a corresponding SPCFORCE case control request. See also quality 1-4672328.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6242834 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - MPCFORCE, enforced motion - Possible Incorrect mpcforce output
Known Error
CR 1-6242834 In a modal response analysis (SOLs 111, 112), if the new enforced motion method (introduced in V2001) is used, then the MPCForce output at grid points which are dependent upon the enforced motion dof will be incorrect. Avoidance: Either use param,ddrmm,-1 (not recommended for performance reasons), the direct solutions (SOLs 108,109), or apply the following alter for V2001: $v2001 avoidance for error 1-6242834 compile disprs alter 'call cforce2 USET,rgm,Uhf1' type db mmg,bmg,kmg $ if ( noypo>0 ) then $ call cforce2 USET,rgm,ygo,MMG,BMG,KMG,,fOL1,,, vmpcg,/ Qmpfy/ APP/APP/'mpcforce'/true $ call xadd5 qmpfy,qmpf,,,/qmpfx/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ equivx qmpfx/qmpf/-1 $ endif $ noypo>0 endalter
Description
keywords: spcd ddrmm mpcforce Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-6251701 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - FLEXlm - UFM 3060 MSC.Nastran cannot use the following valid license file: SERVER server_host serverid 1700 USE_SERVER Description If no line beginning with 'FEATURE' is found in the license file, Nastran assumes SBCM nodelock licensing. Avoidance: Add a line containing only the word 'FEATURE' AFTER the USE_SERVER line. Known Error Product CR 1-6273303 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-6273303 Transient Analysis - TRD1 - Wrong Answers Transient analysis SOL 109 may, in rare cases, produce wrong answers in MSC.Nastran Versions 70.7 and 2001. This can only happen when the following message appears: UIM 5222 (TRD1) COUPLED SOLUTION ALGORITHM USED. The model that encountered this error had TF entries, which created a "BDD" matrix with null columns. Avoidance: If you suspect wrong answers you can apply the following dmap avoidance or execute Version 70.5 to see if the answers change.
Description
COMPILE SEDTRAN $ Avoid error in TRD1 coupled integration, v70.5 or v2001 ALTER 'TRD1 *CASET'(,-1) $ PARAML BDD//'NULL'////S,N,NULLB $ IF ( NULLB > -1 ) THEN $ MATMOD BDD,,,,,/VBD,IBDD/12/S,N,NCOLB/1 $ IF ( NCOLB > 0 ) THEN $ MESSAGE //' NULL COLUMNS FOUND IN MATRIX BDD' $ ADD BDD,IBDD/BIDD//(1.-30,0.) $ EQUIVX BIDD/BDD/ALWAYS $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $
CR 1-6287901 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Thin plate spline fails with memory error The thin plate spline will fail if more that one spline is used because the memory allocated to a previous spline is not freed. CR 1-6299601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBUSH The QRG does not list the tolerance for the minimum length requirement for a BUSH element. The following remark be changed in the QRG.
Description 6. If the distance between GA and GB is less than .0001, or if GB is blank, then CID must be specified Known Error CR 1-6377201
CR 1-6377201 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Format error Complex acoustic results incorrectly includes the phase results from the P column under the P(RMS), DB, and DB(A) results. The phase should be blank. CR 1-6377906 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Job with many dresp2 entries failed in xqaros or xqfnc7. An optimization job may produce wrong sensitivity coefficients or fail in an unexpected routine such as complaining that negative values are being used in a SQRT function when the following conditions are met: 1) The job requests printing sensitivity coefficients and 2) A DRESP2 response is defined that also references to another DRESP2 3) or a DRESP3 response is defined that also references to a DRESP2 response 4) and one design variable is referenced by more than one DVXREL1 entries,
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance 1: Remove DSAPRT or OPTEXIT=+(-)4 request and replace it with IPRINT = 7 on the DOPTPRM entry. The gradients printed from IPRINT=7 are for constraints and have been scaled by the factor, SIGN(1/BOUND) where BOUND is either the lower or upper bounds specified on a DCONSTR and SIGN is + for the upper bound and SIGN is - for the lower bound. Avoidance 2: Create dummy type 2 properties by referring to dummy design variables whose lower and upper bounds are identical. The number of dummy type 2 properties plus number of independent design variables must be greater than or equal to the number of type 1 properties in the task. A SOL 200 job with dresp2 entries (around 540 entries) failed differently in two machines: On linux: it failed in xqfnc7 (dom6/dom61/dr2dx/xqaros) complaining that negative values were being used in a sqrt function. On AIX, it failed in xqaros indicating a floating point overflow. /net/shere/shere/users/shz/csr/fd/icw1/test_01.dat (...)
Known Error Product
CR 1-6384209 Documentation/QRG - EIGR - Description is incomplete The POINT option for the NORM field on the EIGR bulk data entry should include the comment that it is not supported for METHOD=LAN CR 1-6410501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivities - DVGRID, DVSHAP, DVBSHAP, BNDGRID Zero Sensitivies When an optimization job meets the following conditions, the sensitivities with respect to property variables may be zero: 1) the design model includes shape variables (dvgrid, dvshap, dvbshap or bndgrid) and 2) the design model includes property variables (DViRELj) and 3) the analysis model includes rigid elements (R-type elements) and the grid points associated with the r-ype elements are being designed by shape variables, The problem may be avoided with the following dmap alter: Alter 1: compile respsen alter 'dum'(,1),'dum'(2) type parm,,n,i,ndvs,ndvp ndvs = 3 ndvp = ndvtot - ndvs matgen ,/colpart/6/ndvtot/15/3 $ matprn colpart // $ partn dum,colpart,/,,a12dum,/1 $ partn umy,colpart,/a11umy,,,/1 merge a11umy,,a12dum,,colpart,/mdum/1 $ delete /ugy,,,, $ umerge uset, uny, mdum / ugy / 'G'/ 'N'/ 'M' $ As long as the property variables proceed the shape variables, this will work with any problem by adjusting ndvs, the number of shape variables in the problem. CR 1-6419327 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - large dball will not restart, linux, 2001 Restart jobs that attach a dball greater than 4GB will not restart on linux systems. The .dball is shown as offline on the restart and the follow message
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-6419327 are encountered in the f06 and f04 respectively: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1127 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE XSORT IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS DATA BLOCK 102 NAME = BULK WHICH IS ON AN UNAVAILABLE DBSET 0FATAL ERROR .f04 message orb3.MASTER MASTER MASTER OLD 32769 1 020307084253 orb3.DBALL DBALL DBALL OFF LINE 32769 1 020307084254
Avoidance: The problem is corrected with w/ Linux Kernel 2.4.6-1.msc GLIBC 2.2.3 in MSC.Nastran 2001.0.7 and RedHat with Kernel: 2.4.2-2smp glibc: 2.2.2. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-6420213 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,INREL,-2 - SFM 6424 In an optimization run, if the automatic inertia relief feature (PARAM,INREL,2) is used, then the job may fail with the following error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6424 (DFNSB) THE NUMBER OF ROWS IN THE LOAD VECTOR AND THE FACTOR MATRIX ARE INCOMPATIBLE Description Avoidance: There are 2 possible avoidances: 1. Use the manual inertia relief (param,inrel,-1) or 2. Contact client support and obtain the alter ir200a.v2001 from the internal SSSALTER web site. Known Error Product CR 1-6442501 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - UFM 4016 (GETEMP) THERE ARE NO TEMPERATURES FOR RAD
Known Error
CR 1-6442501 Heat transfer analysis may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP) THERE ARE NO TEMPERATURES FOR RADBC ELEMENT xx IN SET 1 0FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: Do not define radiation to space on the backside of the plate elements. Go back in PATRAN and change the bottom to top. In the entries below, the CHBDYG IDs should be positive instead of negative $ Radiation Boundary Conditions of Load Set : core-rad-bottom RADBC 1204 1. 0 -100109 RADBC 1204 1. 0 -100110 CR 1-6467801 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - Superelements and Enforced motion - Wrong answers When enforced motion is specified on an exterior point of a superelement then wrong results are obtained in the superelement if the default DDRMM method of dynamic data recovery is used. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,DDRMM,-1.
Description
CR 1-6505241 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DMIG, INREL - Wrong Answers If inertia relief analysis is requested for a superelement model and K2GG and/or M2GG Case Control commands are requested for a given superelement then the results for that superelement and all of its upstream superelements will be incorrect.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile sedisp alter 'dbview crj0','' dbview crj0=crj where (seid=0 and peid=0 and wildcard) $ endalter
CR 1-6510414 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Frequency Response - SPCD - Poor Results at Low Frequencies
Known Error
CR 1-6510414 If enforced motion is used in SOL 111, it is possible that the SPCFORCE output might be incorrect at low frequencies.
Description Avoidance: Use SOL 108 instead.
CR 1-6518631 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CHEXA, MATTi - Wrong Answers The 8 node chexa element, modified in v70.7, incorrectly uses a MATTi for temperature dependent material properties. Avoidance; 1) use nastran system(309)=1 2) use 20 noded chexa 3) use 10 nodes ctetra CR 1-6519201 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RESTART, TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 9086 Nonlinear analysis restarts (SOL 106) that change the thermal loads may fail with the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9086 (GETLOOP) PARAM, LOOPID, 1 DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A VALID LOOP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. Avoidance: In the restart deck replace: ASSIGN master='_____.MASTER' RESTART,version=1,keep with: ASSIGN x='______.MASTER' dblocate logi=x and insert the DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'rstrt=','' rstrt=true $
Description
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Known Error
CR 1-6521809 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - MATT5 - Wrong Answers Any heat transfer element that has temperature dependent conductivity should be nonlinear. It appears that if MAT5 records are used, and only KYY is temperature dependent, the element is treated as linear. Avoidance: Replace MATT5 entries as follows: MATT5 4 1
Description Add: MATT5 4 2 1 TABLEM2 2 +T2 +T2 0. 1. 1000. 1. ENDT Checked in the fix of ta1nle in system on May 6. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-6521817 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RMG2 - SFM 4276, Traceback Very large heat transfer jobs that calculate large view factors may fail with a traceback in rmg2. Description Avoidance: The failure occurs when the memory requirement is calculated and overflows. There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-6561701 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue - ND field on EIGRL entry - SFM 3002 If on the EIGRL Bulk Data entry, ND is greater than problem (matrix) size, then the run may fail with SFM 3002 in the READ module (subroutine reigl3).
Known Error
CR 1-6561701 Avoidance: Set ND to less than or equal to the problem size.
CR 1-6599317 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MATHP, TREF and TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers TEMP(MATE) is not supported for hyperelastic elements in SOL 101. If SOL 101 is used with hyperelatic element (PLSOLID and MATHP) and the fields for AV and TREF are input on the MATHP entry and TEMP(BOTH) is requested in the case control, the results will be zero. If TEMP(BOTH) is changed to TEMP(LOAD) then plausible wrong answers are obtained. Avoidance: Place a TEMP(INIT) above the subcase level pointing to a TEMPD bulkdata entry with the TREF value specified. Put TEMP(LOAD) within a subcase.
Description
CR 1-6609014 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM, GFL ignored, Wrong Answers In an uncoupled acoustic analysis, PARAM, GFL is ignored in SOL 108. CR 1-6614001 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIA3, MAT2, MAT8 - UFM 9050 The CTRIA3 element with orthotropic or anisotropic materials and a material coordinate system defined by the projection of a coordinate system will often have an incorrect stiffness matrix depending on how far the material coordinate system is rotated to the element coordinate system. This may lead to the following fatal message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 (SEKRRS) RUN TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-6646806 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP3 being ignored and not used
Known Error
CR 1-6646806 When a DRESP3 entry in a SOL 200 job references to a combination of DRESP2 and any other arguments except DRESP1, the expected to be retained DRESP3 response is missing from the sensitivity calculation or optimization. Avoidance: In V2001 R2 (2001.0.4) or R3 (2001.0.7) add a dummy DRESP1 argument to each DRESP3
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6697301 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,RESVEC,YES and enforced motion - Wrong answers A SOL 103 deck with PARAM,RESVEC,YES and employing enforced motion data via RLOADi and SPCD Bulk Data entries does not generate any augmented modes due to residual vectors. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter:
Description
COMPILE SEMODES ALTER 'CALL SETQ','' $ CALL SETQ CASESX//SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/ S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/S,SPC/S,LOAD/ S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD/S,P2G/S,DYRD/ S,METH/S,MFLUID $
CR 1-6711505 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - MEFFMASS - Wrong Rotational Answers Modal Effective Mass gives wrong rotational numbers. 1) Incorrect rotational participations in fracsum, meffm, partfac. 2) Incorrect 3x3 Inertia submatrices in Effective & A-set mass matrices. Numbers are only slightly off (1%) but obvious to experienced clients by observing that: a) In a free-free model where 100% of participations, including rotations,
Description
Known Error
CR 1-6711505 should be "consumed" in first 6 rigid body modes but are not. b) When compared to Effective Mass sssalter results.
CR 1-6725801 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,DDRMM,-1 - Wrong DB(A) answers If PARAM,DDRMM,-1 is specified in an acoustic run then the DB(A) column in the "COMPLEX ACOUSTIC RESULTS" output may be incorrectly non-zero even though the P column is zero. Avoidance: Run with PARAM,DDRMM,0 which is the default.
Description
CR 1-6733944 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP1X - SFM 6802 If more than 50 grids are at the same location in the residual structure then the message below is issued. If 50 or fewer grids occur at the same location then the message is not issued. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6802 (SEPSUP) SUPERELEMENT 0 HAS FAILED TO AUTOMATICALLY DERIVE A SEARCH KEY. USER ACTION: REVIEW MODEL FOR REASONABLE GEOMETRY AND SELECT SEARCH KEY VIA OVER-RIDE PARAMETER AND/OR REVIEW GRID POINT LOCATIONS FOR REASONABLE GEOMETRY
Description
CR 1-6875104 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - MSC.Nastran 2001R3 Fujitsu UXP/M DMP executable The following steps must be followed to install the Fujitsu UXP/M DMP executable from the MSC.Nastran 2001 R3 cd:
Description
After the uxpv cd installation completes. 1. cd "MSC_BASE" (The installation directory) 2. tar xvf "cdrom_mount_point"/msc2001/uxpv/dmp.tar
Known Error
CR 1-6875104 3. /cdrom/tools/uxpv/gunzip "MSC_BASE"/msc2001/uxpv/MPMD.gz 4. /cdrom/tools/uxpv/gunzip "MSC_BASE"/msc2001/uxpv.analysis.dmp.gz Note: If the installation is being done from a platform other than uxpv then replace ../cdrom/tools/uxpv with the appropriate architecture.
CR 1-6875107 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/IOG - Incorrect INCLUDE Examples The INCLUDE example on page 105 of the MSC.Nastran IOG is incorrect. The example include '/proj' '/dept123' '/sect456' '/joe/flange.bdf' should be include '/proj /dept123 /sect456 /joe/flange.bdf'
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6889219 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DMIGOP2 type superelements no longer work in main bulk data, CSUPER In V2001, if an external DMIGOP2 type superelement is included as a main bulk data superelement, then the job aborts with SFM 4252 because the upstream XAAV is missing. See activity for why.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter or use part superelements or use a different type of external superelement ECHOOFF $ COMPILE EXTIN NOLIST $ ALTER 'DBSTATUS XSOP2DIR' $
Known Error
CR 1-6889219 IF (NOOP2DIR<=0 AND SEID>0 AND PEID=0) THEN $ INPUTT2 /XSOP2DIR,,,,/0/INUNIT $ DBSTATUS XSOP2DIR//S,N,NOOP2DIR $ ENDIF $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-6941201 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Temperature Dependent Coefficient of Expansion Incorrect Intermediate Results If the coefficient of thermal expansion is temperature-dependent in a SOL 106 analysis for CQUAD4, CTRIA3, and/or CBEAM elements, the intermediate load steps may be incorrect. The final load step will be correct. Avoidance: Define separate subcases for each load step for which the results are desired.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6948901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RANDPS - Autocorrelation function may not be used for RMS response The 2001 release allows for the design of rms responses. There is an undocumented limitation that only one RANDPS ID can be used per subcase. Therefore, if there is a desire to study the response to two separate input spectra, separate subcases will have to be submitted. Each RANDPS ID can refer to multiple subcases so that auto and cross correlations can be input for a given RANDPS ID. CR 1-6953959 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - OLOAD and SPCFORCE Resultant Output - Wrong Answersuse param,resltopt,1 to get correct The oload and spcforce resultants are incorrect in v2001.0.4 and later systems if global coordinate systems are present and loads and/or spcs are applied
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-6953959 to grid points that reference an output coordinate system. Avoidance: Use param,resltopt,1 to get correct results but in the old format
Known Error Product
CR 1-6970301 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,-2 - Incorrect Displacements for Modal Response (SOL 111, 112) Analysis The eigenvectors rather than the response vectors are incorrectly output to the op2 file if post=-2 in modal dynamic response analysis. In Version 2004 and beyond this error only occurs with PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO.
Avoidance: Three avoidances exist: 1. Add Param,DDRMM,-1 (not recommended) 2. Add PARAM,OUGCORD,GLOBAL 3. Insert following DMAP alter (tested with V2001.0.7 of MSC.Nastran). Note: ALTER ONLY WORKS for CASE of DISP=ALL compile sedrcvr alter 'sdr2.*bougv1','' $ delete /ugb,,,, $ drmh1 ougv1,,,/tougv1,mougv1,,,,,,/ $ IF ( NOCSTMS>0 ) THEN $ MPYAD TRANSG,mougv1,/UGB $ ELSE $ EQUIVX mougv1/UGB/-1 $ ENDIF $ SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,,,EQEXINS,,,OL1,BGPDTN,,, UGB,,,OINT,PELSETS,VIEWTB,,,,,,/ ,,BOUGV1,,,,/APP///////ACOUT/PREFDB/-1./-1./ ADPTINDX/ADPTEXIT/FALSE $ ENDALTER Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-6973701 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SDP - SFM 3001 (SDP)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-6973701 If there are multiple subcases and one subcase has a supported boundary condition, followed by a subcase with a clamped boundary condition, then the SDP module will fail with the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SDP) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED MPAEUV AT POSITION 11 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: The workaround is to put the subcases with clamped boundary conditions before the subcases with supported boundary conditions. NOTE: This workaround will not work for optimization.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6991176 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO1, SPLINE1 - FPS Spline may lead to SFM 4276, Floating Point Exception If a SPLINE1 with the FPS option is used to connect a CAERO1 entry that only has one spanwise box, then a floating point exception may occur in the GI module. This error will also occur if the spline connects to a chordwise strip of elements on a CAERO1 that is one spanwise box wide. Avoidance: Split the CAERO1 entry so that it has two span wise boxes, or use the IPS option on the SPLINE1.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-6997601 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - UFM 2007 occurs when CWELD and fluid elements are present USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007 occurs in MODGM2 when CWELD elements and fluid elements are present. The CWELD generates grids GA anf GB which are considered undefined.
Description
CR 1-6998602 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM, FLUIDSE and SOL 103 - SFM 3001 If PARAM,FLUIDSE,>0 is specified in a SOL 103 run and differential stiffness or residual vectors are requested, then the run will fail with:
Known Error
CR 1-6998602 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MTRXIN) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'endif \$ not(sebulk)' equivx eqexin/eqexinq/-1 $ call dbstore eqexinq,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile aspline alter 'makvgac','' call dbfetch /eqexinq,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ call makvgac eqexinq,eqexins,uset0,drg/ vgxac,vgac/ seid/nsenqset/luset $ endalter
CR 1-7055609 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Flutter roots not sorted for the PKNL method The sorting of flutter roots that is used for the PK and PKNL is disabled when the density used in the analysis changes. Since the PKNL method is likely to change the density value for each analysis triplet, this effectively means that the roots are not sorted. Avoidance: Use the PK method or perform the sorting as a post-processing operation.
Description
CR 1-7162927 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts/Aeroelastic Analysis - RESTART- AJJ unnecessarilty recomputed A SOL 145 or SOL 146 aeroelastic analysis RESTART where only changes are made to the structural model will unnecessarily recalculate the AJJ matrix even though the aeroelastic model is unchanged.
Description Avoidance: Resusing the aerodyanmics by DBLOCATING the ADB dbset works as an alternative to the automatic restart. Known Error Product CR 1-7186605 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-7186605 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Superelements, DRESP2 - UFM 7139 (DOPR3N) When an optimization job with superelements references a nested DRESP2 entry, the job fails with the following message although the responses are defined correctly: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7139 (DOPR3N) ON DRESP2 entry ID = 22, DRESP2 ID = 2221 DOES NOT REFERENCE AN EXISTING DRESP2 ENTRY.
Description
CR 1-7187822 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - RFORCE- Incorrect equation To clarify the sign convention of the forces created with the RFORCE entry, the following is to be added to remark 1 of the QRG RFORCE entry ------------------The forces that are created in msc.nastran with the RFORCE entry act on the structure as follows: The forces that are defined with the RFORCE entry for a constant angular velocity (A) , act in the positive radial direction. These forces would represent the inertia forces on the structure due to a constant angular velocity. The forces that are defined with the RFORCE entry for a constant angular acceleration (RACC), act in the same direction as the angular acceleration. These forces would be opposite to the inertia forces on the structure due to a constant angular acceleration. CR 1-7241319 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Misleading Message When an optimisation analysis (sol 200) with analysis=mfreq stops with a hard convergence the message issued may be "no feasible solutions are found".
Description
Description Avoidance: Tighten up either CONVDV or CONVPR (say one thenth of the current one) should help. Known Error CR 1-7264401
CR 1-7264401 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 - ufm 5629 (dsad1c) - FRSTRE - ATTB=AVG When setting ATTB to AVG on a DRESP1 entry with RTYPE=FRSTRE the following error message will appear: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5629 (DSAD1C) THERE ARE DRESP1 ENTRIES FOR RESPONSE TYPE = FRSTRE BUT THERE ARE NO CORRESPONDING OUTPUT RESPONSES. USER ACTION: CHECK THAT THE ELEMENT ID'S LISTED ON THE DRESP1 ENTRIES EXIST. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to build a DRESP2 response for the average.
Description
CR 1-7301106 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIA3, CQUAD4, SNORM - Wrong Answers If offsets are defined on a warped plate elements with thermal loads and SNORM is turned on (default in v2001), then the results may be incorrect.
Description
Avoidance: Set PARAM,SNORM to 0.
The problem is related to missing terms in thermal load calculation. This problem is fixed in CR 1-11702631 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-7358135 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST - Large OUTPUT2 files may lead to failure An analyis that generates very large OUTPUT2 files may fail with an error message similar to the following in the log file: "outpn2.f", line 543: truncate: chsize: [22] Invalid argument Description In the case where this message was encountered the OUTPUT2 file was 6gb before the job was aborted. Avoidance; Other than breaking the output requests up into multiple runs,
Known Error
CR 1-7358135 there is no avoidance. Comment from JAS: This error has been eliminated in versions of MSC.Nastran starsting with V2004. In V2004, the size of OUTPUT2 files is only limited by the maximum file size supported by the operating system, not by any internal MSC.Nastran limits.
CR 1-7421606 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - PARAM,POST - UFM 1250(BLKRD), SFM 6059(DIOMSG) MSC.Nastran may fail in the DBC module when a large number of SPCD enties with different set ids exist in the model. The fatal messsages encountered are:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BLKRD) Read block number beyond end-of-file. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6059 (DIOMSG) Avoidance: Use PARAM,LOADU,0 to avoid this problem.
CR 1-7452105 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - rmsdisp, rmsvelo, rmsacce - SFM 3001 In an optimization run, if random response is requested, and the model contains superelements, then the job will fatal with one of the following error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSARMG) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DRDUTB AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST or NO DRESPI ENTRIES EXIST FOR DESOBJ ID= xx Avoidance: The only avoidance is to not use superelements.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-7461013
CR 1-7461013 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - INCLUDE Command May be Nested Remark 1 of the INCLUDE Case Control Statement in Section 4A of the QRG incorrectly states that INCLUDE statements may NOT be nested. It should say INCLUDE statements MAY be nested. Section 5 for the bulk data needs correction as well. CR 1-7472309 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SPCD - Insufficient time leads to incorrect message If an enforced displacment dynamic analysis has insufficient time to complete all frequency solutions the following warning message will correctly be output; however, it is incorrectly followed by system fatal message 5423 indicating an incompatible matrix multiply. USER WARNING MESSAGE 3045 (FRRD1) INSUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING 100 SOLUTION(S) IN MODULE FRRD1 USER INFORMATION: TIME ESTIMATE TO COMPLETE: 857 SECONDS TIME REMAINING 42 SECONDS SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-7495101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - UFM 7139, Failed to locate implied DRESP2 IDs If an implied DRESP2, references a DRESP1 with a function name as input for the ATTB field, then the job may fail with UFM 7139. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7139 (DOPR3N) ON DRESP2 entry ID = 10, DRESP2 ID = 5 DOES NOT REFERENCE AN EXISTING DRESP2 ENTRY. Avoidance : Renumber the DRESP1 IDs such that the DRESP1 with function name in the ATTB field has the the lowest ID among all DRESP1s.
Description
CR 1-7510324 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Different Flutter Solutions for Supersonic Speeds The AMG module generates a different aerodynamic matrix across different machine types for supersonic Mach numbers. The largest difference was found on Windows/NT and the HPUX(64-bit) machines. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-7514301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivities - PCOMP - Wrong Answers A composite optimization job may produce incorrect sensitivities when the following two conditions are met: 1) Any material properties referenced by PCOMP entries are being designed; 2) The designed PCOMPs are referenced by more than one composite elements.
Description
In addition, when a dummy PCOMP is present, the sensitivity coefficients may also be incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance for the first case. However, for the case of a dummy PCOMP entry, rename the PID to the smallest number among all PCOMP IDs.
Known Error Product
CR 1-7627701 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - residual structure CMR - massless mechanism - SFM 6143 Residual structure component mode reduction will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 if a massless mechanism exists in the a-set. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter
Description compile moders alter 'segoa'(,-1),''(,1) $ got is actually goa SDR1 USET,,MECHA,,,GOt,GM,,,,/ MECHg,,/1/'STATICS' $
Known Error
CR 1-7656709 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAL - SFM 4276 An optimization job may fail in the DSAL module with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (GREAD) ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0
Description
Avoidance: Increase the memory space using the mem= option on the nastran submit command so that module dsvg1 will only need a single pass to perform the triple matrix product. The amount of memory required can be found from SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 7502 printed in the f04 file. CR 1-7734165 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AESURF - Missing Output The printed output of the INERTIAL nondimensional hinge moment derivative coefficients may not print in the proper table of the output in the f06 file. If some AESURF entries have associated AESURFS entries and there are other AESURF entries without associated AESURFS entries having identification numbers lower than the AESURF with AESURFS, then the printed output of the nondimensional hinge moment derivative coefficients will NOT appear in the appropriate table in the f06 results. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to renumber the AESURF entries.
Description
CR 1-7734708 MSC / MD Nastran Distrubuted Memory Parallel - LAM 6.3.1 cannot build with RedHat Linux MSC.Nastran V70.7 and 2001 require LAM 6.3.1 to run distributed memory parallel.
Known Error
CR 1-7734708 This version of LAM will NOT compile with RedHat 7.2. To avoid the need to compile LAM, the binaries may be downloaded from ftp://ftp.msclinux.com/contrib/jjg/nastran This is not an issue in MSC.Nastran 2003. For installation: 1) cd /tmp 2) download usr_local_lam631.tgz 3) cd /usr/local 4) tar xvzf /tmp/usr_local_lam631.tgz 5) rm /tmp/usr_local_lam631.tgz 6) modify /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/profile to have /usr/local/lam-6.3.1/bin in your path
CR 1-7782902 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Null Design Sensitivity Coefficients When an optimization task includes the design variable whose initial value is zero, the sensitivity coefficients with respect to that design variable become null. Avoidance: Do not start a design with zero design values.
Description
CR 1-7785001 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - GROUNDCHECK(SET=A) - Missing Output No output is printed for GROUNDCHECK(SET=A). Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter:
Description
compile sekr alter 'setbit','' PARAML CASES//'DTI'//324//S,N,SETBIT $ endalter CR 1-7793712 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MPCFORCE - Missing Output Aeroelastic analysis (SOL 146) in Version 2001 does not honor the
Known Error
CR 1-7793712 MPCFORCE output request. The case control command does not yield any MPCFORCE output. Version 70.7 works correctly. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile seaero alter 'call fdrmgen','' call fdrmgen uset,vgfd,cases,usetd,gmd,gm,goa,phdh, msf,m2sf,bsf,b2sf,ksf,k4sf,k2sf, MMG,M2MG,BMG,B2MG,KMG,K4MG,K2MG,,, MSS,M2Ss,BSS,B2Ss,KSS,K4Ss,K2Ss,,ys, ects,bgpdts,sils,xy
CR 1-7820401 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - GP4 - Missing UFM 2101 A SOL 103 job may fail without printing any messages in the f06 or log files when illegal rigid element connections exist but there is no SPC request.
Description Avoidance: Add a dummy spc request. If illegal rigid element connections exist, UFM 2101 will be output. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-7939303 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements/Multipoint Constraints - MPCAX - UFM 316 MPCAX entry may result in UFM 316. Description Avoidance: Add NASTRAN SYSTEM(357)=1.
CR 1-7979705 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analsyis - PRELOAD, MPCF - SFM 5423 A linear or nonlinear transient analysis that has a static preload subcase and requests mpcforces will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 1-7979705 compile super3 alter 'paraml qg','' paraml qg//'trailer'/1/s,n,ncqq//s,n,nqg $ if ( nqg<0 ) paraml qmg//'trailer'/1/s,n,ncqq $ endalter
CR 1-7980301 MSC / MD Nastran System Limits - ECHO=SORT - Limited to 26 entries. There is an undocumented limit that the number of bulk data entry names included with the ECHO=SORT case control command cannot exceed 26. Items exceeding that number are ignored. Avoidance: Limit the list to to the 26 most critical names or do not use this option on the ECHO=SORT command.
Description
CR 1-8002452 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - TABPRT and USET option - UWM 3059 The TABPRT DMAP module with the USET table print option does not allow DOF sets with more than 2 characters to be output. For example given: DEFUSET,K,LTMA USET1 LTMA 123 111 And this TABPRT command: tabprt uset, bgpdts//'USET'/10///'LTMA'/ $
Description Results in this warning message and no USET table output: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3059 (TABPRT) SET IDENTIFIER LT DOES NOT EXIST. ERROR DETECTED IN SUBROUTINE *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3059 (TABPRT) SET IDENTIFIER MA DOES NOT EXIST. ERROR DETECTED IN SUBROUTINE Prior to V70.7, the user could get output for LTMA set by entering the USET bit string for the K set in this example. This was broken in V70.7. Resolution: Printout of all DOF sets will include the 4 character user sets as follows: tabprt uset, bgpdts//'USET'/10/-1/// $
CR 1-8004001 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - Vendor implementation of tfork for parallel is missing MSC.Nastran does not support SMP parallel on Primepower because the vendor implementation of tfork is missing. Delivered tpl problems dxxtp10 and others will fatal with the message: vendor implementation of tfork is missing. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-8010801 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic optimization - DRESP1, PRES - Poor Answers Frequency response acoustic optimization convergence problems may occour if response type PRES is used on a DRESP1 entry. The problem may converge to a poor solution.
Description If PRES is replaced by FRDISP the analysis yields better results. PRES and FRDISP should give identical results. Avoidance: Use FRDISP instead of PRES. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-8076115 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC - UFM 1250 (BLKRD) MSC.Nastran Linux 2001 will issue the following message if an xdb file larger than 2gigs is created. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BLKRD) STATUS = 6007, FILX = 40, LOGNAME = DBC , NSBUF3 = 16384 FILE = TEST.xdb BLKNBR = 1129465448 ERROR MESSAGE IS -Read block number beyond End-of-file. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: This problems has been corrected in Version 2001.0.9 available
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8076115 on the Nastran 2001 R4 CD.
CR 1-8080013 MSC / MD Nastran CWELD - TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(INIT), TEMPD - UFM 4016 CWELDs that reference a GS point that is loaded with either TEMP(LOAD) or TEMP(INIT) will results in UFM 4016. This problem is common because TEMPD is commonly used to define initial or final temperatures for all the GRIDs. Avoidance: Either do not use GS on the CWELD or do not use TEMPD.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8130019 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel/Eigenvalues - Hangs if Massless Mechanism Exist If an eigenvalue problem is run with DMP and the model contains massless mechanisms, the job may hang. After the 1st eigensolution stops with FATAL factor errors, the solution properly goes into the massless mechanism check, detects and constrains the mechanism degrees of freedom. The run starts the 2nd eigensolution in the master cpu but doesn't restart the slaves and the job hangs. Avoidance(s): 1) Run in serial. 2) Run with PARAM,MECHFIX,YES in dmp (as opposed to default MECHFIX,AUTO).
Description
CR 1-8137638 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATT1, TABLEM1 - Inefficient Processing If SOL 106 is used for a problem that has no nonlinearity, (i.e. no MATS1, no contact elements, and no PARAM,LGDISP,+1) but contains an MATT1 that references a TABLEM1. then the job will iterate. Avoidance: Run sol 101.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8192502
Known Error Product
CR 1-8192502 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VEC, UPARTN, MATGPR, etc. - UFM 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, UWM 3059 The use of "+" and "-" to form new dof sets (e.g.; VEC USET/VGX/'G-A'/'M' $) as may be specified in the set name parameter inputs in the MATGPR, VEC, UPARTN, UMERGE, and UMERGE1 modules will cause various fatal errors like UWM 3059, UFM 2120, UFM 2121, UFM 2122, and UFM 2123. Also, leading blanks in the set name parameters will cause similar fatal errors. Also, MATGPR does not allow for set equations longer than 4 characters. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-8219301 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Possible Wrong Answers MSC.Nastran 2001.0.7 for AIX 5.1 64 bit systems with a build date of April 3, 2002 on the Nastran 2001 (R3) cd may produce wrong answers for complex data recovery. The error has been corrected on a subsequent build dated April 19, 2002. The updated system may be requested from MSC support. Avoidance: This executable is not automatically selected and must be explicitly requested by setting exe=/aix/analysis.64 Thus, the problem may be avoided by simply not selecting this executable.
Description
CR 1-8227901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - UFM 7147 An optimization job fails with the UFM 7147 complaining that the objective function referernces a non-scalar number. Although the job appears to be defining a correct scalar quantity, the quantity is defined by a nested DRESP2 entry that further refers to a DRESP1 entry with the MAX function.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8235901 DMAP - ORTHOG - BIOMSG: ERROR 100 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPK A user DMAP that uses the ORTHOG module may result in a fatal message. For example the dmap sequence: TYPE PARM,,I,,NEIGV $ MATGEN ,/O1/1/10 $ ORTHOG O1,/PHO,DR/1/1/0.0/0.707/0.0 $ CEAD O1,,,,,,/RCPHX,CLAMA,OCEIG,LCPHX,CLAMMAT/ S,N,NEIGV//-1/'SVD'//-1/// $ END $ CEND
Description Results in:
*** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6581 (ORTHOG) PERFORMING HOUSEHOLDER ORTHOGONALIZATION BIOMSG: ERROR 100 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPK Avoidance: To avoid this error, use one of the matrix modules such as MATPRN. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Complex Eigenvalues - EIGC - Poor Results with SYSTEM(108)=1 If the Householder QR method is forced using system(108)=1, poor results may be obtained. Description Avoidance: If the Householder method was not forced the QZHESS method would have been used on the problem that encountered the poor results. The QZHESS method would have solved the problem accurately and more efficiently. CR 1-8275506 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFREQ with FREQ4 failed in DSAH - SFM 3002 SOL 200 with ANALYIS=MFREQ with FREQ4 failed in the DSAH module with the following message: CR 1-8267177 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8275506 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (DSAH) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK DFFDNF (FILE 118) IN SUBROUTINE Prior to the above failure the following messages were issued in every cycle from the second on: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6644 (FRPROD) SOME OR ALL COMPUTED EXCITATION FREQUENCIES ARE OUTSIDE THE RANGE F1 AND F2 FOR FREQ4 BULK DATA ENTRY WITH ID = 502 THESE COMPUTED EXCITATION FREQUENCIES ARE IGNORED. Avoidance: Use a different FREQi entry to specify the frequencies of interest but not that the error may also occur with a FREQ entry with only one frequency specified.
CR 1-8310201 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel/ACMS - EDE and EKE - Missing Output The EDE and EKE output are not supported in ACMS. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-8315703 MSC / MD Nastran GPSTRESS - STRESS(CORNER) - Wrong Answers Inaccurate grid point stresses may be output for quad4 elements in nonlinear analysis (SOL 106) when stress(corner) is requested. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than not requesting corner stress output.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8328301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRACK, PARAM,OPTEXIT - Misleading Message See notes activitity dated 7/15/2003
Known Error
CR 1-8328301 If the user has requested mode tracking along with PARAM OPTEXIT <4, the DOM12 module will be called and a message like: RUN TERMINATED DUE TO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DESIGN CYCLES = 10. will be produced even though no design cycles have been executed. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile exitopt alter 'dom12','dom12' IF ( (optexit<>3) and (optexit>3 or cnvflg>0 or descycl1=DESMAX OR numddv>0 or dsprint or dsunform or dsexport or modetrak>0 or badmesh) ) DOM12 ,,xval,,,propof,optprmg,his,destab,geom1,coordo,edom,mtrak, ept,geom2,mpt,epttabf,dvptabf,xvalp,geom1p,,,,,pcompt/ ,,dbcopt,/ descycl1///CNVFLG/3/OPTEXIT/desmax/mdtrkflg/ despch/despch1/modetrak/eignfreq/dsaprt/protyp/badmesh/ xyunit $
Known Error Product
CR 1-8349125 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEELT lets you assign the same element to two different superelements No warning is issued if the SEELT entry is used to assign an element to more that one superelement. The SEMAP will indicate the superelement that the element was assigned to. This can result in unexpected answers for boundary matrices. . CR 1-8383704 MSC / MD Nastran Random Response - RANDOM - Wrong answers in punch file In a random response run if the PSD is output to the output2 file the values may be incorrect in the punch file. The output from the XYPLOT is correct.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8424704 Parallel ACMS - MPCF, SPCF, OLOAD - UFM 5423 (SADD5) Parallel ACMS may fail if all of the following conditions exist: 1. DMP>1 2. MPCFORCEs are requested. 3. Loads are applied to dependent DOFs which are also interior to a domain (superelement) or: 1. DMP>1 2. SPCFORCEs are requested. 3. Loads are applied to constrained DOFs which are also interior to a domain (superelement) If neither MPCF nor SPCF is requested but OLOAD is requested and loads are applied to a dependent or constrained DOFs which are also interior to a domain, then the OLOAD output will be incomplete for the slaves' forcing frequencies. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance. compile semfreq alter 'call super3'(2,-1) equivx frl0/frl/-1 $ endalter
Description
CR 1-8439702 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - PBUSHT, PELAST, PDAMPT, SPCD - Wrong Answers In a frequency response (SOL 108 or SOL 111) analysis using SPCD enforced motion, if frequency dependent properties are defined on a PDAMPT, PELAST, or PBUSHT entry, the frequency dependence is incorrectly interpolated. Avoidance: Request a dmap alter avoidance from Client Support
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8448301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CQUADP, CTRIA3 unrecognizable Entries in Punch File A p-element optimization run may produce user unrecognizable Bulk Data
Known Error
CR 1-8448301 entries in the punch file for all types of shell elements such as CQUAD4P, CTRIA3P etc. These entries will lead to a fatal message if they are subsequently read back in as bulk data. Avoidance: Remove these entries before reading back in.
CR 1-8448304 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP, PBEAML - Format error in punch file A pch file containing updated PBEAML entries written in the large field format may fail when read back into MSC.Nastran due to format error.
Description Avoidance: Add a blank line to the end of the PBEAML entry if the number of the existing lines is an odd number. Known Error Product CR 1-8516805 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - Incorrect composite element matrices in SOL 200 If there are differences in the design model with respect to the analysis model and the differences arise from DVCRELi entries and from DVPRELi entries that point to PCOMP's, the composite updates will be ignored for the initial analysis. The result will be that the analysis, sensitivities and first redesign will be in error. It's possible that subsequent design iterations, which have the correct properties, will be able to recover, but it is also possible that the initial errors will be such that recovery is not possible. Description Avoidance: Apply the following alter: compile desopt alter 'modgeom2'(4), 'geom2nn'(3,1) alter 'modgeom2'(5,-1), 'modgeom2'(5) IF ( MODGEOM2 ) THEN $ DESITER=1 $ INCREMENT QUALIFIER IF GEOM2 IS UPDATED $ EXCEPT WITH MULTI-MASTER METHOD EQUIVX GEOM2NN/GEOM2/ALWAYS $
Known Error
CR 1-8516805 else $ DBEQUIV DATABLK=GEOM2, WHERE (DESITER=0 AND WILDCARD) , CONVERT (DESITER=1) OVRWRT $ ENDIF $ MODGEOM2
CR 1-8550605 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - TEMPPi - Unexpected Results The QRG documents which elements the TEMPPi entries are applicable to. However, the code does not perform any check. If a TEMPPi entries references an element that is not supported no thermal load will be applied and unexpected answers will result. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than verifying that valid elements have been referenced. The code needs to be modified to have GP3 check GEOM3 against GEOM2 for proper TEMPxx vs element type and issue a fatal message if improper elements are referenced.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8564404 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - UFM 6632 (PAABSF) occurs when small value used within TZIMID The following fatal message may occur when the value for TZIMID on the PAABSF entry is less than the machine's numerical zero. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6632 (EASFD) THE NORM OF IMPEDANCE IS TOO SMALL Avoidance: Specify a larger value for TZIMID.
Description
CR 1-8581001 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBUSH - Failed Convergence If a designed PBUSH is connected to a GRID that has a displacement coordinate system specified (CD on field 7 of the GRID bulk data entry), the senstivity with respect to the PBUSH properties are likely to be in error with the result that the optimization will not be able to make progress and may
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8581001 terminate with various messages indicating failed convergence or maximum number of design cycles. Avoidance: Remove the CD from the GRID entry or replace the PBUSH with an equivalent CROD or CELAS entry.
CR 1-8587906 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RANDOM - SFM 3007 (DOPRAN) In Sol 200, if there are more than four frequency response subcases being combined for random response, then the following error message may occur:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPRAN) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOPRN2
Avoidance: Until the error is fixed, limit random response in SOL 200 to four or less combined subcases. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-8629707 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TRIA3 - Wrong Principal Strains computed in DDRMM Principal strains are computed incorrectly in DDRMM and are off by a factor of 2. Avoidance: Add param,ddrmm,-1 to the input. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-8680201 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SET - SFM 6143 (DUPART), Poor Message The following case control will result in SFM 6143: SET 1 = 100 SUBCASE 1 SET 1 = 101 DISP = 1
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8680201 if grid point 100 does not exist. Avoidance: Remove the superfluous SET definition.
Known Error Product
CR 1-8748813 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - Poor Message, Bad m-set selection may lead to floating point exception. When an RBE3 element is defined with a bad selection for the m-set, the element matrix may be singular. This can cause a floating point exception message to be issued from the VECPLOT module. The message does not indicate the cause of the problem. Avoidance: Other than verifying that the RBE3s reference a statically determinate m-set, there is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-8751074 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM, PBEAML - Z-Section produces incorrect warping coefficient The calculation for the warping coefficient of a Z-section beam (PBEAML) is wrong. CR 1-8781636 MSC / MD Nastran Large File - SGI - UFM 1250 On the SGI, if NFS mount is used for filesystems that are larger than 2 gig, then the job may fail with the following messages:
Corrected Version 2004 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BIORD) Specified record is beyond maximum for this filesystem.
Known Error Product
CR 1-8783605 Elements - CHEXA, TEMP(LOAD), PSOLID - Incorrect stresses When 8 noded CHEXA elements have different element coordinate systems and default values for the PSOLID entry are used along with TEMP(LOAD), incorrect stresses are output at corner/gauss points. Avoidance: Set NASTRAN SYSTEM(309)=1 to use pre 70.7 CHEXA or set IN=2 on the PSOLID entry
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8788202 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - Unneeded Constraints Cause Confusing Printouts, Unneeded Calculations The MSC.Nastran 2001 release supports putting a frequency range of applicabity on the DCONSTR entry. Currently, if the referenced response falls outside this range an upper and lower bounds of plus and minus 1.0e20 are substituted. These responses should be ignored with no constraint applied. Avoidance: There is no avoidance, but the negative effects are minor. The answers should not be affected and the decrease in performance due to the unneeded calculations should be minor.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-8789951 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - Large Models with many rigid elements may fail with SWM 2072 (GP4) Large Models with many rigid elements may fail in GP4 with the following message:
Description
SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072 (GP4) CARD TYPE 7201 NOT FOUND ON DATA BLOCK. 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error Product
CR 1-8803801 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - APRCOD=2 OR 3 - Poor Sensitivities An error has been discovered in the calculation of the gradient of a response when using the mixed method or the convex method (APRCOD=2 or 3) with inverse design variables. The "exact" sensitivity should be multiplied by (x0/x)**2. Instead it is multiplied by x0/x. The approximate responses are calculated correctly, so the error only influences the determination of the search direction once the design variables have moved from their starting values.
Description
Avoidance: APRCOD=1 will not have this error, but is not recommended since the inverse approximation can significantly help with the approximate optimization even with the error. The error appears benign in the typical case. Known Error Product CR 1-8817411 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - REAL Sparse Unsym Decomp - Wrong Answers for rank of update greater than 1 Real sparse unsymmetric decomp may exhibit wrong answers for large models when the rank of update specified by system(220) is set to a value larger than 1. In Version 2004 HPUX and Linux systems set this system(220)=32. Description Avoidance: For Linux and HP it is recommended that system(220) be changed to 1 in the system rc file. The client problem that discovered this problem encountered the error during inertia relief calculations. The problem was also avoided by specifying param,inrel,-2. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product CR 1-8821267 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - MAT8 - Floating Point Exception from IFPS Specifying very large values, greater than e+40, for Yt on the MAT8 entry may cause a floating point exception in the IFPS module. CR 1-8957303 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-8957303 Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP module unnecessarily re-executed for each flutter subcase In SOL 145 and SOL 200, the AMP module, which generates the QHH family of generalized aerodynamic matrices, is re-executed for each flutter subcase, even if there are no changes in modes or boundary conditions. This results in increased solution times. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile flutter alter 'dbstatus qhhl'(,-1) type parm,,i,n,qf,qc $ type parm,nddl,i,n,cmeth,fmeth $ qf=fmeth $ qc=cmeth $ fmeth=0 $ cmeth=0 $ alter 'ENDIF \$ NOQHHL\>0' fmeth=qf $ cmeth=qc $ alter 'FA1 KHH,BHH,MHH,QHHL','' dbview qhhl0=qhhl where (fmeth=0 and cmeth=0) $ FA1 KHH,BHH,MHH,QHHL0,CASES,EDT/ FSAVE,KXHH,BXHH,MXHH/ S,N,FLOOP/S,N,TSTART/S,N,NOCEAD/LPRINT $ alter 'ADR FPHH,CASEYY,QKHL','' dbview qkhl0=qkhl where (fmeth=0 and cmeth=0) $ ADR FPHH,CASEYY,QKHL0,FLAMA,AEBGPDT,AEUSET/ PKF/ BOV/MACH/'FLUTTER'/aeconfig/symxy/symxz $ compile flutsens alter 'DSFLTE KHHx,BHHx,MHHx,QHHL,','' dbview qhhl0=qhhl where (fmeth=0 and cmeth=0) $ DSFLTE KHHx,BHHx,MHHx,QHHL0,FLUTAB,r1tabr,casem,,/ CPHL,CPHR,VTQU0/1 $ endalter CR 1-8987307 MSC / MD Nastran Element Strain Energy - ESE - Negative Percentage Negative percentages may be printed for element strain energy contribution if param,tiny is set to 0. Negative percentages may be printed irrespective of the value of Tiny. The percentage may be high because nastran computes
Description
Known Error
CR 1-8987307 the percentages of two groups, all negative or all positive. Since most negative strain energy are "computer noise", values like 1.0E-12, when values are much larger, 1.0E-10, the percentage maybe -50%. Valid negative values only occur with thermal loading, see param xflag for the equations Notes about TINY. The "positive" ESE due to Mechanical and the Absolute Value of the "negative" due to Thermal load are compared to TINY as the floor. Note both list absolute floor for TINY is zero, therefore negatives are not considered to be below the floor in the presence of thermal loads. The criteria for negative and floor was modified to take into account the selection of thermal loads to modify the collection of elements below TINY.
CR 1-8995906 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - DECOMP - Integer Overflow Very large models (millions of degrees of freedom) may overflow the integer, where the non-zero terms of a sparse factor matrix is stored. The integer overflow usually occurs during the reordering. Depending on the context, it may be possible to avoid the integer overflow by using the DCMP module rather than the DECOMP module, since DCMP uses gridbased or supernode-based reordering, while DECOMP uses dof-based reordering. Avoidance: Since version 2005.5, one avoidance is to use mode=i8.
Description
CR 1-9007221 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - EPOINT - Null Loads at EPOINTs A dynamic analysis using static loading entries ignores extra point (EPOINT) loading in Version 2001. CR 1-9025316 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON - SFM 6694 (GS4RS4), Poor Message The SFM 6694 does not identify the GRID id or RSSCON element id that causes
Known Error
CR 1-9025316 the fatal message. It is extremely difficult to find the problem element in large models with thousands of RSSCON elements.
CR 1-9029611 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTERs - STATDIVA.V2001 errors The SSSALTER named statdiva.V2001 has two problems associated with it. These appear to be day 1 problems: 1) The Left handed complex eigenvector is plotted instead of the right handed vector. 2) The displacements are incorrect if a SUPORT is present. Resolution: Get the corrected alter from MSC technical support. The corrected alter should be delivered with Nastran systems after V2001.0.7
Description
CR 1-9048033 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBEAML - Remove Remark 9 In the V2001 Quick Reference Guide, Remark 9 of the PBEAML entry states that dimensions of the beam cannot be used directly as design variables in SOL 200. This is no longer true as this capability was added into V70.7. Remark 9 of the PBEAML should be removed.
Description
CR 1-9075705 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PSHELL, MID1, MID2, MID3 - Wrong Answers In nonlinear analysis (SOL 106 and 129) the MID3 field on a PSHELL entry must reference the same combination of nonlinear materials as the MID1 and MID2 fields else the element may behave in a linear manner and wrong answers will be produced. For example, when MID1 (and MID2) refer to MAT1, MATS1 and MATT1 but MID3
Description
Known Error
CR 1-9075705 only refers to MAT1 in a PSHELL card. Any plate element, QUAD4/QUADR/TRIA3/TRIAR, uses this element property card will behavior like a linear element in the nonlinear analysis. [Avoidance]: Keep MID3 blank or refers to the same combination of material properties like MID1 (and MID2) if it is possible. (Theoretically, MID3 cannot tefer to MATS1 but NASTRAN will only issue a warning message and ignore the reference of MATS1 for MID3 in V2001.)
CR 1-9133301 MSC / MD Nastran Access - DBIO error causes database to be unreadable The dbio libraries delivered with MSC.Nastran 2001.0.7 has an error which may not allow new databases with user defined objects to be read after they are created. Avoidance: Use the dbio libraries delivered with Nastran 2001.0.9 on the 2001 R4 cd.
Description
CR 1-9145912 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - Missing Density printout for Flutter response output. In SOL 200, when P2=8 is set on the DOPTPRM entry, the responses of DRESP data are printed. For flutter damping responses, Nastran prints out the Mach number, velocity, mode number and damping value. However, the density value is missing and this is required in order to properly sort out the roots and establish the altitude.
Description
Avoidance: Print out the R1TABRG datablock after the DOM 10 module. Word 11 of each record is the density. For example: $V2001 COMPILE DESOPT ALTER 'DOM10' tabpt r1tabrg// $ MATPRN R1TABRG // $ ENDALTER CR 1-9153101
Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 1-9153101 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAML - Possible Wrong Answers when end B data is not entered. Remark 5 for the PBEAML in the QRG states that if blanks are used in the specification of end b data, the corresponding values from end a will be used. It has been found that, at least in the case of the ROD section type, a blank DIM1(B) input will result in a constant section beam being produced, but other occurances of blank fields have also been shown to produce incorrect results. Avoidance: Don't use blank fields. Don't assume Remark 5 for the PBEAML is honored. Instead, enter the data explicitly.
Description
CR 1-9246401 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,INREL, QSETi - SFM 6144, SFE 4276 PARAM,INREL in the presence of a q-set leads to the following fatal message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1) THE SIZE OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE Avoidance: Apply the following alter:
Description
compile statrs alter 'na6=',''(,1) Na6=notset+6 $ Matgen ,/va6/6/na6/notset/6 $ alter 'Umerge1 uset,qra','' Umerge1 uset,qra,,,/qrg/'g'/'t'//1 $ for spcforces compile sedisp alter 'umerge uset,uls,'(3),'' if ( noqset>-1 and nolset>-1 ) umerge uset,uls,/uas/'l+q'/'l' $ endalter CR 1-9259910 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - METHOD(FLUID), METHOD(STRUCTURE) does not
Known Error
CR 1-9259910 produce separate tables In SOL 103 analysis for a fluid/structure model, when both METHOD(FLUID) and METHOD(STRUCTURE) case control commands are present, uncoupled fluid and uncoupled structural modes are calculated. But instead of having a separate table for each, they are put together. There should be seperate tables. CR 1-9268801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML - Wrong Answers When a T type section on the PBEAML is designed (SOL 200), the E1 stress recovery point has a sign error.
Description
Description Avoidance: Use the T1 or T2 type section when designing this type of section. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-9341428 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - SPCD, Enforce Motion with STATSUB - UFM 3046 Direct enforced motion using SPCD with a pre-stressed static subcase (STATSUB) containing a mechanical and temperature load fails in the FRRD1 module issuing a User Fatal Message 3046 with SOL 108 or 111 when a temperature load is applied. The run will complete normally if only the mechanical load is selected. Prior to the UFM 3046, UIM 9035, indicates that no static shapes were found to augment mode shapes. However, the static subcase contains displacements. It appears that thermal loading causes Residual Vectors to fail. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semfreq alter 'lcgen','' LCGEN CASErS,SLT,ETT,dynamic,geom4s/ CASES2/S,N,DUMMY/'freqresp' $ alter 'dpd '(,-2) dbview ysw=ys where (templd=0) $ equivx ysw/ys/-1 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-9341428 endalter or use the large mass method.
CR 1-9350803 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - OMODE, OUTPUT2 - Extra Output If the OMODE Case Control is used in a restart run for data recovery using output2 (e.g., param,post,-1) and the OMODE command does not appear in the coldstart run, then the requested output may be written out twice to the output2 file, or OMODE will not have an effect. CR 1-9360923 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Wrong results for Flutter optimization with multiple subcases IN SOL 200, if multiple flutter optimization subcases exist and the same FMETHOD ID is referenced in both subcases, then the sensitivities for the second subcase will be incorrect and hence the optimization will not likely find a good solution.
Description
Known Error Product
Description Avoidance: Be sure each subcase references a different FMETHOD ID. The FLUTTER entries selected by the two different FMETHOD IDs can be identical so long as their IDs are not the same. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-9391501 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - Large Model, Wrong Answers Large models with composite elements that have a large number of plies may encounter SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3008 indicating that insufficient memory exists in STRSORT. The job may continue and can give bad results with incorrect element numbers and/or asterisks indicating an overflow in the ply number field. CR 1-9468205 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-9468205 Superelements/Frequency Response - SDAMPING - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) Multiple superelements run with SOL 108 using an SDAMPING request at the superelement level will cause the program to terminate prematurely during processing of the next superelement with a SDAMPING request. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PHASE1B IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 236 NAME = MPHVX , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE MPHVX=OVRWRT Avoidance: Replace the data block name MPHVX in the call to subDMAP SUPER1 in SEDFREQ with MPHVZ.
Description
CR 1-9486601 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - RANDOM - No Warning Message If the RANDOM Case Control command requests a non-existent RANDPS entry, the program skips the random analysis without issuing a message. Avoidance: Add the necessary randps entry.
Description
CR 1-9550910 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON, RBE2 - Wrong Answers In MSC.Nastran Version 2001 wrong answers may occur if RBE2 and RSSCON elements are used together.
Description Avoidance: Avoid using RSSCON and RBE2 elements together. Always verify the model using GROUNDCHECK. In the model that discovered this problem, GROUNDCHECK indicated a problem in the n-set. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-9616409 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - STATSUB - UFM 5423
Known Error
CR 1-9616409 In SOL 107, if the SPC and/or MPC request in the STATSUB subcase is different from the statics subcase then the run will fail with UFM 5423. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile sedceig alter 'call pmluset'(,-1) PARAML CASErs//'DTI'/1/2//S,N,MPC $ PARAML CASErs//'DTI'/1/3//S,N,SPC $ PARAML CASErs//'DTI'/1/255//S,N,Suport $ endalter CR 1-9627001 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - RFORCE - Wrong Answers The RFORCE entry requires a vector to define the rotation axis. If the components of this vector are defined as <0.0 0.0 0.0> (ie. no vector defined), Nastran assumes a vector of <1.0 0.0 0.0>. This can lead to an incorrect load application. If the vector is defined as <0.0 0.0 0.0>, a fatal error should be issued. For RFORCE records, we should accept < 0. ,0. ,0. > for the vector ONLY if both "A" and "RACC" are zero. This can not lead to an error in the nonEMAS code. For FORCE or MOMENT records, accept a zero vector ONLY if "F" or "M" is zero.
Description
CR 1-9638401 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - Lanczos - Infinite Loop in READ The READ Module may go into an infinite loop for non-linear buckling model when using the Lanczos method. CR 1-9691321 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ddladd segmentation fault on HP (v2001.0.4), doesn't work, V2001.0.9 Using ddladd from Nastran V2001.0.4 may produce a segmentation fault on
Known Error
CR 1-9691321 HP. Avoidance: Use ddladd from the V2001.0.9 (V2001r4) installation
CR 1-9703728 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DBVIEW, SCR=YES - Datablock Deleted If scr=yes is used in a run with a user-dmap that uses the DBVIEW module, then the datablock referenced on the DBVIEW statement may be deleted at the end of the modified subdmap.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter to the main subdmap. Compile whatever-the-main-subdmap alter 2 $ putsys(0,192) $
CR 1-9707301 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - GPSTRESS - Missing Output In a modal analysis, Grip Point Stresses are only output for the first mode. CR 1-9731902 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Windows Only - outpx2.for, line 963: truncate ... On Windows, Nastran may terminate while writing an op2 file with the following message: line 963: truncate: lseek: [22] Invalid argument logical unit 12, named './khaled.op2' *** Execution terminated This error has been corrected starting with MSC.Nastran V2004. There are no limits in writing an OUTPUT2 file except those imposed by the operating system, i.e., those related to file size limits.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-9742614 GPFORCE - GPFDR, ESE - UWM 4506, Traceback If the number of modes referenced by the MODES case control command is greater than the number of eigenvalues calculated and GPFORCE or ESE data recovery is requested, then the job will fail in GPFDR with a traceback or dump. The failure may be precede the failure: USER WARNING MESSAGE 4506 (GPFDEV) Avoidance: Make the number of modes computed is equal to the number of modes requested in case control
Description
CR 1-9754740 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Poor Message, BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 A dmap that is missing a "/" such that the first parameter is in the output slot failed with the message below which gives no indication of the problem.
Description
BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE FREAD , FILE INDEX (FILEX) =0 Avoidance: Correct the problem dmap statement.
CR 1-9853601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TABLEM1 - Does not have a log option The TABLEM1 entry does not have a LOG option. This should be removed from the QRG. John said he gave fix to Lori. CR 1-9884901 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Incorrect hinge moments if GRAV entry is used The following two cases have identical trim results, but different hinge moment values:
Known Error
CR 1-9884901 1. 1g trim, no grav card 2. 0g trim, grav card The elastic increment due to statically applied loads is missing in the second case.
Known Error Product
CR 1-9884904 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Missing Data from aero monitor point total coefficient table The second "RESTRAINED INCR." column is hardcoded to N/A. If static applied loads are present, this column should contain nonzero data. CR 1-9884907 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Missing Aero Monitor Point Output If applied loads are present, then their aerodynamic elastic increment should be printed. CR 1-9925101 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Fails for zero load subcase SOL 106 fails with a 'No Load Increment Exists for Nonlinear Subcase' error message when the load is null in a subcase. The null load may result from user's input or computed zero load. SOL 106 needs to be changed to allow for input and computed zero load. CR 1-9934302 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Wrong eigenvector forces and stresses for restarts from SOL 106 Executing SOL 106 with NMLOOP and restarting into SOL 103 to calculate eigenvalues will produce incorrect eigenvectors and associated stresses and forces.
Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 1-9934302
Avoidance: The following alter avodance is available for Version 2001. It needs to be modfied for other versions. $ alter. COMPILE SUPER3 $ ALTER 'VECPLOT.*UGVBAS','MATMOD.*BGPDTN' $ CALL NEWBGPDT UGNI,BGPDTS,CSTMS,CASEDR/BGPDTN $ ALTER 'SDR2.*IEF1','' $ SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,ETT,OL2S,BGPDTN,,,UG2,ESTN, XYCDBDR,OINT,PELSETS,VIEWTB,GPSNTS,DEQATN,DEQIND,DITID,PCOMPT,/ ,,IUG1,IES1,IEF1,,/APP1/S,N,NOS2A/S,N,NCOMPS/////ACOUT/PREFDB/ TABS/SIGMA/ADPTINDX/ADPTEXIT/FALSE $ COMPILE NEWBGPDT $ AVOID TYPE NDDL RULE 8. SUBDMAP NEWBGPDT UGNX,BGPDTS,CSTMS,CASEDR/BGPDTN $ TYPE DB UGNI $ VECPLOT UGNI,BGPDTS,,CSTMS,CASEDR,,,,/UGVBAS,,,,/0/0/3 $ MATMOD UGVBAS,BGPDTS,,,,/BGPDTN,/11 $ RETURN $ END $ Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear Analsyis - MID4, TEMP(BOTH) - Wrong Answers When a nonlinear shell element has an MID4 specified, either on a PSHELL or PCOMP, the corresponding coefficients of thermal expansion may not be used in the calculation of the thermal strain. This appears to occur only for temperature-dependent coefficients of thermal expansion, and does not occur for stress-dependent materials, which enforce MID4=0. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-9975012 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/DBC - PARAM,POST,0 CROD, CONROD - SWM 6065 (DBC) Models with CROD and/or CONROD elements that contains param,post,0 to generate an .xdb file may issue the following warning message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) CR 1-9936202 MSC / MD Nastran
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Description
Known Error
CR 1-9975012 *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 1 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK UNABLE TO OPEN OUTPUT RELATION FCONR RETURN CODE = 1. and results from these elements may be missing during postprocessing. Avoidance: Use an op2 file for post processing, param,post,-1, instead.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10013201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML, PBARL - Incorrect Torsional Sensitivity The analytical calculation of the sensitivity of the torsional stiffness of the BAR section type in the beam library (PBARL and PBEAML) is in error when the aspect ratio (DIM1/DIM2) is less than 1.0.
Description
Avoidance: One avoidance is to redefine the problem so that DIM1/DIM2 is greater than 1.0. Another is to replace MSC's BAR cross section type with a user defined BAR with the sensitivty corrected. When the torsional stiffness is not important, the error in the sensitivity is also likely to be unimportant. CR 1-10021822 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra - PARAM,POST - Missing Strain Output To get strains in Response Spectra (SOL 103, PARAM SCRSPEC), the input file must contain STRESS and STRAIN output requests as well as PARAM POST -1. Otherwise the strains will not be calculated. Avoidance: The following alter allows the STRAIN command to be honored regardless of PARAM,POST:
Description
compile postreig alter 'if ( post=-1','' alter 'OFP DOSTR1' if ( post=-1 and patver>=3. ) then $ alter 'dostr1','' DDRMM CASEXX,UHVR,,IPHIG1,IQG1,IESTR,,XYCDBDR/ OUPDUMMY,OQGDUMMY,DOSTR1,,/OPTION/3 $ endalter CR 1-10025339 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-10025339 Aeroelastic Analysis - Unsymmetric Decomp of Singular matrix - Poor Message, UFM 6136 (UDSNC) If a singular matrix is presented to sparse unsymmetric decomposition, the module issues the erroneous message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (UDSNCD) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR NUMERIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY 17 K WORDS Increasing the memory results in the same message. Avoidance: The model must be corrected so the the matrix is not singular.
Description
CR 1-10069515 MSC / MD Nastran GPSTRESS - Missing Output If the SURFACE requested has the ID = 110 or ID = 111 then the GPSTRESS calculation may be skipped. Avoidance: Change the id of the SURFACE
CR 1-10073602 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, SOL 112 - SFM 3001 (DSAR) If EXTSEOUT Case Control command is used to create an external superelement then the subsequent assembly restart run may fail in Sol 109 and 112 with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSAR) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'dsar','' DSAR uh2,,,/uh2d,j2,j3,,/-1 $ endalter
CR 1-10077813 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE4 - Wrong Answers using TPS Method Static Aero (SOL 144) or Aeroelastic flutter analysis (SOL 145) in Version 2001 may produce wrong answers when SPLINE4 uses the TPS method. Avoidance: Use the IPS or FPS method.
CR 1-10090702 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR - Floating Point Overflow in IFP On the CBAR element, if the value on the orientation vector is very large (e.g., E268), then the job may fail in IFP with a dump or a floating point overflow error. On other machines, the job will continue and eventually fail with a NaN output. The proper UFM 316 should have been issued instead of the above unclear messages. This problem has been observed on the AIX, SUN, Windows, and possibly other machines. Avoidance: Modify the large number to a more reasonable number.
Description
CR 1-10106301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SEs and FREQ5 - SFM 3001 (DSAH) A SOL 200 job with traditional superelements and FREQ5 entry failed in DSAH with the following fatal message. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSAH) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED CSNMB AT POSITION 12 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10106301 ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 112 AND SUBROUTINE IS GOPEN Avoidance : Remove all bulk data entries for upstream SEs and run as a residual only job
Known Error Product
CR 1-10125401 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Misleading messages indicating geometry checks failed. The design sensitivity phase of SOL 200 creates perturbed elements with internally defined EID's that are meaningless to the user. If these perturbed elements fail tolerance checks, a message is printed with this information that is of no value to the user.
Description
Avoidance: The misleading prints can be turned off by setting DMGCHK, the 27th parameter in the EMG call, to FALSE in subDMAP pslgdv User information: Typically, the user defined elements have violated the same tolerances so that there is a message that is meaningful based on the original elements and the messages on the perturbed elements can be ignored.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10183311 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivities - DRESP2 - Wrong Sensitivities for DRESP2 that use FUNC The sensitivities of DRESP2 entries that use the FUNC feature in place of a DEQATN and contain DVxRELy or DNODE data are incorrect for all but the last design variable.
Description Avoidance: The FUNC feature cannot be used for DRESP2 entries that include DVxRELy or DNODE data. Use the EQID instead.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10220502 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Desgin Sensitivity - PBEAM - Incorrect Punch Output, UFM 315 (IFPDRV) SOL 200 punches designed PBEAMs but when they are used as input to nastran the run fails with the message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY PBEAM Nastran incorrectly writes mid-station information with SO=NO on PBEAM. Avoidance: Change SO to YES or remove mid-station information.
CR 1-10290318 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMPRB - Wrong Answers When running a nonlinear analysis (SOL 106) with temprb (defining a beam cross-section temp gradient) referencing a temperature dependent coefficient of thermal expansion, the resulting lateral deflection is in the wrong direction.
CR 1-10303039 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, PARAM,RESVEC - Floating Point Exception In SOL 111 frequency response with direct enforced motion a singular mass matrix will lead to a floating point overflow in the READ module if residual vectors (param,resvec) are requested. Avoidance: Provide a non-singular mass matrix.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-10336801 Flutter Sensitivity Analysis/Superelements - SFM 3001 A superelement flutter optimization task can fail with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 INPUT DATA DUG DOES NOT EXIST
Description
if the residual superelelement contains no elements (i.e, it is a collector).
Avoidance: Make sure at least one finite element is present in the residual. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-10342205 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RESTART - UFM 9086 In a nonlinear analysis, model changes are not allowed in a restart run. The only allowables changes are boundary condition changes in SOL 106. If property values are changed in a restart, then the job will fail with the following misleading messages: Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 9086 PARAM, LOOPID, x DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A VALID LOOP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. Avoidance: Do not perform model changes in a nonlinear restart as it is not supported in MSC.Nastran. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-10344002 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST - UFM 1250 If a model has only SPC type loading and param,post,0 is set to produce an xdb file the following fatal message may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BLKRD) STATUS = 6007, FILX = 40, LOGNAME = DBC , NSBUF3 = 1024 FILE = .'test.xdb BLKNBR = 199 ERROR MESSAGE IS -Read block number beyond End-of-file. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6059 (DIOMSG)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10344002 Avoidance: The fatal message may be avoided by adding a dummy FORCE entry.
CR 1-10372301 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SFM 7376 (MKCSTA) If an aerodynamic database is reused, and the database contains a coordinate system with the same ID as one in the bulk data, Nastran will compare the two coordinate systems and check whether or not they are the same. This check is overly restrictive and the following error may be produced: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7376 (MKCSTA) COORDINATE SYSTEM ID 11 WAS FOUND IN BOTH COORDINATE SYSTEMS TABLES BUT DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE SAME COORDINATE SYSTEM. USER INFORMATION: COORDINATE SYSTEMS TABLES TO MERGE WITH CONFLICTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS IDS ARE NOT HANDLE AT THIS TIME. USER ACTION: INPUT COORDINATE SYSTEM IDS TO ALLOW UNIQUESS AMONG AREO AND STRUCTURAL MODELS COMBINED CR 1-10385207 MSC / MD Nastran 2004 Installation - Insufficient Space for HP-UX IA64 Nastran 2001 Installation On some Itanium Workstations running HP-UX 11.22, the mscsetup script fails to execute completely, and it gives an error saying "not enough space available for decompressing files". This is due to the way the mscsetup script estimates the available space on SOME itanium filesystems. Avoidance: The HP IA-64 systems have not been consistent in the information that is returned when the mscsetup script queries the system for the amount of space available. Two distint problems have been found and they have required different modifcations to the script to make it work. The corrected script is too long to list here but it is available through client support or at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran. Note that the corrected script will not solve all problems and on some installations the user may still have to gunzip the files. The procedure for completing the installation with the udpated script is:
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10385207 A.. Copy the updated mscsetup script to /tmp/mscsetup cp mscsetup /tmp/mscsetup B. Execute /tmp/mscsetup /tmp/mscsetup C. Answer the rest of the installation questions.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10415448 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - DBEXT location parameter to EXTDB datablock cannot be changed with a PARAM The datablock EXTDB, used for automatic external superelements, has the location parameter DBEXT. The default for this parameter in the NDDL is 'SCRATCH'. The parameter is forced to the DBALL in subdmap PHASE0. This parameter should be available to change in the bulk data to allow the EXTDB datablock to be written to another dbset (MASTER for instance) when using the MATRIXDB option for external superelements. This would then only require the much smaller MASTER file to be online at the external superelement attachment phase, and the large omitted dof database could be off-line or even deleted if no data recovery was needed. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the run that generates the external data and set PARAM,DBEXT1,MASTER in the bulkdata (or whichever dbset is desired) COMPILE EXTOUT NOLIST $ ALTER 1 $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,N,DBEXT $ TYPE PARM,,CHAR8,Y,DBEXT1=' ' $ IF (DBEXT<>' ') DBEXT=DBEXT1 $
Description
CR 1-10441318 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - CLAN - Possible Wrong Answers Beginning in Version 70.7, when using complex Lanczos, the phase angles for the complex eigenvectors may be inaccurate if they are small numbers.
Known Error
CR 1-10441318
Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances. 1. Use the Hess method. 2. Add the following system cell to the top of your input file nastran system(108)=24567 Known Error Product CR 1-10469313 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer - view factor - If CHBDYG ID exceeds 1.0e8 then the view factor output is not printed If a CHBDYG ID exeeds 1.E8 then the view factor output will contain ***** for the id as shown below and the view factor output is not printed. ******* ******* 9.7893E-02 2.10642E-06 2.15175E-05 3.2974E-05 NO NO ******* ******* 9.7893E-02 2.44702E-05 2.49968E-04 3.8119E-04 NO NO ******* ******* 9.7893E-02 7.92138E-05 8.09187E-04 1.1879E-03 NO NO ******* ******* 9.7893E-02 1.52525E-04 1.55808E-03 2.1771E-03 NO NO ******* ******* 9.7893E-02 2.26236E-04 2.31105E-03 3.0770E-03 NO NO CR 1-10470002 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Punch File Produces Incorrect CQUAD4 Format - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) When QUAD4 entries with thickness specified on the PSHELL or PCOMP entries are designed in a SOL 200 run, the resulting CQUAD4 data written out in the PUNCH file has -1.0000 placed in the 4 thickness fields on the continuation. Subsequent use of these QUAD4 entries will result in: USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY CQUAD4 Avoidance: Strip out the -1.0000 data from the QUAD4 data in the punch file
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10470002 prior to using it in a subsequent run.
CR 1-10474401 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 6144 The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE has been encountered with static aeroelastic optimization with multiple boundary conditions. TDVI and COL are the two input matrices to the merge dmap module.
Description
User Information: there have been a number of fixes to the static aeroelastic optimization with multiple boundary conditions. This most recent error occurs when one of three subcases does not contain any active constraints while the other two share an mpc condition that is different from the deleted subcase. Avoidance: The avoidance is to add the nsol parameter to the second call to the gendv2p module in the respsen subdmap. This entails passing the NSOL parameter into respsen, typing it and including it in the module call. Contact your MSC Client Support for the dmap alter.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10479829 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - Punch file not preserving XLB, XUB,DELXV and DDVAL fields on DESVAR entry If the DELXV field of a DESVAR entry is left blank and SOL 200 is run, the resulting .PCH file has replaced the blank DELXV field with the DELX value from the original DOPTPRM entry. Therefore, if the user changes the DELX parameter in a subsequent run that uses the DESVAR data from the .PCH file, the DELX value is ignored because DELXV has already been explicitly set. Avoidance: Manually replace the DELXV data with a blank field on the DESVAR data in the .PCH file in order for the DELX setting from the DOPTPRM to be used.
Description
CR 1-10483401 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Enforced Motion Results - SPCD - Wrong Answers Incorrect results are produced when the SPCD method of enforced motion is used in a multi-superelement analysis. Avoidance: Use the large mass method.
CR 1-10501801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - SFM 3007 (DOPR3B) The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007: ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOPR3B can occur when a DRESP1 entry with a composite response type (CSTRESS,CSTRAIN or CFAILURE) refers to a PCOMP ID that does not exist. Avoidance: Check that the composite responses point to existing PCOMP property id's.
Description
CR 1-10507402 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 5172 (DSDJ1D) VARIATIONAL The message USER FATAL MESSAGE 5172 (DSDJ1D) may be issued when: a. Material damping is present in the model b. Multiple properties of a given finite element are independently designed (e.g., K1 and B1 on a PBUSH) c. The designed element does not have any material damping associated with it. d. The adjoint method is automatically selected. Avoidance: Make sure all three of the above conditions are not satisfied simultaneously. This can be done by applying a small amount of material damping to the design element. Or insert param,cdif,yes in the BDF section
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10507402 or apply the following alter: compile pslgdv list alter 'emg,' type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ zuzri1 = nok4gg compile respsen list alter 'EMG ','' type parm,,i,n,nok4gg $ type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ nok4gg = zuzri1 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-10509309 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - MFLUID - Results are not independent of element's grid ordering Eigenvalues results on elements wetted on both sides with virtual mass, such as a baffle, are not independent of the grid numbering. That is slightly different results may be obtained when an element is numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 versus 4, 3, 2, 1. Results are not expected to vary by more than 10 percent. Avoidance: Change the direction of the element normals of two sided elements, rerun and average the eigenvalue results.
Description
CR 1-10515201 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Preceding blank causes UFM 307 (IFPDRV) MSC.Nastran 2001.0.9 for Nec Linux IA-64 may issue the following user fatal message if a blank precedes a bulk data etnry: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 307 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL NAME FOR BULK DATA ENTRY RRDD Avoidance: Remove the blank CR 1-10523001 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - PARAM,POST - Incorrect von Mises Stress calculated in
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10523001 Patran for plane strain When using plane strain elements in MSC.Nastran sol 101, the von Mises stress is calculated properly in Nastran, but Nastran does NOT store the Stress ZZ component to the .op2 or .xbd and therefore Patran will show a wrong von Mises stress because it calculates von Mises stress from a tensor with SZZ=0. SOL 101 must be changed to be similar to SOL 106 so that it outputs the sigma_zz for plane strain elements to the .xdb and .op2.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-10539915 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 1126 in subDMAP PSLGVD for datablock GTBMN If a solution 200 input contains both MFREQ (or DFREQ) and MTRAN analyses and rigid element sensitivity for damping elements then USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (PSLGVD) will occur.
Description Avoidance: Add OVRWRT permission for datablock GTBMN COMPILE PSLGDV LIST ALTER 'FILE.*OVRWRT' FILE GTBMN=OVRWRT/GTk4MN=OVRWRT $ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-10567705 MSC / MD Nastran ESE - GPFDR - Traceback in GPFDR on HP-UX and NT MSC.Nastran 2001 may fail in the GPFDR module with a traceback (floating point overflow) or a "Signal 8 error" on HP-UX and NT systems. Avoidance: Removing the rigid body modes may allow the job to run. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-10603004 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE and scr=yes causes UFM 477 DBLOCATE restarts, like tpl test problem adb144r1, can not be run with
Known Error
CR 1-10603004 scr=yes else UFM 477 (GPFILX) will be encountered.
CR 1-10618104 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - PARAM,OMID,YES - Missing Output When using PARAM,OMID,YES in a heat transfer analysis consisting of plate elements, the heat flux results are not output. Avoidance: Do not use PARAM,OMID.
CR 1-10636201 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - VECPLOT module options -1,1,2,3, and 5 compute in single precision VECPLOT module options -1,1,2,3, and 5 compute in single precision. Also VECPLOT option -1 produces an output which is unprintable and causes a fatal error when attempting to read or print the file. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-10642607 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBUSH Wrong GE in PUNCH File In SOL 200, Analysis=MFREQ, the updated property cards in the punch file for PBUSH are wrong for GE. If a GE property was not updated, the value will be missing. If a GE property was updated 0.0000 will be placed in the field where "GE" belongs: Examples: PBUSH* 1501 K 2.00000000E+04 2.00000000E+04*
Description * 1.46886547E+05 1.00000000E+06 1.00000000E+06 1.00000000E+06* * RCV 1.00000000E+00 1.00000000E+00* * 1.00000000E+00 1.00000000E+00 PBUSH* 1601 K 2.00000000E+04 2.00000000E+04*
Known Error
CR 1-10642607 * 9.75584219E+04 1.00000000E+06 1.00000000E+06 1.00000000E+06* * 0.00000000E+00 1.45218134E-01 * * * * RCV 1.00000000E+00 1.00000000E+00* * 1.00000000E+00 1.00000000E+00
CR 1-10642623 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DMIG - UWM 2070, Wrong Answers A sol 200 run with K2GG/M2GG (i.e. K2GG=KAAX1,KAAX2) will omit the X2GG matrices in the final analysis. UWM 2070 will be printed: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2070 (MTRXIN) REQUESTED DMIG MATRIX KAAX1 IS UNDEFINED. The GPWG table will be wrong and the final answers wrong. Contact MSC Support for DMAP resolution. (see attachments)
Description
CR 1-10647823 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - QUAD4, PARAM,SNORM - Traceback A buckling analyis with quad4 elements and param,snorm may fail with a floating point overflow in routine eqtxd. Avoidance: Other than not specify param,snorm there is no avoidance.
CR 1-10659704 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TEMP(LOAD), ZOFFS, STRESS(CORNER) - Wrong Answers In Version 2001.0.7 and 2001.0.9 corner stresses for quad4 and tria3 elements are incorrect when temperature loads are applied and zoff are present.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10659704 Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than using the cetroidal stress. Use the CUBIC or SGAGE option to obtain correct stresses .
CR 1-10675401 MSC / MD Nastran DBC/Plotting - Missing Output in xdb In MSC.Nastran V2001.0.5 - V2001.0.9 data may be missing from the xdb. The problem is dependent upon the number of datablocks written to the xdb. The number of datablocks written is influenced by the number of data recovery requests (i.e. STRESS, ELFORCE, GPSTRESS, DISP ...), the number of subcases, and the number of different element types. Avoidance: Reducing the number of subcases or performing data recovery of different types in separate runs may resolve the problem.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-10684101 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RSSCON, SNORM - Poor results if solid element edge is not aligned with shell normal The RSSCON connector element is used to connect solid and shell elements. If the edge of the solid element is not aligned with the local shell normal, bad answers may occur. Avoidance: Use the SNORM bulk data entry for the shell point, with the vector pointing along the solid element edge.
Description
CR 1-10687517 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - Format Error in a Large Field View Factor Punch File Large field view factor punch files may contain an incorrect extra line. CR 1-10695147 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - CELASi - Wrong Answers
CR 1-10695147 If a model only contains scalar elements such as celasi then wrong GPFORCE results may be produced. Avoidance; Add a dummy quad4 element
CR 1-10723901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Senstivity - DRESP2 - SFM 3007 The fatal error: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE 911 is produced in optimization when there are multiple subcases that include a frequency response and/or transient response as well as a statics/normal modes subcases that contain dresp2's that reference dresp2's and the dynamic response subcases do not.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter compile descon alter 'maxrg'(3,-1),'rr2idi'(3) append RSP2R,/RSP2Ri/2 $ paraml rr2idr//'trailer'/1/s,n,maxr//s,n,norr2id $ if ( norr2id>-1) then $ maxrg = maxrg + maxr append RR2IDR,/RR2IDi/2 $ endif $ CR 1-10725608 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting/DBC - CBUSH, PARAM,POST - SWM 6065 CBUSH INVALID INDEX When PARAM,POST,0 is set to create an xdb and the input file has cbush elements that only reference one grid then a message similar to the following will be issued:
Description *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 4 FROM SUBROUTINE CBUSH ELEMENT 901 GRID POSITION 2 CONTAINS AN INVALID INTERNAL INDEX. Known Error Product CR 1-10741302 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-10741302 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SUPORT1, FREQi - UFM 2109 (DPD) The message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2109 (DPD) NO GRID, SCALAR OR EXTRA POINT DEFINED. can occur in a SOL 200 optimization run when: a. There are multiple analysis types b. A frequency response subcase has a SUPORT1 command and a different boundary condition than the other analyses c. FREQ3,4 or 5 is used in the specification of the excitation frequencies.
Description Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: COMPILE PRESENS ALTER 'TYPE' $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,N,SPC,SUPORT $ ALTER 'DPD'(,-1) $ IF ( SOLAPP='DFREQ' OR SOLAPP='MFREQ') ISOLAPP = 6 $ IF ( SOLAPP='MTRAN' ) ISOLAPP = 7 $ PARAML CASERS//'DTI'/1/3 //S,N,SPC $ PARAML CASERS//'DTI'/1/255//S,N,SUPORT $ Known Error Product CR 1-10741307 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3007 (DSABO) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAB1K The system fatal message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 ( DSABO) is encountered when using the plane strain option for a pshell (MID2=-1) and a material property for the membrane portion (MID1) is being designed. Description Avoidance: Do not use the plane strain option when designing membrane material properties for a PSHELL. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-10768221 MSC / MD Nastran Heat trasnfer - RADBC - Coarse Mesh yields non-physical results When a RADBC entry is used in a nonlinear solution with a coarse mesh in problems where radiation heat transfer dominates conduction, non-physical
Known Error
CR 1-10768221 results have been observed. For most problems where radiation is modest, no bad results will be observed.
CR 1-10781711 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,LGDISP PARAM,BUCKLE - Unexpected Results Whenever the parameter BUCKLE is used in a nonlinear static analysis, SOL 106, the parameter LGDISP MUST be set to +1. Otherwise, unusual and unexpected results are obtained. CR 1-10816801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Meaningless print of equation ID The print of DRESP2 information based on DOPTPRM P2 parameter being set to 8 includes the EQID information. If a FUNC has been used in the place of integer DEQATN ID, the print shows a meaningless negative integer. Avoidance: NO avoidance is necessary, the negative integers -1 thru -6 refer to FUNCtions SUM, AVG,SSQ,RSS,MAX and MIN, respectively.
Description
CR 1-10858001 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - OPEN CORE MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR If a Nastran job is submitted on a 32 bit Unix system that has the ability to perform an available memory check and more than 16gb of physical memory exist, then the job will fail. The log file will indicate: "OPEN CORE MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR"
Description
Avoidance: To date this problem has only been encountered on Fujitsu Primepower. For Primepower an updated nastran driver is available for download at:
http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/primepower.cfm If a critical need exists, drivers for other machines will be made available.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10869409 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting/DBC - PARAM,POST,0 - SFM 1003 (OPNPFL) GRFNUM ARRAY DBC XDB A second run with an ASSIGN DBC of the form: ASSIGN DBC='filename.xdb', RECL=1024, DELETE
Description
may issue the following DBC message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1003 (OPNPFL) UNIT 40 DOES NOT HAVE A CORRESPONDING VALUE IN GRFNUM ARRAY. Avoidance: Manually remove the XDB file before the 2nd run.
CR 1-10874504 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - SPCD, Enforced Motion - Wrong Answers A transient analysis deck employing enforced motion via SPCD gives very different results when run on SOL 112 and SOL 109. Further, these results do not match the results obtained from the corresponding large mass approach runs. Avoidance: Other than using the large mass method, there is no avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-10893903 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - NDDL Description of dscmcol data block contains errors Three aeroelasticity related records of the dscmcol datablock are incorrectly described in dscmcol.ddl. The correct description for these records is: OR,81,{ Aeroelastic divergence } SUBCASE,I,{ Subcase identification number } undef,1,{ } root,I,{ Root } MACH,RS,{ Mach number } undef,1,{ } SEID,i,{ Superelement identification number } OR,82,{ Aeroelastic trim }
Description
Known Error
CR 1-10893903 SUBCASE,I,{ Subcase identification number } undef,1,{ } xid,I,{ } undef,2,{ } SEID,i,{ Superelement identification number } OR,83,{ Aeroelastic stability derivative } SUBCASE,I,{ Subcase identification number } ru,I,{ R/U } comp,I,{ Component number } UNDEF,1, xid,I,{ } SEID,i,{ Superelement identification number } This error does not have any significant impact on the user. Only a print of the dscmcol data that contains DIVERG, STABDER, OR TRIM responses is affected.
Known Error Product
CR 1-10978601 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - CBUSH, CELASi, DAMPi, ESE - Wrong ESE with frequency dependent material. The BUSH, ELASi and DAMPi elements yield incorrect ESE results when frequency dependant materials are used. The elements primary properties are used and are not updated. CR 1-10993902 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD - Inefficient Database Size The dsad module outputs a datablock named UG1. For superlements with the upstream superelements participating in the design task, this is simply a copy of the solution vector. Later, the original solution vectors are used and not the ug1 copy. For a large model, this duplication can have a significant impact on data base size. Avoidance: The unneeded ug1 data block can be deleted using the following dmap alter. compile descon alter 'dsad' if (dmresd<>-1) delete /ug1,,,, $
Description
Description
CR 1-11005809 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SPCD, PARAM,LANGLE - Wrong Answers Enforced motion of rotational degrees of freedom using spcd in SOL 106 with PARAM.LANGLE 1 or 2 may yield no enforced rotation. CR 1-11044501 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4, CTRIA3 - SNORM Entry is Ignored when PARAM,SNORM is used. SNORM entry is ignored if PARAM,SNORM,0 is used.
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: In Version 2001 the default for SNORM is zero so remove the PARAM,SNORM,0. entry. CR 1-11065201 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - PCONVM - Wrong Answers Changing the FORM field on the PCONVM entry between 0, 10 and 20 should not affect the energy balance of the HBDY output unless temperature dependent materials exist but it does. CR 1-11076301 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Multiple Boundary Conditions, Wrong Answers In static aeroelastic analysis, if there are multiple boundary conditions and externally applied loads, results for the first boundary condition are correct. Subsequent boundary conditions will start from the applied load from the first subcase rather than from the current subcase. Consequently, results for subsequent boundary conditions will be in error.
Description
Description Avoidance: Do not use externally applied loads in any but the first boundary condition or apply the following dmap alter: compile fea alter 'nloads'(10),'nloads'(10)
Known Error
CR 1-11076301 nloads = 0 $ alter 'nloads'(11),'nloads'(11) nskip1 = nskip1 + nloads $ COMPILE AESTATRS alter 'psg','psg' type parm,,i,n,nskipt $ applied load position in PG vector nskipt = nskip + nskip1 MATMOD PG,,,,,/PSG,/1/NSKIPt $ compile aestat alter 'nloads'(2),'nloads'(2) nloads = 0 $ alter 'nskip1'(2),'nskip1'(2) nskip1 = nskip1 + nloads $
CR 1-11076304 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) If a solution 144 flutter analysis has two identical trim subcases, with the second subcase having applied loads, then Nastran will fail with the following error message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE ASG IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = UX , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE UX=OVRWRT CR 1-11160401 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - PARALLEL=n - Bad Times in Execution Summary HPUX OS kernel's problem. OS kernel is patched, and hptimer.c is also fixed. Should give good times inf f04 now. 6/26
Description
Shared Memory Parallel executions (sparse symmetric parallel decomp) on hpux puts bad times in the f04 execution summary. Avoidance: Other than using the times from the log file there is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-11167802 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PWELD - Invalid Charachters in punch file SOL 200 with CWELD elements may write a punch file for the PWELD entry with invalid charachters which if read into nastran will cause the job to abort.
PWELD* 501 11 3.62326217E+00 FF * * CLAM P OFF RIGI* Description * SPOT >L @ Job aborting... Allocating 0x06400000 ( 104857600) words Signal caught, signal=11 job aborting Address Error caught, errno=0 Signal caught, signal=11 job aborting Address Error caught, errno=0 Command exited with non-zero status 1 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-11208609 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SUBCOM, SUBSEQ - SFM 4276 EC 3021 Some machines may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, EC 3021 if a SUBCOM contains a SUBSEQ entry with a 0.0 coefficient. Description SUBCOM 1001 LABEL = COMB 1.2*SC2 + 1.1*SC3 SUBSEQ = 0.00,1.20,1.10,0.00 Avoidance: Instead of 0.00 use a very small coefficient. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-11221204 MSC / MD Nastran Optim - MODTRAK - FREQ3/4/5 - UFM 9068 If MODTRAK and FREQ3/4/5 are used in the same analysis (sol200), the job may fail with the following error message: Description USER FATAL MESSAGE 9068 (PRESENS) ^^^ NO DRESPI ENTRIES EXIST FOR DESOBJ ID= 1
Known Error
CR 1-11221204 Avoidance: Disable FREQ3/4/5 or MODTRAK. Alternatively moving the DESOBJ request above the subcase level may avoid the problem
CR 1-11269001 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SPCD Enforced Motion - Wrong MPC Forces At very low frequencies, a SOL 111 deck with modal damping using the SPCD enforced motion approach gives MPC forces that are not in agreement with the results from a corresponding deck using the large mass approach. CR 1-11282401 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Statics - SOL 106; PARAM,BUCKLE.2 - UFM 1126 A nonlinear buckling analysis with param,buckle,2 terminates with USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) if scr=no is specified. Avoidance: Use scratch=yes or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile nlstatic alter 'call moders'(,-1) delete /blama,bpha,blama1,, $ dbdelete datablk=(bug,bqg,bqmg) where(wildcard) $ endalter CR 1-11299919 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - RADLST - System(87) does not work, Unexpected Answers Nastran SYSTEM(87)=3 is intended to specify that no radiation energy is lost to space when there is an open enclosure; however, this system cell setting is ignored. CR 1-11326131 MSC / MD Nastran Sol106 SPCD, Param,lgdisp,1 and param,langle,1 incorrect results In v2001, enforced motion of rotational degrees of freedom using spcd in
Known Error
CR 1-11326131 SOL 106 with PARAM.LANGLE 1 or 2 may yield no enforced rotation. Linked to CR 1-11005809
CR 1-11336904 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - EIGRL - SFM 7340 Lanczos may have trouble with some buckling problems and the jobs may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340. Avoidances: This problem is known to exist if more modes are requested than exist in the structure. The problem may be caused by modelling errors such as a massless mechanism but if the model has been verified other possible avoidances include specifying system(273)=1, changing the frequency range of interest or simply specifying ND, changing the maxset on the eigrl entry, reversing the load and searching the positive range instead of the negative range. CR 1-11340943 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Figure 4-35(a) in Linear Static Users Guide has an error Figure 4-35 in old QRG (now 4-44) titled Force, Moments, and Stresses in Plate Elements, specifically the (a) figure for Forces in the Linear Statics Users Guide PDF version. The Fxy arrow at the bottom of the figure is in the wrong direction. It shows pointing to the readers right and it should point to the readers left. The correct figure is shown in the Reference Manual, Figure 3-30 Forces in Shell Elements PDF version. CR 1-11353051 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - PLOAD4 - Incorrect Loads, Wrong Answers The PLOAD4 entry produces incorrect loads on warped CHEXA elements.
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-11399523 Documentation/QRG - CQUAD4, GEOMCHECK The QRG description of the taper ratio calculation is in error. The quad4 taper ratio calculations are designed to produce taper ratio factors between 0.0 (indicating square/rectangular) and 1.0 (indicating pure triangular). The calculations are performed correctly. However, the discussion in the QRG fails to mention the fact that the taper ratio includes the subtraction of 1.0 to bring the ratio into the 0.0 to 1.0 range. The QRG discussion of the GEOMCHECK Executive Control Statement Remark 2 taper ratio calculation description (4th bullet) should be modified to state: ... is defined to be the absolute value of (the ratio of the area of the triangle formed at each corner grid point to one half of the area of the quadrilateral 1.0).
Description
CR 1-11444506 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - DECOMP - UFM 6136 (DFMM), Insufficient Core When running a large model with solid elements, the job has been observed to fail with the following messages even though the memory provided should be sufficient to run the job using spill logic: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (DFMN) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR NUMERIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY AN ESTIMATED 163986 K WORDS. WARNING: THE ABOVE NUMBER IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE, THE ACTUAL CORE SIZE NEEDED MAY BE HIGHER. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: There are two possible avoidances: 1. Increase the buffsize to 65537 2. Use the iterative solver and ipad=1
Description
CR 1-11444522 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DSCREEN,TRS - Missing Output The TRS value on the DSCREEN entry is ignored with RTYPE=FREQ. This may lead to missing response output.
Known Error
CR 1-11444522 Avoidance: Use RTYPE=EIGN instead
CR 1-11457306 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SPCD - Component field left blank A blank or 0 in the component field of the SPCD entry is treated the same as a 1. CR 1-11535301 MSC / MD Nastran Spotwelds - CWELD - No Message If the area of the elements that the cweld connects to is too small, the job may stop and messages are issued.
Description It's normal for an ill-conditioned model to fail in DCMP because of bad stiffness matrix. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-11540701 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UFM 5264 Not Properly Formatted USER FATAL MESSAGE 5264 (ASGLAB) is not properly formatted and will not correctly identify the incorrect entries.
CR 1-11542601 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT - UFM 1126 with PVTS An assembly using an external SE created using the EXTSEOUT Case Control command and specified via the SEBULK entry fails with UFM 1126 (GNFIST) in the IFP module if the assembly data includes partitioned Bulk Data for the external SE with one or more parameters in it.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile rdsebulk alter 1 dbview ibulkx=ibulk where (peid=temp) $
Known Error
CR 1-11542601 alter 'if ( dbname=','' dbstatus ibulkx//s,n,noibulk $ if ( dbname='geom1x' and noibulk<1 ) then $ alter 'if ( noxgeom1'(,-1),''(,0) dbstatus xgeom1,ibulkx//s,n,noxgeom1/s,n,noibulk $ if ( noxgeom1>0 and noibulk<1 ) then $ endalter
CR 1-11542604 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, GPSP - UWM 4500 If an external SE created from using the new EXTSEOUT feature is actually the residual of a superelement tree, the assembly run using this external SE fails to recognize the matrices associated with it. This will lead to a fatal message. A likely fatal message is: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4500 (GPSP) STIFFNESS MATRIX PURGED, GRID POINT SINGULARITY NOT TESTED Avoidance: Use the following alters in the external SE creation run to avoid the above problem: compile phase0 alter 'ENDIF \$ END CHECK' $ paraml cases//'dti'/1/378//s,n,extseout $
Description
CR 1-11548004 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - ACMS does not permit user-specified ASET/ASET1 Bulk Data entries. The ACMS capability does not permit user-specified ASET/ASET1 Bulk Data entries. It is important to remove this severe restriction in order to allow the new external SE creation feature which employs the EXTSEOUT Case Control command to work with ACMS inputs. CR 1-11577404 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - ADD - Traceback If the ADD module divides one matrix by another, and the denominator has packed zeros a fatal error in the ADD module occurs followed by a
Description
Known Error
CR 1-11577404 traceback: Traceback: Offset 0x00001680 in procedure bldpk_ Offset 0x00000d84 in procedure add_ Offset 0x00000700 in procedure dadd_ Offset 0x00000098 in procedure xsem07_ Offset 0x00000140 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x000009ac in procedure mainal Avoidance: An avoidance for v2004 is to first run the denominator matrix through matmod(39), which removes packed zeros.
CR 1-11588604 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3001 (DOPFS) The error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPFS) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DESELM AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
is caused by having a fully stressed design optimisation (FSDMAX>0) when there are no designed elements. (No DVPRELS relating shell thickness or rod area to DESVARs) Avoidance: Remove the FSDMAX parameter or add designed properties related to rod areas or shell thicknesses.
CR 1-11600601 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analsyis/ACMS - UFM 3200 (SEQP) Acoustic Analysis in ACMS may lead to the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (SEQP) LOGIC ERROR DETECTED BY SUBROUTINEFM2ERFN 4 = LOCATE CODE OR VALUE. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: There is no avoidannce.
Description
CR 1-11604109 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - NOLIN2 - Wrong Answers A SOL 129 nonlinear transient analysis with NOLIN2 entries may yield different results depedning on the order of the input file.
Description
CR 1-11624727 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - ESE, EKE output not supported As noted in the documentation, ESE and EKE are not output in Version 2001 for SOL 107 and 110. Avoidance: This limitation can be avoided with a DMAP alter. To obtain the ESE for SOL 107 or 110 the following alter is required.
Description
compile sedrcvr souin=mscsou noref nolist alter 'if.*gpfdr.*statics','' (1,0) $ IF ( GPFDR AND (STATICS OR APP='REIG' OR APP='CEIGEN' OR APP1='FREQRESP') ) THEN $ alter 'if.*gpfdr.*statics'(2,0),''(2,0) $ IF ( GPFDR AND (STATICS OR APP='REIG' OR APP='CEIGEN' OR APP1='FREQRESP') ) THEN $
CR 1-11648005 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel - DMP, OUTPUT2, ASCII, RCOUT2 When using DMP with formatted output2 request, depending on the number of CPUs and memory request, the job may fail with one of the following error messages when using RCOUT2 to convert the output2 file back to binary format: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE RC0005 (RCOUT2) ILLEGAL KEY VALUE DETECTED USER INFORMATION: EXPECTED KEY VALUE: 2
Description
Known Error
CR 1-11648005 DETECTED KEY VALUE: 2000 FATAL ERROR CODE - INVALKEY 0002 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE RC0007 (RCOUT2) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE TO READ IN A FORTRAN LOGICAL RECORD USER INFORMATION: AVAILABLE SPACE IS 100000 WORDS. REQUIRED SPACE IS 969070159 WORDS. USER ACTION: INCREASE PARAMETER 'LOPCOR' IN ROUTINE RCOUT2 AND REBUILD RCOUT2 EXECUTABLE. FATAL ERROR CODE - INSUFFCORE Avoidances: There are 2 possible avoidances. 1. Run the job in serial mode. 2. Reduce the number of cpu and memory request The problem appears to be caused by a corruption of the RCOUT2 file when run in DMP mode because the slave tasks are opening the .op2 file. The fix is to suppress automatic opening of FORTRAN files when running in DMP slave tasks. John Saunders.
CR 1-11651704 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CHBDYI - Extra temperature gradient output MSC.Nastran generates extra temperature gradients and fluxes output for CHBDYi elements, which should have heat flow output only.
Description
Avoidance: Inser the following alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'IF ( (GETSYS(NH,56)','' IF ( (GETSYS(NH,56)<>0) ) THEN $ endalter CR 1-11679124 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - DAREA - UWM 2075 (DPD), Wrong Answers In SOL 111, frequency response, if a DAREA entry references a nonexistant GRID then the following message may be encountered and wrong answers may
Known Error
CR 1-11679124 results. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2075 (DPD) EIGR ENTRY SET ID = 66 HAS UNDEFINED GRID OR SCALAR POINT 1005 Avoidance: Correct the DAREA entry to reference an existing grid point.
CR 1-11700650 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - DEFORM - UWM 9058 If an analysis has two subcases and one of them has a DEFORM load and the SPC ID does match the other subcase, the analysis will not run. There is no FATAL message, only WARNING MESSAGE 9058; that indicates no loads in the residual structure. Checked in MD Nastran 2010 and problem has been resolved.
Description
CR 1-11702631 MSC / MD Nastran Wrong answers with SNORM and thermal load A model with uniform thermal loading and PARAM,SNORM,20.0 shows significantly different displacements and stresses compared to same model run with SNORM=0.0. Fixed in 2005
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-11725405 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBUSH - Remark 10 references Remark 2 instead of Remark 3. Remark 10 of the CBUSH entry in the Quick Reference Guide says "When CID >= 0, the element x-axis is set as in Remark 2..."
Description
This should be changed to specify Remark 3 instead of remark 2. I.E. Change the statement to "When CID >= 0, the element x-axis is set as in Remark 3..."
Known Error
CR 1-11725405 Also, the definitions on the TKIDi, TBIDi and TKNIDi fields on the PBUSHT can use some extra clarification. A statement should be added indicating that the data input corresponds to directions 1 through 6. For example, the TKIDi field is defined as follows: "Identification number of a TABLEDi entry that defines the stiffness vs. frequency relationship." This should be clarified to say: "Identification number of a TABLEDi entry that defines the stiffness vs. frequency relationship in directions 1 through 6."
CR 1-11748419 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Output - NLPARM, INTOUT=NO, PARAM BUCKLE 2 - Extra Output When using PARAM BUCKLE 2, even though the NLPARM entry requests NO for INTOUT on the NLPARM entry, intermediate output will occur. The buckling mode plus all the intermediate increments are output. Only the first increment is not output. CR 1-11788602 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control/XYPLOT - MPFORCE - Missing Output The MPCFORCE psdf output is not created when requested using the xyplot, xypeak, or xypunch option. Avoidance: Add the mpcforce=n case control command.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-11794410 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM EIGD with DVPREL and DVMREL UFM 6920 (MATMOD) IF PARAM,EIGD,YES is set and property plus material sensitivities are requested, the subdmap EIGVECDS will fail with the message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6920 (MATMOD) The problem occurs because the DMAP logic in EIGVECDS has DVSG1 for DKPHI and DVSG1 for DMPHI, then the variables are wrong for MATMOD.
Known Error
CR 1-11794410 Avoidance: Use ONLY property OR material sensitivity in one run. Results for both cases can be combined externally Note: PARAM,EIGD has not been supported since V2004 when Eigenvector optimization was added to MSC.Nastran, therefore the existing issue will not be enhanced and this CR will be marked as a limitation.
Known Error Product
CR 1-11794426 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TRIA3, FORCE(BILIN,CUBIC) - Wrong moment forces when SNORM=0. The FORCE(CUBIC) and FORCE(BILIN) data recovery options may produce incorrect moment forces for models when SNORM=0.. Avoidance: Use the SGAGE option.
Description
CR 1-11794442 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE - SFM 4276 EC 1305 In nonlinear analysis with follower forces, module EMAKFR fails to recognize that there can be more that one RFORCE entry referenced to a single grid point. If this condition exists the run will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1305 ENDPUT2. Avoidance: Adding param,followk,no avoids the fatal message but also turns off follower forces which will affect results. RFORCE entries must otherwise be combined so that there is only one entry per grid point.
Description
CR 1-11805508 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - GPFORCE - SFM 6143 (UMRGE1) The message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRGE1) incompatible size of ISS matrix is output in a SOL 109 Direct Transient with static preload when there is
Known Error
CR 1-11805508 a GPFORCE request ABOVE the subcase level and a change in SPC set size between subcases. Avoidance: Error may be avoided by putting the GPFORCE request in the static preload subcase ONLY.
CR 1-11859503 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - BSET, CSET - Poor Message, SFM 3007 (SEP1X) If bset and/or cset entries are used with GDMODES the the following fatal message that does not indicate the problem is issued:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (sep1x) - illegal input to subroutine sepomt Avoidance: GDMODES does not support BSET, CSET or ASET entries.
CR 1-11867901 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML - Poor Diagnostics If the the value for the column index (p2) is set to a number larger than the number of columns in the input matrix the following system fatal exit takes place.
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 The .f04 file shows that the program ends with the statement "UNPACK TERM". It is not evident which module makes this .f04 entry. This makes it difficult to debug the user error.
CR 1-11909101 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement Analysis - PARAM,FOLLOWK,YES - Wrong Answers Superelement analysis with follower forces (param,followk,yes) can lose follower stiffness if a follower grid specified load such as a force1 is associated with an external grid. This contribution is not currently computed in SEKDR if no physical structure is downstream.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-11909101 Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile sekdr alter 'IF ( NOKDJJ=','' IF ( NOKDJJ=-1 ) THEN $ alter 'EMG ESTx'(,-1) if ( nogpect>0 ) then $ alter 'EMG ESTx'(,2) else $ equivx kfgg/kdjj/-1 $ endif $ nogpect>0 endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-11917502 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Freq. Dep CBUSH, Enforced Motion, SPCD - UFM 5423 (CFORCE2) In SOL 108, frequency response, if the model contains frequency dependent CBUSH elements and the excitation is direct enforced motion defined in the time domain using TLOAD entries and results are requested in the time domain using the TSTEP entry, SOL 108 usies the Fourier Transform Method but the data recovery will fail and the following fatal message will be issued from the CFORCE2 module: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR QGX IS 501 12 2 2 2 833 TRAILER FOR QSGF IS 101 12 2 4 4 825 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in V2007/MDR2 or earlier: compile sedfreq alter 'IFT udF' IFT qsgf,CASES,TRL,FOL/ qsgft,TOLx/IFTM $ delete /qsgf,,,, $ DSAR qsgft,,,/qsgf,,,,/-1 $ and for V2008/MDR3: compile sedfreq
Description
Known Error
CR 1-11917502 alter 'IFT PPF' IFT qsgf,CASES,TRL,FOL/ qsgft,TOLx/IFTM/false $ equivx qsgft/qsgf/-1 $ endalter
CR 1-11943904 MSC / MD Nastran Direct Frequency Response - iter=yes - Format Error in Table The iterative solver frequency summary table prints ***** for frequencies greater than 999. 999. CR 1-11974803 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers with many subcases SOL 101 may generate wrong translational results in the grid point force balance when more than 9 subcases exists with temp(load).
Description Avoidance: Duplicate the GPFO set and alternate in Case Control GPFO set assignments between duplicated set every nine subcases. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-11979905 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Missing Data Recovery Output An assembly superelement run employing an external SE created using the EXTSEOUT feature may fail to give data recovery output for the residual. See also quality 1-12962601. CR 1-11981265 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CTETRA(10) Yields Wrong Nonlinear Stress Output at grid points The nonlinear TETRA(10) element does not extrapolate the Gauss point stresses to the grid points correctly. In one analysis the nonlinear equivalent stress output for a plastic analysis with TETRA(10) elements exceeded the yield
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-11981265 stress value at grid points but the same analysis with HEXA(8) elements did not exceed the yield stress.
CR 1-11989101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DLINK - Insufficient Memory The DOT optimizer may overestimate the memory allocation for an optimization job with the presence of DLINK entries due to a wrong variable reference. This bug will not affect any result accuracy. Avoidance: Request more memory.
Description
CR 1-12017009 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness/Superelements, STATSUB - Wrong Answers If superelements are present in a buckling analysis, or a dynamic analysis with differential stiffness, and data recovery is not requested for all superelements then wrong answers will be computed. Avoidance: Make sure data recovery is requested for all superelements or insert the following alter: compile super3 alter 'dropt=3' if ( app='bkl0' ) cntl='all' $ endalter
Description
Bob Harder 10/25/05: I have studied the change made for Quality 112017009 and believe it is correct. The case I studied used a SEDR command for only the residual structure. Using Version 2001 with SEDR=[residual], no displacements were recovered for the upstream superelements, and hence no differential stiffness. Without the SEDR command, this Quality fix caused no change. This means that the SEDR=[residual] command used to eliminate the differential stiffness from upstream superelements, but it no longer does. If someone is doing a trick that requires no differential stiffness for upstream superelements, then he should use an ALTER.
Known Error
CR 1-12017009 COMPILE SEKDR $ ALTER 'NOKDJJ=-1','' $ IF (NOKDJJ=-1 AND SEID=0 ) THEN $
CR 1-12018401 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - Integer Overflow During wrapup of a DMP analysis, jobs may fail with an integer overflow. This may occur for large jobs that perform large amounts of message passing. It occurs while computing message passing statistics. It does not affect the results of the analysis. CR 1-12028801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization-missing response columns in DSCM2, optexit,4 An optimization task may fail with the illegal input error (SFM 3007 in DVGP42) when the following conditions are met:
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1. A shape optimization job with the rigid elements whose conneting grids being designed. 2. Some of shape variables are being lined with DLINK entries. Avodiance: remove dlink entries.
CR 1-12029513 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - TRANS/RECEIVE - SIM T2 (CVTGET) If an xdb from a Windows V70.7 system is trans'd and received to a V2001 Unix system the following message may occur: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE T2 (CVTGET) ' ERROR IN TRANSLATING DATA. CHARACTER = ' SUPERS 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 **** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE T1 (CVTEND) 1 ERRORS OCCURED DURING TRANSMISSION PROCESS Avoidance: Use ascii ftp on the file before receiving
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CR 1-12029522 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - DDLADD, V70.7 xdb, Object CBAR DDL and Data Base ddladd may not work correctly for models with CBAR, CBEAM, CGAP, CBEND, and or CBUSH elements between Version 70.7 and 2001. See the MSC.Nastran 2004 Release Guide for the ddladd fix. CR 1-12055302 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Dynamic loads in Superelements - Wrong answers or UFM 3046 If dynamic loads are applied to the interior points of superelements without the use of the LOADSET Case Control command and LSEQ Bulk Data entries, then the loads will be ignored or UFM 3046 will be issued in SQFREQ or SFM 3001 in TRD2. Avoidance: Respecify dynamic loads with LOADSET and LSEQ or insert the following DMAP alter: compile presens alter 'lcgen ','' type parm,,char8,n,appx='reig' $ LCGEN CASES,SLTx,ETTx,dynamic0,geom4s/CASESX//appx $ endalter
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-12061001 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - EIGRL - Uses bad shift when first root is positive When f1 on the eigrl entry is blank, the Lanczos buckling solution computes a good estimate of the first root prior to the Lanczos solution. If the root is positive it discards it, and uses 1.0 as a first shift instead . Avoidance: Change the sign of the loads to obtain a negative first root.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12072604 Eigenvalue Analysis - IRIX 64 - Signal 10 Bus Error The IRIX64 patch to correct Lanczos error 1-5821710, available for downloaded from: www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates Requires that setenv FORMAT_TYPE_CHECKING RELAXED
Description
be set in nast2001t2.lcl or the .cshrc file else Receiving signal number 10: Bus error Job aborting... will be encountered. The system may also require new libftn.so, libfortran.so, and libffio depending on the o/s. level.
CR 1-12083006 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 1126 The following USER FATAL MESSAGE can occur in a job with fully stressed design (FSDMAX>0) and the P2=16 print option is active. USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE WEIGHT IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK WMID WHICH ALREADY EXIST
Description Avoidance: Include the following DMAP alter compile desopt alter 'casdsn,casadj','casdsn,casadj' dbdelete datablk=(r1val,r1tabr,r1valr,drstbl, RQATABR, casdsn,casadj,wmid) , where(solapp=* and seid=*) $
Known Error Product
CR 1-12104806 Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,MECHFIX,YES - Poor Performance Specifying PARAM,MECHFIX,YES in conjunction with acoustics (fluidstructure interaction) results in SWM 3081. Results are unaffected but performance may be slightly degraded. Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile xread alter 'Equivx mxx\/mxx2' equivx vaxf/vspc/-1 $ alter 'partn mxx,vspc,\/mxx2' dbstatus vaxf//s,n,novaxf $ if ( novaxf>0 ) then $ partn vaxf,,vspc/vx,,,/1 $ equivx vx/vspc/-1 $ endif $ endalter CR 1-12122861 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBUSH - UFM 6629 (TA1BSH) The following remark should be added to the QRG description of the CBUSH entry:
Description
Description If the distance betwen GA and GB is less than .0001, or if GB is blank, then CD must be specified. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-12122896 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force - GPFORCE, CELAS2 - Wrong Answers In Version 2001 wrong answers for grid point force output may occur when a CELAS2 element connects components of the same grid. A symptom of the error is repeasted a repeated element ID in the GPFORCE output. An example of a CELAS2 entry that causes this error is: celas2,123,55.0,101,1,101,5 Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Version 70.7 gives correct answers.
Description
CR 1-12142116 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - DDLADD, SFM 1001 (BLKRD), SFM 6059 In rare cases the ddladd utility may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1001 (BLKRD) ERROR ENCOUNTERED READING BLOCK 758197808, ERROR CODE = 6007. DATA BASE NUMBER = 1, UNIT = 40, MESSAGE IS -Read block number beyond End-of-file. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6059 (DIOMSG) NO ERROR MESSAGE EXISTS FOR DIOMSG INTERNAL CODE NUMBER 999 CALLED FROM BLKRD FATAL ERROR DETECTED Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to recreate the database.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12168411 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SDAMP, K2PP, M2PP, B2PP - Unexpected Answers, Missing UFM 9041 for SOLs 118, 146, 200 Beginning in Version 2004 changes to TF, K2PP, M2PP, B2PP and SDAMPING between subcases in SOL 107 through 112 are supported and UFM 9041 is no longer issued. However, these changes are still not supported in SOLs 118, 146 and 200 and beginning in Version 2004 they are ignored and unexpected answers result. The following fatal message should still be issued:
Description ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9041 (PHASE0) ^^^ THERE ARE CHANGES IN K2PP, M2PP, B2PP, SDAMP, OR TFL. ^^^ USER ACTION: SPECIFY K2PP, M2PP, B2PP, SDAMP, AND TFL ABOVE ALL SUBCASES. Avoidance: Other than not making these changes between subcases, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-12205901 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTETRA, TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Answers on Itanium HPUX Models with tetra elements, thermal loads, and local coordinate systems may yield wrong results on the in Version 2001 on Itanium HPUX computers.
CR 1-12222802 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBVIEW Using the DBVIEW statement to output a datablock does not work correctly if the WHERE clause is omitted. Avoidance: Add the WHERE clause to the DBVIEW statement.
CR 1-12255710 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SPCD/RESVEC - 111 to 103 restart - UWM 2071 (dpd2) A sol 111 restart to a sol 103 run will fail with ufm 5423 (mpyad) when more than one base motions are specified using more than one RLOADi cards and when residual vectors are requested. However the ufm is only part of the problem. Just before the ufm uwm 2071 (dpd2) shows up indicating that the RLOADis after the first one will be ignored. Avoidance: Use the large mass approach This CR is related to 1-18217901. Please refer to the avoidance schemes given under the description of that CR.
Description
CR 1-12263602 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - EIGRL, Lanczos - Missing Eigenvalues In a buckling analysis, if more than one root is requested with the ND field and both F1 and F2 are blanks, the higher roots may not be found Avoidance: Specify a higher ND value than desired or put in the F2 value.
Known Error Product
CR 1-12265515 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - Insufficient Memory, Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault Large models with insufficient memory may fail in decomp with the only message being issued to the log file:
Known Error
CR 1-12265515 Receiving signal number 11: Segmentation fault Avoidance: Request more memory
CR 1-12277506 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FREQ, FREQ1, FREQ2 - Missing Output In frequency response analysis if a FREQ entry exists that explicitly defines more than 9999 frequencies or there is a combination of FREQ1 and FREQ2 entries that define more than 9999 frequencies, than not all frequencies will be solved for. If 12000 frequencies are defined, then only the first 2000 frequencies will be solved. Avoidance: Either define the frequency steps with only a freq1 or only a freq2 entry, else break the frequency steps up and solve in separate runs.
Description
CR 1-12301602 MSC / MD Nastran Groundcheck - CBEND - Fails Groundcheck The CBEND element fails the Ground check. CR 1-12310701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Superelements, DCONSTR - Missing Fatal Message If a DCONSTR points to a response that does not exist, it is typically a User Fatal Error. However, if the the design task includes superelements, the user input error is not detected and the DCONSTR that points to the nonexistent response is simply ignored.
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance except to carefully check that the referenced responses exist or to remove the superelements from the job for purposes of checking the user input. Known Error Product CR 1-12315301 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-12315301 Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(BOTH) - Plane strain analysis yields incorrect out of plane rotations A nonlinear plane strain analysis using CQUAD4 elements, with thermal loads and temperature dependent material properties results in out-of-plane rotations being calculated when they should be all zero.
Description
CR 1-12356001 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2 - SFM The INPUTT2 module will fatal if an attempt is made to rewind ITAPE=-3 on an unlabeled op2 file. CR 1-12388901 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - enforced motion, external superelements - Wrong answers If a boundary point of an external SE created using the EXTSEOUT feature has enforced motion specified for it in a subsequent assembly run, then its results come out OK as part of the residual output in the assembly run, but come out as null values as part of the external SE output. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile spdr1 alter 'call xAdd5 vscg0,vmcg,vadr,z01dr0,vyg' add5 v01z,vupse,,,/zzz $ equivx zzz/v01z/-1 $ compile super3 alter 'MPYAD ULS,UH2,\/ULS1','' MPYAD ULS,UH2,yls0/ULS1 $ endalter CR 1-12460901 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Poor Trim specification leads to misleading error If a user create a trim case that has more supported degrees of freedom
Known Error
CR 1-12460901 than controllers (URDDs, to be specific), the following error may be generated: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = ASG INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE ZZXHMD USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 7 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = PI1 0FATAL ERROR This message does not indicate the real problem, so it is of no use to the user. The fix is to put in an error check to test that the number of supported degrees of freedom equals the number of URDD controllers. This check should be located at the begining of ASGD.
CR 1-12484501 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD option 12 - Wrong answers MATMOD option 12 with P4<0 sets P2 incorrectly and does not produce any output when the input matrix is full. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-12488007 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,INREL,-2 - Wrong answers If PARAM,INREL,-2 is specified but the model has no mass then the run will not fail and meaningless results may be obtained. Avoidance: Specify mass.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12576102 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - DMIG, CGAP, CBUSH, PARAM,LGDISP - Wrong SPC Forces When DMIGs, CGAPS and CBUSHES exist and the GRID points are defined in a
Known Error
CR 1-12576102 local coordinate system, a nonlinear analysis with large displacement effects may produce incorrect SPCFORCES. Avoidance: Move all the grid points into the basic system
Known Error Product
CR 1-12576121 MSC / MD Nastran Material Properties - Job Hangs or Crashes instead of issuing UFM 5456 (NMEVD) Jobs that should issue: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5456 (NMEVD) VALUE OF YOUNG'S MODULUS (E) IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO ZERO. may hang or crash on Linux machines. The messages is not printed because it is held in the buffer. If you set NASTRAN system(2)=0 you will get the error message in the log file but the job still hangs. On windows you do get the error but then the job crashes rather than exitting cleanly. attached example a3.bdf
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12576159 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Incorrect interpolation of temp. dep. properties in nonlinear analysis In nonlinear elastic analysis (NLELAST), if the stress-strain curve is only defined in tension (the 1st Quadrant), the incorrect result may be produced to the 1-D elements (ex, ROD) when there is compression force on the 1D elements whose material properties are temperature dependent.
Description
Avoidance: 1. Always define the stress-strain curve in both tension and compression, or 2. Use 2D and 3D elements, instead of 1D elements.
CR 1-12590601 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - TABPRT - UWM 2094 should be improved The TABPRT module has been enhanced to allow more datablocks to be printed if a nddl keyword is added AND iopt3=2. The UWM is oriented towards the old status and currently reads:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2094 (TABFMT) KEYNAME GEOM1 NOT IN LIST OF AVAILABLE KEYNAMES. The following line should be added so that the user is aware of the new option. SET IOPT=3 TO GET OUTPUT FROM NDDL DATA BLOCKS.
Known Error Product
CR 1-12622905 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - STRESS(CORNER) - SUBCOM's with corner stresses may fail Corner stress output is available only if the request is made in the first subcase. In SOL 200 with SUBCOM's it is possible that the first subcase does not have any retained stresses so that the option is not turned on during sensitivity analysis. This results in incorrect sensitivities and a failed optimization task.
Description
Avoidance: The simplest avoidance is to avoid the use of corner stresses and subcom's. A more complex avoidance is to force the retention of a response in the first subcase through the use of the DSCREEN entry. For example, if a dummy FORCE response is added in the first subcase that is always satisfied, its retention can be forced using DSCREEN, FORCE,-1000. CR 1-12643507 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,POSTEXT In Nastran 2001 R4, the parameter POSTEXT isn't functioning as described in the Quick Reference Guide for POST=-2. The documentation should indicate that setting PARAM,POSTEXT,NO suppresses output of CASECC and BGPDT
Known Error
CR 1-12643507 only under PARAM,POST,-1.
CR 1-12682901 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Load DMIG entries are ignored or UFM 4542 When mutiple load dmig entries are defined in a nonlinear analysis no load is applied. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic $ alter 'mtrxin','' $ type parm,,i,n,nop2j=-1 $ CALL XMTRXIN CASESX2,MATPOOLS,EQEXINS,/ P2J,,/ 'P2J '/LUSETS/S,NOP2J/0/0/ERROR $ $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12682926 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TEMP(LOAD), STRESS(CORNER), non-uniform thickness - Wrong Answers The BILIN corner stresses for elements with non-uniform thickness are incorrect for versions 2001r3 onwards with temperature loads.
Description In 2001r1 70.7 and 70.5 the corner stresses are ok. Using SYSTEM(173)=2 in later versions gives the incorrect results. The centroidal stresses are ok. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-12696201 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE, ESE - SUBCOM, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 4276 (GPFDR), EC 3021 Some machines may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, EC 3021 in GPFDR
Known Error
CR 1-12696201 if a SUBCOM contains a SUBSEQ entry with a 0.0 coefficient and thermal loads.
Avoidance: Two possible avoidances exist. 1. Use a small factor for the SUBSEQ for the Subcase containing the thermal loading. 2. If possible in the SUBCOM, comment out the TEMP(LOAD) = entry. This is only possible for ESE/GPFO requests. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product CR 1-12698102 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - CELAS, PARAM,G - Wrong Answers for CELAS In dynamic analysis, CELAS elements will get incorrect force data recovery if param,g is in the deck. CR 1-12705302 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MAT1, MATT1 - Elements that are effectively linear produce plastic strain When temperature loads and elements refering to mat1/mats1 are present in a sol 106 nonlinear analysis run, it is possible that elements which are nonlinear with respect to temperature dependency only (mat1/matt1) produce equivalent plastic strain. CR 1-12711702 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP, PARAM,INREL - Wrong Answers, UWM 9088 (SELG) A static analysis with dmp and inertial relief (PARAM,INREL) may yield the following message and incorrect results. USER WARNING MESSAGE 9088 (SELG) PARAM,INREL,-1 OR -2 IS PRESENT BUT NO MASS IS DEFINED. THEREFORE THE INERTIA RELIEF LOADS WILL NOT BE COMPUTED AND THE SOLUTION WILL ONLY REFLECT THE APPLIED LOADS.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 1-12711702 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-12738305 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - SFM 7796 (DFMAM) Large dmp models may fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6916 (DFMSYN) DECOMP ORDERING METHOD CHOSEN: BEND, ORDERING METHOD USED: BEND *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7796 (DFMAM) THE MAXIMUM INTEGER VALUE IS ABOUT TO BE EXCEEDED. USER INFORMATION: THE MAXIMUM INTEGER NUMBER ALLOWED ON YOUR MACHINE IS 1073741823. HOWEVER, DFMAM NEEDS TO DO THE OPERATION NFR*(NFR+1) WHERE NFR = 34851. USER ACTION: USE A DIFFERENT RE-ORDERING SCHEME VIA SYSTEM(206), OR REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR MODEL. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12742610 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH with identical GRIDS A & B does not fatal, unexpected answers If both Grid A and Grid B of a CBUSH reference the same GRID ID, then Nastran runs and produces a grounded CBUSH element. No warning or fatal messages are issued. This is a user error that should be trapped with a FATAL. For CELAS elements, Nastran issues USER FATAL MESSAGE 350 when the same GRID and DOF are referenced for both Grid A and Grid B. The CBUSH should act similarly. CR 1-12774307 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - PCOMPG: xdb results not readable by MSC.Patran.
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-12774307 XDB results for elements that reference the PCOMPG entry are incorrect when read into MSC.Patran. The first results layer does not even exist, and subsequent results appear incorrect.
Description
XDB support for PCOMPG will be added when PATRAN supports the PCOMPG property type. The avoidance is to use an accending identification sequence for the ply enumeration, although this might be inconvient and restrictive.
Known Error Product
CR 1-12809101 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Access - Superelements, SELOC, SEMPLN - MSC.Access (xdb) SCSTM not being created The SCSTM (Substructure Transformation Matrix) is not saved correctly in the MSC.Access (xdb) database. This is a necessary object for parts with SELOC and SEMPLN entries. Starting with with MSC.Nastran Version 2004 it is also created for identical or mirror superelements to properly locate the primary geometry. CR 1-12852017 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - SFM 4276 EC 1044 when ACMODL Omitted An acoustic only model using the large acoustic mass for enforced motion must contain an ACMODL entry otherwise the GP5 module will issue a SFM 4276 EC 1044. CR 1-12854217 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/External Superelements - Incorrect plot displacements When using the xdb file to display displacement results, the results for interior grid points of external superelements may be incorrect even though the f06 results are correct. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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Known Error
CR 1-12856910
Known Error Product
CR 1-12856910 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC and PARAM,POST,-1 - Global Displacements in op2 File Global displacements are written to the op2 file even when parameter OUGCORD=BASIC is used for PARAM,POST,-1. In versions 2004 and beyond this error only occurs when PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO is also specified. Avoidance: Specify DISP=ALL and insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'ELSE IF ( NOT(post=-1','' ELSE IF ( post>-3 and OUGCORDX='BASIC' and not(exterse and noug<1) ) THEN $ alter 'sdr2.*ougv1pat','' $ delete /ugb,,,, $ drmh1 ougv1,,,/tougv1,mougv1,,,,,,/ $ IF ( NOCSTMS>0 ) THEN $ MPYAD TRANSG,mougv1,/UGB $ ELSE $ EQUIVX mougv1/UGB/-1 $ ENDIF $ SDR2 CASEDR,CSTMS,,,EQEXINS,,,OL1,BGPDTN,,, UGB,,,OINT,PELSETS,VIEWTB,,,,,,/ ,,OUGV1pat,,,,/APP///////ACOUT/PREFDB/-1./-1./ ADPTINDX/ADPTEXIT/FALSE $ endalter CR 1-12862226 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - param,mmfil The QRG description of the new parameter MMFI is incomplete. The information in the V2004 Release Guide on this parameters use needs to be transferred to the QRG. Avoidance: Please see the V2004 Release Guide.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-12864001 Virtual Mass - vmopt=2 and resvec=no - Wrong Answers When vmopt=2 and resvec=no (or param,resvec,no) are both selected, the run will produce wrong answers. Avoidance: Do not deactivate residual vectors.
CR 1-12872802 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - NEC - Singularities may generate floating point overflow On NEC machines, models with near singularities that ran successfully in Version 70.7 may generate a floating point overflow in Version 2001.
Description
Avoidance: The problem can be avoided by setting environment variable F_ERROPT to "250,250,2,1,2,2,2,2".
Known Error Product
CR 1-12893301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESSUB, RMS, PSD - Fatal Message in dom10f DESSUB which includes RMS/PSD response as constraints 'must not' appear above subcase level. If DESSUB for RMS/PSD responses appears above the subcase level, the job may fail with a generic fatal message from dom10f. Avodiance: Move the DESSUB command with RMS/PSD to the subcase level. Note that this problem exists only in multiple subcase scenarios.
Description
CR 1-12909901 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - A-set processing incompatible with Auto Q-set - UFM 4423 ACMS now allows ASETi input. In addition, TIC, CAABSF, and CBUSH/PBUSHT inputs will cause ACMS runs to automatically generate ASET data which avoids USER FATAL MESSAGE 4423 indicating a nonlinear elements is attached to an omitted degree of freedom. This only works with PARAM,AUTOQSET,NO. CR 1-12962601
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Known Error
CR 1-12962601 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - SOL 103 - Missing Output Data recovery output may be missing in ACMS SOL 103.
CR 1-12982305 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DEQATN - UFM 224, NUMGT and LTOI functions A DEQATN containing LTOI and/or NUMGT functions may fail with the following error message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 224 (PRERMM) MIXED MODE USAGE BY THE ARITHMETIC OPERATOR IS INVALID DURING DEQATN EQUATION PROCESSING. Avoidance: In the problem deck the following equations in the deqatn entry had to be changed from; D1 = .25 + .03125*REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.500))) + .03125*REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.625))) + .03125*REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.750))) + .03125*REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,1.00))); D2 = .25 + .03125*REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(TC,.500))); to: H1 = REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.500))); H2 = REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.625))); H3 = REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,.750))); H4 = REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(T1,1.00))); HC = REAL(1 + LTOI(NUMGT(TC,.500))); D1 = .25 + .03125*H1 + .03125*H2 + .03125*H3 + .03125*H4; D2 = .25 + .03125*HC;
Description
CR 1-13083904 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER/Interactive Nastran - PLOAD4, CQUAD4 - UFM 4577 (GP3C) The interactive menu in Patran 2003r2 allows the user to generate a PLOAD4
Known Error
CR 1-13083904 on a 2D QUAD4 structure. If no stress request is made on the loaded elements the restart job will fail with the message: ^^^FAST RESTART MESSAGE *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4577 (GP3C) PLOAD4 LOAD SET = 3 REFERENCES ELEMENT ID = 42 WHICH WAS NOT FOUND AMONG TRIA3, TRIA6, QUAD4, QUAD8, HEXA, PENTA OR HYPERELASTIC SOLID ELEMENTS IN THE PROBLEM. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Add a stress output request for one of the elements loaded by PLOAD4.
Known Error Product
CR 1-13116701 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM, POST, 0 for GDACMS requires SORT2 output or XY plot request Postprocessing of ACMS output is not possible in Patran unless SORT2 is requested or an XY plot request is made. CR 1-13178016 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - Linux - SFM 6833 (PNRBRO) If a Linux cluster mixes nodes of MSC.Linux or RedHat Linux with SuSe Linux, dmp jobs may fail with the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6833 (PNRBRO) MPI ERROR ENCOUNTERED (INTERNAL ERROR CODE IS 2759): USER ACTION: PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE PARALLEL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT (POE) IS WORKING CORRECTLY. IF IT IS VERIFIED AND THIS ERROR STILL OCCURS, PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. Avoidance: Do not allow dmp to point to nodes with different operating systems.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13195002 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MAT10 - Wrong Answers in SOL 108 with Structural Damping Acoustic analysis in SOL 108, direct frequency response, will produce wrong answers when MAT10 entries specify GE damping. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile gma nolist noref $ alter 'if ( acsyml','' $ if ( acsyml and (app='tranresp' or soltyp='modal') ) then $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-13206002 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - METHOD(FLUID) - UWM 8592 (REIG), UFM 3032 (READ) When a fluid/structure model is run in SOL 103, the user is supposed to be able to select structure mode ouput or fluid mode output or both by including one or both of the following case control commands in a subcase: METHOD(STRUCTURE)=m METHOD(FLUID)=n But when METHOD(FLUID) is used by itself, the following error occurs: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 8592 (REIG) THE METHOD RECORD IN CASE CONTROL IS MISSING OR INCORRECT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FOLLOWING FATAL ERRORS. USER ACTION: PUT A METHOD ENTRY IN CASE CONTROL WHICH POINTS TO AN EIGR, EIGRL, OR EIGB RECORD IN BULK DATA. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (READ) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 0) IN TABLE (EED ) IN SUBROUTINE (REIG). Avoidance: Also include a fake METHOD(STRUCTURE) pointing to a different EIGRL bulk data entry that only requests a single structure mode. Then ignore the first mode output which is a structural mode. Known Error Product CR 1-13218909 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-13218909 Postprocessing - Interactive Dynamics in Patran fails with SFM 6357 druing full g-set data recovery. When interactive dynamics is used in Patran and all output is selected, then nastran will stop and issue the message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (SEP1X) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED GEOM1QS AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (SEP1X) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED GEOM2S AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. and *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6357 (SEP1A) NO GRID POINTS FOUND The sssalter has been corrected in Version 2005; however, enforced motion is not supported and the alter terminates.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13229301 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAINSOLVER, EIGRL - Poor Message, Extra Eigenvalues If a job is run with dmp=a and the EIGRL entry has ND=b and F1 and F2 are not specified, then (a X b) modes are found. That is b modes at each segment. If no DOMAINSOLVER entry is specified with F1 and F2 blank and dmp= is specified, the job may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (READ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 11 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN
Description
Known Error
CR 1-13229301 ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 111 AND SUBROUTINE IS GOPEN DMP requires that F1 and F2 be specified. In Version 2005 this input will lead to the message: ^^^ ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9139 (PHASE0) ^^^ V2 (OR F2) ON THE SELECTED EIGRL (OR EIGR) ENTRY IS BLANK OR ZERO. ^^^ USER INFORMATION: A NON-ZERO VALUE FOR V2 (OR F2) IS REQUIRED INPUT FOR THIS DOMAINSOLVER OPTION. ^^^
Known Error Product
CR 1-13233601 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CGAP - UFM 2025, Coordinate System Field not sufficiently tested in IFP As documented in the Quick Reference Guide, the CID field of CGAP must contain an integer or blank. However if this requirement is violated and 0.0 is entered, the basic coordinate system is taken. In the case of a real value bigger than zero is entered UFM 2025 will be issued indicating the coordinate system could not be found. CR 1-13251205 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - Incorrect punched pcomp entries Solution 200 may produce incorrect PCOMPs entries in the punched output when the PCOMP LAM field is set to "MEM" in the original deck. The generated punched PCOMP entries may have a blank MEM field. Another problem with punched PCOMP entries that may be encountered is Ctrl-X in the SOUT field.
Description
Description
Avoidance: Edit the punched outut to correct the problem pcomp entries. Known Error Product CR 1-13254103 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-13254103 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1 with zero coefficients leads to SFM 3001 (DOPR4) If all the COEFi values on all the DVxREL1 entries are 0.0 and there are non-zero C0 value, the following obscure message is produced and the run is halted. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPR4) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DTOS2J AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. Avoidance: Either eliminate the DVxREL1 entries that contain zero coefficients or set the coefficients to a non-zero value
Description
CR 1-13262201 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - Multiple SPCs - SFM 3001 (MCE1) ACMS in SOL 111 with multiple SPC sets may fail with the message: : *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MCE1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED USET1 AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. or it may fail with no message.
Description
Avoidance: Insert PARAM,AUTOQSET,NO, specify dummy DELAYs for those grid points that are experiencing a change in boundary condition, and insert the following alter: compile phase1dr alter 'ENDDO \$ BCFLAG and'(,-1) if ( seid>0 ) bcflag=false $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-13288001 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Missing DESVAR entries may not be detected With the addition of the DESVAR case control command in the 2004 release, a hole has been opened that may result in a user input error going undetected.
Known Error
CR 1-13288001 If all the DESVAR's referenced on a DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 entry do not exist, the DVPREL1 or DVPREL2 is discarded on the assumption that the referenced DESVAR's have not been selected by the DESVAR case control command. A check needs to be inserted if the referenced DESVAR exist in the input deck and a USER FATAL MESSAGE should be issued if they do not.
CR 1-13314303 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL - SFM 6144 (PARTN1) Acoustic analysis with fluid to structure coupling may fail with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in VAXF is not equal to the number of rows in the row partitioning vector VAXF1 User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: VAXF: Rows= 4059339 by Cols=1 VAXF1: Rows= 4040027 Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance: compile mmfind1 alter 'partn vaxw,,r',''(,1) endalter
Description
CR 1-13338503 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SUPER, normal modes - missing or excessive output In normal modes with superelements, if SUPER=ALL is specified above all subcases and there is a mixture of subcases with SUPER>0 and SUPER=0 commands then output requests may be missing for some eigenvectors or unwanted output may be generated for some eigenvectors. Avoidance: There are 3 posssible avoidances: 1. Remove SUPER=ALL. 2. In the residual strurcture subcase, use a set id to define the residual
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Known Error
CR 1-13338503 structure, e.g., set 100 = 0 super = 100 3. Create a set that contains the grids and elements for the selective SEs and request output for all SEs
CR 1-13341101 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry Analysis - ESE - Missing Output Element Strain Energy (ESE) output may be missing in cyclic symmetry analysis.
CR 1-13372104 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - WHERE clause references undefined parameters A where clause in a dbview statement that references a parameter that is not defined in the current subdmap will always be evaluated as false and no warning message will be issued. CR 1-13429201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BOX1 PBEAML - ONE OR MORE VIOLATED CONSTRAINTS HAS A ZERO GRADIENT If the BOX1 type of the PBEAML is designed, it is possible to encounter a fatal error from the DOT optimizer that the gradient of a violated constraint is zero so that no progress is possible.
Known Error Product
Description
The I12 property of the BOX1 section type is incorrectly treated as being invariant with respect to the dimensions, resulting in the fatal message.
Avoidance: Possible avoidances are to use a different section type, such as BOX or to use the PBARL rather than the PBEAML when designing the BOX1. Known Error Product CR 1-13459501 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-13459501 Miscellaneous - ADAMSMNF - Cray Does Not Support Adams MNF The Cray SV1 release of MSC.Nastran 2004.0 does not support the creation of an MSC.Adams modal neutral file (mnf). The ADAMSMNF Case Control command wwill result in the traceback shown below: Beginning of Traceback: Called from line 42 (address 12026636a) in routine 'TRBK'. Called from line 40 (address 76375d) in routine 'RECOVR'. Called from line 112 (address 54204c) in routine 'sysrcv'. Called from address 11512176a in routine '__handlr'. Called from address 12166657a in routine 'findmemarea'. Called from line 4543 (address 12171173a) in routine 'removememarea'. Called from line 4501 (address 12171076d) in routine 'releasememory'. Called from line 1229 (address 12163766c) in routine 'Release_Memory'. Called from line 464 (address 13372526d) in routine 'MNF_CreateModeFile'. Called from line 575 (address 13373114c) in routine 'MNF_SetModeVec'. Called from line 681 (address 13254356b) in routine 'MNF_SET_MODE_SHAPE_VEC'. Called from line 142 (address 13231560d) in routine 'AFSCMS'. Called from line 528 (address 13202711d) in routine 'AFGMNF'. Called from line 136 (address 13201120c) in routine 'XSEM16'. Called from line 133 (address 53323d) in routine '$SEGCALL'. Called from line 133 (address 226002b) in routine 'XSEMDR'. Called from line 66 (address 62003b) in routine 'NASTMON'. Called from line 379 (address 1372d) in routine 'MAINAL'. Called from line 343 (address 53300d) in routine '$SEGRES'. Called from line 343 (address 10124663d) in routine '$START$'. End of Traceback. CR 1-13471801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM, BOX1 - Optimizer can not make progress It has been observed that SOL 200 tasks that include beam properties that are physically close to zero may fail to make progress. An example is the I12 property for a BOX1 section type that has dimensions that give I12 property values that are many orders of magnitude smaller than the I1 or I2 properties. In these cases, small changes in dimensions cause huge changes in the property, resulting in a violated contraint that the optimizer may not be able to deal with.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 1-13471801 Avoidance: Avoid section types that have this behavior or pose the problem in such as way that the properties are not expected to become small.
CR 1-13476801 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - AGG - Add punch option for AGG Matrix Advanced Acoustics needs to be able to punch the AGG matrix for re-use. PARAM, AGGPCH has been added to perform this function. CR 1-13483901 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - COMPILE - Too many IF-THEN-ELSE statements cause ENDI array to overflow A user dmap with too many if-then-else clauses will overflow the ENDI array and fail during compilation.
Description
Avoidance: Substitute multiple if statements or break up the subdmap into smaller subdmaps. A
CR 1-13494001 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Windows outputs new op2 format by default The MSC.Nastran 2004 release supports a new op2 format. The delivery was suppose to be set the default in the nastran.lcl file as the old format but the Windows delivery does not. This may cause prior releases of Patran and other post-processors that do not know how to read the new format to fail. Avoidance: Add the following line at the top of ../i386/nastran.lcl NASTRAN OP2NEW=0
Description
CR 1-13494006 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - RIGID=LAGRANGE - Job Hangs
Known Error
CR 1-13494006 A buckling job with rigid elements that uses the Lagrange multiplier method RIDID=LAGRANGE may hang during decomposition in the READ module in MSC.Nastran 2004.0.0 on HPUX Itanium. Avoidance: User RIGID-LGELIM
Description
CR 1-13494012 MSC / MD Nastran 2004.0.3 Miscellaneous - TABLEM2 - Traceback in tab3 MSC.Nastran 2004 may give a traceback in routine tab3 when TABLEM2 entries exist. The problem may be avoided by defining the table in the negative range. l_4buf(0x11fffb038,0x0,0x3ffc01b2e20,0x8,0xc00000007) L. 133 <>(0x3ffc01b2e20,0x8,0xc00000007,0x0,0x3cc73ce704fb7b23) L. 133 <>(0x0,0x3ffc01b7a98,0x1,0x3ffc01b2e20,0x3ffc01b2e20) L. 133 tab3_(0x1,0x3ffc01b2e20,0x3ffc01b2e20,0x8000,0x0) L. 4 hmat1_(0x0,0x0,0x3ffc01b3078,0x80,0x0) L. 4 ehexd_(0x1407f6c1c,0x1407f6c24,0x1407f6c14,0x1407f6c74,0x190000010) L. 4 emgbrd_(0x140ef888c,0x140653378,0x1201c68a4,0x140f185f8,0x140e9947c) L. 4 emgpro_(0x1201c68a4,0x140f185f8,0x140e9947c,0x140e99498,0x12025f9b4) L. 4 emg_(0x154534552,0x120204554,0x454c4544,0x4e474542,0x20202054) L. 4 xsem09_(0x1201bda4c,0x17,0x0,0x100,0x1201b5ccc) L. 4 xsemdr_(0x0,0x100,0x1201b5ccc,0x1,0x1201a2de8) L. 4 nastmon_(0x1201a2de8,0x14100e310,0x190000000,0x2000000,0x1) L. 4 mainal_(0x190000000,0x2000000,0x1,0x0,0x0) L. 149 <>(0x11fffc020,0x0,0x3ff00000000,0x100000001,0x800000) L. 149 <>(0x1,0x11fffe030,0x0,0x11fffe058,0x11fffe070) L. 149 . CR 1-13526312 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13526312 Radaition Heat Transfer - even numbers of RADCAV - UFM in RMG2 Module Jobs with an even number of referenced RADCAV bulk data entries that enter rmg2 module more than once will fail. CR 1-13557302 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM XYUNIT - Initial Design Variable Information is incorrect The spreadsheet produced with PARAM XYUNIT in a SOL 200 run prints out cells for each design variable that are said to represent : Initial Value, Lower Limit and Upper Limit. The numbers in these cells are actually Lower Limit, Upper Limit and DELX, respectively.
Known Error Product
Description
User Information: If design optimization has been performed, design variable values are listed at the end of the spreadsheet with the DESIGN VARIABLE HISTORY. If only a design sensitivity has been run, design variable values are not available in the spreadsheet and must be determined from the input or .f06 file CR 1-13562313 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP3 - SFM 3007 (DOPR3) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DPR3H2 The message:
Known Error Product
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPR3) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DPR3H2 will occur in SOL 200 if a DRESP3 references a DRESP2 that does not exist.
CR 1-13568201 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - MATGEN An error in the resmodes subdmap may in rare cases cause a job to fail at the MATGEN line below.
Known Error
CR 1-13568201 Avoidance: The line MATGEN ,/MODEPART/NOMODES/0/MAXMODES/ $ should be altered to be: MATGEN ,/MODEPART/6/NOMODES/0/MAXMODES/ $
CR 1-13574607 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - buildsss on Windows - call buildsss.bat not recognized The command to build the sss on the Windows V2001 delivery (msc2001 buildsss) would not work because necessary files were delivered in the wrong directory.
Description
Avoidance: copy buildsss.bat.i386 to ..\i386\buildsss.bat copy buildsss.bat.del to ..\nast\del\buildsss.bat Then run the buildsss command as documented.
CR 1-13604401 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - FRRD1, ITER - Sun Solaris, Received signal 10 SIGBUS The iterative solver may fail in Version 2004.0.0 on 32 bit Sun Solaris systems in frrd1 with the following message in the log file. No other rmessage is output. *** TERMINATING /local/msc2004t2/solaris/analysis.ultra *** Received signal 10 SIGBUS time: command terminated abnormally.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13605801 MAXMIN - Traceback in SDR2 If an analysis contains a MAXMIN request and an attempt is made to perform an XYPLOT of output data that has not been selected for MAXMIN processing, then the job may fail and issue a traceback in in the SDR2 module routine sdr2c2, Avoidance: Either select the output for MAXMIN processing or perform the xyplot in a restart.
Description
CR 1-13605804 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - GDACMS - SFM 4252 issued if null stiffness for a component. ACMS may fail with the following message if a domain contains no elastic elements, and thus no stiffness. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252 (SEMA) MATRIX XAAV FOR UPSTREAM SUPERELEMENT 83 DOES NOT EXIST
Description
Avoidance: IInsert the following DMAP alter compile sema1 alter 'SEMA BGPDTS' upfm=0 $ endalter
CR 1-13620201 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Flutter sensitivities contain incorrect mode id In the print of formatted design sensitivities for flutter responses, the number listed for mode ID is actually the subcase ID.
Description
User information: a comparison of the response value listed in the formatted senstivity print and the flutter summary will indicate which mode the sensitivity is being printed for. CR 1-13639903 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-13639903 Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL - UFM 3060 If a user who does not have a new acoustic license for MSC.Nastran 2004 executes an acoustic job, the job will terminate with UFM 3060 indicating that an acoustic license does not exist. It was the design intent that users who wanted to choose the old method and run without the new license would have to explicitly modify the ACMODL entry in their decks to select the old CP method. This was the design intent because the old method of interfacing the fluid and the structure only provided good answers for identical meshes. To allow the users to make this selection without modifying their tests, SYSTEM(346)=2, a.k.a. keyword FLSTINT=2, has been added to MSC.Nastran 2004.0.4 in the 2004R2 release so that the user can select the old method in an rc file.
Description
CR 1-13649701 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - Sparse Data Recovery The dmap functions that allow sparse data recovery may be unnecessarily executed in SOL 101 and ANALYSIS=STATICS in SOL 200 when data recovery for the entire model is requested. Avoidance: If data recovery for the entire model is being requested (i.e. DISP=ALL, STRESS=ALL) the best avoidance is to include param,sparsedr,no to completely avoid the additional operations. The following dmap avoidance will allow automatic selection to occur but may not beat V2001 performance for all conditions:
Description
compile fdrmgen alter 'call spdr1' return $ compile sedisp alter 'SDR1 USET'(,-1) call genrga uset,goa,gm,vgdr,goq/ rga,rgq/ true/atqset/seid $ dbstatus rga//s,n,norga $ if ( norga>0 ) then mpyad rga,uas,/ugi $
Known Error
CR 1-13649701 else $ alter 'SDR1 USET' endif $ endalter
CR 1-13659501 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - GDACMS may fail if component has no mass - UFM 9104 GDACMS may fail with the message USER FATAL MESSAGE 9104 if a component has no mass. Avoidance: Apply the following alter: compile sekmr alter 'atsprt=false' dbstatus mgg//s,n,nomgg $ if ( nomgg<1 ) atsprt=false $ compile semr3 alter 'call semr1' paraml mvv//'null'////s,n,nullmvv $ if ( nullmvv<0 ) then $ TYPE PARM,nddl,RS,Y,maxratio,FZERO $ TYPE PARM,nddl,I,Y,bailout $ EQUIVX KNN/KFF/NOSSET $ IF ( NOSSET>-1 ) UPARTN USET,KNN/KFF,,,/'N'/'F' $ UPARTN USET,KFF/KOO,,,/lfset/'O' $ UPARTN USET,knn/,,kox,/'n'/'o' $ UPARTN USET,kox/kot,,,/'t+s+q'/'t'/'s+q'/2 $ DCMP USET,SILs,EQEXINs,Koo,,/ LYY,UYY,ORSEQ/ -1/0/BAILOUT/MAXRATIO/oSET/1.E-20/16////// S,N,SING/S,N,NBRCHG/S,N,ERR $ FBS Lyy,,KOt/GOT//-1 $ return $ endif $ CR 1-13661505 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - UFM 311, non-unique field 2 on GRID, External SE, .asm file When using the .asm file generated by EXTSEOUT, if the boundary GRID
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-13661505 IMAGES don't match, then the following fatal message may be issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 311 (IFPDRV) NON-UNIQUE FIELD 2 ON BULK DATA ENTRY GRID XXX SORTED ENTRY COUNT = XXX The problem is that the IMAGE is searched, not the "equivalent". That is GRID,101,0,1.,1.,1. and GRID,101,,1.,1.,1. are not considered the same, and the fatal message is issued.
Known Error Product
CR 1-13679504 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Dynamic loads specified by DLOAD are not always translated to Marc. For SOL 600, Dynamic loads specified by DLOAD (rather than FORCE, PLOAD, etc) are not always translated to Marc. This particularly happens when DLOAD is the only loading. CR 1-13686801 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Missing Output for external superlements in SOL 109 AND 112 A SOL 109 or 112 assembly run employing an external superelement created using the EXTSEOUT feature does not give displacements, velocities or accelerations for the interior points of the external superelement. Avoidance: For both SOL 109 and SOL 112 apply the following dmap alter. compile super3 alter 'IF ( APP=\'TRANRESP\''(3),'' if ( false ) then $ alter 'IF ( APP=\'TRANRESP\''(4),'' if ( false ) then $ compile sedrcvr alter 'drmh3'(,1) DSAR uls1,,,/uls2,,,,/-1 $ equivx uls2/uls1/-1 $ endalter $ CR 1-13691604
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-13691604 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MEM, SFM 3062 - Module GP5 Submitting a job with too much memory may lead to a failure in the GP5 module: 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = GP5 FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY GTXYZD CALLED IN SUBROUTINE NORMFD . PREXYZ FLAG ARGUMENT WAS SET WITH AN INCORRECT VALUE TO GET THE REQUESTED DATA RETRIEVAL. In one case the job submitted with mem=1400mb or 1700mb failed but when submitted with mem=1200mb the job ran. Avoidance: Request less memory.
Description
CR 1-13694401 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IA64/Linux - May run with less memory than requested If more memory is requested than is available on a Linux IA64 system, then the job is run with a reduced amount of memory. The job should be stopped instead. CR 1-13696116 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel - SYSTEM(107) - Wrong Answers, SFM Shared memory parallel jobs (SMP), parallel=n or system(107)=n may fail or produce wrong answers on Alpha in MSC.Nastran 2004.0.0 Avoidance: Do not use smp parallel on Alpha.
CR 1-13704901 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600/Implicit Nonlinear - TLOAD2 - Incorrect Loads, Wrong Answers In Version 2004.0.0, SOL 600 loads defined by TLOAD2 entries are incorrect. The equation to calculate the loads has an error. In addition, the TABLED1 that is created is missing every third point.
CR 1-13704904 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Multiple MATEP materials not processed In SOL 600, multiple MATEP materials are sometimes not processed. CR 1-13708001 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FREQ4 - Possible Wrong Answer or Divide by Zero when NFM=1. If design sensitivity and optimization analysis includes a FREQ4 entry that asks for only a single frequency per "spread," NFM=1, the code attempts a divide by zero and that gives different results, depending on the platform. The AIX traps the error, Linux proceeds and gives answers that are close, but wrong, SGI and HP produce unknown (NaN) numbers that point to an obvious problem. Avoidance: The best avoidance is to use a FREQ5 entry with a single FRi value set to 1.0 Using NFM>1 on the FREQ3 entry also avoids the error.
Description
CR 1-13711524 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INCLUDE - .blk files not included. In version V2004 the new output file named "filename.blk" is created for every run which contains sorted bulk data for SOL 200. Thus, the nastran command script renames the existing "filename.blk" to filname.blk.1" during the run. IF the NASTRAN command line option OLD=NO is set "filename.blk" will be deleted. To overcome this problem rename "filename.blk" to "filename.xxx", where "xxx" is anything other than "blk". Avoidance: Avoid using "blk" as a include file name extension.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13713263 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/DMAP - PARAM,POST - Incorrect GEOM2X and GEOM3X Output2 data.
Known Error
CR 1-13713263 In MSC.Nastran 2004.0.0 the data written in the OUTPUT2 GEOM2X and GEOM3X data blocks is incorrect. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter.
Description
compile out2geom alter 'output2 geom2x','' OUTPUT2 GEOM2x,GEOM3x,GEOM4x,geom1x,bgpdtx//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR/ GEOM2 / GEOM3 / geom4 / geom1 / bgpdt / 'geom2'/'geom3'/'geom4'/'geom1'/'bgpdt' $ endalter CR 1-13715501 MSC / MD Nastran Component Mode Synthesis - CSET - Wrong Answers A small CMS job using CSET reduction gives erroneous results if all of the component modes are employed. However, the same job gives good results if PARAM,MHRED,NO is specified or if only a subset of the total component modes are employed In Version 2005 this condition is trapped with a message that instructs the user how to avoid the problem.
Description
CR 1-13732901 MSC / MD Nastran Component Mode Synthesis - CSET, QSET - Wrong Answers Component Mode Synthesis should give exact results if all eigenvalues are included. A small CMS job employing a part SE and CSET reduction and with Q-set data defined in the part SE Bulk Data gives erroneous results if all of the component modes are calculated. Furthermore, different erroneous results are calculated if the Q-set data in the part SE Bulk Data are replaced by an equivalent SENQSET entry in the Main Bulk Data. CR 1-13760301 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600/Implicit Nonlinear - Extra Datablocks in op2 file SOL 600 is writng extra datablocks to the op2 file for the initial Nastran 2004 release. Programs such as Medina and Animator may have trouble handling
Description
Known Error
CR 1-13760301 these extra geometry datablocks. Avoidance: This can be avoided by the user employing his own DMAP to control the datablocks written to the op2 file rather than specifying outr=op2 on the SOL 600 entry.
CR 1-13760501 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor dynamics jobs can go unstable in transient integration Some of the terms used in rotordynamixs are nonlinear (equivalent to NOLINs) and may cause the linear transient integration scheme to go unstable. The manual states that the integration routine is unconditionally stable, but that is only for linear, stable problems.
Description Avoidance: If an instabilty occurs in linear transient rotordynamics, try reducint the integration timestep. If that fails, check the rotordynamics forces to verify that they are not growing unconditionally. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract CR 1-13762804 MSC / MD Nastran 2004.0.4 Installation - Sun Solris64 installation is missing shared object libraries. The MSC.Nastran V2004 installation for Sun Solaris 64 systems is missing shared object libraries. The libraries are needed if the system does not have Fortran compilers installed. These libraries may be downloaded from the MSC.Software web site: Description http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran and at: http://www.engineering-e.com/download/?productid=15
Known Error Product
CR 1-13767914 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DESPCH1,-1 option fails for PBEAM entries When a negative number is specifified for PARAM,DESPCH1 to indicate that small field format is to be used and the analysis model contains PBEAM entries, the job will fial with an error message in the log file. Avoidance: Use a positive number, i.e. large field format.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-13776201 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - RESVEC Keyword DMPLOD, NODMP Lead to UFM 601, Should be DAMPLOD and NODAMP The documented keywords for the RESVEC Case Control Command DMPLOD and NODMP do not work. The correct spelling is DAMPLOD and NODAMP. The incorrect spelling leads to UFM 601 (IFP1D) THE KEYWORD ON THE ABOVE CARD TYPE IS ILLEGAL OR MISSPELLED. CR 1-13794801 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - PARAM,AUTOMSET - SFM 4276 EC 5 in UFBS If the dependent node of an RBE is restrained and PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES is specified, the analysis may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UFBS2) ERROR CODE 5 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (UFBS2) Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance:
Description
Description
DMAP avoidance is: compile autom alter 'TRNSP RMAL','' $ TRNSP RMAL/RMALTx $ matmod RMALTx,,,,,/Rjunk,RMALTnz/12/s,n,NLnull/1 $ if (NLnull > 0) then $ add rmaltx,RMALTnz/rmalt $ else $ equivx rmaltx/rmalt/-1 $ endif $
Known Error
CR 1-13794801 endalter $
CR 1-13802801 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Release Guide - Minor Corrections The following modifications should be made to the MSC.Nastran 2004 Release Guide. Release guides are not re-issued so this error report is being marked as addressed in V2005. On page 530, Table 13-1, the descriptor "SRESS" should be modified to "STRESS" On page 533, the first K2PP should be modified to K2GG On page 533, the first M2PP should be modified to M2GG On page 349, the 3rd sentence in the second paragraph should read "Solutions specified in table 3-3 of the standard SOL statement may be used." On page 352, "MSC.Marcs" should be changed to "MSC.Marc" On page 374, 'inlstrs5.DBALL' and 'inlstrs5.MASTER' should be modified to
Description
'nlstrs5.DBALL' and 'nlstrs5.MASTER', respectively. On page 353, MATT should be modified to MATF On page 354, MATV should be modified to MATVE On page 355, MARCSHLT and MARSUMY should be modified to MARCSLHT and MARCSUMY, respectively. On page 611, the description for word 8 of the CWELD should be "Coordinate system for the type of projection" On page 594, the description for OSTR should be changed from stresses to strains. On page 572, the second sentence of the second paragragh should read " To indicate conversion
Known Error
CR 1-13802801 to "OLD" entry structure, the character "O" is placed as the last character of the Special Version field.
CR 1-13817704 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - ASET1 - ACMS ignores ASET1 data beyond the first entry In ACMS analysis grid points on ASET and ASET1 entries are moved into the residual structure. However if there is more than one ASET1 entry in the bulk data, the ASET1 data beyond the first entry is ignored. CR 1-13830101 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES - SFM 3001 (MTRXIN) Jobs using the PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES feature could fail with SFM 3001 from the MTRXIN module if there is a K2GG case control command selecting a stiffness matrix and there is no M2GG command selecting a mass matrix. Avoidance; The error can be avoiding the MTRXIN in with a dmap alter.
Description
CR 1-13860606 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MPCF, SPCF - Wrong Answers with Sparse Data Recovery In V2004, the new sparse data recovery can cause errors in the displacement vector for superelements when displacements are requested for only some of the GRID points in the model at the same time as MPCF or SPCF requests are made. This error occurs only in the direct solution sequences; i.e., 101, 103, 108, 109, and 200 with ANALYSIS=DFREQ.
Description
Resolution: Either use PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO to deactivate sparse data recovery methods or insert the following alter: COMPILE SPDR1 NOLIST $ ALTER 189 $ DIAGONAL V01S/V01SX/'WHOLE'/0. $ EQUIVX V01SX/V01S/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-13860606 ENDALTER $
CR 1-13860635 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MPCF - Wrong Answers with Sparse Data Recovery In V2004, in a superelement, if MPCF output is requested for only some of the GRID points of the model, the MPCF output may be in error if sparse data recovery is active, i.e. PARAM,SPARSEDR,YES (default). In addition, an SPCF output request will be ignored. This error occurs only in the direct solution sequences; i.e., 101, 103, 108, 109, and 200 with ANALYSIS=DFREQ. Avodaince: Use PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO
Description
CR 1-13875001 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT4 - UWM 6445 (INPTT4) A formatted INPUTT4 read for more than one matrix will fail with the following Fortran READ error: UWM 6445 (INPTT4): A FORTRAN FORMATTED READ ERROR HAS OCCURRED WHILE PROCESSING UNIT = ... USER INFORMATION: THE FILE WAS SPECIFIED IN AN ASSIGN FILE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT USER ACTION: VERIFY THE FILE ASSIGNMENT AND AND CONTENTS OR CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE. VERIFY DATA AND FORTRAN SPECIFICATION. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: FORTRAN IOSTAT CODE = ... CR 1-13876601 MSC / MD Nastran Impicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) - MATF Can Only Process One Failure Criteria The SOL 600 MATF entry can only handle one failure criteria instead of three.
Description
Description Avoidance: Enter MATF entry three times.
CR 1-13894501 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocess - DBC, PARAM,FIXEDB - Unable to Open Input Relations PARAM,FIXEDB in SOLs other than 101 and 103 forces an incorrect approach code into the DBC module causing the following error:
Description
" UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION TOL RETURN CODE = 1." Avoidance: Remove PARAM.FIXEDB from the input file.
CR 1-13897501 MSC / MD Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) - MATF - Unnecessary Input All continueation entries and all failure criteria constants are required for the MATF entry even though only the frist constant is needed for the most simple max stress criteria.
Description
This needs to be changed so that only those constants required to satisfy the failure criteria chosen need be entered. Thus, for the max stress criteria, only the first entry is required and only the first constant needs to be defined. CR 1-13915501 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAML - Wrong Answers In MSC.Nastran Version 2004 an optimization job will produce incorrect dimentions for an intermediate station or at end B of the PBEAML entry if the following conditions are met: 1. PBEAML entry is used that has SO=NO on other stations, 2. Only end A is designed.
Description
CR 1-13915504 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESPCH, DESPCH1 - UFM 315 (IFPDRV) When an optimization job designs any real value on a CBEAM, CQUAD4 and/or CTRIA3 entry, bad punch output for these entries may be produced leading to UFM315 (IFPDRV) when they are included in a cold restart job.
Known Error
CR 1-13915504 The same job may also fail with traceback of Segmentation Violation on AIX machine. Avoidance: No practical avoidance exists except to manually modifiy the offending entries. Keywords: DESPCH DESPCH1
CR 1-13928902 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - MCFRACTION, MEFMASS - SFM 4276 (UNPACK) EC31 Modal dynamic response analysis that have multiple subcases that reference the same FREQ set but different DLOAD sets and request modal participation factor output may fail with the following message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to define and reference a duplicate set of FREQ data for the second and subsequent subcases.
CR 1-13930009 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL400, RIGID=LGELIM - UFM 7615 (MDG2RG) The case control command RIGID=LGELIM as described in the MSC.Nastran V2004 Quick Reference Guide produces the following error because the option should be LNELIM. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7615 (MDG2RG) FOR NONLINEAR SOLUTION SEQUENCE, THE CASE CONTORL COMMAND 'RIGID=LGELIM' IS ILLEGAL. USER INFORMATION: THE LEGAL VALUE IS 'LNELIM' OR 'LAGR'. *******ALSO the word CONTROL is spelled wrong.****** For SOL400, the RIGID=LGEL method is not available, therefore a fatal error is issued. The wording 'USER INFORMATION: the legal value is 'LNELIM' or
Description
Known Error
CR 1-13930009 LAGR' is corrected to 'USER INFORMATION: the legal value is LINEAR or LAGR'. Also the word CONTROL is corrected.
CR 1-13948931 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics/Enforced Motion - SPCD - Excessive disk space and CPU In V2004, enforced motion in dynamics may use excessive disk space and CPU.
Description Avoidance: Insert the DMAP alter in the attachment.
Known Error Product
CR 1-13987701 MSC / MD Nastran Spotweld - CWSEAM - UFM 7549, Cannot find projection points for CWSEAM elements The default pcid of CWSEAM elements was not set appropriately. This error results in USER FATAL MESSAGE 7549 indicating that it cannot find projection points for the CWSEAM elements that are projected along the x-axis. CR 1-13989006 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - XNASTRAN - Error while loading shared libraries
Description
Description
The XNASTRAN interface may fail on some Linux operating systems with the message: "error while loading shared libraries: lib*: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory." Avoidance: Use the nastran command.
Known Error Product
CR 1-13998601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - FMETHOD Case Control Command Description Missing
Known Error
CR 1-13998601 The FMETHOD Case Control command was inadvertently deleted from the V2004 Quick Reference Guide. Also remark 1 under the FLUTTER bulkdata entry description should point to the FMETHOD command not the METHOD command CR 1-13998604 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Aeroelastic Analysis/QRG - Missing Parameter Description The description of parameter supaero is missing from the Version 2004 Quick Reference Guide. It should read: SUPAERO Default=ZONA If SUPAERO = ZONA, then the ZONA51 code is used for supersonic aerodynamic calculations. If SUPAERO = CPM, then the CPM method is used. If ZONA51 is not available at a particular installation, PARAM, SUPAERO,CPM must be specified to avoid a fatal error when performing supersonic aerodynamic analyses. Only one supersonic aerodynamics method can be selected in a given run. This parameter is available in solution sequences 144,145,146 and 200 and can be specified in either case control or as a bulk data entry.
Description
Description
CR 1-13998611 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/COG/DMP - ssh/scp not supported The nastran init scripts currently have rsh and rcp hardcoded and will not work in an environment that uses ssh. This will prevent distributed memory parallel jobs from working in a network that only supports ssh and will also prevent execution of any job on a remote node. If a client wants to use ssh and scp, they either need to: 1. Change all the rsh/rcp to ssh/scp 2. make links between ssh/scp and rsh/rcp CR 1-13998622 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ROTORG, TSTEPNL, Rotordynamics - Traceback in TRD1
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-13998622 The new rotordynamics capability in MSC.Nastran 2004 includes nonlinear effects which make the transient response algorithm not unconditionally stable. As such rotordynamics analysis may fail with a traceback in trd1. If this happens the user should specify a smaller timestep. CR 1-14045201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Poor Performance when DRESP applies to more DOFs than DESVAR. The perofrmance gain may be affected negatively for an optimization job with design responses that cover more dofs of the structure than design variables. Avoidance: Use the following dmap alter. Notice that the following alter applies to the case of static/normal mode and buckling. It can be reapplied to a different solution type by modifying the alter statement. compile pslgdv alter 'outprt'(1),'' if (spdm) outprt caseds,ects,bgpdts,sils,,,,,,, tabevp0,tabevs0,,,/ vgdr,,,,/s,n,sdr/0/'auto'/spdmrat $ compile respsen alter 'outprt'(1),'' if (spdm) outprt caseds,ects,bgpdts,sils,,,,,,, tabevp0,tabevs0,,,/ vgdr,,,,/s,n,sdr/0/'auto'/spdmrat $
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-14051758 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - FlexLM uncounted nodelock codes on SGI Altix / Linux Itanium 2 It has been reported in MSC.Nastran 2004 on SGI Altix Linux Itanium 2 computers that uncounted nodelock FlexLM licenses do not work.
Description
The nastran log file shows that the MSCID is different than lmhostid on a SGI Altix computer (Linux - Itanium 2). Avoidance: Use the MSCID reported by Nastran when generating the license.
Known Error
CR 1-14061906
CR 1-14061906 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - sparse data recovery - Wrong Answers In a dynamic data recovery restarts, if only additional output is requested at more points and/or elements then results related to the additional grids and/or elements will be null, missing, or wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile disprs alter 'equivx upx\/upf'(,-1) delete /upf,,,, $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-14063502 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600/Implicit Nonlinear - Hyperelastic Element with midside nodes not Properly Mapped to Marc. The hyperelastic CHEXA element with mid-side nodes is not properly mapped to the corresponding Marc element, instead it is mapped to the corresponding 8-node Marc hyperelasic hexa element. The net result is that deformed plots show the mid-side nodes standing still and strange plots results. CR 1-14068501 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - Linux - LAM won't boot with BAT=YES Starting w/ 2001R4 (2001.0.9) MSC.Nastran boots the LAM/MPI daemons for the user. However, with RH7.3 and Slackware systems, the LAM daemons may not boot if "BAT=YES" is specified.
Description
Description
Avoidance: Use BAT=NO This problem does not occur w/ MSC.Linux. The problem is because when BAT=YES is used, the first process completes, and the child processes become ZOMBIES. We set a flg to ignore child zombies. Because of that flag, LAM daemons
Known Error
CR 1-14068501 will not start from within the shell. I think starting the lam daemons for the users is more important then BAT=YES, so I am leaving the code as is.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14077901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Eigenvector Sensitivities Require PARAM SPARSEDR=no Sparse data recovery in SOL 200 and eigenvector sensitivity analysis were both introduced in the 2004 release. It has been found that these two capabilities are not fully compatible. Avoidance: When eigenvector sensitivities are required, set PARAM SPARSEDR NO
Description
CR 1-14116602 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - EPOINTS, M2PP, B2PP, K2PP, SPCD - UFM 1126 for K2GG EPOINTS and enforced motion with K2PP, B2PP or M2PP input may cause USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 to be encountered.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile gma alter 'k2gg'(2,-1) delete /k2gg,,,, $ endalter
CR 1-14120001 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - freq-dep elements, MPCForces - SFM 6143 SFM 6143 has been observed when performing a frequency response analysis in SOLs 108, 111, 146, and 200 with frequency dependent elements and MPCForces are being requested
Description
Known Error
CR 1-14120001 User Avoidance: Specify PARAM SPARSEDR NO or insert the following DMAP alter: compile fdrmgen alter 'equivx rxmgx\/rxmg','' alter 'paraml rmgg' if ( spdrm ) then $ equivx rxmgx/rxmg/-1 $ delete /rgm,,,, $ trnsp rxmg/rgm $ endif $ endalter
CR 1-14120004 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelasticity - SOL 146, PBUSHT - UFM 2170 The presense of PBUSHT entries in SOL 146 may cause UFM 2170 to be issued. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. compile seaero alter 'call freqrs','' CALL freqrs CASES ,USETD ,DLT ,FRL ,trl , rph ,DIT ,EST ,cstms ,mpts , bgpdts ,gpsnts ,GPECT ,SILS ,edts , khh ,mhh ,bhh , ,qhjl , acpt ,cstma ,qhhl , ,ditid , ,rghfd ,rsgg ,rmgg ,PpF , fol , ,vgfd , ,pyhf , , , , ,ypf1 / aUhF ,qmgf ,qsgf ,phf / soltyp /freqdep /noa /fourier /false / 1 /true /bov /dompcffd/dospcffd/ false /noue /0 $ endalter CR 1-14125525 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - PARAM,INREL, SUPORT - Multiple load case and DIMG,UACCEL, SFM 6144 Multiple boundary conditions with DMIG,UACCEL in SOL 101 will terminate
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-14125525 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile statrs alter 'urax' type db pg $ PARAML pg//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NCUL $ total no. of loads if ( (ncul-6)<>nloads ) then $ ncul=ncul-6 $ nskip=nskip-1 $ MATGEN ,/COL/6/NCUL/NSKIP/NLOADS $ PARTN urax,COL,/,,urax1,/1 $ loads equivx urax1/urax/-1 $ endif $ endalter
CR 1-14139801 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis/Enforced Motion - SPCD - SFM 6144 (PARTN1) In direct frequency response, sol 108, the new relative enforced motion capability in MSC.Nastran Version 2004 will encounter a matrix incompatibility fatal message when fluid is added to structure. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2125 (VEC) MODULE VEC - NZ=0, ONE OR MORE COLUMNS OF OUTPUT MATRIX WILL BE NULL. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in KAA is not equal to the number of rows in the row partitioning vector VAY The number of columns in KAA is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector VAY
Description
CR 1-14144521 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BNDFIX1 - Unexpected ASET when QSET omitted
CR 1-14144521 If BNDFIX1 degrees of freedom are specified, but no QSET is specified, then the BNDFIX1 entry is ignored. Avoidance: Use the ASET entry.
CR 1-14155701 MSC / MD Nastran 2004.0.5 Distributed Memory Parallel - DMP - Does not work on Primepower The 32 bit nastran driver program delivered with MSC.Nastran 2004.0.0 under the Solaris achitecture will not work for Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) on Primepower systems. Avoidance: Download a new driver program from: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
Description
CR 1-14176601 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - MCFRACTION, SET - Missing Output If the MCFRAC case control command selects a SET that contains an implied thru range, only the first degree of freedom in each of the ranges will be output. The implied thru range is a continous range of degrees of freedom for a grid point as in 969/T1,969/T2,969/T3. Avoidance: An avoidance is to select grid/dof combinations that do not imply thru and use restarts changing the MCFRACTION SET content to recover all of the required data.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-14180601 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CQUAD4, CTRIA3 - Variable thicknesses on continuation entry not translated correctly. For SOL 600, thickness specified by continuation lines on CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 entries are not properly translated. There is also a priority conflict between these thicknesses and those specified by the NTHICK option.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-14186901 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - SPCD, DPD - SFM 4276 when multiple subcases request different spc sets A frequency response problem involving enforced motion fails with SFM 4276 in the DPD module if there are multiple subcases and different spc sets are selected in the case control.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile phase0 alter ' copy yG1\/yG2'(,-1),'' $ create only the first yg2 for dynamics ELSE if ( nskip=1 or app<>'freqresp' ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-14186907 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - TLOADi, ACSRSE - Negative real values for the DELAY and DPHASE fields - UFM 316 Use of negative real values for the DELAY or DPHASE fields on the ACSRCE or TLOAD1 or TLOAD2 entries results in UFM 316 in the PREFACE module. CR 1-14191701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DLINK - Incorrect constraints for dependent design varaibles. When an optimization job has specified a DLINK entry, the corresponding DESVAR entry has a blank DELXV field and P2 on the DOPTPRM is set to 4, the constraints for dependent design variables are printed in the f06 file incorrectly. However, these constraints are computed correctly during the approximate optimization. Avoidance: Specify a non=blank DELXV field on the dependent DESVAR entries.
Corrected Version 2004.0.4 Abstract Description Known Error Product
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-14210501 Eigenvalue Analysis/Acoustics - RESTART - Modes Unnecessarily Recalculated In V2004, if a restart is performed from a SOL 103 run with acoustics, then the fluid modes may be unnecessarily recalculated. Avoidance: Insert the following alter in SOL 103 cold start:
Description compile semodes alter 1 type parm,nddl,i,n,methf $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-14222717 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - RESTART - Unnecessarily Recalcualtes Modes A superelement restart from sol 103 to 112 may unnecessarily recalculate upstream modes for some superlements. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: Description compile sekmr alter 'endif \$ atsprt'(,-1) kchng=false $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-14223905 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD), QUADR, TRIAR - Wrong Answers Temperature loads for the QUADR and TRIAR elements is not implimented correctly for nonlinear analysis. Avoidance: Use the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements. Known Error Product CR 1-14233604 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUADR, PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES - Incorrect grid point weight generator output Mass for the CQUADR element is not included in the grid point weight
Description
Known Error
CR 1-14233604 generator results when param,checkout,yes is specified.
CR 1-14238367 MSC / MD Nastran ESE - REPCASE - Wrong Element Strain Energy Results If there is an ESE request in the REPCASE only, the results are wrong.
Avoidance: Request ESE for at least one element in the primary subcase. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-14249707 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600, PARAM,MARCPTH - Incorrect Default The MSC.Nastran V2004 indicates that the default for param,marcpth is 1. It is not, it is 0. The value of 0 indicates that marc is run within nastran and will look for the marc executable in the default installation directory. CR 1-14251001 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - CAXIFi, PARAM,G - Wrong Answers If the old acoustic cavity method (see CAXIFi elements) is selected in SOL 108 or SOL 200 (with ANALYSIS=DFREQ) then PARAM,G will be ignored. Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedfreq alter 'fonly=','' endalter Known Error Product CR 1-14251410 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RLOAD1 - Enforced Displacement, UWM 2071 (DPD2) SOL 200, analysis=mfreq, may produce incorrect results for enforced displacement specified with the RLOAD1 entry.
Known Error
CR 1-14251410 Avoidance: This problem can be avoided by expanding output request set to include the grids with enforced motion.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14251416 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing/ACMS - PARAM,POST,-1 - Lama datablock missing from op2 file A distributed memory parallel (dmp) ACMS analysis does not write the lama table to the op2 file when param,post,-1 and param,post,ext,yes are specified. This data block is critical for post processing acoustic results and is produced in a serial run.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-14261401 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Missing Output due to sparse data recovery A SOL 103 assembly run employing an external superelement created using the EXTSEOUT feature does not produce the requested output for the external SE. Avoidance: Insert PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO.
Description
CR 1-14267003 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - MFLUID - UFM 4257 (FMXACD) User fatal message 4257 may erroneously appear for virtual mass elements (MFLUID), if the distance between two element centers is exactly equal to the RMAX value from the MFLUID record.
Description Avoidance: An avoidance is to modify RMAX (see MFLUID entry) slightly. It is recommended that the default value always be used, and this error is very unlikely. Known Error Product CR 1-14270665 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-14270665 Submittal - "\" in .rcf file, USER FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: validate_lcl_key A back slash in the rc file or submittal line to indicate a directory path (i.e. D:\) may lead to the following fatal message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: validate_lcl_keywords) sdirectory=d:memory=500mb (e:/msc/conf/nast2004.rcf[1])
Description
Avoidance: This error can be avoided by changing the back slash to a forwared slash or by adding a " $" after the back slash as follows: sdir=d:/ or sdir=d:\ $ CR 1-14273377 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) - FREQ3,FREQ4,FREQ5 - SFM 6833 FREQ3, FREQ4, and/or FREQ5 Bulk Data entries in a DMP analysis may lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6833. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semfreq alter ' frlgen '(,-1) if ( procid=1 ) then $ disutil lamas ,,,////3 $ else if ( procid>1 ) then $ delete /lamas,,,, $ disutil ,,,,/lamas ///3 $ endif $ procid>1 endalter CR 1-14284801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - scr=no converges slower SOL 200 with scr=no converges slower than with SCR=yes. Further investigation has found that the slow convergence was due to incorrect sensitivity coefficients supplied to optimizer.
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-14284801 Avoidance : Insert the followng alters: $ for v2001 compile pslgdv alter 'if ( dmresd'(2,-2) else $ if (seid=0) delete /delf1,,,, $ $ for v2004 and v2005 compile pslgdv alter 'if ( nndgs'(2,-2) else $ if (seid=0) delete /delf1,,,, $
Known Error Product
CR 1-14286512 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) - SEP1X - Free Floating Grids Cause DMP to Fail in SEP1X In MSC.Nastran 2004.0.3 (released to only one client) a model with free floating grids, meaning grids that are not attached to the structure, may cause dmp jobs to fail. This includes models with grids that are only used as reference points.
Description
Avoidance: Set system(294)=2 (which will print the external IDs of those free grids, search for FREE FLOATING, and then remove the grid entries. If the grids were used as reference points, they have to be replaced by coordinates. Grids that are referenced only on a PLOTEL element are not considered free floating, so attaching the reference grids to PLOTELs is another way to avoid the problem. CR 1-14299201 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - Multiple USETi,U6 entries not handled correctly. In ACMS, unit load degrees of freedom on the USET1 entry are forced to the residual structure. However, if there are more than one USET1 entry in the input, it only forces the points from the first entry. DOF on subsequent entries are not forced to the residual. This leads to fewer than the desired number of residual vectors when those degrees of freedom are not put into the residual structure by the automatic partitioner.
Description
CR 1-14305003 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Large Jobs - Insufficient swap space Extremely large SOL 600 jobs may fail on some small computers with a message that indicates that they have run out of swap space.
Description
Avoidance: Other than running on a different platform, there is no avoidance.
CR 1-14322801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,XYUNIT - FORMAT ERROR 103 The error message: FORMAT ERROR 103: A POSITIVE VALUE IS REQUIRED HERE may occur in SOL 200 when PARAM XYUNIT is used to create a CSV file of the optimization results and the number of design variables is 3n+1 where n is any integer starting from zero. To date this behavior has only been observed on Linux platforms. Avoidance: Run on a different platform or add a dummy variable such that the number of variables is not 3n+1.
Description
CR 1-14348401 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis (SOL 400) - MPC, RBEi, RBAR - Wrong Answers For SOL400, the solution will converge to wrong results if there are MPC constraints or linear rigid elements (RIGID=LINEAR) in the model.
CR 1-14352403 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC3D - UFM 5469 (DUMK9D)
Known Error
CR 1-14352403 Input with more than one crac3d element will fail in Verison 2001.0.9 with UFM 5469 as follows: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5469 (DUMK9D) IN CRAC3D ELEMENT 21789 CONNECTION POINT G64 IS REQUIRED IF CONNECTION POINT G55 IS SPECIFIED *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5467 (DMK9ND) CONNECTION POINT G10 OF CRAC3D ELEMENT 21789 IS REQUIRED BUT NOT DEFINED *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5467 (DMK9ND) CONNECTION POINT G10 OF CRAC3D ELEMENT 21789 IS REQUIRED BUT NOT DEFINED *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4660 (EHEXD) FOR ELEMENT WITH ID = 0 THE CORNER POINTS HAVE NOT BEEN SUPPLIED CORRECTLY. . . Avoidance: Use any other version, else analyse the cracks in separate runs. CR 1-14380804 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - SDAMPING(FLUID) - Unexpected Answers In SOL 111, coupled fluid-structure analysis, with multiple subcases, multiple specifications of SDAMPING(FLUID) are ignored and only the first is processed. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
Description
compile semfreq alter 'caseg'(2),'' case casem,pvtc/caseg/'comm'/s,n,nskip/////// 'k2pp'/'m2pp'/'b2pp'/'tfl'/'sdamp'/'rgyro'/'sdampf'////// 'g'/'alpha1'/'alpha2' $ endalter CR 1-14382607 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=MODES and MFREQ with SPCD UFM 3046
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-14382607 An MFREQ shape optimization task that contains multiple subcases and SPCD type loads will encounter: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7559 (FRRD1A) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF EXCITATION -* ENFORCED ACCELERATION USING SPC / SPCD DATA *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (SQFREQ) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS AND ENFORCED MOTION ARE BOTH NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION. Avoidance: The subcases must be run separately or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile feamode $ for V2005+ $compile fea $ uncomment in V2004 alter 'if ( nopha=','' if ( true ) then $ compile modefsrs alter 'call moders'(,-1) dbstatus phsa//s,n,nophsa $ if ( nophsa=-1 ) then $ alter 'call moders' endif $ alter 'call resveca'(,-1) if ( nophsa=-1 ) then $ alter 'call resveca'(,7) endif $ ************************ Fixed MDR4 V2010.0.0 Known Error Product CR 1-14397204 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MATTEP - Add General Temperature-Dependent Stress-Strain Curves SOL 600 temperature-dependent stress-strain curves need to be supported for general shapes. At present such curves are limited to scale with the same slopes as the original curve vs temperature. In MSC.Nastran 2004R2 (Version 2004.0.4 and beyond) new options have
Description
Known Error
CR 1-14397204 been added to the MATTEP entry that allows support for general temperaturedependent stress-strain curves in SOL 600.
CR 1-14397207 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - DMIG - DMIG Support added to MSC.Nastran 2004R2 Support for DMIG entries in SOL 600 has been added to MSC.Nastran 2004R2 (Version 2004.0.4 and beyond). CR 1-14397801 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWSEAM - Incorrect Stiffness The hexa type stiffness matrix for the CWSEAM element is computed in the wrong coordinate system and this will lead to an incorrect stiffness matrix and wrong answers. The stiffness should be computed in the basic coordinate system instead of element coordinate system. CR 1-14405601 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - RBE3 - Lagrange RBE3 may give wrong answers The Lagrange RBE3 will give wrong results if the reference dof=123 for SOL 101. Avoidance: Specify 123456 for the reference degrees of freedom.
Description
CR 1-14405604 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CBEAM, RBAR - CBEAMs with RBARs cause diverging solution If CBEAM elements are used with RBAR elements in SOL400 the solution may diverge. CR 1-14405901
Known Error
CR 1-14405901 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - DBLOCATE - UFM 477, Timestamp Error The following dblocate restart run will result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 477. Run1 : create a database. Run2 : dblocate, copy the contents of run1 and restart creating run2 database. Delete run1's database. Run3 : dblocate run2's database. This causes a UFM 477 error saying there is a timestamp error on run2.dball. Avoidance: 1) Use autoasgn=3 in run3 and manually assign the dblocated database, or 2) I did a dbdict, endjob directly into run2's database (dbs=run2) before deleting run1's database. This also avoids the error.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-14410701 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Solution diverges with SPCD loads and linear rigid elements for LANGLE=1,2 and SOL400. For SOL400, the solution diverges if there are SPCD loads and linear rigid elements in the deck for LANGLE=1, or 2. However, the solution will converge if LANGLE=3. CR 1-14412401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - GRAV, CONMi - No gravity loads for concentrated masses SOL 600 gravity loading does not produce any loads for the concentrated masses (CONMi) in the Marc input deck. CR 1-14461909 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis/Enforced Motion - STATSUB - UFM 3046 in TRD1 If enforced motion is specified and STATSUB is also requested in SOL 108
Description
Known Error
CR 1-14461909 or 109 then the job may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile sedtran alter 'call autosprt' else $ equivx lll/lyy/-1 $ ompile sedfreq alter 'call autosprt' else $ equivx lll/lyy/-1 $ endif $ endalter
CR 1-14469102 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - UFM DISJOINT SUPERELEMENTS EXIST Large ACMS jobs may fail incorrectly with a message that complains about the existence of "DISJOINT SUPERELEMENTS". Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-14480201 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor Dynamics - ROTORG - Unbalanced load in rotor dynamic module In rotor dynamic analysis , if multiple unbalanced loads are applied to points not in the a-set then loads will be ignored and wrong answers will result.
Description Avoidance: If multiple unbalanced loads exist, then make sure that all load points are in the analysis(a) set.
CR 1-14485401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BEGINBULK Causes Failure in trelpl.F SOL 600 jobs may fail with an error in trelpl.F if BEGINBULK rather than BEGIN BULK is entered.
CR 1-14487301 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ECHO The 2004 release has new options for the PUNCH portion of the ECHO command. The QRG description of this command has errors in describing the new options. The PUNCH and NEWBULK describers should be changed as follows:
Description
PUNCH: The entire Bulk Data will be written to the punch file. (i.e,. omit the "in sorted form") NEWBULK: In SOL 200, a complete unsorted bulk data deck is written to the punch file with updated design model entries. (i.e., change "complete and sorted" to "a complete unsorted"
CR 1-14523741 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - PARAM,POST,0 - Missing Results in xdb A combine heat transfer and thermal stress analysis with param,heatstat,yes will not write both the heat transfer and thermal stress results to the xdb or op2 file for postprocessing. If using param,post, 0 to write results to the xdb file, only the temperature result are obtained. If using param,post,-1 to write the results to the op2 file, only the thermal stress result are obtained. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance; compile phase0 alter 'output2'(,-1) if ( not(heatstat='yes' and aprch=' ') ) then $ alter 'output2' endif $ alter 'ELSE IF ( (OGEOM=','' ELSE IF ( (OGEOM='YES' OR OGEOM=' ') AND not(dmpop2) and not(heatstat='yes' and aprch=' ') and ((POST=-1 or patplus='yes') AND PATVER>=3.) ) THEN $ endalter CR 1-14533901 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-14533901 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - NEWBULK - Incorrect/Missing Bulk Data Echo Output The NEWBULK describer on the ECHO case control command enables punching of a complete unsorted bulk data deck at the end of a SOL 200 run with updated design model data. If the original input deck contains design model data that has been input in free field form and has a continuation that has a comma in column one, the updated design model data is followed by an incorrect punch of the continuation line. Also, if the user has placed comments at the end of a line of data that is included in the design model, the comment does not get written to the punch file. Avoidance: A blank can be inserted in front of the comma on the continuation line and the correct behavior will result. Comments that are at the end of design model entries must be moved to their own line if they are to be retained.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-14556901 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - param,inrel,-2 - Lagrange Multipliers, Incorrect matrix to factor diagonal messages When Lagrange Multipliers are used, as in param,inrel,-2, calculations in SOL 101 and several other places, large matrix to factor diagonal matrix ratios may be prined out and they may be in error.
Description Avoidance: If the "MATRIX/FACTOR DIAG. RATIO" is identical to the "MATRIX DIAGONAL" they can be safely ignored. If the run fatals, param,bailout,-1 can be used to avoid the fatal error. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-14568012 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL - Corrupted pch file output Acoustic analysis that specifies the CP method on the ACMODL entry may produce a corrupted (skinout) punch file.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14576201 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - ACMS May Produce Wrong Answers in Acoustics Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) with ACMS may produce wrong answers in Acoustics.
Description Avoidance: Use serial ACMS. Contact MSC for DMAP avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product CR 1-14593609 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PCOMP - Composites not Translated to Marc Correctly Composites, PCOMP entries, are not tranlated by SOL 600 to the marc input file correctly. CR 1-14595809 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor Dynamics - UNBALNC, transient response, WTMASS, NLLOAD, imbalance PARAM,WTMASS does not change the load vector (NLLOAD output) leading to wrong answers. CR 1-14600924 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - APP HEAT, PARAM,HEATSTAT,YES, READ, MAT4 - SFM 4276 SOL 101 with APP HEAT or PARAM,HEATSTAT,YES may fail in the READ module with SFM 4276 Description This is possible if the bulk data entry MAT4 has specific heat or density. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1a alter 'if ( rvrvd )'(,-1)
Known Error
CR 1-14600924 rvdam=false $ rvrvd=false $ endalter
CR 1-14602401 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - SDIR must be write accessible if QUE= is specified If MSC.Nastran is submitted with QUE=NAME, then the script checks that "SDIR" is writable. In the case of QUEUES, a user may be on a headnode of a cluster, and not have write access to SDIR on the headnode, but only on the compute nodes. Avoidance: The check does NOT occur if the job is run with NODE=node_name. The check should not be there if there are queues as well.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-14607302 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - EIGRL, READ - When use_aio is on, incorrect cpu reporting leads to poor performance When use_aio=yes is specified in a Nastran 2004.0.0 on HPUX 64 platforms, it may cause inaccurate and even negative cpu usage. This may cause additional shifts in Lanczos and lead to poor performance. This problem has been fixed in Version 2004.0.5 and later system by linking against corrected libraries from HP. CR 1-14626001 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UFM 5259 (MAKAUMD) In aeroelastic analyis UFM 5259 may be issued without any text. Avoidance: The text should read:
Description
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5259 (MAKAUMD) UXVEC BULK DATA ENTRY WITH ID xx INVOKED BY A AEPRESS BULK DATA ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST.
CR 1-14627054 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - PELAST, Kn - Possible Wrong Answers If the load deflection capability (Kn) is used with PELAST in a nonlinear analysis, then the results may be incorrect. The results are dependent on the connectivity order.
Description Avoidance: Use the CBUSH/PBUSH/PBUSHT instead. If the length is nonzero, the orientation vector method must be used instead of the CD field Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-14629706 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(LOAD) - Wrong Intermediate Results Hi: This is a general limitation. For nonlinear static analysis with thermal load, all intermediate data recovery of stress and strain is not correcrt to "LINEAR" elements. The definition of "LINEAR" elements including 2 groups of elements (1) All elements have no nonlinear capability, such as CBAR, CSHEAR,..., and (2) All elements have nonlinear capability but there is no geometrical or material nonlinearity behavior applied to them. Description Please also see 1-16331802. Regards, Fisher ======================== In nonlinear analysis, sol 106, using temp(load) stresses and nonlinear strains are incorrect for intermediate output (intout=yes on nlparm entry). This is true for MAT1 and MAT1/MATT1 using param,epsilont,secant which is the default. Avoidance: Use param,epsilont,integral and make alfa temperature dependent if not already the case.
CR 1-14636601 MSC / MD Nastran sfm 3007, sol 111, domainsolver modes (partopt=dof) A sol 111 run on linux with dmp=2 and domainsolver modes (partopt=dof) may fail with:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (READ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE This has been observed rarely.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14639801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL1, PBUSH - No Warning Message Issued When an optimization job designs a PBUSH property using a positive FID on a DVPREL1 entry that is not allowed, the program does not stop the process. The subsequent result may not be reliable. Avoidance: Use the property name instead. Such as K1 or B4.
Description
CR 1-14641801 MSC / MD Nastran GPFDR - Error set durational processing When multi-Subcase processing was introduced to GPFDR for durational performance issues, the criteria used was the set number, not a validation to the set content. This violate the Case Control Processing re-usage for set id within the a Subcase section. An avoidance is to use unique set identification related to the set content. This will be correct in V2005.
Description
CR 1-14646106 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Uninstall of Nastran 2004 also uninstalls Nastran 2001. Uninstall of Nastran 2004 also uninstalls Nastran 2001. This has been
Known Error
CR 1-14646106 corrected with version 2005.0 installation/uninstall. (cdp 12/09/04) .
CR 1-14651801 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - RBE3 has a limit of about 450 continuation cards For SOL 600 the RBE3 has a limit of about 450 continuation entries. Some models mave large RBE3's that exceed this limit. For such models, a memory over-run occurs and bad data is written to the appropriate section of the Marc input deck CR 1-14651804 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(INIT) - Performance Problem SOL 600 has a performance problem for large models with thermal loading. This occurs when TEMP(INIT) and TEMP(LOAD) are entered. On some computer systems, such as Linux, the performance penalty is very small. On others, such as HP, the performance penalty is large. This is caused by I/O that can be performed in a different way. For the large where this error was discovered, the run took more than 60 minutes to create the model on HP when it should have only take a couple of minutes. The problem has been fixed in Nastran 2004.0.5 on the Nastran 2004r2 cd. CR 1-14667001 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - NSM1, PSHELL - Missing mass, Wrong Answers The NSM1 command does not work on shell elements.
Description
Avoidance: User the NSM or NSML2 commands.
CR 1-14674804 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - CWELD - Projection not updated, Poor Answers, Poor Convegence
Known Error
CR 1-14674804 A projection is made between the diameter of a CWELD element and its associated shell elements to keep the symetrical connection between the weld and the shell elements. The procedure is implemented by MODGM2 and carried out in the IFP stage. As the diameter of a CWELD element is designed during the optimization phase, the projection of the CWELD needs be updated. Secondly, if the grid locations of shell elements are designed, the projection of weld and shell elements also needs to be updated during the design cycle. Therefore, the modgm2 module should be included in the design cycle. CR 1-14717802 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGR, GIV, HOU - Poor performance in wilvecd Householder and Givens eigenvalue methods may get poor performance on HP and Linux IA64 systems. CR 1-14720908 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - OUTPUT4 - Extra records in the output4 dscm2 datablock The rayleigh quotient approximation used for eigen/freq responses in SOL 200 results in three columns in the DSCM2 matrix for each response. When these results are printed to the .f06 file, these additional columns are stripped off but when they are written to a file using OUTPUT4, they are still there. Avoidance: This alter moves the partitioning of the DSCM2 matrix so that is applies to the OUTPUT4 requests as well.
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Known Error Product
Description COMPILE EXITOPT $ alter 'sdsc' IF (RQANO) THEN $ $ REMOVE SPAWNED GENERALIZED STIFFNESS AND MASS DSA FROM DSCM2 $ PARTN DSCM2,MRQA,/DSCM2NGS, DSCM2GS,,/1 $
Known Error
CR 1-14720908 EQUIVX DSCM2NGS/DSCM2/ALWAYS $ endif $ alter 'rqano'(3),'rqano'(3,3) $ endalter
CR 1-14762201 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Marc CONTROL block 3a is not supported The SOL 600 Marc CONTROL block 3a is not supported. This was intentional in SOL 600 versions before Nastran 2004.0.5 because some version of Marc did not support it. This is only important if different tolerances for displacment and residual are needed. CR 1-14762903 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Superelements - Slow Convergence If an eigenvalue optimization task contains superlements and SCR=NO is used, convergence to the optimum design will be slowed due to incorrect sensitivity calculations in the DOM9 module. This only occurs if the Rayleigh quotient approximation is used in the approximate optimization task for the eigenvalue response. Avoidance: Apply the direct (ATTB=1) or inverse (ATTB=2) approximation technique for the eigenvalue response or insert the following alter: compile desopt alter 'cdelk,cdelm,cdelb'(3),'' delete /cdelk,cdelm,cdelb,delgs,delgm $
Description
CR 1-14763501 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUADR - Incorrect Output Coordinate System The default stress/strain output coordinate system for QUADR is not the one defined in Quick Reference Guide. It is the material coordinate system with theta=0.0.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14777101 MSC / MD Nastran Large Problems/Frequency Response - DPD - SFM 4276 (READ) EC 3021 (DPD) Very large SOL 111 jobs may fail with the message:
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (READ) ERROR CODE 3021 (DPD) Avoidance: There is no known avoidance.
CR 1-14777104 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - linux, no space left on device, job does not abort On linux systems, if there is no space left on device, the job does not abort and the job may hang. CR 1-14779931 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - plasticity - Failure to converge or wrong answers In nonlinear analysis, sol 106, Nastran does not handle a hardening slope change after the 1st hardening slope in plasticity analysis. This may lead to a failure to converge or wrong answers.
Known Error Product
CR 1-14813801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 6296 (QMATR) Unable to locate datablock dtos2j with The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6296 (QMATR) unaable locate datablock dtos2j attribute dptye: xxxx may occur if the bulk data file contains a mixture of DVPRELi, DVMRELi and DVRELi entries and the DESVAR case control command is used to select a set of design variables that do not includ any of a partcular property type.
Description
Avoidance: Either remove the unneeded DVxRELi entries or include a DESVAR
Known Error
CR 1-14813801 that references each property type or apply the folowing dmap alter when DVMRELi's are the unneeded entries and the deck contains needed DVPRELi's and DVCRELi's. A similar dmap can be constructed for other scenarios:
compile predom alter 'dopr1 ' message //'protyp = '/protyp $ $ For the case of all the DESVARs referenced on DVMREL1 entries are NOT selected by DESVAR command protyp = 3 $ For the case of all the DESVARs referenced on DVPREL1 entries are NOT selected by DESVAR command $protyp = 7 - 1 $ For the case of all the DESVARs referenced on DVCREL1 entries are NOT selected by DESVAR command $protyp = 7 - 2 Known Error Product CR 1-14817201 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Not all values for SOL 600 Marc's AUTO INCREMENT are properly translated Not all values for SOL 600 Marc's AUTO INCREMENT are properly translated form NLSTRAT AIxxxxx entries. Description Avoidance; Other than manually editing the marc input file there is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-14860909 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH with local coordinate systems cause convergence problems A nonlinear analysis with CBUSH elements with their grid points defined in local coordinate system may have convergence problems. with bushes that have their grid points defined in loc Avoidance: The displacement coordinate systems for points connected by cbush elements in an nonlinear analysis should be the same. Known Error CR 1-14861414
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CR 1-14861414 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - RSPINR, ROTORDR2 - Floating Point Exception or Missing Message If the SPEEDi field is defined incorrectly on the RSPINR entry (e.g., defined as an integer instead of a real), then depending on the machine, the proper error message may not be issued. On some machines, the job may stop without any messages. On other machines, the job may stop with a floating point exception. Avoidance: Correct the offending entry.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-14872738 MSC / MD Nastran Poor zero frequency modes (SOL103) when model is prestressed by STATSUB. There are cases where some modal frequencies of an unconstrained and prestressed structure should be zero. These should occur when the forces remain in equilibrium after virtual displacement, which means the loads rotate with the model. Nastran does not get good zeros for these modes due to some inconsistency between the way the loads and elements are formulated. On the other hand, models with FORCE loads that do not rotate with the model are not expected to have zero frequency for modes that involve rotation. CR 1-14895708 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBAR - Null OUTPUT2 file is created when model consists of on CBARs The SOL 600 t16op2 translator (outr=op2 option) requires that elements with stress and strain be present. If a model consists entirely of CBAR and CBEAM elements that only generate internal forces, the generated op2 file will be null and the following message will be written to the f06 file:
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Known Error Product
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 11 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS BEING READ
Known Error
CR 1-14895708 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 0 0*** FATAL ERROR. 0 NO. FORTRAN RECORDS READ = 0 NO. FORTRAN WORDS READ = 0 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error Product
CR 1-14923601 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity/DMP - SOL 200 w/DMP Fails due to DISUTIL non-execution A SOL 200 job with DMP, DOMAINSOLVER MODES (part=dof) failed due to non-execution of a DISUTIL call on the master. The non-execution was caused by the restart logic (sys109). CR 1-14928501 MSC / MD Nastran Part Superelements - TOL on SEBULK and SECONCT entries uses SQRT(TOL) instead of TOL For Part Superelement connections via SEBULK or SECONCT, the TOL field defines the SQRT of the search distance instead of the linear search distance. CR 1-14932102 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - External SE - SFM 4276 In a SOL 200 optimization analysis run with external superelements and shape design variable, the job may fail in the 2nd design cycle with the following messages: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (PACK) ERROR CODE 105 PID= 0
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Known Error Product
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter $ compile update,list $ alter 'dbstatus selist'(,-1) $ type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ alter 'if ( noselist',''(,1) $
Known Error
CR 1-14932102 if ( noselist<1 or rsonly or (noselist>=1 and zuzri1>0) ) then $ if ( begsup or (noselist>0 and zuzri1>0) ) then $ $ compile desopt,list $ alter 'call update'(,-1) $ type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ zuzri1 = shapeopt $
CR 1-14949104 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel/Optimization - MODTRK - UFM 6458 A DMP optimization job that requests mode tracking will fail in module MODTRK with UFM 6458 (MTD0RD) complaining the requested mode does not exist.
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter compile fea list alter 'IF ( MODETRAK>0 ) then','' IF ( MODETRAK>0 and PROCID <= 1 ) then alter 'IF ( MODETRAK>0 ) then'(2),'' IF ( MODETRAK>0 and PROCID <= 1 ) then $ COMPILE moders list alter 'disutil lama'(2,-1) putsys(1,109) alter 'disutil lama'(2) putsys(0,109) $ $ CR 1-14970010 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2s, DRESP1s span subcases - UFM 6553 (DOPR3M 6553 (DOPR3R) SOL 200 job with DRESP2 refers to DRESP1s that span the subcases and weight or volume will fail with ufm 6553 iin DOPR3R. Avoidance: remove dresp1 ID for weight from DRESP2 if possible
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CR 1-14970014 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 MFREQ/DFREQ job with MBC may have mis-labelled output SOL 200 MFREQ/DFREQ jobs with Multiple Boundary Conditions may have following problems 1. incorrect labeling of output for subcase(s) of 2nd BC. The output for subcase(s) of 2nd BC (and onward) have title lines of subcase(s) of 1st BC. This problem does not affect optimization results. 2. If adjoint load methid is selected, the results may not be correct. Avoidance: DMAP alter is lengthy and will be made available upon request.
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CR 1-14976512 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - xdb file missing pressure and decibel results. Acoustic pressures and decibels are not available in the xdb file. Avoidance: Use the op2 file for pressures.
Description
files are in attachments Note data is in the xdb, this is a DRA issue or a design change in complex eigtnalues.
CR 1-15000431 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - CBUSH - Incorrect Element Forces If Field 6 of the TSTEPNL is set to AUTO, the element forces for the CBUSH element with PBUSHT will be incorrect in a SOL 129 run. Note that the AUTO and TSTEP methods have been de-documented after version 70.5. Also SOL 109 yields correct results for the test case. The element forces are correct when using the ADAPT (default) method.
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Known Error Product
Known Error Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
CR 1-15002802 SOL 600 - PLOADi, CPENTA - Incorrect Pressure Loads, Wrong Answers SOL 600 pressure loads are applied to the wrong face ID in the Marc deck for CPENTA elements. CR 1-15004301 MSC / MD Nastran Spotwelds - CWELD, ELPAT - UFM 7549 (mdg2ed) A model with CWELD elements and curved shells may fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 7549 (MDG2ED) This error is caused by tight projection tolerance. In v2004 the default projtol is set to 0.0 to avoid picking wrong elements for PARTPAT format. The zero tolerance works for flat shells, but it causes errors for some curved or warped shells. Avoidance: Insert swldprm,projtol,0.01 to set the projtol to 1%. The default projtol will be changed in version 2005 from 0.0 to 0.01. Note that the projection tolerance in v2001 was set to 10% which was excessively large.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15028201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - HAT1 - Incorrect sensitivities for end B responses The HAT1 beam section type computes incorrect values for the sensitivity of responses that are a function of the END B dimensions.
Description
Avoidance: Substitute a HAT section type or do not use the tapered feature of the HAT1.
Known Error Product
CR 1-15056901 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAINSOLVER - Misleading Error Msg for ACMS w/ NUMDOM=1 Specifying NUMDOM=1 on the DOMAINSOLVER command, with ACMS, leads to an
Known Error
CR 1-15056901 unclear error message: UFM 3200 (SEQP) LOGIC ERROR DETECTED BY SUBROUTINEC2FREE 1000 = LOCATE CODE OR VALUE. .
Known Error Product
CR 1-15062701 MSC / MD Nastran Phase change analysis failed to converged using SOL 159 - avoidance: use SOL 400 will converge Phase change analysis failed to converged with refined mesh using SOL 159 - This is a limitation
Description avoidance: use SOL 400 thermal analysis to run the phase change analysis, and the problem can be converged. Known Error Product CR 1-15068202 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Compaq Alpha v5.1a-5.1b - SFM 4276 (tbk) EC 7777 on Compaq Alpha A bug exists in V5.1a-b of the Compaq Alpha Unix operating system which may cause the floating point stack to be corrupted. This may cause a traceback in any version of MSC.Nastran and potentially could cause wrong answers. All clients must apply the 5.1B-1 patch. Avoidance: This error will be marked fixed in V2005 even though there is nothing MSC can do to fix the error. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-15103324 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - WELD - Job terminates without messages If ACMS is used in a model with WELD element, the job may terminate in PHASE0. The following messages may appear in the f04 or f06 file: ACMS PHASE 0 BEGN
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Known Error
CR 1-15103324 Avoidance: For some problems, the following system cells modifications corrected the problem NASTRAN SYSTEM(360)=2000 NASTRAN BUFFPOOL=500 For SOL 103, GDMODES also avoided this error
Known Error Product
CR 1-15107501 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Parallel, memory allocation bug puts elements in the wrong domains - Wrong Answers SOL 600 Parallel has a memory allocation bug which puts elements in the wrong domains. This leads to Marc aborting or wrong answers. CR 1-15113501 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - SOL 103, MPCforces - UFM 6144 If MPCforces are requested on a subset of points in SOL 103 then the job may fail with SFM 6144. Avoidances: Request MPCFORCE=ALL or insert PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO or insert the following DMAP alter:
Corrected Version 2004.5 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
Description compile sedisp alter 'CALL CFORCE USET,GM,UG,UH1','' CALL CFORCE USET,GM,UG,UH1,MMG,M2MG,BMG,B2MG,KMG,K4MG,K2MG,, PM,OLX,,/ QMG/ Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-15130911 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - zero c-set mass - SFM 9158 If SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 9158 is encountered due to zero c-set mass, then the run may not terminate immediately but instead proceeds to the next superelement. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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Known Error
CR 1-15130911 compile mhred alter 'error'(2),'' endalter
CR 1-15141101 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - PARAM,AUTOMSET - automset can cause incorrect solution PARAM,AUTOMSET can select the wrong o-set which can lead to wrong answers. CR 1-15150301 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS/Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVCRELi, DVMREL1 - SFM 4276, EC 3021 (DSAL) In a superelement optimization including acms optimization job, if the DESVARs are only referenced by DVCRELi or DVMRELi entries, the job may fail unexpectedly with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, ERROR CODE 3021 in the DSAL module. This is caused by a missing EDOMS table from module SDSA. Avoidance: Add a dummy DVPREL1 entry as show below. Assuming the job has a PSHELL 100 with the thickness = 2.0 DESVAR 1010 DUMMY 2.0 2.0 2.0 DVPREL1 9999 PSHELL 100 T 1010 1.0
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15159405 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, GIV, HOU - UNPACK error in DSAH2 If an optimization analysis has a DRESP1 entry that request an EIGN or FREQ response for a mode number whose eigenvalue has been extracted but whose eigenvector has not been calculated (e.g, the eigenanalysis was performed using GIV or HOU up to a specified frequency) the job may fail with an
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15159405 UNPACK error. in DSAH2. Avoidance: Check to see if eigenvectors have been extracted for all the mode numbers invoked on a DRESP1 entry (i.e., that there are non-zero generalized mass and stiffness values). If they have not, either discard the DRESP1 request or modify the EIGR entry to extract more eigenvectors
Known Error Product
CR 1-15168101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT - Write operation tried to write a record that was too long A SOL 200 job on sgi irix that was writing a long DSAPRT record failed with the message "Write operation tried to write a record that was too long".
Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-15182901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - No message when modes are referenced that do not exist If the user requests an eigenvector response on a DRESP1 entry that designates a mode number that is higher than the number of modes extracted, the request is ignored. This is regarded as an error in the design of the eigenvector sensitivity calculation and the code is to be changed to make this a USER FATAL MESSAGE. Avoidance: There is no avoidance, the burden is on the user to make sure referened modes exist. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-15214414 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - MDMODES, EIGRL - Hang in SEMR2, Signal 15 Error If distributed memory parallel (dmp) mdmodes job is executed but f2 on the eigrl entry is not specified, the job may hang in SEMR2 or fail in various ways including a signal 15 error on HPUX Itanium.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15214414 Avoidance: Specify f2 on the eigrl entry. In Version 2005 and beyond this condition is trapped with a user fatal message.
CR 1-15217604 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Excessive Memory is Required for large models Excessive memory is required for large SOL 600 model. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-15238701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DLINK, DESVAR - UFM 7008 If a DLINK entry references DESVAR entries that are not selected by a DESVAR command, the program issues USER FATAL MESSAGE 7008 (THE NUMBER OF DLINK ENTRIES EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF DESVAR ENTRIES. USER INFORMATION: THE NUMBER OF DEPENDENT DESIGN VARIABLES MUST BE LESS THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DESIGN VARIABLES). Avoidance: Remove the offending DLINK entry from the input file.
Description
CR 1-15242901 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic (Fluid Structure) Analsysis - MEFFMASS - UFM 5423 A fluid-structure model job with an MEFFMASS Case Control request fails with UFM 5423 (Attempt to multiply incompatible matrices) in the EFFMAS module when it is performing modal effective mass calculations for the structure.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile modefsrs alter 'EFFMAS CASEs,MsAA,PHsA,','' merge msaa,,,,vafs,/msaa1 $ merge phsa,,,,,vafs/phsa1/1 $ EFFMAS CASEs,MsAA1,PHsA1,LAMAs,USET,BGPDTS,,
Known Error
CR 1-15242901 CSTMS,vsgq/ EFMFSMs,EFMASSs,RBMASSs,EFMFACs0,MPFACs, MEFMASs,MEFWTs/ 0/WTMASS $ endalter
CR 1-15245201 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - EPOINT - Wrong answers If EPOINTs are specified in a fluid-structure model and some of the structural grid points in the a-set are numbered higher than the fluid grid points in the a-set then the results will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile gma alter 'GKAM USETD,PHSA,','' MERGE PHSA,,,,,VAFS/PHSAF/1 $ GKAM USETD,PHSAf,mis,lamas,DIT,M2SS1,B2SS1,,CASES,lammats/ MSHH0,B2SHH0,K1SHH,PHDSH0,MODELSTS,modselsv,LAMASN/ NOUE/LMODES/lfreq/hfreq/-1/-1/-1/0/S,N,FMODE/ KDAMP/false//APP $ endalter CR 1-15247204 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - SOL600,106 - Error number 1030 Models that run successfully in SOL106 may fail when using SOL 600,106 when QUAD4 elements exist that are translated into the uu plane. CR 1-15251748 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - RGYRO, UNBALNC - Wrong Answers If RGYRO with UNBALNC are included in the static subcase, the nonlinear transient response subcase will calculate different answers on different machines. CR 1-15269705
Known Error
CR 1-15269705 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,CONFAC - UFM 4277 and 4278 PARAM,CONFAC specifies the tolerance factor used in checking the congruence of the location of the boundary points between image superlements. In some models USER FATAL MESSAGE 4277 (SEP1ED)an d USER FATAL MESSAGE 4278 may be issued indicating that the tolerance has been exceeded when in fact it hasn't. Avoidance: An unrealistically large value of PARAM,CONFAC for example 1.0, may need to be specified to avoid the fatal message.
Description
CR 1-15278401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBEAM - Offsets Ignored, Wrong Answers SOL 600 beam offsets are sometimes ignored and not reflected in the SOL 600 marc input deck. CR 1-15279201 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Floating Point Exception on Windows V2004 Client model with CWELD elements that runs successfully on other platforms fails with a floating point exception on Windows Verison 2004. The problem is resolved in Version 2005.
Description Avoidance: Other than using Version 2005 or running on a different operating system, there is no known avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-15279901 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD(21) gives wrong answers on complex matrices Matmod option 21 converts a sparse factor matrix from the DCMP module into 3 true matrices. When multiplied together properly they reform the input matrix to the
Known Error
CR 1-15279901 DCMP module. The true matrices are easier to understand than the packed factor, where they are all in one data block. True matrices can be input to any matrix processing module, but the packed factor cannot. The option 21 has been demonstrated to behave well on real matrices. It can give wrong answers on complex matrices. Avoidance: No avoidance is known.
CR 1-15287606 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Dynamics - SPCD - Wrong answers If enforced motion (SPCD) is applied to a superelement's interior points in dynamic analysis then the results will be wrong. Avoidance: Assign the SPCD points to the residual structure.
Known Error Product
CR 1-15297201 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - MAXMIN - PARAM,POST,-1 or 2, PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC - SFM 5423 If a modal transient response requests MAXMIN output, the solution may fail with the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES The error will occur for the following conditions:
Description
1. Either PARAM,POST,-2 or both PARAM,POST,-1 and PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC are defined 2. Modal transient (SOL 112) 3. Coordinate systems are present in the model 4. PARAM,MODACC<0 (default) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter.
Known Error
CR 1-15297201 ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SEDRCVR NOLIST $ ALTER 'MPYAD TRANSG'(,-1) $ IF ( SORT2MM ) THEN $ TRNSP UG/UGTX$ EQUIVX UGTX/UG/-1 $ ENDIF $ ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE SUPER3 NOLIST $ ALTER 'MPYAD TRANSG'(,-1) $ IF ( SORT2MM ) THEN $ TRNSP UG2/UGTX$ EQUIVX UGTX/UG2/-1 $ ENDIF $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $ Example files attached. Details available in activity...Mark R
CR 1-15309511 MSC / MD Nastran Spot Weld Element - CWELD - UFM When two or more CWELD elements that have angles that fail the tolerance test, nastran aborts after reporting the first element and fails to check and report on any other elements. Avoidance: Set CHKRUN to 1 on the SWLDPRM entry.
Description
CR 1-15323213 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Not writing displacements to IDEAS universal file SOL 600 does not support writing output output to the IDEAS universal file. Beginning in v2005r2 this output may be obtained by using MARCIN to specify Marc's SDRC option. For example: MARCIN,0,0,SDRC,40,3
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15334301 Heat Transfer - UFM 4551 followed by SFM 4276 EC 31 If a heat transfer job fails to converge (USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551) may be followed by SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (GETCOL) ERROR CODE 31 because matrix IFSH has an incorrect trailer. CR 1-15340905 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - CWELD, PARAM,POST,-1 - Missing Output The op2 file generated in MSC.Nastran Version 2004 using param,post,-1 can not be used to postprocess CWELD element results in Patran **************** Fixed V2004.5 CR 1-15341502 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MODTRL - SFM 4276 EC 31 User DMAP errors may result in the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (GETCOL) ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (GETCOL) that identifies the routine GETCOL even though the problem routine is GTIDMC.
Description
CR 1-15372203 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - STRAIN, PCOMP - UFM 3005 (SDR2) Similar to error report q1-8126205 which reported that UFM 3005 occurs when STRESS(CORNER) is requested with composites, it has been found that a request for STRAIN(CORNER) output which should be ignored for composite elements, will lead to the messages:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15372203 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6418 (SDR2A) THE BILIN OPTION FOR STRESSES OVERRIDES ALL OTHER OPTIONS IN STRAIN AND FORCE COMMANDS. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (SDR2) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX (NONE) IN SUBROUTINE SQD43D Avoidance: Limit the strain request to non-composite elements by specifying a SET.
Known Error Product
CR 1-15378701 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Using 'this_host' on SERVER line of the license file prevents installer from working If the host name on the SERVER line of a FLEXlm license file is set to 'this_host', lmstat does not return the correct vendor daemon status. The Nastran installer relies on correct operation of lmstat. This error will cause the installer to assume no nastran licenses are being served.
Description
This problem has been reported to Marcrovision. Avoidance: Change the host name on the SERVER line to a valid host alias for the target system. The Macrovision problem id is P7078: lmstat -a fails to report vendor daemon status when run "remotely"
CR 1-15388102 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - K2PP, K2GG - Access Violation, UFM 614 (IFP1D) A K2PP or K2GG case control request that applies factors that requires more than a single line of input such as: k2gg = 1.*k1,2.*k2,3.*k3,4.*k4,5.*k5,6.*k6,7.*k7,8.*k8,9.*k9, 10.*ka,1.*kb,1.*kc,1.*kd,1.*ke,1.*kf,1.*kg,1.*kh, 1.*ki,1.*kj,1.*k0,1.*kk May fail with an access violation or issue the following fatal message:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15388102 USER FATAL MESSAGE 614 (IFP1D)
Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use DMAP to combine the matrices or combine them outside MSC.Nastran. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product CR 1-15388155 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - RGYRO, STATSUB - SFM 4276, EC 30, TRD Rotodynamics models, RGYRO, with static subcases in transient analysis may fail in the TRD1 module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 30. CR 1-15398609 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - CDMAPi - SFM 3008, Insufficient core for lapack method In eigenvalue analysis (SOL 103, 111, 112) a model with a lot of damper elements may fail with insufficient core during the Housholder Eigensolution even though a significant amount of memory is requested. The HOU eigenvalue solution is used during the residual vector calcualtion and the number of dampers affects the size of the problem. Avoidance: Specify RESVEC(NODAMP)=YES or pply the following alter with param,resvec,no. compile phase1a $ only use when RESVEC=NO alter 332 $ 2004.0.0 beigrd = false $ rvdam = false $ endalter $ For sols 103 and 111 with RESVEC=YES (in 111 default) param,resmeth,lan should work. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-15399501 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - MCFRACTION in the presence of EPOINT - SFM 6144 (PARTN1) In a modal transient or frequency response analysis, if the model contains one of more EPOINTs (lagrange multiplier, for example) and the case control
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15399501 has an MCFRACTION request, the solution will fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: where matrix RPHMC0 has more rows that VMCFG Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter ECHOOFF $ COMPILE FDRMGEN NOLIST $ ALTER 'DELETE .*VAD,VGP','' $ MERGE VMCFG,,,,,VGP/VMCFGX/1 $ EQUIVX VMCFGX/VMCFG/-1 $ DELETE /VAD,VGP,IEE,, $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
Known Error Product
CR 1-15426513 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - RESTART, MODTRL - Attaching a read only database may lead to fatal error in MODTRL. Dynamic restarts may be inefficient and SubDMAPs PHASE1A. PHASE1DR, GMA and FREQRS may be executed unnecessarily. Furthermore, if the cold start database is attached read-only a fatal error may be issued in the MODTRL module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in your cold start run: compile gma alter 'ENDIF \$ fastfr='(,-1) else $ xfastfr=false $ for restart efficiency endalter Or insert the following alter in your restart run: compile gma alter 'modtrl.*bdd'(,-2) dbstatus bdd//s,n,nobdd $ alter 'modtrl.*bdd','' if ( nobdd<1 ) modtrl bdd////6 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15426513 alter 'modtrl.*k4hh'(,-9) if ( false ) delete /k4hh,,,, $ dbstatus k4hh//s,n,nok4hh $ alter 'modtrl.*k4hh','' if ( nok4hh<1 ) modtrl k4hh////6 $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-15432813 MSC / MD Nastran Component Mode Synthesis - CSET -SFM 9158 (MHRED), UFM 9032 (ERRPH1) MSC.Nastran 2004 may fail with the message below and setting param,zrocmas,yes as suggested in the message may not avoid the error. This problem is demonstrated with tpl deck edr2n on the Cray SV1 platform but it could occur on other systems as well. ^^^ SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 9158 (MHRED) ^^^ THE C-SET FLEXIBILITY MATRIX IS SINGULAR. ^^^ USER ACTION: SPECIFY PARAM,ZROCMAS,YES TO REMOVE THE MASS ON THE C-SET DURING COMPONENT MODES. Avoidance: In addition to param,zrocmas,yes insert param,fzero,XXX where XXX is a real value just below the lowest flexible mode and above all "rigid body" modes. This causes the correct rigid body modes to be used for inertia relief supports in the autosprt subdmap. Other avoidances are to add the parameters: param,mhred,no and param,respath,old or param,mhred,no and param,fzero,xxx
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15449956 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - RELEASE - Sparse Data Recover Fails with UFM 5423 An external superelement created by reading MAA and KAA with INPUTT4 and storing on the database fails in MPYAD during sparse data recovery with
Known Error
CR 1-15449956 UFM 5423 when RELEASE entries are included. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO or removing the RELEASE entries.
CR 1-15463011 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - TEMPD is not recognized by the translator In SOL 600 TEMPD is not recognized by the translator. This will lead to missing temperature loads and wrong answers.
Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to specify the initial temperature on TEMP entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-15466201 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - RedHat AES 3 - Segmentation Fault When MSC.Nastran is submitted on an IA64 system with the RedHat AES 3 opterating system, the following message will appear: Description Segmentation fault (core dumped) Avoidance: Download the new "nastran" driver from ftp.mscsoftware.com and place in $MSC_BASE/msc2004/linux64/nastran Known Error Product CR 1-15474215 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - NLRESTART - SFM 1032 when NLRESTART refers to load step that doesn't exist. A fatal error will be encountered in a SOL400 restart if the Case Control command 'NLRESTART SUCASE 1 STEP 2' is used and there is only one step in the cold start. Description *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 482 (LCDRVR) NO DATA HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE MASTER DATABASE. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1032 (XIO) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST END OF DATA Avoidance: This problem can be avoid by using the case control command
Known Error
CR 1-15474215 'NLRESTART' or 'NLRESTART SUBCASE 1 STEP 1 LOADFAC 1.0'
CR 1-15477101 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMP(INIT), PCOMP - Wrong Answers For nonlinear analysis of temperature dependent composite materials, the initial stiffness matrix should be computed based on the initial temperature referenced by Case Control command TEMP(INIT)=N. However, for Version 2004, the initial stiffness matrix is computed based on the TREF on the bulk data entry PCOMP. This is wrong. CR 1-15487601 MSC / MD Nastran 2004 RedHat AES 3, Propack 3.0 - CRASH - GLIBC_2.2, Itanium, IA64, SGI Altix If V2001 of MSC.Nastran for Itanium Linux is run on RedHat AES 3, then the following error will occur: analysis: relocation error: $MSC_BASE/msc2001/linux64/analysis: symbol _dl_loaded, version GLIBC_2.2 not defined in file ld-linux-ia64.so.2 with link time reference Avoidance: The problem has been corrected in a special build that is to be made available on the external web at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
Description
Description
This dowload must be applied to a full 2001R4 (a.k.a. version 2001.0.9) installation. I addition the following environmental varibles must also be set on SGI Altix for all releases, serial and dmp, prior to 2005r2: setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 2.4.19 setenv LD_PRELOAD /usr/lib/sgi-compat-preload.so The build date of this system is February 19, 2004. Download analysis.aes3, place in $MSC_BASE/msc2001/linux64, and submit with "proc=aes3". A new nastran driver is also required and is included in the download. Please note that there have been a subsequent release of v2001r4 (a.k.a 2001.0.9) with performance improvements for Altix Itanium users. The
Known Error
CR 1-15487601 latest 2001 system for Altix is also available at the product update site. It is executed with proc=sgi. These systems do not support dmp under AES3 or Propack 3.0. Like all other 2001 Linux IA64 releases, these updates are statically linked with LAM 6.5.6 and will not support DMP under RedHat AES3 and Propac 3.0. LAM 7.0 , which is not used until the version 2005 release, is needed to support dmp for AES 3 and Propac 3.0. A special 2004 SGI Altix only Linux IA64 release which supports dmp under Propack 3.0 is available from the product update site. Please also see quality 1-16270201.
CR 1-15497401 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - SMP - UFM 3060, Excessive tokens checked out. The special release of MSC.Natran 2001.0.9 for Linux IA64 that added support for ffio with title page date of November 19, 2003 contains a licensing error that causes the executable to search for a SMP (shared memory parallel) license during every execution. Avoidance: This error has been corrected in a special release of 2001.0.9 with title page date of January 26, 2004. This system may be obtained from MSC's external software update web site or the user can revert back to the standard Linux IA64 2001.0.9 system that does not support ffio.
Description
CR 1-15502121 MSC / MD Nastran Spotwelds - Missing UFM 7549, SFM 4276 EC 3012 Models with spot welds that should fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 7549 (SEPWLD)
Description
indicating that the projection of GS GRID ID=xxxxx onto the surface cannot be found or lies outside the plane, may fail to issue this message and isntead fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) EC 3012.
CR 1-15518520 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ADAMSMNF - Cray Only, Traceback in AMSMI2
Known Error
CR 1-15518520 Some adamsmnf jobs that create an Adams modal neutral file may fail in Version 2004.0.6 on Cray SV! Beginning of Traceback: Called from line 42 (address 13710276a) in routine 'TRBK'. Called from line 40 (address 77535d) in routine 'RECOVR'. Called from line 112 (address 55361c) in routine 'sysrcv'. Called from address 13373636a in routine '__handlr'. Called from address 13740534a in routine 'AFSMI2'. Called from address 15101264b in routine 'AFGMNF'. Called from line 136 (address 15077120c) in routine 'XSEM16'. Called from line 133 (address 54500d) in routine '$SEGCALL'. Called from line 133 (address 225677b) in routine 'XSEMDR'. Called from line 66 (address 63175b) in routine 'NASTMON'. Called from line 379 (address 1372d) in routine 'MAINAL'. Called from line 343 (address 54455d) in routine '$SEGRES'. Called from line 343 (address 12005663d) in routine '$START$'. End of Traceback.
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CR 1-15525703 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - MAXMIN(DEF) results are order dependent If a MAXMIN(DEF) definition for a MAGnitude (either Translation or Rotation) follows a MAXMIN(DEF) for a specific component (i.e. T3), then the reported MAGnitude results will all be zero. If the order of the MAXMIN(DEF)s are reversed (MAG first, then component) the results are correct.
Description
This order gives zeros for the MAGT results: MAXMIN(DEF) ACCE T3 MAXALG=2 MAXMIN(DEF) ACCE MAGT MAXALG=3 whereas this order does not: MAXMIN(DEF) ACCE T3 MAXALG=2 MAXMIN(DEF) ACCE MAGT MAXALG=3
CR 1-15525713 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - STRAIN, DISP, COORDi - Wrong Answers With Version 2004.0.0 if the Case Control includes an output request for
Known Error
CR 1-15525713 STRAIN, then the CID option for grid-type responses (DISP, SPCF, MPCF) will be ignored and the output coordinate system will not show up in the printed .f06 output. Requests for other element-based output such as STRESS or FORCE do not affect the grid-based output, just the STRAIN request. Verified fixed as of 2004r3
CR 1-15537101 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - Modal Participation Factor phase angle has wrong sign The sign of the phase angle of the modal participaltion factor results may be in error. compile mpf nolist alter 'PARTN ABE,VGXFS','' PARTN ABE,VGXFS,/,,ABESFP, $ ADD ABESFP,/ABESF/(-1.0,0.0)//3 $ NEGATE ABE MATRICES alter 'SMPYAD PHGXFH'(1,0),'' SMPYAD PHGXFH,ABESF,PHGXSH,,,/ABEH/3/1///1/1 $ alter 'SMPYAD PHGXFH'(2,0),'' SMPYAD PHGXFHX,ABESFXX,PHGXSHX,,,/ABEH/3/1///1/1 $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15550901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCD - Incorrect Responses for Enforced Motion TPL deck d200rd15 demonstrates this error and correction in verison 2005.
Description
If a SOL 200 design task includes enforced motion using SPCD's, the final response and element data recovery results are incorrect. The optimization results are correct as are the sensitivities. Avoidance: If PARAM NASPRT 1 is used, all data recovery results will be correct. Alternatively, one can simply ignore the final response results and create an input deck from the final design. TPL deck d200rd15 demonstrates this error and correction in verison 2005.
Known Error Product
CR 1-15553302 Acoustics - Data Recovery - Excessive CPU when no MPF output is requested Even if no modal participation factor output is requested, the data recovery is still performed on all fluid-structure interface points; thereby defeating the benefits of sparse data recovery. Avoidance: Insert the following alter: compile spdr1 alter 'ajp'(2,-1) type parm,nddl,i,y,fluidmp,structmp $ if ( fluidmp<>0 or structmp<>0 ) then $ alter 'ajp'(2) else $ call xAdd5 vp,vky,vmy,vby,/vpx/cu/cu/cu/cu/cz $ endif $ compile semfreq alter 'if ( structmp','' if ( structmp<>0 or fluidmp<>0 ) then $ compile fea $ feafreq in V2004r2 alter 'if ( structmp','' if ( structmp<>0 or fluidmp<>0 ) then $ compile spdr0 alter 'if ( fluidmp','' if ( fluidmp<>0 or structmp<>0 ) then $ endalter CR 1-15567801 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - Enforced Motion, SPCD, and sparse data recovery - Wrong Answers If sparse data recovery is activated in fluid-structure analysis with enforced motion wrong answers may be produced. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO or insert the following DMAP alter
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Known Error Product
Description
compile cforce1 alter 1,1 SUBDMAP CFORCE1 MXY,mqxy,M2XY,m2qxy,BXY,bqxy,B2XY,b2qxy,KXY, K4XY,k4qxy,K2XY,k2qxy,PHY,KDXY,kdqxy,axy,aqxy, yx,vxpc,uset/ MXY1,BXY1,KXY1,pmyy,pbyy,pkyy,vxcg/ APP/APP1/forctype $
Known Error
CR 1-15567801 alter 'add vy1,vy2','' Matmod axy,aqxy,,,,/vy3,/12/s,n,nonull/2/-1 $ add vy1,vy2/vy2a $ add vy2a,vy3/vy $ alter 'add vy1,vy2'(2),'' Matmod axy,aqxy,,,,/vy3,/12/s,n,nonull/2/-1 $ add vy1,vy2/vy2a $ add vy2a,vy3/vy $ alter 'add vy1,vy2'(3),'' Matmod axy,aqxy,,,,/vy3,/12/s,n,nonull/2/-1 $ add vy1,vy2/vy2a $ add vy2a,vy3/vy $ compile gma alter 'umerge1 usetd,adya,,,' call dbstore a1sf,adsf,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile spdr1 alter 'call cforce1',''(,1) call dbfetch /a1sf,adsf,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ CALL CFORCE1 MSF,mysf,M2SF,m2ysf,BSF,bysf,B2SF,b2ysf,KSF,K4SF,k4ysf, K2SF,k2ysf,,KDSF,kdysf,a1sf,adsf,,vspc,uset/ MSF1,BSF1,KSF1,,,,vscg/ APP/app/'spcforce' $ if ( noyg>0 ) CALL CFORCE1 MSs,,M2Ss,,BSs,,B2Ss,,KSs,K4Ss,, K2Ss,,,KDSs,,,,,vspc,uset/ MSs1,BSs1,KSs1,,,,/ APP/app/'spcforce' $ alter 'call cforce1'(3),'' if ( dompcf ) CALL CFORCE1 MMG,,M2MG,,BMG,,B2MG,,KMG,K4MG,,K2MG,,,KDMG,,, ,,Vmpc,uset/ MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,,,,vmcg/ APP/app/'mpcforce' $ compile fdrmgen alter 'call cforce1',''(,1) call CFORCE1 MSF,,M2SF,,BSF,,B2SF,,KSF,K4SF,,K2SF,,phif,kdsf,,, ,,vspc,uset/ msf1,bsf1,ksf1,,,,/ APP/APP1/'spcforce' $ if ( noyg>0 ) call CFORCE1, MSS,,M2Ss,,BSS,,B2Ss,,KSS,K4Ss,,K2Ss,,,kdss,,, ,,vspc,uset/ mss1,bss1,kss1,,,,/ APP/APP/'spcforce' $
Known Error
CR 1-15567801 alter 'call cforce1'(3),'' CALL CFORCE1 MMG,,M2MG,,BMG,,B2MG,,KMG,K4MG,,K2MG,,phig,kdmg,,, ,,vmpc,uset/ MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,,,,/ APP/APP1/'mpcforce' $ alter 'call cforce1'(4),'' CALL CFORCE1 MMy,,M2My,,BMy,,B2My,,KMy,K4My,,K2My,,, kdmy,,,,,,uset/ MMy1,BMy1,KMy1,,,,/ APP/APP/'mpcforce' $ compile cforce alter 'call cforce1','' call CFORCE1 MXY,,M2XY,,BXY,,B2XY,,KXY,K4XY,,K2XY,,uy,kdxy,,,,, vxpc,uset/ mxy1,bxy1,kxy1,,,,vxpc1/ APP/APP1/forctype $ endalter
CR 1-15573108 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - CBUSH1D, shocka - Possible Wrong Answers On the PBUSH1D entry the requirement is as follows: For a linear spring K a default value of 0.0 is allowed by not specifying the K entry. For a linear damper C a default value of 0.0 is allowed by not specifying the C entry. If any nonlinearity is specified, (SHOCKA, SPRING, DAMPER, GENER), K>0 is required. If K is not provided in the presence of any nonlinearity, the element will behave as a linear element.
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Known Error Product
Correcte GL d Version Abstract SOL 400 - PARAM,POST,0, DBC Module - SWM 6065 (DBC) There are two problems in this CSR --Descripti (1) The subDMAP, nonlin, of SOL 400 does not handle the NLSTRESS correct on in DBC module(s) in the PHASE 2 before calling SUPER3 module when ANALYSIS=NLSTAT.
Known Error
CR 1-15641036 (2) The current logic of DBC does not recognize "SUBCASE-STEP" case control structure that only uses in SOL 400. I have already fixed problem (1) in V2006t1. We may need DBC expert in problem (2) - I have talked to KKK and sent some outputs to him for suggestion. I will hold this CSR before KKK has time to look into it. 04/21/2005 CJY ====================================================================== ============== SOL 400 encounters a problem processing results in the DBC module and issues the following message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCROL UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION NLLF RETURN CODE = 1. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCROL UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION NLLF RETURN CODE = 1. Avoidance: Use PARAM, POST, -1 and the output2 file.
CR 1-15653501 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - DISPL(PLOT)=ALL, PARM,POST,0 - Missing Eigenvector results in xdb If "param,post,0" is specified with ACMS (serial or parallel), and "DISPL(PLOT)=ALL" is specified, then the XDB file will not contain the EIGENVECTORS. Note, that the EIGENVALUES are there, but not the mode shapes. Avoidance: The eigenvectors will be written to the output2 file if param,post,-1 is selected.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15654005 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - RBE2/RBE3 nodes are not included in all SOL 600 domains for Parallel Processing RBE2/RBE3 nodes are not included in all SOL 600 domains for Parallel Processing.
Known Error
CR 1-15654005 Usually all REB2/RBE3's must be included in all domains and all grid points associated with them must also be included in all domains, othewise the job will diverge.
CR 1-15664507 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - Excessive Output Heat transfer, sol 159, may place the: NON-LINEARITERATIONMODULEOUTPUT
Description
for each timestep on a different page. If printed this wastes paper and it also has the potential of doubling the output because page header information is repeated for each page.
Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
CR 1-15689201 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - RFORCE is not translated to Marc properly SOL 600 RFORCE is not translated to Marc properly. It needs distributed load code 105 rather than 100 or 103. CR 1-15689204 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MARCIN (include file) missing data - Nastran aborts The SOL 600 MARCIN (include file) may result in missing data and may cause Nastran to abort. CR 1-15721126 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - axi-symmetric elements only - UFM 4016 Radiation heat transfer analysis with axi-symmetric elements may fail with the following messages:USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016.
Description ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9048 (NLSTATIC) ^^^ LINEAR ELEMENTS ARE CONNECTED TO THE ANALYSIS SET (A-SET).
Known Error
CR 1-15721126 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP) THERE ARE NO TEMPERATURES FOR RADBC ELEMENT 100011 IN SET 1 Avoidance: Add a dummy property entry as follows: pshell,1,1,1.0
CR 1-15721173 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - CHBDYG, NLITER - Divide by Zero In SOL 153 with radiation, if the initial temperature guess is not close to the final temperature, the analysis may fail with a divide by zero or the Nonlinear Iteration Output will indicate extremely large epsilons as follows: 1 9.9000E+01 1.2246E+49 1.2246E+49 1.0000E-01 2.3162E+49 1.0000E+00 -1.2212E+49 -1.2212E+49 0 0 2 1 2 9.9000E+01++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5.1517+245 1.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0 0 1 1 3 9.9000E+01???????????????????????????????????????????????? 1.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0 0 0 1 Avoidance: Specify a better value for tempd.
Description
CR 1-15731520 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements/Superelements - QSET, RIGID=LAGRANGE - SFM 6143 (DUPART) Using the new Lagrangian rigid elements (RIGID=LAGRANGE) together with QSET entries will give *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (DUPART) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in KVF is not equal to the size of the S+Q+B-set Using RIGID=LAGRANGE with superelements gives the message: BIOMSG: ERROR 201 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE WRITE , FILE INDEX = 0.
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Known Error
CR 1-15731520 Avoidance: Do no use RIGID=LAGRANGE with superelements or qsets.
CR 1-15738901 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - EQUILIBRIUM - Ignored in SE models Remark 3 of the EQUILIBRIUM Case control command in the QRG should indicate that the EQUILIBRIUM commnad produces no output in the presense of superelements. CR 1-15742849 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor Dynamics - UNBALNC - UFM 7813, floating point exception When the correction option (CFLAG) is used on the UNBALNC entry in rotor dynamics, the grid specified on the UNBALNC entry must be in the aset. Otherwise, UFM 7813 will be issued in some cases, which is the correct message. In other cases, the job will fail with floating point exception. Avoidance: Make sure that the specified grid point is in the aset
Description
CR 1-15742867 MSC / MD Nastran DDAM - missing output in MSC.FEA When using the new DDAM option in MSC.FEA, the results are missing. Avoidance: The DDAM and DDAMOUT subdmaps need to be replaced. The error is corrected in Version 2004.0.7 which is only available on the FEA 2004 R2 that is scheduled to be released by the end of May 2004. The error is also corrected in MSC.Nastran 2004.5 scheduled to be released June 15, 2004. CR 1-15782011 MSC / MD Nastran Error when rigid body modes, v1, nd are used and v1 is low
Description
CR 1-15782011 Occasionally a FACTOR ERROR is reported when the mode is very close to the value of V1 on the EIGRL entry. This can be avoided by changing V1. CR 1-15795828 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BCPARA - FTYPE default of coulumb friction is not translated If FTYPE is not specified on the BCPARA entry no Defaults are used even though the Quick Reference Guide mentions indicates that the default is Coulomb. Avoidance: Explicitly specify FTYPE on the BCPARA entry.
Description
CR 1-15831209 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - ESE - Wrong Answers with INTOUT SOL 106, nonlinear analysis, may create incorrect nonlinear ESE when the 9th field of NLPARM bulk data card, INTOUT, is not set to ALL in Version 2004 and earlier releases.
Description Avoidance: Specify INTOUT=ALL. It has been fixed in V2005.0.0 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-15831507 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SUPORT - SFM 6424 and 6144 Direct Frequency response with SUPORT entries may fail with the messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6424 (DFNSB) THE NUMBER OF ROWS IN THE LOAD VECTOR AND THE FACTOR MATRIX ARE INCOMPATIBLE LOAD VECTOR ROWS = 2536 FACTOR MATRIX ROWS = 2537 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in DAY is not equal to the number of zeros
Description
Known Error
CR 1-15831507 in partitioning vector VAY User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: DAY : Rows= 2537 by Cols= 1 VAY : Rows= 2537 no. of non-zeros= 1 no. of zeros= 2536 0 Avoidance: compile sedfreq alter 'call mmfind1','' type parm,nddl,char8,n,ltset,llset $ UPARTN USET,Kaa/KLL,,,/ltset/llset $ UPARTN USET,maa/mLL,,,/ltset/llset $ CALL MMFIND1, Kll,Mll,USET,SILS,EQEXINS,,bgpdts/ MECHA,phir,vspc,lll/ s,mmech/'l '/false $ endalter
CR 1-15842401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Multiple NLSTRAT entries result in fatal message Even though multiple NLSTRAT entries are legal, SOL 600 gets a FATAL ERROR when more than one NLSTRAT is defined. Normally there needs to be one NLSTRAT per subcase with an additional one with ID=0 for Marc's phase zero if any at all are entered. CR 1-15847916 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPARM - Incorrect Convergence Message Nonlinear analysis, SOL 106, may issue the message that the "SOLUTION HAS CONVERGED" even though there are large residual forces which is evidence that the solution is not converged. You should look at the error measures to see if convergence really occurred. CR 1-15848202 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Memory request of ... words failed / RSSCON not supported In Version 2004 solution 600 may fail with the message: memory request of
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Known Error
CR 1-15848202 83137782 words failed during the translation phase - no Marc input file gets created. Avoidance: Increasing the memory may not allow the problem to be solved. Running with a very large memory requested resulted in a marc input deck being created and the following message being written to the f06 file: TRANSL WARNING - RSSCON is not supported by the internal Marc translator. Marc will not be executed.
Known Error Product
CR 1-15848212 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - STRESS, PSOLID, CHEXA - Stress at Gauss points not available for c IN=2 Writing out the stresses of CHEXA elements at the Gauss points for IN=2 is not possible. Stress at the grid points will be output. CR 1-15854501 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - node= - V2004 Windows missing nastran.rmt file The PC version of v2004 (both r1 and r2) does not include the nastran.rmt file (.../msc/msc2004/i386). This means that the "node=" option does not function.
Description
Workaround is to copy the one from v2001 (however there are issues with that file as well as you need to include a line that reads: jidtype=%jidtype% as a minimum - this is addressed in a separate CSR - see 1-15854504)
CR 1-15854504 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - UFM, Input file does not exist While using "node=" command to submit from Windows to unix, the job will fail if the extension of the input file ( .bdf for example) does not match the "jidtype" setting on the remote machine. This error persists even if the "jidtype=bdf" keyword is used on the launching PC side.
Known Error
CR 1-15854504 Avoidance: If the following line is added to the PC's nastran.rmt file, then the jidtype keyword is passed thru correctly and the job recognizes the keywords and will run correctly: jidtype=%jidtype% Note that the "nastran.rmt" file itself is missing completely from the 2004 (r1 or r2) installations. The jidtype command above is in the standard nastran.rmt file for Windows. When it is included in the delivery, this error will be eliminated.
CR 1-15862001 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - SOL 600 incorrectly checks out a nastran nonlinear license A SOL 600 job may incorrectly check out a nastran nonlinear license as evidenced by the following message in the log file. Acquired 100 licenses for Group CAMPUS (MSC.Nastran Nonlinear)
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15879701 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - TEMPP1 & TEMPRB may produce incorrect POINT TEMP Marc input leading to wrong answers SOL 600 TEMPP1 & TEMPRB may produce the wrong POINT TEMP in the Marc deck leading to wrong answers. CR 1-15895505 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CLAN - Wrong Answers In Version 2004, complex Lanczos may produce bad answers if the block size is automatically augmented. The block size is only augmented when the number of repeated roots is greater than the block size or the solver is unable to converge and this rarely occurs in real world models. Avoidance: The problem can be avoided by setting system(108)=8.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15907201 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Eigenvalue analysis after a nonlinear solution with contact gives wrong results SOL 600 eigenvalue analysis after a nonlinear solution with contact gives wrong results for the nonlinear portion of the job as well as the eigenvalue portion. CR 1-15923905 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/SOL 600 - BCBODY - UFM 316 If the documented text of "3D" is entered into the "DIM" field (field 3) of the BCBODY entry, then MSC.Nastran 2004 and 2004r2 fatal out with a UFM 316 format error as it tries to read the "d" as part of an exponent instead of as a character as documented. Avoidance: Leave this blank (since 3 is the default) or specify just the number "3". BCBODY,1 $ Default is OK BCBODY,2,3 $ Using a number is OK BCBODY,3,3D $ Gives UFM on "3D" field Running even SOL 100 with the above as the bulk data file will demonstrate the problem
Description
CR 1-15925501 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 4276 (BLDPK) EC 211 Large external superelement jobs may fail in the MERGE1 module with the message:
Description SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPK) ERROR CODE 211 PID= 0; f04: EXTOUT 166 UMERGE1 BEGN BLDPK TERM Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-15944704 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - QSET, ASET1 - UIM 7588, SFM 6144
Known Error
CR 1-15944704 In SOL 108 with modal reduction (ASET1, QSET) the GKAM module issues USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7588 indicating the number of modes that are retained. The number of modes indicated retained is actually the number of modes calculated and the then number of modes calculated is actually the number of q-set degrees of freedom. The residual vectors are subsequently thrown away and later in the solution MERGE1 fails because of incompatibility of datablocks DAY and VAY. CR 1-15950512 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - ddam - Wrong Answers The NRL summing convention may not be used due to an inconsistent parameter name used in the ddam* sssalter
Description
Description Avoidance: Download the latest v2001 alter (ddamall.v2001) from our website. This alter replaces the ddama and ddamba alters. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-15950532 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CTRIAX6 - Incorrect Stress Label When using axisymmetric elements, vonmises stresses are labelled as octahedral stresses. Only the labels are incorrect, the values are correct. CR 1-15962101 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD, CFAST, PFAST - Wrong mass when lumped mass specified in field MASS If the MASS field of the PFAST entry is populated with a value, the mass added is much larger than the lump mass specified. PARAM,GRDPNT,0 reports different masses in different directions and the eigenvalue analysis fails. CR 1-15972201 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-15972201 Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGC - 3003 (CEAD) Complex Inverse Power may fail with the message below when the bulk data input also contains an EIGC entry that references the CLAN method. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (CEAD) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 310) IN SUBROUTINE CINVPR FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Remove the unused EIGC entry.
Description
CR 1-15994609 MSC / MD Nastran P-elements - GMINTC and GMINTS - SFM 4276 EC 3021 If GMINTC and GMINTS Bulk Data entries are both present in the model then the run will terminate in the GP0 module with:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (READ) ERROR CODE 3021 PID= 0 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-16017810 MSC / MD Nastran Documntation/QRG - RCROSS - RCROSS Case Control Command In the QRG, there is an error in the description of the RCROSS case control command. It must read CORF instead of CROF. If CORF is mistyped, then the default PSDF is used, and no message is issued.
Known Error Product
CR 1-16026003 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Gasket materials combined with other solid element materials generate error in Marc SOL 600 Gasket materials, MATG, combined with other solid element materials generate error in Marc.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-16028004 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 3001: Datablock CASEDM does not exist The fatal message USER FATAL MESSAGE 3001 DATABLOCK CASEDM DOES NOT EXIST
Description
can result when eigenvector senstivities are requested and the only RTYPE that is used is FORCE. Avoidance: An avoidance is to add other RTYPE's (DISP,STRAIN,ESE,STRESS or TOTSE) that invoke eigenvectors with an id that is equal to or greater than the highest ID appearing on a DRESP1 with RTYPE=FORCE
CR 1-16028303 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - SPCD - Wrong Answers with sparse data recovery. Sparse data recovery usage in transient analysis (both SOL 109 and SOL 112) employing SPCD enforced motion will give wrong answers if the base displacement or velocity is non-zero. This should not affect enforced acceleration scenarios, but may seriously affect enforced displacement or enforced velocity scenarios.
Description
Avoidance: Specify sparsedr=no. Known Error Product CR 1-16038804 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Programmer's Guide Aerodynamic Module examples are obsolete In the DMAP Programmers Guide, the description of the aerodynamic modules is up to date. However, most of the examples still show the old argument lists, e.g. ADG, AMG, ... CR 1-16060036 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-16060036 Frequency Response - METHOD - UFM 9056, METHOD Command required in all subcases In all previous versions of Nastran, under sol 111, the METHOD command was required only in the first subcase. In Version 2004 if multiple subcases are specified in frequency response but a METHOD command is not specified in all subcases the job will fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9056 ( MODEFSRS) NO METHOD COMMAND WAS SPECIFIED IN THE CASE CONTROL SECTION.
Description
CR 1-16074001 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics/Enforced Motion/DMP/Acoustics - SFM 6144 (PARTN1) Acoustic models with enforced motion in DMP may fail with the message:
SFM 6144 (PARTN1) Size of input matrices & partitioning vector incompatible Columns of PHSA0 not equal to rows of VR Description Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoiance: compile modefsrs alter 'if ( relmtn )'(2),'' if ( relmtn and not(procid>1 and (fdmodes or mdmodes)) ) then $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-16090301 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATOFP module - no print control, ignores paging, uses CARDNO The MATOFP module has several deficiencies: 1. no print control. 2. ignores paging 3. uses old CARDNO processing Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error CR 1-16096104
Description
CR 1-16096104 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion, SOL 109 - Unexpected Spikes in Acceleration Direct enforced motion with prescribed displacements (SOL 109) may result in unexpected acceleration spikes at the beginning and end of the enforced displacement. Enhancements to enforced motion have corrected this problem in version 2005. CR 1-16107901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCD, MTRAN - Wrong answers The new relative motion formulation is not supported in SOL 200 for ANALYSIS=MTRAN. (This is because the TRD2 module does not support the new initial condition capabilities). Avoidance: A direct transient solution should be selected.
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CR 1-16107905 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 40 - Poor message and wrong answers MATMOD Option 40 has several errors: 1. Incorrectly issues the following message in the f04: *24* Wrttrl Warning - Trailer type of terms for indexed matrix 201 is incorrect: 0. An automatic update has been made. *24* 2. Incorrectly issues SWM 7598 when doing parameter conversion from single to double precision. 3. Does not ouptut the matrix in machine precision if I1 is purged and TYPE parameter is not consistent with machine precision. 4. SFM 6918 and 6920 are fatal errors but do not terminate the run. 5. If output is purged then there is no fatal.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-16107905 6. NZWDS and DENSITY in the trailer may be incorrect. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-16109501 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Nonlinear, PSOLID, TETRA - Nonlinear Supports 5-10 noded TETRA The PSOLID entry description in the V2001 and V2004 Quick Reference Guide incorrectly indicate that nonlinear is not supported for the 5-10 noded TETRA element. CR 1-16128001 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - matmod option 16 on hpux Bad performance of matmod option 16 to punch DMIG has been reported for Nastran 2004 HPUX 2004 systems. CR 1-16132601 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - ESE ouput for DMIG missing with SETP When SETP case control is used to combine existing sets in a model with DMIG(s), the DMIG output maybe be missing in the ESE output. CR 1-16132609 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - ESE/EKE output printed twice when SETP used When the SETP case control command is used to combine existing SETs, and more than one type of output is requested among ESE, EKE and EDE, the output may be printed twice. CR 1-16143401 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-16143401 Multilevel Superelements - Upstream generalized coordinates are discarded. If KOA is null, which can happen on collector superelements that have no physical boundary points, the coefficients for the generalized coordinates of the upstream superelements may be discarded. Avoidance: An alter that avoids this problem for non-inertia relief runs follows:
Description $ remove line 72 in sekr $ 72 IF ( NOT(STATICS) AND $((XRESVECO='NO' AND XRESVIRO='NO' AND $ INRLM>-1)OR $ SEID=0 OR SEID=FLUIDSE) ) THEN $ alter 72,72 $ if (not statics or seid=0) then $ Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear Analysis - CREEP, tref, PSHELL - Poor Answers with Plane Strain In nonlinear analysis, plain strain elements give slightly different results with different reference temperatures, tref, even though the creep is set to zero. The observed differences are small. The exact cause is under investigation. Known Error Product CR 1-16148301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFREQ/DFREQ, Superelements - Infinite Loop MFREQ/DFREQ SOL 200 optimization jobs may encounter an infinite loop condition if the number of records in FRQPRP is larger than NZ1. This scenario is most likely to happen when superelements are utilized and the number of subcases is high. Description Avoidance : Use the following DMAP alter only if the design model is in the residual (debug_dsad2.alter). compile descon $ alter 'dsad ','' $ DSAD RSP1CT,R1TAB,RESP12,OBJTAB,CONTAB,BLAMAX,LAMASX, CLAMAX,DIVTAB,AUXTAB,STBTAB,FLUTAB,OUGVS1,OESS1, CR 1-16148146 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-16148301 ,OEF1AA, , , ,OQGS1,DSCREN,XINIT, tabdeq,COORDN,OLX, FRLSE, FRQRSP,CASEDS,CASEm, , OPTPRM,DVPTABF,PROPIF,BGPDTS,DNODEL,WGTM, , , ,resp3,rmstab,rmsval, UGXF, QGXF, QMPXF, UHXF, , , , ,MODRSP,CASEDMX,PHGX, , , ,upsdtx, RQATAB,RESP12X,RESP3X/ R1VAL,R2VAL,RSP2R,R2VALR,CVAL,CVALR,OBJTBR,CNTABR, R1TABR,R1VALR,DRSTBL,FRQRPR,UG1,AUG1,R1MAPR,R2MAPR, CASDSN,CASDSX,DRDUG,DRDUTB,CASADJ,LCDVECI,rr2idr, r3val,r3valr,resp3r,rmstbr,rmsvlr,FRLR,FOLR, UGM21, QGM21, QMPM21, UHM21,MODRPR,upsdt, RQATABR, RSP2XR,RSP3XR/ vols/vol/S,N,OBJVAL/S,N,NR1OFFST/S,N,NR2OFFST/ S,N,NCNOFFST/APP/ -1/SEID/DESITER/EIGNFREQ/ S,N,ADJFLG/PEXIST/MBCFLG/RGSENS/protyp/autoadjx/ fsdcyc/s,n,nr3offst/inrel/s,n,tadjc/PEID/s,n,ACTFREQ/ s,n,FREQ1/s,n,DLOADDS/FRQ345/DISCYC $ endalter $
CR 1-16149704 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP - ASET - SFM 7467, SFM 6144 This is now fixed. (Remember don't test MDMODES on tiny job for now.) DMP does not support the use of ASET/ASET1 entries. If ASET/ASET1 is used, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7467 is issued correctly in version 2001. In version 2004, SFM 6144--the sizes of the input matrices and partitioning vectors are incompatible--is issued. Since ASET is not supported in DMP, this also implies that DMP does not support ADAMSMNF. Avoidance: For models using DMP, remove the ASET/ASET1 entries. ASET/ASET1 entires are supported in MDACMS and MDMODES and Freq Domain Modes in V2005. GDACMS and GDMODES are not supported.
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CR 1-16158821 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - TEMPBC - Unreferenced TEMPB leads to wrong
Known Error
CR 1-16158821 answers. In nonlinear heat transfer analysis if input includes TEMPBC entries that are not referenced by DLOAD entries at the same degrees of freedom for which there are other TEMPBC entries that are referenced, then wrong answerws will result. Avoidance: Remove the unreferenced TEMPBC entries.
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CR 1-16163101 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TEMP, MAT2, MAT8 - Poor Answers In MSC.Nastran a single precision transformation is performed for nonisotropic 2D materials (MAT2 and MAT8). This may lead to poor answers and is especially noticable when zero stresses are expected for a free expansion under thermal loads. Avoidance: Use the QUADR element.
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CR 1-16181301 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CRAC2D, CRAC3D, MAT8, MAT9 - UFM TA1 If the crac2d or crac3d elements reference mat8 or mat9 orthotropic/anisotropic materials the job will fatal in Version 2004.
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CR 1-16230501 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - ROTSEKE - Strain and kinetic energies are incorrect There are error in the ROTSEKE subDMAP that lead to
Description
1) Rotor numbers on output do not change 2) Energies are not calculated correctly.
Known Error
CR 1-16230501
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CR 1-16267101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP3 - Unexpected failure in DSTAp2 for DRESP3 optimization job An external response optimization job (DRESP3) may fail in DSTAP2 without an error message. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 1-16270201 MSC / MD Nastran 2004.5 Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) - LAM/MPI error - IA64, SGI Altix, Itanium Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) will not work with MSC.Nastran Versions 70.7-2004.0 on IA64 systems running RHEL 3.0 (Red Hat Enterprise). A message stating that the LAM Deamons will not boot will appear. The issues are related to RHEL 3.0 being based on glibc 2.3 which is incompatible with glibc 2.2 that versions of Nastran prior to Version 2004.5 were built with. Note that SGI Altix Propack Version 3.0 is also based on glibc 2.3. The special Version 70.7 Altix system requires the avoidance for serial jobs as well. However the special SGI Altix V2004.0.7 system is built with SGI's proprietary MPI libraries which support Propac 3.0. These special release are only available at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm
Description Avoidance: Use MSC.Nastran V2004.5 (a.k.a. MSC.Nastran 2004 R3) or Install an OS that uses GLIBC 2.2. or Download the updated drivers from: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran that support glibc2.3 for Linux 64. On SGI Altix ia64 the following environmental varibles must also be set on all releases prior to 2005r2: setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL 2.4.19 setenv LD_PRELOAD /usr/lib/sgi-compat-preload.so
CR 1-16270204 MSC / MD Nastran Memory - Unable to Allocate - IA64/Linux V2004.0.0 IA64/Linux systems cannot allocate more than 2.0 Gb on the "mem" parameter. V2001.0.9 allowed memory allocation over 2Gb. This error was corrected in V2004.0.3. CR 1-16306501 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel/ACMS - DMP - DISUTIL option 10 Bus Error DISUTIL option 10 may incur a Bus Error. This could affect distributed memory parallel ACMS, which is where DISUTIL option 10 is used most.
CR 1-16320101 MSC / MD Nastran Aerostatic Analysis - SPCFORCE, MPCFORCE, GPFORCE - SFM 5423 If GPFORCE, SPCFORCE, or MPCFORCE is specified in SOL 144 then the job may fail with SFM 5423. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO OR insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile fdrmgen alter 'IF ( not((AERO ','' IF ( noa>-1 ) then $ endalter
This is linked with 1-16241417 Known Error Product CR 1-16323801 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MATEP - MATEP workhardening slope, H, is not translated to Marc, Wrong Answers In SOL 600 the MATEP workhardening slope, H, is ignored and is not translated
Known Error
CR 1-16323801 to Marc.
Known Error Product
CR 1-16323804 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CORDi - Loads applied in cylinderical coords are sometimes incorrect SOL 600 loads applied in cylinderical coordinates are sometimes incorrect. This can happen even if the loads are in the basic coordinate system but the grids have specified a cylindrical output coordinate system in field 7 of the GRID entry. In most cases, the loads are correct. Only in unusual circumstances are the loads incorrect. CR 1-16326601 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR - UFM 7105 When an optimization job specifies DESVAR IDs > 1 million and the DESVAR command is used to select part of DESVAR entries, the job may fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 7105 (DOPR3F) The Fiedl DVID aaaa on DVPREL1 Entry ID = yyyy is not selected by the DESVAR Case Control command. Avoidance: Specify DESVAR IDs < 1 million.
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CR 1-16332103 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PARAM,INREL,-2 - UFM 9050 In Version 2004, when param,inrel,-2, is specified to select inertia relief without the need to specify a SUPORT entry the analysis may fail with USER FATA MESSAGE 9050.
Description
Avoidance: Specify param,inrel,-1 and specify a suport entry. [JoeM] Recommed scaling of DRA (or DRG in the SELG PJ calc's), such that DRA(T)*MAA*DRA diagonal is in the KAA-diag avg range. High augmented KLL
Known Error
CR 1-16332103 factor-diag's should disappear.
CR 1-16336101 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - Extra Rigid Body Mode For one particular model, a slight variation of the mass matrix caused Lanczos to calculate an extra erroneous rigid body mode. The cause of the error is under investigation.
Description Avoidance: For this particular problem, perturbing the model's mass matrix and/or specifying F1 and F2 on the eigrl entry avoided the extra, erroneous rigid body mode. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-16420502 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Missing SPCs In SOL 600, an array in a is dimensioned 6 but values are set up to 8. This may cause Linux systems to fail to write SPCs resulting in an unconstrained model or wrong answers. CR 1-16442912 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DCMP - Fails to issue UFM leading to wrong answers. Version 2004 uses Lagrange multipliers in static analysis and hence negative factor diagonals can now be common and the stiffness well conditioned. Thus, in Version 2004 DECOMP may ignore negative maxratio values and fail to issue a fatal message when it should. CR 1-16443309 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, OUTPUT(PLOT), UFM 2025 (SDR2) If an external superelment, EXTSEOUT, superelement contains a displacement output request. and OUTPUT(PLOT) commands are used, the following
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Known Error
CR 1-16443309 FATAL message will occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (SDR2) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 268435455 Avoidance: Removing the OUTPUT(PLOT) section will eliminate the error.
Known Error Product
CR 1-16455901 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Eigenvector sensitivity with multiple boundary condtions broken Eigenvector sensitivity analysis based on DRESP1 entries was introduced in the 2004 release of MSC.Nastran. The original release supported multiple boundary conditions, but this capability was broken in the 2004.0.3 release (a.k.a 2004r2) when support for multiple boundary conditions in frequency response optimization was integrated. Avoidance: Use 2004.0.0 or version 2005.
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CR 1-16470701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Boudary Conditions not robust with multipl analysis types Mutiple boundary conditions with frequency response analysis was introduced into SOL 200 in Version 2004.0.3 (a.k.a. 2004R2). Testing has shown problems when there are multiple disciplines as well as multiple boundary conditions. In particular, runs with ANALYSIS = MODES and ANALYSIS= MFREQ with different boundary condition can produce fatal messages. Quality report 1-1655901 is related. Avoidance: The dmap changes required to support analysis =MFREQ and analysis=MODES and multiple boundary conditions are extensive so this capability is not considered to be operational. It will be operational in Version 2005.
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CR 1-16470704 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Extra responses in formatted sensitivity prints Generalized mass and stiffness responses are "spawned" when the Rayleigh Quotient approach is applied to eigenvalue sensitivity analysis. These response are typically suppressed when formatted design senstivities are printed, but they appear if two different subcases share a DRES[1 id with type = eign or freq and the sensitivity is computed for both. In this case, the senstivities of the generalized matrices can appear following the eigenvalue sensitivities. Avoidance: An avoidance is to not share a DRESP1 ID for multiple subcases.
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CR 1-16474104 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Buckling Analysis - DCMP - Missing UIM 4698 to identify instabilities To identify instabilities and isolate buckling, the user should look for UWM 4698. However, in Version 2004 DCMP does not print the message making it impossible to identify buckling phenomena. The following is an example of the missing message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4698 (DCMPD) STATISTICS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF MATRIX K(appropriate) . THE FOLLOWING DEGREES OF FREEDOM HAVE FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIOS GREATER THAN 1.00000E+07 OR HAVE NEGATIVE TERMS ON THE FACTOR DIAGONAL. GRID POINT ID DEGREE OF FREEDOM MATRIX/FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIO MATRIX DIAGONAL 102 R2 -1.93940E+03 2.14680E+04 Verified this message has been restored. Tested in V2004.5 and V2005.0.0. lproctor 12/6/04, sorry for delay didn't know it was assigned to me, I guess this can be closed.
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CR 1-16479901 MDACMS fails for all fluid model - SFM 3001 If ACMS is attempted on a model with only fluid elements and no structural elements then the run will fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MDENZO) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED MKXX AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
Avoidance: compile modefsrs alter 'mdacms=', '' $ paraml vafs//'null'//s,n,full $ mdacms=(NDOM>0 and full=0) $ all fluid models not allowed endalter
CR 1-16498001 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - UFM 6802 It has been observed on an external superelement run that the job failed in finding the boundary points with the following messages:
Description
UFM 6802 - SE 0 has failed to automaticaly derive a search key - user action to review model or override search key. Avoidance: Run the reduction run with the DMIGPCH option and include the DMIG entries without using the .asm file.
CR 1-16500402 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Print Format error in TABPRT The Superelement Summary Output in the f06 filem may contain asterisks for large integer grid id's (******). CR 1-16503108 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - FLSPOUT, STRUCTMP - Mislabeled Ouput Modal participation factors are calculated for each subcase but are
Known Error
CR 1-16503108 mislabled as the first subcase.
CR 1-16548801 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - large view factor computation - SFM 3008 (RMG2) Heat transfer jobs with large view computations may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (RMG2) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE RMG2 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: increasing memory may avoid this error. If using SOL 400, there is new design using the reflection method which move the decomposition to teh right hand side thus reducing the requirement of using the physical memory. This is activated in SOL 400 using: nlmopts,hemi,,,,,,1 put a 1 on the field 8 on the NLMOPTS will activate the reflection method.
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CR 1-16567604 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RIGID=LAGRANGE, GPFORCE - SFM 3007 GPFDR RIGID=LAGRANGE may cause jobs to fail in the GPFDR module with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007. CR 1-16603701 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - NOT, AND, OR - SFM 223 poor diagnostic If the name of an expression like NOT or AND is used as a variable name, it is accepted in some statements but causes a message that is difficult to understand when it appears.
Description
An error report is attached to the back of the test problem, along with some suggested fixes. mag
Known Error Product
Corrected 2005 Version Abstract SSSALTER - spc101a alter missing In Nastran 2004 the spc101a alter was not included. Descriptio Avoidance: SSSALTERs are posted to the web at: n http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/prod_support/nastran/sssalters/v2004/toc. cfm Known Error Product CR 1-16630701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DRESP1 - Transient response types on the DRESP1 do not support multiple components. Rermark 7 for the DRESP1 entry in the QRG indicates that TDISP, TVELO, TACCL and TSPCF support multiple components. A code bug blocks this to a single component less than or equal to 6. Also for GPFORCP. the ATTA input is a grid id. therefore there are documentation errors in table 8-9 on the DRESP1 entry in the QRG and in Remark 7, GPFORCP should be omitted. Avoidance: Single components can be used for the transient responses with no loss of functionality. Mutiple components only simplify the input. Known Error Product CR 1-16634301 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - RESTART, SOL 106, multiple subcases, stress stiffened normal modes If a normal modes (SOL 103) analysis is restarted from a nonlinear static solution (SOL 106) which contained more than one subcase, the eigenvalues calculated may be incorrect. Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the SOL 103 restart run
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Known Error
CR 1-16634301 ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SEMG LIST $ ALTER 'PARAML.*CASESR','' $ PARAML CASESR//'DTI'/recno/4//S,N,LOADID $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-16658001 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - MCFRACTION - No output written to op2 file No MCFRACTION results are written to the op2 file. CR 1-16663924 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness - CBAR - Missing UWM 6174 leads to wrong answers Solutions that use differential stiffness (105, 106 and any SOL with STATSUB) that have CBEAM elements with offsets will correctly issue the message below. However; this message may not be issued for similar models with CBAR elements.
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6174 (EBEMD) BEAM ELEMENT (EID=110) WITH OFFSETS ARE NOT SUPPORTED IN DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS OR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS. REMODEL WITHOUT USING BEAMS WITH OFFSET. 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-16663960 MSC / MD Nastran Documenation/QRG - CQUAD4/CTRIA3 enhancements for differential stiffness The following paragraph under remark 3 of the CTRIA3 description and remark 6 under the CQUAD4 description is no longer true and should be removed:
Known Error Product
Description
The differential stiffness for the offset vectors is not computed. Therefore, solution sequences (SOLs 105 and 200; SOLs 103 and 107 through 112 with STATSUB) that require differential stiffness to get correct result, give wrong results. However, for the nonlinear solution sequences (SOLs 106,
Known Error
CR 1-16663960 129, and 400), the differential stiffness is not required to give correct results, therefore, the results are correct, if the solution converges.
CR 1-16700702 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - POST - Missing Output in op2 file If POST NODISP is specified in one subcase then results may be missing from the op2 files in subsequent subcases.
CR 1-16723804 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - MEFFMASS - signal 8 MEFFMASS command may lead to the following error on Nastran 2004 HPUX systems: ---------SIGNAL CAUGHT: Signal number = 8 Signal code = 14 Signal tid = 1 Fault addr = 4000000001352823 FP inexact = 0x0 FP divide0 = 0x8000 FP underflow = 0x0 FP overflow = 0x10000 FP invalid = 0x0 Avoidance: Either remove the MEFFMASS command or run on another machine.
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CR 1-16761101 MSC / MD Nastran Superelments - EXTSEOUT - Double Field Grids result in SFM 3002 in the BDRYINFO module. External superelements, EXTSEOUT, may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (LOGIC ERROR 28) in the BDRYINFO module if double field GRID entries are used.
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Known Error
CR 1-16761101 Avoidance: Use single field GRID entries or double field GRID entries with the grid IDs in columns 9-16
CR 1-16769901 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V2004 DMAP Programmers Guide - UMERGE1 The Version 2004 DMAP programmers guide shows the following for the format of the UMERGE1 module:
Description
UMERGE1 USET,A11,A21,A12,A22/MAJOR/SET1/SET2/IOPT $ It should be: UMERGE1 USET,A11,A21,A12,A22/A/MAJOR/SET1/SET2/IOPT $
Known Error Product
CR 1-16771901 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMPG - Strength Ratio may cause composite stress & failure index output error When PCOMPG bulk data entries are used (with a blank FT field) and Strength Ratio output request is turned on (PARAM,SRCOMPS,YES), the composites stress, failure index and strength ratio output may be either missing or incorrect. CR 1-16796101 MSC / MD Nastran Error in DRMH1 - because of round-off there was a format mismatch. Error corrected. If the DRMH1 module is used to create a stress table and a PSHELL entry exists with a thickness of exactly 0.02, the table created will cause an error in the DRMH3 module when the OFP table is reassembled.
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Description Avoidance: Use a slightly smaller or large value on the PSHELL entry, e.g. 0.0200001 will allow the module to run correctly. Known Error CR 1-16815502
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CR 1-16815502 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - Nastran fails with signal 11 if duplicate IDs for MAT entries exist If a PCOMP entry references a MAT8 entry that has the same ID as another MAT entry, i.e. MAT1, Nastran fails with signal 11 in the log file. No other error messages are given. CR 1-16821701 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - HPUX 11 - ERROR: Unable to update RC file MSC.Nastran Version 2004.5 may have trouble installing on older versions of ksh on HPUX 11. If the following messages are encountered during installation then upgrade the ksh to at least 82.10.1.48 which was released in 2002. The error is considered fixed by this upgrade. Begin configuring MSC.Nastran 2004.5 Creating default version links... Configuring licensing... makercentry[4]: /tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc: cannot create
Description
ERROR: Unable to update RC file "/tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc" Setting user configuration items... makercentry[4]: /tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc: cannot create ERROR: Unable to update RC file "/tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc" makercentry[4]: /tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc: cannot create ERROR: Unable to update RC file "/tmp/./msc/conf/nast20045rc"
CR 1-16855001 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - STRESS(PUNCH) - Bad Output in PUNCH File In SOL 106, nonlinear analysis, a request for nolinear stresses to be output to the punch file, STRESS(PUNCH), will lead to NanQ or ????? in the punch file.
Known Error Product
CR 1-16857203 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analyis - SOL 112, SE, No Physical Residual, BIOMSG 1044, UFM 4276 QOPEN If CMS is performed on Superelement, and enforced motion is performed on Residual with ALL physical dof constrained, then TRD1 will fail with *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 5222 (TRD1) UN COUPLED SOLUTION ALGORITHM USED. BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 ... *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) Avoidance: Apply the following alter: malter 'paraml.*icspcd.*icspcdx' ICSPCDX=0 $
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CR 1-16858013 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V2004 DMAP Programmers Guide - MTRXIN description for NOMATi The Version 2004 DMAP Programmer's Guide MTRXIN description for the NOMATi flags indicates that the flags are set to a value of +1 whether the matrix is present or not. The description indicates: NOMATi Output-integer-default=1. Generation flag. Set to +1 if MAT* is generated; 1 otherwise. this should read: NOMATi Output-integer-default=1. Generation flag. Set to +1 if MAT* is generated; -1 otherwise.
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CR 1-16877703 Miscellaneous - Disk full on Windows 2000 leads Access Violation A "DISK FULL" condition may lead to an access violation on Windows 2000.
Description
Avoidance: This error can be avoided by specifying "sysfield=mapio=no" in a .rcf file or on the command line when the MSC.Nastran job is submitted. *************************** Requested client to run with sysfield=mapio=no on command line. These jobs have not failed since sysfield=mapio=no.
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CR 1-16888416 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Installation Errors on AIX 5.2 - mscinfo[281]: ram+= : syntax error A "full" installation of MSC.Nastran 2004r2 on for AIX 5.2. fails with the following message while the installation is unloading the install script: mscinfo[281]: ram+= : syntax error
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CR 1-16901604 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH, PBUSHT, MPC - Wrong Answers If forces converge to unexpected results in nonlinear-it is recommended that the convergence tolerences be tightened to see if better convergence can be obtained. CR 1-16903301 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DECOMP - DET method yields incorrect results for complex matrices The DET function of DEC0MP yields incorrect results for complex matrices. The scaled determinant is correct but the power term is returned as zero. CR 1-16903901 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product
CR 1-16903901 External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Missing Output An assembly run employing an external superelement created using the EXTSEOUT feature does not give any output for the external SE if the creation run has no DISP request. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter to the assembly run:
Description compile extotmin alter 'dbstatus x_tug,x_rga',''(,1) $ dbstatus x_tug,x_tef,x_tes,x_tqg,x_rga// s,n,notug/s,n,notef/s,n,notes/s,n,notqg/s,n,norga $ if ( notug>0 or notef>0 or notes>0 or notqg>0 or norga>0 ) then $ endalter $ Known Error Product CR 1-16917801 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Boundary Conditions, Output labelled incorrectly. For SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=MFREQ and multiple boundary conditions, BC=, the output for 2nd subcase onwards are labelled incorrectly. Avoidance: Request DMAP alter from client support. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-16917806 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, DRESP1 - UFM 3007 (dopr3) SOL 200 jobs may fail if DRESP2 entries that reference DRESP2 entires coexist with DRESP2 entries that reference DRESP1 entries. CR 1-16924801 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Include may not working on Windows 2000 if file attributes are chaned from default On Windows 2000, if a nastran include data file has the attributes (properties, Advanced, uncheck the "file is ready for archiving" and uncheck the "For
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CR 1-16924801 fast searching") Then the job aborts.
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CR 1-16936701 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - SOL 700 in Natran 2004r3 (2004.5) does not work on Windows systems SOL 700 for Natran 2004r3 (2004.5) does not work on Windows systems because the latest Intel compilers provide full path names for the dytran-lsdyna input file and dytran-lsdyna is not able to accept full path names. CR 1-16937701 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - ESE THRESH does not work when there is no SUBCASE command The THRESH option of the ESE Case Control command does not work if a SUBCASE command is not present. Avoidance: Add a SUBCASE command.
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CR 1-16938101 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PCOMP - Wrong Answers when Z0 is specified When translating the Nastran PCOMP enty into a Marc deck, if the Z0 field is specified, then the resulting Marc COMPOSITE entry will be wrong. The current action is to take whatever value is in the PCOMP Z0 field and map it directly into the Marc's COMPOSITE 3rd datablock 4th field. The 'meaning' of the Z0 on the PCOMP entry and this field in Marc are incompatible. In NASTRAN, Z0 on a PCOMP entry defines the distance from the reference plane to the bottom surface of the laminate. In Marc, the field it is mapped to represents the position of the user-defined reference plane. This is the value of the local z-coordinate of the user-defined plane with respect to the geometric midplane.
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CR 1-16959902 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEEEXCLD - UFM 6788 (SEPMFS) A model that has duplicate boundary grids in the residual structure may fail to exclude the duplicate grid and may fail with the message:
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6788 (SEPMSF) SUPERELEMENT 1 GRID 3 AND SUPERELEMENT 0 GRID 13 HAVE CONFLICTING MANUAL DIRECTIVES. CR 1-16969464 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - SYSTEM(55)=0 - UFM 315 (IFPDRV) If SYSTEM(55) is set to 0, Nastran will likely fail in ifpdrv with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY GRID SYSTEM(55), a.k.a. IPREC, only expects a value of 1 for single precision or two for double precision. The user is never expected to set this system cell.
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CR 1-16978601 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Enforced Motion, SPCD - UWM 2108, UFM 3046, SFM 3003, SFM 5423 If multiple boundary conditions are specified with enforced motion in dynamic analysis then the following errors may occur: V2004r1 and V2004r2 : UWM2108,UFM3046 V2004r3 and V2005 : UWM2108,SFM3003 or SFM 5423
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'if ( appc='(2),'' type parm,,char8,n,blank $ IF ( APP='FREQRESP' ) THEN alter 'LCGEN.*CASE1X','' LCGEN CASE1X,SLT,ETT,DYNAMIC0,GEOM4S/CASE1//APP $
Known Error
CR 1-16978601 alter 'if ( seid=0 and (app='(2),'' if ( false ) then $ alter 'if ( appc='(3),'' IF ( APP='FREQRESP' ) THEN alter 'gp4.*caseq' paraml casew//'dti'/nskip/1//s,n,subcid $ call dbstore yg1,,,,//subcid/0/blank/0 $ compile phase1dr alter 'call phase1b'(,-1) paraml casew//'dti'/nskip/1//s,n,subcid $ call dbfetch /yg1,,,,/subcid/0/0/0/0 $ equivx yg1/yg/-1 $ compile semfreq alter 'nzyg0',''(,1) alter ' dpd '(,-1) paraml casem//'dti'/1/1//s,n,subcid $ call dbfetch /yg1,,,,/subcid/0/0/0/0 $ equivx yg1/yg/-1 $ matmod yg,,,,,/nzyg0,/6 $ diagonal nzyg0/nzyg/'whole'/0. $ ones at non-null YS rows compile sedfreq alter 'nzyg0',''(,1) alter ' dpd '(,-1) paraml casem//'dti'/1/1//s,n,subcid $ call dbfetch /yg1,,,,/subcid/0/0/0/0 $ equivx yg1/yg/-1 $ matmod yg,,,,,/nzyg0,/6 $ diagonal nzyg0/nzyg/'whole'/0. $ ones at non-null YS rows endalter
CR 1-16989601 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IA32 Linux - Include files > 2Gb - UFM 398 Input files greater than 2Gb may not be included in a data file in Versions 2004.0.6 and prior on IA32 Linux systems. Version 2004.0.7 and later systems allow include files greater than 2Gb. Avoidance: If you must use version 2004.0.6 or earlier, then break the include file into separate files each less than 2Gb
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CR 1-17005701
CR 1-17005701 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT , SOL 101 - Wrong Answers EXTSEOUT usage in SOL 101 gives wrong results for the external SEs in the assembly run if the external SE has loads applied to its interior points. In other words, the fixed-boundary o-set displacements are not included in the external SE data recovery. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alters in the external SE creation runs as well as in the assembly run. compile super3 alter 'call extotmin'(,-2),''(,0) file tug1=ovrwrt/tes1=ovrwrt/tef1=ovrwrt/tqg1=ovrwrt $ call dbfetch /dtis,dtindxs,dmis,dmindxs,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ dtiin dtis,dtindxs/ tug1,tes1,tef1,tqg1,,,,,,/ s,n,notug/s,n,notes/s,n,notef/s,n,notqg $ exterse=(exterse or notug or notes or notef or notqg) $ if ( exterse ) then $ call extotmin maps,dmis,dmindxs,uset,eqexins, xsop2dir,matpools/ tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1, rga,ugo,mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ statics $ call dbstore mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o,//seid/0/' '/0 $ compile phase0 alter 'call ifps' call dbstore dmindxs,dtindxs,dmis,dtis,//seid/0/' '/0 $ compile sedrcvr alter 'MPYAD.*mug1,uls1,','' call dbfetch /mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ if ( notug1>0 ) MPYAD mug1,uls1,mug1o/iugx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mef1,uls1','' MPYAD mef1,uls1,mef1o/iefx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mes1,uls1','' MPYAD mes1,uls1,mes1o/iesx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mqg1,uls1','' MPYAD mqg1,uls1,mqg1o/iqgx $ compile extotmin alter 1,1 subdmap extotmin maps,dmis,dmindxs,uset,eqexins, xsop2dir,matpools/
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CR 1-17005701 tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1,rga,ugo, mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ statics $ alter 'dbview' dbview x_mugo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mug1o' and wildcard) dbview x_meso=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mes1o' and wildcard) dbview x_mefo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mef1o' and wildcard) dbview x_mqgo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mqg1o' and wildcard) alter 'if ( xname=','' if ( xname='matrga' or xname='tug1' or xname='mug1' or xname='tes1' or xname='mes1' or xname='tef1' or xname='mef1' or xname='tqg1' or xname='mqg1' or xname='mug1o' or xname='mes1o' or xname='mef1o' or xname='mqg1o' ) then $ alter 'equivx.*x\_tqg',''(,3) if ( statics ) then $ equivx x_mugo/mug1o/-1 $ equivx x_meso/mes1o/-1 $ equivx x_mefo/mef1o/-1 $ equivx x_mqgo/mqg1o/-1 $ endif $ statics else $ dmiin dmis,dmindxs/mug1,mes1,mef1,mqg1,,,,,, $ if ( statics ) dmiin dmis,dmindxs/mug1o,mes1o,mef1o,mqg1o,,,,,, $ matmod tug1,,,,,/tug1x,/32/1 $ equivx tug1x/tug1/-1 $ matmod tef1,,,,,/tef1x,/32/1 $ equivx tef1x/tef1/-1 $ matmod tes1,,,,,/tes1x,/32/1 $ equivx tes1x/tes1/-1 $ matmod tqg1,,,,,/tqg1x,/32/1 $ equivx tqg1x/tqg1/-1 $ mtrxin ,,matpools,eqexins,,/vax,,,,/lusets $ merge ,,,mug1,,vax,/mug1x/1 $ equivx mug1x/mug1/-1 $ merge ,,,mef1,,vax,/mef1x/1 $ equivx mef1x/mef1/-1 $ merge ,,,mes1,,vax,/mes1x/1 $ equivx mes1x/mes1/-1 $ merge ,,,mqg1,,vax,/mqg1x/1 $ equivx mqg1x/mqg1/-1 $ compile extout alter 'SDR2.*CASEs'
Known Error
CR 1-17005701 dbstatus uoo//s,n,nouoo $ if ( nouoo>0 ) then $ umerge uset,uoo,/ugo/'g'/'o' $ dbstatus v01s//s,n,nov01s $ if ( nov01s>0 ) then $ Partn ugo,,v01s/,ugo1,,/0 $ delete /ugo,,,, $ merge ,,ugo1,,,,v01s/ugo/0 $ endif $ nov01s>0 SDR2 CASEs,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,ETT,nulllama,BGPDTS,,qg, ugo,EST,XYCDBs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ ,iqg1o,IUG1o,IES1o,IEF1o,,,,,,,/ 'reig'/S,N,NOS2A/S,N,NCOMPS $ DRMH1 Iug1o,Iqg1o,Ies1o,Ief1o/ TUG1o,MUG1xo,TQG1o,MQG1xo,TES1o,MES1xo,TEF1o,MEF1xo/ /1/7/3/1005/1004 $ add5 mug1xo,,,,/mug1o $ add5 mqg1xo,,,,/mqg1o $ add5 mes1xo,,,,/mes1o $ add5 mef1xo,,,,/mef1o $ endif $ nouoo>0 alter 'EQUIVX mug1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mug1o' $ EQUIVX mug1o/EXTDB/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mug1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mug1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mqg1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mqg1o' $ equivx mqg1o/extdb/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mqg1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mqg1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mes1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mes1o' $ equivx mes1o/extdb/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mes1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mes1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mef1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mef1o' $ equivx mef1o/extdb/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mef1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mef1o' $ alter 'matpch mug1' matpch mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ $ alter 'xname=\'mug1\''(,2) xname='mug1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $
Known Error
CR 1-17005701 alter 'xname=\'mqg1\''(,2) xname='mqg1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ alter 'xname=\'mes1\''(,2) xname='mes1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ alter 'xname=\'mef1\''(,2) xname='mef1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ endalter
CR 1-17011701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 - Illegal Input to dopr3j When a DRESP2 response in a SOL 200 job intends to reference an existing DRESP1 entry but precedes with a DRESP2 flag, the job fails in DOPR3 with the fatal message "illegal input to subroutine DOPR3J". Avoidance: Specify the correct DRESP1 flag for the referenced entries.
Description
CR 1-17013601 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMS/Flex - MNF grid point stress null for quadratic shell mid-side nodes The ADAMS/Flex modal neutral file's modal grid point stress/strain results are null for mid-side nodes of quadratic shell elements due to the fact that nastran does not compute grid point stress results for mid-side nodes of quad8 and tria6 elements. The ADAMS/Flex element face information for elements of these types should contain only the corner grid data and not the mid-side nodes. CR 1-17025310 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - mscsetup - Linux install fails; cannot determine disk space Nastran 2004 "mscsetup" script fails on Mandrake Linux 9.1/ 10.0 because it cannot determine the amount of free disk space.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17025310 Suggestions: "mscsetup" uses "df -k" to determine disk space. However, if "df -k" outputs multiple lines, the "awk" procedure cannot determine the actual disk space. Avoidance: Replace the following line in mscsetup linux* ) set -- $(df -k $dir 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==2{printf("%d %d\n",$4/1024,$2/1024)}') with: linux* ) set -- $(df -k $dir | awk 'NR==2 && NF>1{printf("%d %d\n",$4/1024,$2/1024);exit} NR==3{printf("%d %d\n",$3/1024,$1/1024);exit}')
CR 1-17055508 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,METHCMRS - UFM 3032 In solution 103 if param,methcmrs references an EIGR set id, the job may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (READ) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 2000) IN TABLE (EED ) IN SUBROUTINE (REIG).
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'SEP2.*nGEOM1,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4'(2) if ( seid=0 ) equivx dynamic/dynamics/-1 $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17064430 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallal - User must specify F2 on EIGR entry
Known Error
CR 1-17064430 If a dmp job only specifies ND on the EIGR entry using method LAN and the DOMAINSOLVER entry specifies the partopt=freq option the job may attempt to solve all frequencies on all processors. Avoidance: The user must select F2 on the eigr entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-17071801 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT2 - OP2 files with matrices and tables may lead to UFM in INPUTT2 OP2 files with intermixed tables and matrices that were correctly read in MSC.Nastran V2004.0.6 fail in V2004.5. The problem is caused because code handling end of matrix condition did not properly accept all valid conditions. CR 1-17081504 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - node=machine does not work on NT The node=machine nastran submit line option cannot be used from NT to a dissimilar machine. CR 1-17101614 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,ERROR - Incorrect Default Value The default value of "0" for the parameter ERROR as shown in the QRG is incorrect. The correct default value is -1 CR 1-17101627 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - ESE, OFREQ - OFREQ ignored If there are multiple subcases with different OFREQ callouts, the OFREQ command is ignored for ESE output.
Description
Avoidance: Either don't use OFREQ or only use one subcase when ESE output is desired
CR 1-17104601 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600, SOL 700 - Windows Version 2004.5 not useable The switch to Intel Version 8 compiler in MSC.Nastran Version 2004.5 for Windows caused many problems in SOL 600 and SOL 700. Thus, this release should not be used for SOL 600 and 700 on Windows. CR 1-17148302 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPR1, PCOMP - Poor Message, Illegal input to DOPR1I A composite optimization job fails in DOPR1 with "Illegal Input to Subroutine DOPR1I" if the following two conditions are met: 1. The integer input with FID option is used to sepcify a designed laminate thickness or ply angle on a DVPREL1/2 entry and 2. The laminate thickness or ply angle that the FID represents is Not defined on a PCOMP entry.
Known Error Product
Description For example, only two laminates are defined on a PCOMP entry but the FID field on a DVPREL1 entry references the thickness for the third laminate.
Avoidance: Only design the laminate thickness or ply angle on a DVPRELi entry that is defined on a PCOMP entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17172902 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Nastran 2004r3 nast20045.rcf file not created. The rcf file for Version 2004.5 (2004r3) on for Windows is created as a file named "nast2004.rcf" which is ignored. Avoidance: The program will recognize the rc file if it is renamed to "nast20045.rcf". Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17172908 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Path to License server is ignored During installation on Windows, the user is asked to enter authorization
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17172908 information. Inputting a valid "port@host" entry is ignored and the default "authoirz.dat" is entered into the rc file for the AUTH= keyword. Avoidance: The user must manually edit to rc file.
CR 1-17177340 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Direct Enforced Motion, wrong results Solution 146 produces wrong results showing when direct enforced motion is used. The call to subDMAP SUPER3 with AULF is missing data block RGY (penultimate input data block). This may cause some grids to deflect incorrectly.
Description
Avoidance: PARAM,DDRMM,-1 will also avoid the data recovery error. Known Error Product CR 1-17194201 MSC / MD Nastran ESE - UWM 4506, UIM 4507, subcase, TOTAL ENERGY OF ALL ELEMENTS IN PROBLEM = 0.0 If a job incorrectly specifies SUBCASE1 with no space instead of SUBCASE 1, the subcase number is read as zero. If ESE output is requested, UWM 4506 and UIM 4507 may be issued indicating the total strain energy is zero. No warning message is given that the SUBCASE entry is in error. The ESE output shows TOTAL ENERGY OF ALL ELEMENTS IN PROBLEM = 0.000000E+00 and no list of strain energies by element is output Avoidance: Correct the SUBCASE entry to leave a space between the word SUBCASE and the 1 Known Error Product CR 1-17202601 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - DAREA entries not converted to static loads if they reference fluid points Currently, DAREA entries are not converted into equivalent static load entries if they reference fluid grid points.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-17203001 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - MDACMS with ESE fails if PARAM,POST specified Parallel MDACMS with ESE request and PARAM,POST will fail since slave processes are not prevented from attempting to write to the output2 file. Solution is to modify the DMAP to call OUTPUT2 only on the master. (Alter can be generated on request.) CR 1-17210346 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - PARAM,POST,-2 - Lama table not output2 with post,-2 The llama table is not output2 to the op2 file with param,post,-2.
Description
Avoidance: Use param,postext,yes. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17234402 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - UFM 1004 (CLSPFL) for huge output2 Postprocssing that creates extremely large op2 files may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1004 (CLSPFL) FORTRAN UNIT CLOSE ERROR. Description USER INFORMATION: IOSTAT = 180, Invalid argument (errno=22) LOGICAL = OUTPUT2 FILE = ./topo_02_015.op2 Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17242803 MSC / MD Nastran Post Processing - Incomplete XDB File The DBC/XDB object in the dictionary does not contain the correct control information, it contains the original object template when the create function completes. This may lead to an incomplete xdb file which may cause post
Known Error
CR 1-17242803 processers to fail. This error has only been observed for one test file that contained 55 subcases. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to change the block size of the xdb in the FMS section.
CR 1-17252901 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - UFM 1126, Datablock GOA already exists In Version 2004.5 an external superelement reduction run with ACMS results in the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE UMERGE1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = GOA , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS.
Description Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile phase1b alter 'call segoa'(9,-1) delete /goa,,,, $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17256104 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MEFFMASS - Incorrect description of wtmass The MSC.Nastran Quick Reference Guide incorrectly indicates the Modal Effective Weight is the Modal Effective Mass multipled by the parameter WTMASS. This is incorrect, it is divided by WTMASS. CR 1-17278455 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - OLOAD - Request Fails in SOL 146 The OLOAD output request for SOL 146 is not being honored when only frequency response analysis is performed. Avoidance: Apply the folloiwng alter which changes the fifth input datablock in the final super3 call from ppf1 to pgf1
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17278455 compile seaero alter 'super3'(3),'' CALL SUPER3 CASECC , ,AULF ,FOL1 ,PgF1 , PSF1 ,frl ,LAMA ,AUHF1 ,DLT , ,,,,, ,PCDB ,XYCDB ,POSTCDB , , EMAP ,MAPS ,EQEXINS ,PVTS ,CASES , SLT ,ETT ,GOT ,GOQ , , , , , ,GPLS , USET ,SILS ,PJ ,EDTs ,YS , GM , ,KFS ,KSS ,QR , , , ,MAR ,MEA , DYNAMICS,BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,MPTS ,DIT , EST ,GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , ,ditid ,pvtbc ,scstm , , ,GEOM4S ,PG , , , ,EPT ,MPT ,GEOM1 ,GEOM2 , GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,PTELEM ,MELM ,MDICT , , ,medge ,viewtb , , bgpdtvu ,gpsnts ,pvt ,deqatn ,deqind , gdntab ,oint ,pelsets ,KSF ,KMG , MMG ,MSF ,BMG ,BSF ,K4MG , K4SF ,K2MG ,M2MG ,B2MG ,K2SF , M2SF ,B2SF ,qsgf ,qmgf , , ,,,,, , ,matpool , , , folt , , , , , mss ,bss ,k4ss ,ypfo1 , , , , , ,vgq , xsop2dir, , , , , mmcdb ,geom1qx ,meh ,SESE0f ,KESE0f , DESE0f ,kaa ,maa ,baa ,cmlama1 , , , ,matpools,gei , rgy , / AUPF ,AQPF ,aqmpf , ,iUG1 , iQG1 ,iEF1 ,iES1 ,iEE1 ,iUG2 , iQG2 ,iEF2 ,iES2 ,iEE2 , , ies1mc ,ief1mc ,iee1mc ,ies2mc ,ief2mc , iee2mc , / APP /APP1 /RSONLY /FALSE /FALSE / AERO /dropt /FALSE /S,PFILE /S,CARDNO/ 0 /FALSE /0 /pexist /0 / false /freqdep /false /0 /false / soltyp /false /false /false /spdr / false $
CR 1-17280829 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Release Guide, ASSIGN - Output2 Example 4 under the ASSIGN FMS statement is incorrect. The current example is as follow: assign op2 bigendian' ... assign op2='test_op2.12' unit=12 assign op2='test_op2.35' unit=35 form=formatted
Description
The op2 logical name is assigned to unit 12 and this unit number should not be changed on the assign statement. This is usually used for param,post1 and param,post,-2. The example should be modified as follow: assign op2 bigendian ... assign op2='test_op2.12' assign output2='test_op2.35' unit=35 form=formatted
CR 1-17280840 MSC / MD Nastran Superelement - SELR, method - SFM 9104 In a static supelement analysis run, if case commands METHOD=n and seqset1 entries are included in the model, the job may fail with the following unclear messages: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9104 (SELR) ^^^ THERE IS NO COUPLING BETWEEN INTERIOR POINTS OF THIS SUPERELEMENT AND ITS BOUNDARY POINTS. ^^^ USER ACTION: ADD SOME ELEMENTS CONNECTING THE INTERIOR AND BOUNDARY POINTS. Avoidance: Removing either the method command or the seqset1 entries will avoid the error. Note that neither one of these entities are used in sol 101 so the error is very unlikely.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17282301
CR 1-17282301 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - DBLOCATE - SFM 1013 Three successive DBLOCATE commands, the first 2 with NOCOPY and the last one with the COPY option, results in the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1013 (GBKMGX) CANNOT FIND CORRECT CLUSTER POINTER RECORD BIOMSG: ERROR 4276 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GBKMGX , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0
Description
Avoidance: Do not mix COPY and NOCOPY options. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17297801 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - EXTSEOUT - SFM 3008 UTMCOR In MSC.Nastran 2004r3(2004.5) a dmp run with external superlements may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = MDENZO INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE ENZO2 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = READ IN P Description Avoidance: Run without dmp or apply the following alter: compile cmpmode alter 'call mdacms ' (,-1) $ if( nproc>0 ) putsys(nproc,231) $ alter 'if ( fdcmrrs', '' $ if ( fdcmrrs OR mdacms ) then $ alter 'paraml cmphixz', '' $ paraml cmphixz//'trai'/1/s,n,nozset $ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17297961 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - FLEXlm installation not handled correctly on hpia64 The current 'mscsetup' script correctly accounts for the hpuxia64 being
Known Error
CR 1-17297961 distinct from hpux, as far as Patran and Nastran installs are concerned, however, when installing a FLEXlm server, the scripts in the .../msc/bin directory (flexlm, lm*) are based off an older mscsetup that does NOT account for the distinction as such, running those scripts on an IA64 will still search for the default 'hpux' location, when the install actually created an 'hpuxia64' folder, and the script will fail
Known Error Product
CR 1-17303819 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP/Matrix Methods - SMPYAD method ABA wrong results for complex matrices The SMPYAD module ABA method produces wrong results for complex matrices under the following conditions:
Description
1. Spill (multiple passes) used. 2. Triple loop kernels used. Avoidance: Set sys129=1 to bypass the ABA method.
CR 1-17303823 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - METHOD(FLUID) - Missing output and wrong answers For acoustics, if a METHOD(fluid) entry is not present in the Case Control, the fluid eigensolution is not performed. This conflicts with design intent and Remark 3 under the METHOD command in the QRG. Avoidance: Specify a METHOD(FLUID) entry in Case Control.
Description
CR 1-17322311 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - multiple buckling subcases - UWM 73, Wrong answers In buckling analysis UWM 73 will be issued if there are more than two buckling subcases in the following solution sequence: 1. SOL 105 with scr=no 2. SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=BUCK regardless of scr keyword Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17322311 compile super3 alter 'DBVIEW qGFs=qG' DBVIEW UGFb=UG WHERE (( (seid>0 and peid>0 and spc=* and mpc=* and suport=* and bmeth=* and mtemp=* and p2g=* and k2gg=* and m2gg=*) or (seid=0 and peid=0 and spc=cspc and mpc=cmpc and suport=csuport and bmeth=cmeth1 and p2g=cp2g and k2gg=ck2gg and m2gg=cm2gg and mtemp=cmtemp) )) $ DBVIEW qGFb=qG WHERE (( (seid>0 and peid>0 and spc=* and mpc=* and suport=* and bmeth=* and mtemp=* and p2g=* and k2gg=* and m2gg=*) or (seid=0 and peid=0 and spc=cspc and mpc=cmpc and suport=csuport and bmeth=cmeth1 and p2g=cp2g and k2gg=ck2gg and m2gg=cm2gg and mtemp=cmtemp) )) $ alter 'SEP4 CASESEP4' else if ( app1='bkl1' ) then $ SEP4 CASESEP4,PCDB,EMAP,XYCDB,UGFb,PUGF,QGFb,mmcdb/ DRLIST/ APP4/'SEID'/S,N,NODRALL/S,N,SEID0/S,N,NOUPL/CNTL $ alter 'DBVIEW UGs=UG ' DBVIEW UGb=UG WHERE (( (seid>0 and peid>0 and spc=* and mpc=* and suport=* and bmeth=* and mtemp=* and p2g=* and k2gg=* and m2gg=*) or (seid=0 and peid=0 and spc=cspc and mpc=cmpc and suport=csuport and bmeth=cmeth1 and p2g=cp2g and k2gg=ck2gg and m2gg=cm2gg and mtemp=cmtemp) )) $ alter 'NUGDWN=(NOGO=-1' else if ( app1='bkl1' ) then $ SEDR EMAPX,CASEX,PCDB,DRLIST,XYCDB,SLT,ETT, MAPSF,UGb,BGPDTSD,GDNTAB,,/ ULS,CASEDR,PCDBDR,XYCDBDR,,/ APP4/SEID/S,N,NOUP/S,N,NOSRT1//S,N,NOOUT/ S,N,NOPLOT/S,N,NOXYPLOT/'SEID'/NCUL $ NUGDWN=(NOGO=-1 AND SEID<>0) $ must appear right after sedr endalter
Known Error
CR 1-17370601
CR 1-17370601 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFREQ, DFREQ, scr=no - Wrong Answers Direct or modal frequency response optimization may produce different optimization results if scr=no is used. Avoidance : Use scr=yes
Description
A related problem has surfaced with a external se deck from GM. The client deck itself is not available. However, the problem can be reproduced with d200pe3 with resvec=no. Adding adelufx to the dbdelete fxied the problem. Or, scr=yes also does the trick. CR 1-17373002 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - SPCD - Enforced motion in a subset of subcases results in SFM 5423. If a frequency response job with more than one subcase has an SPCD enforced motion specified in only a subset of the subcases, the job terminates with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE (SFM) 5423 in the MPYAD module.
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: If a frequency response job with more than one subcase is to have SPCD enforced motion specified in only a subset of the subcases, define VERY SMALL enforced motion in those subcases where such enforced motion is not really needed. CR 1-17373523 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAML, MAT8 - Poor Message, Missing UFM 2113 If a pbeaml entry incorrectly references a MAT8 entry a "Fatal Error" without any further information will be output in V2004.0.6. In V2001.0.9 the same job produces a better message*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2113 (EMG) ELEMENT 1 REFERENCED MATID 1 WHICH CANNOT BE USED TO OBTAIN REQUIRED PROPERTIES. Avoidance: Other than correcting the input there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-17378501 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, TEMP(MAT) - Wrong Answers Unsymmetric composite layups with temperature-dependent materials may produce wrong answers in nonlinear analysis. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-17384835 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analyis - Attempt to trim with no mass matrix. If a solution 144 trim analysis is executed on a model with no mass the following fatal message that does not describe the problem will occur:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in PUXLRPV is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector PVPR User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: PUXLRPV : Rows= 2 by Cols= 9 PVPR : Rows= 11 An attachment contains a version of the AEMR.dmap that traps the missing mass matrix. Note: This same error can occur if the PARAM, WTMASS is set to zero or 0.0. It is the same effect as not having mass. This error may be slightly more prevalent in Flight Loads. The reason being is the ability to use equations on some of the flight loads forms is not available. An example would be for the Forward Swept Wing airplane. The direction say to use feet instead of inches for acceleration. So instead of WTMASS being 1/386 or the common .00259, one should be able to enter `1/32.14`. In regular Patran this is acceptable, and will return 0.031081. Flight Loads just writes .0
Known Error Product
CR 1-17386627 Miscellaneous - SWM 6498 UFM (1) - Unclear message Corrected usrmsg.F to increase dimension of array from 9 to 10. (cdp 8/24/04) If degrees of freedom are defined illegally in a set (e.g., constraining an dependent dof), the job should fail with a message similar to the following messages: USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) +165 GRID POINT 530 COMPONENT 1 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM US However, in v2004.5, the job may fail with the following unclear messages Windows machine. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGen) Message number was not found.
Description PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from GP4 with message number 538976288.0. Severity is 'USER FATAL MESSAGE' (1) %1: ' 530' %2: ' 1' %3: ' UM' %4: ' US' %5: ' ' %6: ' ' %7: ' ' %8: ' ' %9: ' ' %10: '' Avoidance: Correct the offending entry Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17395103 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MPYAD - incorrect data in UFM 5423 If the MPYAD module issues SFM 5423, the message may contain an incorrect data block name specified in a prior execution of MPYAD. For example, in the following DMAP: MATGEN ,/A/4/4/3 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17395103 MATGEN ,/B/4/3/4 $ MATGEN ,/C/4/3/3 $ MPYAD A,B,C/D $ MPYAD A,B, /E/1 $ the 1st multiply runs OK but the 2nd mpyad fails and references the C matrix in the first mpyad. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-17417801 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - CEAD - Eigenvector spill logic in complex Lanczos causes hard crash. The multishift logic in the complex branch of the complex Lanczos method suffers a hard crash when the eigenvectors spill.
Description Avoidance: The avoidance is to increase memory or to use the old single vector complex Lanczos. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-17432001 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRSPAN, DOPR3 - SFM 4276 When an optimization job includes both DRSPAN subcases mixed with nonDRSPAN subcases, the job may fail with SFM 4276 with error code = 3001 in the DOPR3 module. Avoidance: Rearrange the subcases so that the non-DRSPAN subcases are put at the top of the DRSPAN subcases. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17446201 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - DMIK The DMIK bulk data input provides a convient way of entering correction
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17446201 data related to the aerodynamic model. At present, this is supported only in SOL 144 and SOL 200 and is not supported in SOL's 145 and 146. Avoidance: The DMI equivalents of these matrices can be input or the following dmap avoidance can be applied to add the MATPOOL datablock in the call to PFAERO. The alter below applies to SOL 145 with a similar alter required for 146: CALL PFAERO cases ,EDTS ,ects ,bgpdts ,DMI , DMINDX ,PCDBS ,acpt ,aero ,matpool , mklist ,aempcomp,aemonpt ,saemprk ,control , aecomp ,cstma ,aebgpdts,mpjsfn2o,mpjn2o , aeusets / lajjt ,uajjt ,ajj0 ,wskjf ,D1JK , D2JK ,d1je ,d2je ,skj , , ,,,,, ,WKK , , , , ,,/ 'DYNAMICS'/IMACHNO/IKBAR /S,PFILE /SKPAMP $
CR 1-17446504 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - TRD1 - Traceback in TRD1 Rotordynamcis may fail in trd1 with a traceback. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-17446507 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - ROTORG, NLTRD2, CDAMPi, CVISCi, UNBALNC - Wrong Answers, Damping Ignored The rotor damping (CDAMPi, CVISCi) should add instability to transient response but damping is effectively not included. CR 1-17469004 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - AUTOMSET, DECOMP, UFMPACK - HPUX IA64 under Nastran 2004r3
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-17469004 Large models with automset may fail with the message below on Itanium running HPUX. From the f04 file Your use or distribution of UMFPACK or any modified version of UMFPACK implies that you agree to this License. THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. From the log file: FATAL ERROR: thread: 1 routine: sysrcv reason: signal recvd error: -4 Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use version 2005.
Description
CR 1-17482902 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - libpath set incorrectly when exe= specified with no directory Fixed in round 16. When using nastran script with exe= keyword to override the default executable, if the pathname of the executable does not have any directory compoment specified, then the libpath will not include the correct directory path. CR 1-17497305 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RIGID=LAGRAN - SFM 5483 RIGID=LAGRAN 3000 grid limit Models with RIGID=LAGRAN and more than 3000 points attached to a rigid element will fail with the following message:
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Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5483 (TA1H) ROUTINE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, IT DOES NOT SUPPORT ELEMENTS WITH GRIDS MORE THAN = 3000
CR 1-17497318 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RIGID=LAGRAN, RBE3 - Traceback in EMG Models with RBE3s and RIGID=LAGRAN may fail with a traceback in EMG. Traceback: Offset 0x00000030 in procedure dminit_ Offset 0x00000288 in procedure dmnewb_ Offset 0x000000ec in procedure emgsoc_ Offset 0x000002ac in procedure emg_ Offset 0x00000108 in procedure xsem09_ Offset 0x00000194 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000a2c in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --****************** Fixed V2005.1.0 CR 1-17505001 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, different ID - missing connection For external superelement using the EXTSEOUT command, the boundary points for the assembly structure at which the components will be attached are generated in the ASMBULK file. It is also assumed that the boundary IDs for the component and the assembly structure are the same. If the boundary IDs are not the same, then the structure may not be connected as intented. Avoidance: If the boundary IDs for the component and assembly structure are different, do not use the ASMBULK file, but create a SEBULK entry using the automatic feature instead. This problem has been resolved in Version 2006 by the incorporation of a new option called ASMBULK=AUTO for the EXTSEOUT Case Control command.
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CR 1-17506102 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - TRIM, AELINK - UFM 5266 (ASGPRS) In aeroelastic analysis the following misleading message may be issued:
Known Error
CR 1-17506102 USER FATAL MESSAGE 5266 (ASGPRS)TOO MUCH DATA ON TRIM OR AELINK BULK DATA ENTRIES. when the message that should be issued is: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7526 (ASGPRD) AN INVALID TRIM TASK HAS BEEN POSED. THERE ARE 2 FREE AESTAT DEGREES OF FREEDOM BUT ONLY 1 SUPPORTED DEGREES OF FREEDOM. USER ACTION: SPECIFY A VALID TRIM TASK BY EITHER ADDING SUPPORTED DEGREES OF FREEDOM OR BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FREE AESTAT DEGREES OF FREEDOM.
Known Error Product
CR 1-17510409 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - MEM - 'Unable to allocate /XNSTRN/ Open Core (memory) on Windows XP MSC.Nastran requires that contiguous memory be allocated. MSC.Nastran requires dlls be loaded and these dlls use open core. The various Windows o/s may allocate the required open core differently causing more or less memory to be available for nastran. Windows XP has been found to allocate the memory in such a way that only 1100mb of contiguous space is left for nastran. MSC.Nastran V2005 dummys out unneeded FLEXlm dlls and this allows more memory to be allocated. Thus, this problem is considered partially addressed in Version 2005. MSC will continue to investigate more efficient ways to allocate memory.
Description Note that it is a limitation of all Windows based operating systems that other applications that are executing will impact the amount of open core that can be allocated. MSC.Nastran V2005 has been further enhanced to improve dll management to maximize the available open core. Currently, it appears that MSC.Nastran can now access approximately 1.8GB of open core on all versions of Windows XP. Known Error Product CR 1-17527801 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-17527801 Superelements - PARAMs AUTOQSET and Bulk Data entries SECSETi and SEBSETi - Possible wrong answers When using the autoqset feature (PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES) , the system modes may be incorrect if one of the component modes is free-free or fixed-free (see SECSETi, SEBSETi). Avoidance: Insert PARAM,MHRED,NO and, if running V2005r2 or earlier, the following DMAP alter: $ alter is needed for only V2005r2 or earlier compile semr3 alter 'call semr4'(3),'' call semr4 pg,uset,gm,ksf,bsf,msf,ys,drg,mff,cmpho,lyy,kyy, cmlama,moo,koo,got,cmphrc,vvfs,cmmi,vyv,,bjj,sils, eqexins,rvg,cmeigmat,vgq,pmyg,pbyg,pkyg,cases,, resldo,vvy,gotf,vgfs/ goq,cmlama1,cmemat,mq/ norc/nomvjjs/s,dotrip/fluid/nasout/0/error/ genrldo/splitfs $ endalter CR 1-17557511 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CTETRA, MATT - Temperature-dependent material , sdr2 - job aborts In version 2004, if a nonlinear model contains tetra elements and temperature-dependent material properties are used, then the job may abort in SDR2 with the following unclear messages:
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Known Error Product
Description
MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 73C3B0, This error is fixed in Version 2004.5. Avoidance: Removing either the temperature-dependent material or replacing the tetra elements with hexa elements avoids this error.
Known Error Product
CR 1-17575313 File Management Section - ASSIGN, INPUTT2 - SFM 6551 An FMS ASSIGN statement to UNIT=300 may fail on linux with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) A READ ERROR WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 300 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS NOT BEING READ 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 2 3. THE FORTRAN READ IOSTAT CODE IS 154 Avoidance: Use a different unit number
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Known Error Product
CR 1-17584301 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - Poor performance for unsymmetric FBS for uncoupled matrices The performance for unsymmetric FBS is poor when the matrices have very little coupling (i.e. very sparse RHS matrix). In this case, the code should select the special "MCE1-only" sparse FBS. CR 1-17604301 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - GPFORCE, SUBCOM - Missing output If GPFORCE is requested in a SUBCOM then "F-OF-SPC" may not be printed in the SUBCOM's grid point force balance output. Avoidance: Insert the following alter:
Description COMPILE sedrcvr alter 'GPFDR CASEDR,UG,KELMX'(,-1) paraml qmg//'null'////s,n,nullqmg $ if ( nullqmg=-1 ) delete /qmg,,,, $ endalter Known Error Product CR 1-17620501 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Frequency Response - DELAY, SPCD - SFM 4276 in DPD (in SEDLG subdmap)
Known Error
CR 1-17620501 A SOL 111 superelement job employing DELAY data and SPCD enforced motion fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (ERROR CODE 3021) on a call to the DPD module in the SEDLG subdmap during data recovery.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-17647514 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - GRIDX is not present in XDB for Collector Superelements THE GRIDX datablock is not present in the XDB when the superelement is a collector containing no elements.
Known Error Product
CR 1-17663601 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOU, PSDF - Missing PSDF output in assembly run. When using the EXTSEOUT feature, the assembly run does not output the PSDF responses for velocities and accelerations for the external superelement.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the assembly run: compile sedrcvr alter 'Multiply OTM' splitdva=-1 $ endalter
CR 1-17664010 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - param,inrel,-2 - Model with no mass does not issue UFM A model with no mass defined may only issue a max ratio warning message and continue when using param,inrel,-2. The job should issue a meaningful fatal message.
Description +++++++++++++++++++++++++ A correct warning message is found in V2005.0.0. -TIN-
Known Error
CR 1-17664010 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9088 (SELG) ^^^ PARAM,INREL,-2 IS PRESENT BUT NO MASS IS DEFINED. 1
Known Error Product
CR 1-17670502 MSC / MD Nastran Size Limitation - DCMP - Floating point exception error in DCMP for large models In MSC.Nastran Version 2004.5, large models may fail in decomp on 64 bit aix systems (AIX 5 and above).
Description
SIGTRAP - Trace trap Signal generated for floating-point exception: FP invalid operation. CR 1-17673201 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN with DELETE option fails - UFM 1277 or UFM 773 In Version 2004.0.7 and 2004.5.0 only: If the DELETE option is used on an ASSIGN MASTER statement and the file already exists, then the file assigned to MASTER is NOT deleted and UFM 1277 is issued. ASSIGN MASTER='model.MASTER', DELETE ASSIGN DBALL='model.DBALL', DELETE $ *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1277 (DBDEF) THE FILE ASSIGNED TO LOGICAL NAME = MASTER IS NOT A VALID MASTER DBSET FOR A PRIMARY DATABASE. USER ACTION : VERIFY THE FILE NAME SPECIFIED ON THE ASSIGN MASTER STATEMENT. 0FATAL ERROR In Version 2004.0.7 and 2004.5.0 only; If the DELETE option is used on an ASSIGN for a non-MASTER file (e.g. DBALL) and that file exists, then the DELETE is ignored and UFM 773 is issued: ASSIGN MASTER='model.MASTER'
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17673201 ASSIGN DBALL='model.DBALL', DELETE ENDJOB *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 773 (DBDEF) THE FOLLOWING PHYSICAL FILE ALREADY EXISTS. LOGICAL NAME = DBALL PHYSICAL FILE = model.dba USER INFORMATION: NO ASSOCIATED DEFAULT FILES OR ASSIGNED DBSETS CAN EXIST PRIOR TO THE DATA BASE INITIALIZATION RUN. USER ACTION: DELETE THIS FILE AND RESUBMIT THE JOB. Avoidance: Manually remove all files used on ASSIGN statements prior to run
CR 1-17706203 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - MCSID - UFM 2025 Large, eight digit, MCSID IDs may incorrectly lead to UFM 2025.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (TA1) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 50500099 Avoidance: Use smaller ids.
CR 1-17724607 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFLUID - SFM 1126 If an optimization model contains MFLUID entries, the job will fail with the following messages. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MGEN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 204 NAME = MAR , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE MAR=OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following alter. compile phase1a alter 'delete.*\/belm' delete /mar,,,, $ endalter $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-17727701 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - DELAY - SFM 3002 (DPD), Specifying DELAY for dof with no excitation Specifying DELAY data for DOFs without any excitation may lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 on a call to SKPREC in the DPD module.
CR 1-17733738 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBEND - Remark 3, FSI=1, Wrong Description Remark 3 under the PBEND description in the QRG incorrectly and incompletely describes the equation for FSI=1. It should read as follows: The flexibility factor is set to unity. The stress intensification factor in plane 2 using the general or alternate format is set to unity and for plane 1 it is set as follows: [equation] where r-elem is C1, D1, E1 or F1 of the stress points. If any of these values are exactly zero, then S1 is set to unity.
Description
CR 1-17749511 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - TEMP - Wrong Answers Remark 2 under the QRG description of the TEMP entry indicates that; Set ID MUST be unique w.r.t all other LOAD-type entries if TEMP(LOAD) is used. However, this is not enforced as a fatal error and can lead to wrong answers. CR 1-17764701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple Static Aero Subcases Incompatible Matrices, SFM 4276 If a SOL 200 run is made with multiple static aero boundary conditions and the subcases have different externally applied loads, the sensitivity analysis can produce either wrong answers and go down paths that cause the solution
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-17764701 to fail with a message that indicates incompatible matrices or a divide by zero errors. Avoidance: One avoidance is to remove the external loads. A more complete avoidance is to make the following NDDL change: PATH ULNDEL SEID,PEID,MPC,SPC,SUPORT, DESITER,PVALID,APRCH,HIGHQUAL, AUXMID,ADJOINT,DESINC,DISCRETE $ METH
and make the following dmap alters: compile fea alter 'bcdr'(5),'bcdr'(5) BCDR CASEM//SEID/' '/0//true/ S,N,SPC/S,N,MPC/S,N,SUPORT/s,n,load///S,N,BC $ compile pslgdv alter 'bcdr'(2),'bcdr'(2) BCDR CASEM//SEID/' '/0//true/ S,N,SPC/S,N,MPC/S,N,SUPORT/s,n,load///S,N,BC $ alter 'bcdr'(8),'bcdr'(8) BCDR CASEbc//SEID/' '/s,n,nskip//s,n,bcflag/ S,N,SPC/S,N,MPC/S,N,SUPORT/s,n,load///S,N,BC $ alter 'segoa'(2) dbstatus auads//s,n,noaua $ alter 'nopa'(8),'' if ( nopa<1 and noaua> 0) then $ alter 'pav' NSKIPL=NLOADS+NSKIPL $ LOADS ACCUMULATOR alter 'pmav' nskplm=nloada+nskplm $ unrestrained loads accumulator alter 'nskplm'(4,-1),'nskplm'(4) compile gendv2p alter 'nddl','nddl' TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,N,MPC,SPC,suport,templd,deform ,load $ alter 'bcdr','bcdr' BCDR CASE0//0/' '/ S,N,NSKIP/S,N,NLOADS/S,N,BCFLAG/ S,N,SPC/S,N,MPC/S,N,SUPORT/s,n,load////-1 $ compile xsedrdr alter 'bcdr','bcdr' BCDR CASEbc//SEID/' '/s,n,nskip//s,n,bcflag/ S,N,SPC/S,N,MPC/S,N,SUPORT/s,n,load///S,N,BC $
CR 1-17766002 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Case Control - SET - Possible Traceback in sdr2c Depending on the use the SET Case Control command may contain a list of integers or a list of real numbers. However, there is no application where the list would contain both integers and real numbers. MSC.Nastran does not know the intent of the set until it is referenced. If a set contains integers when it should contain real numbers or vice versa, the nastran may issue a traceback. A traceback has been encountered in sdr2c but other routines are possible. CR 1-17767304 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ADAMSMNF - SWM 7804 - No stresses/strains written to ADAMS mnf file Attempt to output solid element strains (CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA) into the Adams mnf file using the ADAMSMNF command will not work and will result in the message: SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 7804 (AFERRM) THE ADAMS/FLEX MNF GENERATION MODULE INPUT GRID POINT STRAIN DATA BLOCK OFP TABLE CODE IS NOT RECOGNIZED. OFP TABLE CODE IS 28. REQUEST FOR GRID POINT STRAIN OUTPUT IS IGNORED. No stresses or strains are written. Avoidance: Do not use PRINCIPAL on the VOLUME command. Explicitly use DIRECT to output stresses/strains into the mnf file. It is a restriction in the ADAMS/Flex interafce that it accepts only direct stresses and not principal. The ADAMSMNF command in the QRG needs a comment to this effect.
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-17769313 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Estimate fails with Access Violation on Window Estimate may fail with an Access Violation message on Windows. Avoidance: Specify mem= on the nastran submittal line so that estimate does not run.
CR 1-17776102 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - Krylov performance may suffer due to DOF-based ordering The Krylov solver uses CFACTR to do the decomp for frequency response. This path to decomp uses degree-of-freedom based ordering. It should call CFACTR2 instead which uses grid based ordering. CR 1-17777901 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - FASTFR check in GMA not correct If any structural matrices are missing, for example there are no fluid elements, the check in GMA to determine if FASTFR can be used is not correct. This may lead to slower run times. dfbella>>> New checking implemeted.
Description
CR 1-17790001 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Temperature Loading with offs gives wrong results For SOL 600 an option has been added to apply thermal loading at the original node, the offset node or both. This is activated by a new parameters in Nastran 2005 named marcofft and moffcore. The defaults for these new parameters cause the temperature loading to be applied at both nodes. Models now gets the same thermal strains using SOL 600 and 106. CR 1-17793896 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM SRCOMPS Does Not Work Nastran PARAM SRCOMPS, strenth ratio for composite analysis, does not work for nonlinear analysis. CR 1-17812511 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-17812511 DBC - PARAM,NOCOMPS,-1 - DBC Module, Access Violation Data decks with param,nocomps,-1 may fail in the DBC module in routine dbcgps.
Description Avoidance: Do not use param,nocomp,-1 for 2004 and later systems since it has no meaning any more. The only valid number are 0,1,2. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17812519 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - STRAIN, PCOMP - SFM 3005 (SDR2) A request of only strain output for composite elements causes SDR2 to issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3005. Avoidance: Add a STRESS request. Known Error Product CR 1-17818401 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR, CBEAM - UFM 2026 when BGG, BGE, or BEE is specified for OFFT UFM 2026 indicating illegal geometry is generated for CBAR/CBEAM elements when the orientation vector for the element is defined using the reference grid point (G0) option and the OFFT (field 9) value specifies BASIC (Bxx codes) for the orientation vector. Avoidance: Specify GLOBAL (Gxx) code for the orientation vector. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-17835201 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - Multiple buckling subcase - SFM 3002 in GPSP Solution 105, buckling, may fail in MSC.Nastran 2004 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 in the GPSP module if multiple buckling subcases exist. CR 1-17845802 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-17845802 Rotordynamics - LOAD, RFORCE - Wrong Answers In a static analysis with rotors, the gyroscopic moments may be missing from the load vecotr if the LOAD Case Control Command references a LOAD Bulk Data Entry.
Description Avoidance: The LOAD Case Control Command should reference the RFORCE Bulk Data Entry directly without using the LOAD Bulk Data Entry. Known Error Product CR 1-17865308 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,XYUNIT,PUNCH(NEWBULK) - No punch file written, csv incomplet The DOM12F subroutine does not place any limits on the length of a record created that is to be written to the csv file. Machine limits exist and the program needs to be redesigned to write within these limits. Error message on AIX: 1525-005 The formatted I/O statement on the internal file cannot be completed because the end of the record was reached. The program will recover by ignoring the remaining data items in the I/O statement. XL Fortran (initialization): Out of memory. time: command terminated abnormally. Error on 32bit Linux: Input/Output Error 154: Wrong length record In Procedure: dom12f At Line: 319 Statement: Formatted WRITE Unit: Internal File Record Number: 1 Known Error Product CR 1-17867401 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - param,panelmp - Panel grid Mode Participation Factor output incorrect Structure Mode Participation Factor output for panel grid points is incorrect if any fluid grid point id is less than the largest id of the structural
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Known Error
CR 1-17867401 grid points in the problem. All other MPF output is accurate. Avoidance: Make sure that all fluid points have IDs greater than the largest ID of the structure grid points.
CR 1-17870204 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - SPARSEDR - SFM 6143 (UMRGE1) SOL 108 with superelements and rotordynamics may fail with the folloiwng message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in RXMG is not equal to the size of the M-set User Information: Size of input matrices and DOF sets: RXMG : Rows= 129 by Cols= 153 Set sizes: Major (G-set)= 5796 Set0 (M-set)= 1988 Set1 (COMP-set)= 3808 Avoidance: Insert param,sparsedr,no or following DMAP alter compile fdrmgen alter 'equivx rxmgx\/rxmg','' alter 'paraml rmgg' if ( spdrm ) then $ equivx rxmgx/rxmg/-1 $ delete /rgm,,,, $ trnsp rxmg/rgm $ endif $ endalter
Description
CR 1-17883701 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP, MAT8, DVMREL - UFM 316 Punched output from a SOL 200 analysis that uses DVMREL optimize PCOMP and MAT8 may contain invalid data and cause a subsequent nastran job to fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 316. CR 1-17889001 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-17889001 Rigid Elements - PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES fails with multiple boundary conditions or SOL105 Runs with PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES could fail in SOL 105 or with multiple BC with UFM 1126 (GNFIST) (matmod attempting to output GM which already exists). Avoidance: compile sekr0 alter 'xmce1',''(,1) TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,automset $ IF ( NOGM=-1 or automset='yes' ) then $ if ( automset='yes' ) delete /gm,,,, $ call xmce1 USET1,RMG1,KGG/GM,nuset/rsonly $ dbstatus nuset//s,n,nonuset $ IF ( getsys(np,400)<>0 and nonuset>0 ) equivx nUSET/uset1/always $ endif $ CR 1-17889901 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWSEAM - TABPRT, conflicts in GEOM2 NDDL descriptions The format of the CWSEAM entry is changed after MODGM2 module. This results in conflicts in NDDL descriptions for this element type and the TABPRT contents of GEOM2 data block won't match the labels. CR 1-17907360 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RIGID(LAGRAN) - Lagrange RBE2 with TEMPD and TEMP and alpha produces SFM 3003 Lagrange RBE2 with TEMPD and TEMP causes the following error.
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*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (SSG1) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE GETEMP CR 1-17976601 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-17976601 Documentation/QRG - MCFRACTION Remark 7 of the Quick Reference Guide description of the MCFRACTION case control command states that the filter applies to the sorting KEY item. However, this is incorrect. The filter is always applied to the RESPONSE magnitude, regardless of which item has been used to produce the sorted listing. CR 1-18016846 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SDAMPING, TABDMP1, GKAM - Poor Message, SFM 3001 If a SDAMPING request is made in the case control but no TABDMP1 entry is supplied in the bulk data, the analysis will fail in the GKAM module and the following message will be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GKAM) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DIT AT POSITION 5 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-18048305 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Documentation - buildsss.bat missing in V2004 The Version 2004 delivery is missing \msc\msc2004\nast\del\buildsss.bat
Description
Avoidance: Copy the attachment buildsss.bat.del to \nast\del\buildsss.bat. The IOG Documentation indicates: "msc2004 buildsss src=." However, for Windows, the "src=" is an improper format. The correct format for Windows should be: msc2004 buildsss full_path_of_source CR 1-18070913 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MAXMIN(def), QUAD4, TRIA3, Corner Stresses Missing Documentation The MAXMIN(DEF) for corner stresses of a CQUAD4 or CTRIA3 requires the element specifation to be CQUAD4C or CTRIA3C. CR 1-18076410
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Known Error
CR 1-18076410 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - CTETRA - Fails to Converge Nonlinear heat transfer models with CTETRA 10 elements may fail to converge. Avoidance: Do not use the CTETRA 10 noded element in nonlinear heat transfer. Use the 12 noded CTETRA or the CHEXA element. This is a limitation using SOL 159 for CTETRA 10 element for phase change thermal analysis. Avoidance: Using the SOL 400 for phase change thermal analysis
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18089601 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP Zero sensitivity coffecients for composites A composite optimization job may produce zero sensitivity coefficients if the following conditions are met: 1) two or more material properties are being designed, 2) one of the designed material properties is referenced by the PCOMP entry. Avoidance: Design a material property either being referenced by a PCOMP entry or by other property types, not both.
Description
CR 1-18108004 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SPARSEDR, SPCD - Wrong Answers When SPCD enforced motion is employed in an environment that involves part superelements or traditional superelements, data recovery in the superelements gives wrong results for the interior points of upstream superlements.
Description Please see the following three test decks in /nast/app/etl: q1-18108004a.dat -- Test deck employing part SEs q1-18108004b.dat -- Test deck employing traditional SEs q1-18108004c.dat -- Test deck employing single SE
Known Error
CR 1-18108004
Avoidance: Two possible avoidances exist. Either turn off sparse data recovery by setting: param,sparsedr,no or apply the following dmap alter. compile spdr1 alter 'call xAdd5 vscg0,vmcg,vadr,z01dr0,vyg' add5 v01z,vupse,,,/zzz $ equivx zzz/v01z/-1 $ endalter $ Known Error Product CR 1-18126001 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - SORT2 in static and transient analysis - Excessive disk space usage IIn static and transient analysis when SORT2 or XYPLOT output is requested an unnecessary SDR3 operation occurs. On large problems this can require large amounts of disk space. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: Description compile sedrcvr alter 'strsort' if ( not sort2mm ) sdr3 oes2s,,,,,/oes1x1,,,,, $ alter 'strsort'(,1) if ( not sort2mm ) equivx oes1x/oes1x1/-1 $ alter 'sdr3 oes2s,,,,,','' CR 1-18136004 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - MAXMIN(DEF) two item codes - Wrong Answers The following format of the maxmin(def) commands cause incorrect data recovery. The RMS for the second item code was zero. Also, the Z2 von mises stress was wrong for Z2. MAXMIN(DEF) STRESS QUAD4 9 MAXALG(1) RMS
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Known Error
CR 1-18136004 MAXMIN(DEF) STRESS QUAD4 17 MAXALG(1) RMS Avoidance: Combine the items requested on one command, as shown below. MAXMIN(DEF) STRESS QUAD4 9 17 MAXALG(1) RMS
CR 1-18137202 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AECOMP, MONPNT1 - Missing Monitor Point Output No Error message is issued when the COMP field on the MONPNT1 entry points to a nonexistent AECOMP entry. Instead, the MONPNT1 entry is just ignored and no output is generated for it. CR 1-18154902 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Multiple FREQ subcases and scr=no - UFM 1126 When using scr=no with multiple frequency subcases with one of the subcase having the same DLOAD and FREQ request as a prior subcase the run will fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE FRLG IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = PPF , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE PPF=OVRWRT *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE FRLG IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 204 NAME> > = FOL , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE FOL=OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semfreq alter 'IF ( NOT NOPH2 and extdr','' dbstatus uhf//s,n,nouhf $ IF ( nouhf<1 and NOT(NOPH2) and extdr='no' ) THEN $ endalter
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18177902
CR 1-18177902 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - PARAM,FLUIDSE or GDACMS with PARAM AKMPOST - SFM 6144 If PARAM,AKMPOST,YES is requested in a run with GDAMCS or PARAM,FLUIDSE then the run will fail with SFM 6144. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter or use MDACMS (domainsolver acms(partopt=dof)): compile mpf alter 'call akmpost','' if ( akmpost='yes' ) call akmpost lamas,lamaf,mpfmap,sils,eqexins,fmpfz,smpfz, pmpfz,lmpfz,vafs,usetd,phdh,uhfs,vphfs,agg, vgfs,uset,phgg,casef,ogx,fol1,mfhh,bfhh,kfhh, bgpdts,sil,vgxfs,usetg,PHGXFH1,uhfs/ scratch/ noue/nophfa/nophsa/noog/noa/noload/nofreq/ noshset $ compile akmpost alter 1,1 subdmap akmpost lamas,lamaf,mpfmap,sils,eqexins,fmpfz,smpfz, pmpfz,lmpfz,vafs,usetd,phdh,uhf1,vphfs,agg, vgfs,uset,phgg,cases,ogx,fol1,mfhh,bfhh,kfhh, bgpdts,sil,vgxfs,usetg,PHGXFH1,uhfs/ scratch/ noue/nophfa/nophsa/noog/noa/noload/nofreq/ nosehset $ type parm,,i,n,nosehset $ alter 'if ( nophfa=-1',''(,9) equivx uhf1/uhfs/-1 $ if ( nophsa=-1 ) then $ equivx phdh/phdfh/-1 $ else $ partn PHDH,VPHFS,VAFSE/,,,PHDFH/1 $ endif $ alter 'matmod v6d,sils','' matmod v6d,sil,,,,/v6g,/5 $ alter 'PARTN RPHSA,,VGFS',''(,2) MATGEN ,/ROT456x/6/6/0/3/3 $ PARTN RPHSA,,VGxFS/RPHST,,,/1 $ MATMOD ROT456x,SIL,,,,/O1x,/4 $ DELETE /ROT456x,RPHSA,,,/ $ PARTN O1x,,VGxFS/ROT456x,,,/1 $ PARTN RPHST,,ROT456x/,RPHSA,,/1 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18177902 alter 'EQUIVX VAFS\/OA',''(,7) equivx phgxfh1/phdfh1/-1 $ compile super3 alter 'if ( rsonly or sebulk','' if ( rsonly or (sebulk and not(acms)) ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-18182101 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH) - Missing output for interior points of external SE. If the DMIGPCH option is employed in the EXTSEOUT command to create an external SE, the subsequent assembly run fails to give output for interior points of the external SE. The output is obtained only for the boundary points of the external SE. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'call extotmin'(,-2),''(,0) file tug1=ovrwrt/tes1=ovrwrt/tef1=ovrwrt/tqg1=ovrwrt $ call dbfetch /dtis,dtindxs,dmis,dmindxs,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ dtiin dtis,dtindxs/ tug1,tes1,tef1,tqg1,,,,,,/ s,n,notug/s,n,notes/s,n,notef/s,n,notqg $ exterse=(exterse or notug or notes or notef or notqg) $ if ( exterse ) then $ call extotmin maps,dmis,dmindxs,uset,eqexins, xsop2dir,matpools/ tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1, rga,ugo,mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ statics $ call dbstore mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o,//seid/0/' '/0 $ compile phase0 alter 'call ifps' call dbstore dmindxs,dtindxs,dmis,dtis,//seid/0/' '/0 $ compile sedrcvr alter 'MPYAD.*mug1,uls1,','' call dbfetch /mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ if ( notug1>0 ) MPYAD mug1,uls1,mug1o/iugx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mef1,uls1','' MPYAD mef1,uls1,mef1o/iefx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mes1,uls1',''
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18182101 MPYAD mes1,uls1,mes1o/iesx $ alter 'MPYAD.*mqg1,uls1','' MPYAD mqg1,uls1,mqg1o/iqgx $ compile extotmin alter 1,1 subdmap extotmin maps,dmis,dmindxs,uset,eqexins, xsop2dir,matpools/ tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1,rga,ugo, mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ statics $ alter 'dbview' dbview x_mugo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mug1o' and wildcard) dbview x_meso=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mes1o' and wildcard) dbview x_mefo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mef1o' and wildcard) dbview x_mqgo=extdb where (seid=temp and xname='mqg1o' and wildcard) alter 'if ( xname=','' if ( xname='matrga' or xname='tug1' or xname='mug1' or xname='tes1' or xname='mes1' or xname='tef1' or xname='mef1' or xname='tqg1' or xname='mqg1' or xname='mug1o' or xname='mes1o' or xname='mef1o' or xname='mqg1o' ) then $ alter 'equivx.*x\_tqg',''(,3) if ( statics ) then $ equivx x_mugo/mug1o/-1 $ equivx x_meso/mes1o/-1 $ equivx x_mefo/mef1o/-1 $ equivx x_mqgo/mqg1o/-1 $ endif $ statics else $ dmiin dmis,dmindxs/mug1,mes1,mef1,mqg1,,,,,, $ if ( statics ) dmiin dmis,dmindxs/mug1o,mes1o,mef1o,mqg1o,,,,,, $ matmod tug1,,,,,/tug1x,/32/1 $ equivx tug1x/tug1/-1 $ matmod tef1,,,,,/tef1x,/32/1 $ equivx tef1x/tef1/-1 $ matmod tes1,,,,,/tes1x,/32/1 $ equivx tes1x/tes1/-1 $ matmod tqg1,,,,,/tqg1x,/32/1 $ equivx tqg1x/tqg1/-1 $ mtrxin ,,matpools,eqexins,,/vax,,,,/lusets $ merge ,,,mug1,,vax,/mug1x/1 $ equivx mug1x/mug1/-1 $ merge ,,,mef1,,vax,/mef1x/1 $
Known Error
CR 1-18182101 equivx mef1x/mef1/-1 $ merge ,,,mes1,,vax,/mes1x/1 $ equivx mes1x/mes1/-1 $ merge ,,,mqg1,,vax,/mqg1x/1 $ equivx mqg1x/mqg1/-1 $ compile extout alter 'SDR2.*CASEs' dbstatus uoo//s,n,nouoo $ if ( nouoo>0 ) then $ umerge uset,uoo,/ugo/'g'/'o' $ dbstatus v01s//s,n,nov01s $ if ( nov01s>0 ) then $ Partn ugo,,v01s/,ugo1,,/0 $ delete /ugo,,,, $ merge ,,ugo1,,,,v01s/ugo/0 $ endif $ nov01s>0 SDR2 CASEs,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,ETT,nulllama,BGPDTS,,qg, ugo,EST,XYCDBs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ ,iqg1o,IUG1o,IES1o,IEF1o,,,,,,,/ 'reig'/S,N,NOS2A/S,N,NCOMPS $ DRMH1 Iug1o,Iqg1o,Ies1o,Ief1o/ TUG1o,MUG1xo,TQG1o,MQG1xo,TES1o,MES1xo,TEF1o,MEF1xo/ /1/7/3/1005/1004 $ add5 mug1xo,,,,/mug1o $ add5 mqg1xo,,,,/mqg1o $ add5 mes1xo,,,,/mes1o $ add5 mef1xo,,,,/mef1o $ endif $ nouoo>0 alter 'EQUIVX mug1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mug1o' $ EQUIVX mug1o/EXTDB/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mug1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mug1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mqg1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mqg1o' $ equivx mqg1o/extdb/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mqg1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mqg1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mes1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mes1o' $ equivx mes1o/extdb/-1 $ alter '15.*\'mes1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mes1o' $ alter 'EQUIVX mef1\/EXTDB' xname = 'mef1o' $ equivx mef1o/extdb/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-18182101 alter '15.*\'mef1' append ,,/xsop2dir/15///////'mef1o' $ alter 'matpch mug1' matpch mug1o,mqg1o,mes1o,mef1o/ $ alter 'xname=\'mug1\''(,2) xname='mug1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ alter 'xname=\'mqg1\''(,2) xname='mqg1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ alter 'xname=\'mes1\''(,2) xname='mes1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ alter 'xname=\'mef1\''(,2) xname='mef1o' $ dbstatus extdb//s,n,noextdb $ if ( noextdb>0 ) output2 extdb//0/outunit///'matrix' $ endalter
CR 1-18187316 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH, PBUSH and PBUSHT (KN) wrong answers In Version 2004, if K1 is left to be blank on the PBUSH or PBUSHT entries, the default value should be zero; however, an error in ifp may results in unexpected values being used resulting in wrong answers.. Avoidance: If a zero stiffness is desired, explicitly specify 0.0, do not leave the k1 field blank.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-18192403 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Complex Unsymmetric Decomp , SYSTEM(221) - Wrong Answers MSC.Nastran HPUX systems are the only ones that set the rank of update for complex unsymmetric sparse decomp to greater than 1. This can lead to wrong answers. Avoidance: On HP system set system(221)=1 in the nastran rc file. On
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18192403 all other systems do not set this system cell.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18215901 MSC / MD Nastran Temperature Loads - CHEXA - Non uniform temperature on HEXA element UFM 4661 HEXA models with constant material values defined on the MATT1 entry may fail to converge even though the same models converge when the MATT1 entry is removed or a constant temperature is applied. Other elements have not demonstrated this behavior. Avoidance: If there is no temperature depencency, remove the MATT1 entry.
Description
CR 1-18217901 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - RESTARTS, SPCD - UFM 5423 Dynamic response restart jobs (SOL 108, 109, 111, and 112) may not handle enforced motion correctly. This may result in wrong answers in V2001 and V2004, but causes termination of the job with UFM 5423 in the FRLG module in V2005.
Avoidance: Two avoidance schemes exist. ------------1. Use a dummy (unused) FORCE or DAREA Bulk Data entry in the restart job. Description 2. Employ the following DMAP alter in the restart job: compile semfreq $ for sol 111 (use sedfreq for sol 108, sedtran for sol109 and semtran for sol112) alter 'dpd '(,-1) $ paraml yg//'trailer'/1/s,n,ygcols $ paraml pg//'trailer'/1/s,n,pgcols $ type parm,,i,n,extracol $ extracol = ygcols - pgcols $ $ append extracol null columns to pg append pg,/pgnew/1//extracol $
Known Error
CR 1-18217901 delete /pg,,,, $ equivx pgnew/pg/-1 $
CR 1-18228729 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Unicode text causes UFM 300 If a file is saved as unicode text, the nastran job may fail with the following message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 300 (RCARD) DATA ERROR IN FIELD UNDERLINED. EMBEDDED BLANK. If you look at the file in Nodepad, it appears to look ok. However, if you look at it in a vi editor, you will see blanks between each character Avoidance: Save the file in standard text format
Description
CR 1-18235402 MSC / MD Nastran CWELD Elements - Wrong Bearing Stresses for CWELD elements The bearing stress should equal the resultant of the shear forces divided by the (cweld diameter x minimum thickness of the connected shell elements).
Description
However, the dependency on the minimum thickness TMIN is broken and the output for the bearing stress is equal to simply the Shear Force divided by the Weld Diameter. This error has been verified by the initiator.
CR 1-18239502 MSC / MD Nastran Size Limitation - Maximum of 120 DMI matrices and DTI tables are allowed A maximum of 120 unique DMI matrices and 120 tables are allowed in the input. In Version 2001 an attempt was made to increase the limit to 1000 but the change was incomplete.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18291503 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 3002 (Logic Error 29) in the BDRYINFO module. Double field GRID entries for interior points of exterior superlements may result in: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (BDYINP) LOGIC ERROR 29 ENCOUNTERED IN SUBROUTINE BDYINP USER ACTION: REPORT THIS PROBLEM TO MSC CLIENT SUPPORT
Description
in the BDRYINFO module. Avoidance: Use single field GRID entries or double field GRID entries with the grid IDs in columns 9-16 Alternatively, as indicated above, first get the Bulk Data deck punched out by Nastran and then use this punched deck as input. This will cause the GRID IDs in the double field entries to be left justified (in columns 9-16).
Known Error Product
CR 1-18300703 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Different Warping Coefficients for PBEAML with BOX and BOX1 Cross Section The BOX and BOX1 cross sections of the MSCBML0 group yield inconsistent warping coefficients for the same cross section. The BOX cross section yields a 0.0 value for the warping coefficient while the BOX1 will be nonzero. To include warping included, use the BOX1 cross section. The problem is also present in Patran and its Beam Library so ensure that the fix gets to both programs. CR 1-18300741 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Transient Analysis - TIC - UFM 2133 (DPD) In SOL 112, when a degree of freedom is specified on a TIC entry that is not in the a-set the job will fail appropriately with the message:
Description
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 2133 (DPD) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2133 (DPD) INITIAL CONDITION IN SET 1 SPECIFIED FOR POINT NOT IN ANALYSIS
Known Error
CR 1-18300741 SET. However, the message does NOT indicate the grid and component. When a large number of TIC are present in the input file it is difficult to identify the problem input.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18419669 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - MPC data in GEOM4 datablock created by module MAKEOLD is not in single precision If the model contains MPC entries, and the MAKEOLD module is used to convert the MPC entries in the GEOM4 datablock to single precision, the conversion does not take place. This happens for instance when PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 are requested and PARAM,OGEOM,YES (default) is used. The error was reported because IDEAS was terminating when reading an op2 file created using PARAM,POST,-2. In addition to being corrected in the 2005r2 release, this error was corrected in a special build of 2004.5.1 on AIX, IRIX, and Sunos only. This system was not written to cd and is only availalbe from MSC's internal ESD site. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter for 2004.5. This alter wil create an op2 file compatible with V2001 when either PARAM,POST,-1 or -2 is specified and NASTRAN OP2NEW=0. The alter deletes the erroneous MPC data from the GEOM4 datablock so it does not get written to the op2 file. An alter is also available that converts the double precision MPC data to single precision using the table insert functions of the PARAML module to create a single precision MPC data record which is then added to the GEOM4 datablock after MAKEOLD processing. NASTRAN OP2NEW=0 ECHOOFF $ $ V2004.5 op2 in 2001 format, post -1 and post -2 $ COMPILE OUT2GEOM NOLIST $ ALTER 'MAKEOLD GEOM4','' $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,RECNUM=1 $ $ $ remove MPC entries from GEOM4 DO WHILE (RECNUM>0) $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18419669 PARAML GEOM4//'DTI'/S,N,RECNUM,/1//S,N,ID1 $ PARAML GEOM4//'DTI'/S,N,RECNUM,/2//S,N,ID2 $ EQUIVX GEOM4/GEOM4Z/RECNUM $ IF (ID1=4901 AND ID2=49) THEN $ PARAML GEOM4/GEOM4Z/'TABDEL'/RECNUM/0 $ RECNUM=-1 $ ELSE $( RECNUM=4901 AND ID2=49) RECNUM=RECNUM+1 $ ENDIF $ (RECNUM=4901 AND ID2=49) ENDDO $ (RECNUM>0) MAKEOLD GEOM4Z,GEOM3,,,/GEOM4X,GEOM3X,,,/ 'GEOM4'/'GEOM3'////'GEOM4'/'GEOM3' $ $ $ for post -2 $ ALTER 'OUTPUT2 CSTMX' $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,NP $ IF (GETSYS(NP,403)=0) THEN $ MATMOD GEOM2X,,,,,/IGEOM2X,/13 $ matprn geom4,geom4x // $ $ OUTPUT2 IGEOM2X,GEOM3X,GEOM4X,GEOM1X,BGPDTX//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR/ $ 'GEOM2'/'GEOM3'/ GEOM4 / GEOM1 / BGPDT / $ 'GEOM2'/'GEOM3'/'GEOM4'/'GEOM1'/'BGPDT' $ OUTPUT2 IGEOM2X,GEOM3X,GEOM1X,BGPDTX//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR/ 'GEOM2'/'GEOM3'/ GEOM1 / BGPDT / 'GEOM2'/'GEOM3'/'GEOM1'/'BGPDT' $ ELSE $ ALTER 'OUTPUT2 GEOM2X' $ ENDIF $ $ $ for post -1 $ ALTER 'ELSE IF ( POST=-1' $ IF (GETSYS(NP,403)=0) THEN $ MATMOD GEOM2X,,,,,/IGEOM2X,/13 $ OUTPUT2 GEOM1X,IGEOM2X,GEOM3X,GEOM4X,EPTX//OTAPE2/OUNIT1//OMAXR/ GEOM1 / GEOM2 / GEOM3 / GEOM4 / EPT / 'GEOM1S'/'GEOM2S'/'GEOM3S'/'GEOM4S'/'EPTS' $ OUTPUT2 MPT,DIT,DYNAMICS//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR $ IF ( POSTEXT='YES' ) OUTPUT2 BGPDTX//0/OUNIT1//OMAXR/BGPDT/////'BGPDTS' $ ELSE $ ALTER 'OUTPUT2 BGPDTX' $
Known Error
CR 1-18419669 ENDIF $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
SOL 600/installation - Long Installation Paths - ** Severe Marc Translator Warning ** For SOL 600, long path names for the location of the marc executable will cause a failure on Windows. The default installation paths for MSC.Nastran V2005 are longer and thus this problem is exacerbated.
Descriptio n ** Severe Marc Translator Warning ** Script to run Marc not in expected directory \\benelux1\applic\windows\msc.software\msc.nastran\2005\msc2005\marc\tools\ run_m Known Error Product CR 1-18450701 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBAR, CBEAM with offsets and param,lgdisp fails with UFM 6174 USER FATAL MESSAGE 6174 is incorrectly issued when a nonlinear model contains bar or beam elements with offsets and param,lgdisp,-1. When param,lgdisp,1 is specified the differential stiffness is not required, thus the fatal should not be issued. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-18482126 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR - SFM 3001 (DOPR4) indicating DTOS2J does not exist An optimization job that has a DESVAR Case Control command that only activates shape variables but both sizing and shape variables are present, may fail in DOPR4 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 indicating that DTOS2J does not
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18482126 exist. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile predom list alter 'dopr1' type parm,,i,n,protyp $ protyp = 0
CR 1-18491202 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MCFRACTION - Wrong Description of Item SCALED Under the QRG description of the MCFRACTION Case Control Command, SCALED should be described as the " PROJECTION DIVIDED BY THE LARGEST MAGNITUDE OF MODAL RESPONSE". CR 1-18491296 MSC / MD Nastran MCFRACTION - Incorrect description of "SCALED RESPONSE MAGNITUDE" in the f06 Description of the "SCALED RESPONSE MAGNITUDE" under the MODAL CONTRIBUTION FACTORS output in the f06 is not correct. It should read: PROJECTION MAGNITUDE DIVIDED BY THE LARGEST MAGNITUDE OF THE MODAL RESPONSE.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-18501346 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - MEFFMASS fails if the a-set is comprised entirely of q-set The modal effective mass calculation (MEFFMASS Case Control command) will terminate with the following message if the a-set is comprised entirely of q-set. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (3007) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MPYAD
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18501346 In GDACMS (domainsolver acms) and PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES, it is typically the case that the a-set of the residual structure is comprised entirely of q-set. This condition can also occur with component mode analysis. Avoidance: 1. For non-GDACMS problems, insert some physical degrees-of-freedom on the ASETi entries. 2. For GDACMS problems or PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES problems, either switch to MDACMS (domainsolver acms (partopt=dof)) or insert the following DMAP alter: compile augqset alter 'usetq'(2) type parm,,logi,n,npl $ moduset ,,usetq/usetz/'move'/'l'/'o' $ equivx usetz/usetq/-1 $ compile phase0 alter ' gp4 '(,-1) if ( seid=0 ) atqset=false $ endalter If you are running PARAM,AUTOQSET,NO with GDACMS then insert SENQSET,0,0 in the Bulk Data section.
CR 1-18504349 MSC / MD Nastran Online Documentation - V2005 Index is labelled as "MSC.Nastran 2004" The "start point" for the MSC.Nastran v2005 documentation on the Online Documentation cd is labled "MSC.Nastran 2004 Books". The links for the Installation & Operations Guide, QRG, and Release Guide DO bring up the v2005 documentation. The link to the DMAP Guide is missing. New graphic pages without the year are to be used for future releases.
Description
CR 1-18511311 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - MCFRACTION - Wrong Answers for MFRACTION with MDACMS
Known Error
CR 1-18511311 If MCFRAC is requested with MDACMS (DOMAINSOLVER ACMS(PARTOPT=DOF)) then wrong answers may result in the MCFRAC output. Avoidance: There are 2 possible avoidances: 1. Specify an additional output request, like DISP, for the same points specified on the MCFRAC command. 2. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semfreq alter 'call fdrmgen','' if ( sparseph='yes' and mdacms ) CALL FDRMGEN, USET,VGFD,CASERS,USETD,GM,GOt,goq,, MSF,,,,BSF,,,,KSF,K4SF,,,,asf,adsf, MMG,,BMG,,KMG,K4MG,,KDMG,KDSF,, MSS,,BSS,,KSS,K4Ss,,kdss,yg, ects,bgpdts,sils,xycdb,matpool,pg,dynamics,casecc, slist,emap,maps,,,,,mmcdb,oint,pelsets, pmyg,pbyg,pkyg,ajp,,nzyg,/ ,,,,,,, MSF1,BSF1,KSF1,mss1,bss1,kss1,MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,,,, vspcg,vmpcg,v01p,v01dr,vpg,vgdr,vmcfg,,,/ APP/APP/SOLTYP/FALSE/false/NOOSET/NOA/NOMSET/ S,DOMPCF/S,DOSPCF/NOSSET/NOUE/S,DOMPCFFD/ S,DOSPCFFD/FALSE/FALSE/rsonly/' '/ s,spdrs/s,spdrm/pexist/false/s,spdr/adptindx/true $ type parm,nddl,logi,n,seindr $ seindr=true $ add5 vpg,vmcfg,v01p/vxx $ equivx vxx/v01p/-1 $ endalter CR 1-18516872 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - mem=2800mb on NEC SX-6(SUPER-UX 13.1), SFM7620 occurs. MSC.Nastran 2004.0.6 (2004r2) and 2005.0.0 (2005 R1) on Nec SX-6 computers may fail with the fatal message shown below when a large memory request (mem=2800mb) is made. This error has been corrected in 2005.0.1 delivered on the 2005R1a cd. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7620 (GP3D) Dynamic memory block has incorrect checksum
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18527891
Known Error Product
CR 1-18527891 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - DMP, NUMDOM - K-PARTITIONING FAILED, Possble Wrong Answers If the user specifies a relatively large value for the number of domains, numdom, for a small problem in mdacms, the partitioner may fail and in rare cases produce wrong answers. When failure does happen the only message is "K-PARTIONING FAILED". Nevertheless MDACMS continues. Avoidance: Do no specify high values of numdom for small problems. Do not deviate significantly from the defaults.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-18540430 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - V2005 online CD may not read properly on some CDs Cannont Copy basic functions The CD has been remanufactured and an installation has been added to eliminate the cyclic redundency error. Please test out the new CD. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description
It has been observed that the 2005 combined documentation CD may not load properly on some CD drives. The following error will occur in this case: Cannot copy basic_functions: Data Error (cyclic redundancy check) Avoidance: If available, use another CD drive.
CR 1-18561858 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CELAS - Coincident Points The following remark will be added under the celasi QRG description. It is recommend that for most applications that the grids connected by celas entries be coincident and the displacement coordinate systems of each grid be congruent. Connecting non-coincident grids and/or noncongruent coordinate systems can lead to models that do not pass strain energy checks (see GROUNDCHECK case control).
Description
CR 1-18562191 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, DMIGPCH - Extra Output An EXTSEOUT SE creation run may output the stiffness matrix even though the EXTSEOUT command explicitly requested only the LOADS to be DMIGPCH.
Description Avoidance: Apply the alter avoidance scheme given under the description of error number 1-18908795. Known Error Product CR 1-18569569 MSC / MD Nastran Model Checkout/Superelements - RBE3, PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES - Bad diagnostics with SELOC PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES may give bad diagnostic information when SELOC is present. The bad diagnostics is for the EMH matrix which is an equilibrium check on MPCs and constraint elements. The bad diagnostics will indicate a modeling error when no error exists. . Avoidance: Use another checking procedure, such as applying SPCDs in static analysis that should move the structure as a rigid body. If the MPCs and constraint elements pass this test they meet the equilibrium requirement. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-18570326 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CWELD - Missing UFM 7549 (SEPWLD) Impropely defined cweld elements where the projection onto the surface cannot be found may not be trapped and the job may fail unexpectedly. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-18573051 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor Dynamics - NLRGAP - Wrong Answers, null unbalanced load output If an NLRGAP entry is used in a rotor dynamics analysis (SOL129), then
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Known Error
CR 1-18573051 the unbalanced force that is output with the NLLOAD command is equal to zero.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18589051 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 with BETAMATCH referenced by DESSUB - SFM 3001 When an optimization job with BETA/MATCH DRESP2 response, it may fail in DOPR1 with SFM 3001 when the response is referenced by a DESSUB command. Avoidance: Remove the offending DESSUB entry.
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CR 1-18602293 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL - USER FATAL MESSAGE 4405 (PRTPRN) For most real world problems the CRAY X1 Unicos system's acrhitecture is such that it realizes a performance gain when MAXSET on the EIGRL entry is set to 12 rather than to default value of 7 used on most other machines. One small test problem (s6821) diverged when trying to solve the eigenvalue problem. This small test completes when MAXSET is changed to 7. CR 1-18612550 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - TSTEPNL - UFM 5423, TSTEPNL with NO = 2 In SOL 129, the enforce motion with large mass job may fail with the following message ==================================== *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES, (SADD5) ==================================== It happens when (1) all results are null, and (2) NO > 1 and there is no reminder of (NDT/NO) on TSTEPNL. [Avoidance]: (1) Do not produce a null results, or (2) Set NO=1 or make (NDT/NO) have reminder on TSTEPNL.
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CR 1-18622044 MSC / MD Nastran Topology Optimization - TOPVAR, PWELD - Poor Message MSC.Nastran 2005 topology optimization does not have a good fatal error message if the PID entry referenced on a TOPVAE entry does not exist. CR 1-18625541 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - param,post - UIM 4114 when writing large data blocks written to op2 file When writing data blocks larger than 1GW to an op2 file in binary format, the UIM 4114 data fields will overflow, causing '*********' to be put in the messages. The correction is to accumulate the values in INTEGER*8 variables and to change the format statements to I12. This will allow data blocks up to 1TW to be written to the op2 files without any UIM 4114 data field overflow. For binary mode OP2 files, this was fixed as part of the code turned in to fix quality number 1-18605381. For the time being, other possible error locations have not been fixed because it has been determined that the possibility of the error occurring is very low.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18635621 MSC / MD Nastran Mass - NSM1 and NSML1 have alternate forms which do not allow continuation - Missing Fatal Message Tthe alternate forms of the nsm1 and nsml1 entries were designed and documented not to allow for continuation entries. If the user does have a continuation entry, the entire entry is processed as the basic form with a single ID. CR 1-18636381 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Problems when a designed property is zero in SOL 200 The design optimization capability in SOL 200 of MSC.Nastran applies move
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-18636381 limits to the properties when solving the approximate optmization problem. If the baseline property is 0.0, the move limits can be very small with the result that a small movement in the design variables will result in a violated constraint. Avoidance: Avoid starting designs that result in a zero property value. Examples are the design of an I12 term in a beam starting from a cross setcion that has a plane of symmetry or the warping coefficents in a PBEAML with a box section type that is square.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18640031 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - EIGRL, MAXSET - Nan values in Eigenvalue Table on Nec SX6 For most real world problems the NEC SX6 system's architecture is such that it realizes a performance gain when MAXSET on the EIGRL entry is set to 15 rather than the default value of 7 used on most other machines. For small problems, nastran will automatically lower the MAXSET value. One small test problem has been found that contained two static subcases (STATSUB) followed by two eigenvalue analysis where the value was lowered to 8 and it should have been lowered to 7. This resulted in Nan's being printed in the Eigenvalue summary table. Avoidance: If this problem is encountered, manually set the MAXSET value to one lower than what is reported for "BLOCK SIZE USED". Solving the eigenvalues for the two sucases in separate runs also avoided the problem. This problem has been corrected in 2005.0.1 delivered on the 2005 R1a cd.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18642547 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Frequency Response - SOL 118, RESTART - Output Labled as Real instead of Complex on Nec SX6 A restart of SOL 118, Cyclic Direct Frequency Response in Version 2005 on Nec SX6, may result in output being labled as Real instead of Complex.
Description Avoidance: Run the job as a cold start. This error is fixed in Versin 2005.0.1 delivered on the 2005 R1a cd. Known Error Product CR 1-18642630 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-18642630 Superelement Component Mode Synthesis - PARAM,METHDCRMS - UWM 8592 (REIG), V2005 Nec SX6 Only If param,methcrms is specified in a superelement eigenvalue analysis on V2005 Nec SX6, then the job may fail with the message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 8592 (REIG) THE METHOD RECORD IN CASE CONTROL IS MISSING OR INCORRECT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE FOLLOWING FATAL ERRORS. USER ACTION: PUT A METHOD ENTRY IN CASE CONTROL WHICH POINTS TO AN EIGR, EIGRL, OR EIGB RECORD IN BULK DATA. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (READ) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 2000) IN TABLE (EED ) IN SUBROUTINE (REIG). Avoidance: Other than not specifying this parameter, there is no avoidance.
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CR 1-18642659 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - mem= = - SFM 7620 (GP3D) on Nec SX6 If a mem= is specified to be greater than 2800mb on MSC.Nastran 2004r2 or 2005 on Nec SX 6 the job may fail with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7620 (GP3D) Dynamic memory block has incorrect checksum Avoidance: Make a smaller memory request
Known Error Product
CR 1-18643741 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Multi-MASTER method, Shell Normals (SNORM) - Wrong Answers Shell normals computed in the "SEMAP" run are not being saved for the subsequent restart run and this may lead to poor answers.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in all runs: compile phase0 alter 1 type db gpsnt $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18673881 MSC / MD Nastran An Analytic Boundary Shape optimization job fails with UFM2011 in TA1although PBAR is defined In v2001, when an Analytic Boundary Shape optimization job also includes the sizing variables so that the designed model value overrides the analysis model property, the job may fail in TA1 with UFM2011 complaining missing PBAR entry although it is defined. Avoidance: 1) ensure all the design model properties are identical to those analysis model values or 2) use the following DMAP alter: compile desopt list alter 'PARAML OPTPRMG'(1,-1) DBEQUIV DATABLK=(ept,mpt), WHERE (DESITER=0 AND AUXMID > 0 AND WILDCARD) CONVERT (DESITER=1) , OVRWRT $ CR 1-18678552 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Incorrect updated PBEAM entries written to the punch file In design optimization Incorrect updated PBEAM entries are written to the punch file. CR 1-18679258 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GPFORCE, TEMP(LOAD) - GPFORCE incorrect in nonlinear with thermal load The GPFORCE balance is incorrect in SOL 106 when there is thermal load because the themal load contribution is included twice. This is a limitation of SOL 106. Please note that the results in SOL 400 are correct. Avoidance:
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Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2005.1 Abstract Description Known Error Product
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Known Error
CR 1-18679258 (1) Replace "SOL 106" by "SOL 400" (2) Add "ANALYSIS=NLSTAT" in the case control deck (you really need not do it in this deck since the default of ANALYSIS is NLSTAT in SOL 400.), (3) Replace "SUBCASE" by "STEP" in the case control deck (you can also skip this change since this test deck is single SUBCASE only.).
Known Error Product
CR 1-18688331 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUAD4, TRIA3, K6ROT - Incorrect drilling stiffness for membrane only elements. In MSC.Nastran Version 2004, the default for K6ROT was changed from 0. to 100. The new default works well for most models, but membrane only elements should use a K6ROT of 0.0. Avoidance: For models created entirely of membrane only elements, set param,k6rot,0.0.
Description
CR 1-18691831 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - UFM 740 (RDASGN) when using PACMS with PARTOPT=GRID In MSC.Nastran Version 2004.5 (2004r3) and Version 2005 if PACMS is used with PARTOPT=GRID then the job may fail with USER FATA MESSAGE 740 (RDASGN).
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 740 (RDASGN) UNIT NUMBER 12 HAS ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE LOGICAL NAME OP2 USER ACTION: CHANGE THE UNIT NUMBER ON THE ASSIGN STATEMENT AND IF THE UNIT IS USED FOR PARAM,POST,<0 THEN SPECIFY PARAM,OUNIT2 WITH THE NEW UNIT NUMBER. AVOID USING THE FOLLOWING UNIT NUMBERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL FILES IN MSC.NASTRAN: 1 THRU 12, 14 THRU 21, 40, 50, 51, 91, 92. See the MSC.NASTRAN INSTALLATIONS/OPERATIONS GUIDE section on MAKING FILE ASSIGNMENTS for reference. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter:
Known Error
CR 1-18691831 : compile phase0 $ alter 'OUTPUT2 EQEXIN//0/OUNIT2//OMAXR', '' $ if (procid=1) OUTPUT2 EQEXIN//0/OUNIT2//OMAXR $ endalter
CR 1-18693301 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing/Optimization - NDDL description of DOPTPRM is incomplete The NDDL description of the DOPTPRM is incomplete and this may cause the entry to be mis-translated by the UGS/I-Deas translator. Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance.
CR 1-18693701 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUADR - Stress output mis-labeled In MSC.Nastran2005, if STRESS (CENTER) is specified for a CQUADR entry, "von mises" stress output in the f06 file, will be outputted as "max shear." STRESS(CENTER,VONMISES) STRESSESINQUADRILATERA LELEMENTS(QUADR) ELEMENT FIBER STRESSES IN ELEMENT COORD SYSTEM PRINCIPAL STRESSES (ZERO SHEAR) MAX ID. DISTANCE NORMAL-X NORMAL-Y SHEAR-XY ANGLE MAJOR MINOR SHEAR 0 3300 -5.000000E-02 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 0.0 90.0000 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 5.000000E-02 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 0.0 90.0000 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 STRESS(CENTER,MAXS) STRESSESINQUADRILATERA LELEMENTS(QUADR) ELEMENT FIBER STRESSES IN ELEMENT COORD SYSTEM PRINCIPAL STRESSES (ZERO SHEAR) MAX ID. DISTANCE NORMAL-X NORMAL-Y SHEAR-XY ANGLE MAJOR MINOR SHEAR 0 3300 -5.000000E-02 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 0.0
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Known Error
CR 1-18693701 90.0000 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 6.511982E-10 5.000000E-02 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 0.0 90.0000 2.400000E+04 2.400000E+04 6.511982E-10
CR 1-18710151 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - MCFRACTION - Missing Output when insufficient memory. If insufficient memory is allocated, MCFRACTION output may be missing. Avoidance: Allocate more memory.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18712781 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - Frequency Domain Lanczos may hang on 32 bit linux Jobs running SOL 103 Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) in the frequency domain on 32-bit Linux systems may fail. The symptom of failure is that the parallel processes hang indefinitely until killed manually. Frequency domain parallel is invoked via the following DOMAINSOLVER command:
Description
DOMAINSOLVER MODES (PARTOPT=FREQ) No other MSC.Nastran platform exhibits this behavior. Avoidance: Change the number of DMP processes assigned to the task. For example, if the job fails (hangs) with "dmp=4" then resubmit the job with "dmp=3" or "dmp=2".
Known Error Product
CR 1-18723414 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG -MODALKE and MODALSE case command descriptions for SORT1 & SORT2 are interchanged The descriptions of the SORT1 and SORT2 output formats for the MODALKE and MODALSE case control commands are interchanged. The MODLAKE SORT1 description actually shows SORT2 output and the MODLASE SORT2 output actually shows SORT1 output.
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CR 1-18746291 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - MODTRAK - Poor Message, UFM 6677 When using mode tracking in SOL 200, the modes that are being tracked are specified on the DRESP1 entry. However, at least 2 modes need to be specified on the MODTRAK entry even if you are only interested in one mode as the program needs to have a mode to track against. This is implied in the QRG with LOWRNG < HIGHRNG. However, if LOWRNG is set to HIGHRNG, then the job will fail with the following unclear messages:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6677 (MTFTRD) MODES CANNOT BE TRACKED: IN ORDER TO TRACK THESE MODES, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO: 1. REDUCE MOVE LIMITS (DELP,DPMIN,DELX,DELXV,DXMIN), OR 2. DECREASE THE FILTERING PARAMETER, MTFILTER, OR 3. BOTH 1 AND 2 Avoidance: Specify at least 2 modes on the MODTRAK entry. Known Error Product CR 1-18756447 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Undesired printed output, PLOT command ignored for Failure Index and Strength Ratio MSC.Nastran ignores the PLOT command for the OEFIT and OESRT datablocks. For large models this results in a large amount of data being written to the f06 file. Avoidance: There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-18761971 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,INREL,-2 - Buckling with PARAM,INREL,-2 may lead to fatal error PARAM,INREL,-2 allows inertia relief without having to explicitly specify SUPORT points. This method leads to indeterminate matrices which are not supported by buckling. If attempted the solution will fail in the READ module.
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Known Error
CR 1-18761971 Avoidance: Use param,inrel,-1 and specify 6 determinate degrees of freedom. Note that if a rotation degree of freedom is specified, the rotational stiffness should not be entirely from k6rot.
CR 1-18769661 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - GDACMS, SCR=NO - UFM 1126 (SEDRDR) When a GDACMS optimization job is submitted with the scr=no option, it may fail with the message
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE DISUTIL IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = EPT , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE EPT=OVRWRT Avoidance: Restarts are not supported in dmp, submit with scr=yes.
CR 1-18775551 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Programmer's Guide - LCGEN All reference to the IOPT parameter under the description of the LCGEN module should be removed from DMAP documentation CR 1-18781681 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Job failed with PNAME/PBxSECT combo not supported For PBMSECT/PBRSECT, thcikness(es) for the CP and OP forms can be selected as design variable in SOL 200 job. Except the default thickness, all other thickness must be given an ID number. SOL 200 jobs without ID'd thickness as design variable failed with PNAME and PBxSECT combination not supported message. Avoidance: There is no workaround for this problem.
Known Error Product
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CR 1-18784311 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CCONEAX, PRESAX - Wrong Answers When the CCONEAX element is loaded with PRESAX, the displacements for the points attached to the end elements may be incorrect. Avoidance: Use FORCEAX or use the QUAD4 element with cyclic symmetry.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18791521 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2 with FUNC=BETA - SFM 3002 (DSTAP2 if DSA print is turned on When an design sensitivity job (DSAPRT(END=SENS) or PARAM,OPTEXIT,4) has a DRESP2 response with FUNC=BETA/MATCH, it may fail in DSTAP2 with SFM 3002. Avoidance: Use the combination of DRESP2 and DEQATN to perform Min/Max or matching data tasks.
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CR 1-18805654 MSC / MD Nastran 2005 Large Jobs - MEM greater than 2 gig leads to Terminating, Received signal 11 SIGSEGV MSC.Nastran 2005 may fail on Sunos and issue the message below if more than 2 gig of memory is requested. *** TERMINATING /usr/local/msc/msc2005/solaris/analysis *** Received signal 11 SIGSEGV time: command terminated abnormally. Avoidance: Either request less than 2 gig of mem or obtain a corrected system at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-18809018 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MCID - Incorrect punch file In an optimization run, if the MCID is used in a plate element, the punch output will contain an incorrect MCID. Avoidance: Define the angle using the theta field instead of MCID.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18809851 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - RBE1, MAKEOLD, PARAM,POST - BE1 is not being converted by MAKEOLD module The RBE1 element is not being converted by the MAKEOLD module under PARAM,POST,-1 or -2. This may result in the RBE1 element not being properly read in or ignored by post-processors. Avoidance: Use RBE2 or RBE3 element.
Description
CR 1-18811286 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - UFM 718 Section 2.2 of the Quick Reference Guide describes how to continue FMS entries that are greater than 72 characters. However, keywords can not be broken on different lines. In the example below the keyword "unit" is broken between lines this will lead to the fatal messge that follows. The documentation should be updated to state, "keywords cannot be broken across lines"
Description ASSIGN INPUTT2='k:/strength/fem/rel_PC_superelement/unbal_nospc.op2',un, it=39,status=old *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 718 (RDASGN) UNIT SPECIFICATION IS MISSING ON THIS ASSIGN CARD. USER INFORMATION: Known Error Product CR 1-18811301 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-18811301 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBEAML dimensions are incorrectly defined for the BOX. Table 2-5 of the MSC.Nastran User's Guide for Design Sensitivity and Optimization lists the constraints that are generated interrnally for different beam section types in the beam library (PBARL and PBEAML). The constraints are incorrect for the BOX section type. These should be: 2.0 * DIM4 - DIM1 2.0 * DIM3 - DIM2
Description
The code has implemented the constraint specified in the table and, hence, is incorrect as well. The results is that it is possible for the optimizer to think the cross section dimensions are okay when in fact, they are producing physically meaningless beam properties (e.g, negative cross sectional areas).
Avoidance: If possible, put limits on the design variables that preclude it from achieveing designs where DIM1 < 2 * DIM4 or DIM2 < 2*DIM3. Alternatively, DRESP2 entries can be used to supply the correct constraint conditions. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-18815731 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBUSH - grounded - missing documentation A remark should be added to the Quick Reference Guide description of the CBUSH element that that is similar to remark 1 of the CELASi element that states that that a grounded terminal will develop when GA or GB is missing. CR 1-18826341 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PLOAD4 - Wrong Answers In MSC.Nastran 2005 SOL 600, "PLOAD4" entries are converted to "0" type loads as defined on the Marc "DIST LOADS" entry regardless of which face is being loaded. Description Using the CTETRA element (element type 127 of MSC.Marc) as an example, the MSC.Marc "DIST LOADS" entry has the definition for the 1st field of 3rd data block:. 0--> Uniform pressure on face 1-2-3
Known Error
CR 1-18826341 1--> Nonuniform pressure on face 1-2-3 2--> Uniform pressure on face 1-2-4 3--> Nonuniform pressure on face 1-2-4 4--> Uniform pressure on face 2-3-4 .
Known Error Product
CR 1-18826551 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Formatted Prints of Total Strain Energy Sensitivity - SFM 3007 If the DSAPRT case control request is used to ask for formatted design sensitivty output and one of the responses is TOTSE (total strain energy), system fatal message 3007 is encountered. Avoidance: Unformatted design sensitivity output can be requested using OPTEXIT = 4 or 7
Description
CR 1-18828854 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - TLOAD1 - Wrong Answers, US0 and VS0 values ignored The new Version 2005 US0 and VS0 fields on the TLOADi entries for specifying initial displacement and velocity are not recognized on the TLOAD1 entry and thus give wrong answers. TLOAD2s do recognize these fields. CR 1-18829138 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,AUTOQSET - SFM 3007 (EFFMAS) issued when AUTOQSET is used Superelement models using PARAM, AUTOQSET, YES will fail with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (EFFMAS) / ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MPYAD if the Case Control includes a MEFFMASS request and PARAM, AUTOQSET, YES is included in the model. Avodiance: Revert to explicitly specifiying SPOINT/SEQSETi .
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CR 1-18831941 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRSPAN - Response ID not found In SOL 200, DRSPAN can be utilized to select DRESP1s from multiple SUBCASEs for referencing on DRESP2 or DRESP3. This is an advanced capability to generate synthetic responses. However, SOL 200 job may fail with a message that indicates response ID not found if the DRSPAN did not appear in the first few SUBCASEs. Avoidance : Move SUBCASEs without DRSPANs to the bottom of the case control deck
Description
CR 1-18835942 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBUSH Remarks 4 and 5 under the PBUSH description in the Quick Reference Guide should be improved to read as follows: 4. The element stresses are computed by multiplying the stress coefficients
Description
with the recovered element forces. Stress = F * SA, or M*ST. 5 The element strains are computed by multiplying the strain coefficients with the recovered element displacements. Strain = El_disp*EA or El_rot*ET.
CR 1-18843198 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - mem=4gb - Allocate Common Error 476 on linux64 Itanium Specifying exactly mem=4gb produces the following error message on IA64 Itanium systems: Allocate Common Error 476: Inconsistent Common Size
Description The current size of dynamic common XNSTRN is 24 bytes but its declared size in procedure getlini is 96 bytes in log file.
Known Error
CR 1-18843198 Avoidance: Virtually any other memory request will work. For example 3gb, 5gb, 6gb will work, the request need only be at least 100mb greater or lesser that 4gb. This error is fixed in 2005.5
Known Error Product
CR 1-18859441 MSC / MD Nastran Adams Modal Neutral File - ADAMSMNF, PARAM,GRDPNT,0 - Wrong inertia values The nastran to adams flex interface, ADAMSMNF command, with param,grdpnt,0 and coordiantes will cause wrong inertia values Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile admflex $ alter 'TYPE PARM,,LOGI' TYPE PARM,,RS,N, W $ TYPE PARM,,CS,N, CW $ alter 'GPWG BGPDTS,CSTMS','' IF ( GRDPNT>=0 ) THEN $ $ REMOVE WTMASS: W = 1./WTMASS $ CW = CMPLX(W) $ ADD MGG,/MGGBW/CW $ $ CHECK MASS IN BASIC COORDINATES, WITH WTMASS REMOVED: IF ( ADMCHECK<>0 ) THEN $ MESSAGE //' MJJEW CHECKOUT:' $ MATGPR GPLS,USET,SILS,MGGBW//'G'/'G' $ ENDIF $ GPWG BGPDTS,CSTMS,,MGGBW,,/OGPWGW/ 0/1.0//SEID $ CALL HARDWIRED TO ORIGIN OF BASIC SYSTEM WITH WTMASS=1.0 ENDIF $ GRDPNT>=0
Description
CR 1-18874231 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - EIGRL - UFM 3034, 7340, 9160 The following error messages may be avoided in MDACMS by increasing MAXSET on the EIGRL entry.
Known Error
CR 1-18874231 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3034 (LNNHERR) INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE LANCZOS PROCEDURE: M-ORTHOGONAL QR PROCEDURE FAILED TO CONVERGE. PROBABLE CAUSE: MASS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (MODES) OR STIFFNESS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (BUCKLING). USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNHERR) WARNING REPORTED BY SUBROUTINE LNNDRVD (IER= 728) USER INFORMATION: GRAM-SCHMIDT DID NOT CONVERGE. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 9160 (MDACMS) PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED IN CALCULATING MDACMS DOMAIN MODES. USER ACTION: IF LARGE MASS IS BEING USED FOR ENFORCED MOTION THEN REPLACE LARGE MASS METHOD WITH DIRECT METHOD USING THE SPCD BULK DATA ENTRY. IF THE LARGE MASS METHOD IS NOT BEING USED THEN MASSLESS MECHANISMS MAY EXIST.
PARAM,MECHFIX,YES MAY BE USED TO IDENTIFY MASSLESS MECHANISMS. MDACMS has been modified to handle this case. Default MAXSET is 15 now for all components at all levels. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-18890681 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUADR and TEMPP1 - Wrong Answers (STRESS) A simple plate, modeled with with CQUADR elements, that is subjected to a linearly varying temperature gradient through the thickness using TBAR and TPRIME on the TEMPP1 entry, will not result in the correct zero stress field. Avoidance: Use the CQUAD4 element. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-18892014 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEPARM In the Quick Reference Guide, Remark 2 for the AEPARM entry states the UNITS label is optional. However, IFS13P produces a fatal error unless character
Description
Known Error
CR 1-18892014 data is entered. Avoidance: Place data in the UNITS field. This is used for labelling and does not effect numerical results.
CR 1-18893229 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - ACMODL - CP Method produces poor results. A new remark will be added to the ACMODAL QRG description that indicates CP is not recommended for complex acoustic cavities such as body in white models. The remark will read: CP - is an old algorithm that for complex structures such as body in white tends to be slow, miss fluid-structure interface and as a result gets poor solutions(which are indicated in the FL./STR. INTERFACE CHECK). This method has been replaced with the BW method and the CP method is no longer supported for error fixes or enhancements. CR 1-18895621 MSC / MD Nastran Element Strain Energy - ESE, TINY - Filter does not work PARAM,TINY is being ignored after the first subcase and the summaries are not prined. Negative strain energies due to roundoff cause the associated elements to produce a large percent of the "negative energy". CR 1-18897231 MSC / MD Nastran MEFFMASS - SFM 3007 (EFFMAS) The following message is issued if a check run is made to check the meffmass of the reduced model using the matrices produced by the CB method and only one point existed when the CB component mode reduction was done. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (EFFMAS) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MPYAD Avoidance: Otherthan not requesting the MEFFMASS no avoidance exists.
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CR 1-18905291 MSC / MD Nastran Superlements - EXTSEOUT - Bad DMIG matrix leads to UFM 316 in a subsequent assembly run An external superlement (EXTSEOUT) run may produce a bad K4AAX DMIG matrix, leading to failure with USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 in a subsequent assembly run. CR 1-18908795 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Extra Output An EXTSEOUT SE creation run outputs the K4 damping matrix even though only the stiffness and mass matricies were explicitly requested to be output. Similar problems occur if the user requests only stiffness or mass matrix to be output (NOTE BY P. R. PAMIDI: Please also see related QD 1-18562191) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'extfs' $ type parm,,logical,n,extstif $ alter 'extmass'(2,-1) $ extstif =(MOD(extseout ,2)>0) $ alter 'extmass'(3,-1) $ extstif=true $ alter 'call extout','' $ if (extstif) then $ equivx kaa/kaax/-1 $ else $ delete /kaax,,,, $ endif $ if (extmass) then $ equivx maa/maax/-1 $ else $ delete /maax,,,, $ endif $ if (extdamp) then $ equivx baa/baax/-1 $ else $
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Known Error
CR 1-18908795 delete /baax,,,, $ endif $ if (extk4) then $ equivx k4aa/k4aax/-1 $ else $ delete /k4aax,,,, $ endif $ if (extloads) then $ equivx pa/pax/-1 $ else $ delete /pax,,,, $ endif $ call extout kaax,maax,baax,k4aax,pax,gpak,gdak, eqexins,uset,bgpdts,cases,got,goq,gm,msf, bsf,ksf,k4sf,cmlama,ects,sils,uoo,cstms, mpts,dit,ett,est,ibulk,vgfs,aaa/ dum/lusets $
CR 1-18917928 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - read only restart - UFM 1245 in BIOWRT A read-only restart may fail in subDMAP resload with the following error: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1245 (BIOWRT) AN ALLOCATION ERROR HAS OCCURRED FOR A DATABASE FILE, FILX = 10. WRITE ATTEMPTED ON FILX WHICH WAS OPENED FOR READONLY.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile resload alter 'modtrl.*lamax'(2),'' if ( np>0 and nmodes1>-1 ) modtrl lamax//nmodes1/////np $ endalter
CR 1-18922365 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - PARAM,POST - Missing results in op2 file In SOL 400, results from the last subcase only are available in the op2. CR 1-18926554 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-18926554 Loads - GRAV, TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers In MSC.Nastran Version 2004, if a TEMP(INIT) references a temperature load with the same ID as a GRAV load the GRAV load will be doubled. Avoidance: Remove TEMP(INIT) or use a unique load id for TEMP(INIT).
CR 1-18933661 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Missing output for adaptive method Through both the MSC.Patran and MSC.Nastran SOL 600 interface, when the user asks for output for "each increment" of results, SOL600 will only produce the 1st and final increment of results. CR 1-18935320 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GPRSORT - Missing Documentation GPRSORT Case Control command is undocumented
Avoidance: See Nastran V2005 Release notes for an example. For the QRG additional examples of non-default values need to be added. CR 1-18936651 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - PARAM,INREL, STATSUB - UFM 1126 or SFM 3001 If PARAM,INREL is specified with STATSUB in SOLs 108 or 109 then the run will fail with: USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PHASE1C IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 205 NAME = MR , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. Or: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MPYAD) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Known Error
CR 1-18936651 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter for SOL 109 in V2007: compile sedtran alter 'call super1','' type db mr,mrr,mlr,qr,mll $ CALL SUPER1 /CASECC ,USET ,GOT ,KAA ,DYNAMICS, DYNAMIC ,GPLS ,SILS ,SLT ,DAR , CASES ,EQEXINS ,MATPOOL ,GM ,DITS , BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,EST ,MPTS ,XYCDBS , LLL ,KLL ,ULL , ,PCDB , EMAP ,XYCDB ,MAPS ,ETT ,PVTS , KFS ,KSS ,KSF ,EDT ,EDOM , GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,POSTCDB ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , FORCE ,CASERS ,SCSTM ,MATPOOLS,DITID , SPSEL , ,PJ ,PTELEM ,PG , PA ,YS ,qr ,UOO ,PSS , PL , ,GPSNTS , ,KJJ , KGG ,EDTS ,LOO ,BJJ ,BGG , K4GG ,MJJ , ,MLR ,MLL , MRR ,CMLAMA ,CMPHA ,CMPHO , , MR ,GOQ , , ,MAA , MAR ,MEA ,BAA ,K4AA ,MGG , , , , ,GEOM4S , VGFS ,PCDBS ,ESTL ,ESTNL ,AGG , DMIS ,DMINDXS ,DTIS ,DTINDXS ,CONTACT , BTOPO ,GPDTS ,MELM ,MDICT ,GEOM1 , GEOM2 ,GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,EPT ,MPT , SLIST ,KMG ,MMG ,MSF ,BMG , BSF ,K4MG ,K4SF , ,PVT , OINT ,DEQATN ,DEQIND ,MEDGE ,GDNTAB , PELSETS ,VIEWTB ,BGPDTVU ,ORSEQ , , VGFD ,EHT ,GEOM1S ,PVTBC , , , , , ,VGQ , , , ,MMCDB , , , , , ,AXIC , ,,,,, EPSSEO ,DRG ,MPHVZ ,BK4ZZ ,PCOMPTS , PVAL ,ELEMVOL ,PMYG ,PBYG ,PKYG , MSS ,BSS ,K4SS ,BELM ,BDICT , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, , , ,XSOP2DIR,RVG , GEOM1QX ,CEE ,MEE ,GGE ,BEC , MEC ,CMLAMA1 ,AJP ,GEI ,PVT0 , KAY ,BAY ,MAY ,K4AY ,GOY ,
Known Error
CR 1-18936651 YG ,PHBA ,AAA ,AAY ,ASF , PGGRV , , , , , ,YM , , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, K4JJ , ,ACTNODS ,MDOTMO , , THETAM ,PHBG / S,APP /DMAPNO /S,RSONLY/SOLTYP /FALSE / FALSE /FALSE /FALSE /APRCH /S,SEID / S,PEID /S,MTEMP /S,LOAD /S,TEMPLD/S,DEFORM/ S,MPC /S,SPC /S,SUPORT/S,K2GG /S,M2GG / S,B2GG /S,P2G /S,DYRD /S,METH /S,MFLUID/ S,NLOOP /S,LASTSEID/S,PFILE/S,LUSETS/S,FSCOUP/ ENFMETH /AUTOSPC /S,NOPH2 /FALSE /S,PVALID/ S,PEXIST/FALSE /S,KDIFF /' ' /0 / 0 /0 /0.0 /S,NOPH1 /S,ADPTINDX / FALSE /'NO ' /'NO ' $ For V2008, insert the following DMAP alter compile sedtran alter 'call super1','' type db mr,mrr,mlr,qr,mll $ CALL SUPER1 /CASECC ,USET ,GOT ,KAA ,DYNAMICS, DYNAMIC ,GPLS ,SILS ,SLT ,dar , CASES ,EQEXINS ,MATPOOL ,GM ,DITs , BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,EST ,MPTS ,XYCDBS , lll ,kll ,ull , ,PCDB , EMAP ,XYCDB ,MAPS ,ETT ,PVTS , KFS ,KSS ,KSF ,EDT ,EDOM , GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,POSTCDB ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , FORCE ,casers ,SCSTM ,matpools,ditid , SPSEL , ,PJ ,PTELEM ,PG , PA ,YS ,qr ,UOO ,PSS , PL , ,gpsnts , ,KJJ , KGG ,edts ,LOO ,BJJ ,BGG , K4GG ,MJJ , ,MLR ,MLL , MRR ,CMLAMA ,CMPHA ,CMPHO , , MR ,GOQ , , ,MAA , MAR ,MEA ,BAA ,K4AA ,MGG , , , , ,GEOM4S , VGFS ,PCDBS ,ESTL ,ESTNL ,AGG , DMIs ,DMINDXs ,DTIs ,DTINDXs ,CONTACT , btopo ,GPDTS ,MELM ,MDICT ,GEOM1 , GEOM2 ,GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,EPT ,MPT ,
Known Error
CR 1-18936651 SLIST ,KMG ,MMG ,MSF ,BMG , BSF ,K4MG ,K4SF , ,pvt , oint ,deqatn ,deqind ,medge ,gdntab , pelsets ,viewtb ,bgpdtvu ,orseq , , vgfd ,eht ,geom1s ,pvtbc , , , , , ,vgq , , , ,mmcdb , , , , , ,axic , ,,,,, epsseo ,drg ,mphvz ,bk4zz ,pcompts , pval ,elemvol ,pmyg ,pbyg ,pkyg , mss ,bss ,k4ss ,belm ,bdict , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, , , ,xsop2dir,rvg , geom1qx ,cee ,mee ,gge ,bec , mec ,cmlama1 ,ajp ,gei ,pvt0 , kay ,bay ,may ,k4ay ,goy , yg ,phba ,aaa ,aay ,asf , pggrv , , , , , ,ym , , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, K4JJ , ,actnods ,mdotmo , , thetam ,phbg , , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,/ s,APP /DMAPNO /S,RSONLY/SOLTYP /FALSE / FALSE /FALSE /FALSE /APRCH /S,SEID / S,PEID /S,MTEMP /S,LOAD /S,TEMPLD/S,DEFORM/ S,MPC /S,SPC /S,SUPORT/S,K2GG /S,M2GG / S,B2GG /S,P2G /S,DYRD /S,METH /S,MFLUID/ s,nloop /S,LASTSEID/S,PFILE/S,LUSETS/S,FSCOUP/ enfmeth /AUTOSPC /S,NOPH2 /FALSE /s,pvalid/ s,pexist/false /s,kdiff /' ' /0 / 0 /0 /0.0 /s,noph1 /s,adptindx / false /'no ' /'no ' $
CR 1-18959967 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TEMPERATURE - Remark 6 In the Quick Reference Guide, last bullet item of remark 6 under the
Known Error
CR 1-18959967 TEMPERATURE Case Control Command should be modified from
o If neither TEMPERATURE(INITIAL) nor TEMPERATURE(MATERIAL) is present, Tref will be used to calculate both the load and the material properties. to o If neither TEMPERATURE(INITIAL), TEMPERATURE(MATERIAL), nor TEMPERATURE(BOTH) is present, Tref will be used to calculate the load and the material properties will be obtained from the MATi entry. The MATTi is not used in this case. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-18973169 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SNORM, CQUAD4 - Inconsistent Corner Stresses The default value of SNORM was changed to 20.0 in Version 2001. Setting SNORM to 0.0 in Version 2001.0.7 (2001r3) through Version 2004.5 (2004r3) could lead to incorrect QUAD4 corner stresses. Avoidance: Leave SNORM to the default value, do not set to 0.0. Known Error Product CR 1-18976345 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PARAM,TSTATIC, NLAUTO - NLAUTO impropely translated in SOL 600 In SOL 600,129 NLAUTO should not be used for SOL 600 dynamics problems except in the special case where there are no dynamic loads (initial conditions only). In that case it is acceptable (but not recommended) to use NLAUTO.
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Furthermore, in SOL 600,129 it is not possible to handle TSTATIC, so it is skipped after issuing the approporate warning. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-18988374 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Severe translator error NONLINEAR LOAD not supported
Known Error
CR 1-18988374 If the 1st word AFTER a "$" comment demarkation in the Case Control is the word "Nonlinear" as in: SUBCASE 100 $ Nonlinear Subcase
Description
Then SOL 600 in v2005 will have a SEVERE translator error and complain that you have a NONLINEAR Load Case Control request when in fact there isn't one. Avoidance: Have ANYTHING else as the 1st word - or add a "-" or other charachter in front.
Known Error Product
CR 1-18989384 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - Duplicate entries for Grid Point Forces for K2GG matrix contribution. Under multiple load cases, the contribution from K2GG referenced matrices is accounted for at least twice in the Grid Point Force Output thus creating incorrect totals. The information written to output files or databases will also be incorrect. An avoidance in DMAP is to purge the contribution from the K2GG matrices for the grid point force calculations. CR 1-18998425 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE, TEMP(INIT), TEMP(LOAD), RIGID = LAGRAN Models with temperature loads on rigid elements, rbes, with thermal coefficient of expansion defined, may fail in the routine getemp on Solaris and possibly other machines. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 1-19000411 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Gravity Loads, Cylindrical or Spherical Coordinate System leads to Wrong Answers. SOL 600 does not support material coordinate systems specified in cylindrical or spherical systems. A fatal message should be issued but instead the job continues and gives unexpected results. Furthermore gravity loads
Description
Known Error
CR 1-19000411 may be translated incorrectly and lead to wrong answers.
Known Error Product
CR 1-19005078 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - GDACMS, DOMAINSOLVER ACMS(PART=GRID) - Incorrect MPCFORCEs Incorrect mpc force results, requested by MPCFORCE=n where SET n is not ALL, may be generated with GDACMS, which is requested with DOMAINSOLVER ACMS(PART=GRID). Avoidance: Request MPCFORCES=ALL or insert the following DMAP alter: compile spdr0 alter ' outprt ' type db msf,bsf,ksf,k4sf,mmg,bmg,kmg,k4mg $ call spdr2 cases,xycdbs,uset,mmcdb,,adrdug,gm,, msf,bsf,ksf,k4sf,ksf,mmg,bmg,kmg,k4mg,, vmpcg,vspcg/ vmcg,vscg/ 'freqresp'/false/false/' ' $ equivx vmcg/vmpcg/-1 $ matgpr bgpdts,uset,,vmpcg//'h'/'g' $ alter 'if ( noup=-1 and ','' if ( noup=-1 and nov01s>0 and sdrs=-1 ) then $ endalter CR 1-19006294 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Transient/External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, MAXMIN - SFM 5423 The following conditons will lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (DMPYAD), ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES: 1. Modal transient response (SOL 112) 2. External superelement when external superelements are attached using the EXTSEOUT case control command. 3. MAXMIN data recovery is requested 4. DISP=n where SET n is only some of the GRID points. 5. Sparse data recovery is active (default) - PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO will deactivate
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Known Error
CR 1-19006294 Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO
Avoidance: Insert the following alter ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SEDRCVR NOLIST $ $ ALTER 'SDR3 OUG1'(,-1),'' $ IF ( NOT(SORT2MM) OR EXTERSE ) THEN $ $ ALTER 'SDR3 OUG2','' $ DBSTATUS OUG1,OVG1,OAG1,OPG1,OQG1,OQMG1// S,N,NOOUG1/S,N,NOOVG1/S,N,NOOAG1/ S,N,NOOPG1/S,N,NOOQG1/S,N,NOOQMG1 $ IF ( NOOUG1<0 ) SDR3 OUG2,,,,,/OUG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOVG1<0 ) SDR3 OVG2,,,,,/OVG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOAG1<0 ) SDR3 OAG2,,,,,/OAG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOPG1<0 ) SDR3 OPG2,,,,,/OPG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOQG1<0 ) SDR3 OQG2,,,,,/OQG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOQMG1<0 ) SDR3 OQMG2,,,,,/OQMG1,,,,, $ $ ALTER 'SDR3 OUG2'(2,0),'' $ DBSTATUS OUG1,OVG1,OAG1,OPG1,OQG1,OQMG1// S,N,NOOUG1/S,N,NOOVG1/S,N,NOOAG1/ S,N,NOOPG1/S,N,NOOQG1/S,N,NOOQMG1 $ IF ( NOOUG1<0 ) SDR3 OUG2,,,,,/OUG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOVG1<0 ) SDR3 OVG2,,,,,/OVG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOAG1<0 ) SDR3 OAG2,,,,,/OAG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOPG1<0 ) SDR3 OPG2,,,,,/OPG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOQG1<0 ) SDR3 OQG2,,,,,/OQG1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOQMG1<0 ) SDR3 OQMG2,,,,,/OQMG1,,,,, $ $ ALTER 'IF ( NOOEF'(1,0),'IF ( NOOSTR'(1,0) $ IF ( NOOEF<0 ) SDR3 OEF2,,,,,/OEF1X,,,,, $ IF ( NOOEF<0 ) SDR3 OES2,,,,,/OES1X1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOSTR<0 ) SDR3 OSTR2,,,,,/OSTR1X,,,,, $ ALTER 'IF ( NOOEF'(3,0),'IF ( NOOSTR'(2,0) $ IF ( NOOEF<0 ) SDR3 OEF2,,,,,/OEF1X,,,,, $ IF ( NOOEF<0 ) SDR3 OES2,,,,,/OES1X1,,,,, $ IF ( NOOSTR<0 ) SDR3 OSTR2,,,,,/OSTR1X,,,,, $ $
Known Error
CR 1-19006294 ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE SUPER3 NOLIST $ ALTER 'MPYAD ULS'(,-1) $ IF ( SORT2MM ) THEN $ TRNSP UH2/UH2T$ EQUIVX UH2T/UH2/-1 $ ENDIF $ $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-19006951 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - ESE, SET - Missing Output for ESE referencing SET Nonlinear analysis, SOL 106, may ignore an ESE request that references a SET. Avoidance: Request ESE=ALL
Known Error Product
CR 1-19007725 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BNDFIXi, BSETi entries or BNDFREEi/CSETi should be allowed in the same run The current restriction of not allowing usage of BNDFIX entries in conjunction with BSET entries or BNDFIX1 entries in conjunction with BSET1 entries or BNDFREE entries in conjunction with CSET entries or BNDFREE1 entries in conjunction with CSET1 entries must be removed. This enhancement has been implemented in V2006. In order to illustrate the enhancement, Nastran test problem s5169004 has been modified to demonstrate usage of the following types of mixed Bulk Data entries: BSET and BNDFIX BSET1 and BNDFIX1 CSET and BNDFREE CSET1 and BNDFREE1
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Known Error
CR 1-19044574 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - AUXMODEL, echo=punch(newbulk) - UFM 1126 The echo=punch(newbulk) feature is intended to produce a new bulk data deck with updated bulk entries following a SOL 200 design optimizaton task. If there are multiple begin bulk statements in the input deck, USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 is issued. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter. This will provide an updated main bulk data section with the new designed quantities in the .pch file. It will not punch out the unchanged bulk data associated with the auxiliary models.
Description
compile ifpl alter 'ubulk'(2),'ubulk'(3,1) XSORT FORCE, /IBULK,ubtmp/ S,N,NOGOXSRT/S,N,QUALNAM/S,N,NEXTID/ S,N,LASTBULK/s,n,eqvblk $ else $ XSORT FORCE,bulk/IBULK,ubtmp/ S,N,NOGOXSRT/S,N,QUALNAM/S,N,NEXTID/ S,N,LASTBULK/s,n,eqvblk $ endif $ noxsort paraml ubulk//'pres'////s,n,noubulk $ if ( noubulk=-1 ) equivx ubtmp/ubulk/always $ CR 1-19047395 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitvity - AUXMODEL - Wrong stresses When an Analytic Boundary Shape optimization job also includes SPCD entries in its primary Bulk Data section, it may produce wrong element responses such as stress for the final analysis at the last design cycle.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter compile desopt alter 'call fea'(2,-1) if ( ambs or gmbs ) bndshp=true $ alter 'call fea'(4,-1) if ( ambs or gmbs ) bndshp=true $:
CR 1-19053169 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - FPU floating point exception caused by large alpha Extremely large values for the alpha field on RBE3 entries may cause some system to issue a floating point exception while other machines correctly trap the input and issue a meaningful message that indicates the value is out of range.
Description
MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4012FE, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1FD0A00 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3950020 MAIN: "Floating point overflow" (C0000091) exception encountered. MAIN: Exception occurred at address 0043ECDE.
CR 1-19073811 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM,FKSYMFAC, NLKR - SFM 6036 (XQAERR) Nonlinear analysis may fail with a divide by zero in the nlkr subdmap. This problem is caused by the change in the default value of the parameter FKSYMFAC from 1.0 in V2001 to 0.024 in V2004+. The message issued is: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6036 (XQAERR) ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE BY REAL, DOUBLE PRECISION ZERO USER INFORMATION: 1. PROCESSING ASSIGNMENT STATEMENT: RATUNSYM AT DMAP SEQUENCE NUMBER: 51
Description lproctor: based on a 'diff' between the broken/fixed, the following dmap avoidance should work compile nlkr,nolist alter 'norm.*kggnl1','' norm kggnl1/////1/s,n,xnorm1 $ norm1 of stiffness norm kfggu/////1/s,n,xnorm2 $ norm2 of stiffness alter 'ratunsym.*sngl','' ratunsym = sngl(xanorm/(xnorm1+xnorm2)) $ endalter Known Error Product CR 1-19077491 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-19077491 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT - Missing Output, Missing UFM When the DSAPRT Case Control command is not placed with or above the first SUBCASE command, the requested Design Sensitivity output will not be written to the f06 file. This condition should be treated as a user input error and the job should fail. CR 1-19082580 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MDACMS and/or DMP with PARAM,FLUIDSE - UFM 9139 In MDACMS and/or DMP dynamic runs, if the first subcase is assigned to the fluid superelement (METHOD(FLUID)), then UFM 9139 may be issued incorrectly. For example, subcase 1 super = 1 METHOD(FLUID) = 120 subcase 2 METHOD(STRUCTURE) = 110 DLOAD = 10 FREQUENCY = 2 Avoidance: Move the METHOD(STRUCTURE) command above the subcases or Reverse the order of the subcases above.
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CR 1-19082619 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,FLUIDSE or ACMS - SFM 6143 If the fluid superelement method is used and there are physical fluid points on the boundary of the fluid superelement, then UFM 6143 may occur. This error can also occur in GDACMS.
Description
Avoidance: Specify CSUPEXT entries for the physical fluid points on the boundary of the fluid superelement. The following DMAP alter will help to identify these points. compile phase0 alter 'if ( acms and fluidse',''
Known Error
CR 1-19082619 if ( fluidse>0 ) then $ alter ' SELA ,,SLIST'(,-1),''(,0) SELA ,,SLIST,EMAP,BGPDTS,PAUP,MAPUP,GDNTAB/ vgfs1/ SEID/'SEID'/0/1/false $ if ( acms ) then $ equivx vgfs1/vgfs/-1 $ else ( nogsetf>ncag0 ) then $ paraml ag0//'trai'/1/s,n,ncag0 $ add vgfs,vgfs1/vgdiff//-1. $ message //' ' MESSAGE //' USER'/FTL/'MESSAGE 91xx (PHASE0)' $ message // ' The following fluid point(s) is not exterior to'/ ' the fluid superelement' $ message //' user action: specify the point(s) on'/ ' csupext entry(ies).' $ matgen ,/v6/6/6/0/1 $ 1 0 0 0 0 0 matmod v6,,,,,/v6d,/28 $ matmod v6d,sils,,,,/v6g,/5 $ $ t1 t2 t3 r1 r2 r3 diagonal v6g/v6gd $ 1 0 0 0 0 0 at each grid points $ 1 at each scalar and fluid grid paraml v6gd//'trai'/5/s,n,nrow $ paraml v6gd//'trai'/4/s,n,prec $ nrow=nrow/prec $ matgen ,/ig/4/nrow/1 $ 1 2 3 4 ... no. of points merge ,,,ig,,v6gd,/igg/1 $ matrix of internal grid id $ numbers at t1 location partn igg,vgdiff,/,,iog,/1 $ Selected grids paraml iog//'trai'/1/s,n,ncol $ type parm,,i,n,ii=1,indx $ Do while ( ii<=ncol ) $ paraml iog//'dmi'/ii/1/s,n,rintgid $ indx=int(rintgid)*2 $ paraml eqexins//'dti'/2/indx//s,n,silpos $ indx=indx-1 $ paraml eqexins//'dti'/2/indx//s,n,gridid $ message //' fluid grid id='/gridid $ ii=ii+1 $ enddo $ ii<=ncol message //' ' call errph0 //s,np $ endif $
Known Error
CR 1-19083581
CR 1-19083581 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - nastran submittal command - SMEM The Quick Reference Guide documentation of the smem parameter on the nastran command fails to indicate that the amount of scratch memory may also be specified in terms of words or bytes if followed by a unit modifier. Valid unit modifiers are B, W, KB, KW, K, MB, MW, M, GB, GW, G. CR 1-19094121 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - UWM 9026, DBTRANS, no case control was found, incorrect message, SFM 9061 on restart In V2004.5 or 2005, if you try to dbunload or dbload using SOL DBTRANS, the following message may be issued erroneously: ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9026 (DBTRANS) ^^^ NO CASE CONTROL WAS FOUND AND THE QUALIFIERS CANNOT BE SET PROPERLY. THIS PROJECT AND VERSION WILL BE SKIPPED. and the dbunloaded file is not complete. Restart from the dbloaded database generates SFM 9061 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in all SOL DBTRANS runs: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE DBTRANS NOLIST $ ALTER 'IF ( ITOL(NOHEAT) ) THEN','' $ IF ( ITOL(NOHEAT) AND ITOL(NOCASE) ) THEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
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CR 1-19100640 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - Composite failure indices are not available in the xdb file Composite failure indices are missing from the xdb file. Ply stresses and strains are available.
Known Error
CR 1-19100640 Avoidance: The op2 file (param,post,-1) may be used instead. However, this limits the model size since Patran reads all of the op2 into memory and the current limitation is around 2 gb. Whereas only what is needed is read from the xdb. see also CR 1-3075406
Known Error Product
CR 1-19104750 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - STRAIN(BILIN), PCOMP - UFM 3005 (SDR2), Attemp to Operate on Singular Matrix A model with composites that requests strain(bilin) or strain(corner) but does not request stress will fail with the message:
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USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRX NONE IS SUBROUTINE SQD43D CR 1-19117011 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - MPC - Wrong Answers for output of dependent DOF MDACMS may produce wrong answers when output is requested at dependent degrees of freedom. This occurs when equal and opposite MPC coefficients are present in the same MPC equation. The answers at these DOF will be zero. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,SPARSEPH,NO.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-19124784 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CWELD - Missing documentation on new V2005 capability Beginning in V2005, CWELD is able to connect elements that share a common node. CR 1-19126081
Known Error
CR 1-19126081 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - SPCD, TLOAD1 translation is incomplete. SOL 700 will not translate multiple SPCD and TLOAD1 entries. CR 1-19126815 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2/DCONSTR - Poor Message, sfm 3007 (dom10) When a DRESP2 entry is referenced by more than one DCONSTR entry (which is not allowed) the following message is issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM10) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOM10G
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This message should be improved to be like the message below issued when this user error is encountered with the DRESP1 entry. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7143 (DOPR3H) DRESP1 ENTRY ID = # IS REFERENCED BY MORE THAN ONE DCONSTR ENTRY IN SUBCASE = #.
Known Error Product
CR 1-19136143 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBEAM, PARAM,LGDISP - Zero Shear Factors K1, K2, wrong answers In nonlinear analysis with large displacement, a CBEAM element with zero shear factors will produce incorrect axial displacements under shear load. Avoidance: Specify non-zero shear factors.
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CR 1-19136734 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,EXTDR - SFM 3002 (GKAM) The use of PARAM,EXTDR,YES may cause the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (GKAM)
Known Error
CR 1-19136734 EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK LAMAS (FILE 104) IN SUBROUTINE SKPREC Avoidance: Insert PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO in the assembly run (which should also contain PARAM,EXTDROUT). 1) insert PARAM,EXTDR,YES in the bulk data section 2) insert the following dmap in the assembly run (V2005.0.0 line numbers) compile super3,nolist alter 323 $ IF ( SOLTYP='MODAL' AND EXTDROUT<>' ' ) THEN $ dbview lama00=lama where (seid=0 and wildcard) equivx lama00/ol1m/always $ $ matprn ol1m//$ ENDIF $ alter 674,674 IF ( SOLTYP='MODAL' AND SPDR and EXTDROUT<>' ' ) THEN $
CR 1-19151111 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - job fails with 'statsub not supported' In SOL 600, when a data deck is translated from sol 400 and contains analysis = nlstatics SOL 600 will terminate and the following message is issued:
Description
** severe warning in sol 600 translator - STATSUB not supported for sol 600 please revise your input so it does not need STATSUB This message is misleading since there is no STATSUB command present in the input deck.
CR 1-19151215 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Script to run Marc not in expected directory When the string consisting of the default path for the Marc tools directory plus run_marc is more than 80 characters long sol 600 will terminate and the following message will be issued in f06:
Known Error
CR 1-19151215 ** Severe Marc Translator Warning ** Script to run Marc not in expected directory Since some clients use rather long home directories for their Nastran installation this 80 character limit should be removed. Avoidance: Define the path in the marcrun.pth file.
CR 1-19153862 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MAT1 - termination when no young's modulus specified On the nastran MAT1 entry, it is possible to specify only two of the three material properties: young's modulus, shear modulus and poisson's ratio. However when doing this in sol 600 no warning will be issued and the job will fail in Marc with exit 13. In order to be compatible with the other Nastran solutions, the sol 600 translator should calculate the third value and provide it to marc. Avoidance: Specify all three material values on the MAT1 entry.
Description
CR 1-19167555 MSC / MD Nastran FMS - ASSIGN DELETE keyword ignored for MASTER - UFM 1277 If an analyis with SCR=NO and explicit ASSIGN statements using the DELETE keyword is repeated, the job will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1277 (DBDEF) THE FILE ASSIGNED TO LOGICAL NAME = MASTER IS NOT A VALID MASTER DBSET FOR A PRIMARY DATABASE. USER ACTION : VERIFY THE FILE NAME SPECIFIED ON THE ASSIGN MASTER STATEMENT. For example an analysis with: ASSIGN DBALL='stress.DBALL',DELETE ASSIGN MASTER='stress.MASTER',DELETE is repeated without first deleting the dball and master, the job will fail with the message above.
Description
CR 1-19168318 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - POST case control command has no effect on MPCForces The POST case control command, introduced in V2004, does has no effect on MPCForces output. This output will always be written to the standard unit 12. CR 1-19183701 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - INPUTT2, ASSIGN - UFM 740 (RDASGN) The INPUTT2 module will fail on DMP slave processes if an ASSIGN statement is used. USER FATAL MESSAGE 740 (RDASGN) is issued. Avoidance: Do not use ASSIGN. Copy the INPUTT2 file to the default Fortran unit file (e.g. "fort.60" or "ftn60" for unit 60 on Unix).
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Known Error Product
CR 1-19192460 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - RANDOM, SORT1 for DISP and ACCE - SORT1 Request Ignored in Random Analysis The following request in Nastran 2004 and 2005 will generate OP2 results in the incorrect format. OUGPSD2 is written to the op2 file instead of OUGPSD1. DISPLACEMENT(SORT1,PLOT,PHASE,PSDF) = ALL ACCELERATION(SORT1,PLOT,PHASE,PSDF) = ALL This is a limitation in releases prior to Version 2005R3. Nastran only generates SORT2 random results because the original design required all results to be output though the XY-PLOT module which only supports SORT2.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-19198771 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SPCD, PARAM,RESVEC - Null Results for multiple load cases If SOL 111, modal frequency response, is restarted from SOL 103 with
Known Error
CR 1-19198771 resvec=yes and there are multiple dynamic SPCD load cases, the results for the 2nd and subsequent subcases will be null. Avoidance: Do not submit the job as a RESTART or only analyze one subcase in each restart.
CR 1-19201391 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, Frequency Response - Missing Output A SOL 111 assembly run employing external superelements created using the EXTSEOUT feature does not give output for the external SE if the creation run had only velocity and/or acceleration output requests. Avoidance: Make a displacement request when creating the external superelements.
Description
CR 1-19203339 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - GPFORCE=set yields wrong answers in dynamic analysis Although the Version 2005 QRG Case Control table 4-5 shows that the GPFORCE request is not supported in SOL 108,109, 111, and 112, including it in the Case Control produces GPFORCE output. If the GPFORCE request references a SET then the resulting numbers are incorrect. If the GPFORCE references "ALL" then the results are correct. CR 1-19203341 MSC / MD Nastran 2005.0.2 Utilities - f04rprt The f04rprt utility is missing from the v2004 and v2005 installations.
Description
Description
Avoidance: Either user the utility from the v2001 installation or download the utility from MSC's external web site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
Known Error
CR 1-19209144
Known Error Product
CR 1-19209144 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - View factor calculation with CHBDYG,AREA8 Wrong Answers Coarse mesh models with curved surfaces will produce incorrect view factor calculations with CHBDYG elements using the AREA8 option.
Description
Avoidance: Refine the mesh using CHBDYG,AREA8 with CQUAD8 elements or use CHBDYG,AREA4 with cquad4 elements. To address this problem the code is modified to use corner grids to compute view factors for warped elements. CR 1-19210511 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - DOMAINSOLVER, CWELD, PWELD with mset=on - Poor Accuracy. A SOL 200 analysis using mdacms gave incorrect answers with cwelds and mset=on unless upfact was turned up to 3.0 from the default value of 2.0 on the DOMAINSOLVER entry. . CR 1-19210562 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/ MDACMS - EXTSEOUT - Wrong Answers MDACMS may produce wrong answers when used on the residual structure of a superelement model and thus should not be used. CR 1-19227541 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN(SUPER), PARAM,POST,-2 - SFM 6352, MAKoG2TD, logic error, kerror, 132 If a model contains part superelements (BEGIN SUPER=) and PARAM,POST,-2 is specified, the job may fail with the following error:
Known Error Product
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (MAKoG2TD) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR= 132. The error is present in v2004, v2004.5, and v2005.0.0
Known Error
CR 1-19227541 Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance: compile phase0 alter 'dbdelete datablk=(bulk)' peid=-1 $ seid=-1 $ endalter $
CR 1-19229547 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3, AUTOMSET -- fails to solve, UM on RBE3 solves In V2004, a RBE3 with AUTOMSET may fail with *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6591 (SEP2R) RIGID ELEMENT 11, SUPERELEMENT 10, DEFINES DEPENDENT EXTERIOR POINTS. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6591 (SEP2R) fixed in 2005.5
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CR 1-19246291 MSC / MD Nastran Spot Weld Elements - CWSEAM, MODGM2 - Infiinte Loop, Missing Fatal Message If a CWSEAM element is oriented normal to the sheets, the projection plan algorithm may go into an infinite loop. Avoidance: Correct the orientation of the CWSEAM elements.
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CR 1-19254994 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - GPFDR - Incorrect results from SOL 106 GPFORCE Output with TEMP(LOAD) An error is present in the GPFDR module when a mechanical load is applied in the first subcase and then a temperature load is added to the mechanical load in a second subcase. The displacements and element stresses are correct but the grid point forces are obviously in error since the totals contain excessively large values instead of computed zeros.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-19254994 An avoidance is to add a TEMP(LOAD) in the pressure only first subcase that uses the initial temperature load id. This will cause the solution to do a little more work and there will be no temperature load effect since the temperature difference is 0.0. In the combined.bdf file I added one case control statement as shown below. $ Direct Text Input for Global Case Control Data TEMPERATURE(INITIAL) = 1 SUBCASE 1 $ Subcase name : Pressure SUBTITLE=Pressure NLPARM = 1 SPC = 2 temp(load)=1 $ added to avoid GPFORCE error. LOAD = 3 Test case is in /msc/app.etl/q1-19254994.dat
Known Error Product
CR 1-19256131 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SECONCT, LOC=NO - Incorrect Boundary Connection, Poor Answers When the LOC=NO option is specified on the SECONCT entry, grids may be lost during the automatic search procedure. Avoidance: Use the default value of LOC=YES.
Description
CR 1-19271241 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - FREQi, RESVEC - Decomp executed unnecessarily If a modal solution (110, 111, 112, and 200) restart is executed from a modal solution run and then DECOMP may be unnecessarily executed for the RESVEC calculation.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following alter in the cold start run: compile modefsrs alter 'purgex \/day,bdsf,mdsf,k4dsf,kdds' purgex /adsf,,,,/-1 $ alter 'purgex \/day,bdsf,mdsf,k4dsf,kdds'(2) purgex /adsf,,,,/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-19278741 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - STATSUB, acoustic pressure output - Wrong answers If STATSUB is employed in SOL 108 or 111 with an acoustic model, then the acoustic pressure results will be null except for DB(A). Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter avoidance
Description compile phase0 alter 'IF ( FSCOUP AND not(desopt) and','' IF ( FSCOUP AND not(desopt) and not(kdiff) and (STATICS OR CYCLIC OR NLHEAT OR AERO)) THEN $ Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - GRAV loading ignored in assembly run An assembly run employing an external SE created using the EXTSEOUT feature ignores GRAV loading specified in the assembly run. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance: compile phase1dr alter 'call extin'(3) CALL SELG SLT ,BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,SILS ,EST , MPTS ,ETT ,EDTs ,Maa ,CASEw , DIT ,MATPOOL ,EQEXINS ,CASES ,DEQATN , DEQIND ,USET0 ,GPLS ,GPSNTS ,scstm , MEDGE ,drg ,geom4s ,estl ,dynamics, mgg ,kgg / PJ ,PTELEM ,newslt , / STATICS /SEID /LUSETS /(1.,0.) /(1.,0.) / GRDPNT /ERROR /pardcmp /IRES /PRPJ / NLHEAT /IMAGE /NONLNR /NASOUT /0 / pexist $ add5 pj,pa,,,/xxx $ equivx xxx/pa/-1 $ CR 1-19287331 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-19283941 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-19287331 External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 6551 (INPTX2) caused by multiple frequency requests A job that includes external superelements that has multiple subcases with different frequency requests may fail with the following message: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7321 (SEDRDR) DATA RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 100 IS NOW INITIATED. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 141 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance in v2005 compile super3 alter 'if ( exterse' type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzr1 $ type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ zuzr1=seid $ if ( not zuzrl1 ) then alter 'call extotmin' call dbstore tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,//seid/0/' '/0 $ call dbstore tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1,//seid/0/' '/0 $ zuzrl1=true $ else call dbfetch /tug1,mug1,tqg1,mqg1,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ call dbfetch /tes1,mes1,tef1,mef1,/seid/0/0/0/0 $ endif $ CR 1-19306232 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - DMIGOP2, RESTART - SFM 4252 matrix XAAV does not exist Restarting an external superlement analysis from SOL 103 to 111 with DMIGOP2 may fail with the message; SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4252.
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Known Error Product
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Known Error Product
CR 1-19307471 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - Misleading Message, UFM 6482 (DOPR3R)
Known Error
CR 1-19307471 The following message is given when an integer value is used for ATTB in an ANALYSIS = STATICS subcase for response types DISP,STRAIN,STRESS or FORCE. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482 (DOPR3R) FOR SUBCASE 1, THE ANALYSIS TYPE IS STATICS BUT THE DESSUB COMMAND REFERENCES AN INCOMPATIBLE DRESP1 ENTRY WITH RID = 24 AND RTYPE = STRAIN.
Description
The message needs to be updated to indicate that a non-zero ATTB value is not allowed for these response types. The message should also be added for response types of ESE,TOTSE,SPCFORCE,GPFORCE,GPFORCP. Currently, an integer value of ATTB is permitted for these latter entries, but it should be blocked so that the user does not set it with the expectation it will do something. Avoidance: Remove the non-zero value of ATTB.
Known Error Product
CR 1-19325591 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer Analysis - CHBYDE, CHBDYG - Coarse Mesh, poor results or non-covergence Heat transfer analysis models with CHBDYE and CHBDYG elements with coarse meshes as can be found in tpl problem ht15306 may fail to converge or produce poor results. Avoidance: 1) Model using CHBDYP with view view factor instead of CHBDYE or CHBDYG elements. 2) Refine the mesh. 3) Insert the DMAP alter COMPILE NLKR $ ALTER 'RMG2.*RGG' $ $ MODIFY THE RADIATION TO AVOID TEMPERATURE OVERSHOOT WITH COARSE MESH $ VERSION 2005 FEBRUARY 25, 2005 BY BOB HARDER ECHOOFF $RMG2 EST,MPOOL,MUGNI,KGGNL, MPTS, DIT, BGPDTS,SILS,USET1/ $ RDEST,RECM,RGG,KGGPNL/TABS/SIGMA/S,N,NORADMAT/LUSETS $ $ MOVE POSITIVE OFF-DIAGONAL MATRIX TERMS TO DIAGONAL
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Known Error
CR 1-19325591 $ PARAML RGG//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,GSIZE $ DIAGONAL RGG/DRGG/'SQUARE'/1. $ DIAGONAL TERMS ADD RGG,DRGG/ORGG/(1.,0.)/(-1.,0.) $ OFF-DIAGONAL TERMS DIAGONAL ORGG/ARGG/'WHOLE'/1. $ ABS(OFF-DIAGONAL TERMS) ADD ORGG,ARGG/XRGG/(.5,0.)/(.5,0.) $ OFF-DIAGONAL TERMS .GT. 0 MATGEN, /ONES/6/V,N,GSIZE/0/V,N,GSIZE $ COLUMN OF ONES MPYAD XRGG,ONES,/SRGG $ ROW SUM(OFF-DIAGONAL TERMS .GT. 0) MATMOD SRGG,,,,,/IRGG,/28 $ VECTOR TO DIAGONAL MATRIX ADD5 RGG,XRGG,IRGG,,/NRGG/(1.,0.)/(-1.,0.)/(1.,0.) $ EQUIVX NRGG/RGG/ALWAYS $ MESSAGE //'^^^ RADIATION MATRIX HAS BEEN MODIFIED' $=================== ADD KGGPNL,KGGNL/RGGNL/(1.,0.)/(-1.,0.) $ TRNSP RGGNL/TGG $ DIAGONAL TGG/DTGG/'SQUARE'/1. $ ADD TGG,DTGG/OTGG/(1.,0.)/(-1.,0.) $ DIAGONAL OTGG/ATGG/'WHOLE'/1. $ ADD OTGG,ATGG/XTGG/(.5,0.)/(.5,0.) $ MPYAD XTGG,ONES,/STGG $ MATMOD STGG,,,,,/ITGG,/28 $ ADD5 TGG,XTGG,ITGG,,/NTGG/(1.,0.)/(-1.,0.)/(1.,0.) $ DELETE /RGGNL,KGGPNL,,, $ TRNSP NTGG/RGGNL $ ADD KGGNL,RGGNL/KGGPNL/(1.,0.)/(1.,0.) $ MESSAGE //'^^^ NL-CONDUCTION MATRIX HAS BEEN MODIFIED' $=============== ECHOON
CR 1-19349544 MSC / MD Nastran MAXMIN - Access Violation, Sort 1 Output When MAXMIN(DEF) output is requested for Grid response using the BRIEF output format an access violation will occur. By using the FULL directive, the access voilation can be avoided. CR 1-19354641 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - fluid-only model with SPCD - UFM 3046 in FRRD1 because of null excitation A fluid-only SOL 111 model with SPCD specification fails with UFM 3046 in
Known Error
CR 1-19354641 the FRRD1 module complaining of null excitation. Avoidance; The problem runs successfully if PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS is specified. (This used to be PARAM,ENFPATH,OLD in pre-V2005 versions.)
CR 1-19361520 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT4 - SFM 6445 when reading unformatted file. INPUTT4 may fail with the following message when attempting to read unformatted files: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6445 (INPTT4) READ REQUESTED RETURNED INCORECT DATA LENGTH WHILE PROCESSING UNIT = 11 FOR LOGICAL NAME INPUTT4 EXPECTED 4 WORDS, ACTUALLY READ 5 WORDS USER ACTION: VERIFY THE FILE ASSIGNMENT AND CONTENTS OR CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. In a test case which attempts to read in the GM, GOT, KFS and KSS matrices, the fatal error was encountered on both a SGI and PC machine. Tests on 2004.0.6 and 2005 were successful. Avoidance: Possible avoidance is to try using a formatted fortran file or use version 2005.4 or later systems where this problem has been addressed.
Description
op4util -fc inputfilename outputfilename Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-19362761 MSC / MD Nastran Spot Weld - CWELD - ERROR IN SORTC ROUTINE, TASNP2 The fatal error below is encountered in TASNPT if a model has spot weld elements with point to patch connections combined with the elpat/partpat format. ERROR IN SORTC ROUTINE, NBRWDS = 66 IS NOT AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF LENTRY = 5
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Known Error Product
CR 1-19369064 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - STRESS=set id, OUTPUT(XYPLOT) - Extra Printed Output If a model contains a STRESS=set id request but also contains an XYPLOT type request for different element ids, then printed output may be generated for the elements with an XYPLOT request. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 1-19372191 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATPRN - Matrices The MATRPN module can only print 6 digits for rows and columns, ****** will be printed for matrices greater than one million rows and columns. CR 1-19374101 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES , CWELD - UFM 7558 If PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is specifed with CWELD elements with MSET=ON on the PWELD entry, then the run may fail with UFM 7558.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile extduset alter 'equivx.*geom1\/geom1qs',''
CR 1-19381619 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - TEMPD - Traceback, Overflow The solution for nonlinear steady state thermal analysis with radiation enclosures is depedent on the initial guess for TEMPD. If the initial guess is incorrect by a large amount it may cause the solution to have trouble converging as evidenced by extremely large convergence factors and the job may end in a floating point exception. . . MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-19381619 MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4012FE, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1FD0A00 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3CF0020 MAIN: "Floating point overflow" (C0000091) exception encountered. MAIN: Exception occurred at address 00524C15.
CR 1-19385474 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL - Erroneous coupling of internal free fluid faces Nastran couples internal free fluid faces which is wrong. CR 1-19390023 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CQUAD4 differential stiffness remark obsolete Remark 6 for CQUAD4 should now read: ..."The specification of offset vectors gives wrong results in solution sequences with geometric nonlinear analysis (SOL 106, 129, 153, 159 with PARAM LGDISP>0) The differential stiffness is computed correctly in V2004 and higher (SOLs 5, 16, 105 and 200 and SOL 106 with PARAM LGDISP <=0) CR 1-19393769 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Lanczos - EIGC - Missing Eigenvalues for multiple shifts When mutliple shifts are specified on the EIGC entry for complex Lanczos, the module only provide the number of eigenvalue pairs requested for the first shift. CR 1-19394948 MSC / MD Nastran CDITER - Infinite CPU Loop, No FATAL diagnostics for an ill conditioned model On rare occasions for ill-conditioned models, the round off error in caluculating the QR1 matrix used for testing convergence in CDITER will make it difficult
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-19394948 to find a new random vector and an infinite loop may be encountered. The problem can be diagnosed by setting PARAM,CDPRT,YES which will print the QRI terms. Tthe symptom is a very small negative (tensile) force on the order of E-4 or smaller.
Known Error Product
CR 1-19406406 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - params CWDIAGP and CWRANDEL - Descriptions have been swapped The text describing the PARAMs CWDIAGP and CWRANDEL have been swapped. Current Version 2005 MSC.Nastran QRG: CWDIAGP Default = NO For CWELD element: if not zero, then it specifies as a decimal percent the number of fasteners to randomly delete.
Description
CWRANDEL Default = 0 For CWELD element: prints elements randomly deleted if set to YES. Should be: CWDIAGP Default = NO For CWELD element: prints elements randomly deleted if set to YES. CWRANDEL Default = 0.0 For CWELD element: if not zero, then it specifies as a decimal percent the number of fasteners to randomly delete.
Known Error Product
CR 1-19415074 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Incorrectly translated DIST LOAD entry in Parameter section of marc input - EXIT 13 DIST LOAD entry in Parameter section of the marc input deck is not written correctly. The 4th field in the DIST LOAD entry in the PARAMETER section is the Maximum number of nodes with point loads applied. When Gravity load is applied in a model with Point Mass elements, the Marc input deck is created with POINT LOAD entries in the model and/or history sections. But the 4th
Description
Known Error
CR 1-19415074 field in the DIST LOAD entry is not given a large enough number. The Marc run exits with the EXIT 13 indicating the following error: *** error - attempt to define too many point loads 0.000E+00 0.000E+00-0.208E-04 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 a list of nodes given below 3749
CR 1-19418098 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Gravity Loads are not converted correctly into DIST LOAD Gravity Loads are not converted correctly in to DIST LOAD. For example, the following entries in the .bdf are converted to .marc.dat incorrectly: $ Loads for Load Case : GRAV_0.10_RELIEF.SC2 LOAD 51 1. .1 46 1. 72 1. 73 $ Loads for Load Case : GRAV_0.20.SC3 LOAD 55 1. .2 46 1. 72 1. 73 Converted gravity loads may have an incorrect sign. Only one load case has the correct sign (-ve) and value of gravity. The other load cases have an incorrect sign (+ve) and wrong values for gravity.
Description
CR 1-19420301 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,FLUIDSE , scr=no - UFM 1126 If the fluid superelement capability is employed in SOL 200 with scr=no then UFM 1126 will be issued for data block AG in subDMAP SELA1. Avoidance: Run with scr=yes.
CR 1-19424586 MSC / MD Nastran Reference Manual has wrong sign of solid mean pressure. The Nastran results are correct. The reference manual documentation is wrong. It should be po= 1/3(sigmax+sigmay+sigmaz) as shown in the old MSC/NASTRAN user's manual Vol 1 page 1.3-21. CR 1-19429021
Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 1-19429021 MSC / MD Nastran Model Checkout - ELSUM - Element summary may contain "??????" for mass contribution fields The printed output from the ELSUM case control command may include "???????" in the mass contribution fields for the solid element when there are solid elements (HEXA, PENTA, TETRA etc.) and non-structural mass (NSMx) entries present in the bulk data. The problem has been traced to a negative subscript into an element properties array, that on most machines, contains binary zero and thus does not cause any problems with the ELSUM output. So far, the SGI Altix machine is the only one that exhibits the error. The error affects the element summary output only and does not affect other results. CR 1-19429671 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR - UFM 2007 (GP2), OFFT references "B" and either "E" or "O" with vector V specified In v2005.0.0, bars and/or beams will issue UFM 2007 complaining that an undefined grid point 0 has been referenced if all of the following conditions are met:
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Known Error Product
Description
- The OFFT field starts with a "B" to designate an orientation vector in the BASIC system - The orientation Vector option (e.g. 0. 1. 0. ) is specified - Either "E" or "O" is used to designate one or both of the shear center offset coordinate systems CR 1-19434861 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAINSOLVER, SUPORT - SFM 3007 (READ) MDMODES will fail in the READ moduel when the input contains SUPORT entries with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (READ) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MERGE Avoidance: Use a DMAP alter in the MDMODES subDMAP to omit the MR data
Known Error
CR 1-19434861 block from the call to READ.
Known Error Product
Corrected 2005.0.2 Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivtiy - SPCD - SFM 5423 If SOL 200, desisgn optimization, is executed with enforced displacements and the job employs sparse data recovery the job will fail with a SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 indicating and incompatible matrix multiply: COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR RPH1 IS 101 980 1856 2 2 3664 9760 TRAILER FOR UHF1 IS 102 142 980 2 4 3920 10000 TRAILER FOR YPO1 IS 103 142 2384 2 4 8864 9295 Avoidance: Either set PARAM SPARSEDR NO or set PARAM NASPRT 1. Else apply the following dmap alter: compile desopt alter 'call fea'(2),'' CALL FEA, $..Input Data Blocks: abe,acpt,,aebgpdts,aecomp,aero,aeusets, , ,bgpdtvu, ,CASECC, Descriptio caseds,casem,CASERS,CASES,casesx, ,control,cstma,CSTMS, , n DEQATN,DEQIND, ,DIT, ,DMI,DMINDX,drg, , DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ectas, ,EDT,eht, ehta,elemvol,EMAP,EPT,epta,EPTS,eqexin,EQEXINS,ETT,extdb,,,FORCE, gdgk0,gdksk,gdntab,GEOM1,geom1qx,geom1s,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEOM3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,,gpgk0,gpksk,GPLS,gpsnts,,INDTA,,MAPS,matpool,matpools, medge,mklist,mmcdb,MPT,MPTS, ,oint,PCDB,PCDBS,pcompts,pelsets, , POSTCDB, ,pval,PVT,pvtbc,PVTS, , ,scstm,SILS,SLIST,SLT, spline,SPSEL,tabdeq,tabevp,tabevs, ,trx, , , , ,VGFS, vgq,viewtb,XYCDB,XYCDBS,yg,mpjn2o,mpjsfn2o,aempcomp,aemonpt,saemprk, strucomp,monitor,saerg0,aedbstdx,uxvst,pgvst0,,,,,,xsop2dir,,, geom1qs,geom4qs,selist,pvt0/ $..Output Data Blocks: , , , , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,bdict,belm, ,BGPDTS,bgpdt,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG, ,CB2DD, , CK2DD,clama,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,cphd,cphh,cphp, crj,crx, , , , ,Dar, , ,DFFDNF, ditid, ,dlt,ECTS,epsse, , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,frl,
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CR 1-19439341 , , , , ,GM,GOQ,GOT, ,GPECT, , , , K2DD,k2mg, ,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , , , ,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, , ,KMG,KSF,KSS, , , ,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , lphd,lphh,lphp, , , M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, , ,mjj, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, , , ,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA,PHG, , , , ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, , ,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS,PP1DS,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, ,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , , , , , ,qmg,qmpf,qmpt,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, , , ,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT, , ,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM,ypf1,vgfd,VPHFS,WKK, , , ,YS,ypo , , , , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mdphiq,mdgot,mdgoq,mdvft,mdmap, mdgrdrm/ $..Input Parameters: AERO/adjflg/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/cnvflg/true/ CYCLIC/dceigcc/DESCYCLE/deseig/desmax/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/dfrspcf/DMRESD/ DROPT/ DROPTDS/dstspcf/DVRGCC/dtrspcf/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/FIXEDB/fluidse0/ FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/IMACHNO/INREL/IQ/KDAMP/0 / LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/mceigcc/MFRQCC/MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODEC C/ MTRNDSA/MTRNCC/NASOUT/nk/NLHEAT/NOPH1/NOPH2/NOSEDV/ OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/rgsens/RSONLY/SAERCC/SAERODSA/SEKR/ SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/STATDSA/ $..I/O Parameters: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/s,BOV/s,BMETH/s,CARDNO/s,freqdep/ s,FS/s,luset/s,METHF/s,MDTRKFLG/s,MODETRAK/s,NMSOL/s,NORSET/ s,NOSASET/s,NSOL/s,PFILE/S,PVALID/s,STATSUB/s,SUPORT/0 $
CR 1-19456411 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CHEXA, CTETRA, CPENTA, TEMP(LOAD) - Poor Answers If a solid element model has a temperature rise which is linear in (x,y,z), then there should be zero thermal stress if the constraints are nonredundant. Due to limitations imposed by the isoparametric shape functions, MSC.Nastran's elements give poor results for displacements and stresses. This occurs for HEXA, PENTA, and TETRA elements, especially if there are no midside
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CR 1-19456411 nodes. A new theory is now available that lets us eliminate this limitation. This implementation gives exact displacements and zero stresses for bodies modelled with HEXA, PENTA, and TETRA elements if the temperature is linear and the constraints are nonredundant. This is even true for a TETRA-4 element which is notoriously inaccurate. This revised theory was released in version 2005r2i (2005.1). If you want to compare with the old method, you can use NASTRAN,SYSTEM(428)=1 to get the old answers.
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CR 1-19458251 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MSC.Documentation (pdf files) crash with Acrobat reader version 7 The MSC.Documentation (pdf files) can be properly browsed with Acrobat Reader version 5 and 6, but when using version 7, Acrobat reader crashes. (this error refers to V2005 documentation is no longer an issue in current versions of the documentation) CR 1-19459484 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PCOMP - Remark 11 obsolete, kdiff is now calculated for unsym layup Remark 11 under the PCOMP Quick Reference Guide description that indiates that it is not recommended to use an unsymmetric layup in solutions that require differential stiffness is not longer applicable. CR 1-19485913 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - DOMAINSOLVER - Poor Message, SFM 6833 (PNBREC) A large solid model with 128,000 HEXA elements fails in SOL 103, geometry domain parallel, dmp=8 with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6833 (PNBREC):
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CR 1-19485913 MPI ERROR ENCOUNTERED (INTERNAL ERROR CODE IS 2744): ERROR: 0032-117 user pack or receive buffer is too small Avoidance: In this case the model was able to be run successfully with dmp=2 and dmp=4.
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CR 1-19491251 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - Small jobs eigenvalue jobs may fail with SFM 9160 (MDACMS) Very small eigenvalue problems that specify Lanczos, automatically revert to the AHOU eigenvalue method. If this occurs during a DMP execution the model will fail with the message: ^^^ SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 9160 (MDACMS) ^^^ PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED IN CALCULATING MDACMS DOMAIN MODES. ^^^ USER ACTION: IF LARGE MASS IS BEING USED FOR ENFORCED MOTION THEN REPLACE LARGE MASS METHOD WITH DIRECT METHOD USING THE SPCD BULK DATA ENTRY. ^^^ IF THE LARGE MASS METHOD IS NOT BEING USED THEN MASSLESS MECHANISMS MAY EXIST. PARAM,MECHFIX,YES MAY BE USED TO IDENTIFY MASSLESS MECHANISMS. CR 1-19522131 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, SPOINTs - SFM 3001 in the BDRYINFO module. An external SE creation run employing the EXTSEOUT feature with only scalar points fails with SFM 3001 in the BDRYINFO module. CR 1-19522212 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - AUTOQSET and only scalar points on boundary fails with SFM 3003 in GP1. An external SE creation run employing the EXTSEOUT feature with the DMIGOP2
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CR 1-19522212 option, PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES and only scalar points on the boundary fails with SFM 3003 in the GP1 module in the EXTOUT subDMAP.
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CR 1-19522273 MSC / MD Nastran External Superlements - Assembly SE run with only SPOINTS on boundary issues SFM 4276 in GP1. An assembly run employing an external SE created using the EXTSEOUT feature with manual QSETi data and only scalar points on the boundary fails with SFM 4276 (Error Code 3001) on a call to GREAD in the GP1 module. CR 1-19528421 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - SYSTEM(370)=5 - Wrong Answers for STRESS(punch,center) If nastran system cell(370)=5 is used to convert CQAUD4/CTRIA3 to CQAUDR/CTRIAR, and (STRESS(punch,print,SORT1,REAL,VONMISES,CENTER) is selected the punch output will be incorrect. CR 1-19529350 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,DESPCH - Incorrect values in punched bulk data - HP only Optimization, SOL 200, may produce incorrected punched bulk data on HPUX. AIX, Sun also produce different punched bulk data. Problems might be in PBAR elements.
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Avoidance: Setting param,despch,-1 outputs the bulk data in small field format and avoids the problem. Known Error Product CR 1-19531550 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Job consisting of only SPOINTs fails with SFM 3001 in the SEP1X module.
CR 1-19531550 A part superelement job consisting of only SPOINTs fails with SFM 3001 in the SEP1X module. The same job runs successfully if the boundary SPOINT is replaced by an equivalent GRID point. CR 1-19535231 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PCOMP - SFM 4276, EC =3061, UFM 2042 (DSABO) When an optimization job specifies identical PID on a designed PCOMP entry and another designed property entry such as PBEAML, it may fail with a misleading USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (DSABO): Missing Material Table ***** for Element 1. Avoidance: Use unique PIDs among all designed property entries.
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CR 1-19557001 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - CQUAD4 - Corner Qx and Qy for plate elements are wrong. Frequency response analysis produces incorrect QX and QY CQUAD4 complex corner stresses. Avoidance: Other than using the results from the center of the element, there is no avoidance.
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CR 1-19557090 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - RANDPS - Power Spectral Density Label missing When a corner output request is made for plate elements, the label "POWEWR SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION" is missing. CR 1-19579411 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - K2GG, M2GG, B2GG, K42GG, A2GG (etc.) - Continuation Lines
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CR 1-19579411 lead to UFM 614 (IFP1D) If the case control command K2GG (or any of its variants) calls up more matrices than can be specified on one line, and a continuation line is added, the solution may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 614 (IFP1D) THE ABOVE SET IS BADLY SPECIFIED.
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Avoidance: If the list of matrices does NOT contain scale factors, place the list of matrices on a SET entry and call the SET from K2GG. For example: SET 992 = KX1, KX2, KX3, KX4, KX5, KX6, KX7, KX8, KX9, KX10, KX11, KX12, KX13, KX14, KX15, KX16, KX17 K2GG = 992 If the list has scale factors, there is no avoidance.
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CR 1-19600121 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBUSH/PBUSH elements are not translated correctly - Wrong Answers The CBUSH element property orientation is not translated correctly in SOL 600. This may lead to wrong answers. CR 1-19603931 MSC / MD Nastran 2005.1 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SPCD, MODESELECT scr=yes - Wrong Answers, Poor Convergence SOL 200 with scr=yes for ANALYSIS=MTRAN,MFREQ,MCEIG, or FLUTTER may differ from a scr=no run in the following areas: 1. Wrong answers in enforced motion 2. Different convergence behavior or no convergence 3. SFM 3200 in GKAM1C if MODESELECT based on effective mass fractions is requested. Avoidance: Run with scr=no or insert the following DMAP alter: compile fea alter 'call feamode','' call feamode,
Corrected Version 2005.1 Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
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CR 1-19603931 $..Input Datablocks: adrdug,ag0,ajp,bgpdtvu,CASECC,caseds,casem,CASERS, CASES,CASESX,CASEXX,cstms,DEQATN,DEQIND,dit,drg, DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ectas,edom,EDT,eht,ehta,elemvol, EMAP,EPT,epta,EPTS,EQEXINS,ETT,extdb,FORCE,gdntab, GEOM1,geom1qx,geom1s,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEOM3S,GEOM4, GEOM4S,GM,GPDTS,GPLS,gpsnts,ibulk,INDTA,MAPS,matpool, matpools,medge,mgg,mmcdb,MPT,MPTS,oint,PCDB,PCDBS, pcompts,pelsets,POSTCDB,pval,PVT,pvtbc,PVTS,R1TABR, rmg,rvg,scstm,SILS,SLIST,SLT,tabevp,tabevs,tempall, USET0,VGFS,vgq,viewtb,XYCDB,YG,xsop2dir,pvt0, asf,aay,aaa,day,kdmg,kdss,gei,pmyg,pbyg,pkyg, mss,bss,cee,mee,gge,bec,mec,meh,cmlama1,epsseo,mphvz,bk4zz,phqmg, kgg,kay,may,bay,k4ay,k4ss,phba/ $..Output Datablocks: AGG,BAA,bdict,belm,BGG,BGPDTS,bgpdt,BJJ,BMG,BSF, CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,Dar,DFFDNF,ditid,ects,error, errorg,EST,frl,GOQ,GOT,GPAK,GPECT,K4AA,K4JJ,K4MG, K4SF,kaa,KDICT,KELM,KFS,KJJ,KLL,KMG,KSF,KSS,L2RR, LAMA,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL,LOO,LRSEQ,MAR,MDICT,MDSF,MEA, MELM,mjj,MLL,MLR,MMG,MR,MRR,MSF,MTRAK,orseq,PG,PHA, pharef,PHFA,phg,PHGref,PHQG,PHSA,PJ,PSS,PTELEM,QR, USET,VAFS,VELEM,vgfd,YS,maa,mdphiq,mdgot,mdgoq,mdvft, mdmap,mdgrdrm,adsf,lammats,lammatf,mis,mif,mechg, bdsf,kdsf,k4dsf,efmfacf,efmfacs/ $..Input Parameters: AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUTOSPC/cnvflg/conv/DELTA/DESCYCLE/ DESCYCL1/deseig/desmax/DFREQ/DFRQCC/DMRESD/DROPT/ERROR/ EXTERSE/FEAOPT/FIXEDB/fluidse0/FSCOUP/INREL/LUSETS/ MODACC/NASOUT/nk/NOPH2/NSKIP/PEID/pexist/ploop/pmode/ PSTAT/RSONLY/SEKR/SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SOLTYP/desiterp/ $..I/O PARAMETERS: ADPTEXIT/ADPTINDX/CARDNO/freqdep/FS/luset/METHF/ MDTRKFLG/s,modetrak/NORSET/NOSASET/PFILE/PVALID/ SLAVEJOB/SUPORT $ compile feamode alter 1,1 SUBDMAP FEAMODE, $..INPUT DATABLOCKS: adrdug,ag0,ajp,bgpdtvu,CASECC,caseds,casem,CASERS,CASES,CASESX, CASEXX,cstms,DEQATN,DEQIND,dit,drg,DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ectas,edom, EDT,eht,ehta,elemvol,EMAP,EPT,epta,EPTS,EQEXINS,ETT,extdb,FORCE, gdntab,GEOM1,geom1qx,geom1s,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEOM3S,GEOM4, GEOM4S,GM,GPDTS,GPLS,gpsnts,ibulk,INDTA,MAPS,matpool,matpools, medge,mgg,mmcdb,MPT,MPTS,oint,PCDB,PCDBS,pcompts,pelsets,POSTCDB, pval,PVT,pvtbc,PVTS,R1TABR,RMG,rvg,scstm,SILS,SLIST,SLT, tabevp,tabevs,tempall,USET0,VGFS,vgq,viewtb,XYCDB,
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CR 1-19603931 YG,xsop2dir,pvt0,asf,aay,aaa,day,kdmg,kdss,gei,pmyg,pbyg,pkyg, mss,bss,cee,mee,gge,bec,mec,meh,cmlama1,epsseo,mphvz,bk4zz,phqmg, kgg,kay,may,bay,k4ay,k4ss,phba/ $..OUTPUT DATABLOCKS: AGG,BAA,bdict,belm,BGG,BGPDTS,bgpdt,BJJ,BMG,BSF, CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,Dar,DFFDNF,ditid,ects, error,errorg,EST,frl,GOQ,GOT,GPAK,GPECT, K4AA,K4JJ,K4MG,K4SF,kaa,KDICT,KELM, KFS,KJJ,KLL,KMG,KSF,KSS,L2RR,LAMA,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL,LOO, LRSEQ,MAR,MDICT,mdsf,MEA,MELM,mjj,MLL,MLR,MMG,MR,MRR,MSF,MTRAK, orseq,PG,PHA,pharef,PHFA,PHG,phgref,PHQG,PHSA,PJ,PSS,PTELEM, QR,USET,VAFS,VELEM,vgfd,YS,maa,mdphiq,mdgot,mdgoq,mdvft,mdmap, mdgrdrm,adsf,lammats,lammatf,mis,mif,mechg,bdsf,kdsf,k4dsf, efmfacf,efmfacs/ $..INPUT PARAMETERS: AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUTOSPC/cnvflg/conv/DELTA/DESCYCLE/DESCYCL1/ deseig/desmax/DFREQ/DFRQCC/DMRESD/DROPT/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/ FIXEDB/fluidse0/FSCOUP/INREL/LUSETS/MODACC/NASOUT/nk/NOPH2/NSKIP/ PEID/pexist/ploop/PMODE/PSTAT/RSONLY/SEKR/SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/ SOLTYP/desiterp/ $..I/O PARAMETERS: ADPTEXIT/ADPTINDX/CARDNO/freqdep/FS/luset/ METHF/MDTRKFLG/modetrak/NORSET/NOSASET/PFILE/PVALID/slavejob/suport $ alter 'type db',''(,3) TYPE DB ophfa,ophsa,rph,rpd,rsgg,rmgg,gpke,msf1,bsf1,ksf1, vgdr,vspcg,vmpcg,MMG1,BMG1,KMG1 $ endalter
CR 1-19623877 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MFLUID, ELIST - Only CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 Supported The ELIST entry only applies to the ctria3 and the cquad4 elements. CR 1-19624041 MSC / MD Nastran Krylov Solver - ILP64 systems may fail with message Incurable breakdown in initial vectors. The KRYLOV solver may fail on ILP64 (a.k.a. i8) systems with the message incurable breakdown of initial vectors. CR 1-19631175
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CR 1-19631175 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analyis - Restart, GPFORCE Data Recovery Yields No Results, UWM 2354 Nonlinear static analysis, SOL 106, fails to produce grid point force data recovery during a restart run. The GPFDR module issues UWM 2354: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET =4 Avoidance for GPFDR is to restart at SUBCASE intervals rather than at a load increment.
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CR 1-19644046 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Missing OLOAD RESULTANTS The OLOAD RESULTANTS output for the upstream SE is equal to zero for all components. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr,nolist alter 'type.*parm.*nddl' TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,RESLTOPT $ TYPE PARM,,I,Y,ALTSHAPE $ alter 'ENDIF.*SETYPE=.*EXTRNA' IF (SETYPE = 'EXTRNA') THEN $ expand PA to Jsize UMERGE USET0,PA,/PJext/'G'/'A'/'O' $ message //'OLOADS from external se follow' $ VECPLOT PJext,BGPDTS,SCSTM,CSTMS,CASESX,,MEDGE,,/ ,PJRESext,PJHDext,,/ GRDPNT/S,N,ZERO/RESLTOPT/'OLOAD'///ALTSHAPE//SEID $ ENDIF $
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CR 1-19650401 DMAP - INPUTT2 - INPUTT2 won't rewind a file that has been read to its end. INPUTT2 won't rewind a file that has been read to its end, if attempted the job will fail in the INPUTT2 module and the only message will be in the log file: forrtl: severe (24): end-of-file during read
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CR 1-19654201 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - Rayleigh Damping Incorrected implemented The current Rayleigh damping is not implemented correctly in GMA. Only the structural matrices should be scaled, but the final matrices are scaled (after param, G, k4, tf, *2pp are added). Beginning in 2005r3
Description - Alpha1 and Alpha2 will affect only the structure - New Alpha1fl and new Alpha2fl will affect the fluid. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-19680181 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MONPNTt3, SET1 - UFM 2258 If a monpnt3 entry references a non-existant set1 id, USER FATAL MESSAGE 2258 is issued, however the monpnt3 id is in the wrong slot of the error message and the set1 id may or may not be the id of the bad set1. In addition, this type error should not be a fatal, but a warning message because the checking is done late in the analysis. CR 1-19689679 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - Scale Factor applied to P2G lead to UFM 300 Attempting to apply a scale fact to P2G, (i.e. P2G = 1.25*PAX) may lead to user fatal message 300 in the case control section or the factors may be ignored. CR 1-19702867 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-19702867 Composites - PCOMPG and Lam SYM option - UFM 4377 (IXPCOMP) If PCOMPG is used with LAM option and SYM the following fatal errors will be encountered. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4377 (IXPCOMP) PCOMP ID. 201 HAS NO PLY DATA. USER ACTION: VERIFY EXISTENCE AND/OR UNIQUENESS OF CONTINUATION FIELD(S) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY PCOMPG This input combination is corrected by issuing the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY PCOMPG PCOMPG 12 5000. HILL 0.0 SYM +000005 ++000005100000 1 .0054 45. YES +000006 USER/PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: BULKNM = PCOMPG (Name of the Bulk Data Entry) KM = 0 (0:First Line, >0: Continuation Lines) J+1 = 9 (Data Field Number, 1 through 10) MF() = 3 (Field Data Format: 0=Blank, 1=Integer, 2=Real, 3=BCD, 4=Double, -32767=End-of-Data) M() = SYM (Field Data Value) CALLSB = IXPCOMP (Name of subroutine) NOTE : LAM=SYM is not supported for PCOMPG
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CR 1-19722224 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SPOINTS - SFM 3001 in the BDRYINFO module. An external SE creation run employing only SPOINTS fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 in the BDRYINFO module. CR 1-19744067 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - TITLE, SUBTITLE, LABEL - Missing Title and Label information In SOL 600 titling information is not carried through in the f06 output.
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CR 1-19744067 Avoidance: Add param,mop2titl,-1.
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CR 1-19747531 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CHEXA8 with bubble functions and bad geometry - Missing Fatal Message, Poor Answers A CHEXA8 element should have a Jacobian determinant with the same sign at all integration points. Failure to do so indicates an invalid mapping to parametric space caused by an extremely skewed element, which could yield bad results. This should but does not cause a fatal message. Avoidance: There is no affect for well shaped elements. Check the element geometry using IN 2 or 3 on the PSOLID entry.
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CR 1-19749179 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBAR, PBEAML - UFM 7190 (DOPR1I) When an optimization job designs both properties on PBAR and PBEAML entries and no PBEAM entry is present, the job fails in module DOPR1 with the following error message.
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7190 (DOPR1I) PTYPE PBEAM DEFINED ON A DVPREL3 0 ENTRY CAN NOT BE FOUND ON A PROPERTY ENTRY. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DVPREL3 ENTRY OR INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ENTRY. Avoidance: Add a dummy PBEAM entry.
CR 1-19753920 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Preface Access Violation in XCSA, PREFOPT=2 A SOL 106 input file with nastran prefopt=2 and two identical mat1 entries failed with an access violation in the XCSA module.
CR 1-19769081 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INCLUDE - Missing Input If an INCLUDE statement is missing and the statement is near the end of the input stream, for example, INCLUDE 'platest.dat ENDDATA the include file is skipped and only a warning about a missing ENDDATA statement is produced.
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CR 1-19780791 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3003 (DSADJ) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF FILE in DSDJ2D An optimization job may fail in DSDJ2D with SFM 3003 when it meets the following three conditions: 1) GE is present on a MATi entry associated with the designed element group A 2) GE is not present on a MAT entry associated with designed element group B where both group A and B belong to the same element type. 3) One design element is touched by more than one design variable. For example, one design variable designs one PBARL or PBEAML dimension,.it will spawn multiple non-linear design properties that are also treated as design variables. So one element is touched by more than one design variable. Avoidance: Use Param,cdif,yes.
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CR 1-19780814 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBUSH - SFM 3001 in DSDJ1D An optimization job may fail in DSDJ1D (or DSDJ3D or DSVG1D) with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 when the input contains one or more PBUSH entries that have non-zero values in the GE's 2-6 fields and none of these PBUSH entries are designed.
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CR 1-19780814 Avoidance: Create a dummy desvar and dvprel1 entry to design one PBUSH property where the dummy desvar has the same lower and upper bounds.
CR 1-19791494 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBUSH, TABLED1 - Wrong Answers Version 2004 and 2005 do not provide the correct results for a bush element if pbusht/tabled1 is used. The stiffness in the pbush entry is used instead of the force-displacement curve defined in the pbusht/tabled1 entry. CR 1-19795091 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEP1X, CSUPEXT, THRU - Wrong Answers Superelements using CSUPEXT entries containing THRU ranges may produce incorrect results. Avoidance: Use delineated grids instead of THRU range.
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CR 1-19808035 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 3046 (SQFREQ) - Enforced motion - all grids constrained - but dof left no excitation UFM 3046 (SQFREQ) - Enforced motion - all grids constrained - but free dofs left - no excitation
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (SQFREQ) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS AND ENFORCED MOTION ARE BOTH NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION. CR 1-19822213 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FRLG - Wrong Answers when Large Memory Requested Frequency response analysis that request more than 2 gig of memory may yield incorrect results. In the cases that have been observed, the response
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Known Error
CR 1-19822213 results contained spikes. Avoidance: Either always run with less than 2 gig of memory or plot the response for all frequency steps and do not trust the results if it contains unexplained spikes in the response. This problem is fixed in Version 2005.
CR 1-19823963 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FA1, FLFACT, PKS, PKNLS - Wrong Answers Wrong flutter results are computed by the PKS and PKNLS flutter analysis methods if MAX or POINT normalization is specified on the eigr or eigrl entries. Futhermore, if flutter eigenvectors are requested for the PKS or PKNLS methods using negative velocities on the FLFACT entries, the eigenvetors are not computed or printed. Avoidance: To obtain correct flutter results, use the MASS normalization on the EIGR or EIGRL entry. If flutter eigenvectors are required, the PK or PKNL method should be chosen.
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CR 1-19859061 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - RESTART from SOL106 into SOL111 - Prestress affects not included. If a modal frequency response acoustic analysis restarts from a geometric nonlinear analysis, the prestress affects are not included on the fluid. CR 1-19887421 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUAD4, TRIA3, K6ROT - Different behavior for membrane only elements in V2005R2 At the request of a few clients, a new NASTRAN keyword has been added to Version 2005r3b (a.k.a. version 2005.5.2) and MD Nastran 2006r1a that allows users to obtain old answers with membrane elements and k6rot. Note that MSC does not believe that k6rot should ever be used with membrane elements and the correction to error 1-18688331 blocked its use in V2005r2. The user interface to obtain the old answers is: NASTRAN K6ROTMEM=1
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CR 1-19901299 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PELAST in SOL106 analysis yields wrong GPForces In nonlinear analysis, GPForces outputs don't take into account the CELAS forces that that reference PELAST. CR 1-19903501 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - Cross section orientation of CBEAM/PBEAML is not correctly translated In SOL600, the cross section orientation of the CBEAM/PBEAML entry is not translated correctly and this leads to wrong answers. Please also see related quality 1-19558101. CR 1-19903564 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - Torsional constant J of PBEAML entry is not tranlated correctly Wring Answers In SOL600, the torsional Constant J of the PBEAML entry is not tranlated correctly and this will lead to wrong answers. CR 1-19914786 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - INPUTT4 Fails to Read a Matrix written to a Binary Fortran File A binary fortran file that is written with the utility subroutines to produce and OUTPUT4 file cannot be read into MSC.Nastran with INPUTT4. The unformatted writes are writing more information than INPUTT4 will read. When attempting to read the file with INPUTT4, a message such as follows may be encountered: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6445 (INPTT4) READ REQUESTED RETURNED INCORECT DATA LENGTH WHILE PROCESSING UNIT = 23 FOR LOGICAL NAME INPUTT4 EXPECTED 1263 WORDS, ACTUALLY READ 2523 WORDS
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Description
Known Error
CR 1-19914786 USER ACTION: VERIFY THE FILE ASSIGNMENT AND CONTENTS OR CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. In Version 2005.1 the op4util has been extended to ignore the extra data (generating a warning) and a new option, fconvert, has been added that allows the conversion of a file, correcting the long record problem, while preserving the file's endian format.
CR 1-19919211 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD - SFM 7558 Nastran CWELD elements may have a problem projecting the GS node on SHELL elements. This may lead to SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7588. CR 1-19947997 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CQUADX - Wrong Answers SOL 600 with axisymmetric CQUADXC elements does not correctly translate the constraints. This lead to failure or incorrect answers. CR 1-19948321 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - CSUPER - Inefficient Restart If CSUPER elements are attached in an assembly restart run, then the downstream modes maybe un-necessarily recomputed. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the assembly run cold start:
Description compile extin alter 'putsys'(,-1) endif $ if ( setype='extrna' or exter ) then $ endalter Known Error Product CR 1-19951511 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-19951511 Postprocessing - param,post,0 - MCID/Theta field incorrectly identified. The XDB identification always indicates not used or NULL incorrectly. The checks were bypassed when the Hyperelastic TRIA elements were added during the MSC.Nastran 70.7 development activities. CR 1-19969821 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2 and INPUTT4 generate scrambled erorr messages when an I/O error is encountered The INPUTT2 and INPUTT4 modules generate error messages using MSGPOP where the arguments do not match the text in ANALYSIS.TXT. Also, the order of the message lines in ANALYSIS.TXT may generate incomplete messages. CR 1-19978074 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - p2rset on doptprm may fail in dom10 module with illegal input. SOL 200 job with p2rset specified on the doptprm entry may fail in the dom10 module with a fatal message that indicates illegal input to the domcb subroutine. Avoidance: Remove p2rset from the doptprm entry.
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CR 1-19980541 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYTRAN *** SFM 4276 (tbk), UWM 979 (XYTRAN) If an input deck contains an xyplot command that references a non-existent grid point, the analysis may fail on alpha systems with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 and a traceback in the XYTRAN module. CR 1-19980761 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 and CAERO5 - SWM 6065
Known Error
CR 1-19980761 If PARAM, POST,0 is specified along with CAERO5 entries, then the following warning message may be issued and the xdb file corrupted. UNDEFORMED GEOMETRY RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 GRIDX 1 0 2 0 0 00000 CAQ4 1 0 2 0 0 00000 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 4 FROM SUBROUTINE CAQ4 ELEMENT 406 GRID POSITION 3 CONTAINS AN INVALID INTERNAL INDEX. LIMITS 1 0 2 0 0 00000 EQEXING 1 0 2 0 0 00000 EQEXINE 1 0 2 0 0 00000 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-19990290 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - RBE3 Elements Incorrectly Translated SOL 600 may incorrectly translate RBE3 elements and this leads to wrong answers. CR 1-19992961 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,AUTOMSET - UFM 2101 (GP4) If PARAM automset is used in sol 200, the job will execute one design cycle and then fail on the update step before the next design cycle with a message similar to: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) GRID POINT 23 COMPONENT 1 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM US User Avoidance: apply the following dmap alter: compile update alter 'gp4',''
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Known Error
CR 1-19992961 TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,automset $ GP4 CASESX,GEOM4S,EQEXINS,SILS,GPDTS,BGPDTS,CSTMS, MEDGE,MFACE,,geom2s,gdntab,,gpsnts,geom1s/ RMG,YG1,USET0,gpsntn/ LUSETS/S,N,NOMSET/0/S,N,NOSSET/0/S,N,NORSET/ NSKIPX/0/0/0/0/0/ALTSHAPE/sebulk/automset/snormprt/ s,n,newgpsn $
CR 1-20009232 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - UNBALNC - Null Load If the vector components (X1, X2, X3) on the UNBALNC entry aligns with the GRIDA and GRIDB direction defined on the RSPINT entry, then a null solution is obtained. This should result in a fatal error rather than continuing the execution. Avoidance: The avoidance is to correct the UNBALNC X1, X2 and X3 components.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-20032521 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - EIGRL, DOMAINSOLVER, STATSUB - UFM 9139 in PHASE0 DMAP checks for fmax on the eigr and/or eigrl entries do not take a static subcase (statsub) into account and the job may incorrectly fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 9139 in PHASE0. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance.
Description
2005r1: compile phase0 alter 34,49 $ 2005r2: compile phase0 alter 'IF ( (NFOUND\<0 OR FMAX', '' $
CR 1-20049736 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling, Superelements - TEMP(LOAD), multiple subcases - Wrong answers
Known Error
CR 1-20049736 If superelements exist in SOL 105 and multiple load cases are analyzed, the results may be incorrect. The results may vary depending on the order of the subcases. The use of superelements is not recommened in SOL 105 because the upstream shapes may not be correct. However, if superelements are used and multiple subcases exist the results should not depend on the ordering of the subcases.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile sekdr alter 'setq','' case cases,/case1/'tran'/colno $ call setq case1//seid/peid/s,mtemp/s,k2gg/s,m2gg/ s,b2gg/s,mpc/s,spc/s,load/s,deform/s,templd/ s,p2g/s,dyrd/s,meth/s,mfluid $
Known Error Product
CR 1-20066405 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODE TRACKING and SCR=NO - SFM 4276, EC 3001 GREAD A SOL 200 job that includes mode tracking and eigenvector responses may fail in the DOM10 module with a message similar to: BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GREAD , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0
Description
This error only occurs if SCR=NO is used. Avoidance: Run with SCR=YES or apply the following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'RESP3rg,rr2idrg',' ' DELETE /RESP3RG,rr2idrg,wgtmg,RQATABRG,modrprg $
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CR 1-20081221 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC, PARAM,POST,0 - XDB CBUSH object orientation vector is incorrectly translated The items within the CBUSH MSC.Access object contain incorrect values for the orientation information.
CR 1-20088574 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - View Factor Output truncated View factor output may be incorrectly truncated. The output below demonstrates the problem where the exponent in the last line of the FIJ column is incomplete. *** VIEW FACTOR MODULE *** OUTPUT DATA *** CAVITY ID = 1 ***
Description
ELEMENT TO ELEMENT VIEW FACTORS C* PARTIAL SURF-I SURF-J AREA-I AI*FIJ FIJ ERROR SHADING ERROR SCALE 100001 - 100002 6.5403E-03 1.36031E-05 2.07989E-03 2.1633E-03 NO YES 100001 100003 6.5403E-03 7.94674E-06 1.21504E-03 1.3356E-03 NO YES 100001 100002 6.5403E-03 1.32132E-05 2.02027E-0 240/256
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CR 1-20107532 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - XDB file missing when job is submitted to AIX 5 using "node" option from Windows MSC.Nastran 2005 Local Computer: Win2000 Remote Computer: AIX 5.1 Hostname = dcadsi03 When user submits job to remote computer: nastran test1.bdf node=dcadsi03
Description
all Nastran output files are copied (rcp) back to the local WinPC except for the xdb file. The mscrsh.exe is being used on the local WinPC when the Nastran job communciates with the remote computer. This was verified by looking at the Task Manager on the local WinPC, and seeing the mscrsh.exe process. When sumbitting from Windows to a unix machine using the "node" option,
Known Error
CR 1-20107532 the XDB file is not copied back to the Windows machine. The following warning message appears after submital: MSC.Nastran beginning job test1.T2368_12. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. MSC.Nastran job test1@dcadsi03.vought.com completed.
Known Error Product
CR 1-20111125 MSC / MD Nastran SWM and SFM 3001 for AUTOMSET used with external SE (V2005) - SFM 3007 for V2005r2 For a small model, it can be demonstrated: the following error shows up, if AUTOMSET is used (V2005): SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (DECOMP) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED RMAT AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. ... SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MODUSET) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED GPART AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. ... PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 101 AND SUBROUTINE IS DDCOMP
Description
For version 2005.1 dated May 16, the error reads SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (MCE1) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE UDCOMP
Without AUTOMSET the job runs through.
Tested with Version 2010.1.0-CL68945 on Windows 32bit. Error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (MCE1) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE FACDRV Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Nastran Reference Manual: chapter 8.2 Grid Point Stresses documentation error In Chapter 8.2 of the Nastran Reference Manual states: CR 1-20131638 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-20131638 Grid point stress recovery is only available in linear static analysis, real eigenvalue analysis and transient analysis. should read: Grid point stress recovery is only available in linear static analysis, real eigenvalue analysis and transient analysis and nonlinear static analysis.
CR 1-20135551 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - param usetprt integer overflow ****** with more than 1 million DOFs An integer will occur in USETPRT output for inputs greater than one million DOFs. CR 1-20135658 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - PBUSH, PSHELL - Incorrect structural damping GE Variable GE damping on the PBUSH or PSHELL entries may lead to incorrect damping and thus wrong answers in Version 2004 and Version 2005.
Description
Avoidance: Although the error is only likely to occur for large models, there is no avoidance other than not using this capability. The error has been fixed in version 2005.1.2. Requested platforms have been put to the Training and Support - Nastran Product Update web site. CR 1-20143203 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - PARTN - UFM 2170 A frequency response analysis, SOL 108 , with no null columns in the damping matrix (BJJX) may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 in the PARTN module in the PHASE1A subDMAP.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1a alter 'if ( nonull\<','' dbstatus vb//s,n,nullvb $ if ( nonull<>-1 and nullvb>-1 ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-20143203 alter 'if ( nonull\<'(2),'' if ( nonull<>-1 and nullvb>-1 ) then $ endalter
CR 1-20160681 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - QUAD8, TRIA6 - Poor Results with out of plane flexibility CQUAD8 and CTRIA6 may provide poor buckling results when out of plane shear flexibility is included. This problem is addressed in MD R4 Version 2009.0.0. SYSTEM(448)=1 may be specified to obtain old results. CR 1-20164298 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBEAM - Incorrect or Missing Punch Output When a SOL 200 input file includes PBEAM entries with the NO option, the updated PBEAM entries are not all written correctly to the .PCH file.
Description Avodiance: There is no avoidance other than manually creating the PBEAM entries. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-20166404 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - SOL 146, OLOAD - Missing Output OLOAD output is not supported in SOL 146 for transient reponse. Avoidance: To request OLOAD output for transient response in SOL 146, add the following DMAP alter: Description compile seaero alter 'delete \/ppf,psf','' delete /psf,,,, $ IFT ppf,CASES,TRL,FOL/ pxf,fol3/IFTM $ equivx pxf/ppf/-1 $ CR 1-20171152 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-20171152 Aeroelastic Analysis - PERQ field on the AEFORCE bulk data entry is not supported The 2005 Quick Reference Guide indicates that field 9 of the AEFORCE entry can be used to specify that the associated data is PERQ (that is, per unit of dynamic pressure). This feature is not supported until Version 2005R3 (2005.5). Avoidance: Include the dynamic pressure factor in the loads and leave the PERQ attribute blank The following alter can be applied in the tier1 version of 2005 or 2006. I have not checked 2005r2 compile aestatrs list alter 'pavst'(2),'' type parm,,i,n,nopvperq $ dbstatus pvperq//s,n,nopvperq $ if ( nopvperq > 0 ) then $ $ partition the v-set into those to be scaled by Q and those $ that are absolute. Then, scale and remerge partn pavst,pvperq,/paast,,paqst,/1 ADD paqst,/qpaqst/CQ $ scale by q merge paast,,qpaqst,,pvperq,/pavstf/1 $ $ partn pgvst,pvperq,/pgast,,pgqst,/1 ADD pgqst,/qpgqst/CQ $ scale by q merge pgast,,qpgqst,,pvperq,/pgvstf/1 $ else $ equivx pavst/pavstf/always $ equivx pgvst/pgvstf/always $ endif $ call appndadb aedbstdx,uxvst,,,,pavstf,pgvstf/ mrgindx,mrguxv,mrgwjv,mrgfjv,mrgqkv,mrgqav,mrgqgv $ PARAML mrgindx//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NvTERMS $ delete /pavstf,pgvstf,,, $ CR 1-20172731 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CHACBR, EIGC - Wrong Answers, Primepower Only Models with acoustic barrier CHACBR elements may yield incorrect complex eigenvalues In MSC.Nastran 2005.1 on Fujitsu Primepower machines.
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CR 1-20184226 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD, TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 4016 A model which has cweld elements and temperature loading terminates with USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP)
Description
Avoidance: A TEMPD must be defined. Temperature loading is not supported for cweld, cfast, and cwseam elements. The problems has been addressed by skipping the nodal temperature check for these elements. CR 1-20194247 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBRSECT - Missing Punch Output An optimization analysis, SOL 200, with designed PBRSECT entries may fail to punch the complete PBRSECT entry. For some entries, only the outer loop definition was punched, the inner loop definition was missing. Furthermore, the outer loop definition was that of the original definition and not the optimized definition. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than manually creating the entries.
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CR 1-20216437 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SFM 478 (GPFLIX) DATA BASE, HAS A NULL TIME STAMP Client ran restart job on Intel Linux and obtained a message indicating that the attached master file had a null timestamp. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 478 (GPFILX) THE FOLLOWING LOGICAL NAME, PART OF THE LOCATED DATA BASE, HAS A NULL TIME STAMP. USER INFORMATION: LOGICAL NAME = SE1 ---------------------Assign master='modes-r1.master' should have been Assign master='modes-r1.MASTER' (on linux you must specify the correct uppercase and lowercase spelling. The above SFM 478 is confusing and should indicate that the assigned file
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Known Error
CR 1-20216437 could not be found and to look toward possible misspelling of the file name and/or upper/lower case mismatch. ******************************** Fixed V2007.0.0
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CR 1-20218686 MSC / MD Nastran Loads - Combining load cases with references to non-existant loads - Wrong answers If a reference is made to a non-existant load the following warning message is issued. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3204 (SSG1) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 16064) IN TABLE (SLT ) IN SUBROUTINE (SSG1). However, if an attempt is made to combine non-existant load cases with existing load cases, wrong answer result. Avoidance: Remove the reference to the non-existant load cases.
Description
CR 1-20220161 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - DPHASE - Single Precision Loads A SOL 108 run with DPHASE data generates loads in single precision on short word machines. Loads should be generated with double precision accuracy. This may lead to results that do not contain the fidelity expected by the user. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 1-20221811 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel Processing - Acoustic with Akusmod input, DMP=1 - SFM 3007 When an Acoustics job (with Akusmod input) is submitted with dmp=1 the job fails with the message:
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CR 1-20221811 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DISUTIL) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DISUTIL Avoidance: DMAP avoidance for SOL 111 version 2005. compile read70 $ alter 'if ( nproc','endif $ nproc' $ if ( nproc>1 ) then $ if ( procid=1 ) then $ disutil agg0,,,////3 $ else if ( procid>1 ) then $ delete /agg0,,,, $ disutil ,,,,/agg0///3 $ endif $ endif $ endalter $
CR 1-20221988 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP, PUNCH, NLSTRESS - Missing Output in Punch File. If an NLSTRESS and STRESS output request is made in the same run, GAP FORCES are not written to the PUNCH file. Avoidance: Remove the NLSTRESS request form the output.
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CR 1-20222042 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response - PARAM,LFREQ, PARAM,SCRSPEC - Response spectrum SPCFORCES are incorrect Response Spectra analysis produces incorrect SPC forces when param,lfreq or the MODESELECT command is used. All other results are correct.
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile postreig alter 'sdr1' $ equivx qgh/phqg/-1 $
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Known Error
CR 1-20240253 Elements - CHEXA, TEMP(INIT) - Wrong Answers for Temperature Dependent Materials In a linear static thermal stress analysis with a temperature dependent material wrong results may be generated if - HEXA elements are present and a - TEMP(INIT) Case Control Command is used
Description
Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1. Use a TEMP(MATERIAL) or TEMP(BOTH) Case Control Command instead of TEMP(INIT) and specify TREF on the material entry. 2. Setting NASTRAN SYSTEM(309)=1 also avoids the error and still allows the usage of TEMP(INIT). But this second avoidonce should not be used for highly skewed HEXA8.
CR 1-20240331 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - Poor Message, SFM 3062 A SOL 200 optimization job with DRESP1 that references a missing GRID may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 instead of a USER FATAL MESSAGE that identifies the missing GRID. Avodiance: Use PARAM,SOLADJC,-1
Description
CR 1-20258966 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - UFM 4319 on AIX 5.1 only SOL 114, cyclic symmetry, jobs may fail in Version 2005 on IBM AIX 5.1 with USER FATAL MESSAGE 4319. Avoidance: Run on a different platform or use an earlier version.
CR 1-20275134 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - MAXMIN - User input errors are not trapped
Known Error
CR 1-20275134 When the following incorrect case control commands are used: maxmin(def) disp maxmin(def) stress quad4 maxmin=all Nastran will fail without issuing a meaningful message.
Description
CR 1-20275644 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, PARAM,COMPMATT - SFM 6352 (TDCINI) If a nonlinear analysis, SOL 106, contains a PCOMP entry with LAM="SYM" specified in field 9 and parameter COMPMATT is set to "YES" or "NONSMEAR" the analysis may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (TDCINI) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR= 350. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: IPTR= 10916, ENDREC= 10900 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE PARENT SUBROUTINE IS NLINIT
Description
OR MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4012FE, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1FD0A00 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3DF0020 MAIN: Exception occurred at address 00C35C86. MAIN: Program attempted to access data at location E346AA1C. Avoidance: Other than removing PARAM,COMPMATT, no avoidance exists.
Known Error Product
CR 1-20277571 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - NLRGAP - SFM 3001 in the DPD module in XRANDOM subDMAP A SOL 108 deck with an unused NLRGAP entry in the input fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 in the DPD module in the XRANDOM subDMAP. Avoidance: Remove the unused NLRGAP entry.
Description
CR 1-20290197 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - CBUSH - UFM 2170 The enforced motion example attached contains two CBUSH and two CONM2 elements. It used to run in nastran 2005r1 but is failling during restart in 2005r2 with the following message: USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7559 (FRRD1A) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF EXCITATION -ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT USING SPC / SPCD DATA USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 (PARTN2) BOTH THE ROW AND COLUMN PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE PURGED AND ONLY ONE MAY BE. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter into the restart run: compile semfreq alter 'freqdep='(,-1) putsys(0,109) $ alter 'freqdep=' putsys(1,109) $
Description
CR 1-20375480 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MFLUID and param,vmopt,2 - Wrong Answers Starting in V2004r3, PARAM,VMOPT,2 gives wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile mgen2a alter 'mpyad phsa,phh' equivx eh/lammat/-1 $ endalter CR 1-20375725 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DVPREL2 - SFM 3007 (DOM9)
Known Error
CR 1-20375725 If a DVPREL2 (or DVCREL2 or DVMREL2) references more desvar id than there are desvar entries and optimization is performed, a non-useful fatal message is produced. This can also happen when the user calls out the same desvar id on a dvprel2 entry more than once. On windows, the job ends with: MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4012FE, A(/SYSTEM/) = 1FD0A00
Description
MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3BF0020 While on AIX the job ends with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM9) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOM63 User Avoidance: Remove the duplicate reference to the same ID on the DVPREL2 entry or add dummy desvar entries to make the number of desvar's greater than the maximum number of DESVAR's called out on a DVxREL2.
CR 1-20425054 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SECONCT - UFM 6782, Module SEP1X, Subroutine SEPMC2 If a nonexistent grid is identified on a SECONCT entry for a part SE model, the Module SEP1X will issue the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6782 (SEPMC2) THE FOLLOWING GRIDS OR SCALAR POINTS SPECIFIED ON SECONCT ENTRIES COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN SUPERELEMENT 0 204 The module also identifies all other grids identified after the nonexistent grid as being unlocatable.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-20431353 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - mode=i8 - Restarts on ilp64 (a.k.a. i8) systems may fail with ufm 3005 (SMA3) Restarts on ilp64 (a.k.a. i8) systems may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005
Known Error
CR 1-20431353 (SMA3). This problem is demonstrated with tpl test nkel71a and restart nlel71a. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (SMA3) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX (NONE) IN SUBROUTINE SMA3GS 0FATAL ERROR
CR 1-20491407 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CBUSH, XYPLOT - UWM 979 (XYTRAN), Missing Output In SOL 106, a request for xyplot output of cbush element forces results in no data and the following warning message:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID 1503 -FORC- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 106 CR 1-20500621 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CPENTA, SDR2 - Poor Performance Large problems with large number of PENTA elements could experience significant performance issues in SDR2 element data recovery. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to use other elements or do not include the PENTA's in the output set unless necessary.
Description
CR 1-20523074 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CGAP, TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 4016 Temperature loading is not supported for CGAP elements. If temperature loading exists in a model with CGAP elements, NASTRAN incorrectly performs a check of the nodal temperatures of the grids attached to the gap elements too. If there is no temperature specified, Nastran terminates with USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (TA1ETD) indicating that there is no temperature data for the gap element.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-20580861 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - SSG1 - UFM 6827 (PLOAD4D), Incorrect Memory Management If there is a large model with many grid points and elements, the job may fail with an inappropriate USER FATAL MESSAGE 6827 indicating a problem with geometry. Avoidance: Increase 'mem' on the Nastran command.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-20595728 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CONM2 - Poor Message, UFM 2025 (EMG), Undefined coordinate system If a conm2 entry references an undefined coordinate system UFM 2025 (EMG) is output but the element(s) in error is not identified. CR 1-20609309 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PSHELL referencing MAT10 - No connection between structure and fluid If a PSHELL entry references a MAT10 entry, Nastran should issue a fatal message that indicates that a shell element cannot reference fluid materials. CR 1-20622051 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP - PRTPCOMP=0 does not work if LAM="SMEAR", Extra Output PRTPCOMP=0 [same as SYSTEM(361)=0] should supress the printout of equivalent PSHELLs and MAT2s for PCOMP entries. However, it does not work when LAM="SMEAR" on the PCOMP record. CR 1-20632561 MSC / MD Nastran
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Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-20632561 Acoustics - RBE1, RBE2, RBAR, RBE3 etc. - Wrong Answer if rigid elements attached to fluid dof If a rigid element (RBE1, RBE2, RBAR, RTRPLT, RSPLINE, RBR3, etc) is connected to a fluid degree of freedom, no message is given, and wrong answers occur. The rigid element family was not intended for fluid degrees of freedom; a fatal message should have been issued.
Description Avoidance: Use MPC equations for fluid constraints. Always refer to component "1". ************************* Fixed V2005.5.2 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-20647414 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - TEMPD - Floating Point Exception A nonlinear analysis, which includes nonlinear heat transfer, may fail with a floating point exception. The error has only been encountered on Windows and was the result of a poor guess for TEMPD. MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 401304, A(/SYSTEM/) = 21A4920 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 3A00000 MAIN: "Floating point overflow" (C0000091) exception encountered. Avoidance: Make a better guess on TEMPD for the initial temperature. Known Error Product CR 1-20748432 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBEAM entries with 2 identical stations yields incorrect mass properties PBEAM entries with two identical stations yields incorrect mass properties. For example; Description PBEAM 21001 1 47.1 21145. 21145. 42290. +000001 +000001 NO .1282 47.1 21145. 21145. 42290.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-20748432 +000002 +000002 NO .1282 28.2 12687. 12687. 25374. +000003 +000003 NO .8718 28.2 12687. 12687. 25374. +000004 +000004 NO .8718 47.1 21145. 21145. 42290. +000005 +000005 NO 1. 47.1 21145. 21145. 42290. +000006 +000006 .5 .5 gives the correct answer Avoidance: Remove the duplicate station.
Known Error Product
CR 1-20752361 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Poor Message, DRESP2 references a custom DRESP1 (MAX or RSS) If a DRESP2 entry uses Flag DRESP1 to reference a custom DRESP1 such as MAX or RSS DRESP1, then the job will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 7147.
Description Avoidance: The message should be improved to direct the user to use Flag DRESP2 instead of DRESP1. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-20780764 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - Excessive Disk Space Solution 101 requires excessive disk space when reducing an external superelement model to aset. The excessive disk space is required because the RFA matrix is unnecessarily created. Description Avoidance: Apply the folloiwng DMAP avoidance: compile extout alter 'call genrga'(,-1) if ( sdrs<>1 ) then $ alter 'call genrga' endif $ sdrs<>1 CR 1-20798001 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-20798001 Elements - PBRSECT, PBMSECT, EMG - Fatal Message If on the PBRSECT or PBMSECT entry a straignt segments, the job may fail in the element generation routines in the EMG module. Avodiance: Do not split a straight segement into multiple l segments.
CR 1-20798063 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - IDENT, CP - UWM 6152, 6209 The IDENT, CP, and BW are 3 distinct fluid-structure interface methods. When IDENT is used, the METHOD field (CP or BW) should be ignored. However, if CP is entered on the METHOD field when the IDENT option is used, a default NORMAL of -.001 is passed to the IDENT method. This will cause the job to fail with UWM 6152 and 6209 stating that acoustic coupling matrix is not created for this model. Avoidance: Explicitly enter .001 for the NORMAL.
Description
CR 1-20805090 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - CAABSF - Wrong Answers Nastran 2005r2 gives wrong answers when absorbers (CAABSF) are used together with MDACMS. This error only occurs for models which contain frequency dependent elements attached to fluid points. At this time only CAABSF elements have this feature
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance: compile fdrmgen alter 'partn mdotm,,vgfd','' add5 rph,mdotm,,,/mdotm1 $ partn mdotm1,,vgfd/,rgxfd,,/1 $ delete /mdotm1,,,, $ endalter
Known Error
CR 1-20868511
CR 1-20868511 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/IOG, QRG - SYSTEM(319) - Messages Documentation System cell 319 provides a mechanism to allow users to print additional information associated with warning, information and fatal message. The QRG contains a description of this system cell but it should also be included in the IOG. system(319) keyword=XMSG type=Integer This is used by MSGAPIC.C to switch on/off additional user/system information for messages output to the f06. SYSTEM(319) = 0 (Default) Do not show extra information. = 1 Show extra information. (Default=0) The IOG now contains this Paragraph: When reviewing the analysis.txt file, note the use of system(319), also called keyword XMSG, to provide a mechanism for printing additional information associated with messages. If the I in Information is a lower case i and XMSG=1, then the additional information will be printed.
Description
CR 1-20877351 MSC / MD Nastran The follower force matrix for FORCE1 loads appears to be wrong. The follower force matrix for FORCE1 loads appears to be wrong. This problem will affect the following type of models: 1. Goematric nonlinear analysis (PARAM, LGDISP, 1) in SOL 400, 106, and 129. 2. There are FORCE1 Bulk data entry in the model. The error is shown by a test deck doing the following:
Description 1. The test deck converges in 17 iteations. 2. A DMAP ALTER, which will reverse the sign of the follower force matrix, is inserted in the model. This run converges in 8 iterations. 3. Use "PARAM, FOLLOWER, NO" to de-select the use of the follower force matrix. This run converges in 10 iterations. Please note that the follower force matrix will affect only the rate of convergence, not the results of solution. If the solution is converged, the solution is correct whether the follower force matrix is used or not.
Known Error
CR 1-20877351 Avoideance: Use "PARAM, FOLLOWER, NO" to de-select the use of the follower force matrix.
CR 1-20891501 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - SOLVE - Wrong Answers The SOLVE module "invert" option (SYM=3) is broken. It only works for small problems; if FBS has to do multiple passes, it will produce wrong answers for the last pass.
Description
Avoidance: Generate an identity matrix, and use the identity matrix as the second input (rhs matrix). E.g. paraml kaa//'trailer'/2/s,n,NCOL $ matgen ,/ident/1/NCOL $ solve KAA,ident,,,/KAAINV1/ $
CR 1-20899028 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMODL, ALLSET=yes - possible wrong answers In an acoustic analysis, if ALLSET is set to yes on the ACMODL entry, then the results may be incorrect. Avoidance: Remove ALLSET and use the default value.
CR 1-20900111 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1, TABLES1 - UFM 2076 User fatal message 2076 may be encountered incorrectly if a model contains a very large number of material entries that reference temperature dependent tables.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2076 (TA1) TABLES1 BULK DATA ENTRY ID 52020, WHICH IS REFERENCED BY MATS1 ENTRY ID48490980, IS INCORRECTLY DEFINED FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
CR 1-20944681 MSC / MD Nastran Access - DEMO1 component fails on some operating systems The MSC.Access DEMO1 program has shown a FATAL traceback on some platforms and operating systems. This error was due to libdbio dependencies not being in the makefile. The Platforms affected are Linux64 and IRIX64. CR 1-20954421 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - F1 specified on EIGR/EIGRL may lead to Wrong Answers For MDACMS, if F1 is specified on the selected EIGR or EIGRL entry, and if F1 is less than 1.0, and if there are eigenvalues between F1 and 1.0 Hertz, then the eigenvalues in [F1,1.0] will be recovered twice. Avoidance: Do not specify F1 less than 1.0 for ACMS.
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-20979791 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM, PENAL- Incorrect dependent design variable constraints The DOPTPRM parameter PENAL can be used to transform an infeasible design task to a feasible one. If this is used with the DOT optimizer and there are dependent design variables, the constraints on the first dependent design variable as seen by DOT are incorrect. This error should not affect the results unless the dependent design variable is close to or exceeding its bounds. Avoidance: Use the MSCADS optimization algorithm in place of DOT
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-21038768 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RIGID=Lagrange Fails in SOL 106 with SFM 4017 from NLCOMB Lagrange rigid element RBE2 is not available for SOL106. If used the
Known Error
CR 1-21038768 following fatal message is encountered in the NLCOMB module *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4017 (NLCKDT) ESTNL AND FILE (103) ARE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLCOMB) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCKDT In Version 2005R3 as documented in the QRG, the RIGID=LAGRANGE command will be ignored in SOL 106 and RIGID=LINEAR will be used. Model ran to completion on 2004 without issuing any message. Avoidance: A possible avoidance is to replace the RBE2 elements with stiff CBEAM elements. Else use SOL 400 in MD Natran.
Known Error Product
CR 1-21115634 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - ASSIGN FORM=BIGENDIAN or LITTLEENDIAN - UFM 659 (IFP1PO) If a run has multiple subcases and multiple assign statements that specify a non-native form of the output file, i.e. bigendian on a little endian machine or littleendian on a bigendian machine, the job may fail. For example the following input leads to the fatal message below: ASSIGN output2 = '12_little.op2', UNIT = 12,form=bigendian ASSIGN output2 = '61_little.op2', UNIT = 61,form=bigendian ASSIGN output2 = '62_little.op2', UNIT = 62,form=bigendian SOL 103 CEND post patran tofile 12 SUBCASE 1 METHOD = 1 $ modes=5 disp(plot)=all post displace tofile 61 SUBCASE 6 METHOD = 2 $ modes=10 stress(plot)=all post stress tofile 62 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 659 (IFP1PO)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-21115634 THE FORTRAN LOGICAL UNIT REFERENCE NUMBER 61 ON THE ABOVE POST COMMAND REFERENCES A FILE THAT HAS A FORM=FORMATTED ATTRIBUTE. A PREVIOUS POST COMMAND SPECIFIES FILE UNIT 12 FOR FORMATTED OUTPUT. THE POST COMMAND DOES NOT ALLOW A FILE UNIT CHANGE FOR FORM=FORMATTED FILES. ********************* Fixed V2005V3B V2005.5.2
Known Error Product
CR 1-21152384 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RIGID=LAGRANGE and TEMP(LOAD) - GP4, UFM 5289 (GP4RG) A superelement model executing SOL 101 with a TEMP(LOAD) that specifies a coefficient of thermal expansion, alpha, on the RBE2 entry and the case control command RIGID=LAGRANGE or LGELIM fails in the GP4 module with the following fatal message. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5289 (GP4RG) AN MPC OR RIGID ELEMENT BULK DATA ENTRY WITH DEPENDENT DEGREEOF-FREEDOM GRID ID = 0 AND COMPONENT = 1 CONTAINS AN INDEPENDENT DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM --GRID ID = 101 AND COMPONENT = 1-- THAT IS SPECIFIED MORE THAN ONCE. Avoidance: Grids 0 and 101 are not specified on the RBE2 entries. Removal of the RIGID case control command allows the input file to run as expected but without the thermal expansion for the RBE2.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-21221351 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - temp(load) and buckling response may have incorrect sensitivity Sensitivity coefficenet for a SOL 200 job may be in error if the following conditions are met.
Description a. has buckling eigenvalue as constraint b. has temp(load) in static subcase
Known Error
CR 1-21221351 c. has 'PARAM,DSNOKD,1.0' Aovoidance : attached following DMAP alter compile response $ alter ' bdiag,budg,dkdgg,budg'(,-2),''(,-2) $ EMG EST,CSTMS,MPTX,DIT,,ugb,ETT, EDT,,,BGPDTS,GPSNTS,,,,,/ KDELMDg,KDDTDg,,,,/ 1/0/0/-1/-1/-1/ 0 /-1//////1 $
CR 1-21243388 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR - SFM 3001 A SOL 200 job will fail with system fatal message 3001 if it has a DESVAR command in the Case Control section referencing a SET ID to select design variables and that SET covers all DESVAR entries in the input deck. Avoidance : Either use DESVAR = ALL or remove DESVAR in case control
Description
CR 1-21249491 MSC / MD Nastran Executive System - RESTART - SFM 1013 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1013 may occur in a restart if the solution sequence is large enough to exceed an array size. For example, the index to FREDBD in common block DBFREX is out of bound. That array is sized to 300, but in OPNDBS, the FREPTR is calculated to be 303 (outside the array bounds).
Description
Avoidance: Execute the job as a cold start. Known Error Product CR 1-21251041 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - DDRMM, SORT2, SPARSEDR=NO - Missing Output for multiple subcases If PARAM,SPARSDR,NO is set, the second and subsequent subcases in a transient analysis will not produce SORT2 output.
Description
CR 1-21289481 MSC / MD Nastran installation - linux - Missing Libraries - LD_PRELOAD LD_PRELOAD was set on Linux systems in 2005.1. This setting may cause a message in the log file about missing libraries. Avoidance:
Description
Replace the following line in $MSC_BASE/bin/nast20051.lcl and $MSC_BASE/bin/nast20051.dmp: %MSC_ARCH=linux:% export LD_PRELOAD with %MSC_ARCH=linux:%# export LD_PRELOAD
CR 1-21298401 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - CQUADR/CTRIAR center format not supported by DBC The CQUADR/CTRIAR center format was not supported by DBC CR 1-21304451 MSC / MD Nastran MPYAD - Arithmetic Exception - machine dependent failure The MPYAD module may fail for large problems in which the first matrix has a large number of rows and a small number of columns. This error only occurs when a very large memory is specified. Avoidance: Reduce the memory request.
Description
CR 1-21317981 MSC / MD Nastran AUTOMSET - UFM 9163 (SEKR0) Models that contain redundant, i.e over constrained, rigid elements will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 9163 if PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES is specified. An avoidance is available in the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 1-21317981 compile sekr0 alter '9163', 'RETURN' $ message //' user'/wrn/'message 9163 (sekr0)' $ message //' The following mpc and/or rigid element '/ ' equations are redundant and will be discarded ' $ matgpr bgpdts,uset1,,rax//'h'/'a' $ endalter
CR 1-21318011 MSC / MD Nastran AUTOMSET - Wrong Answers for Multiple BC If PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES is specified for any job with multiple boundary conditions (BC), results for the second and subsequent BCs will be wrong.
Description
An avoidance is available via DMAP alter: compile sekr0 alter 'DBSTATUS knn'(,-1) delete /knn,,,, $
Known Error Product
CR 1-21345191 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FLUTTER, Superelements - EOF on vtqu in dsfltf. SOL 200 job with flutter response and design model covers more than one upstream SE will fail in DSFLTF module with EOF on vtqu. This problem does not affect SOL 200 job with residual only or design models that span only one upstream SE. Avodiance : use following alter to avoid the problem
Description
ompile respsen,list $ alter 'lpflg=0' $ type parm,,i,n,lpflgcu $ lpflgcu=0 $ alter 'call flutsens','' $ IF ( DOFLUTDG>0 ) then $ lpflgcu = lpflgcu + 1 $ call flutsens,
Known Error
CR 1-21345191 KDICTDSF,KELMDSF,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,KDICT, KELM,DSPT1,MDICTDSF,MELMDSF,MDICT,MELM,EST, MPTS,DIT,ett,GPSNTS,BDICTDSF,BELMDSF, KDICTDSB,KELMDSB,MDICTDSB,MELMDSB,BDICTDSB, BELMDSB,CASEM,EDT,PHDH,EMAP,CASEXX,SLT, MAPS,USET,GOAT,GOAQ,GM,CASES,KHH,BHH,MHH, QHHL,FLUTAB,R1TABR/ DELFL,VDKU,cdelk,cdelm,cdelb,dug,dvg/ LPFLGcu/DMRESD/SEID/RSONLY/CDIFX/NOPSLG/ IMAGE/shapeopt $ endif $
CR 1-21377192 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9 - SFM 4276 EC 3021 When an optimization job includes DVPREL1 entries, each of which references a single DESVAR entry and some of which includes non-zero PMIN and PMAX fields, then the job may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 EC 3021 in the DOM9 module. Avoidance: 1) Either leave all PMIN/PMAX fields blank on the DVxREL1 entry or add a non-zero number to all PMIN/PMAX fields of DVxREL1 entries.
Description
Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
CR 1-21389158 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - RTRPLT, PARAM,POST,0 - RTRPLT missing from xdb RTRPLT information is missing from the XDB. CR 1-21431967 MSC / MD Nastran 2005.5 Model Checkout - Singularities not identified, UFM 9050 Not Issued on Windows PC MSC.Nastran 2005r2 (version 2005.1.0) on Windows may fail to identify singularities and not issue USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050. The analysis may procede and issue very bad answers that contain rigid body motion.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-21431967 Avoidance: The error has been corrected in Version 2005.1.2 (a.k.a 2005r2a). Either run the problem in Version 2005.0.0 or get the latest release. The updated 2005.1.2 Windows analysis.exe executable is available online at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
CR 1-21462191 MSC / MD Nastran 2005.5 SOL 600/Marc Executables - 2005R2 Linux/Itanium CD - RHEL 3.0 - Memory Error The SOL 600 marc executables on the MSC.Nastran 2005r2 Linux/ Itanium CD will not work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0. They will work with RHEL 2.1 A Marc memory allocation error will appear in the log files when trying to run a Nastran SOL 600 analysis using RHEL 3.0. Avoidance: Download the file linux64_rhel3.tar.gz from MSC ftp site. This zip file contains the SOL 600 marc binaries for the RHEL 3.0 / Itanium platform. 1. unzip and untar the file in the /msc/nastran/msc20051/marc directory.
Description
It will create a linux_rhel3 directory. 2. Rename the current linux64 directory to linux64_rhel2. The Marc binaries in the current linux64 were valid for RHEL 2.1 3. Rename linux64_rhel3 to linux64. Now, the default Marc binaries are for RHEL 3.0 The problem with the wrong Marc executables for RHEL 3.0 / Itanium also applies to the Nastran 2005 installation CDs. This zip file will be posted at the following site. http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-21475421 Optimization/External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 4276 (PACK), EC 105 When a shape optimization job includes Part External SE, it will fail in DOPR2 at 2nd design cycle with the following error message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (PACK) ERROR CODE 105 PID= 0
Description Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter. compile desopt alter 'desiter=desiter+1' luset = luset0 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-21553341 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEND, TEMP(INIT) - SFM 4276 with the traceback at SDR2 A model with a CBEND element that only defines the Initial Temperature for the thermal load failed with SFM 4276 in the SDR2 module followed by a traceback.
Avoidance: Add TEMP(LOAD) command in the case control. See attachment for the model. Traceback: Offset 0x00000080 in procedure pthread_kill Offset 0x00000060 in procedure _p_raise Offset 0x00000030 in procedure raise Offset 0x0000005c in procedure tracbak_ Offset 0x000000d8 in procedure osexit_ Offset 0x00000168 in procedure nsexit_ Offset 0x00000310 in procedure pexit_ Offset 0x00003c84 in procedure gperr_ Offset 0x00000084 in procedure ginit_ Offset 0x00001470 in procedure ginoa_ Offset 0x00000960 in procedure getemp_ Offset 0x00000644 in procedure sqr2d_ Offset 0x00000648 in procedure s2ebrd_ Offset 0x000011ac in procedure sdr2e_ Offset 0x00002a60 in procedure sdr2d_ Offset 0x0000023c in procedure sdr2_ Offset 0x00000174 in procedure xsem13_
Description
Known Error
CR 1-21553341 Offset 0x00000228 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x0000005c in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000a50 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain ---
CR 1-21570101 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivty - EXTSEOUT - SFM 6551in EXTOTMIN module A SOL 200 job employing an external superelement created by using EXTSEOUT with a DISP request fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 while reading the OP2 file in the EXTOTMIN module. Avoidance: The same job runs successfully to completion if the external SE is created without the DISP request.
Description
CR 1-21572991 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT for fluid - SFM 5423 If the EXTSESOUT command is used to create an external superelement with fluid elements and fluid grid points exist on the boundary the assembly may terminate in the MPYAD module with SFM 5423. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-21602236 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Flutter Analysis - UFM 3005 (FA1) The PK and PKE flutter methods use an eigensolution which requires an invertible mass matrix. This may lead to the following fatal message:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (FA1) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX MHH IN SUBROUTINE PKINIT Known Error Product CR 1-21699761 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-21699761 Documentation - QRG - RSSCON, AUTOMSET - Wrong Answers AutoMset is not compatible with RSSCON input and will lead to wrong answers. This is a known limitation that must be documented. Avoidance: Remove PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES.
Description
CR 1-21724661 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - SPCD - UWM 4152, Wrong Answers If more than one degree of freedom is specified on a SPCD entry and USER WARNING MESSAGE 4152 (G4SPCDR) is issued, wrong answers may result. Avoidance: Only specify one dof on the SPCD entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-21737131 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel/ACMS - FLSPOUT - Wrong Answers / Missing Output Incomplete FLSPOUT (Fluid/Structure Panel Participation) output is produced when MDACMS is used with Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP). verified with v2005.5.2 round 12 q1-21737131.dat 5/12/06 run. abb There are two avoidances:
Description
1. Run in serial; do not use DMP for MDACMS with FLSPOUT. 2. Employ the following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 'if ( acms and fdfreqr','' if ( (acms or mdacms) and fdfreqr and nproc>1 and nfreqt>1 ) then $ endalter
CR 1-21764817 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3007 (DSABO) ILLEGAL INPUT TO
Known Error
CR 1-21764817 SUBROUTINE DSAB1I When an optimization job designs a temperature independent material property while specifying temperature dependent material property entrIes, MATT9 or MATT2, it will fail with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSABO)
Description
Avoidance: Do not include MATT9 or MATT2 entry in the job. Use MATT1, MATT3 or MATT5 instead. Note: The problem has been fixed in version 2005.5 and later, including 2008. MATT9 and MATT2 entries can be used in SOL 200 in later versions.
Known Error Product
CR 1-21857794 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CHEXA, MAT10 - Incorrect complex acceleration and pressure Acoustic analysis produces incorrect complex acceleration velocities and pressure levels. CR 1-21857803 MSC / MD Nastran Topology Optimization - PCOMP - UFM 2025 TA1 A topology optimization job with composite elements encounters a USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 in the TA1 module, stating that there is an UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 3000002 even though a coordinate system with that id is present in the input file. Avoidance: Other than removing the composite elements, there is no avoidance.
Description
CR 1-21860501 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - PSD - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 1-21860501 The psd response calculated in a RESTART may be incorrect in Version 2005.1.
Avoidance: In the RESTART run apply the following DMAP alter: Description ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SEMFREQ NOLIST $ ALTER 'IF ( NOUHF\<1','' $ IF ( NOT(NOPH2) AND EXTDR='NO' ) THEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $ CR 1-21869596 MSC / MD Nastran Topology Optimization - Multiple Subcases - UFM 2025 (TA1), UWM If there are CQUADx/CTRIAx referencing MCID the job may fail with one of the messages below: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (TA1) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 3000002 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 2072 (SEP1X) CARD TYPE 14101 NOT FOUND ON DATA BLOCK. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2010 (TA1) ELEMENT 201 REFERENCES UNDEFINED PROPERTY ******** Avoidance: Either use a single subcase or apply the following dmap alter: compile predom alter 'ta1 ,,ec', '' ta1 ,,ect,ept,bgpdt,sil,,CSTM,,,/ estx,,,gpect,,,,,/ luset/-1/0/1/0/0 $ Known Error Product CR 1-21892107 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GPFORCE SFM 2362 (SETA2L) SET Spill AREA HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. The following Error message was issued in V2005.0 in a run with more than 1200 subcases and GPFORCE requests in each subcase.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-21892107 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2362 (SETA2L) SET Spill AREA HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. USER ACTION: CALL MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = -99 Avoidance: Add a SUBCASE with a different set request for any GPF output.
Known Error Product
CR 1-21895337 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MAT9 - Incorrect design sensitivity coefficients Design sensitivity coefficients for MAT9 entries are incorrect. CR 1-21901601 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - DMIG, AEPRESS - SFM 4276 (FREAD) If an aeroelastic analysis has an AEPRESS entry that references an undefined DMIG entry than the job will fail with SFM 4276 in the FREAD module. Avoidance: Correct the input.
Corrected Version 2005.5 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
CR 1-21957121 MSC / MD Nastran Adams Integration - ADAMSMNF, AUTOQSET - UFM 1126 (FNFIST) A SOL 103 run that combines param,autoqset with a ADAMSMNF FLEXBODY request will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE GP4 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = YG , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-22012914
CR 1-22012914 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - nastran command - analysis.8664.exe Not Found The nastran command delivered with the MSC.Nastran 2005r2a Windows cd will attempt to find the non-existant analysis.8664.exe on em64t and opteron systems running Windows XP64. When MSC.Nastran version 2005.1.2 is executed on a Window XP64 system it fails to find the file, analysis.8664.exe, and the run terminates. An updated delivery, MSC.Nastran 2005r2b, is available on the internal ESD site and a copy will be made and sent on request.
Description
Avoidance: Although the executable for the XP64 system is not currently available, the 32 bit executable should run by using the EXE keyword to point to the analysis.exe executable or renaming the analysis.exe to analysis.8664.exe. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-22013693 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - CMSENERGY - UFM 601 The CMSENERGY command must be abbreviated with 4 charachters, i.e. CMSE, else the job will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 601. CR 1-22050590 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3002 (DOM9) An optimization job may fail in DOM9 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 with and "END OF FILE" error message if the following conditions are met: 1) Either DVCREL1 or DVMREL1 is present and it references more than one design variable or it specifies non-zero PMIN/PMAX; 2) DVxREL2 is present (or is internally spawned by designed BEAM properties),
Description
Avoidance: 1) Replace DVCREL1 or DVMREL1 with DVCREL2 or DVMREL2 or
Known Error
CR 1-22050590 2) Remove PMIN/PMAX from DVxREL1
CR 1-22053652 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - OTIME, GPFORCE - Missing Output, Extra Output OTIME in transient (direct or modal) does not work correctly for GPFORCE output request. When fewer time steps than exist are specified, all timesteps are output. If more time steps are specified than exist, gpforce results are output for the first time step only. CR 1-22059227 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD - Missing element force output If CWELD elements connect points defined using a local coordinate system, then element force requests for the element will be ignored. CR 1-22063271 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - DMIG, DMIK - Inadequate User Fatal Message, UFM 4508 (MTRXIN) The following user fatal message has been improved in Version 2005r3b to help identify the grid and component that has been identified twice.
Description
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4508 (MTRXIN) A GRID AND COMPONENT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED TWICE ON DMIK WKK Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-22099431 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES and PARAM,POST,0 - Missing data in xdb When PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is used then any grid/scalar point results will be incomplete on the xdb file. The following warning message will be issued. Description *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 22 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK DATA BASE READ RELATION PROBLEM FOR EQEXING RETURN CODE = 0.
Known Error
CR 1-22099431 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile extduset alter 'call augqset' TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,N,CP,DBCPATH $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,DBCCONV,DBCOVWRT $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,GEOMU,LOADU,POSTU,DBCDIAG,POST $ if ( post=0 ) DBC BGPDTS,GPLS,GEOM1S,EQEXINS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,// 'BGPDT'/'GPL'/'GEOM1'/'EQEXIN'///////////////// -1/DBCPATH/S,N,CP/'reig'/0/GEOMU/LOADU/ POSTU/DBCDIAG/DBCCONV/DBCOVWRT/0 $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-22164401 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD elements with PARTPAT option connect shell elements with wrong PSHELL IDs If the shell element that includes the projection point GA or GB is connected to several shell elements with different PSHELL IDs, the CWELD elements with PARTPAT option may connect shell element with wrong PSHELL IDs. CR 1-22166731 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitvity - SFM 3008, Insuffucient Memory in DSAB1J A large optimization job that has many designed elements may fail in DSAB1J with a fatal error indicating insufficient memory. Avodiance: The amount of memory required has likely been overestimated but the only avoidance is to increases the memory.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-22182521 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SOL 106 with Rigid Elements, RBE2, PARAM,LGDISP,1 Wrong Answers Nonlinear Rigid elements are not supported in Sol 106. Use Sol 400.
Known Error
CR 1-22182521 SOL 106 with rigid elements such as RBE2 may give wrong answers when PARAM,LGDISP,1 is included even if the structure exhibits linear behavior. Avoidance: Do not use rigid elements in SOL 106 with PARAM,LGIDSP,1
Known Error Product
CR 1-22194181 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitvity - Static Superelements may not utilize adjoint load method Adjoint load method may not be utilized in Statics SOL 200 job with SEs. The jobs will still run to the completion with correct results. The impact of this problem is, if any, in the performace. Avoidance: insert following alter $ compile descon,list $ alter ' if ( doeigv\>0 )'(2,-1) $ IF ( APP='STATICS' ) THEN $ TCOLADJS = TCOLADJS + COLADJ $ IF ( TADJC<0 ) THEN $ GADJFLGS = 0 $ ELSE IF ( ADJFLG>0 AND GADJFLGS=0 ) THEN $ GADJFLGS = ADJFLG $ ENDIF $ TADJC<0 COLADJ = 0 $ TADJCS = TADJC $ ENDIF $ APP='STATICS' $ CR 1-22195429 MSC / MD Nastran Multipoint Constraints & Rigd Elements - RSSCON, MPC - SMF 2104 (GP4) A SOL101 model with MPCs/SPOINTs and RSSCONs may fail with the message:
Description
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) GRID OR SCALAR POINT ID= 300740 COMPONENT = 0 FOUND ON THE MPC ENTRY IS ILLEGAL.
Known Error
CR 1-22195429 USER ACTION: CHECK MPC ENTRIES.
Known Error Product
CR 1-22266681 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - GDMODES, MDMODES - SFM 6144 (MERGE1), Job Hangs GDMODES is not designed to support component mode reduction with external superelements. If attempted the job will fail with SYTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1). MDMODES should work but may hang.
Description
Avoidance: Run without DMP. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-22331531 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SFM 3200 in BDRYINFO module ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9174 (PHASE0) ^^^ THERE ARE NO BOUNDARY GRID POINTS DEFINED FOR EXTERNAL SUPERELEMENT CREATION. ^^^ USER ACTION: SPECIFY ASMBULK=MANQ OR CHECK ASETI, BSETI, CSETI, BNDFIXI, AND BNDFREEI ENTRIES. An external SE creation run with no T-set DOFs, but only Q-set DOFs, terminates with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (Logic Error 11) in the BDRYINFO module. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-22398781 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD option 47 - SFM 4276 If the input matrix to MATMOD option 47 is null then the module will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. Avoidance: Check for a null matrix using the PARAML module before executing
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Known Error
CR 1-22398781 this option.
Known Error Product
CR 1-22403461 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SWM 6065, DBCMSG Error Message 51, Subroutine DBCUGM In MSC.Nastran Version 2005.1, SOL 145 Flutter analysis fails to write to the xdb file and generates the following message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 51 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCUGM MATRIX COLUMN CONSISTENCY CHECK FALUIRE; MATRIX 144 TABLE 210. This prevents Patran users from plotting interpolated mode shapes on the aerodynamic model. The same input file runs correctly In version 2005.0.0.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-22407911 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NSTATE of NLAUTO entry is not translated to .marc.dat file correctly with DYNAMIC The value of the NSTATE field of NLAUTO is not translated to the .marc.dat file in Transient Dynamic Analysis. CR 1-22408855 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBEAML, DVPREL1 - SFM 3007 (DOPR1) When an optimization job designs either PBARL or PBEAML and the DVPREL1 references a non-existing PBARL or PBEAML entry, the job fails in DOPR1 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 with the following message: "Illegal Input to Subroutine DOPR1C" Avoidance: Do not reference non-existent entries.
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Known Error
CR 1-22416502
CR 1-22416502 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - Enforced Motion, SPCD, PARAM,MODACC,0 - SFM 3001 in MODACC A SOL 112 deck with SPCD enforced motion and PARAM,MODACC,0 fails with SFM 3001 in MODACC module as indicated below. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MODACC) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED PDF0 AT POSITION 4 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 104 AND SUBROUTINE IS MODACC 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-22445937 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - PFAST - UFM 2025 (MODGM2), Undefined Coordinate System If a large number is used for the MCID that is referenced on the PFAST entry the job may with USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 being issued from the MODGM2 module indicating an undefined coordinate system. Avoidance: User smaller ids for the coordinate system.
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-22461444 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - MEFFMASS output request - UFM 5423 An MEFFMASS request for an analysis that produces very large, very sparse matrices by fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423. The model that experienced this fatal message had a density on the order of 1.0e-6. CR 1-22502406 MSC / MD Nastran MCFRACTION - Fluids - SFM 3007 - ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MCFRAC If MCFRACTION is used for a model that includes fluid nodes, the modal contribution output is missing, and the following error message is issued:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (MCFRAC) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE MCFRAC Avoidance: Remove the MCFRACTION request.
CR 1-22505311 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/DMAP - RANDOM - Error in Equations The following corrections should be made to the DMAP Dictionary equations for the RANDOM Module: Eqn 4-26 shoud have power 1/2 out side curley bracket. change (Fi+1 Fi)^1/2 to (Fi+1 - Fi) } ^1/2 Eqn 4-27 a) missing 1/2 power out side square bracket. b) denominator (w)dw should be w Sj (w) (Sj missing). Eqn 4-29 - Alpha and Beta are defined but never used anywhere. CR 1-22519011 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectrum Analysis - FORCE, OP2, PARAM,-1 - UWM 6286 In resposnse spectrum analysis, the following message may be issued when param,post,-1 is set and FORCE output is requested.
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Known Error
CR 1-22519011 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6286 (ZREAD) THE NDDL DESCRIPTION OF DATA BLOCK=DOEF1 , RECORD=DATA ,DOES NOT HAVE AN EITHER/OR TO MATCH OPT= 4. ITEMS ARE ASSUMED TO BE UNDEFINED. USER INFORMATION: PROBABLE CAUSE IS WRONG NDDL DESCRIPTION CODED, OR , WRONG GENERIC DATABLOCK USED (E.G. OES INSTEAD OF OEF).
Avoidance: The user warning message should be ignored. Known Error Product CR 1-22539420 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0, DBC - Missing Output in xdb, SWM 6065 DBCMSG 14 SOL106 restarts using 'PARAM,POST,0' produces an .xdb file that is missing output. The f6 output contains the following warning messages: In the run that produces .xdb nastran gives this SYSTM WARNING MESSAGE, *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCROL UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION NLLF RETURN CODE = 1. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCROL UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION NLLF RETURN CODE = 1 Avoidance: There is no avoidance for the xdb file other than running a cold start. Restarts with PARAM,POST,-1 produce a complete op2 file. Known Error Product CR 1-22555556 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Designing ZOFFS on CQUADR and CTRIAR UFM 7193 If an optimization job designs ZOFFS of a CQUADR or CTRIAR, the job fails with USER FATAL MESSAGE 7193. Avodiance: Use CQUAD4 or CTRIA3 to design ZOFFS.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-22611621 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - AUTOQSET, DMIGPCH, K4AAX - UFM 4353 (MTRXIN) Creating an external superelement (SOL 103, DMIGPCH option) using 'PARAM, AUTOQSET, YES' produces an unsymmetric K4AAX matrix. The following assembly (SOL 111) run then fails with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4353 (MTRXIN) DMIG MATRICES SELECTED BY K2GG, M2GG, B2GG OR K42GG DO NOT HAVE SYMMETRIC FORM (IFO=6).
Description
Running the job with SPOINT and QSET1 entries instead of PARAM AUTOQSET produces a symmetric K4AAX matrix and the assembly run works fine. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1b alter 'UMERGE1 uset,k4QQ,k4TQ' modtrl k4aa////6 $ alter 'UMERGE1 uset,bQQ,bTQ' modtrl baa////6 $ endalter
CR 1-22614794 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOMSET and AUTOQSET - UFM 2101 and SFM 6143 Input decks that combine AUTOQSET and AUTOMSET may fail with *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) GRID POINT 1 COMPONENT 1 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM UB ... GRID POINT 3 COMPONENT 6 ILLEGALLY DEFINED IN SETS UM UB *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in KNN is not equal to the size of the COMP-set The number of rows in KNN is not equal to the size of the COMP-set
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Known Error
CR 1-22614794 User Information: Size of input matrices and DOF sets: KNN : Rows= 17136 by Cols= 17136 Set sizes: Major (N-set)= 17196 Set0 (COMP-set)= 17148 Set1 (Q-set)= 48 Avoidance: The fatal exit can be avoided by either replacing AUTOMSET by UM feature or replacing AUTOQSET by SPOINT, QSET1 or by applying the following alter:
compile findm alter 'call zmce1' $ type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ call dbstore zgpart,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ zuzri1=newmsize $ compile augqset alter 'gp4 ','' TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,automset $ GP4 CASE,GEOM4,eqexin,SIL,GPDT,BGPDT,CSTM,,,,,,,,/ RMG,Yg1,USET0,/ LUSET/S,N,NOMSET/0/S,N,NOSSET/0/S,N,NORSET/ nskip/0/0/0/0/SEID//sebulk/automset $ alter 'PARAML USET1'(,-1) call dbfetch /zgpart,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ umerge uset1,zgpart,/gparq/'g'//'q' $ type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ MODUSET GPARq,USET1/tUSET/'NEWMSET'////zuzri1 $ equivx tuset/uset1/-1 $ ENDALTER Known Error Product CR 1-22618721 MSC / MD Nastran Distrubuted Memory Parallel - DMP, PARAM OUGCORD BASIC - Missing Results in op2 file Distributed memory parallel jobs that use PARAM,OUGCORD,BASIC will only have partial results output to the op2 file. Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'OUTPUT2.*OUGV1PAT'(,-1) if ( disofp and not(acms) ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-22618721 $ distributed and high level parallel IF ( procid<>1 ) THEN $ disofps ougv1pat,,,,,,, $ ELSE $ disofpm ougv1pat,,,,,,,/ ougv1ptt,,,,,,,/ mpibuff $ equivx ougv1ptt/ougv1pat/-1 $ ENDIF $ procid<>1 ndisofp=ndisofp+1 $ endif $ disofp
CR 1-22653481 MSC / MD Nastran Adams Integration - param,cmsortho not valid in Version 2004 & 2005 The nastran/adams interface in Version 70.7 and 2001 had a param,cmsorthono option. This option was removed in Version 2004. CR 1-22716666 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Windows Only, symbol=LM_NO_SNMP=1 missing from nast20051.rcf The symbol=LM_NO_SNMP=1 missing from the nast20051.rcf. This may cause problems with the flexlm licensing on older Windows operating systems. CR 1-22716859 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - EIGRL, ND - Extra Eigenvalues MDACMS ignores ND on the EIGRL entry and will output more eigenvalues than specified by ND. Version 2005R3 will issue a warning message that ND is ignored. CR 1-22717058 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling Analysis - EIGRL - SOL 105 may abort
Known Error Product
CR 1-22717058 In rare cases buckling problems may abort. Avoidance: This issue may be avoided by specifying a shift scale of 0.1 in the 8th field of the EIGRL entry. CR 1-22721353 MSC / MD Nastran Rotors defined using the ROTORG entry have gyroscopic terms using only the mass on the GRIDs listed All mass for any rotor defined using a ROTORG entry should be defined on the GRIDs listed on the ROTORG entry. Any mass which should belong to the rotor, but is placed on GRIDs not listed on the ROTORG entry, will be ignored when calculating the gyroscopic terms for the rotor. Only the mass shown in the R O T O R D Y N A M I C S M A S S S U M M A R Y in the f06 file is included in the calculation of the gyroscopic terms for the rotor. CR 1-22732561 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML Options 'VERS___' or 'COMP____' - Access violation The VER__ and COMP___ options of the PARAML module may fail with an access violation on some operating systems; e.g., Linux RedHat 9 and Windows. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
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CR 1-22762681 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Contact table type glue is translated incorrectly In SOL 700, the contact table type glue may be translated incorrectly in the dytran-lsdyna executable. CR 1-22832921 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - TRIM entry with AEQR set is not parsed correctly If a TRIM entry contains an AEQR value that is a real number 0 < AEQR <= 1.0 and one or both of the label fields on the parent TRIM entry are blank,
Known Error
CR 1-22832921 the AEQR value will be reset to 0.0 with the result that there is no aeroelastic feedback. Avoidance: If AEQR=1.0 is desired, leaving the AEQR field blank will result in the default of AEQR=1.0 being used. It some value other than 1.0 is desired, the only avoidance is to create dummy aerodynamic extra points (AESTAT or AEPARM) and constrain them to 0.0 on the TRIM entry so that there are no blank label fields on the parent.
Known Error Product
CR 1-22840061 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - OUTPUT2, SFM 6551 (INPTX2), AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED If element forces are requested in the external component reduction run using EXTSEOUT and the DMIGOP2 option, the datablock IEF1O may be erroneously identified (in the XSOP2DIR record) as one of the datablocks that are to be written to the op2 file. This will cause SFM 6551 in the assembly run that tries to read the op2 file when the datablock MEF1O was not written to the op2 file. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2), AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE EXTOUT NOLIST $ ALTER 'XNAME = \'MEF1O'(,-1),'' $ IF ( NOIEF1o>0 ) THEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $ Known Error Product CR 1-22912575 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - Large models run with MDACMS and DMP may hang Large models that are executed with a large memory request that use MDACMS and DMP may hang.
Known Error
CR 1-22912575 The matrix partition process (module PRESOL) may attempt to acquire extra (dynamic) memory it needs to partition the model. If there is insufficient memory available on the system to complete the memory allocation successfully, the DMP Slave process may hang. Avoidance: There are two possible workarounds: 1. Reduce the amount of memory given to Nastran with the "mem=" command line option. For most models, "mem=1gb" should be sufficient. 2. Increase the amount of memory given to Nastran. Option (1) is preferable, since the amount of extra memory may be much more than is truly needed to solve the problem. For option (1), there must be sufficient memory available on the system to satisfy the request. Exercise this option on a lightly loaded system.
CR 1-22916281 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis/Rotordynamics - MATREDU- SFM 3007, MATREDU Rotordynamics problems may fail in SOL 146 (aeroelastic analysis) in the GENGYRO subDMAP with SFM 3007 from the MATREDU module. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-22941687 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - Missing output when model contains CFASTs exist for both "PROP" and "ELEM" types GPFORCE output for CFAST elements defined using the "ELEM" option (field 4) is missing if the model contains CFASTs defined with both the "PROP" and "ELEM" types. If the model contains only one type (i.e. all "PROP" or all "ELEM") then the GPFORCE output lists the CFAST contributions.
Description In the case of the mixed PROP/ELEM model, UIM 2351 is issued, but it does not specify which element is being ignored (only says "FASTP" ) nor does it identify the element ID. It also may lead to excessive output as it produces 3 lines of output PER GRID involved in the fastener.
Known Error
CR 1-22941687 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 2351 (GPFDFA) A FORCE CONTRIBUTION DUE TO ELEMENT TYPE = FASTP , ON POINT ID = 101 WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE GRID-POINT-FORCE-BALANCE SUMMARY.
CR 1-22955943 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLITER, CGAP - Divide by Zero, UFM 4658 (NHEXD) A nonlinear analysis with CGAP entries and large displacement may encounter a divide by zero or *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4658 (NHEXD) DIFFICULT GEOMETRY PREVENTS FURTHER COMPUTATIONS FOR ELEMENT WITH ID =916 User information: Difficult geometry for solid elements occurs when faces have zero areas, or when Jacobians at integration points do not all have the same sign, which signifies that the edges are crossed. In geometric nonlinear analysis, tests are made for initial and deformed geometry. Elements should be modeled such that their faces are as nearly equilateral as possible and midside nodes should be positioned close to the center of their edges. CR 1-23000557 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,AKMPOST and GRIDMP keyword on FLSPOUT command - Wrong Answers If PARAM,AKMPOST,YES is specified and PANELs are present and the GRIDMP keyword is specified on the FLSPOUT command then the results written to Fortran unit 90 will be incorrect.
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Known Error Product
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Avoidance: Remove the GRIDMP keyword from the FLSPOUT command or insert the following DMAP alter: compile akmpost alter 'numfgrid'(2) PARAML mpfmap//'TRAILER'/6/S,N,numgrdmp $
Known Error
CR 1-23000557 alter 'rowmap = rowmap + 1'(4),'' rowmap = rowmap + 1 + numgrdmp $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-23040291 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - ISTRESS - Initial Stress Entry is not Translated Correctly for solid elements The initial stress entry "ISTRESS" for SOL 600 will be translated to "INIT STRESS" of Marc. Unfortunately, it is not translated correctly. CR 1-23061191 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Stress free initial contact of BCTABLE not translated correctly Wrong Answers Stress free initial contact of BCTABLE is not translated correctly into marc.dat file in Nastran 2005r2 SOL 600. If multiple contact pairs are defined and stress free initial contact definition is not same for them in BCTABLE, this happens. For example: Nastran input deck: BCTABLE 0 2 SLAVE 2 0. 0. 0. 0. 1 0. 010 MASTERS 1 SLAVE 3 0. 0. 0. 0. 2 0. 000 MASTERS 2 Marc input deck translated by SOL 600: CONTACT TABLE 2, 2, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 3, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2,
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Known Error
CR 1-23061191 Marc correct input deck CONTACT TABLE 2, 2, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 3, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2,
CR 1-23086666 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - IC(STATSUB) with PARAM,INREL,-2 - SFM 3001 In SOL 109, direct transient analysis, if IC(STATSUB) references a subcase with PARAM,INREL,-2 , the job will fail with the message:
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TRNSP) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: This error does not occur in SOL 112. Apply the following dmap: compile sedtran alter 'call super1','' CALL SUPER1 /CASECC ,USET ,GOT ,KAA ,DYNAMICS, dynamic ,GPLS ,SILS ,SLT ,dar , CASES ,EQEXINS ,MATPOOL ,GM ,DIT , BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,EST ,MPTS ,XYCDBS , lll ,kll ,ull , ,PCDB , EMAP ,XYCDB ,MAPS ,ETT ,PVTS , KFS ,KSS ,KSF ,EDT ,EDOM , GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,POSTCDB ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , FORCE ,casers ,SCSTM ,matpools,ditid , SPSEL , ,PJ ,PTELEM ,PG , PA ,YS ,qr ,UOO ,PSS , PL , ,gpsnts , ,KJJ , KGG ,edts ,LOO ,BJJ ,BGG , K4GG ,MJJ , ,MLR ,MLL , MRR ,CMLAMA ,CMPHA ,CMPHO , , MR ,GOQ , , ,MAA ,
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Known Error
CR 1-23086666 MAR ,MEA ,BAA ,K4AA ,MGG , , , , ,GEOM4S , VGFS ,PCDBS ,ESTL ,ESTNL ,AGG , DMIs ,DMINDXs ,DTIs ,DTINDXs ,CONTACT , btopo ,GPDTS ,MELM ,MDICT ,GEOM1 , GEOM2 ,GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,EPT ,MPT , SLIST ,KMG ,MMG ,MSF ,BMG , BSF ,K4MG ,K4SF , ,pvt , oint ,deqatn ,deqind ,medge ,gdntab , pelsets ,viewtb ,bgpdtvu ,orseq , , vgfd ,eht ,geom1s ,pvtbc , , , , , ,vgq , , , ,mmcdb , , , , , ,axic , ,,,,, epsseo ,drg ,mphvz ,bk4zz ,pcompts , pval ,elemvol ,pmyg ,pbyg ,pkyg , mss ,bss ,k4ss ,belm ,bdict , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, , , ,xsop2dir,rvg , geom1qx ,cee ,mee ,gge ,bec , mec ,cmlama1 ,ajp ,gei ,pvt0 , kay ,bay ,may ,k4ay ,goy , yg ,phba ,aaa ,aay ,asf , pggrv , , , , , ,ym , , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,/ s,APP /DMAPNO /S,RSONLY/SOLTYP /FALSE / FALSE /FALSE /FALSE /APRCH /S,SEID / S,PEID /S,MTEMP /S,LOAD /S,TEMPLD/S,DEFORM/ S,MPC /S,SPC /S,SUPORT/S,K2GG /S,M2GG / S,B2GG /S,P2G /S,DYRD /S,METH /S,MFLUID/ s,nloop /S,LASTSEID/S,PFILE/S,LUSETS/S,FSCOUP/ enfmeth /AUTOSPC /S,NOPH2 /FALSE /s,pvalid/ s,pexist/false /s,kdiff /' ' /0 / 0 /0 /0.0 /s,noph1 /s,adptindx / false /'no ' /'no ' $
CR 1-23097181 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESSUB, DFREQ, MFREQ, DSAD - Fatal
Known Error
CR 1-23097181 Message, Wrong Answers If a frequency response (ANALYSIS=DFREQ or MFREQ) with multiple subcases is submitted with the first frequency response subcase lacking a dessub request, the job can fail with system fatal messages in the dsad module or it can complete with wrong answers for the design responses and sensitivities.
Description
Avoidance: Remove the subcase that lacks a DESSUB command or place this subcase after a frequency response subcase that does have a dessub request. Known Error Product CR 1-23105401 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - Multiple boundary conditions - No error/warning message Multiple boundary conditions are not allowed in direct transient response-SOL 109. If multiple boundary conditions are defined in this SOL, only the first boundary condition will be used for all subcases and no fatal or warning messages will be issued. Avoidance: None. Description As tested in Nastran 2010 pre-release a FATAL is issued is different constraints are used in different subcases. The following message will be issued: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9074 (PHASE0) ^^^ MULTIPLE BOUNDARY CONDITION SUBCASES ARE SPECIFIED, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-23113802 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - multiple superelements and multiple subcases - SFM 6912 A linear buckling solution with more than one superelement and more than one buckling subcase may fail with the following message issued by the SEDR module: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6912 (SEDRML)
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Known Error
CR 1-23113802 THE BASIC GRID POINT DEFINITION TABLE NAMED BGPDTS AND THE DISPLACEMENT MATRIX NAMED BUG FOR SUPERELEMENT 20 ARE INCONSISTENT. USER ACTION: IF THIS IS AN EXTERNAL SUPERELEMENT DATA RECOVERY, ENSURE THAT THE BGPDTS TABLE AND NOT THE EQEXINS TABLE IS DBLOCATE'D. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN THE BASIC GRID POINT DEFINITION TABLE IS 36. THE NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN THE DISPLACEMENT MATRIX IS 60.
Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter. compile super3 alter 'ugb','' DBVIEW UGb=UG WHERE (( (seid=np2 and seid>0 and peid>0 and spc=* and mpc=* and suport=* and bmeth=* and mtemp=* and p2g=* and k2gg=* and m2gg=*) or (seid=np2 and seid=0 and peid=0 and spc=cspc and mpc=cmpc and suport=csuport and bmeth=cmeth1 and p2g=cp2g and k2gg=ck2gg and m2gg=cm2gg and mtemp=cmtemp) )) $ Known Error Product CR 1-23128147 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Buckling with external superelements UWM 6911, Wrong Answers If buckling sensitivity analysis with superelements is performed with multiple subcases UWM 6911 (as shown below) is issued indicating there are multiple copies of a requested datablock. This may lead to wrong answers. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6911 (QCBFIN) THE DBVIEW HAS YIELDED MORE THAN ONE DATA BLOCK BUG . THE PROGRAM WILL SELECT THE "FIRST" DATA BLOCK FOUND. PROGRAMMER ACTION: TO FIND THE DUPLICATES, SPECIFY THE WHERE CLAUSE FROM THE DBVIEW STATEMENT ON THE DBDICT STATEMENT AND THEN MODIFY THE WHERE CLAUSE ON THE DBVIEW STATEMENT TO REMOVE THE DUPLICATES.
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Known Error
CR 1-23128147 Avoidance: External superelements can be replaced with DMIGPCH and K2GG instead of DMIGOP2. This avoids the SE processing. Else the following dmap alter may be used: : compile respsen alter 'dbview bugx=bug','' dbview bugx=bug where (seid=temp and wildcard) $
CR 1-23153166 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - acct=yes - Accounting Program Error, mscact.c goes into an infinite loop An incomplete f04 file that contains only 2-3 columns of data in the last line may cause the accounting program to go into an infinite loop in the strtok function. CR 1-23241691 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Buckling - EXTSE - SFM 6551 (INPUTT2), during upstream buckling data recovery Beginning in Version 2005r3, a SOL 105 job with part external superelements may fail with the message below during buckling eigenvector data recovery for upstream superelements. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (IINPUTT2) module in subDMAP EXTOTMIN
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CR 1-23241901 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - GP4 - SFM 2101 pointing to an illegal dof A large model, more than 3 million dof, failed in GP4 with SFM 2101 indicating that an illegal degree of freedom existed on an mpc entry. . *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2101 (GP4) GRID OR SCALAR POINT ID= 16700047 COMPONENT = 2 FOUND ON THE MPC ENTRY IS ILLEGAL. USER ACTION: CHECK MPC ENTRIES. 0FATAL ERROR
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Known Error
CR 1-23241901 Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. **************************** Fixed V5.5.2
CR 1-23267428 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - GI, SPLINEi - Floating Point Overflow A floating point exception can occur due to an attempt to divide by zero when processing aerodynamic spline input. Avoidance: The problem may be avoided by running on a different platform. The only other avoidance is to use a release prior to Version 2005.1. There is no avoidancethere is not avoidance other than to use a different platform (linux seems to work okay) or to use a version of Nastran earlier than 2005.1
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Known Error Product
CR 1-23313501 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SPCF, EXTOUT - SFM 5423 in subsequent assembly run In Version 2005.1, an SPCF request in an external SE creation run results in failure with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 in a subsequent assembly run. In previous versions, the job ran, but resulted in incorrect SPCF results for interior points of the external SE. This error has been corrected in MSC.Nastran 2005.5.1 and MD Nastran 2006.0.1 Avoidance: Employ the following alters:
Description
compile extout alter 'extunit','' $ type parm,nddl,i,y,extunit,spdrrat $ alter 'outprt','' $ outprt casex,ects,bgpdts,sils,xycdbs,,,,,,,,,,,edts,/ v01dr0,vspcg,vmpcg,junk,/ s,n,sdrs/0/'sparse'/spdrrat $ dbstatus vspcg//s,n,novspcg $ if ( novspcg>0 ) then $ upartn uset,vspcg/vspc,,,/'g'/'s'//1 $
Known Error
CR 1-23313501 paraml vspc//'trailer'/5/s,n,nzspc $ CALL CFORCE1 MSF,,,,BSF,,,,KSF,K4SF,, ,,,,,,,,vspc,uset/ MSF1x,BSF1x,KSF1x,,,,vscg/ 'reig '/'reig '/'spcforce' $ endif $ novspcg>0 call xAdd5 vscg,v01dr0,,,/v01s0/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ diagonal v01s0/v01s/'whole'/0. $ paraml v01s//'trai'/6/s,n,dens//s,n,nov01s $ $ if it's full (sdrs=0) then leave it full if ( sdrs<>0 ) then $ if ( nov01s<0 ) then $ sdrs =1 $ none else if ( dens/100 sdrs=-1 $ sparse else $ sdrs= 0 $ full endif $ nov01s<0 endif $ sdrs<>0 alter 'call xadd5','' $ alter 'nouoo','nouoo'(1,1) $ paraml uoo//'null'////s,n,nulluoo $ if ( nulluoo>-1 ) then $ alter 'sdr2'(2),'' $ if ( nosset>-1 ) then $ upartn uset,ugo/ufo,,,/'g'/'f'//1 $ CALL CFORCE USET,,ufo,,MSF,,BSF,,KSF,K4SF,,,,cmlama,,/ QGo/ 'reig '/'reig '/'spcforce'/false/false $ endif $ nosset>-1 SDR2 CASEx,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINS,,ETT,nulllama,BGPDTS,,qgo, ugo,EST,XYCDBs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ ,iqg1o,IUG1o,IES1o,IEF1o,,,,,,,/ 'reig'/S,N,NOS2A/S,N,NCOMPS $ alter 'nouoo'(3),'' $ endif $ nulluoo>-1
CR 1-23354553 MSC / MD Nastran QRG/Aeroelastic Analysis - Plotting with SET 2 = AERO1 Fails In aeroelastic analysis, the plotting of the AERO1 elements are no longer available from the PLOT module using SOL 145 or 146. The Quick Reference Guide SET description Remark 1 needs to be updated to reflect this If AERO1 is used then the program issues the message:
Known Error
CR 1-23354553 ERROR MESSAGES FROM THE PLOT SET DEFINITION MODULE (PLTSET)
AERO1 ELEMENTS CANNOT BE PLOTTED BY THE STRUCTURAL PLOTTER Avoidance: Use Patran with PARAM,OPPHIPA,0 and PARAM,POST,0 and request displacement output. Create a new patran db and access both (model and results) from the xdb file. Known Error Product CR 1-23474784 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Multiple types of MATTi entries leads to SFM 3003 (EMG) When an optimization job includes more than one type of MATTi entries, or temperature Dependent Material propertiy entries, the job may fail in EMG at design sensitivity phase as follow: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (EMG) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK MPTX (FILE 103) IN SUBROUTINE PREMAT Avoidance: Include only a single type of MATTi entry in an optimization job. Known Error Product CR 1-23481533 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESVAR - SFM 4276, EC 3001 (gread) DOPR1 When an optimization job includes a DESVAR command that selects all the DESVAR entries and also includes DLINK entries, the job may fail in DOPR1 with SFM4276/3001. Avoidance: Use DESVAR = ALL or remove DESVAR command. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-23482561 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN, OUGPSD1 - Incorrect LTLEND/BIGEND
Corrected Version 2006 (MD R1) Abstract
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Known Error
CR 1-23482561 format If the LTLEND describer is used on the ASSIGN statement to write a littleendian format op2 file on a big-endian machine in a random response analysis, the OUGPSD1 datablock will have the first 3 words of the case control record written in big-endian order.
Description
The error is caused because OUTPX2 did not properly detect that there is no valid NDDL description for OUGPSD1 and other datablocks for the same OUTPUT2 DMAP statement. Just as for FORM=FORMATTED (neutral format), OUTPX2 shoud issue a UIM and skip the data block. The same problem would affect INPUTT2. CR 1-23494381 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - ADD5 - BIOMSG: ERROR 999 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE alxa2 The following error occurs in the ADD5 module when scaling a matrix when the input datablock is from a database with a smaller buffsize. BIOMSG: ERROR 999 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE alxa2
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-23504486 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBEAML entry for DBOX error The figure for PBEAML type DBOX in the QRG has a typo. What is shown as DIM12 should be DIM2. CR 1-23509651 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - GPSTRAIN - Wrong Answers The GPSTRAIN ouptut "PRINCIPAL STRAINS AT GRID POINTS" is wrong for all solid elements (CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA). The Von Mises and Max Shear strain output is incorrect for shell elements. Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than to use the element strain output. The error is corrected in MD Nastran 2006r1.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-23548203 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CQUAD4, CHEXA, CBEAM, RBE2, RBE3 - Contact Model, Access Violation A contact model with CQUAD4, CHEXA, CBEAM, RBE2 and RBE3 elements fails during processing the input file with an Access Violation. CR 1-23573231 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Uniqueness on DRESP2 IDs in SOL 200 is not checked Uniqueness of DRESP2 IDs in SOL 200 jobs is not checked for MSC.Nastran v2005 onwards. The last verion that the check is performed is v2004r2. Users must manualy make sure there is no duplication on DRESP2 IDs. If duplication on DRESP2 IDs exists and the ID is selected as a constraint or objective, the optimization results may be based on the unintended constraints. Avoidance - There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
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CR 1-23623711 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3007 (DSFLTF), Misleading message If a design response is associated with a complex eigenvalue (RTYPE = FLUTTER or CEIG) and the eigenvalue is 0.0,0.0, the following message is produced: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSFLTF) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSFLTF
Description
Avoidance: Determine and remove the cause of the zero eigenvalue. A UFM message such as the following needs to be added: The sensitivity of a complex eigenvalue that is exactly zero (0.0,0.0) is being requested. The sensitivity algorithm does not permit this and indicates a problem with the underlying analysis or the prescribed design task.
Known Error
CR 1-23623711 User Avoidance: Determine the cause of the zero eigenvalue and remove it.
Known Error Product
CR 1-23700106 MSC / MD Nastran composite interlaminar shear stiffness to be rotated to the material axis to obtain correct strains. Composite interlaminar shear strains and stresses are output in the material coordinate system. Interlaminar shear strains are calculated by dividing the stresses by the interlaminar shear modulus in each direction. If a ply is rotated from 0 degrees and if G1Z does not equal G2Z for that ply, then incorrect transverse shear strains are calculated because the rotation of that ply is not accounted for when selecting which transverse shear modulus to divide into the transverse shear stress. CR 1-23825097 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - ESE - Wrong Answer for Total Strain Energy with DMIGs/K2GG The values reported for the TOTAL and all elements in set ESE are wrong if there is more than one subcase and K2GG / DMIGs are present. Jobs with a single subcase work correctly.
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The value reported for TOTAL STRAIN ENERGY in the 1st subcase apparently sums in the DMIG STRAIN ENERGRY contributions from ALL subcases, the remaining subcases include zero STRAIN ENERGRY contribution from the DMIGs. CR 1-23956243 MSC / MD Nastran Fastener Elements - CFAST *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7635 (MDG2ED) Models with CFAST elements may fail inexplicably with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7635 (MDG2ED) FOR CFAST ELEMENT ID= 177459, WITH FORM=ELEM OR PROP , THE SPOT WELD AREA LIES OUTSIDE THE DEFINED SHELL SURFACE. USER INFORMATION: THE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF CONNECTING SHELL ELEMENTS IS 0 BUT 4 PAIRS ARE REQUIRED. THE SHELL ELEMENT ID WHERE GA IS LOCATED= 37585
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Known Error
CR 1-23956243 THE SHELL ELEMENT ID WHERE GB IS LOCATED= 40980 Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
Known Error Product
CR 1-23993922 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - AABSElements - ufm 6927 (MTMD34) - CKDDF1 is not complex When frequency dependend AABS elements, FASTFR=YES and material structural damping GE is used, the following fatal message is issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6927 (MTMD34) ATTEMPT TO CONVERT REAL MATRIX CKDDF1 INTO A COMPLEX MATRIX. USER ACTION: USE THE ADD OR ADD5 MODULE; FOR EXAMPLE: ADD CKDDF1 ,/CKDDF1R//(0.0,1.0) $
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 'matmod ckddf1,,,,,','' paraml ckddf1//'trai'/4/s,n,type $ if ( type>2 ) then $ matmod ckddf1,,,,,/ckddf1r,ckddf1i/34 $ else $ equivx ckddf1/ckddf1r/-1 $ endif $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-24030411 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRSPAN - Poor Message, SFM 3002(DSAD) and UFM6492(DOPR3R) In a SOL 200 analysis the ATTB field of the DRESP1 entry is blank for static displacement response but must contain the mode number for modes. If a SOL 200 analysis contains a static subcase and modes subcase that reference DRESP1 displacement, DRSPAN must be used to indicate the DRESP1s for each subcase. If it is not used, the job may fail with the messages below and not clearly indicate the problem.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-24030411 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (DSAD) USER FATAL MESSAGE 6492 (DOPR3R) Avoidance: Use the DRSPAN entry and reference proper DRESPR1 entries for each subcase.
Known Error Product
CR 1-24036963 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue - ESE, EKE, EDE, data recovery rules for subcases Missing results If multiple subcases are specified in complex modes analysis then each subcase is assigned to each mode for the purposes of controlling eigenvector, stress, strain, and element force output on a per mode basis. However this rule does not extend to EDE, ESE, and EKE output in complex modes analysis for SOL 107 or 110. Avoidance: Specify EDE, ESE, and EKE above the subcase level.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-24056699 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM, PBEAML- nsm varies from end a to end b, ONLY end a is used. ELSUM is wrong When using different NSM at end A and end B on the PBEAML, only NSM at end A is used. The mass at the grid points is correct, only the ELSUM output is wrong CR 1-24063037 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - STATSUB, MAT10 - Wrong Answers A model with a static subcase and fluid structure interaction fails to include the fluid effects and/or the preload effects. Avoidance: In Version 2005.1.0 apply the following alter: compile phase1b alter 'purgex /aa,aay,aaa,asf,','' dbstatus aaa//s,n,noaaa $ if ( noaaa<1 ) purgex /aa,aay,aaa,asf,/-1 $
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Known Error
CR 1-24063037 Version 2004.0.6 compile phase0 alter 'FSCOUP=FALSE',''
CR 1-24081681 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - Duplicate GRID and Element IDs - Wrong Answers If one or more grid point IDs and element IDs are the same in an external superelement, then output requests for displacements and stresses in the creation run for grid points and elements with the same IDs may lead to erroneous results in a subsequent assembly run. Specifically, displacement output requests for grid points in the creation run may lead to erroneous element stress output for elements with the same IDs in a subsequent assembly run. Similarly, element stress output requests for elements in the creation run may lead to erroneous displacement output for grid points with the same IDs in a subsequent assembly run.
Description
Avoidance: Make the following two changes to the input data of the external SE creation: (1) If there are any VELO or ACCE requests in the Case Control, be certain to consolidate those sets with a DISP request. (2) Employ the following DMAP alter: compile extout alter 'sdr2','' $ SDR2 CASEx,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,EQEXINs,,ETT,nulllama,BGPDTS,,qg, rga,EST,XYCDBs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ ,iqg1,IUG1,IES1,IEF1,,,,,,,/ 'reig'/S,N,NOS2A/S,N,NCOMPS $
CR 1-24087243 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - May be inefficient for enforced motion in a fluid-structure model The combined use of MDACMS and enforced motion in a fluid-structure model may consume large resources unnecessarily. The problem arises when there are no applied loads and no data recovery requested on any structural grid
Known Error
CR 1-24087243 points. One indication of the problem is the large "A-set" compute requirement for MDACMS eigenvector recovery. Avoidance: There are two avoidances: 1. Apply a dummy load to, or request data recovery for, at least one structural grid point. OR 2. A DMAP alter avoidance is being tested.
Known Error Product
CR 1-24090441 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - Special decomp for INVLAN may produce wrong answers The special decomp used for invlan on wide frequency ranges factors the dynamic matrix using a block (or submatrix) algorithm. It pivots only within each submatrix, but does not pivot among the matrix blocks. For this reason, the algorithm is less stable than sparse decomp.
When the special decomp is used, and an ill-conditioned submatrix is encountered, the Lanczos procedure may fail with orthogonalization error, or it may produce incorrect answers. There are two avoidances: Description 1) Set user parameter MDLGDEF to 99999999, which forces Lanczos to use the standard sparse decomp, rather than the special INVLAN decomp. There may be a significant performance penalty on problems with very wide frequency ranges. 2) Use the following alter, which "balances" the input matrices to READ. Matrix balancing is implemented in the READ module for v2005R3, and has been observed to significantly improve the overall condition number of the dynamic matrix, as well as the condition number of the submatrices: compile invlan, list $ alter 'READ ABSKXX,MXX','READ ABSKXX,MXX' $ type parm,,i,n,nonullk $ $
Known Error
CR 1-24090441 $ find any locations where abskxx has null rows/columns $ matmod abskxx,,,,,/ncvec,ncmat/12/s,n,nonullk/1 $ $ $ compute inf norm of cols of kxx $ matmod abskxx,,,,,/infnrms,/7 $ $ if (nonullk > 0 ) then add ncvec,infnrms/sfsqd $ else equivx infnrms/sfsqd/always $ endif $ diagonal sfsqd/sf/'whole'/-0.5 $ $ matmod sf,,,,,/balfac,/28$ $ smpyad balfac,abskxx,balfac,,/kxxbal/3 $ smpyad balfac,mxx,balfac,,/mxxbal/3 $ $ READ kxxbal,mxxbal,MR,DXR,DYNAMICS,USET,CASES,VAXF,SILS,, ,LLL,EQEXINS,/ LAMA1,PHIXbal,MIX1,OEIGS1,ROOTS1,/ READAPPx/S,N,NEIGV1/NSKIP/METHF/CMSET/SIDx/ METHTYPx/F1x/F2x/NE//mdmsglv0/maxset0//'MASS'// MAXRATIO/MDLGDEF $ $ mpyad balfac,phixbal/phix1$
CR 1-24090721 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBMSECT - UFM 3007 in dompftn. A SOL 200 job with pbmsect entries may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 3007 in dompftn if some pbmsect are not included in the design model.
Description
Avoidance: Include all PBMSECT in the design model. If some pbmsect should not be altered buring the optimization process, use the XINIT field of the DESVAR entry to specify an appropriate XLB and XUB. CR 1-24121027 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-24121027 Rigid Elements - Wrong Results for RIGID=LAGR and TEMP=n and ALPHA Static analyis with thermal loads will produce incorrect results with RIGID=LAGRANGE. Part of the correction to this error is to issue a fatal message if TEMP(INIT) is specified in a run with TEMP(MATE) or TEMP(BOTH). CR 1-24173515 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PBEAML - PBEAML I-beam property with large field format does not translate correctly For the large format, the job with I-beam cross section is not translated correctly to marc input file. $ Elements and Element Properties for region : i-sect PBEAML* 1 1 I * * .8 .4 .4 .1 * .1 .1 $ Pset: "i-sect" will be imported as: "pbeaml.1" Marc input file was generated: BEAM SECT PBEAML 1I SHAPE 5, 10,6,10,6,10 -2.000000E-01, -5.960464E-09, 0.0,0.0, 2.000000E-01, -5.960464E-09, 0.0,0.0, 4.000000E-01, 1.000000E-01, 1.000000E-01, 2.000000E-01, -5.960464E-09, 0.0,0.0, 0.000000E+00, -5.960464E-09, 0.0,0.0, 2.000000E-01, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, -5.960464E-09, 0.0,0.0, 0.000000E+00, 7.500000E-01, 0.0,0.0, 7.500000E-01, 1.000000E-01, 1.000000E-01, 0.000000E+00, 7.500000E-01, 0.0,0.0, -2.000000E-01, 7.500000E-01, 0.0,0.0, 2.000000E-01, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, -2.000000E-01, 7.500000E-01, 0.0,0.0, 2.000000E-01, 7.500000E-01, 0.0,0.0, 4.000000E-01, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, Avoidance: Use the short format.
Known Error Product
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Known Error Product
CR 1-24206471 SOL 600 - RBE2 and SPC1 written in large field format is not translated correctly RBE2 and SPC1 written in large field format are not translated into marc input correctly in SOL 600. Avoidance: Use small field format
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CR 1-24229901 MSC / MD Nastran Iterative Solver - SMETHOD - Fails in statics with traceback If the input matrix contains null columns, the BIC iterative solver could fail with a meaningless traceback rather than producing an informative message. Avoidance: Ensure that the model is properly constrained using AUTOSPC or direct application of SPC. CR 1-24239871 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - Missing Title, Subtitle, and Label from VG xyplot The TITLE, SUBTI and LABEL information is missing from the flutter VG xyplots for version 2005.0 and 2005.1. TCURVE information appears in the xyplot output. Version 2004 and earlier releases are correct. Avoidance: A dmap alter is available on request.
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CR 1-24246501 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - P-Element - SFM 3011 in VECPLOT P-Element jobs may encounter SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3011 in VECPLOT. CR 1-24262578 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - IA64 Linux - Signal 11 Fixed in round 15. Verified in round 16.
Known Error
CR 1-24262578 A signal 11 may occur on large models on IA64 Linux systems if the stack size is limited. Avoidance: increase stack size with either: - The command "ulimit -s unlimited" or - modifying /etc/security/limits.conf The stacksize may be displayed with "unlimit -a"
CR 1-24268315 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel - SOL 101, AUTOMSET - SFM 3011 in FBS In SOL 101 and dmp>1 with PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES the run will terminate with: SFM 3011 (FBS) ATTEMPT TO WRITE A TRAILER ON FILE 201 WHEN IT HAS BEEN PURGED Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'call disph1b','' call disPH1b, CASES ,EDT ,EQEXINS ,GEOM4S ,GPLS , KGG ,PG ,RMG ,SILS ,USET0 , YG ,mgg ,spcpart ,cstms ,bgpdts , rxg ,yxg / GM ,USET ,KSF ,KFS ,KSS , dkff ,kmg ,dpf ,pss ,ys , mmg ,msf ,dmff ,rxa ,yxa , ym / error /nskip /nloads /semr $ compile disph1b alter 1,1 SUBDMAP disPH1b, CASES ,EDT ,EQEXINS ,GEOM4S ,GPLS , KGG ,PG ,RMG ,SILS ,USET0 , YG ,mgg ,spcpart ,cstms ,bgpdts , rxg ,yxg / GM ,USET ,KSF ,KFS ,KSS , kff ,kmg ,pf ,pss ,ys , mmg ,msf ,mff ,rxa ,yxa ,
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Known Error
CR 1-24268315 ym / error /nskip /nloads /semr $ type db pym $ alter 'call sekr0','' CALL SEKR0 KGG,USET0,RMG,GEOM4S,EQEXINS,SILS,GPLS,spcpart, ,,cstms,bgpdts,cases,,yg,rxg,yxg/ GM,USET,knn,kmg,rxa,yxa,pym,ym/ ERROR/SEID/AUTOSPC/0/false/true/NSKIP/true $ alter 'endif \$ ncul=nloads or' paraml pym//'null'////s,n,nullpym $ if ( nullpym>-1 ) then $ add5 pg1,pym,,,/pgy//-1. $ equivx pgy/pg1/-1 $ endif $ nullpym>-1 SOL 101 DMP = 4 PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES approx 2 million dof's Using v2005.1, and v2005.5, job fails with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3011 (FBS) ATTEMPT TO WRITE A TRAILER ON FILE 201 WHEN IT HAS BEEN PURGED f04 shows it failed in the: MCE1S 12 FBS BEGN Using v2005.0, job runs successfully.
CR 1-24287255 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM OMID is not supported in SOL 106 Parameter OMID is not supported in SOL 106 as indicated in Table 5-1 of the PARAM section CR 1-24332591 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - ASSIGN, FORM - incorrect OP2 fortran record size
Known Error
CR 1-24332591 The 'FORM=' specification is used for OP2 files that are to be processed on a platform other than current platform. When used, USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4114 that is output for op2 files may indicate that the 'MAXIMUM SIZE OF FORTRAN RECORDS WRITTEN' exceeds the 'MAXIMUM POSSIBLE FORTRAN RECORD SIZE' It seems that each word of the datablocks are the same between different FORMs. This may cause problems when the client uses the (small) fixed fortran record size to process OP2 files with an in-house post-processor. This error has been fixed in MSC.Nastran 2005r3b
Description
CR 1-24374298 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SEBULK EXTOP4 - UFM 4156 SEMA If the KAA matrix in OP4 format is not Gsize (i.e. GRIDs on EXTERN <> 123456) then the following error will occur during the assembly run: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4156 (SEMA) DIMENSIONS OR TYPE OF DATA BLOCK XAAV , SUPERELEMENT 10 TRAILER=( 22 22 6 2 12 992) ARE INCONSISTENT WITH SUPERELEMENT MAP. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: User must merge the matrix to Gsize with dmap. This error is fixed in MSC.Nastran 2005.5.1 and MD Nastran 2006.0.1
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CR 1-24400047 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - EPOINT and TF - UFM 1126 MDACMS will terminate with UFM 1126 on data block XHSE if the model contains EPOINTs and transfer functions (TFL)
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Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile get2pp subdmap get2pp cases,dits,usetd,rotor,rotmat,matpool,eqdyn, tfpool,bgpdts,cstms,kpp,bpp,mpp/
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CR 1-24400047 k2pp,b2pp,m2pp/ app/noue/lusetd/soltyp/nlheat/fs $ type parm,,i,n, nok2pp=-1,nob2pp=-1,nom2pp=-1,lusetd,noue $ type parm,,logi,n,freqdepr,acsyml,abfl,nlheat,fs $ type parm,nddl,char8,y,acsym $ type parm,,char8,n,app,soltyp $ TYPE PARM,,cS,n,cmu=(-1.,0.),cu=(1.,0.),cz $ PARAML cases//'DTI'/1/446//S,N,IRGYRO $ $ If no Campbell, do gyro terms here otherwise in sedceig PARAML cases//'DTI'/-1/495//S,N,ICAMP $ IF ( IRGYRO>0 and not(icamp=-1 and app='ceigen' and soltyp='direct') and (app='freqresp' or app='ceigen' or app='tranresp') ) then $ CALL GENGYRO cases,dits,USETD,ROTOR,ROTMAT/ MGPP,BGPP,KGPP,VGFDr/ APP/s,freqdepr/noue $ endif $ IRGYRO>0 call xmtrxin cases,matpool,eqdyn,tfpool,/ k2pp,m2pp,b2pp,,,/ 'x2pp '/lusetd/s,nok2pp/s,nom2pp/s,nob2pp/0/0/0 $ $ $ $ Add Matrices of Acoustic Infinite Elements $ DBSTATUS KPP,MPP,BPP//S,N,NOKPP/S,N,NOMPP/S,N,NOBPP $ IF ( NOKPP=1 ) THEN $ IF ( NOK2PP>-1 ) THEN $ CALL XADD5 KPP,K2PP,,,/K2PPX/CU/CU/CZ/CZ/CZ $ EQUIVX K2PPX/K2PP/ALWAYS $ ELSE $ EQUIVX KPP/K2PP/ALWAYS $ NOK2PP = 1 $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $ IF ( NOBPP=1 ) THEN $ IF ( NOB2PP>-1 ) THEN $ CALL XADD5 BPP,B2PP,,,/B2PPX/CU/CU/CZ/CZ/CZ $ EQUIVX B2PPX/B2PP/ALWAYS $ ELSE $ EQUIVX BPP/B2PP/ALWAYS $ NOB2PP = 1 $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $ IF ( NOMPP=1 ) THEN $ IF ( NOM2PP>-1 ) THEN $ CALL XADD5 MPP,M2PP,,,/M2PPX/CU/CU/CZ/CZ/CZ $ EQUIVX M2PPX/M2PP/ALWAYS $
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CR 1-24400047 ELSE $ EQUIVX MPP/M2PP/ALWAYS $ NOM2PP = 1 $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $ $ IF ( IRGYRO>0 and icamp<>-1 ) then $ PARAML MGPP//'NULL'////S,N,NOMGPP $ IF ( NOMGPP<>-1 ) THEN $ call xADD5 MGPP,M2PP,,,/M2PPX/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ EQUIVX M2PPX/M2PP/-1 $ NOM2PP= 1 $ ENDIF $ PARAML BGPP//'NULL'////S,N,NOBGPP $ IF (NOBGPP <> -1) THEN $ call xADD5 BGPP,B2PP,,,/B2PPX/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ EQUIVX B2PPX/B2PP/-1 $ NOB2PP= 1 $ ENDIF $ PARAML KGPP//'NULL'////S,N,NOKGPP $ IF (NOKGPP <> -1) THEN $ call xADD5 KGPP,K2PP,,,/K2PPX/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ EQUIVX K2PPX/K2PP/-1 $ NOK2PP= 1 $ ENDIF $ endIF $ IRGYRO>0 $ acsyml=(app='freqresp' and acsym='yes' and fs) $ IF ( SOLTYP='DIRECT ' AND NOT(NLHEAT) ) THEN $ $ PARAML MATPOOL//'PRESENCE'////S,N,NOMPOOL $ IF ( NOMPOOL>=0 ) THEN $ BMG MATPOOL,BGPDTS,CSTMS/ BDPOOL/ S,N,NOKBFL/S,N,NOABFL/S,N,MFACT $ ABFL = NOTL(NOABFL) $ IF ( ABFL OR NOTL(NOKBFL) ) THEN $ NOK2PP=1 $ MTRXIN, ,BDPOOL,EQDYN,,/ ABFL,KBFL,,,/ LUSETD/NOABFL/NOKBFL/0 $ call xADD5 ABFL,KBFL,K2PP,,/K2DPP/cmu/cu/cu/cz/cz $ EQUIVX K2DPP/K2PP/ALWAYS $ IF ( ABFL ) THEN $ NOM2PP=1 $ TRNSP ABFL/ABFLT $ ADD ABFLT,M2PP/M2DPP/MFACT $
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CR 1-24400047 EQUIVX M2DPP/M2PP/ALWAYS $ ENDIF $ ABFL ENDIF $ FL ENDIF $ NOMPOOL>=0 ENDIF $ SOLTYP=DIRECT AND NOT(NLHEAT) $ return $ end $ get2pp compile semfreq alter 'if ( nokpp=-1',''(,6) alter 'call fdrmgen'(,-1) call get2pp casem,dits,usetd,rotor,rotmat,matpools,eqdyn, tfpool,bgpdts,cstms,kpp,bpp,mpp/ k2pp,b2pp,m2pp/ app/noue/lusetd/soltyp/false/fs MATMOD K2pp,b2pp,m2pp,,,/Vpr,xx/25/S,N,NOvpr/3 $ upartn usetd,vpr/vpr1,,,/'p'/'g'//1 $ MATMOD vpr1,,,,,/vpr2,/47 $ diagonal vpr2/vpaie/'whole'/0.0 $ compile semceig alter 'call modefsrs','' call get2pp casem,dits,usetd,rotor,rotmat,matpools,eqdyn, tfpool,bgpdts,cstms,,,/ k2pp,b2pp,m2pp/ app/noue/lusetd/soltyp/false/fs Matmod k2pp,b2pp,m2pp,,,/vy1,/12/s,n,nonull/3/-1 $ upartn usetd,vy1/vy2,,,/'p'/'g'//1 $ diagonal vy2/v01p/'whole'/0.0 $ type parm,nddl,logi,n,seindr $ seindr=true $ IF ( DOPH2M ) CALL MODEFSRS, MR ,USET ,Dar ,casem ,DYNAMICS, MAA ,mKAA ,GPLS ,SILS ,EED , EQEXINS ,VAFS ,pg ,gm ,got , ksf ,yg ,lll ,kll ,drg , bgpdts ,cstms ,vgq ,goq , , bjj ,rvg ,cee ,mee ,gge , bec ,mec ,bsf ,msf ,pmyg , pbyg ,pkyg ,pvt0 ,mgg ,vgfs , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,v01p , , , / PHA ,LAMA ,PHFA ,LAMAF ,PHSA , LAMAS ,mechg ,lammats ,lammatf ,mis , mif ,meh , , , ,
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CR 1-24400047 , ,efmfacf ,efmfacs ,mdphiq , mdgot ,mdgoq ,mdvft ,mdmap ,mdgrdrm , mdgotmap, , / app /NORSET /NOASET /FS /NOFASET / NOSASET /METH /METHF /TRUE /NOQSET / 1 /0 /'no ' $ delete /v01p,,,, $ compile mdddtohh alter 'PARTN PHDSH,,VDE','' type parm,,i,n,nohset $ PARAML phdsh//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NOHeSET $ nohset=noheset-noue $ MATGEN ,/VHE0/6/NOHESET/NOHSET/NOUE $ PARTN PHDSH,vhe0,VDE/PHDSH0,,,/1 $ alter 'TRNSP XEHST\/XHSE','' TRNSP XEHST/Xesh $ endalter
CR 1-24412204 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SFM 3200 (Logic Error 31) in the BDRYINFO module An external SE creation run that employs other external superelements or part SEs may terminate with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (Logic Error 31) in the BDRYINFO module if those superelements have been modally reduced. The following ALTER package will cause the job to terminate with a meaningful UFM rather than the unhelpful SFM mentioned above: compile phase0 alter 'equivx geom2s/geom2x'(,-1) $ PARAML BGPDTS//'TRAILER'/6/S,N,MAXPNTID $ IF (EXTSEOUT > 0 AND MAXPNTID > 99999999) THEN $ MESSAGE //' ' $ MESSAGE //'USER FATAL MESSAGE XXXX (PHASE0)' $ MESSAGE //'*** ONE OR MORE POINT IDS ENCOUNTERED IN THIS' $ MESSAGE //' EXTERNAL SUPERELEMENT CREATION RUN ARE GREATER' $ MESSAGE //' THAN 99999999' $ MESSAGE //' ' $ MESSAGE //'USER INFORMATION:' $ MESSAGE //' ' $ MESSAGE //'THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE ABOVE ERROR IS THAT' $ MESSAGE //'THIS JOB INVOLVES THE USE OF ONE OR MORE MODALLY' $
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Known Error
CR 1-24412204 MESSAGE //'REDUCED EXTERNAL OR PART SUPERELEMENTS.' $ MESSAGE //'RE-RUN THIS JOB BY MODALLY REDUCING SUCH' $ MESSAGE //'SUPERELEMENTS BY USING THE' $ MESSAGE //'EXTSEOUT (ASMBULK=MANQ,....)' $ MESSAGE //'OPTION AND EMPLOYING THE RESULTING .ASM FILES' $ MESSAGE //'FOR THIS JOB.' $ MESSAGE //' ' $ CALL PRTSUM/RSTJUNK $ EXIT $ ENDIF $ Avoidance: Re-run the external SE creation job by modally reducing those other SEs using the EXTSEOUT (ASMBULK=MANQ,....) option and employing the resulting .asm files.
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CR 1-24494561 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SPCD enforced motion, PARAMs ALPHA1 and ALPHA2 - Wrong answers If Rayleigh damping (PARAMs ALPHA1 and ALPHA2) is requested with SPCD enforced motion then the answers will be wrong. This error has been fixed in MSC.Nastran 2005.5.1 and MD Nastran 2006.0.1. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile cforce1 alter 1 TYPE PARM,NDDL,CS,Y,ALPHA1,ALPHA2 $ Rayleigh Damping TYPE PARM,,CS,N,ALPHA1N,ALPHA2N $ ALPHA1N=ALPHA1 $ ALPHA2N=ALPHA2 $ alter 'call xADD5 BXY,B2XY,KXY,K4XY' CALL XADD5 mxy,kxy,bxy1,,/bxyx/alpha1n/alpha2n/cu/cz/cz $ equivx bxyx/bxy1/-1 $ alter 'call xADD5 BXY,B2XY,,,' CALL XADD5 mxy,kxy,bxy1,,/bxyx/alpha1n/alpha2n/cu/cz/cz $ equivx bxyx/bxy1/-1 $ endalter CR 1-24507921 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-24507921 Riged Elements - RBE2GS with IIRBE2 option fails with segmentation violation in sep1x RBE2GS with IIRBE2 option fails with segmentation violation in the SEP1X module CR 1-24510816 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - PCOMP - Composite Elements with Temperature Dependent Material Properties For layered composites, neither the TREF specified on the material entries or TEMP(INIT) or TEMP(MATE) are used to determine ply reference temperature. The TREF on the PCOMP or PCOMPG entries is used for all plies of the element. This is true for both linear and nonlinear analysis. SOL 106 looks up a new ply temperature at each incremental load step. PARAM,COMPMATT,YES is for shape memory which is only in SOL 106.
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CR 1-24524111 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Topology - TOPVAR, CWELD, PWELD - Does not work In the QRG, the TOPVAR entry allows specification of PWELD for a topological optimization analysis. However, if PWELD is specified no error message is written in f06 file and no results for CWELD is written in the DES file. CR 1-24584517 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - FRSTRE- UFM 7138 in DOPR3H In SOL 200 if only element FRSTRE response is requested, NFRQ is not set and the job will fail in DOPR3H with USER FATAL MESSAGE 7138.
Description
Avoidance: When a dummy DRESP1 with RTYPE=FRDISP/MAX is added, the problem can be avoided.
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CR 1-24604261 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - op2 file output capability does not work correctly if DDM with PARAMARC - SFM 6352 The op2 file output capability of SOL 600 does not work correctly if single input DDM with PARAMARC and PARAM,MARCOUTR,1 is used. The fatal message below is output to the f06 file. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (GETENT) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR= 7 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: RECORD NAME = iElmGid PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: RECORD LENGTH (LREC= 10009) IS NOT A MULTIPLE OF ENTRY LENGTH (NWD= 9). PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE PARENT SUBROUTINE IS T6OUTS3 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-24607467 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - GPSTRAIN, STRAIN - Von Mises and Max Shear Strain is Wrong for plane strain condition. We had confirmed this correction before release of 2005r3a and informed results to Mr.Kevin Kiloy at that time. So I close this CR. Hiroaki Masaki : Apr.23, 2010 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Von Mises and Max Shear strain output is incorrect for the plane strain condition. Avoidance: Other than calculating the invariant by hand, there is no avoidance. This error has been corrected in MD.Nastran 2006r1 abd MSC.Nastran 2005r3b for all elements except the QUADR and TRIAR.
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CR 1-24618141 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UWM 7343 (MRBE3D THE ERROR VALUE FOR MONDSP1 ENTRY EXCEEDS 1.0e-10
Known Error
CR 1-24618141 The following message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 7343 (MRBE3D) THE ERROR VALUE FOR MONDSP1 ENTRY D_NG_UPR IS 1.126E-09, WHICH EXCEEDS THE TEST CRITERION OF 1.000E-10. may be encounted as the result of too tight a tolerance on a matrix inversion. The code will be changed to a value of 1.e-06.
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CR 1-24674065 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ, MFLUID Virtual Mass - Access Violation The error is in the ACTIVE COLUMN decomp, which is used when the reordering fails (due to insuficient memory). More useful avoidances include: Do not set sys166=1. Do use more memory.
Description
A simple model with MFLUID virtual mass elements fails in the READ Module with an Access Violation. Avoidance: Do not use "extreme" reordering, use metis by setting SYS206=8. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-24741081 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts, Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MAT2 - Wrong Answers There is an error in the way dependencies for Gij terms on the MAT2 entry are defined with the result that restarts that only change this data will not compute new element stiffness matrices. If these are the only entries that are changed, the results for the original submittal are likely to be repeated. This has implications in SOL 200. If the only designed properties are MAT2 terms and SCR=NO is used, the analysis will not use the updated properties and the analysis results will be unchanged from a previous iteration. Avoidance: For SOL 200, the avoidance is to use SCR=yes. For other solution sequences, one avoidance would be to make an addtional change in some other
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CR 1-24741081 input value that will trigger computation of new stiffness matrices.
CR 1-24850088 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PCOMP - Incorrect answers for non structural mass When ifp processes NSM, NSM1, NSML, and NSML1 entries it is supposed to replace: 1) PCOMP with PSHELL 2) PBCOMP with PBEAM 3) PBEAML with PBEAM 4) PBARL with PBAR 5) PRAC2D with PDUM8 in the TYPE field For the NSM and NSML entries it fails to replace PCOMP with PSHELL (item 1). Items 2-5 are done correctly for NSM, NSM1, NSML, and NSML1 entries CR 1-24917119 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Modes - STATSUB, HARMONIC=m, HOUTPUT=n - No Preload Effects If cyclic symmetry eigenvalue analysis, SOL 115, is run with a static preload subcase, STATSUB, and a request for HARMONIC and HOUTPUT using a set id is included, then the preload effect of the STATSUB is missing and the eigenvalues calculated are those with no preload.
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To avoid use either request for ALL on the HARMONIC and HOUTPUT requests or use the following DMAP alter: compile cycmode alter 'call statcyc' equivx uxv/cyul/-1 $
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CR 1-24978987 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Topology - TOPVAR - SFM 4276 (GREAD) in DOPR1 for TOPVAR used with Beta function Topology optimization using function BETA on the DRESP2 entry fails with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (GREAD) ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 in DOPR1.
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Corrected 2007.0.0 Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Labeling errors for unfomatted design sensitivity prints If param optexit 4 is used to produce prints of unformatted sensitivities that include eigenvector responses, the following erroneous labeling is produced: ----- STATICS RESPONSES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COLUMN DRESP1 RESPONSE GRID/ELM VIEW COMPONENT SUB PLY/GRID NO. ENTRY ID TYPE ID ELM ID NO. CASE NO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 302 DISP 302 1 1 Descriptio 1 n 4 302 DISP 302 1 2 1 There are a number of things wrong with this output: a. eigenvector sensitivity does not support composites, so the last column is unnecessary b. View elm id is a p-element output and should the number should be blank unless this is a stress, force or strain response on a p-element c. The Mode id is printed in the view elm id slot d The mode id should be printed in the last slot and MODE should take the place of PLY/GRID User Action: Ignore the "Static Responses" when these are "Eigenvector Response" and obtain the Mode id from the View Elm ID column. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Restart failed with Iter=yes Cold start run include nastran iter=yes and readonly restart did not include CR 1-25073411 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-25073411 nastran iter=yes. Restart for loads only aborted indicating that there was no solution to restart from. Including nastran iter=yes on restart and the job ran but the solvit module was rerun.
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CR 1-25080130 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM description does not indicate that they can be used in rc and ini files The Parameter section in the QRG currently says: "Parameters are used extensively in the solution sequences for input of scalar values and for requesting special features. Parameters values are specified on PARAM Bulk Data entries or PARAM Case Control commands. The PARAM Bulk Data entry is described in the Bulk Data Entries on page 851. The PARAM Case Control command is described in the Case Control Commands on page 177. A complete alphabetical list of PARAMeter names and their functions is given in this section." It should be changed as follows to note the fact that it is often very useful to set parameters in an rc or ini file. "Parameters are used extensively in the solution sequences for input of scalar values and for requesting special features. Parameters values are specified on PARAM Bulk Data entries or PARAM Case Control commands. The PARAM Bulk Data entry is described in the Bulk Data Entries on page 851. The PARAM Case Control command is described in the Case Control Commands on page 177. PARAMs may also be used in .rc and .ini files as described in the MSC Nastran Installation and Operations Guide, Section 3.8 "Specifying Parameters". A complete alphabetical list of PARAMeter names and their functions is given in this section.
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CR 1-25108891 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - PARAM,WTMASS may be ignored if fixed field is used - Wrong Answers In SOL 600, param WTMASS is ignored and is not translated if the fixed field format is used and WTMASS doesn't start in columns 9,11, or 16. This will cause errors if mass is important in the solution. Avoidance is to use FREE field format, or ensure the W in WTMASS exits in columns 9,11,16.
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CR 1-25202690 MSC / MD Nastran Case Contol - REPCASE- Missing Punch Output A job writes no punch if repcases are present and subcase has sort2 output request CR 1-25259262 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - K2GG, M2GG - Error reading multiple DMIG entries K2GG and M2GG entries in the case control that span more than 72 characters are not read correctly. Avoidance: The avoidance is to place the DMIG names in a SET and reference the SET on the K2GG and M2GG entries. As shown SET entries that continue to the next line should end in a comma before column 72. SOL 101 CEND $-------2-------3-------4-------5-------6-------7-------8-------9-------0------set 100 = KA1,KA2,KA3,KA4,KA5,KA6,KB1,KB2,KB3,KB4,KB5, KB6,KC1,KC2,KC3,KC4,KC5,KC6 K2GG = 100 set 200 = MA1,MA2,MA3,MA4,MA5,MA6,MB1,MB2,MB3,MB4,MB5, MB6,MC1,MC2,MC3,MC4,MC5,MC6 M2GG = 200 ************************* Fixed MDR2 V2007.0.0
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CR 1-25264891 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - Incorrect SPCFORCES are produced if load is applied to dependent DOF Wrong SPCFORCES occur if load is applied to dependent degrees of freedom.
Avoidance: Use "param,sparsedr,no" Or use the following alter inversion 2005+ which is much more efficient.
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compile spdr1 alter 'if ( novspcg'(3) upartn uset,vpg/vpm,,,/'g'/'m'//1 $ paraml vpm//'null'////s,n,nlvpm $ if ( nlvpm>-1 ) then $ upartn uset,vspcg/vspcn,,,/'g'/'n'//1 $ partn gm,vspcn,vpm/,,,xxx/1 $ paraml xxx//'null'////s,n,nlxxx $ if ( nlxxx>-1 ) then $ matmod xxx,,,,,/xxx1/6 $ diagonal xxx1/xxx2/'whole'/0. merge ,,xxx2,,,,vpm/vpm1/1 $ umerge1 uset,vpm1,,,/vpmg/'g'/'m'//1 $ call xadd5 vspcg,vpmg,,,/vyx/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ equivx vyx/vspcg/-1 $ endif $ nlxxx>-1 endif $ nlvpm>-1 endalter CR 1-25272631 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - SEGYRO alter is missing in sssalter library since Nastran Version 2004 SEGYRO alter is missing in sssalter library since Nastran Version 2004. This alter is required for calculating flexible rotating structures like helicopter rotor blades. The rotor dynamic feature doesn't support this. CR 1-25277451 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CQUADR may give wrong results for interior angles of 180
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Known Error
CR 1-25277451 degrees If a model contains CQUADR elements with an interior angle of180 degrees or more, USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 will not be issued and the results may be incorrect. Avoidance: Check your model with CQUAD4 elements.
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CR 1-25287241 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Summary Table in FRRD1 prints zeroes for 51st and subsequent frequencies If there are more than 50 frequencies in the job, the Frequency Response Summary Table in FRRD1 prints the correct values only for the first 50 frequencies. After that, all frequencies are printed as 0.0. This does NOT effect the results. It is just a cosmetic error in the Summary Table. CR 1-25306330 MSC / MD Nastran Axisymmetric Analysis - AXIC Bulk Data entry - Wrong answers If the AXIC entry is present and a limited set of ouput is requested such that sparse data recovery is activated then output will be wrong.
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Description Avoidance: Insert PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO or specify ALL on at least one Case Control output command. Known Error Product CR 1-25307074 MSC / MD Nastran Axisymmetric Analysis - SFM 6406 (G4SPC), AXIC and SPCAX entry higher than 100 and SPCAX An axisymmetric analysis with AXIC and SPCAX defined greater than 100 leads to the following fatal message: Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6406 (G4SPC) GRID POINT ID= 102000001 ON AN SPCP/SPCDP ENTRY HAS COMPONENT= 23 GREATER THAN MAX. NDOF= 6 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT.
Known Error
CR 1-25307074 PROGRAMMER ACTION: CHECK SPCP/SPCDP ENTRIES CREATED IN GP0 MODULE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6406 (G4SPC) GRID POINT ID= 101000001 ON AN SPCP/SPCDP ENTRY HAS COMPONENT= 23 GREATER THAN MAX. NDOF= 6 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER ACTION: CHECK SPCP/SPCDP ENTRIES CREATED IN GP0 MODULE. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4110 (OUTPX2)
CR 1-25476171 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - SUBSEQ - UWM 2092, Missing Output If a SUBSEQ entry contains a factor for each of the preceding subcases but ends in a comma, UWM 2092 may be issued and the output for the SUBSEQ may be missing. CR 1-25478961 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analyis - CBUSH - Grounded CBUSH may yield incorrect GPFORCEs A model with a grounded (i.e. 1-node) BUSH element in SOL 400 or 106 may give incorrect GPFORCE and ESE data recovery or crash. An avoidance is to introduce a GRID point for CBUSH,GB and fully constrain all of its degrees of freedom. CR 1-25479301 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - PARAM,SPARSDR,NO and PARAM,POST,-1 - inefficient If PARAM,SPARSDR,NO and PARAM,POST,-1 are specified in a run where SORT2 output is computed, the run will perform unnecessary operations.
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compile sedrcvr alter 'if ( not(sort2) or post','' if ( not(sort2) and not(POST=-1 OR POST=-2 OR POST=-6) ) then $ alter 'IF ( sort2mm and (POST=-1','' IF ( (sort2mm or app1='mmreig') and (POST=-1 OR POST=-2 OR POST=-6) and
Known Error
CR 1-25479301 not(acms) and fullsedr='no' ) THEN $ delete /opg1,,,, $ endalter
CR 1-25660161 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Description of ISTYP of BCBODY is incorrect The QRG incorrectly states that the default for the BCBODY ISTYP field is 2 for deformable. The defautl is 0. Furthermore the following remark should be added: BCONTACT=ALLBODY is to be defined when ISTYP=2 is specified.
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CR 1-25697761 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MARCIN written in small field format is not translated into marc.dat file correctly MARCIN written in small field format is not translated into marc.dat file correctly. For example: If marcin entry below is in the input deck, "feture,6701" should be in the parameters section of marc.dat file, but it does not. marcin -1 0 feature,6701 If marcin entry below is in the input deck, "feture,6701" is in the parameters section of marc.dat file. marcin,-1,0,feature,6701 Avoidance: Use free field format.
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CR 1-25716447 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - Linear Gap Constraing - SFM 3001, RBMG4, SOL 101 Attempting to run a SOL 101 with the rotordynamic and linear gap constraint will result in the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3011 (RBMG4)
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CR 1-25716447 ATTEMPT TO WRITE A TRAILER ON FILE 201 WHEN IT HAS BEEN PURGED Avoidance: Include one of the two following DMAP alters. $ for Version 2005.5.0 compile sestatic alter 'call phase1c','' $ Version 2005.5.0 IF ( nouset>0 and not(mdstat) and ( (dbrcvx='scratch' and not(pardcmp)) or (pardcmp and hlpmethx=1 and procid=1) ) ) CALL PHASE1C KAA ,USET ,SILS ,EQEXINS ,maa , PA , , ,cases , , drg , , , / KLL ,LLL ,Dar ,ULL ,mr , mlr ,mll ,mrr ,QR ,PL , LRSEQ , , , , , / SEKR /SEMR /SELR /NOLSET /NORSET / true /ERROR /FIXEDB /NOQSET /NOTSET / ' '/TRUE /false /false /noa / false $ $ for versions 2005.1.0 and 2005.0.0 compile sestatic alter 'call phase1c','' $ tested on version 2005.1.0 and 2005.0.0 IF ( nouset>0 and not(mdstat) and ( (dbrcvx='scratch' and not(pardcmp)) or (pardcmp and hlpmethx=1 and procid=1) ) ) CALL PHASE1C KAA ,USET ,SILS ,EQEXINS , , PA , , ,cases , , drg , , / KLL ,LLL ,Dar ,ULL ,mr , mlr ,mll ,mrr ,QR ,PL , LRSEQ , , , , / SEKR /SEMR /SELR /NOLSET /NORSET / true /ERROR /FIXEDB /NOQSET /NOTSET / ' '/TRUE /false /false /noa / false $ Test file place on /msc/app/etl as q1-25716447.dat
CR 1-25721381 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - DMAP compiler issues UWM 1 instead of UFM 12 A DMAP compile may issue UWM 1 instead of UFM 12:
Known Error
CR 1-25721381 # *** USER FATAL/WARNING MESSAGE 12 (XGPIDG) ERROR IN DMAP INSTRUCTION NO. %1, ILLEGAL CHARACTER IN DMAP INSTRUCTION NAME.
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CR 1-25750061 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - PFAST with MCID=-1 and MFLAF=1 may yield strange element coordinate system PFAST entry with MCID=-1 and MFLAG=1 may yield strange elemet coordinate system for force recovery. If MCID=-1, MFLAG should always be blank or 0. The fix will set MFLAG to if MCID=-1 regardless of value specified.
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CR 1-25759747 MSC / MD Nastran GPSTRAIN - CQUADx, CTRIAx - Incorrect MAX Shear Strain MD Nastran 2006 (r1) introduced an error that causes the maximum shear strain for shell elements to be twice it should be. The error has been corrected in MD Nastran 2006 (r1a). CR 1-25765441 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CFAST, CWELD may not find projection and may fail to connect If gridA and gridB are specified on a CFAST or CWELD and grid GS is left blank for the attached model the algorithm may be unable to project. CR 1-25765671 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PFPANEL - Wrong Answers 1. If Keyword "PHAS" is specified on the PFPANEL command, the real and imaginary part printed in the .f06 are wrong.
Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 1-25765671 Avoidance: Do not specifiy "PHAS" keyword. 2. If there are panels that are not part of the wetted surface, the panel names in OAPPF1 and in the .f06 are wrong. Avoidance: Do not define panels that are not on the wetted surface.
CR 1-25773137 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,SESDAMP,YES does not work correctly when PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is also specified. Attempting to apply different damping to different superelements using PARAM,SESDAMP,YES combined with PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES leads to wrong answers. This error can also occur when assembling a superelement created from EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH). Avoidance 1: Use manual Q-set entries instead of employing PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES
Description
Avoidance 2: Employ the DMAP alter given below when using PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES compile phase1b alter 'call semrb'(9) np=noqset-xnoq $ delete /vq,,,, $ matgen ,/vq/6/noqset/xnoq/np $ matgen ,/vq1/6/noqset/np/xnoq $ partn mbqq,vq,/mbqq0,,, $ delete /mbqq,,,, $ merge ,,,,mbqq0,vq1,/mbqq $
Known Error Product
CR 1-25775091 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MONPNT2 - SFM 3008 (ILMP1) Insuficient entry _MONPNT2 The message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (ILMP1) Insuficient entry _MONPNT2 can be produced if a MONPNT2 bulk data entry invokes an element that is connected to the highest numbered grid point in the model.
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Known Error
CR 1-25775091 Avoidance: Do not select an element on a MONPNT2 that is connected to the highest numbered grid point in the model. Else renumber the grids associated with the element so that the grid is not the highest in the model.
CR 1-25797677 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer - VIEW, RADSET - SFM 3002 (RMG2) When the number of cavities defined on a RADLST entry exceed the number of cavities specified on the RADSET entry the following fatal message will be issued:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (RMG2) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK EST (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE RMG2 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-25801752 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - DBC, PARAM,POST,0 - SFM 6062 (DBC), Poor Message If the XDB size is exceeded the following fatal message is issued. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6062 (DBC) *** DIOMSG ERROR MESSAGE 6 FROM SUBROUTINE WRTLST OVERFLOW OF DICTIONARY PRIMARY INDEX FOR DATA BASE UNIT 1. This message should be improved to instruct the user to increase the default RECL for the xdb file on an ASSIGN statement.
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CR 1-25925548 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PCOMP yields Incorrect results for the BEND option When the BEND option is added to the pcomp entry, the generated mat2 entry has the Gij terms for membrane instead of the Gij terms for bending . ******************* Fixed V2007.0.0
Description
CR 1-25945741 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - EKE is not available for modal preload analysis. EKE is not available for a modal preload analysis in SOL 106. Avoidance: Supply a dummy linear element
CR 1-25986051 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SFM 3007 (BNDSPC), BNDSP3 A job with many superelements may fail with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (BNDSPC) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE BNDSP3
Description
Avoidance: Possible DMAP avoidance is to test for the presence of coordinate systems and/or SPC's on boundary points of the superelement. If neither of these exists, the call to the BNDSPC module may be skipped with DMAP as neither YS nor USET is updated. CR 1-26047321 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 7544 (DSAD13) Issued in error The following error message may be issued in error when a DRESP1 requests a CFAILURE response with item code 7 (interlaminar shear) and this is the last response applied to the element. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7544 (DSAD13) DRESP1 ID 7 IS A CFAILURE RESPONSE WITH ITEM CODE 7: INTERLAMINAR STRESS/STRAIN. USER INFORMATION: THIS RESPONSE IS BEING APPLIED TO PLY NUMBER 7, WHICH IS THE FINAL PLY. INTERLAMINAR STRESS/STRAIN RESPONSES ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE FINAL PLY USER ACTION: DO NOT APPLY ITEM CODE 7 TO THE FINAL PLY User Information: Responses are ordered by element id, ply no and item code. If the last cfailure response for an element has item code 7, the above fatal message is produced regardless of the ply no. it is associated with. The message is only correct when the ply is the highest numbered ply for the element.
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Known Error
CR 1-26047321 Avoidance: An avoidance is to request an additional CFAILURE response for the element that has a higher item code (8 or 9) or is applied to a higher numbered ply than the item code 7 request.
CR 1-26132368 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran Reference Manual:Incorrect documentation of CQUADR use with SNORM and offsets In the V2005 MSC Nastran Reference Manual, Chapter 3, Structural Elements, Section 3.3.3 New QUADR and TRIAR Elements, Shell Models and Shell Normal Section, the last sentence says:
Description
Shell normal yields wrong results for elements with offsets. Therefore, the shell normal should be turned off globally (PARAM,SNORM,0.0) or turned off locally with the Bulk Data entry, SNORM." This is incorrect and should be removed.
CR 1-26140321 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - IC - UFM 5423 (SADD5) A modal transient analysis, SOL 112, that specifies an initial condition of the form: IC(statsub,diffk)= may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR ICSTSBYY IS 101 1 1200 2 2 2400 10000 TRAILER FOR ICSPCD IS 102 3 1200 2 2 2400 6667 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter or use SOL 109. compile semtran alter 'call xadd5.*icphysyy,icspcd,,,',''
Description
Known Error
CR 1-26140321 add icphysyy,icspcd/icphysy1 $ alter 'call xadd5.*icstsbyy,icspcd,,,','' add icstsbyy,icspcd/icstsby1 $
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CR 1-26152834 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AEUXREF - Reference stability derivatives incorrect if aeuxref=trim If the user puts "aeuxref=trim" in the case control for a sol144 analysis, the resulting stability derivatives for the reference point will be wrong. CR 1-26411375 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - NLPARM Defaults differ with BLANK continuation vs No Continuation PARAM,NTOL provides incorrect values for the error tolerance when the NLPARM continuation entry is included and the EPSU, EPSP, AND EPSW fields are blank.
Description
Avoidance: Either explicitly set the error tolerances or delete the NLPARM continuation entry. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract CR 1-27310471 MSC / MD Nastran 2005.5.2 Performance - DCMP - Poor Performance on HP IA64 V2005.5.0 (a.k.a 2005r3) The performance in the DCMP module of Version 2005.5.0 HP IA-64 systems may be severely degraded. Since this is a performance critical module, MSC recommends that the analysis executable be replaced. A corrected executable may be found on the product update site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-27318160 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBMSECT - Arbitrary Section, Incorrect direct shear stresses
Description
CR 1-27318160 The direct shear stresses are off by a factor of the area. The forces sent to the routines that calculate cross section stresses are inadvertantly divided by the area prior to the stress calculation. CR 1-28171504 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - description for K1/K2 of PBAR in QRG Remark 5 under the QRG description for the PBAR entry should read transverse shear stiffness times unit length instead of per unit length. CR 1-28310299 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, acoustic cavity, AUTOQSET- SFM 6143 When creating an external superelement with an acoustic cavity and PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES the run may fail with SFM 6143. For example: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in EXTDB is not equal to the size of the A-set User Information: Size of input matrices and DOF sets: EXTDB : Rows= 248 by Cols= 33 Set sizes: Major (G-set)= 278 Set0 (A-set)= 248 Set1 (COMP-set)= 30 Avoidance: Insert the folowing DMAP alter: compile extout alter 'MPYAD INTEXTA,AA,'(,3),'' umerge1 usetx,extdb,,,/temp/'g'/'a'//1 $
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CR 1-28316191 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MONDPS1 - Output missing in SOL 144 runs The MONDPS1 feature was added in Version 2005R3. Due to a dmap error, the prints associated with this entry are not produced in a static aeroelastic
Known Error
CR 1-28316191 run. User Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter in the run: compile mnpntdr list alter 'aero'(3,-1) IF ( DSP1=-1 and (statics or app='reig') ) THEN $ MPYAD SDMPIVa,Ua,/UMONDISP/1 $ mppstatc casedr,dispmon,umondisp,//'MONDISP' $ ENDIF $ DSP1=-1 existing tpl deck msimpms.dat shows the affect of this fix. EHJ 5/24/2006 alter 'umondisp'(1,-1),'umondisp'(1,3)
CR 1-31110515 MSC / MD Nastran Topology Optimization - MAT2 - Poor Message In topology optimization, when a PSHELL entry references a non-supported material such as a mat2 entry which is not, UFM 2042 is issued from routine ifp10e and indicates an undefined material property id. The message should indicate that the material is not supported in topology optimization. CR 1-31899071 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - MDACMS with PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO causes wrong eigen vectors in SOL 103 MDACMS causes zero eigen vectors for all grids and all modes if PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO is used. GDACMS with PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO seems correct except the xdb problem reported as Quality #1-31899102.
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile modefsrs alter 'if ( mdacms and','' TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,sparsedr $ if ( mdacms and ((sparseph='yes' and app<>'reig') or (sparsedr='yes' and app='reig')) ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-31899102
Known Error Product
CR 1-31899102 MSC / MD Nastran Post-processing - param,post,0- Eigen vectors in xdb file are wrong in SOL 103 GDACMS Eigenvectors in the xdb file are wrong if GDACMS is used in SOL 103.
Corrected Version GL Abstract Description Avoidance: op2, f06, and punch files are correct Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-32732801 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - READ - Poor Performance for large problems Assumptions made inside the READ module are may be too conservative and may result in poor performance in MDACMS for large models. Avoidance: Increase memory. Fix was made to reigl0.F. c if the mass matrix is small and dense, store it in core IF (MSGLVL .GT. 0) WRITE(NF04,1111) N, IFILE(7), LCORE, LCORE/3 1111 FORMAT(' Reigl0: ',4i15) IF (N .LT. 20000) THEN c make this test first so as to not square N unnecessarily and have it c overflow ldm = ior( n, 1 ) mincor = ldm*ldm*iprec IF (IFILE(7).GE.9000 .AND. MINCOR.LT.LCORE/3) THEN DENMAT = LCORE - MINCOR - 5 DENMAT = IOR( DENMAT, 1 ) LCORE = DENMAT - 10 CALL GOPEN( IFILE, 0, RDREW ) MPTR = DENMAT DO I = 1,N CALL UNPACK( *54, IFILE, Z(MPTR) ) GO TO 56 54 CALL ZEROC( Z(MPTR), LDM*IPREC ) 56 MPTR = MPTR + LDM*IPREC END DO CALL CLOSE(IFILE, 1) CR 1-32941641 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-32941641 SOL 400 - TTEMP, TID, CROD, CONROD, CTUBE - Wrong Answers If time dependent loads are defined on TTEMP entry in SOL 400 for CROD, CONROD, or CTUBE elements wrong answers will result. CR 1-33227944 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - SPCD, STATSUB - UFM 3046 or wrong answers The SPCD entry is ignored as a preload in cyclic buckling (SOL 116), cyclic normal modes (SOL 115), and frequency response analysis (SOL 118). Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in V2008: compile phase0 alter 'gp4.*caseq','' GP4 CASEfr,GEOM4S,EQEXINS,SILS,,BGPDTS,CSTMS, medge,mface,,geom2s,gdntab,ects,gpsnts,geom1s, actnods/ RMG,Yg1,USET0,gpsntn,ymu,/ LUSETS/S,N,NOMSET/0/S,N,NOSSET/s,n,nooset/ S,N,NORSET/NSKIPX/0/0/0/0/SEID/ALTSHAPE/sebulk/ automset/snormprt/s,n,newgpsn/atqset/nlrigid $ CR 1-33238331 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - mattx associated with a matx referenced by a dvmrel1 Wrong Sensitivies If a dvmrel1 (or dvmrel2) references a matx entry (e.g., a mat1) that has an affiliated mattx entry (e.g., a matt1) the senstivities will be wrong whenever the value determined from the mattx entry differs from that given on the matx entry. User information: It has never been possible to design a material property that varies as a function of temperature provide by a tablem1 entry. However, it should be possible to support desiging a material property that is not a function of temperature when other properties are a function of temperature. For example, if the Young's module is a function of temperature, but the density is not, it should be possible to design the density. Because of a bug, the sensitivities in this case will be incorrect.
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Known Error
CR 1-33238331 User avoidance: There is no avoidance except to not use temperature dependent properties for any material id that has designed properties. The probelm has been fixed by another CR1-44744683.
CR 1-33441861 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMSMNF - FLEXONLY=YES option gives large XDB with no results An analysis in Version 2006 or 2007 with ADAMSMNF FLEXONLY=YES may produce a large xdb file that the direct results access code in Patran is unable to read.
Description
Avoidance: The error may be avoided in some situattions by applying the following dmap alter: alter 'dbcapps' dbcapp='reig ' dbcapps='stat '
CR 1-33515609 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - No q-set - UFM 6962 (MATGEN) An extseout SOL 103 run to output the acoustic-structure coupling matrix AAAX in DMIG using the FSCOUP option, fails with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6962 (MATGEN) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 2 = -1
Description
Avoidance: Specify undocumented paramter PARAM,AGGPCH,YES or insert the following alter: COMPILE PHASE1B ALTER 'IF ( SPLITFS )','' IF ( SPLITFS AND NOQSET>-1 ) THEN $
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Known Error
CR 1-33793531 SOL 600 - Translation of BCBODY LINE section into CONTACT option is wrong if 8 or more points When there are 8 or more points in the LINE section of a BCBODY the translation of the BCBODY LINE section into the CONTACT option is wrong. CR 1-34254660 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CQUAD4 with offsets and MATS1 Plastic Material Wrong Answers An input file with plastic material properties where the highest stress is well below the yield point fails to produce correct stress results when compared to results without the MATS1/TABLES1 entries. SOL 106 and 400 yield the same bad results. The problem is that the presence of a MATS1 entry turns off the effects of the offsets. CR 1-34278877 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBARL, PBAR, PBEAM, PBEAML - Missing entries in punch file When an optimization job includes both PBARL and PBAR entries and PBAR properties are being designed, no updated PBAR entries are written to the punch file at the end of the design. This shows up either with the DESPCH/DESPCH1 request or the ECHO=PUNCH(NEWBULK) request.
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Known Error Product
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Avoidance: Add a dummy pbrsect entry if the input deck has PBARL (or dummy PBMSECT if has PBEAML). An example as follows POINT 80001 0.0 0.0 POINT 80002 1.0 0.0 set1 80003 80001 80002 pbrsect 80004 1 OP OUTP=80003,t=1.0
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Known Error Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product
CR 1-34626031 Parallel Processing - SYSTEM(107), PARALLEL -Shared Memory Parallel is not functioning on Windows 64 Shared Memory Parallel is not functioning on Windows 64 in MD Nastran R1. CR 1-34778999 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBUSH1D element causes SOL 600 to fail without any messages. The CBUSH1D element causes SOL 600 to fail without any messages. CR 1-34831285 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Labelling for inertial derivatives in static aeroelasiticity is incorrect The trim results for rotational accelerations currently show units of length/s/s when PARAM ANITS=1.0 (default) is used. This should be radians/s/s When PARAM AUNITS has some value other than 1.0, the rotational accelerations are labled as LOAD FACTOR. This should be radians/s/s_per_g CR 1-34885331 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - BSURF - Translation Error, Undefined Node Number A BSURF entry with many elements may result in the dytran-lsdyna executable failing due to a translation error. The error message will indicate:
Description
Description 0 *** Error undefined node # 0 near input line 3275 280 0 0 0 0 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 1.000E+00 1.000E+00 Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-34885375 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - CTETRA10 - Not translated correctly The model has an error but the error message is not clear. To fix the model, the PSOLID entry should be changed to PSDOLIDD,1,1,16 which designates
Known Error
CR 1-34885375 that a tet10 will be used in the LsDyna calculations including contact. Once this is done, the tet10 elements run properly. CTETRA10 is not supported in SOL700. If inlcuded the translation will cause an error in the explicit solver.
Known Error Product
CR 1-34974981 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - QUAD4, PARAM,LGDISP - UFM 4551 or Floaing Point Overflow in xqd4pd SOL 400 with CQUAD4 elements and PARAM,LGDISP may fail with UFM 4551 or a floating point overflow in xqd4pd. CR 1-34997021 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES - SFM 3001 in TA1 If PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is requested with nonstructural mass specified on the NSM* entry then the run will terminate with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TA1) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 9 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile phase1dr alter ' ta1 ','' TA1 mpts,ECTS,EPTS,BGPDTS,SILS,ETT,CSTMS, dit,ectas,eht/ EST,,GEI,GPECT,,vgfd,ditid,,nsmest/ LUSETS/-1/S,N,NOSIMP/1/S,N,NOGENL/0/// s,n,freqdeps/shldamp/s,n,mge/nsm $ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-35331198 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Acoustics - PARAM FLUIDSE, c-set - SFM 5423 A model with PARAM,FLUIDSE and some or all of the fluid superelement's boundary is in the c-set then the run will fail with:
Known Error
CR 1-35331198 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MOT1 IS 101 313 606 2 2 1212 9665 TRAILER FOR GOQ IS 102 10 919 2 2 1838 10000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 1 Avoidance: Insert PARAM,MHRED,NO or insert the following DMAP alter: compile semr3 alter 'if (mhred='(2),'' IF ( MHRED='YES' AND NOT(FLUID) ) THEN $ endalter
CR 1-35365026 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - PARAM,ASING,-1 DCMP, ERR flag In an analysis which has null columns in the stiffness matrix (plane strain for example) where the null columns are retained in the L-set, the DCMP module will cope with these null columns by placing 1.0 on the leading diagonal of the null columns. This behavior is controlled in subDMAP SEKRRS (for SOL 101) by the DECOMP parameter which is forced to a value of 16 if user parameter ASING is left at its default value of 0. However, if PARAM,ASING,-1 is set the DECOMP parameter retains the value -1, and the action taken in DCMP is the standard action of replacing every zero term on the leading diagonal with 1E-10. Normally (when the zero terms on the leading diagonal are not also part of a null column) this would set the ERR parameter to -1 on exit from the DCMP module and the DMAP would trap this and issue a UFM. However, starting from Version 2004.5, the ERR parameter is not set to -1 when the zero leading diagonal term comes from a null column. The consequence is that any loads applied to singular dofs generate large displacements (if ASING is set to -1) and displacements equal to the value of the applied load (if ASING is left at 0).
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CR 1-35436091 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BCBODY to CONTACT is wrong for 2nd rigid body represented by NURBS The 2nd (and perhaps all except the 1st) rigid body represented by NURBS is wrong. The Nastran-to-Marc translator does not write the "data" section from BCBODY to CONTACT. Note that the translation of the "application region" section (i.e., NURBS section) is correct for all the rigid bodies. CR 1-35546885 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - OMODES, RESTART - Wrong Answers The OMODES Case Control command is ignored on restart. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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compile super3 alter 'call sedisp'(,-1) delete /UG,QG,QMG,OL1S,gpke $ endalter CR 1-35665271 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MONPNT2 results missing when AECONFIG request is present - UFM 2170 (PARTN2) A MONPNT2 bulk data entry in an input file that also contains an AECONFIG case control command produces the following error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 (PARTN2) BOTH THE ROW AND COLUMN PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE PURGED AND ONLY ONE MAY BE. 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error Product
Description
User Information: This is caused by a datablock qualifer not being set.
User Avoidance: The easiest avoidance is to omit the AECONFIG case control command so that the default value of AECONFIG=AERO2GSD is used.
Known Error
CR 1-35665271 :
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CR 1-35683049 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis with rotordynamics - RGYRO, UNBALNC - SFM 3001 If there are multiple subcases in SOL 129 with RGYRO command and UNBALNC loads then the run may fail with SFM 3001 for UNBVECD. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile nltran alter 1 file UNBVECD=save $ alter 'call gyrotran' DELETE /UNBVECD,,,, $ endalter CR 1-35833199 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOM9, PBRSECT - SFM 4276, EC 7777 A SOL 200 analysis with arbitrary beam (PBRSECT) failed in the DOM9 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 Error Code 7777 CR 1-35917921 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - Scale Factor applied to P2G lead to UWM 2070, followed by UFM 300 Attempting to apply a scale fact to P2G, (i.e. P2G = 1.25*PAX) may lead to user fatal message 300 in the case control section. CR 1-35963377 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - DOMAINSOLVER - UWM 7795 refers to obsolete methods "MDMODES", "GDMODES", "FDMODES"
Known Error
CR 1-35963377 "MDMODES", "GDMODES", "FDMODES" are still used in output messages (these are v2001 heritage domainsolver terms), yet the DOMAINSOLVER terms have been updated to STAT, MODES and FREQ, with partitioning options DOF, GRID, and FREQ. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 7795 (PREDRV) AUTOMATIC MODEL PARTITIONER WAS UNABLE TO PARTITION THE MODEL. USER ACTION: 1. SELECT A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF PROCESSORS OR RUN THE JOB SERIALLY, OR 2. IF DOMAINSOLVER MDMODES WAS SELECTED, THEN SWITCH TO DOMAINSOLVER GDMODES, ACMS OR FDMODES. ^^^ SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 9130 (MDMODES) ^^^ AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED WHILE CREATING THE PARTITIONS, THE PERMUTATION MATRIX AND THE MAPS IN PRESOL, WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR MDMODES. THE READ MODULE WILL BE EXECUTED IN PARALLEL USING FDMODES INSTEAD OF MDMODES. CR 1-35970568 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/ QRG - DOMAINSOLVER - Table 3-1 GEOM/GRID option Table 3-1 under the QRG documentation for the DOMAINSOLVER commdand refers to the GEOM option. This should be the GRID option. CR 1-36038197 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Response - XYPUNCH has a default of MaxShear, not von Mises. If a transient response analysis requests stress printout and also xypunch stress output for item code 9, 17, the xypunch stress output will be von Mises stress, because the default for the stress printout in the .f06 is von Mises. However, if printed output is not requested the XYPUNCH output will be Max Shear.
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Known Error
CR 1-36038197 The default XYPUNCH stress will be changed to von MIses to match that of printed output. ******************** Fixed V2007.0.0
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CR 1-36066967 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - SOL 200 with SE and TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 3003 (SDR2) or (SSG1) Data Block ETT SOL 200 with superelements and analysis = buck and temperature loads with SCR=NO may fail in data recovery with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (SDR2) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE GETEMP 0FATAL ERROR or with SCR=YES, may fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (SSG1) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ETT (FILE 107) IN SUBROUTINE GETEMP NOTE SCR=NO is more efficient for design optimization with SE because the SE does not have to be recomputed and re-reduced at each cycle if there are no design variables in the SE. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile update,list $ alter 'gp3','' $ IF ( NOT EXTER ) GP3, GEOM3s,BGPDTS,GEOM2s,EDT,UGH,ESTH,BGPDTH,CASEHeat,mpts,/ SLT,ETT/0/0/0 $ compile desinit $ alter 'lpflg = 0' $ tabpt slist,emap,,, // $ alter ' sdsa '(,-1) $ if ( seid=0 ) then $ alter ' sdsa ' $ else $ desvar = 0 $ dresp = 0 $
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CR 1-36066967 endif
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CR 1-36079438 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PRTPCOMP (sys 361) ignored if "MEM" option used on PCOMP - Extra Output If PCOMP has "MEM" option, the equivalent PSHELL/MAT2 are printed regardless of the PRTPCOMP value CR 1-36316035 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CQUAD4, CTRIA3 - Offsets, ZOFF Remark 6 of the QRG CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 description is in error. For CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 with offset (due to ZOFFS and/or unsymmetric plies and/or z0 defined on PCOMP or PCOMPG) the differential stiffness is incorrect. Hence solutions with the need for differential stiffness (dynamic analysis with prestress, linear and nonlinear buckling) will produce incorrect results. However solutions with nonlinear geometric behavior (param,lgdisp,1) will produce correct results when the solution has converged. Please note that QUADR and TRIAR with offset will give incorrect results in any case. CR 1-36462622 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - PFAST - case MCID=0 and MFLAG=0 is missing Remark 5 under the PFAST description in the QRG should be changed to read: If MCID>=0 ... instead of MCID>0 ...
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CR 1-37202949 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MCFRACTION - UWM 3001 A request of MCFRACTION output for a SET that contains no degrees of freedom in the analysis set, will result in the message:
Known Error
CR 1-37202949 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (MCFRAC) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED RPHMCS AT POSITION 5 DOES NOT EXIST. For example: SET 98765 = 61/t1 SET 88765 = 0.1,0.2 $ mcfraction(structure,print,punch,solution=88765, sort=absd,key=fraction,filter=0.0,null=12, items=(fraction,scaled)) = 98765 where t1 of grid 61 is constrained in the s-set will result UWM 300.
CR 1-37227076 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Loads in SOL 600 subcase get incorrectly applied For SOL 600, If the same load is applied in two subcases you must use PARAM,MRDISCMB,1 At the request of Marc development, this parameter was introduced together with an algorithm to combine distributed loads with the same magnitudes. This algorithm fails in problems where just one distributed load of the same magnitude is applied in two subsequent load cases. The default for PARAM,MRDISCMB will be changed to zero for such loadings. The avoidance is to apply slightly different distributed loads. It is unlikely likely that In a practical problem with many loads of varying magnitude that this problem will be encountered. CR 1-37426759 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing/Frequency Response - Poor DMP Performance with multiple load cases The code change was For any SOL 111 modal frequency response analysis with multiple load cases, DMP performance will suffer during MPI communication of the dynamic load matrix. Avoidance: apply the following DMAP alter:
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Known Error
CR 1-37426759 compile freqrs alter 'DISUTIL ppfe', '' $ type parm,,i,n,iproc $ iproc=2 $ do while ( iproc<=nproc ) $ disutil ppfe,,,/ppftmp/iproc/-1/10 $ send to master if ( procid=1 ) then $ add ppfe,ppftmp/ppfx $ if ( iproc=nproc ) then $ equivx ppfx/ppf0/-1 $ else $ equivx ppfx/ppfe/-1 $ endif $ delete /ppftmp,ppfx,,, $ avoid ufm 1126 endif $ iproc = iproc + 1 $ enddo endalter
CR 1-37426959 MSC / MD Nastran Installation/Licensing - MSC_LICENSE_FILE points to port@IP_Address When auth points at 1700@ip_address the following fatal may occur:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: validate_authorize) authorize=1700@172.16.1.145 (Env: MSC_LICENSE_FILE) Host "172.16.1.145" is unknown in this network.
CR 1-37445491 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Stops without any message if not enough memory A SOL 600 run using DDM may fail without any message if there is insufficient memory available. The example problem failed without any message with ddm=2 but issued SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3004 when run with DDM=4. CR 1-37590653 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-37590653 Elements - CBAR, PBARL - Incorrect mass with PBARL With Nastran 2005.5, also known as 2005r3, if a PBARL is defined with non structural mass, the mass of the element doesn't include the non structural mass. Avoidance: Activate the previous element formulation of pbarl with nastran twbrbml=1
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CR 1-37706137 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TEMP, BUCKLING - UFM 4016 (GETEMP) A SOL 200 job with part superelements and temperature loads may fail with the message: ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9049 (SEKDR) ^^^ SUPERELEMENT DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS GENERATION, ASSEMBLY, AND REDUCTION. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP) THERE ARE NO TEMPERATURES FOR FASTP ELEMENT 900001 IN SET 1051250 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Add a TEMPD entry to the input.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-37797311 MSC / MD Nastran Distributed Memory Parallel - SOL 103 ACMS with DMP does excessive MPI Poor Performance DMP performance will be degraded when using ACMS with SOL 103 due to an MPI broadcast of the full (A-set size) PHI matrix from Master to all Slave processes. This broadcast should not be necessary. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile modefsrs alter 'if ( (acms or mdacms) and nproc','' if ( (acms or mdacms) and nproc>1 and not(fdmodes or app='reig') ) then $ alter 'if ( (acms or mdacms) and nproc'(2),'' if ( (acms or mdacms) and nproc>1 and
Known Error
CR 1-37797311 not(fdmodes or app='reig') ) then $ compile semodes alter 'call modefsrs' if ( procid>1 and mdacms ) then $ CALL PRTSUM /RSTJUNK $ exit $ endif $ endalter
CR 1-37827560 MSC / MD Nastran sol 101 - external se - sfe 4276 ec 211 or signal 11 When reading an external SE in SOL 101, a System Fatal Mess 4276 with Error Code 211 or Signal 11 may be produced. CR 1-37948581 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 16 to process a KAA matrix gives DMIG output with an invalid grid point ID Use of MATMOD Option 16 to process a KAA matrix gives DMIG output with an invalid grid point ID, making it impossible to subsequently use this DMIG output properly. CR 1-37949081 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Names longer than 22 charachters for the Dyt.prep.out file cause error. In SOL 700 names longer than 22 charachters for the dyt.pre.out file will cause an error. CR 1-38453316 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBUSH - SOL 106, missing CBUSH forces with LGIDSP In sol 106, nonlinear, with PARAM,LGDISP,+1 cbush forces are missing from the output.
Known Error Product
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Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
Known Error
CR 1-38453316 Avoidance: Request STRESS and the forces will be in the nonlinear stress block. A comment should be added to the Quick Reference Guide: 10. In SOL 106 with PARAM,LGDISP,1 the force recovery is part of the nonlinear stress recovery. This means that the FORCE request will not provide CBUSH forces; instead, appropriate STRESS/NLSTRESS are required to obtain the nonlinear force and stress in bush elements.
Known Error Product
CR 1-38620791 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Restarts of external SE assembly runs fail with SFM 4276 in the GP1 module Restarts of assembly runs employing external SEs (using the EXTSEOUT feature) fail with SFM 4276 in the GP1 module.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in the restart run: compile phase0 alter 'if ( not(noxsort) and not(selist)','' if ( false ) then $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-38982011 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ANALYSIS=BUCK - SFM 3001 CASEXX does not exist If SOL 200 runs with a single subcase the ANALYSIS = BUCK, the following system fatal message is produced: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SEP3) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED CASEXX AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
This is caused by the fact that there is no subcase with ANALYSIS=STATICS to obtain the static deflection to drive the buckling analysis. User Information: In SOL 105, a buckling subcase without a statics subcase produces the somewhat more meaningful message:
Known Error
CR 1-38982011 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683 (LNNRIGL) KDIF MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS User Avoidance: Add a static subcase to the input deck
CR 1-39271221 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Install notes have two errors The "Install Notes" have two errors:
Description
1. The notes state that linux does not support SMP. Linux does support SMP 2. The notes state that 2005.5 runs on RedHat 7.3, RH 8, and SuSE 8. Please change to it has been run on RedHat 9, RH 3, RH 4, SuSE 9, Fedora Core 2 CR 1-39297485 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Superelement with zero mass in residual elements leads to UFM 9088 (SELG) In superelement analysis, if there is zero mass in the residual elements, the following error will be reported (attachment internal.dat) ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9088 (SELG) ^^^ PARAM,INREL,-2 IS PRESENT BUT NO MASS IS DEFINED. Avoidances: 1) add a dummy grid to the residual with low mass. or, 2) use param,inrel,-1 and SUPORT entry or, 3) use the following dmap in V2005.5.0: compile selg alter 76,87 $ v2005.5.0 IF ( NULLMJJ=-1 ) THEN $ MESSAGE //' USER'/WRN/'MESSAGE 9088 (SELG)' $ MESSAGE //' PARAM,INREL,-1 or PARAM,INREL,-2 IS PRESENT BUT'/ ' NO element MASS IS DEFINED for SEID='/seid $ MESSAGE //' USER INFORMATION: The loads will pass'/ ' to the assembled residual for final processing and '/ ' inertia relief calculations' $ ELSE $
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Known Error
CR 1-39297485 compile statrs alter 'nullqrr' if (nullqrr=-1) then message//'no mass present in residual processing of inertia relief' message//'-- fatal' exit endif $
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CR 1-39313341 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Exterior acoustics with DMP - ACFPMRESULT - Missing Output If DOMAINSOLVER FREQ is requested with exterior acoustic analysis in sol108 then ACFPMRESULT data recovery will be missing output. CR 1-39507540 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - DMP and ACMS - frequency dependent elements SFM 5423 If DMP and ACMS are requested in frequency response with frequency dependent elements, then the run may fail withSFM 5423. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 'frrd1' alter 'merge ,,,ppf,,' merge ,,,qsgf,,expand,/qsgfe/1 $ merge ,,,qmgf,,expand,/qmgfe/1 $ alter 'DISUTIL ppfe,,,' DISUTIL qsgfe,,,/qsgf0///-8 $ DISUTIL qmgfe,,,/qmgf0///-8 $ alter 'DISUTIL ypf1,,,' DISUTIL qsgf,,,/qsgf0///9 $ DISUTIL qmgf,,,/qmgf0///9 $ alter 'DISUTIL ypf10,,,' DISUTIL qsgf0,,,/qsgf2///3 $ DISUTIL qmgf0,,,/qmgf2///3 $ alter 'equivx ypf10'
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Known Error
CR 1-39507540 equivx qsgf0/qsgf/-1 $ equivx qmgf0/qmgf/-1 $ alter 'equivx ypf12' equivx qsgf2/qsgf/-1 $ equivx qmgf2/qmgf/-1 $ endalter
CR 1-39801126 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SORT1 vs SORT2 description in QRG The description of SORT1/SORT2 in Remark2 of the QRG does not describe that for Statics, ANY SORT2 request will result in all output in SORT2. Proposed update: (highlighted by *** 2. The defaults for SORT1 and SORT2 depend on the type of analysis: SORT1 is the default in static analysis, frequency response, steady state heat transfer analysis, real and complex eigenvalue analysis, flutter analysis, and buckling analysis. SORT2 is the default in transient response analysis (structural and heat transfer). SORT2 is not available for real eigenvalue (including buckling), complex eigenvalue, or flutter analysis. If SORT1 is selected in a transient solution for one or more of the commands ACCE, DISP, ENTH, FORC, HDOT, MPCF, OLOA, SPCF, STRA, STRE, and VELO then the remaining commands will also be output in SORT1 format. If SORT2 is selected in a ***static or **** frequency response solution for one or more of the commands ACCE, DISP, FORC, MPCF, OLOA, SPCF, STRA, STRE, and VELO then the remaining commands will also be output in SORT2 format. XY plot requests forces SORT2 and overrides SORT1 requests! CR 1-40022971 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Superelements, data recovery missing In a SOL 400 run where superelements are present, and the STEP history for the residual structure runs NLSTAT and then NLTRAN, there will be no data recovery for the superelement(s) for the NLSTAT STEP.
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Known Error
CR 1-40022971 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SUPER3 NOLIST $ ALTER 'IF.*NOCASRS1.*SEID','' $ IF ( (NOCASRS1>-1 OR APP='NLST') AND SEID=0 ) THEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
Known Error Product
CR 1-40036154 MSC / MD Nastran MCFRACTION - Missing output or unexpected output when degree of freedom not specified. The MCFRACTION Case Control command produces unexpected results if the grid point's degree of freedom is not specified as required in the set. For example:
Description
SET 1000=92 MCFRACTION(sort=absa,print)=1000 produces modal contribution factor output for grid 9 degree of freedom 2. Specifying a grid 97 will produce no output without a warning message.
CR 1-40041100 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - STATSUB(BUCKLING) - Missing Output In sol 105 buckling analysis contains two buckling subcases that have different preloads but the same buckling load, the second buckling subcase will be skipped. CR 1-40102391 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - AUTOMSET - Possible wrong results for AUTOMSET=YES If rigid elements/MPCs connect DOF on the boundary of a superelement with AUTOMSET=YES then wrong answers may be produced.
Known Error
CR 1-40102391
Avoidance: The following alter can be used to avoid the error --compile mce1s $ alter 'imm,ym','' $ mpyad imm,ym,/rinvym//-1 $ alter 'i11,yy','' $ mpyad i11,yy,/y//-1 $ The attached input data file demonstrates the error. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Superelements - Incorrect Modal Complex Eigenvalues Modal complex eigenvalue analysis using superelements produces incorrect damping coefficients. CR 1-40401601 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Sparse decomp may hang during the reordering in a specific memory range It is possible for the sparse decomp to hang during the reordering phase provided that all of the following conditions occur: 1) Either BEND or AMF reordering is specified (BEND is the default) 2) Grid compression is feasible (that is, the EQXIN, SILS, and USET tables are available). 3) Enough memory is available for the grid compression 4) Not enough memory is available for BEND or AMF The offending routine is DFMSYN, which, under these conditions, and only under these conditions, tries to perform MMD reordering by calling DFMMD1 with the wrong data structures. Usually the job will hang, but it may also produce a segmentation fault or an error message like: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6916 (DFMSYN) DECOMP ORDERING METHOD CHOSEN: MMD, ORDERING METHOD USED: MMD *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6705 (DFMAGC) LOGIC ERROR 2 IN SYMBOLIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION CR 1-40265587 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-40401601 USER INFORMATION: PERFORMANCE MAY BE DEGRADED AND/OR MORE MEMORY MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE MATRIX HAS NOT BEEN RESEQUENCED PROPERLY This error can be reproduced in released systems starting with v2001. Using the tpl deck bst80a, the error can be reproduced in v2001 and v2004 by specifying mem=1754kw, in v2005 by specifying mem=1865kw, and in v2006R1 by specifying mem=2000kw. The amount of memory needed to cause the error can be estimated from the diagnostic output produced by setting sys166=2. For bst80a, one sees the following message in the f06 file: GRID MATCHING COMPRESSION USED: NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN MATRIX = 32015 NUMBER OF NONZEROES IN FULL MATRIX = 654646 NUMBER OF COMPRESSED COLUMNS IN MATRIX = 6403 NUMBER OF COMPRESSED NONZEROES = 50252 If we let IWFR = NUMBER OF COMPRESSED NONZEROS N = NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN MATRIX NEWN= NUMBER OF COMPRESSED COLUMNS IN MATRIX then if specify memory so that the USER OPENCORE (as reported in the f04 file) is approximately 15*NEWN + IWFR + 9*N the error should occur. This is not an exact formula, so it may be necessary to alter the value a bit. The avoidance is to specify enough memory so that USER OPENCORE (as reported in the f04 file) is at least 17*NEWN + IWFR +10*N . Another avoidance is to specify a reordering method besides BEND or AMF, by setting sys206=8, or setting sys206=9, or setting sys206=2.
Known Error Product
CR 1-40506427 Eigenvalue Analysis - RIGID=LAGRANGE - SFM 3034 Lanczos eigenvalue problems with rigid=lagrange may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3034 (LNNHERR) INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE LANCZOS PROCEDURE: M-ORTHOGONAL QR PROCEDURE FAILED TO CONVERGE. PROBABLE CAUSE: MASS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (MODES) OR STIFFNESS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (BUCKLING). USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. CR 1-40535203 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BUCKLE and SCR=NO - Wrong answers If running SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=BUCKLE and SCRATCH = NO, then wrong answers occur. This is only detected by running a buckling solution using the output from PUNCH NEWBULK feature. The eigensolution is different between the final SOL 200 and NEWBULK SOL 105.
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Avoidance: either run the SOL 200 with SCRATCH = YES or insert this dmap alter compile sekdr alter 'DBSTATUS KDJJ,'(,-1) delete /kdjj,,,, $ endalter CR 1-40553791 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - MATD024 & TABLEDR causes error in d3hsp - TABLEDR has TABLE 0 that was not found MATD024 & TABLEDR to define strain rate effect causes the following error in d3hsp.
Known Error Product
Description *** Error DYTRAN Input TABLEDR has TABLE 0 that was not found. Known Error Product CR 1-40553852 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-40553852 SOL 700 - KU field of MATDS08 casuses error in d3hsp KU field of MATDS08 casuses an error in d3hsp.
Description
%E *** Error DYTRAN Input 42 MATDS08 1 2 0. 1. MATDS08 (MID = 1) - has wrong KU value 0. CR 1-40553875 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - PSHELL - Shell thickness cannot differ for each nodes If the thickness specified on a PSHELL entry is not same for all nodes of a shell element element, it causes an error in d3hsp. CR 1-40553914 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - BCPROP - Alternate format of BCPROP causes error in d3hsp The alternate format of the BCPROP entry to define optional thicknesses is not translated to BCPROPC for dytran-lsdyna executuion and this leads to the following error in d3hsp:
Description %E *** Error DYTRAN Input 187 + 0.04 1. 1. invalid integer (0.04) in field 2 Known Error Product CR 1-40558687 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ADS9P4 - SFM 3008 (UTMCOR), Insufficient Core The following message should be improved to indicate the additional memory required: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = DOM9 INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE ADS9P4 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = ADS9P4 FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Request more memory or use OPTCOD=DOT on the DOPTPRM
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Known Error
CR 1-40558687 entry
CR 1-40638031 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - DYTIMHS does not output an effective jid.dytr.d3thdt DYTIMHS is not effective by itself to output jid.dytr.d3thdt. DYPARAM, LSDYNA,BINARY,D3THDT,real must also be specified or the jid.dytr.d3thdt output will be empty. CR 1-40643851 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Initial velocity is incorrect if analysis coordinate is defined in GRID If analysis coordinate of GRID is defined using a local coordinate which is based on another local coordinate, the initial velocity is incorrect in SOL 700. For example: GRID 2 1. 0. 0. 1 TIC 1 2 1 1. CORD2R 1 2 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. .707107 .707107 0. CORD2S 2 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 0. 45. CR 1-40726454 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - GPFORCE, ESE sensitivities incorrect with TEMP(LOAD) GPFORCE and Element Strain Energy response sensitivities are incorrect in the presence of thermal loads. CR 1-40726656 MSC / MD Nastran Temperature Loads - TEMP - Missing Message, Unexpected Answers If TEMP=xx is specified, but there is no TEMP ID xx in the bulk data, there is no warning or fatal issued.
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Corrected Version 2007.0.0 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
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CR 1-40803671 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - SOL 101 153 or 159 - Rigid Elements result in UFM 5419 (CHKRGD) If a heat transfer analysis contains rigid elements, the run will fail in v2005.5+ with the message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5419 (CHKRGD) RBE2 ELEMENT ID = 0, REFERENCES FLUID GRID POINT ID = XX. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to replace the rigid connections with MPC equivalents.
CR 1-40956673 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE4 entry does not support a default value for DZ A blank DZ field on the SPLINE4 entry should result in a DZ value of 0.0, as it does on the spline1,2 and spline5 entries. Currently, a blank DZ field results in a BAD DATA and an error in IFP. The documentation for this field on on SPLINE1,2 and 4 entry need to be updated to reflect this default.
Description
Avoidance: Specify DZ=0.0 explicitly when no linear attachment flexibility is desired. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-40966401 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET - Poor performance Poor performance may be experienced when PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is specified and structural (e.g., GE on MATi) or viscous damping (e.g., CDAMPi, CVISCi) are present. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1b alter 'smpyad.*rgt,bgg ,rgq,,,','smpyad.*rgq,k4gg,rgq,,,\/'(,1) matmod k4gg,,,,,/nzk4,/12/s,n,nzk4/1 $ if ( nzk4>0 ) then $ partn k4gg,nzk4,/k4xx,,, $ remove null columns/rows partn rgq,,nzk4/rxq,,,/1 $ and corresponding rows partn rgt,,nzk4/rxt,,,/1 $
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Known Error
CR 1-40966401 smpyad rxq,k4xx,rxq,,,/k4qq/3////1////6 $ smpyad rxt,k4xx,rxq,,,/k4tq/3////1 $ delete /rxt,rxq,,, $ else $ smpyad rgq,k4gg,rgq,,,/k4qq/3////1////6 $ smpyad rgt,k4gg,rgq,,,/k4tq/3////1 $ endif $ if ( not beigrd ) then $ matmod bgg,,,,,/nzb,/12/s,n,nzb/1 $ if ( nzb>0 ) then $ partn bgg,nzb,/bxx,,, $ remove null columns/rows partn rgq,,nzb/rxq,,,/1 $ and corresponding rows partn rgt,,nzb/rxt,,,/1 $ smpyad rxq,bxx,rxq,,,/bqq/3////1////6 $ smpyad rxt,bxx,rxq,,,/btq/3////1 $ delete /rxt,rxq,,, $ else $ smpyad rgq,bgg,rgq,,,/bqq/3////1////6 $ smpyad rgt,bgg,rgq,,,/btq/3////1 $ endif $ endif $ not beigrd dbstatus mbqq//s,n,nombqq $ if ( nombqq>0 ) then $ if ( kdampx>-1 ) then $ add5 bqq,mbqq,,,/mbqq1 $ equivx mbqq1/bqq/-1 $ else $ add5 k4qq,mbqq,,,/mk4qq1 $ equivx mk4qq1/k4qq/-1 $ endif $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-40966515 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Multiple element types with many property entries - Poor performance in TA1 If there are multiple element types and at least one element type has many property entries then poor performance may be observed in the TA1 module executed in subDMAP PHASE1A. This error can occur if there is a TOPVAR entry present or there is a unique property entry assigned to each element. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-40966515 compile phase1a alter ' ta1 '(2,-1) putsys(1,56) $ alter ' ta1 '(2) putsys(0,56) $ endalter
CR 1-41008771 MSC / MD Nastran Fatal Error in DBEADD for problem in AESO and MDACMS A duplication of datablock name in DELETE Dmap could lead to a Warning and follows by a Fatal Message. The example below will demonstrate the error because of duplicated MDABQT datablock: DELETE /MDAMQT,MDABQT,MDABQT,MDK4QT, $ *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 1113 (DBEDEL) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DECREMENT THE PVA TABLE COUNTER, NO ENTRIES WERE FOUND FOR THIS PATH. USER ACTION: MAKE RUN USING FMS COMMAND DBFIX *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1112 (DBEADD) ATTEMPT TO ADD A DBENTRY IN A LOCATION WHERE ANOTHER DBENTRY ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE. BIOMSG: ERROR 3061 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE SYSTEM , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 Avoidance: Remove the duplication of datablock name
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CR 1-41130517 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3007 (DSAD) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD6, UFM 6553 The message:
Known Error
CR 1-41130517 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DSAD6 appears when a scaled weight constraint is invoked in a subcase other than the first. This occurs in combination with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6553 (DOPR3R) A WEIGHT RESPONSE HAS BEEN INVOKED BY THE DESSUB COMMAND IN SUBCASE 22, WHICH IS NOT THE FIRST SUBCASE. It is possible that this UFM will not cause the run to stop due to a programming bug. Avoidance: Constraints on weight or volume must be placed above the subcase level or in the first subcase
CR 1-41285296 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600; read error: no such option (caused by space in path) .SOL 600 does not support spaces in any path and there is no intent to do so. Such jobs will be fataled out for MD R2. For MD R3 and subsequent releases spaces in the path are allowed. A SOL 600 job that is run from a directory that has a space in the path will fail with a message similar to the following: Marc will be executed using the command: f:\msc\nast2005r3\msc20055\marc\\tools\run_marc.bat -jid F:\clients\space in path\ddd.marc.dat -v no -iam nanl -sdir g:/scratch -b no *** ISHELL PROGRAM 'f:\msc\nast2005r3\msc20055\marc\\tools\run_marc.bat' STARTED *** read error: no such option: in or input value: path\ddd.marc.dat *** ISHELL PROGRAM 'f:\msc\nast2005r3\msc20055\marc\\tools\run_marc.bat' COMPLETED *** AVOIDANCE: remove spaces from the path
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Known Error
CR 1-41330851
Known Error Product
CR 1-41330851 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - tpl test dtrustr2 fails in DOM10 - SFM 4276 on AIX An optimization job with an active Trust Region request may fail in DOM10 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276. Avoidance: use the dmap alter below: compile desopt alter 'if ( trustR ) D','' if ( trustR ) THEN DBEQUIV DATABLK=(XINIT/XINITR,DESTAB/DESTABR, OPTPRMG/OPTPRMGR,R1VALRG/R1VALRGR,R2VALRG/R2VALRGR, RSP2RG/RSP2RGR,R3VALRG/R3VALRGR, R1TABRG/R1TABRGR,CNTABRG/CNTABRGR,DSCMG/DSCMGR, OBJTBG/OBJTBGR,RR2IDRG/RR2IDRGR, RESP3RG/RESP3RGR,RQATABRG/RQATBGR, DRSTBLG/DRSTBLGR,WMIDG/WMIDGR, MODRPRG/MODRPRGR,GEOM1/GEOM1R,GEOM2/GEOM2R, GEOM1QS/GEOM1QSR,GEOM2QS/GEOM2QSR, GEOM4QS/GEOM4QSR,FRQRPRG/FRQRPRGR, R1MAPR/R1MAPRR,R2MAPR/R2MAPRR,MTRAK/MTRAKR), WHERE (DESITER=DESCYCLP AND WILDCARD) , CONVERT (DESITER=DESCYCLP+1) OVRWRT $ DELETE /RSP2RG,CNTABRG,R1TABRG,DRSTBLG,FRQRPRG $ DELETE /R1VALRG,R2VALRG,CVALRG,wmidg,r3valrg $ DELETE /RESP3RG,rr2idrg,wgtmg,RQATABRG,modrprg $ DELETE /DSCMG,DELW,DELV,DELB,DELF $ endif CR 1-41392631 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MARCPRNH and MARCPR99 cannot correctly converted In SOL600, MARCPRNH and MARCPR99 cannot BE correctly converted to PRINT ELEMENT by the CQUAD4 element. For example the input cquad4.bdf with: --param,marcprnh,1 param,marcpr99,-1 --cquad4.marc.dat:
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Known Error
CR 1-41392631 --PRINT ELEMENT STRESS CAUCHY STRAIN PLASTIC PR999999 1 to 1 1 to 1 --This input file outputs only point1 and layer1.
Known Error Product
CR 1-41448459 MSC / MD Nastran Single Point Constraints - AUTOSPC, INPUTT4 - Incorrect Constraints when negative terms on diagonal A matrix that is brought in via INPUTT4 and has negative numbers on the diagonal may cause the wrong degrees of freedome to be constrained by the AUTOSPC gpsp module. CR 1-41458341 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - APPEND - Output datablock via dbview fails The following simple deck fails in gnfist die to an append datalock geom1 that using the alias dbviewname VIEW0001 ASSIGN inputt2='../complex_107.op2',unit=25 status=old acquire nddl sol mysol compile mysol list subdmap mysol TYPE PARM,,I,Y,IUNIT=25 $ INPUTT2 /,,,,/-1/IUNIT $ TYPE DB GEOM1,GEOM168 $ FILE GEOM1=APPEND $ DBVIEW VIEW0001=GEOM1 WHERE(AUXMID=1;AFPMID=2;DESITER=3;HIGHQUAL=0) INPUTT2 /GEOM168,,,,/0/IUNIT////////'GEOM168' $ MAKENEW GEOM168,,,,/VIEW0001,,,,/'GEOM1'/////'GEOM1' $ IFPINDX /VIEW0001 $
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CR 1-41458341 DBDIR $ end cend
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE IFPINDX IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = GEOM1 , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE GEOM1=OVRWRT Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-41585731 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 400 - PARAM,KDIAG The description for user parameter KDIAG requires updating. 1. It does not include SOL 400 in the list of applicable solution sequences. 2. For SOL 400, it does not apply only to nonlinear statics but to nonlinear transient analysis as well. Suggested updated description: Default = -1.0 (SOLs 106, 400 and 153 only) In SOL 106 (nonlinear static analysis), 400 (both nonlinear static and transient analysis) and 153 (steady state heat transfer), KDIAG may be used to eliminate spurious mechanisms and singularities in the nonlinear stiffness matrix. The absolute value of KDIAG will be added to some or all of the diagonal terms in the nonlinear stiffness matrix according to the following: If KDIAG < 0.0, then add the absolute value of KDIAG to the null diagonal terms only. (Default) If KDIAG = 0.0, then no action is taken. If KDIAG > 0.0, then add the value of KDIAG to all diagonal terms. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-41729401 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/SOL 600 - MARCOUT Defalt
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Known Error
CR 1-41729401 The code was revised to make the default t16 file smaller, but the QRG was not revised accordingly. MD Nastran Quick Reference Guide ch.8 MARCOUT Remarks 6, 6. If this entry is not used, the following defaults are entered automatically: E1, E11, E18, E27, E301, E321, E341, E401, E47, E48, N1, N2, N5, N35, N37, N39. In MD Nastran 2006, if this entry is not used, only E301, E341, E47, N1, N2, N35, N37, N38 and N39 are output.
Description
CR 1-41737627 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600/Documentation - QRG incorrect for PARAM, MRFOLLOW The electronic 2005r3 QRG indicates: MRFOLLOW Integer, Default = 0, MSC.Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) only MRFOLLOW=1, FORCE1, FORCE2, MOMENT1, MOMENT2 will act as nonfollower forces. This option must be entered if MSC.Marc versions prior to 2003 r1 are to be used. MRFOLLOW=0, follower forces entered using FORCE1, FORCE2, MOMENT1, MOMENT2 will be mapped to MSC.Marcs new follower force option available starting with MSC.Marc version 2003r1.
Description MRFOLLOW=-1, follower forces will be turned off even if requested to be on using other options. This is sometimes necessary for multiple load cases where pressures are applied to different elements in the different load cases. ========================================== This is incorrect, the doucmentation should indicate: ========================================== MRFOLLOW Integer, Default = 0, MSC.Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) only MRFOLLOW=0, FORCE1, FORCE2, MOMENT1, MOMENT2 will act as nonfollower forces.
Known Error
CR 1-41737627 This option must be entered if MSC.Marc versions prior to 2003 r1 are to be used. MRFOLLOW=1, follower forces entered using FORCE1, FORCE2, MOMENT1, MOMENT2 will be mapped to MSC.Marcs new follower force option available starting with MSC.Marc version 2003r1. MRFOLLOW=-1, follower forces will be turned off even if requested to be on using other options. This is sometimes necessary for multiple load cases where pressures are applied to different elements in the different load cases. ==========================================
The actual action is opposite what the manual indicates. Known Error Product CR 1-41752101 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - OLOAD is ignored in a frequency response analysis when TSTEP is present OLOAD is ignored in a frequency response analysis when TSTEP is present.
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: COMPILE SEMFREQ $ INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORM OLOAD, SPCFO, AND MPCFO ALTER 'CALL FDRMGEN'(2,-1) $ APP = 'TRANRESP' $ ALTER 'CALL FDRMGEN'(2) $ APP = 'FREQRESP' $ ALTER 'DELETE.*PPF.*PSF' $ IFT PPFSAVE,CASEF,TRL,FOL/PP147,FOLXXX/IFTM $ MATMOD PP147,,,,,/PPF,/1/1//3 $ COMPILE SEdFREQ $ INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORM OLOAD, SPCFO, AND MPCFO ALTER 'CALL FDRMGEN'(,-1) $ APP = 'TRANRESP' $ ALTER 'CALL FDRMGEN' $ APP = 'FREQRESP' $ ALTER 'DELETE.*PPF.*PSF' $ IFT PPFSAVE,CASEF,TRL,FOL/PP147,FOLXXX/IFTM $ MATMOD PP147,,,,,/PPF,/1/1//3 $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-41808171 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - FLFACT - Floating point exception, divide by zero, subroutine FASORT A divide by zero fatal message will occur for the pk or pknl methods when two consecutive dynamic pressures (= 1/2 density * velocity**2) are the same. User Avoidance: adjust the flfact input for densities and velocities to avoid the duplicate dynamic pressure.
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CR 1-41822251 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - PARAM,MARCT16 output The description of Quick Reference Guide(MARCT16) is not correct. It has been updated for the MD Nastran R2 and MSC.Nastran 2007 releases. CR 1-41822276 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - MARCT16 document The QRG needs to be modified to indicate that MARCOUT should not be entered when PARAM,MARCT16 is used. CR 1-41832822 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SPC Case Control Command missing reference to SPC2 The QRG description of the SPC case control command needs to be updated to indicate that it can reference a SPC2 bulk data entry. CR 1-41883251 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-41883251 Matrix Methods - SMETHOD - CASI solver on ILP-64 AIX Fails The element based iterative solver (CASI) will fail on IBM AIX platforms with a Traceback similar to the one reproduced below. Note that this only occurs with the ILP-64 version ("mode=i8"). Avoidance: A possible workaround is to rerun the job with mode=i4. Signal received: SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation Traceback: Offset 0x00000030 in procedure casiFree Offset 0x00000054 in procedure deleteFMatrix_159_128 Offset 0x00000ca4 in procedure pcgsl Offset 0x000003d0 in procedure pcglss Offset 0x00000078 in procedure xqcasi_ Offset 0x00001010 in procedure itscas_ Offset 0x000008d8 in procedure solvit_ Offset 0x00000670 in procedure xsem07_ Offset 0x00000198 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x00000064 in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000a78 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --CR 1-41884101 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SMETHOD - CSEAM element not recognized by Casi solver The casi element-based iterative solver interface does not currently allow the CSEAM element. CR 1-41885454 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - PSHELL, CQUAD4 - Membrane only element incorrectly translated. In the nastran bulk data a membrane only shell element is defined with a CQUAD4 entry with the MID1 field of the PSHELL entry defined, but MID2, MID3 and MID4 are left undefined. When SOL600 translates this type of element into a Marc element, it uses type 75, a full shell element. This is incorrect, Marc's membrane-only element is type 18. CR 1-41927461 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-41927461 Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - BRKSQL Remarks 7 Remark 7 of the Quick Reference Guide BRKSQL entry description has been updated to reflect the actual code.
Description
In MD Nastran 2006, if METH =1 and ICORD=0 or 1, an MSC.Marc t19 file will automatically be produced. If METH =0 and ICORD=0 or 1, an MSC.Marc t19 file not generate. CR 1-42002359 MSC / MD Nastran Loading - TEMP(INIT), TEMP(BOTH) - Wrong Answers Specifying both TEMP(INIT) and TEMP(BOTH) can lead to wrong answers as follows: 1) if TEMP(INIT) and TEMP(BOTH) -> WRONG ANSWERS (Delta-T is wrong) 2) TREF will NEVER perform table lookup 3) If TEMP(BOTH) and TEMP(LOAD) are specified, only the last request will be honored 4) In SOL 105 ONLY: If TEMP(BOTH) is specified in the subcase, it does not perform This condition will be trapped with a new fatal message beginning in version 2007. USER FATAL MESSAGE XXX (IFP1D) MULTIPLE TEMP(BOTH) OR COMBINATIONS OF TEMP(BOTH) AND TEMP(INIT) ARE NOT ALLOWED.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-42059473 MSC / MD Nastran Matix Methods - SMETHOD - Casi iterative solver does not support K2GG input matrix data The casi element-based iterative solver interface does not does not support K2GG input matrix data. CR 1-42074241 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-42074241 Documentation/QRG - DOBJ2, DPMIN, FSDALP and FSDMAX missing from DOPTPRM description The 2005R3 QRG inadvertantly deleted fsdmax, fsdalp,dobj2 and dpmin from the DOPTPRM entry. User Information: Refer to the 2005 Quick Reference Guide for information on these parameters.
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CR 1-42173286 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - POST TOFILE - op2 file cannot be read by Patran When POST TOFILE is being used to control the results output to the op2 file, Patran or other postprocessors cannot read the geometry. This error is caused by CASECCR being written before the results are output.
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Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile super3 $ alter 'OUTPUT2.*CASECCR','' $
CR 1-42236771 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - MATHE-K, MOONEY - Not correctly converted The values of MATHE-K(bulk modulus) is converted to the "coefficient of thermal expansion" and the "bulk modulus" of MOONEY in the marc data. The value of MATHE-Texp is disregarded. [nastran.dat] MATHE, 2, MOONEY, , 33.0E6, .0003, 2.5E-6, 70.5, .015 , 5.5E6, 1.0E6 , 4.0E6, 0.8E6 , 2.0E6
Description
[marc.dat] MOONEY COMMENT, MATHE 2 1, 2, 5.500000E+06, 1.000000E+06, 7.770000E-07, 3.300000E+07, 8.000000E+05, 4.000000E+06, 2.000000E+06, 3.300000E+07,
CR 1-42267596 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATPRN, DUPVH - SFM 4276, EC 3021 The following MATPRN caused EMG to fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (READ) ERROR CODE 3021
Description compile NONLIN LIST alter 'EMG .*ESTNL.*UGNIX'(1,-1) $ MATPRN DUPVH// $ Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, FORCE, STRESS(BILIN) - Incorrect Item Code A DRESP1 entry that references a force, stress, and/or strain item code for a CQUAD4 element may use the wrong response if the FORCE output request is different than the STRESS or STRAIN output request. For example STRESS(BILIN) is requested and FORCE(CENTER) is requested. CR 1-42425397 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP, TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 2044, UFM 3007 Nonlinear analysis with CGAP entries and TEMP(LOAD) may fail with the following fatal messages: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6916 (DFMSYN) DECOMP ORDERING METHOD CHOSEN: BEND, ORDERING METHOD USED: BEND *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2044 (NLCOMB) UNDEFINED TEMPERATURE SET 104 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLCOMB) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLCETT 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-42507691 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-42405257 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-42507691 SOL 600 - SPC Incorrectly Translated In Versions 2005.5.2 and 2006.0.1 enforced displacement of SPC is not translated correctly, though SPCD+SPC is correctly translated. CR 1-42792171 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - CBEAM - Orientation vector is not correctly translated if BEAMOR is used to define it. If BEAMOR is used to define the orientation vector of a CBEAM, it is not translated correctly. For example, BEAMOR 1. 0. 0. CBEAM 1910002 1000009 1000044 1000045 are translated as shown below into dyt.dat file. CBEAM 1910002 1000009 1000044 1000045 1.00000 and it casuses Error in dytran-lsdyna as shown below. %E *** ErrorMD Nastran Input 153733 CBEAM 1910002 1000009 1000044 1000045 1.00000 invalid integer (1.00000) in field 6 The correct translation for this example is: CBEAM 1910002 1000009 1000044 1000045 1.00000 0.0 0.0
Known Error Product
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CR 1-42803355 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP, METIS - UFM 6413 (DFMSYN) If metis reordering is specified by sys206=8, and more than 2gb of memory is given, the job will always fail with a message similar to:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6413 (DFMSYN) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR THE SYMBOLIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION (METIS). USER ACTION : INCREASE MEMORY BY AN ESTIMATED 524680801 WORDS. CR 1-42936851
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CR 1-42936851 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1 - SFM 3007 (DSAD) writh RMS or PSD responses The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD)" can occur when a SOL 200 job contains DREPSP1 entries with RTYPE = PSDXXX and/or RMSxxx and all of the computed response are zero. This typically indicates an error in the user input. Avoidance: Review the specification of the DRESP1 entries with RTYPE = PSDxxxx and/or RMSxxxx to make sure that the requested quantities are non-zero.
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CR 1-43084871 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CHEXA (with PSOLID and PLSOLID) is not correctly converted If a model contains CHEXA elements that reference PSOLID entries and others that reference the PLSOLID entry, the input is not translated correctly and the following message is issued: --error message-** Severe Warning in SOL 600 trnslator - CHEXA must have 8 or 20 nodes to be used in SOL 600
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Known Error Product
CR 1-43300972 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE and LOAD(with negative scale factor) - NaN or UFM 4296 (NQD4D) If a SOL 106 run has a LOAD bulk data that references an RFORCE entry with a negative scale factor, either a "NaN" will occur during the first nonlinear iteration or a fatal message will be issued for every quad element in the model. Avoidance: Avoid negative scale factors on the LOAD entry for the RFORCE id.
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Known Error Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
CR 1-43365991 SOL 600 - CBUSH1D element is not supported in SOL 600 The CBUSH1D entry is not supported by SOL 600. This entry may cause the sol 600 translator to crash without issuing an error message. CR 1-43440601 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP, Large Models - Signal 11, Overflow Large dense models over 3 million DOF may cause a signal 11 in DCMP. The error is related to an integer overflow. Avoidance: Submit with more or less memory
Known Error Product
CR 1-43448777 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - CMS - UFM 1126 Module UMERGE1 outputtingt GOA which already exists In V2005+, a SOL 129 model with CMS (QSETi) may fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE UMERGE1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = GOA , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE GOA=OVRWRT Also, if there are unused QSETi degrees-of-freedom then the run may fail with:
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*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6137 (UDSNRD) INPUT MATRIX IS RANK DEFICIENT, RANK = 24 USER ACTION: CHECK MODEL 0*** UNSUCCESSFUL MATRIX DECOMPOSITION. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLTRD2) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLTRD2
Avoidance: Insert PARAM,SMALLQ,1.e-10 and the following DMAP alter compile nltran alter 'call segoa'(,6) delete /goa,,,, $
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CR 1-43465661 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MATF - Incorrect maximum compressive stress failure criteria The maximum compressive stress in the x and y directions as specified on the MATF entry which defines the failure criteria are translated incorrectly. CR 1-43537471 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE6 - UWM 328, Excessive Output SPLINE6 entries that do no explicitly define a continuation entry will produce UWM 328 for each entry. This may lead to excessive output. CR 1-43604151 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - UWM 3057, UFM 3007, for MATS1, NLELAST, TABLES1 w/o origin defined For a material nonlinear run with MATS1 NLELAST and TABLES1, if the origin is not defined on the TABLES1, then the model may go several decomps before finally failing with the following message.
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3057 (NLITER) MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLITER) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLINIT This should be trapped as a user input error. The rule is defined in the Quick Ref Guide, MATS1 Remark 3, bullet 2.
CR 1-43735881 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BCMOVE limitation when BCTABLE with 2 contacts The BCTABLE implementation in Nastran Version 2006.0.1 and earlier releases does not allow no contact to be defined between a rigid and flexible body. This prevent modelling the contact force from being released gradually. CR 1-43778881
Known Error
CR 1-43778881 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - GPSTRESS, SORT2, PUNCH - Incorrect time label. Punched GPSTRESS SORT2 output from a transient analysis may contain incorrect time labels. CR 1-43779004 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Effective Mass - MEFFMASS - UFM 6144 (MERGE1) If MODESELECT is used with MEFFMASS using modal effective mass criterion for mode selection then the run may fail with UFM 6144 (MERGE1): *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in EFMFACS0 is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector PARTVECS User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: EFMFACS0: Rows= 4 by Cols= 123 PARTVECS: Rows= 6 no. of non-zeros= 6 no. of zeros= 0 Avoidance: A temporary DMAP avoidance: compile modefsrs alter 'noefm' $ noefm=-1 $ A permanent solution to the problem will require code changes to the EFFMAS module.
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CR 1-43807221 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - ANALYSIS=AERO, DRESP1- SFM 3007 (DSAD) Illegal input to Subroutine DSAD14 The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSAD) Illegal input to Subroutine DSAD14" has been observed when DRESP1 entries with RTYPE=FLUTTER are
Known Error
CR 1-43807221 attemped and the flutter method is either PKS or PKNLS. In the case reported, the message was a result of a program bug, but it could also occur properly if a requested flutter root was not extracted. User Avoidance: Use the PK or PKNL flutter methods
CR 1-43834511 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Missing output for DSAPRT(export,by=1) When keywords export and by=n (n>1) are specified on a DSAPRT Case Control command , the sensitivity data only at the last design cycle is output to the external binary file. Avoidance: use the following dmap alter compile exitopt list alter 'OUTPUT2 D'(1,-1) type parm,nddl,i,n,zuzri1 $ if ( dsexport) then MESSAGE //'DESIGN CYCLE = '/DESCYCL1 $ if (zuzri1 = 0) then MESSAGE //'=========DSAPRT START =========='/ $ $ alter 'OUTPUT4 D' $ $ Output DSCMCOL And DSCM2 : $ OUTPUT2 DSCMCOL,,,,//-1/IUNIT/'DSCMCOL'/OMAXR $ $ OUTPUT4 DSCM2,,,,//-2/IUNIT $ zuzri1 = 1 else if (zuzri1 >0 and not(lastcyc)) then MESSAGE //'=========DSAPRT MIDDLE =========='/ $ OUTPUT2 DSCMCOL,,,,//0/IUNIT/'DSCMCOL'/OMAXR $ OUTPUT4 DSCM2,,,,//0/IUNIT $ else if (zuzri1 >0 and lastcyc) then MESSAGE //'=========DSAPRT END =========='/ $ OUTPUT2 DSCMCOL,,,,//0/IUNIT/'DSCMCOL'/OMAXR $ OUTPUT4 DSCM2,,,,//-2/IUNIT $ endif $ CR 1-43943079 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-43943079 Matrix Methods - Singular matrices not flagged with param,asing,-1 PARAM,ASING,-1 should cause nastran to issue a fatal message when a singular matrix is encountered. However, when param,asing,-1 is specified along with autospc=no, a high max ratio may be reported but the execution continues and the offending degrees of freedom are not identified. CR 1-44040531 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/SOL 700 User's Guide - Description of WALL/WALLGEO is incorrect. The description of WALL/WALLGEO in the SOL 700 User's Guide is incorrect.
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Corrected Version 2006 (MD R1) Abstract
Description Avoidance: Refer to the MD Nastran Quick Reference Guide for the correct description. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-44225671 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - RBE2/RBE2D description is wrong. The remark 4 of the RBE2D entry in the Quick Reference Guide shown below is wrong. RBE2 without the FULLRIG option can simulate rotations. Description 4. For modeling a nodal rigid body that undergoes rotations, use RBE2D or RBE2 with the FULLRIG option. Note that the RBE2 without the FULLRIG option can not properly simulate rotations. CR 1-44265142 MSC / MD Nastran NOLIN - SPOINT - Wrong Answers A NOLIN1 may produce wrong answers when it references an spoint that has its displacement defined using an mpc equation. Avoidance: Insert PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS. Known Error Product CR 1-44398314 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-44398314 Nonlinear Analysis - LOAD, Follower Forces, PLOAD4 - Wrong Answers In SOL 106, if a LOAD bulk data entry references a follower-force type loading (e.g. PLOAD4) and another load set ID that does not exist, AND that missing load set ID is LOWER than the follower force load set's ID, then the follower force loading acts like a linear load and no longer follows the structure as it deforms. If the missing load set ID is higher than the follower force's, then the follower force acts as expected. CR 1-44493881 MSC / MD Nastran SPCForce Incorrect results SOL112 SPCD vs SOL109 SPCD Client modeled a cantilever beam with a transvers base enforced motion. Client ran in SOL109 and obtained spcforces. Client ran the same problem in SOL112 and the spcforces are different. This appears to be a problem with the implementation of SPCD in modal dynamics. ****************** No avoidance
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CR 1-44744683 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MATT1, MATT9,MATT8 - UFM 2018 (EMG) and/or Wrong Answers 1) When an optimization job includes more than one MATTi types (say MATT1 and MATT9 or MATT1 and MATT8), the job may fail in EMG with UFM2018 or gives wrong sensitivities. 2) When only a sigle MATTi entry exists in a SOL200 job and when some of the property names on its asssoicated MATi entry is also being designed, the resulting sensitivity coefficients may be wrong. The avoidance: do not design MATi that is also associated with a temperature dependent material entry (MATTi). This error is corrected in Version 2007.0.4
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CR 1-44800991 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MATT1, MATT9 - UFM 2019 A SOL 200 analysis with MATT1 or MATT9 entries will lead to USER FATAL MESSAGE 2019. ************* Fixed MDR3 V2008.0.0 CR 1-44900725 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Unable to find library 'liblapi.sl'. In Version 2005.5 with a MINIMUM install, the following error might occur when attemting to run Nastran: MSC.Nastran started Wed Oct 25 09:50:52 CDT 2006 /usr/lib/pa20_64/dld.sl: Unable to find library 'liblapi.sl'. time: command terminated abnormally. Avoidance: Select a full install
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CR 1-45244091 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - PSHELLD* causes UFM 6440 (MODGM2) PSHELLD* causes the fatal error shown below in the MODGM2 module. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6440 (MODGM2) ELEMENT 2620121 REFERS TO AN INVALID PROPERTY ENTRY. USER ACTION: SPECIFY APPROPRIATE PROPERTY ENTRY. 0FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: Use the dmap alter below to skip MODGM2 module in SOL 700 MODGM2 IEPT.11,IGEOM2.6,IGEOM1.5,IGEOM4,XBGPDT,XCSTM,IMPT.10/ IGEOM2,IGEOM1Q,IGEOM2DL,IEPT,IMPT/ /OSWPPT/OSWELM/S,N,NSWPPT/S,N,NSWELM/S,N,SWEXIST/ S,N,NOGOMGM2/S,N,RGDEXIST/RIGID/ORIGID/S,N,NLRIGID/ LMFACT/PENFN/NONLNR/CWRANDEL/CWDIAGP/CFRANDEL/CFDIAGP/ S,N,NOEPT/S,N,NOMPT/S,N,NOGEOM1/SOFFSET/CSRANDEL/CSDIAGP $ IF ( NOEPT=-1 ) EQUIVX IEPT.11/IEPT/-1 $ IF ( NOMPT=-1 ) EQUIVX IMPT.10/IMPT/-1 $ IF ( NOGEOM1=-1 ) EQUIVX IGEOM1.5/IGEOM1Q/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-45244091 IF ( NOGO=0 ) THEN $ IF ( NOGOMGM2 ) THEN $ SPOT WELD CHECK RUN CALL PRTSUM /RSTJUNK $ EXIT $ ENDIF $ NOGOMGM2 ENDIF $ NOGO=0
Known Error Product
CR 1-45244156 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - MATD003 can not be used with PBEAMD ELFORM=3 while it is allowed in LS-Dyna. MATD003 can not be used with PBEAMD ELFORM=3 else the following error is output to the dytr_prep.out file.
Description
%E *** Error MD Nastran Inpu pbeamd (= 999999) references wrong material type (= 3) This combination is allowed in LS-Dyna.
CR 1-45325022 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - System Cell 361(aka PRTPCOMP) The description of the SYSTEM(361), PRTPCOMP does not state that ECHO=NONE will suppress the printing of the PSHELL/MAT2 equivalent of the PCOMP/MAT8 when it is set to a value of 1. If NASTRAN SYSTEM(361)=1 is used the user must remove the ECHO=NONE to obtain the printed information in the f06 file. CR 1-45325136 MSC / MD Nastran Materials - Missing material entry leads to poor message - UFM 2042 (IFP6) A missing material entry in a large input file issued the following message:
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Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (IFP6) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE 11 FOR ELEMENT 160 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (IFP6)
Known Error
CR 1-45325136 MISSING MATERIAL TABLE 11 FOR ELEMENT 161 The message should have indicated that the ids were for the PCOMP not element ids.
CR 1-45605382 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CEAD Module UFM 1126 A complex eigenvalue analysis to obtain Campbell diagram data with the keyword scr=no, fails in the CEAD module with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE CEAD IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = CLAMA , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE CLAMA=OVRWRT
Description
Avoidance: Set scr=yes and the attached job runs. Or insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedceig alter 'if ( gcase\>1 or ccase\>1','' if ( gcase>1 or ccase>1 or ddval>0. ) delete /CPHD,CLAMA,lphd,, $ alter 'call super3' if ( ddval>0. ) dbdelete datablk=(cphp,cphqp,cphqmp) , where(wildcard) $
CR 1-45630951 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - RSEQCONT or SYSTEM(357) - UFM 4392 The NASTRAN keyword RSEQCONT=1 (a.k.a. NASTRAN SYSTEM(357)=1) should cause Nastran to ignore all continuation fields. This is very advantageous when you have lots of input decks or pieces of decks coming from different sources. For the most part this feature works. However, in the case where this is an include file, for instance a file with only MAT8s and the second row is missing (generally left out as it is often all zero) Nastran will issue a USER FATAL MESSAGE 4392. To message doesnt list the MAT8. It will
Description
Known Error
CR 1-45630951 indicate the problem is with the next entry it finds.. Avoidance: Explicitly enter the continuation entry as follows MAT8 1020009 2.0600+71.1300+6.340000 580000.00.0 0.0 .0 +000001 MAT8 1020014 1.0030+71.0000000.0 1.0000000.0 0.0 .0 +000003 needs to be changed to: MAT8 1020009 2.0600+71.1300+6.340000 580000.00.0 0.0 .0 +000001 +000001 0.0 0.0 MAT8 1020014 1.0030+71.0000000.0 1.0000000.0 0.0 .0 +000003
CR 1-46023346 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MONPNT3 error in QRG Remark 1 of MONPNT3 description in the Nastran QRG indicates that MONPNT3 is available for SOL 101, 144 and 146. This is incorrect, SOL 146 is not supported. CR 1-46027846 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - DYPARAM,LSDYNA,HOURGLASS is not effective. DYPARAM,LSDYNA,HOURGLASS to control hourglass is not effective in SOL 700. Avoidance: Use PARAM,DYHRGIHQ or DYHRGQH
CR 1-46052877 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job Random response types may fail with SFM 3001 SOL 200 job with DRESP1 with RTYPE=RMSXXXX or PSDXXXX will fail as shown below when one of the following conditions is met:
Known Error
CR 1-46052877 1. autoadj is set to no; 2. Any other condition that turns off Adjoint Method off. In particular, it is true for the above job that includes DVGRID entry that references grid point connecting rigid element such as RBE2 (3). Since Adjoint method is turned off when grid point connecting rigid element is being designed. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSVG1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED UG21 AT POSITION 8 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: Avoidance: None.
CR 1-46052930 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MFREQ with RANDOM - UWM 2071 (DPD2) In SOL 200, with MFREQ and RANDOM, after the 1st design cycle the following message is issued. This message appears to be superfluous and does not affect the answers: V2004 message *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2071 (DPD2) DAREA SET 221 REFERENCED IN DYNAMIC LOAD RLOAD2 ENTRY 111 DEFINES NULL ENFORCED MOTION V2005 message *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2071 (DPD2) EXCITATION SET 221 REFERENCED IN DYNAMIC LOAD RLOAD2 ENTRY 111 DEFINES NULL ENFORCED MOTION
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CR 1-46077402 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT - SFM 3200 BDYINF, Multiple SPC sets If EXTSEOUT is requested with multiple SPCs, then only the 1st set of SPCs will be used to generate KAA/PA and the following fatal message will be issued:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (BDYINF) LOGIC ERROR 29 ENCOUNTERED IN SUBROUTINE BDYINF USER ACTION: REPORT THIS PROBLEM TO MSC CLIENT SUPPORT 0FATAL ERROR
Known Error
CR 1-46077402 Avoidance: Reduce each SPC set one at a time.: This error may occur for MPC sets.
CR 1-46095441 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - BEAM SECT Error If Type=ROD of the pbarl/pbeaml is specified, the Effective transverse shear area (As) in the tranlated marc.dat input is wrong. The marc default is As=A, the nastran default is 0.857*A(K=0.857 for MDLPRM,TWBRBML,0) or 0.9*A(K=0.9 for MDLPRM,TWBRBML,1). The effective transverse shear area of marc.dat is 0.5*A. The effective transverse shear area for marc is not the reference area factor for shear(nastran) of the pbar/pbeam entry. If SOL600 data is K=0.9, marc.dat should be As=K*A=0.9*A. However, the effective transverse shear area of marc.dat is As=0.85*A.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-46119514 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1 Kinematic hardening or Combined hardening Wrong Answers A SOL 106 quad4 model with MATS1 PLASTIC TABLES1 and von mises yield criteria with the kinematic hardening rule (HR=2 on MATS1) will report a maximum equivalent stress as the LIMIT1 (i.e., Y1 aka initial yield) even though the loading increases beyond yield. The combined hardening rule (HR=3) will continue to increase the equivalent stress, but it is not the same as Von Mises stress above the yield point. This error applies to all element types. CR 1-46245072 MSC / MD Nastran Fluid Analysis - Wrong effective mass values with MFLUID and PARAM,VMOPT,2 Modal effective mass output will be wrong with PARAM,VMOPT,2
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Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error
CR 1-46245072 COMPILE MODEFSRS ALTER 'EFFMAS.*PHSA,LAMAS,'(,-1) IF ( VMOPT=2 AND NOCEE>0 ) THEN $ CALL MGEN1 GGE ,USET ,GM ,GOt ,goq , BEC ,CEE ,MEE ,MEC ,msaa / MEA ,MvAA / 0 /NOA /0 /false $ EQUIVX MvAA/MSAA/-1 ENDIF $
Known Error Product
CR 1-46342723 MSC / MD Nastran External Superlement - SFM 4276 (FREAD) EC 3002, with large include file resourse issue This External superelement models with extremely large include files may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (FREAD) ERROR CODE 3002 PID= 0
Description
This limitation was observed in Nastran 2005. In Nastran 2007 and checked again in Nastran 2010 the maximum size of include files has been increased. It is unknown what the new limit is. If this problem is encountered again, very large include file with superelements, please create a new CR and attache the files necessary to duplicate the problem. CR 1-46486346 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - BCPARA, FTYPE=6 - Core Dump by computing E8x97 Vol.E when FTYPE 6 is used SOL 400 with contact with FTYPE=6 (bilinear coulomb friction) specified on the BCPARA entry may fail with a traceback. CR 1-46507156 MSC / MD Nastran DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 22, SUBROUTINE ELMBLK - Missing quad4 element stress/strain in xdb The stress and strain output for quad4 elements may be missing from the xdb when CFAST elements are present. The message:
Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Abstract Description Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-46507156 DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 22 FROM SUBROUTINE ELMBLK is a clue that this condition may exist. The element type in DBCEQE needs to be changed from 55 to 68 for FASTP.
CR 1-46561555 MSC / MD Nastran Topology - CASI solver performance issue when TOPVAR bulk data is present SOL 101 SOLVIT module performance is adversely affected when the casi element-based iterative solver is selected and 1) the model contains a large number of 10-node TET elements to be processed in implicit mode (the SOLVIT default) 2) a TOPVAR bulk data entry is present that selects a PSOLID entry that is referenced by CTETRAs An avoidance is to remove the TOPVAR bulk data entries.
Description
CR 1-46581521 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,AUTOMSET In QRG of MD 2006r1, the description of PARAM,AUTOMSET is "MD Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) only". The description for other supported solutions such as SOL 101, is missed. CR 1-46584431 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Multiple subcase SPCD Incorrectly Translated In multiple subcase, the enforced displacement of SPCD+SPC1 with SPC not translated correctly.
Description
For SOL 600 do not enter SPC or SPC1 for dof's where SPCD is specified. For the MD R2 and MSC.Nastran 2007 releases, if this is done the SPC or SPC1 will be placed before the SPCD at the same dof in the Marc input so it will be ignored.
Known Error Product
CR 1-46592824 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOL 146 fails with UFM 5423 when several subcases are defined When several subcases are defined in SOL 146, Nastran fails with the message UFM 5423: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 306 81 11 2 3 22 9877 TRAILER FOR PHF IS 110 162 11 2 4 0 0 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-46727939 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES An optimizatoin job with a static SPCFORCE response may fail at MPYAD in subdmap RESPSEN with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR QG IS 101 2 36 2 2 8 1111 TRAILER FOR SPAWQ IS 102 16 1 2 2 2 10000 TRAILER FOR QG1X IS 103 16 36 2 2 4 174 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile respsen alter 'diagonal spaw2'(,1),''(,4) dbview lcdvec0=lcdvec where(ncase=0) $ dbstatus lcdvec0//s,n,nolcdvec $ paraml lcdvec0//'trai'/6/s,n,density $
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Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-46727939 if ( nolcdvec>0 and density<10000 ) then $ merge ,,spawn3,,,,lcdvec0/spawq/1 $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-46739381 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Integer overflows in sparse decomp yields incorrect diagnostic information There are several places where diagnostics, such as the estimated number of words in a factor matrix, or the actual number of words in a factor matrix, exceed the maximum 32-bit signed integer, leading to overflow. The diagnostic information printed in UIM 4157 is incorrect and can be misleading. In particular, the MINIMUM MEMORY REQUIREMENT, the MEMORE REQR'D TO AVOID SPILL, the SPARSE DECOMP MEMORY USED, SPARSE DECOMP SUGGESTED MEMORY, and the time estimate are incorrect. CR 1-46823292 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Nastran system(143)=2, POST=0 - incomplete xdb If Nastran system(143) is specified to indicate that the bulk data is being obtained via the dblocate statement along with PARAM,POST,0 then the resulting xdb file will be incomplete. Specifically CSTM, EPT and MPT tables are not written to the xdb. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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Description compile phase0 alter 'if ( (POST=0 or post','' if ( (POST=0 or post=-1) and not(disofp and (parfreq or segmode) and procid>1) and (not(sebulk) or ((disofp or procid<=1) and (pardcmp or acms))) ) then $ endalter Known Error Product CR 1-46863451 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-46863451 External Superelements - extseout(dmigpch), fluid on the boundary - UFM 7556 If the EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH) option is used in the reduction run for the external superelement with fluid/structure coupling and there are fluid poinits on the superelement boundary (i.e., specifed on the ASETi entries), then the job will fail in the assembly run with the following messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7556 (SEPMAB) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7556 (SEPMAB) SUPERELEMENT xx HAS BOTH INTERIOR STRUCTURAL AND FLUID GRID POINTS. USER ACTION: REASSIGN GRID POINTS AND/OR ELEMENTS SO THAT THE SUPERELEMENT'S INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR POINTS ARE ALL FLUID OR ITS INTERIOR POINTS ARE ALL STRUCTURAL. Avoidance: Remove the fluid points from the ASETi entries or use one of the other methods (e.g., dmigop2)
Description
CR 1-46887171 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - RBE3 - SFM 4276 EC 211 A model with an incorrectly defined RBE3 element that specifies a degree of freedom as independent and dependent may fail with the following message rather than issuing a proper user fatal message if param,automset, yes is specified. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 BIOMSG: ERROR 211 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE BLDPRD , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPRD) ERROR CODE 211 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPRD) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. USER ACTION: THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO MSC FOR DEBUGGING YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. Avoidance: If the param,automset is not specified a fatal message identifying
Description
Known Error
CR 1-46887171 the problem will be issued so that the user input error can be corrected.
CR 1-46890597 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - CSUPER, DBLOCATE - SFM 3001 (MODACC) If data recovery is attempted on an external superelement using the oldstyle CSUPER type superelements and DBLOCATE with the user parameter EXTRCV, the solution will fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MODACC) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED OL1M AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 102 AND SUBROUTINE IS MODAC1 0FATAL ERROR This is because the LAMA datablock which is DBLOCATEd from the system (AKA assembly or residual) run is not equivalenced to the LAMA2 datablock in SEMODES Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP COMPILE SEMODES NOLIST $ ALTER 'PERFORM PHASE III'(,-2) $
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Known Error
CR 1-46890597 ELSE IF (EXTRCV>0) THEN $ EQUIVX LAMA/LAMA2/-1 $ ENDALTER $
CR 1-47037011 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - TPL test d200pe7 UFM 4646 (REIG) TPL optimization test d200pe7 may produce an indefinite mass matrix on some machines and fail during the eigensolution with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4646 (REIG) THE MASS MATRIX INPUT TO THE REAL EIGENSOLVER IS INDEFINITE.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-47123337 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT- Statics with TEMP(LOAD), OTM stresses incorrect in assembly In static analyis, for EXTSEOUT external superelements, the assembly run with TEMP(LOAD) will give incorrect results for Forces and Stresses on the external superelement. NOTE: The residual is correct and the displacements/spcforces on the external are correct. Avoidance: : Use PARAM,EXTDROUT and use the 3-step process to recover stresses in the upstream superelements.
Description
CR 1-47128492 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - SMETHOD - SFM 4276 (unpack) ec 20 - casi solver When no loads are applied in a linear statics sol 101 run and the casi solver is requested (smethod = element) then the following error message appears in the f06:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 20 PID= 0 and the job fails. A more meaningful message should be output.
Known Error Product
CR 1-47162343 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - DOMAINSOLVER STAT(PARTOPT=DOF) with SUPORT and INREL - SFM 4276 in MRGCOL SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 in MRGCOL may be issued with SUPORT and interial relief if used with DMP. Avoidance: compile sekrrs alter '216'(,-1) return $ compile sestatic alter 'call phase1c','' IF ( nouset>0 and NOT(NONLNR) and ( (dbrcvx='scratch' and not(pardcmp)) or (pardcmp and hlpmethx=1 and procid=1) ) ) CALL PHASE1C KAA ,USET ,SILS ,EQEXINS ,maa , PA , , ,cases , , drg , , , / KLL ,LLL ,Dar ,ULL ,mr , mlr ,mll ,mrr ,QR ,PL , LRSEQ , , , , , / SEKR /SEMR /SELR /NOLSET /NORSET / true /ERROR /FIXEDB /NOQSET /NOTSET / ' '/TRUE /false /false /noa / false $ alter 'or mdstat','' if ( not(gmconv or pardcmp or NONLNR) ) then $ alter 'call statrs','' IF ( NOT(NOPH2) AND (NOLLL>0 OR GETSYS(NP,216)<>0 or mdstat) ) CALL STATRS LLL ,KLL ,PL ,GPLS ,USET , SILS ,QR ,MATPOOL ,EQEXINS ,DRG , Dar ,GM ,GOT , ,LRSEQ , EDTs ,CASES ,kgg ,kaa ,kelm , kdict ,bgpdts ,cstm ,mpts ,dit , est ,ys ,pg1 / UL ,CRX ,PRECON ,epssex ,qrg / IRES /INREL /LUSETS /NSKIP /NLOADS / NORSET /NOA /PVALOLD /ADPTINDX/PEXIST / s,nullsol $ compile statrs alter 'fbs '(2),''
Description
Known Error
CR 1-47162343 call mdstat kll,pli,uset,sils,eqexins/ ul $ putsys(0,307) $ mergeofp=no -- deactivate distributed data recovery endalter
CR 1-47165003 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Support for Windows Vista The Nastran Windows Installshield based installation does not recognize the Windows Vista operating system and will not allow the installation to continue.
Description Avoidance: The only avoidance is to install nastran on another machine and copy the installation to the Vista machine. Beyond the installation nastran has been certified on Windows. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-47167162 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Linux RHE 4.0 - No Time Information - time: error waiting MSC.Nastran or MD Nastran V2006.0.1 or ealier on linux, linux8664, or linux64 with the RHEL4 or SuSE 10 (or later) distribution, may have the following message in the log file: time: error waiting for child process: No child processes Description The results of the analysis are correct. The timing information which is normally in the log file is not there though. Avoidance: Upgrade the "nastran" driver in $MSC_BASE/$MSC_VERSD/$MSC_ARCH to a newer version of Nastran. Known Error Product CR 1-47218191 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - PANEL PARTICIPATION FACTORS are not correct if a panel does not coupled with fluid ACOUSTIC PANEL PARTICIPATION FACTORS are not correct if one of panels does not coupled with fluid as shown below.
Known Error
CR 1-47218191 Example: 4 panels are defined and a panel named "bottom" does not coupled with fluid. Then PANEL RESPONSE of "bottom" should be zero, but it is not zero, and "top_right" does not appear. panel,bottom,2 panel,top_left,3 panel,top_cent,4 panel,top_righ,5 set1,2,16367,thru,16402 set1,3,16246,thru,16300 set1,4,16301,thru,16311 set1,5,16312,thru,16366
ACOUSTICPANELPARTICIPA TIONFACTORS GRID POINT = 37, TOTAL RESPONSE (R/I) = 3.05356E+00 / -5.16123E-03, (M/P) = 3.05357E+00 / 359.90 LOAD FREQUENCY = 1.00000E+00, (SUBCASE 1, DLOAD = 4) MAXIMUM PANEL RESP = 1.85680E+00 FOR PANEL = TOP_LEFT, SORTKEY = PANEL , SORT = ALPHANUMERIC , FILTER = 1.00000E-16 PANEL NAME PANEL RESPONSE PANEL RESPONSE PROJECTION REL. PANEL SCALED RESPONSE REAL IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE PHASE MAGNITUDE PHASE FRACTION MAGNITUDE BOTTOM 5.98452E-01 9.71956E-03 5.98531E-01 0.93 5.98435E-01 -358.97 1.95979E-01 3.22294E-01 TOP_CENT 5.98473E-01 9.71655E-03 5.98552E-01 0.93 5.98456E-01 -358.97 1.95986E-01 3.22305E-01 TOP_LEFT 1.85664E+00 -2.45973E-02 1.85680E+00 359.24 1.85668E+00 -0.66 6.08035E-01 9.99933E-01 Known Error Product CR 1-47236346 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CACINF4 - External Acoustics may yield incorrect Panel Participation Factors External Acoustics may yield incorrect Panel Participation Factors CR 1-47319451
Corrected Version 2007.0.0 Abstract Description Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 1-47319451 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 job will crash when elasto-plastic material MATEP is used without the associated MAT1 For elasto-plastic material data using MATEP in SOL 400, user needs to define both MATEP and MAT1. If only MATEP is defined then the job will crash in the TA1M module Avoidance: Please make sure that MAT1 is defined with the MID referenced by MATEP
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Known Error Product
CR 1-47324010 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - EXTSEOUT, ANAL=DFREQ or MFREQ - UFM 9104 If an external superelement is attached in a SOL 200 run with ANALYSIS=MFREQ or DFREQ then the job may fail with: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9104 (SELR) ^^^ THERE IS NO COUPLING BETWEEN INTERIOR POINTS OF THIS SUPERELEMENT AND ITS BOUNDARY POINTS.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile feafreq alter 'sep2dr slist,emap','' sep2dr slist,emap// s,n,seid/s,n,peid/s,n,sedwn/s,n,lpflg///// s,n,noup/s,n,scndry/s,n,extrn//'all'//-1/ s,n,partse/s,n,setype/s,n,reid $ alter 'if ( seid\>0','' if ( seid>0 and not(extrn<>-1 or setype='extrna') ) then $
CR 1-47446533 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - DECOMP - signal number 10: bus error in Decomp Default changes to system 219 may cause models that ran in previous versions
Known Error
CR 1-47446533 to fail in DECOMP module with the message: Receiving signal number 10: Bus error Job aborting... Avoidances include: 1) set sys219=32 2) set sys206=10 3) increase memory. The recommendation would be to use the value from the UIM 4157: MEMORY REQR'D TO AVOID SPILL = 20228 K WORDS and increase it by at least 10%.
CR 1-47649211 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UFM 6975 can be issued in error The nonlinear trim algorithm regards it as an error if a supported degree of freedom does not have any control surfaces that affect it. This is too stringent in that other free parameters in addition to control surfaces can control these degrees of freedom. CR 1-47688921 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - PARAM,MARCSPCD does not work PARAM,MARCSPCD is documented in the QRG but is not supported. The documentation will be removed. CR 1-47711601 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Flutter Analysis - Logic error in fa1pke When a singular mass matrix is used in flutter analysis, the job may fail with the message
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (FA1) LOGIC ERROR DETECTED BY SUBROUTINEFA1PKE 1 = LOCATE CODE OR VALUE.
CR 1-47738693 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis - SE and CMS, NLTRD2 - SFM 1282 (SLCDRV) A nonlinear transient analysis with CMS fails in the NLTRD2 module with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1282 (SLCDRV) AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO OPEN A NON EXISTENT ASSOCIATED FILE ULNTH ,FNUMERIC, TO READ. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: CHECK THE NAME OF THE ASSOCIATED FILE TO OPEN. The same message appears when only CMS is used without the SE.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-47826448 MSC / MD Nastran EXTSEOUT with DMIGPCH option may generate incomplete PLOTEL information in .pch file When EXTSEOUT is employed with the DMIGPCH option, the resulting .pch file may contain incomplete PLOTEL information. All PLOTELs that reference the highest numbered A-set grid point are ignored. CR 1-47879121 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - CASI Solver, TET10, TEMP(LOAD) - Incorrect stresses CASI solver temperature loads When TET10 elements are present in the input file, the default behavior of the casi solver is to use the "implicit" formulation for the element. This means that the element stiffness matrix is formulated internally by the casi software. The nastran generated stiffness matrices are not used for the TET10s. This is usually acceptable, unless the applied loads are element-based, as in this case, where temperature loads are used. Furthermore, in this case, in order to achieve stress-free thermal expansion, it is essential that the element stiffness and loads be compatible. Implicit element formulation should not be used. This can be achieved by placing a PARAM,ITOPTX,4032 entry in the bulk data section. Avoidance: insert PARAM,ITOPTX,4032 in the bulk data section to prevent
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Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-47879121 implicit TET10 usage.
CR 1-47911501 MSC / MD Nastran Documentatio/QRG - AUTOSPC describer - NOZERO vs. NONZERO References to "NONZERO' in the QRG description of the AUTOSPC case control command should be "NOZERO". CR 1-48031006 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Using NSM in sol 106 or 400 causes SFM 3001 Using NSM in sol 106 or 400 results in the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TA1) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 9 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. Avoidance: Use the following alter. compile phase1a alter ' ta1 ','' TA1 MPTS,ECTS,EPTS,BGPDTS,SILS,ETT,CSTMS,DIT,,/ EST,ESTNL,GEI,GPECT,ESTL,vgfd,ditid,nfdict,nsmest/ LUSETS/S,N,NOESTL/S,N,NOSIMP/2/S,N,NOGENL/SEID/ LGDISP0/NLAYERx/s,n,freqdeps/shldamp/s,n,mge/nsm $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-48240611 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Wrong Answers (SOL 108 and 111) with K4 & TFL, and Multiple Subcases Wrong answers will result in SOL 108 or SOL 111 when structural damping (K4) is combined with transfer functions. Avoidance: use the following DMAP alter:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-48240611 compile sedfreq alter 'EQUIVX.*K4AA\/K4DD',''(,1) alter 'call gma'(,-1) EQUIVX K4AA/K4DD/NOUE $ IF ( NOUE>-1 ) UMERGE1 USETD,K4AA,,,/K4DD/'D'/'A' $ compile semfreq alter 'EQUIVX.*K4AA\/K4DD',''(,1) alter 'call gma'(,-1) EQUIVX K4AA/K4DD/NOUE $ IF ( NOUE>-1 ) UMERGE1 USETD,K4AA,,,/K4DD/'D'/'A' $
Known Error Product
CR 1-48291201 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Aeroelastic Analysis - aedw, aepress, aeforce do not support MACH=0.0 The Quick Reference Guide specifies that the MACH input must be .ge. 0.0, but if the user sets this input to 0.0, is is marked as an illegal data. Avoidance: The MACH must be set to a number .gt. 0.0
Description
CR 1-48291704 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - SDAMPING - Wrong Answers with K4 Structural Damping Modal Frequency response (SOL 111) with MDACMS may produce wrong answers with structral (K4) damping. Avoidance: The workaround is to include PARAM,MDK4OPT,0
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Known Error Product
CR 1-48326271 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - SOLs 111 and 112 with Enforced Motion fails with PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS MDACMS in SOLs 111 and 112 with Enforced Motion fails with PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS. The following message may be issued: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES
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Known Error
CR 1-48326271 FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MHS1 IS 101 26 30 2 2 60 4615 TRAILER FOR ACCE IS 102 202 1 2 2 2 10000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 0 0000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile getpyh alter 'call xADD5.*mhs','mpyad.*khs1,disp,pmbh'(,1) equivx yst/disp/-1 $ call xADD5 mhs,m2hs,,,/mhs1/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ call xADD5 Bhs,B2hs,,,/Bhs1/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ c1g=CMPLX(1.,G) $ CALL xADD5 Khs,K4hs,K2hs,kdhs,/Khs1/C1G/ci/cu/cu/cz $ else $ $ transient response dsar yst,,,/disp,velo,acce,,/-1 $ call xADD5 BHS,B2HS,,,/BHS1/cu/cu/cu/cz/cz $ call xADD5 KHS,K2HS,kdhs,,/KHS1/cu/cu/cu/cz/cz $ call xADD5 mhs,m2hs,,,/mhs1/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ endif $ app='freqresp' $ if ( enfmeth='abs' and nonzys>-1 ) then $ partn bhs1,nzys,/,,bhs2,/1 $ partn mhs1,nzys,/,,mhs2,/1 $ partn khs1,nzys,/,,khs2,/1 $ mpyad mhs2,acce, /pmh $ mpyad bhs2,velo,pmh/pmbh $ mpyad khs2,disp,pmbh/pyxt $ else $ mpyad mhs1,acce, /pmh $ mpyad bhs1,velo,pmh/pmbh $ mpyad khs1,disp,pmbh/pyxt $ endif $
CR 1-48629874 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Participation Factors - PFMODE - SFM 4276 (PFCALC) Jobs using the PFMODE case control command may fail in the PFCALC module
Known Error
CR 1-48629874 with a SFM 3007 illegal input into mpyad message or a GINO message trying to open a matrix data block if any grid point resequencing has taken place and the internal grid point order is no longer in external sort. This can occur during superelement processing for example. There is no known avoidance.
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. Traceback: Offset 0x00000110 in procedure gtdens_ Offset 0x00000108 in procedure mpyad_ Offset 0x000002a4 in procedure mpyadk_ Offset 0x000022cc in procedure pfcalc_ Offset 0x000005ec in procedure xsem07_ Offset 0x00000190 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x00000064 in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000adc in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-48865131 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOL 145 may fail if MONPNT is in the deck SOL 145 does not support MONPNT. However, SOL 145 job may fail if MONPNT is simply in the deck. Description Avoidance: 1. remove or comment out MONPNT entry 2. use attached DMAP alters (add dmonpta/dmonpts to call of SUPER1) Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-48873671 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - infinite loop in sol 144 If a Solution 144 (static aeroelasticity) run is submitted that does not have any TRIM or DIVERG case control commands in any of the subcases, an infinite loop will result in the PFAERO subdmap. Avoidance: Make sure the required TRIM and DIVERG case control
Description
Known Error
CR 1-48873671 commands are included in case control
Known Error Product
CR 1-48879511 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - ISHELL jobs terminate abnormally when run using a job scheduler If Nastran starts an ISHELL job that is suspended by a job scheduler (using a "kill -STOP"), the ISHELL processing routine (doit.c) does not properly recognize this situation and terminates processing with an error. CR 1-48996563 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BCBODY - Friction not written correctly, Wrong Answers The marc CONTACT entry is not written correctly when the BCBODY entry contains a friction coefficient. CR 1-49035502 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - ACMS, ASSIGN OUTPUT2 - segmentation fault If DMIGOP2 is specified on EXTSEOUT and UNIT>100 on the ASSIGN OUTPUT2 and DOMAINSOLVER ACMS is being used then the run may fail with a segmentation fault on AIX mode=i8 only. Avoidance: Specify output2 unit number less than or equal to 100.
Description
CR 1-49085732 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBMSECT - Stress recovery of arbitrary beam elements may fail Stress data recovery of abitrary beam elements may enter an infinite loop if a FORCE Case Control command is not present. CR 1-49086447 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-49086447 Docuementation/QRG - Remark 12 for ASSIGN statement. The following limitation documented in remark 12 of the QRG for the ASSIGN statement was removed in V2005.5. "Note, however, that the DBLOAD and INPUTT2 modules cannot process input files in other than the native binary format. That is, a binary file in BIGNENDIAN format cannot be processed on a LITTLEENDIAN platform and vice-versa". The MD R2 and MSC.Nastran 2007 QRG has been updated.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-49098315 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - Hybrid Damping in Rotordynamics SOL 107 or 108 w/ no SE - SFM 3001 (GKAM) A rotordynamics model with hybrid damping and no superelements fails in the call to the READ module in subDMAP HYBRID with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GKAM) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 4 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. CR 1-49118561 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - Acounting does not work in MD Nastran (acct=yes) Acounting does not work in MD Nastran (acct=yes). It does work in MSC.Nastran 2005r3. CR 1-49161431 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-49161431 Performance - TAUCS - ILP64 (linux64 / linux8664) If TAUCS (sys166=8192) is used on ILP64 systems, then the perfomance is very bad.
Description
Avoidance: - Run without TAUCS - Create a BLAS shared object containing SSYRK and STRSM and use BLASLIB=New_Blas_lib.so - fixed in MDR3 on x8664 and IA64 ILP64 systems. CR 1-49381161 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - EOSGAM entry error EOSGAM entry gives the following FATAL ERROR : Illegal name for bulk data entry. Avoidance : Use the TODYNA- ENDDYNA entry to bypass this entry.
Known Error Product
CR 1-49477782 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PCOMP Z0 vs ZOFFS, Unsymmetric Layups - Slightly different answers A stiffness change was made for CQUAD4 and CTRIA3 elements that reference a PCOMP if the membrane coupling (MID4) is nonzero. Usually MID4 is nonzero due to offset, but is also nonzero in non symmetric composite layups. The differences are attributed to a small difference in the way the transverse shear stiffness is calculated. The prior element behavior may be selected by setting system(451)=1. CR 1-49495686 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - SOL 108 or 129, RSDAMP - Hybrid Damping READ Module, UFM 4683 A 3D rotordynamics model fails in the READ module with the following error
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Known Error Product
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683 (REIG) MASS MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS
Known Error
CR 1-49495686 when hybrid damping is requested in the case control with RSDAMP command. Quality 1-49098315 may be related since it is a similar setup but without a superelement.
Known Error Product
CR 1-49496581 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - IFP - AECOMP with a continuation with data in field 9 cause an IFP error The AECOMP entry supports an open-ended list of set ids for the component. If the list of set id's ends with the 9th field of a continuation entry (i.e., there are exactly 14, 23,32, etc. ID's) the job will fail with an invalid data message. Avoidance: The AECOMPL entry can be used to collect multiple AECOMPs so this provides a way to avoid the above liimitation.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-49502651 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMS Integration - SPOINT/QSETi - SFM 7624(GKAM) in stress recovery run The following message occurs in stress recovery, when the number of SPOINT/QSETi are specified greater than needed in MNF file creation run.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7624 (GKAM) THE NUMBER OF EIGENVECTORS ( 42) IN THE PHSA MATRIX IS GREATER THAN THE NUMBER ( 38) OF COMPUTED EIGENVALUES IN THE LAMMATS MATRIX Avoidance: Set same values for SPOINT/QSETi.
CR 1-49509805 MSC / MD Nastran SSSALTER - glforce alter gives incorrect results
Known Error
CR 1-49509805 MSC.Nastran Version 2004 and 2005 versions of the glforce alter give incorrect answers. In the previous versions KAA was called up with a type,db statement. In 2004 and 2005 KAA is in the datablock list for the subroutine but not in the called datablocks. This produces a null datablock and hence incorrect results. CR 1-49522526 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - EPOINT documentation error The Quick Reference Guide indicates that there is a ID limit of ID<1,000,000 for EPOINTS. This is a typo and should be ID<100,000,000 Fixed MDR4 V2009.0.0 CR 1-49543841 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Strain Output is inconsistent. Hi Hassan, is this your? Thanks Alois In SOL 400 total strains need to be converted into True strains to be consistent with other nastran solutions.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-49693111 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CQUAD4 - Infinity von MIses stress output for SOL 400 QUAD4 models The von Mises stresses for CQUAD4 elements in SOL 400 may be output as NaN. CR 1-49703571 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE6 - INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE F6GD
Known Error
CR 1-49703571 A deck that included spline6 entries that invoked over a thousand structural and aerodynamic grids produced the message: INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE F6GD A review of the code indicates that the required amount of memory can be reduced drastically and the UFM avoided. The error occured for the spline6,but similar memory inefficiencis exist for all the spline type elements. User Avoidance: Run with the additional memory requested by the message or break the large splines into a number of smaller splines to get past the error.
Description
CR 1-49727576 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 7696, squeeze film damper In V2005.5.2 - after thousands of nonlinear iterations, one client model was observed to fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7696 (NLRSFD\S) THE FILM THICKNESS OF THE SQUEEZE FILM DAMPER, NLRSFD (SID=500), IS NEGATIVE AT NPORT=1 AND NPNT=1 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLSOLV) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLRSFD\S 0FATAL ERROR The cause is under investigation.
Description
CR 1-50014537 MSC / MD Nastran Multipoint Constraints - Missing UFM 2101 when UWM 2047 is issued When a datadeck contains a conflict between UM and US membership normally user fatal message 2101 is issued and the job stops. However when an MPCADD entry also exists referring to more than 100 nonexisting MPC sets 100 uwm's 2047 are issued and the job stops without printing the ufm 2101. CR 1-50027590 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRAK - UFM 6656 (MODTRK) The message "USER FATAL MESSAGE 6656 (MODTRK) THE TRACKED SUBSET
Description
Known Error
CR 1-50027590 PHGREF OF MODES FROM A PREVIOUS DESIGN CYCLE" can be produced whenever the user specifies a MODTRAK command in a SOL 200 subcase that contains a METHOD command but is not an ANALYSIS=MODES subcase. E.g, using MODTRAK with ANALYSIS = MCEIG, MTRAN, MFREQ or FLUTTER can produce the error. Avoidance: Remove the MODTRAK case control command from subcases that do not also have an ANALYSIS =MODES command.
Known Error Product
CR 1-50098347 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - File Management Section - Assign Statement documentation is wrong The QRG documentation for the ASSIGN statement in the File Management section contains examples for "ASSIGN OP2" that should be "ASSIGN OUTPUT2". CR 1-50289995 MSC / MD Nastran 2007.0.0 Utilities - dr3srv build on linux64 crashes When compiling dr3srv to use DRESP3 entries using the MSC provided makefile (dr3srv.ksh), the following error will occur. ld: Warning: size of symbol `main' changed from 128 in /opt/intel_fc_80/lib/for_main.o to 192 in /appl/msc.software/msc.nastran/msc20055/linux64/dr3srv.o /appl/msc.software/msc.nastran/msc20055/linux64/libdr3srv.a(memmgmt.o)(. text+0x21e2): In function `Get_Temporary_Name': : the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp' /opt/intel_fc_80/lib/for_main.o(.text+0x42): In function `main': : undefined reference to `MAIN__' make: *** [dr3serv] Error 1 === Resolution:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-50289995 Modify dr3srv.ksh to include "-nofor_main". The build script will look like this for the linux64 section: linux64 ) targets="CC=/opt/intel_cc_80/bin/icc FC=/opt/intel_fc_80/bin/ifort" FFLAGS="-nbs -w -w90 -cm -WB -pad_source -W0 -save -zero -Vaxlib -ftz" export FFLAGS LDFLAGS="-nofor_main -Vaxlib" export LDFLAGS ;;
Known Error Product
CR 1-50337802 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - Input error leads to misleading UFM 392 (XSORSO) and UFM 9002 (IFPL) When a FREQ1 or other bulk data entry which begin in the first column has been erroneously put into the case control deck the following error occurs: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 392 (XSORSO) THE AUXMID OR SEID ON THE FOLLOWING BEGIN BULK COMMAND IS NOT GREATER THAN 0. and at the end of the f06 file: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9002 (IFPL) ^^^ ERROR(S) ENCOUNTERED IN THE MAIN BULK DATA SECTION ^^^ SEE MESSAGES ABOVE. ERROR ENCOUNTERED IN MODULE XSORT.
Description
These error messages are misleading. Normally when an illegal case control command is specified the following error message will be issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 601 (IFP1D) THE KEYWORD ON THE ABOVE CARD TYPE IS ILLEGAL OR MISSPELLED. Attached is a data deck which shows the problem. The message 392 has been updated as follow to check the statement(s) defined before the "BEGIN BULK". *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 392 (XSORSO) THE AUXMID OR SEID ON THE FOLLOWING BEGIN BULK COMMAND IS NOT GREATER THAN 0.
Known Error
CR 1-50337802 BULK ENTRY: BEGIN BULK USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR MAY OCCURE DUE TO BULK DATA ENTRIES BEING DEFINED BEFORE THE "BEGIN BULK" STATEMENT.
CR 1-50362721 MSC / MD Nastran Mass Matrix - NSM, NSM1 - Wrong Answers In a very large model with 6 million degrees of freedom which included correspondingly large NSM sets, the non structural mass included in the analysis was truncated leading to wrong answers. CR 1-50504311 MSC / MD Nastran XYPLOT, XYPUCH - Infinite CPU loop for XYPUNCH request with an illegal item code If an xyplot or xypunch request is made for an invalid element code, the program may go into an infinitel cpu loop.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
An avoidance is to supply YMIN and YMAX before the XYPUNCH command. YMIN and YMAX are for ploting, and should not be needed for XYPUNCH. CR 1-50522550 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CELAS2 - UFM The CELAS2 entry fails in version 2005 and later when using mixed double field and single field continuation entries. format on line 2 CR 1-50605180 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MAT9, MATORT - solids/shells cannot reference cylindrical CS for material CS At this time, In SOL 600, solid element material properties may only reference
Known Error
CR 1-50605180 a single rectangular coordinate system for the enitire model. Shell elements may reference multiple rectangular coordinate systems... that is why the cylindrical CS causes problems. The limitation on a single rectangular CS has been fixed in v2007. The limitation on not using cylindrical CS is fixed for MDR4.
CR 1-50608531 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400, 600 - Multiple cracks using same VCCT case control ID - UFM 311 Multiple VCCT cracks, such as "VCCT,1,1,...." and "VCCT,1,2,...." on the same VCCT Case Control command results in the following fatal message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 311 (IFPDRV) NON-UNIQUE FIELD 2 ON BULK DATA ENTRY VCCT 1 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 5036 CR 1-50617151 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - UFM 3032 (CAMPREP) generating Campbell Diagram Rotordynamics analysis may fail when generating the Campbell diagram with the following message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (CAMPREP) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 301) IN TABLE (DDVAL ) IN SUBROUTINE (NO_DDVAL_SELECTED). 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-50698031 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Floating Point exception in sparse decomp Sparse decomp may crash with a floating point exception Signal received: SIGTRAP - Trace trap Signal generated for floating-point exception: FP invalid operation Traceback: Offset 0x00000038 in procedure tmgino_
Description
Known Error
CR 1-50698031 Offset 0x000012e8 in procedure dfmsym_ Offset 0x00001168 in procedure dfmsa_ Offset 0x00000134 in procedure sdcomp_ Offset 0x00000a88 in procedure facdrvo_ Offset 0x00000d10 in procedure facdrv_ Offset 0x000010f4 in procedure reigla_ Offset 0x00001f1c in procedure lnnrigl_ Offset 0x00003d60 in procedure reig_ Offset 0x000001b0 in procedure xsem06_ Offset 0x00000184 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x00000064 in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000adc in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --The problem has been traced to an integer overflow in the routine DFMSA. Input files are in /nast/app/etl/q1-50698031.zip
Known Error Product
CR 1-50698089 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - HESS - Illegal argument to DGEGV when using QZ HESS When using QZ HESS in complex eigenvalue analysis, if more than 4 Gb of memory is given and if the problem is too large to fit in core, the eigenvalue analysis is attempted, leading to an error message from the LAPACK routine DGEGV (or ZGEGV if the matrices are complex). Avoidance: An avoidance for v2005.5+ is to specify mode=i8.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-50714854 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - A SingleCQUAD4 produces Incorrect corner stress for tapered thickness The isoparametric theory for the CQUAD4 element assumes bilinear shape functions for displacement. This is wrong for tapered elements. The error is acceptable for stiffness and element center data recovery. The error is large for element corner data recovery in a coarse model. Avoidance: This is not a significant issue for real world models. The data recovery has been modified in MD R4 2009.0.0 to improve the results
Description
Known Error
CR 1-50714854 for coarse models.
CR 1-50714931 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BCPARA, GP1 - Marc Translator error The following input bulk data error was not trapped in IFP and caused nastran to fail in GP1 as shown below. BCPARA,ERROR,.010 should have been BCPARA,,ERROR,.010
Description forrtl: severe (64): input conversion error, unit -5, file Internal Formatted Read The same job aborted on Linux dmp=4 with the following error... forrtl: severe (64): input conversion error, unit -5, file Internal Formatted Read time: error waiting for child process: No child processes Known Error Product CR 1-50731974 MSC / MD Nastran Element - bar, beam, non structural mass - missing mass polar moment of inertia If non structural mass is defined on the beam or bar element, the mass polar moment of inertia is not included. Avoidance: Use structural mass instead. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-50779321 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET, Part Superelements - SFM 6144 If PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is specified with part superelements and there are SPCi specified in part superelement bulk data sections then the job may fail with something similar to: Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRG1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in KSF is not equal to the size of the COMP-set User Information: Size of input matrices and DOF sets:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-50779321 KSF : Rows= 12 by Cols= 60 Set sizes: Major (F-set)= 167 Set0 (COMP-set)= 68 Set1 (Q-set)= 99 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter (which also avoids CR 150779328) compile phase0 alter ' bndspc '(,-1) if ( seid=0 ) call dbstore ysd,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile extduset alter 'xemap\/emap' call dbstore xemap,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile augqset alter 1 call dbfetch /xemap,ysd,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ alter 'gp4 ' bndspc xemap,uset0,bgpdt,,ysd/ uset01,ysd1/ seid/0 $ equivx uset01/uset0/-1 $ compile phase1dr alter 1 type db kqqu,mqqu,bqqu,k4qqu,pqu,rvqu,aqu,phbqu, gpqku,gdqku,sdsrqu $
Known Error Product
CR 1-50779728 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,AUTOQSET, multilevel superelement trees - SFM 6144 or Wrong Answers If PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is specified with multilevel superelement trees with branches longer than one superelement then the job may fail with something similar to:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in MTQ is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector VQ User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors:
Known Error
CR 1-50779728 MTQ : Rows= 12 by Cols= 13 VQ : Rows= 105 no. of non-zeros= 35 no. of zeros= 70
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter (which also avoids CR 150779321) compile phase0 alter ' bndspc '(,-1) if ( seid=0 ) call dbstore ysd,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile extduset alter 'xemap\/emap' call dbstore xemap,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile augqset alter 1 call dbfetch /xemap,ysd,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ alter 'gp4 ' bndspc xemap,uset0,bgpdt,,ysd/ uset01,ysd1/ seid/0 $ equivx uset01/uset0/-1 $ compile phase1dr alter 1 type db kqqu,mqqu,bqqu,k4qqu,pqu,rvqu,aqu,phbqu, gpqku,gdqku,sdsrqu $ Known Error Product CR 1-50888831 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - RSPINR - ROTOR superlement with structural damping, GR, gives wrong answers A rotordynamics superlement analysis with structural damping (GR) specified on the RSPINR entry will yield wrong answers. CR 1-50916991 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, DESSUB, DESOBJ - SFM If a DRESP1 entry with RTYPE = RMSxxxx or PSDxxxx is selected by a DESSUB or DESOBJ entry that is in a subcase other than the first subcase referenced on the RANDPS entry iinvoked by the DRESP1, a system fatal message will
Known Error
CR 1-50916991 occur. User information: RMS or PSD responses in SOL 200 that are created using the DRESP1 entry can span multiple subcases based on the RANDPS entry that is invoked by the DRESP1 entry. Case control reference (DESSUB/DESOBJ) can only be from the first subcase selected on the RANDPS entry.
CR 1-50932651 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - EIGC, CLAN - Wrong Answers Complex Lanczos produces roots for unsymmetric fluid-structure interaction problems (such as tpl/ac10704) which have a non-zero real part; however, when there is no damping, the roots should be pure imaginary.
Description
Avoidances include: 1) force the computations to be performed in complex arithmetic by specifying sys108=16384 2) use old single-vector Lanczos by specifying sys108=2 3) use SOL 110 in place of SOL 107, and use HESS for the complex eigensolution. CR 1-50984175 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PLOAD - Possible wrong answers It is not recommended that PLOAD be used in SOL 600. All PLOAD entries should be changed to PLOAD4 entries. The PLOAD sign convension is different in NASTRAN than MARC. Nastran assumes positive pressure to be acting in the positive element normal direction, whereas marc assumes that positive pressure is acting in the direction opposite to the element normal ( ie into the element). CR 1-51008491 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - enforced motion - SFM 6144
Description
Known Error
CR 1-51008491 If a restart is performed on an enforced motion restart then the following error may occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in DAY is not equal to the number of rows in the row partitioning vector VYA User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: DAY : Rows= XXX by Cols= YYY VYA : Rows= ZZZ Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter (any version or Nastran)
Description
compile getay alter 'fbs.*lyy,,kay1',''(,11) fbs lyy,,kay1/day0//-1 $ if ( nullvay>-1 ) then $ merge day0,,,,,vay/day1/1 $ else if ( nullvya>-1 ) then $ partn day0,,vya/day1,,,/1 $ else equivx day0/day1/-1 $ endif $ if ( novafs>0 ) then $ merge day1,,,,,vafs/day/1 $ else $ equivx day1/day/-1 $ endif $ endalter CR 1-51018492 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - MDACMS - SFM 6144 (PARTN1) If a frequency response MDACMS analysis has enforced motion that results in null loads the job may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in YST is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector CP User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-51018492 YST : Rows= 4 by Cols= 31 CP : Rows= 1 Avoidance: Run the job without MDACMS or insert the following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 's,n,ncol' paraml pdfx//'trailer'/1/S,N,ncol//s,n,nopdfx $ if ( nopdfx<0 ) paraml yst//'trailer'/1/S,N,ncol $
Known Error Product
CR 1-51035307 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - param,extout with param,autoqset results in UFM 3001 in GP4 Using param,autoqset will result in the following fatal message when used in combination with param,extout. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GP4) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED EQEXINX AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Description
Avoidance: 1. Use the case control command EXTSEOUT or 2. Use the following alter compile extout alter 'if ( atqset','' $ if ( atqset and extseout>0 ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-51120736 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Insufficient core for FBSMEM; sfm 7340 (LNNRIGL) unknown internal error This was fixed as part of project tad02586.
Description
Lanczos now issues SFM 3008 and the job is aborted. Defining FBSMEM/system(146) to a large value, for example 100, can lead to the following messages:
Known Error
CR 1-51120736 INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR FBSMEM IN REIGL INCREASE MEMORY BY AT LEAST 1111366876 WORDS *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNRIGL) UNKNOWN INTERNAL ERROR OCCURRED. The problem is that Nastran does not stop at this point. Instead Nastran proceeds with MMFIND1 and thereafter tries to find a solution again. But the same error happens again and a solution cannot be found (ufm 4405).
Avoidance: Increase memory. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-51128594 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Submittal on Linux IA64 may fail to find marc executable SOL 600 jobs in MSC.Nastran 2005r2 on Linux IA64 may fail to find marc executable and may fail with the message:
Description
Machine architecture to use comes from MSC_ARCHM=linux_rh9 Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2005/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc91/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2006/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2007/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2008/tools/run_marc Check default script /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2009/tools/run_marc ** Severe Marc Translator Warning ** Script to run Marc not in expected directory /opt/cae/msc/msc20051/marc/linux_rh9/marc2005/tools/run_marc
Known Error
CR 1-51152461
Known Error Product
CR 1-51152461 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/SOL 600 - BCPARA,FTYPE - Incorrect Documented Default Value In SOL 600, NLTRAN, the documented efault of BCPARA-FTYPE is incorrect. The default is 0 not 2. CR 1-51253049 MSC / MD Nastran sol 106 - TET10 - PLASTIC - v.Mises different for linear and nonlinear format Bob Harder Aug 2, 2010: This was fixed by the correction for CR 1-56461590. CR 1-11981265 corrected the grid stress interpolation error for TET10 elements when plasticity is involved. However this correction had been made for the nonlinear stress format only, the linear stresses are incorrect. The error is related to extrapolation of stresses for material nonlinear TETRA elements. The method of extrapolation has been corrected in 2010 and is consistent with that for HEXA and PENTA elements.
Corrected Version 2007.1.0 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
Description
CR 1-51434272 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SMETHOD, ITER - UFM 9058, Wrong Answers The iterative solver methods do not work in the presence of SUPORTi entry, this is documented in a remark under the ITER bulk data entry. It should be noted that param, inrel uses the SUPORT entry and therefore the iterative solver may not be used with this parameter. If attempted either the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SUPER3) THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST. or incorrect results will occur.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-51437479 Topology - asterisks for material ids and design variable ids Topology optimization jobs output asterisks for material ids and design variable ids. ----- COMPARISON BETWEEN INPUT MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES FROM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN MODELS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MATERIAL MATERIAL MATERIAL ANALYSIS DESIGN LOWER UPPER DIFFERENCE TYPE ID NAME VALUE VALUE BOUND BOUND FLAG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAT1 ******** E 1.000000E+07 1.250000E+06 1.000000E-15 1.000000E+20 WARNING MAT1 ******** RHO 1.000000E-01 5.000000E-02 1.000000E-15 1.000000E+20 WARNING ----- DESIGN VARIABLES -----
Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------INTERNAL DESVAR LOWER UPPER ID ID LABEL BOUND VALUE BOUND -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 1 X1 1.0000E-02 2.0000E+00 1.0000E+02 2 2 X2 1.0000E-02 2.0000E+00 1.0000E+02 3 3 X3 1.0000E-02 2.0000E+00 1.0000E+02 4 4 X4 1.0000E-02 2.0000E+00 1.0000E+02 5 5 DG3 1.0000E-02 1.0000E+00 2.0000E+00 6 ******** TOPVAR 1.0000E-03 5.0000E-01 1.0000E+00 7 ******** TOPVAR 1.0000E-03 5.0000E-01 1.0000E+00 8 ******** TOPVAR 1.0000E-03 5.0000E-01 1.0000E+00
Known Error
CR 1-51437479 MAT1 ******** E 1.000000E+07 1.250000E+06 1.000000E-15 1.000000E+20 WARNING
Known Error Product
CR 1-51472746 MSC / MD Nastran If more than one RFORCE is included in the LOAD entry, gyroscopic loads use only the first one If RGYRO loads are requested and the static loads are defined using LOAD entries, the first RFORCE (in numeric order, not necessarily in input order) will be used to calculate the gyroscopic loads. All other RFORCE entries referenced on the LOAD entry will not be used in the gyroscopic load calculations. CR 1-51495308 MSC / MD Nastran Optimizaton/Design Sensitivity - EXTSEOUT - CSUPER - ufm 5423 (MPYAD) In sol 200 when using external superelements which refer to CSUPER cards the following error may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 301 55182 15 2 2 6 1324 TRAILER FOR PXG IS 101 1 1872 2 2 1248 3333 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00200 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidance: use the following DMAP alter for 2005r3 and 2006: compile EXTIN $ alter 'DBSTATUS X_K' $ if (nokaa>0 and iostat=0 ) then $ EQUIVX X_K /KXX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_M /MXX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_B /BXX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_K4/K4XX/-1 $ EQUIVX X_P /PX /-1 $
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-51495308 EQUIVX X_V /VX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_GP/GPX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_GD/GDX /-1 $ EQUIVX X_VF/VXFS/-1 $ EQUIVX X_A /AX /-1 $ return endif alter 'if ( nouset','' if ( nouset>0 and not(exter) ) then $ COMPILE spdr1 alter 'PEID=SEID' $ type parm,,i,n,np2 $ type parm,nddl,i,n,desiter $ np2 = desiter $ if ( peid>0 ) desiter = 0 $ alter 'NOASET=LUSETS' $ if ( peid>0 ) desiter = np2 $ COMPILE phase0 alter 'SELIST=(NOSELIST>0)','' $ SELIST=(auxmid<1 and NOSELIST>0) $ COMPILE phase1dr alter 'SEP2DR SLIST' $ if ( auxmid>0 ) noup = -1 $ alter 'IF ( NOKAA','' $ if( nokaa<1 or descycle>1 ) then $ and use the following DMAP alter for 2007: compile EXTIN $ alter 'if ( nouset','' if ( nouset>0 and not(exter) ) then $ COMPILE spdr1 alter 'PEID=SEID' $ type parm,,i,n,np2 $ type parm,nddl,i,n,desiter $ np2 = desiter $ if ( peid>0 ) desiter = 0 $ alter 'NOASET=LUSETS' $ if ( peid>0 ) desiter = np2 $ COMPILE phase0 alter 'SELIST=(NOSELIST>0)','' $ SELIST=(auxmid<1 and NOSELIST>0) $ COMPILE phase1dr alter 'SEP2DR SLIST' $ if ( auxmid>0 ) noup = -1 $ alter 'IF ( NOKAA','' $ if( nokaa<1 or descycle>1 ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-51517141 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PSOLID - TETRA(5-10 node) supported in SOL 106, 129 and 400 In Table 8-43 at the end of the PSOLID description in the Quick Reference Guide it incorrectly indicates that the TETRA 5-10 is not supported in SOL 106, 129 and 400. CR 1-51544187 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD - UFM 6599 (SEP1C), CWELD with ELEMID, Superelements When the PWELD entry specifies that MSET is on, USER FATAL MESSAGE 6599 (SEP1C) may be incorrectly output. . CR 1-51552281 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 w/ COORD SYSTEMS - DDM - Parallel does not work This is a Marc limitiation. In order to add coord sys capability for CBUSH and cylindrical/spherical system MCID's the new Marc COORD SYS option needed to be used. For models without CBUSH coordinate orientation or MCID's specified by a coordinate, enter the following parameters PARAM,MRCOORDS,1 PARAM,MRORINTS,1 Starting with tier 1 systems as of 6/22/2007 the above will happen automatically. E Dickerson 6/22/2007 Starting with MD R2, SOL 600 analyses with COORD SYSTEMS will not run parallel. Avoidance: Convert local coordinate systems to the global coordinate system.
Known Error Product
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-51564461 Aeroelastic Analysis - AERODYNAMIC FORCE Output, Incorrect Element ID The aerodynamic force table can sometimes have a 0 as the element ID in the last row of data rather than the highest aerodynamic element ID.
Description User Information: the missing id is confined to the printout and does not affect any other output. Known Error Product CR 1-51589547 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE - Nastran Tokens/ALUs are not released before marc is executed When running an MD R1 Nastran or MSC.Nastran 2005r3, SOL600 job with MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE set to 1, then Nastran doesn't release licenses. The next table shows MD Nastran token usage for a SOL600 job: Application Normal Discrete Description MD Nastran 288 288 Translator 334 334 Marc 184 518 MD Nastran 288 518 Translator 334 518 As you can see with MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE=1 , most of the time 518 tokens are checked out! (this represents 518 tokens * Euro 400 = Euro 200,000 !!!!! (so more than 200K US$ )) Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-51706467 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - SOL 109, Module ROTRUTL, SFM 4276, EC 3001 A linear transient solution, SOL 109, fails with the following message for version MD R2 (aka 2007) but runs successfully with MSC.Nastran 2005r3b. Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (FREAD) ERROR CODE 3001 PID= 0 The failure occurs because there are no RSPINTs entries defined. The interpretation
Known Error
CR 1-51706467 of this should be that the rotors do not spin.
Known Error Product
CR 1-51854251 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Grid Point Participation Factor - wrong grid id in punch file Grid IDs in the punch file of an acoustic analysis with grid point participation factor requests will have a value of "4" appended to the end.
Description
The error happens when only the punch file is requested by case control command disp(punch). Avoidance: Request disp(print,punch).
CR 1-51861461 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts/External Superelements - EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH) - Wrong Answers A SOL 111 restart from a previous sol 111 job which contains an external SE created with EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH) produces incorrect results when K2GG and M2GG have been omitted in the restart. The results are the same as for the cold start. This happens because KAA is available from the restart database.
Description Avoidance: Add the following to the restart run to delete the external SE: begin super /,1,99999999 Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract CR 1-51884991 MSC / MD Nastran 2007.0.1 SOL 600 - Certain shell elements with MCID using new COORD SYS option Missing orientation vectors Certain shell elements with MCID using the new COORD SYS option are missing orientation vectors in the Marc deck in MDR2. See external web: MD R2 update for HPUX IA64 http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-51919711 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - FRF run with an RLOAD1 entry with null excitation fails with SFM 3200 in DPD An FRF generation run with an RLOAD1 entry with null excitation will fail with SFM 3200 (Logic error 14) in subroutine DPD9 in the DPD module. CR 1-51942339 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CONM, GRAVi - PARAM,WTMASS multiplier is ignored for conm and density for gravity PARAM,WTMASS multiplier is ignored for conm and mass density used in gravity loading in SOL 600. CR 1-51945401 MSC / MD Nastran Documetation/IOG - FFIO - New Selection Method Starting with MSC Nastran 2007.0.0 R1 FFIO is no longer selected by setting only FF_IO_OPTS. The addtional new setting is also required: LD_PRELOAD=$MSC_BASE/$MSC_VERSD/linux64/libFFIO.so for example:
Description
export LD_PRELOAD=/opt/msc/msc2007/linux64/libFFIO.so This change will allow FFIO libraries to be dynamically set. Note that the msc2007.0.0 R1 shared object has been tested on ProPack 4 and ProPack 5. It does not work with ProPack 3.
CR 1-51995261 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Incorrect Message, UFM 4512 If there is an error for the NLPARM ID for SOL 400, module ST2DYN give UFM 4512, which is for the DEFORM entry. CR 1-52043741 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Abstract Description Known Error Product
CR 1-52043741 SOL 600 - Tables in large field format may not be correct or may be missing SOL 600 may incorrectly translated table entries that input in large field format or may fail to translate them at all. CR 1-52044231 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - sensitivity descrepancy between dresp1 and dresp2 The frequency response sensitivity for the following DRESP1 with RSS should have an identical value and sensitivity with its derived DRESP2 entry when there is a single forcing frequency. dresp1 10001 pres PRES 1 RSS 1001
Description
dresp1 10002 pres PRES 1 RSS 1021
The above statement is not true for cases with very small response value, <1.e-6. Avoidance : If feasible, increase loading by several order of magnitude to boost the response value. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-52048361 MSC / MD Nastran CPU times - SGI ProPack 5 - bad F04 file The CPU times printed in the F04 are off by roughly a factor of 4 on SuSE 10 IA64 systems. This OS is usually installed with Altix ProPack 5 systems. Description Avoidance: Use the times reported in the log file for an accurate time of the entire run. Known Error Product CR 1-52060201 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Missing EIGR entry results in poor message, SFM 3001 (DOPR3) The message "SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPR3) datablock edoms does not
Known Error
CR 1-52060201 exist" is given in error when the user has a DRESP1 entry with RTYPE=EIGN or FREQ but has not included an EIGR or EIGRL entry to perform a normal modes eigenanalysis. the message should be: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPR3) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DYNAMIC AT POSITION 19 DOES NOT EXIST.
CR 1-52101228 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - DMAP Programmer's Guide - OUTPUT4 Record. There is an error in the DMAP Programmer's Guide documentation of the OUTPUT4 record. In ASCII mode, word 3 in record 2 of each matrix is the number of TERMS in the column, not the number of WORDS. In the binary format, word 3 of record 2 is, in fact, the numbr of words in the column. The TERMS and WORDS values are the same for RS and CS matrices, the TERMS value is WORDS/2 for RD and CD matrices. The documentation of the OUTPUT4 file format in the DMAP Module Programmer's Guide must be corrected. Note that the format of the ASCII OUTPUT4 file (at least in this regard) has not changed since Version 65. CR 1-52145229 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - Model Summary - Element Summary Overflows The Model Summary output will overflow when the number of any one element is greater than 99999. For example:
Description
Description
THERE ARE ***** HEXA ELEMENTS. FIRST EID = 923513 LAST EID = 50685656 Avoidance: There is no avoidance *************************** Fixed MDR3 V2008.0.0 CR 1-52233471 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Null weight sensitivity when MATi referenced with zero density
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-52233471 An optimization job may produce null weight sensitivity coefficients for i-th design variable while some shell elements (CQUAD4,8,R,CTRIA3,6,R) are being designed by design varaible j that reference a MATi entry with zero density. Avoidance: place numerical small number (1.E-12) in the zero density field of a MATi entry.
Description
CR 1-52238812 MSC / MD Nastran Temperatue loads in sol 106 cause wrond intermediade results When TEMP(LOAD) is requested in SOL 106, and output is requested at intermediate increments (NLPARM,NINC>1 and NLPARM,INTOUT=YES) then you get wrong answers. There are two avoidances, either switch to SOL 400 or add more SUBCASES (with requests for intermediate TEMP(LOAD) values). CR 1-52240428 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SOL600,101 - UFM 316 (IFPDRV) DMIG SOL 600 with external superelements will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DMIG DMIG *KAAX 5 1 +000001 *+000001 5 1 2.347553830D+05 +000002 Fixed V2007.0.2 and verified in MDR4 V2009.0.0
Description
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-52299341 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DVxREL1 references a design variable ID more than once - Job Fail in DOPR1C DVxREL1 is NOT allowed to reference a design variable ID more than once. This user input error will cause the analysis to fail in DOPR1C without a meaningful message. This should be trapped as a user input error and the following message should be output:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-52299341 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7610 (DOPR1C) DVPREL1 entry ID = 20 reference a design variable ID more than once. User INformation: The Dvxrel1 entry does not support multiple references to the same design variable ID. User Action: Remove the duplicate reference to the same design varible ID.
Known Error Product
CR 1-52301750 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - memory error in gpforce translation to op2 - Sever Warning in Nastran/Marc postprocessing A memory management error in the SOL 600 t16op2 translator for grid point force may cause an analysis to fail with the following message: T6GPFRC2: iLINE= 49 ** Severe Warning in Nastran/Marc postprocessing - Logic error # 9214 in subroutine T6GPFRC2 - Must stop
Description
MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product CR 1-52301828 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBUSH, GPFORCE - Wrong Answers Problem with GPFORCE and CBUSH has been been fixed in MD R4 CR 1-52308971 MSC / MD Nastran 3D Contact - SOL 101 or 400, the 3D Contact job failed with SFM 4289 (SPEND1D) When running 3D Contact in SOL 101 or 400 with linear behavior solid elements,
Known Error
CR 1-52308971 job may fail with the following message *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4289 (SPEN1D) CORE IS INSUFFICIENT BY A BASE10
CR 1-52374131 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - FRF and DMP - SFM 6144 If DMP is requested in a SOL 111 run with FRF generated loads then the run will fail with SFM 6144 in the MERGE module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile freqrs alter 'merge ,,,ppf,,expand','' merge ,,,frfppf,,expand,/ppfe/1 compile semfreq alter 'equivx frfppf\/pxf','' equivx ppf/pxf/-1 $ endalter CR 1-52415018 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - SGI ProPack 5 - end of file The following error may occur in MSC Nastran or MD Nastran during installation on an SGI ProPack Altix system: ./mscsetup: line 14976: syntax error at line 14976: ènd of file' unexpected
Description
The error is caused by a bad version of "KSH" on the OS. It is known that ksh-93r-12.9 has this problem. You can determine the version of ksh installed with the command "rpm -qa | grep ksh". Avoidance: 1) Backup the current ksh on the system. 2) Install the ksh in the attachment.
Known Error
CR 1-52425192
CR 1-52425192 MSC / MD Nastran Component modes - PARAMs FIXEDB and AUTOQSET - UFM 3001 If both PARAMs FIXEDB and AUTOQSET are specifed then UFM 3001occurs in the UPARTN module in subDMAP SUPER3.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'if ( seid=0 )'(3),'' if ( seid=0 and fixedb>-1 ) then $
CR 1-52459991 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - DMIGOUT - Incorrect Default values The default value of "1" for the DMIGOUT-ICTRL, IFREQ and ICORD as shown in the QRG(MD Nastran R2) is incorrect. The correct default value is 2, 1 and 2 respectively for these fields.
ICTRL Controls type of matrix. (Integer; Default = 2) 1=element matrices 2=global matrices 3=element and global matrices Description IFREQ Controls how often the matrices are output (Integer; Default = 1) 1=output at every increment 2=output every other increment, etc. -1=output only at end of the subcase. ICORD Controls matrix output coordinate system (Integer; Default = 2) 1=Nastran basic coordinate system 2=current transformed coordinate system (at the start of the run, this is the Nastran global coordinate system). Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-52650292 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Contact - BCONTACT - Wrong Answers Linear contact may lead to incorrect results.
Known Error
CR 1-52650292 Avoidance: Too rigorous convergence criteria may lead to false results or divergence. Set the CONV field of the NLPARM entry to P instead of its default, UPW.
CR 1-52657971 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - SuSE 10 / IA64 - mpirun: Bad address Some, but not all, SuSE 10 IA64 systems get an error while running DMP: mpirun: Bad address
Description
It is unknown what specific configuration or package causes this error. Avoidance: - Upgrade to MD 2007 and use either HP/MPI ("proc=hp hpmpi=yes" on the command line) or Intel/MPI ("proc=intel intelmpi=yes"). - Use MD R2.1 CR 1-52721371 MSC / MD Nastran DMP/Frequency Response - DOMAINSOLVER, PARAM,LFREQ - UFM 3047 (GKAM) Use of PARAM,LFREQ in a DMP modal frequency response analysis may result in the fatal message:
Known Error Product
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3047 (GKAM) NO MODES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR USE IN THE ANALYSIS. THEREFORE A MODAL FORMULATION CANNOT BE MADE. 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-52721829 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - WEIGHTCHECK(SET=(G,A))=YES and PARAM,MHRED,YES - Wrong answers If PARAM,MHRED,YES is active then the WEIGHTCHECK printout for the Aset will show a reduction in mass from the G-set printout. But this will not affect the subsequent results in the run or in a subsequent restart.
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-52721829 Avoidance: Insert PARAM,MHRED,NO.
CR 1-52750618 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBUSHT and PBUSH with the same ID, Unexpected Answers No errors are produced if PBUSHT and PBUSH with the same ID are entered. When this happens, the PBUSH entry can wipe out the intended PBUSHT entry and produce incorrect results. CR 1-52791051 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMP, PARAM,POST,0 - Missing data in XDB Layered composite stress results may be missing from the xdb for SOL 106. CR 1-52819821 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Incorrect ReplicatorSymbol lead to UFM307 ILLEGAL NAME FOR BULK DATA ENTRY When using the record replicator an input of a "-" instead of an "=" lead to the fatal message:
Description
USER FATAL MESSAGE 307 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL NAME FOR BULK DATA ENTRY which made it difficult to find the actual input error.
CR 1-52841658 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Participation Factor - PFMODE - Missing Output Modal participation factor (PFMODE) is not output when even one meaningless direction is specified. For example, if there is no response in the T1 and the T2 direction and a set references either as shown below, the participation factor for the T3 direction will not be output.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-52841658 $ structure gird set 2 = 105/T3, 104/T1 $ not ok $set 2 = 104/T1 $ not ok $set 2 = 104/T3 $ ok $set 2 = 105/T3, 104/T3 $ ok $ fluid grid set 3 = 1020, 1021, 1022 pfmode(structmp=all) = 2
CR 1-52953651 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - GPFORCE, CQUADR, CTRIAR - Incorrect GPFORCES In SOL 400, the GPFORCE outputs computed for the nonlinear analysis are wrong. Any deck with GPFORCE output request for QUADR and/or TRIAR in SOL 400 will show that the GPFORCEs are not balanced. CR 1-53071681 MSC / MD Nastran Element Strain Energy - OFREQ - Wrong Frequencies Output A memory overrun processing the OFREQ list may result in incorrect frequencies beign out and/or strange characters in the output. CR 1-53072087 MSC / MD Nastran An assembly run of a static AESO job fails with UFM4574 in SDR1 In v2007, a static AESO job may fail in the assembly run with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4574 (SDR1) DATA RECOVERY STARTED BUT NO DISPLACEMENT VECTORS AVAILABLE Avoidace: Turn off the AESO option by setting autose = 0 on the DOPTPRM entry.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-53135565 MODE=I8 - OUTPUT4, INPUTT4 - SFM 6445 (INPTX4) on ILP64(mode=i8) INPUTT4 may fail on i8 systems with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6445 (INPTX4) READ REQUESTED RETURNED INCORECT DATA LENGTH WHILE PROCESSING UNIT = 49 FOR LOGICAL NAME INPUTT4 EXPECTED 156 WORDS, ACTUALLY READ 78 WORDS USER ACTION: VERIFY THE FILE ASSIGNMENT AND CONTENTS OR CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. CR 1-53159901 MSC / MD Nastran Numeric Methods - Decomp, SOLVE, SYSTEM(166)=8192 - TAUCS Solver may crash I can get xx0rst0 to crash. That is VVPR 1-60306461. Other jobs now work though, So I will mark this as verified... jjg3/21/08
Description
Known Error Product
Description
There have been many fixes imported since this original report, and I have not been able to get the solver to crash in R3. I am marking this as fixed. ...trk
If the TAUCS solver is selected by setting SYS166=8192, then an analysis may crash. Avoidance: Do not use taucs. Known Error Product CR 1-53172511 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - PARAM,POST,0 - DBC Module GPSTRAIN, STRFIELD, Access Violation (Signal 11) A model requesting STRFIELD=ALL and GPSTRAIN=ALL fails in the DBC module with an access violation during data recovery of the superelements. Avoidance: Remove the STRFIELD request. Known Error CR 1-53345233
Description
CR 1-53345233 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NLAUTO - Loads not translated correctly. This example has the final time specified using NLAUTO. For SOL 600 dynamics problems, the fianl time is goverened by a combination of TSTEPNL and TABLED1 entries, any final time specified by NLAUTO is ignored. This also applies to the intial time step. For SOL 600 dyanmics, most other entries specified on NLAUTO are used with the exception of NRECYC, IDTAB, DAMP, IDMPFLG adn IPHYS. For statics, the initial time step and final time from NLAUTO overrides that provided by NLPARM. The QRG will be revised to clarify this situation. For the attachments provided, using the MD R3 released version, the Marc input decks correctly reflect the philosophy used in SOL 600 - E Dickerson 7/11/2008 Patran 2006 created a SOL 600 input deck that contains NLAUTO and TSTEPNL cards that span the same time. Whent the job is submitted, the point load is not properly translated into the MARC input deck. It only has a point load list that are numerical zeroes. It does not creat the second list showing the full load. Avoidance: NLAUTO should not be used. Manually changing the number of increments in the TSTEPNL from 100 to 101, the MARC deck is translated with both lists of point loads.
Description
CR 1-53351439 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 109, Rotordynamics, TSTEP with Continuation In SOL 109, a TSTEP entry with a continuation may fail with the following message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2090 (TRD1) TABLE DICTIONARY ENTRY 979 IS MISSING. 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-53444861 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CQUADR, CTRIAR, PCOMP - Layer strains/stresses are wrong for
Known Error
CR 1-53444861 composites in SOL 400 The layer stresses and strains computed for composite QUADR/TRIAR are wrong in SOL 400. CR 1-53562418 MSC / MD Nastran Single and Multipoint Constraints - PARAM,AUTOMSET - SFM 4276, EC (bldpk) in GP4 Conflicts between an independent or dependent set membership of dofs can lead to the following error message:
Description
Known Error Product
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPRD) ERROR CODE 211 PID= 0 when param,automset,yes is being used. Avoidance: Omitting this parameter can help in finding the problem.
Known Error Product
CR 1-53658793 MSC / MD Nastran GPSTRAIN - Missing GPSTRAIN Output for Model with QUAD and HEXA Elements The Z1 and Z2 strain output is missing from the output of a model with QUAD4 or QUADR and a HEXA element is present. However the MID and CURV results are output. Removing the HEXA element allows the Z1, Z2 and MID results to be output. A model with only QUADR elements using cylindrical coordinates demonstrates similar symptoms to the QUADR/HEXA model, i.e., only MID and CURV output is obtained. Avoidance: The STRAIN request set must be limited to shell elements and then GPSTRAIN=ALL will provide the correct results for the FIBRE option in the surface declaration, otherwise nastran only provides MID and CURV strain output. We have confirmed this on multiple models.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-53723270
CR 1-53723270 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMSMNF - Missing mnf file on AIX MD Nastran R2 and MSC.Nastran 2007r1 contain an error on AIX platform which for some variations of the ADAMSMNF case control command results in no mnf output and the following messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7811 (MNF_Error) *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 7810 (AFERRM) The known variation of the ADAMSMNF command that causes the error includes the keywords FLEXONLY and MINVAR. This problem has been corrected in Version 2007.0.2 and subsequent releases. Avoidance: Avoid these keywords.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-53795821 MSC / MD Nastran Connection Elements - CWELD, SWLDPRM - PROJTOL is not recognized for CWELD with MSET=ON The projection tolerance parameter PROJTOL specified on the SWLDPRM Bulk Data entry is not recognized for CWELD elements with MSET=ON option. CR 1-53832781 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - UFM 1126 with scr=post in tpl decks nltsr03 and nltsub03 If scr=post (or scr=no with NASTRAN SYSTEM(316)=7 or 19), then SOL 400 may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126. Avoidance: There is no simple avoidance.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-53887611 DMP/Eigenvalue Analysis - SFM 3034 in Lanczos Lanczos sometimes has a problems detecting rank-deficient sets of Lanczos vectors and this may lead to the folloiwng fatal message:
Description Avoidance: Not running dmp or setting system(166)=48 may avoid the problem. Known Error Product CR 1-53894031 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM3 - Stress recovery for cbeam3 referencing pbmsect may fail in SDR2 or GPSTRPBX Full stress recovery for CBEAM3 element referencing PBMSECT entry with isotropic or composite material, may fail in SDR2 or GPSTRPBX module. Description Avoidance : If possible, turn off full stress recovery by removing 'param,arbmss,yes' in the input deck. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-53923901 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - k4 , unsymmetric matrix - Inefficient runtime In version 2005.5, if an external superelement is used in an acoustic cabin analysis, and element structural damping is included in the reduction run, the k4 matrix may be generated as unsymmetric which may cause substantial increase in the runtime. Description Avoidance: Add the following alter in the assembly run. COMPILE EXTIN NOLIST $ ALTER 'EQUIVX.*X\_K4' MODTRL K4XX////6 $ ENDALTER $ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-53986469 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - READ - Access Violation or Signal 11 A dense large mass matrix (~95000 dof and 0.5 dense) will cause the default
Known Error
CR 1-53986469 ordering method to encounter an access violation on PC Windows 32 bit systems and a Signal 11 on unix system. Avoidance: Use NASTRAN SYSTEM(206)=132 in the input file or sys206=132 on the command line as an optional keyword.
Known Error Product
CR 1-54149209 MSC / MD Nastran Connection Elements - CFAST, CWELD - Bad TBEmatrix if all three GS, GA, and GB are specified If GS, GA, and GB are all specified on the CFAST or CWELD elements a bad TBE matrix occurs. In future releases GS will be ignored if GA and GB are specified. CR 1-54228489 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PLCOMP, PCOMPLS - Blank DIRECT field causes entire bulk data entry to be ignored If the DIRECT field on the PLCOMP or PCOMPLS bulk data entry is BLANK, then the entire entry is ignored. . CR 1-54239221 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RBE and no differential may lead to SFM 7620 (EMG) In SOL 400, if there are kinematic elements (RBEs) and the differential stiffness is not required to be updated, SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7620 will be issued by the EMG module. CR 1-54248591 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATF format incorrect for SOL 600 The MD R2 QRG failed to update the MATF entry for fields that are relevant to SOL 600.
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-54248591 Avoidance: Please refer to the MD R2 Release Guide or MD R3 QRG.
Known Error Product
CR 1-54255321 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - DOMAINSOLVER, EXTSEOUT and CSETi causes SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) An MDACMS analysis with external superelements and CSETi (or BNDFREEi) will fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile phase1dr alter 'if ( seid=0 and mdacms and nooset','' PARAML USET0//'USET'//////'c'/S,N,NOcSET/ 'r'/S,N,NOrSET $ if ( seid=0 and mdacms and nooset>-1 and nocset<0 and norset<0 ) then $ CR 1-54260851 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - DOMAINSOLVER, EXTSEOUT - Wrong eigenvectors if MDACMS is used EXTSEOUT outputs wrong eigenvectors if MDACMS is used. One symptom is that the following case control resulted in a vector of only the first mode being printed and this vector was all zeroes. This results in zero eigenvectors for every mode in the assembly run. ***Case Control Command*** EXTSEOUT(ASMBULK,EXTBULK,EXTID=1)
Known Error Product
Description
SUBCASE 1 METHOD = 1 SET 1=1080794 VECTOR(PRINT,CID,SORT1)=1 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile mdphs1b alter 'if ( dens=0',''
Known Error
CR 1-54260851 paraml vxsparse//'null'////s,n,nullvxp $ if ( nullvxp<0 ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-54337337 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - Large Field Format PBUSH fails - Severe Warning in SOL 600 translator Iin SOL600 a PBUSH that is defined using the large field format fails during translation with following message:
Description ** Severe Warning in SOL 600 translator - there appears to be no PBUSH associated with CBUSH 1 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-54353683 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - METHOD(STRUCTURE) - Extra eigenvector output In a fluid-structural analysis, if only structural modes are requested with METH(STRUC) then the eigenvector data recovery contains extraneous modes and displacements for the fluid degrees of freedom. This error does not affect the answers in a frequency or transient response analysis. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile modefsrs alter 'if ( nseig',''(,8) IF ( NSEIG>0 AND NFEIG>0 ) THEN $ alter 'paraml mif','' paraml mif//'trai'/1/s,n,nomif//s,n,nomifx $ if ( nomifx>-1 ) then $ alter 'merge lammats' else $ equivx mis/mi/-1 $ equivx lammats/lammat/-1 $ endif $ compile semr3 alter 'splitfs=','' splitfs=(seid=0 and novgfs>0 and not(fluid)) $ alter 'trnsp.*vvfs'(,-1) if ( methfl>0 ) then $ alter 'call cmpmode'
Description
Known Error
CR 1-54353683 endif $ alter 's,n,nmf','' paraml cmphof//'trai'/1/s,n,nmf//s,n,nocmphof $ if ( nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'diagonal cmmif'(,-1),'' if ( splitfs and nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'merge.*cmphof' else $ merge , ,goq,,, ,vofx/goqq/1 $ endif $ alter 's,n,nmf'(2,-1),''(2,0) if ( splitfs and nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'call newlamax' else if ( splitfs ) then $ merge , ,,,cmpho, ,vofx/cmphoxx/1 $ equivx cmphoxx/cmpho/-1 $ merge , ,,,cmpha, ,vafx/cmphaxx/1 $ equivx cmphaxx/cmpha/-1 $ endalter
CR 1-54367171 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - UWM 7651 for QUADR elment may be incorrectly issued The UWM 7651 for QUADR is issued to warn user that a QUADR element may have very small angle between two sides of the element so that a gird point normal vector is unable to be defined. However, this message may be incorrectly issued for very small retangular elements (1.0-4 on each side). CR 1-54371211 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Contact - BCONTACT, RBE, MPC - Access Violation A linear contact model in SOL 101 that contains RBE elements or MPC equations will fail with an access violation. CR 1-54381101 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - CSET - SFM 6143 (UPARTPR)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-54381101 An external superelement analysis with C-Set specified wll fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in KSVV is not equal to the size of the V-set The number of columns in KSVV is not equal to the size of the V-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: KSVV : Rows= 4408578 by Cols= 4408578 Set sizes: Major (V-set)= 4443956 Set0 (O-set)= 4443394 Set1 (COMP-set)= 562 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter $ alter avoidance for CR 1-54381101 compile mhred alter 'merge.*gots,,,gotf' partn kvv,vvfx,/koo,,, $ partn mvv,vvfx,/moo,,, $ call modmodes uset,phio,phic,kv,moo,koo,gots,mv,vvfx,vtfx/ goq,mqq,kqq/norc/1/true/false $ alter 'endif \$ novvfs'(4),'' alter 'call modmodes','' call modmodes uset,phio,phic,kv,moo,koo,got,mv,,/ goq,mqq,kqq/norc/1/true/false $ endif $ novvfs>0 compile semr3 alter 'merge.*kqqf,,,kqq,vfs'(,-1) if ( norc>-1 ) then $ partn kqq,vfs,/kqqf0,,,kqqs $ merge kqqf,,,kqqs,vfs,/kqqw $ matprn kqqf0,kqqf/ $ else $ alter 'merge.*kqqf,,,kqq,vfs' endif $ compile modmodes alter 1,1 SUBDMAP MODMODES USET, CMPHO, CMPHRC, LAMMAT, MOO, KOO, GOT, MI, vvfx,vtfx/ CMPHOX, MIX, KIX/ NORC/NOMVJJS/DOTRIP/uim5490 $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-54381101 alter 'umerge.*uset'(,-1) dbstatus vvfx//s,n,novvfx $ if ( novvfx>0 ) then $ merge cmpho,cmphrc,,,,vvfx/cmphv/1 $ NORM CMPHV/CMPHVN $ delete /cmphv,,,, $ partn cmphvn,,vvfx/cmphon,cmphrcn,,/1 $ delete /cmphvn,,,, $ partn got,vtfx,/,,gorc,/1 $ else $ alter 'UPARTN.*USET,GOT' endif $
CR 1-54407131 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Material orientation causes convergence problems in SOL600 Specifying a material orientation angle by referening a coordinate system may cause convergence problems in SOL 600. CR 1-54412161 MSC / MD Nastran Large Models - SEQP - Integer overflow in matrix reordering routines Large models that request more than 4gb of memory may fail with an integer overflow in the metis or bend ordering routines. CR 1-54508861 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - HYBDAMP entry - Wrong answers When hybrid damping (i.e., modal damping is converted to physical damping) is requested in a direct dynamic solution sequence with the HYBDAMP Bulk Data then the internally calcuated eigenvalues may not be the same as those obtained in an equivalent SOL 103 run. Then the subsequent damping values looked-up in the referenced TABDMP1 entry will be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter ECHOOFF $ COMPILE HYBDAMP NOLIST $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-54508861 ALTER 35,35 $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
Known Error Product
CR 1-54538461 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 but no output request fails with SFM 3001 in MODACC A SOL 103 external superelement run with PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 but no output request fails with SFM 3001 in the MODACC module in the SEDISP sudDMAP. CR 1-54580661 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - A large external SE job fails with SFM 4276 in the INDXBULK module A large external SE job fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, Error Code 3002 in the INDXBULK module due to an integer overflow in the SAVPS3 c all. CR 1-54644041 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Access Violation in trgp1cx.F A large SOL 600 resulted in a memory overflow in trgp1cx.F resulting in a fatal message indicating an access violation. CR 1-54647811 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - BCONTACT - SIM 8100 (NL3INT), SFM 4276 (PACKI) or UFM 2010 (MCNTCOL) SOL 400 contact problems may fail on some machines with the message: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 8100 (NL3INT) No Lagrange Multiplier Degrees-of-freedom were found in Contact analysis.. % 0.4000 4 1 3.08E-01 2.49E-03 2.77E-02 1.000 0 1 0 5.73E-02 9.124E+01 6.46E-03 -5.296E-01 18536 2 1.00 0 5 0 9 analysis ends because of 2 errors in stress recovery
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-54647811 *** FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR or SYSTEM 4276 (PACKI) or USER FATAL MESSAGE 2010 (MCNTCOL) Avoidance: For contact problems the PFNT rather than the AUTO method is recommended. If the AUTO method is selected then switch to PFNT. If the problem is being run on an i8 system, running on i4 may allow the problem to complete.
CR 1-54657775 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Incorrect Thermal Load Translation When converting thermal loads, SOL 600 may create distributed flux entries that reference tables that do not exist. This may lead to wrong answers. CR 1-54740198 MSC / MD Nastran Design Optimization - External Superelement and MODTRAK - System Fatal Message 6551 (INPTX2) If an external superelement is assembled into a SOL 200 run which also requests mode tracking with MODTRAK and data recovery is requested for the external superelement then the run may fail with SFM 6551 in the INPUTT2 module. This error has been fixed in MD R2.1 when scr=yes; however, when scr=no the same error occurs.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'IF ( DLOOP'(2,0),'IF ( DLOOP'(2,0) $ CALL EXTIN ,,,,,,XSOP2DIR,EXTDB,,,/ ,,,,,,,,/ SEID/SETYPE/LUSETS/FALSE/S,NP $ Known Error Product CR 1-54766131 MSC / MD Nastran Issue fatal error for SLAVE/MASTER ID's that do not have a corresponding BCBODY ID For SOL 101 and 400, if a SLAVE or MASTER ID that does not have a matching
Known Error
CR 1-54766131 BCBODY a warning is issued, but it should be fatal
CR 1-54884981 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Fails when running from a location that has spaces in its path. SOL 600 fails when running from a location that has spaces in its path which is allowed and common on Windows systems. CR 1-55020351 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBRSECT/PBMSECT with CP/OP - incorrect propeties when segments are nearly parallel PBRSECT/PBMSECT with CP/OP may produce incorrect properties when segments are nearly parallel and having different thickness. In addition, the properties could be wrong if the length of segment is shorter than the thickness of the segment.
Description
Avoidance: merge two nearly parallel segments into one if possible Analysis: 1. nearly parallem problem will be solved with new logic which is more robust 2. a fatal message will be issued for segments with length shorter than thickness 3. additional logic will be implemented to make sure first loop is indeed the outmost of the cross section
CR 1-55046437 MSC / MD Nastran Connection Elements - CFAST - UFM 2007, Incorrect element identified The MODGM2 module does not identify the correct poorly specified CFAST element id when the module issues a UFM 2007, *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2007 (EPTBED) CFAST ELEMENT 110015 ORIENTATION VECTOR YIELDS BAD PROJECTION Avoidance: If the CFAST definition has the GS field and GA/GB fields specified, as needed for Patran, then try running with only GS specified and the GA/GB fields blank.
Description
CR 1-55077699 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - TEMPP1, CTRIAX6 - Wrong Answers TEMPPi entries are not designed to work with CTRIAX6 elements and will produce incorrect results. Avoidance: Define the temperature loading with TEMPD
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55088236 MSC / MD Nastran Thermal Stress - TEMPP1 cannot be apply to CTRIAX6 - Unexpected Answers, Missing UFM 4016 The CTRIAX6 element does not understand TEMPP1 data. It the data as zero and no warning messages are issued. USER WARNING MESSAGE 4012 followed by USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 should have been issued. See the documentation on TEMPP1 where CTRIAX6 is NOT on the types.
Description
CR 1-55090064 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - SOL 600, 153, BCONTACT - Missing jid.ink contact interface file The contact interface file (jid.ink) that is created in a SOL 600, 153 analysis is missing on big endian machines. This causes the nastran analysis to fail with the message: " ** Error in SOL 600 thermal contact iname=blank".
Description
Avoidance: Other than running the analysis in a previous release or on a little endian machine, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-55104451 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Lmfact is incorrect if the first increment is linear. The Lagrange multiplier factor LMFACT and PENFN is computed in NLSOLV for SOL 400 module by default. These values are not correctly computed if the
Known Error
CR 1-55104451 first increment is linear (converged imediately)
CR 1-55106821 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Misleading error message, UFM 7019 in DSFLTF If the user attempts to constrain a flutter root that has both real and imaginary parts as zero, the following message is produced: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7019 (DSFLTF) RETAINED FLUTTER EIGENVALUE NO. 0 HAS A VALUE OF (0.0,0.0) USER INFORMATION: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE SENSITIVITY OF A ZERO EIGENVALUE USER ACTION: DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS ZERO EIGENVALUE AND EITHER REMOVE THE CAUSE OR DO NOT SPECIFY THIS ROOT ON A DRESP1 ENTRY. this message has two flaws: a. the count on the retained flutter eigenvalue is low by 1 b. the message repeats for each design variable so that if there are 100 desgn varibles the same message is printed 100 times. User Avoidance: there is no avoidance and basic message is correct but somewhat misleading and should not be repeated.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55183371 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400 job with CBUSH or CFAST elements may result in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5231 (NLARED). A strain output request in a MDr3 SOL400 job with CBUSH or CFAST elements may result in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5231 (NLARED). *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5231 (NLARED) INCONSISTENT LENGTH ON NONLINEAR APPENDAGE DETECTED FOR ELEMENT 0 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (SDR2) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLARED 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-55217661 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-55217661 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SSG2 - ATTEMPTING TO OUPUT DATABLOCK WHICH ALREADY EXISTS DMAP MODULE SSG2 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 204 NAME = FPA , WHICH ALREADY The above error message appeared in a SOL 200 run with three subcases with multiple boundary conditions, some of which had design response and others did not. A SOL 200 analysis with multiple subcases and multiple boundary conditions, some of which have design responses and others that do not may fail with the message; DMAP MODULE SSG2 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 204 NAME = FPA , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS Avoidance: The dmap changes required to remedy the problems would be extensive. The best option would be to contact MSC when it appears that a job of the type described above is failing in an way that cannot be diagnosed.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55221261 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneou - Missing Timing Constants leads to UWM 6080 (TMALOC) IA64 mode=i8 - Montecito Users may encounter "USER WARNING MESSAGE 6080 (TMALOC)" on Montecito systems running ILP64 (i9). Avoidance: Create Timing constants as descriped in the IOG.
Description
CR 1-55221287 MSC / MD Nastran SMP - Tjoin error - IA64 ILP64 Montecito chips Fixed in rnd 33 with INTEGER used instead of "int" in the parallel.c routines.
Description MD Nastran may abort on an SMP parallel runs on Montecito chips running ILP64 mode=8. with:
Known Error
CR 1-55221287 FATAL ERROR: thread: 3664992 routine: tjoin reason: tid_index_lookup error: -999
Avoidance: No know avoidance at this time. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-55226901 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Nonlinear Materials - SFM 6352 (TA1NLM2), LOGIC error 9301 The following error message occurs with a big model using a large buffize of 655537. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (TA1NLM2) LOGIC ERROR: 9301 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: NastType= 33, EID= 100, PID= 60 Avoidance: To avoid the fatal, run with smaller BUFFSIZE, for example, BUFFSIZE=32897 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-55227367 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Fully stressed design - UWM 7531 For an optimization model, if the model does not contain PROD, PSHEAR, PSHELL, or PCOMP or if the model contains one of the aforementioned entries, but a property is not defined for a fully stressed design, the following warning message (UWM 7531) Description NO DESIGNED PROPERTIES IN FULLY STRESSED DESIGN will be issued. Avoidance: If you are not using Fully stressed design, the above warning message can be ignored. If you are using fully stressed design, check your model to make sure that designed properties are deifned for fully stressed design
Description
CR 1-55310851 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,MARVFCUT - Incorrect Default Value In QRG of 2007r1 and MD r2, the description "Default is 0.001" of PARAM,MARVFCUT is incorrect. The default is 0.0001. CR 1-55343290 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GROUNDCHECK Description of RTHRESH The QRG description of the value of the describer RTHRESH incorrectly states that the default value is 10%. This value needs to be change to a fraction, e.g., the 10% must be changed to 0.10. Otherwise the grounding forces will NOT be output. In fact, if RTHRESH is greater than 1.0, no grounding forces are output. Avoidance: Always have the RTHRESH value less the 1.0 and DATAREC=YES will generate output.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55358201 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RBE2, RBAR, and RJOINT give divergent results if cylindrical coordinate system is used. In SOL 400, the solution will diverge if a cylindrical coordinate system is used for RBE1, RBE2, RBAR, and RJOINT elements. CR 1-55378981 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Translation error for MAXITER parameter of NLSTRAT with multiple SUBCASEs When multiple SUBCASEs are defined in the case control section, the maximum number of iterations that is defined in the MAXITER parameter of the NLSTRAT is not translated correctly.
Description
CR 1-55412111 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - SFM 4276 (UNPACK), EC 31 aix i8 only SOL 400 jobs may fail on aix i8 systems with the message *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) BIOMSG: ERROR 31 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE UNPACK , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 Avoidance: Run on the default i4 system.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55442675 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - SFM 4549 (NBEM2S) on aix i8 systems in job nlstl01b in redseai8 system. SOL 400 jobs may fail on aix i8 systems with the message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4549 (NBEM2S) SINGULAR (C+KBRR) MATRIX ENCOUNTERED FOR BEAM ELEMENT 4 Avoidance: Run on the default i4 system.
CR 1-55443121 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Incorrect error message indicating duplicate TABLED id SOL 700 may incorrectly output the following error message: *** ErrorMD Nastran Input 103103 TABLED1 2 repeated load curve id ( 2) Avoidance: The error may be avoided by renumbering TABLES entry.
Description
CR 1-55502466 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - ANALYSIS=NLTRAN, RIGID - Incorrect Default for RIGID command
Known Error
CR 1-55502466 In SOL 400, the default for the RIGID case control command should be RIGID=LAGR not LINEAR when ANALYSIS=NLTRAN. Avoidance: Explicitly set RIGID=LAGR
Description
CR 1-55547101 MSC / MD Nastran CBEAM3 referencing non-composite PBMSECT may produce incorrect result If non-composite PBMSECT(without CORE or LAYER keyword(s) in the definition) is referenced by CBEAM3, sectional properties produced are based on assumed material properties. The assumed material properties are E=3.+6 and mu=0.3. The results from CBEAM3 could be different significantly from the results from CBEAM. Avoidance: reference isotropic PBMSECT only by CBEAM.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55673351 MSC / MD Nastran NLRGAP (and NONINi) with Nastran SPCD relative enforced motion method gives wrong answers. When using SPCD enforced motion, the integration used the relative displacements (by default). This is incompatible with NOLINs (including NLRGAP) which must use absolute motion. Use PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS to fix this problem. The default has been changed to ABS for Version 2010). CR 1-55735063 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMSMNF - PARAM,AUTOQSET, SPCFORCES - SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) If PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES is requested with ADAMSMNF command and SPCForces are requested then the run will fail with UFM 5423 in the MPYAD module. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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Known Error
CR 1-55735063 compile phase1b alter 'ksf1'(2) delete /kfs,,,, $ trnsp ksf/kfs $
CR 1-55799501 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - OUTPUT(POST), SDR2 - UFM 2025 There is an error in SDR2 that affects SOL 400 jobs such that UFM 2025 will be issued if there are kinematic elements and the OUTPUT(POST) Case Control command is present. CR 1-55830681 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - UFM 315 FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY UXVEC If the continuation of a UXVEC bulk data entry ends in field 9, the code assumes there is more data for the entry and the next parent entry is processed as a continuation. This will lead to USER FATAL MESSAGE 315, FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY UXVEC. User Avoidance: A suggested avoidance is to add an additional LABEL and value on an additional continuation vector with the value at 0.0.
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Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-55839394 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneousl - DMIG - UFM 4508 (MTRXIN) - a grid and component has been specified twice If a DMIG entry defines the same component twice it will lead to USER FATAL MESSAGE 4508. However, this message may not correctly identify the duplicate components.
Description
Known CR 1-55876341 Error
Known CR 1-55876341 Error Produc MSC / MD Nastran t Correct ed 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Version Abstrac SOL400 - CQUADX, PSDNL1 - Incorrect Stress Results t Please see following message from Shiva. Changhong ----------------------HI Sanjay, Changhong Descrip This bug was initially assigned to me - I fixed it in cls 42966, 42974, tion 42983 and 42984. It should be working fine now. I thought I had closed it in Siebel. Thanks. Shiva ======================================================================= ==================================== In SOL 400, the STRESS result of the nonlinear axisymmetric element CQUADX that references property entry PSDNL1 is incorrect. Known Error Product CR 1-55892751 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - SPC - Analysis may fail when there is enforced motion in the upstream superelement When there is enforce motion in the upstream superelement(s), SOL 400 job may fail in the Phase 3 - data recovery. Description Avoidance: There is no avoidance when there is non-zero enforced motion. However, if Ys is null on the SPC entry, the error may be avoided by substituting the SPC1 entry for the SPC entry. CR 1-55897608 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-55897608 SOL 400 - NLIC - UFM 4533 (NLICLP) In a nonlinear transient subcase the user want to reference a step from a previous subcase (NLSTAT). If he use the first step as NLIC all works fine. But if he uses the second step as NLIC two FATAL occure. (No initial conditions found.) If a SOL 400 nonlinear transient analysis references any step other than the first step as an initial condition, NLIC, the analysis will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4533 (NLICLP) THE SPECIFIED INITIAL CONDITION CANNOT BE FOUND IN SUBCASE 1141 STEP 1. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLICLOOP) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NLICLP 0FATAL ERROR
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Known Error Product
CR 1-55913381 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - QUADR, PLOAD4 - Follower force stiffness symmetrical factor is wrong In SOL 400, the computation of symmetrical factor for follower stiffness matrix is wrong for the QUADR element. This leads to an unsymmetrical decomp rather than a symmetrical decomp. Thus, the solution iis very inefficient for QUADR with PLOAD4. CR 1-55934951 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - UNBALNC for Frequence response - SFM 3001 If an UNBALNC entry is used where MASS is set to a real value and therefore there are no TABLEDij entries in the Bulk Data section then the job will terminate with
Description
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (FRLG) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DITS AT POSITION 7 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Insert a dummy TABLEDij entry.
CR 1-55974341 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - GROUNDCHECK - Format error does not lead to UFM This form of the GROUNDCHECK command:
Description
GROUNDCHECK(SET=ALL,DATAREC=ALL,RTHRESH=0.9)=YES should trigger a UFM as DATAREC should not recognize "ALL" as only options YES or NO exist.
CR 1-55986678 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - May fail on ilp64 (mode=i8) systems in the TA1M Module SOL 400 may fail on ilp64 systems (mode=i8) in the TA1M Module with the followng fatal error. *** FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR Avoidance: There is no avoidance other than running the default i4 system.
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CR 1-55992511 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Error in Table of Contents (affects SOL700, SPARSESOLVER and TIME entries) There is an error in the Table of Contents (Bookmarks tab) of the MD Nastran R2 Quick Reference Guide. This pertains to the PDF file, not the printed book. Under the Executive Control Statement Descriptions, the SOL700, SPARSESOLVER and TIME entries are incorrectly buried under "Restrictions and Limitations of MD Nastran Implicit Nonlinear". CR 1-56030282 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer Analysis - TEMPBC - DBCMSG 41 The following error message may appear when TEMPBC entries are specified: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC)
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Known Error
CR 1-56030282 *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 41 FROM SUBROUTINE DBCEQE ELEMENT 1000001 WAS PREVIOUSLY ELAS2 AND IS CURRENTLY A HEXA THE DBC MODULES ASSUMPTIONS ARE UNIQUE ELEMENT IDENTIFICATIONS WITHIN A SUPERELEMENT OR RESIDUAL STRUCTURE. This error is caused by the internal generation of CELAS2 entries with element ids of existing elements.
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CR 1-56095478 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - BUCKLING - Missing Follower Force leads to wrong answers. When an optimization job perform linear buckling response optimization, the follower force is not included due to a missing table. The eigenvalues do not match with that produced in a SOL105 run. Avoidance: Use the following alter: compile fea alter 'l sekdr','' CALL SEKDR, SLIST,EMAP,PVT,CASES,CASEM,USET,GPECT,EST, CSTMS,MPTS,DITS,UG,ETT,EDTS,BGPDTS,SILS,MAPS, EQEXINS,GM,GOT,GPSNTS,slt,,SCSTM,MJJ,DEQATN, DEQIND,,, , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, , , ,THETAM / KDAA,KDMG,KDSF,KDJJ,KDGG,KDSS, / RSONLY/ERROR/LUSETS/COLNO/'BKL0 '/FALSE/FOLLOWK/ 'ALL ' $ CR 1-56095773 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CQUADX, PLPLANE - UFM 6348, Wrong Answers A SOL 400 job with CQUADX elements that reference a PLPLANE entry that reference MAT1 rather than the required MATHP material will issue the correct
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Known Error
CR 1-56095773 fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6438 (MAT) MATHP ENTRY ID = 1 CAN NOT BE FOUND FOR FINITE DEFORMATION (HYPERELASTIC) ELEMENT ID = 1. but the job will continue and produce incorrect results. -----------------------Fixed MDR4 V2009.0.0
CR 1-56123220 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RBE1 - SFM 6935 (EMGPOM) SOL 400 with an RBE1 that ran in SOL 106 may fail with a message of the form: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6935 (EMGPOM) ELEMENT-ID = 5390411 FILE TYPE = 1 15 14 196 60 INCONSISTENT NUMBER OF COLUMNS OR TERMS SENT BY ELEMENT ROUTINE FOR PACKING OUT BY EMGPOM, OR INVALID INFORM-OUFORM COMBINATION. CR 1-56149641 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SPARSESOLVER Executive Command Not Documented The MSC.Nastran 2007 SPARSESOLVER Executive Statement is not documented in the MSC.Nastran 2007r1 Quick Reference Guide.
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Avoidance: Use the MD Nastran R2 Nastran Quick Reference Guide for information on the SPARSESOLVER Executive Statement. System Cell 206 (DCMPSEQ) also needs to updated to reflect the default change from method 4 to method 8. CR 1-56172081 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Kinematice elements (RBAR etc.) and superelements results in UFM 5217
Known Error Product
CR 1-56172081 For SOL 400, if the kinematic elements are used in conjunction with superelements, the job will aborts with USER FATAL MESSAGE 5217 in the GP1 module. CR 1-56172149 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Missing MPCF output for kinematic elements (RROD) For SOL 400, under certain condition, the MPCF output will not be printed in f06 file for a model with RROD elements and 3D contact. CR 1-56172177 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CONV=UPW and CONV=PV on NLPARM entry cannot be mixed. For SOL 400, if step 1 specifies CONV=UPW, and step 2 specifies CONV=VP on NLPARM entry, the CONV used for both step 1 and step 2 is CONV=VP. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
CR 1-56189563 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements - TEMP(LOAD), SSG1 - UFM 4297 (TQD4D) Incorrectly issued For a model with many RBE2s and/or RBE3s that use the Lagrange rigid elements with thermal load, the following misleading error message may be issued. The problem is due to the BGPDT table being corrupted. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4297 (TQD4D) QUAD4 ELEMENT WITH ID =xxxxxx HAS AN INTERIOR ANGLE POSSIBLY GREATER THAN OR EQUAL 180 DEGREES.
Description In this case, the element that is referenced by the fatal message does not have an interior angle anywhere close to 180 degree. Avoidance: There are 2 partial avoidances: 1. The job will run with mechanical loads. 2. The job will run with thermal loads provided alpha is not used on the rtype elements Known Error CR 1-56191541
CR 1-56191541 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry - Memory errors with SOL 115 (Cyclic Normal Modes) Memory error with a SOL 115 (Cyclic Normal Modes) simulation when using MSC.Nastran 2007; the same model runs okay using MSC.Nastran 2005r3. The MSC.Nastran 2007 Release Guide indicates changes were made to "Improved Selection of Reordering Methods". The Release Guide also indicates "If the default method fails, the program will attempt to use another hybrid method (for example, if BEND fails, the program tries METIS).", however in this case it appears the default case is failing but another method is not being attempted. For the test model attached the following FATAL message occurs using MSC.Nastran 2007. *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6916 (MREORDR) DECOMP ORDERING METHOD CHOSEN: DEFAULT, ORDERING METHOD USED: METIS *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7796 (DFMSA) THE MAXIMUM INTEGER VALUE IS EXCEEDED. USER INFORMATION: THE MAXIMUM INTEGER NUMBER ALLOWED ON YOUR MACHINE IS 1073741823. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF REAL STACK ELEMENTS WAS COMPUTED TO BE 1193790349. USER ACTION: USE A DIFFERENT RE-ORDERING SCHEME VIA SYSTEM(206), OR REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR MODEL. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (DFMN) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR NUMERIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY AN ESTIMATED 307941 K WORDS. WARNING: THE ABOVE NUMBER IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE, THE ACTUAL CORE SIZE NEEDED MAY BE HIGHER. 0FATAL ERROR
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Avoidance: Apparently the changes for the MSC.Nastran 2007 default ordering method for sparse matrix decomposition requires significantly more memory for this application. To avoide the error change the default sparse matrix decomposition method using a Nastran system cell [NASTRAN SYSTEM(216)]. SYSTEM(206)=4
Known Error
CR 1-56191541 a. On the command line: C:\MSC.Software\MSC_Nastran\bin\nast2007 jid=test_dyn.dat scratch=no SYSTEM(206)=4 b. By adding the following line to the top of the MSC.Nastran input file: NASTRAN SYSTEM(206)=4
Known Error Product
CR 1-56461590 MSC / MD Nastran Fix error related to extrapolation of stresses for material nonlinear TETRA elements The error is related to extrapolation of stresses for material nonlinear TETRA elements. The method of extrapolation has been corrected in 2010 and is consistent with that for HEXA and PENTA elements. CR 1-56470203 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBAR/PBARL - Incorrect Punch File When both PBARL and BAR are designed in an optimization job and ECHO=PUNCH(NEWBULK) is specified, the PBAR values may be the original property values. Furthermore, internally generated PBAR entries that should be written to the punch file as a comment, may be missing the preceding "$". Avoidance: Manually update the PBAR entries and comment out the internally generated PBAR entries.
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CR 1-56475731 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/IOG - FLEXlm - License Servers separated by colon on windows not allowed The IOG on page 39 fails to document that unix and windows require different separators between the specification of multiple license servers. Windows requires the use of a semicolon while unix requires a colon. No error message
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Known Error
CR 1-56475731 will be displayed on windows unless pause=yes is sepcified.
CR 1-56478211 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 153 - No Volumetric Heat Generation (QVOL) load output with material Heat Generation Multiplier SOL 153 - No Volumetric Heat Generation (QVOL) load output with material Heat Generation Multiplier using MATT4
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Th eoutput for the actual power into the grid is missing in the F06 file Avoiance: look at the reaction force for the total power input Note: this error also occurs in SOL 400
CR 1-56537391 MSC / MD Nastran Default setting of radiation enclosure calculations may add heat to system. Due to inaccuracies, the default setting of view factor calculation in an opened enclosure may result in energy loss (sum of view factors < 1.0) or energy gain (sum of view factors > 1.0) in the system. In most conditions, the radiation will be lost to space because the sum of view factors is less than 1.0; however, there exists some cases that the heat is added to the system because the sum of view factors is greater than 1.0. To achieve accurate results, the user may specify NASTRAN SYSTEM(87)=3 to scale back the sum of view factor to 1.0 so that all radiation energy will be conserved. CR 1-56544651 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MAT3 contains incorrect description in the NDDL - Inefficient restarts, Incorrect table print The MAT3 record in the MPT table description in the NDDL is incorrect. This may result in inefficient restarts if MAT3 entries are used and an incorrect neutral or non-native file transfers involving the MPT data block. Avoidance: There is no avoidance.
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CR 1-56597055
CR 1-56597055 MSC / MD Nastran Exterior Acoustic - DOMAINSOLVER ACMS, SPCD - UFM 6144 (PARTN1PR) An exterior acoustic analysis that uses ACMS and applies enforced displacements via SPC may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR). CR 1-56614331 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - DMIGOUT, KIND=1 - Does not work DMIGOUT with KIND=1 specified is to output dmig matrices for those elements specified; however, no elements will be output. Avoidance: The only avoidance is to output all elements by using the default KIND=2.
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CR 1-56627786 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - PARAM,LGDISP, BCONTACT - Failued to Converge or Incorrect Result In SOL 400 3D contact analysis with large displacement, the job may fail to converge or produce wrong results when there is a large rotation increment with no contact occuring, followed by a subase with contact. CR 1-56636361 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP1, FRFORC, ATTB=MAX - Incorrect Response, Failure DOPR3 SOL 200 jobs with FRFORC specified for RTYPE and MAX specified in the ATTB field of the DRESP1 entry may produce incorrect response values if the enhanced DRESP1 is itself slected as a constraint. The analysis may fail in the DOPR3 module if the enhanced DRESP1 is further referenced on a DRESP2 entry. Avoidance: The enhanced DRESP1 must be expanded with one dresp1 for each forcing frequency and, a separate DRESP2 entry with MAX in the EQID field
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Known Error
CR 1-56636361 to include all DRESP1 must be used.
Known Error Product
CR 1-56636931 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - MMD Reordering selected for dense structures results in poor performance. When METIS reordering is selected, it may failure due to any number of reasons, including insufficient memory or too dense a structure. When METIS fails because of a too-dense structure, MMD is selected, which gives very poor performance. BEND should be selected rather than MMD. CR 1-56637009 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - PRESOL may hang when a partition failure occurs. When running DMP, the PRESOL module may hang on the slave nodes if it is unable to partition the model into the required number of domains. CR 1-56679235 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - "WORKSHOP 1 TAPERED BEAM IMPACT" contains bad contact definition The SOL 700 WORKSHOP 1 TAPERED BEAM IMPACT model contained an incorrect contact definition and would not run. This has been corrected in MD R3. CR 1-56693451 MSC / MD Nastran Results from Nastran contact analysis (status) NOT on op2/xdb, but ONLY on dball (dra) results from an MD R2 Nastran contact analysis (e.g. SOL400) are only available on the dball file only and not on op2/xdb The op2 is supported in MD 2010.
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Known Error
CR 1-56752917
CR 1-56752917 MSC / MD Nastran In random Analysis, incorrect description of psdf results appears in punch file 1. In random analysis, the PSDF output in PUNCH file got a wrong label description. It should be "IDENTIFIED BY FREQUENCY", not by "TIME". 2. This is a code bug. 3. No avoidance available. CR 1-56780151 MSC / MD Nastran Multipoint Constraints - LOAD, MPCD - Missing Documentation The MD R2 QRG for the LOAD Case Control command was not updated to indicate that it may reference and MPCD bulk data entry. Remark 2 under the documentation for the MPCD bulk data entry indicates that in dynamic analysis the EXCITE ID is selected by the EXCITE ID of the ROAD1, RLOAD2, TLOAD1, or TLOAD2, entries but this capability is not yet functional. CR 1-56870064 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Non-convergence for a thermal model(iteration temperatures below 0 absolute) Temperature values allowed to fall below 0 degrees absolute during iterations and nonconvergence occurring. A MSC.Nastran steady state thermal analysis with a cooling load and radiation as the primary method of heat transfer is failing with the fatal message as shown below. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7601 (NCONVG) NUMERIC OVERFLOW ENCOUNTERED DURING THE CALCULATION OF CONVERGENCE PARAMETERS. USER INFORMATION: THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY ZERO OR LOW INITIAL TEMPERATURES (SEE TEMP AND TEMPD BULK DATA ENTRIES) FOR RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS AND MAY BE RESOLVED BY RAISING
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CR 1-56870064 THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE. The problem is that a high initial guess for temperature causes nonconvergence and for this model (with a variable cooling load & radiation as the primary method of heat transfer) a very close initial guess is necessary for convergence (use TEMPD = 60). During the solution iteration (DIAG, 51) it is found that the NEW DISPLACEMENT VECTOR provides temperature below zero degrees absolute which is physically impossible. RECOMMENDATION: 1) For simulations involving radiation or if the TABS value is set do not allow the temperatures to fall below zero degrees absolute during the solution/iteration phase (as this is physically impossible) and issue a warning message indicating the iteration temperatures are being reset to zero degrees absolute (based on the TABS value) for any values below zero degrees absolute. If radiation is not present or the TABS value is not set allow temperatures below zero as users may not be modeling in absolute temperature scale. 2) If radiation is present in a simulation issue a warning message if the TABS value is not set. Indicate that the temperatures are assumed to be in absolute scale (Kelvin or Rankin).
Known Error Product
CR 1-56880211 MSC / MD Nastran Shape Optimization - BNDGRID and superelements and UFM 9067 - Wrong answers If shape optimization is requested in the presence of superelements then UFM 9067 will be issued but the run is not terminated. This may result in wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert following alter:
Description compile desopt alter 'ENDIF \$ (AMBS'(,-1) call prtsum /rstjunk $ exit $ endalter Known Error CR 1-56928981
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CR 1-56928981 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RIGID=LAGR - Lanczos with SFM7349 (LNNHERR) Three independent bugs are identified in the report for a SOL200 job with RIDID=LAGR Case Control command; A Lanczos eigenvalue analysis in SOL 200 with RIGID=LAGR may fail with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7349 (LNNHERR) being issued from the READ module. Several problems exist: 1) The differential stiffness matrix is not created. 2) Tthe Lagrange rigid element approach is not supported in SOL200 when the grid points connecting rigid elements are being designed. A user fatal error message should be issued. Avoidance: Use the following dmap alter to avoid the first problem: compile fea alter 'call super3'(2),'' CALL SUPER3, CASEcc , ,UL , , , ,,,,, crx , ,qrg , , , ,PCDB ,XYCDB ,POSTCDB ,FORCE , EMAP ,MAPS ,EQEXINS ,PVTS ,CASES , SLT ,ETT ,GOT , ,LOO , crj , ,UOO , ,GPLS , USET ,SILS ,PJ ,EDTs ,YS , GM ,PSS ,KFS ,KSS ,QR , ,,,,, DYNAMICS,BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,MPTS ,DIT , EST ,GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , ,ditid ,pvtbc ,SCSTM , , ,GEOM4S ,PG , , , ,EPT ,MPT ,GEOM1 ,GEOM2 , GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,PTELEM , , , CASERS ,errorn ,MEDGE ,VIEWTB , , BGPDTVU ,gpsnts ,pvt ,DEQATN ,DEQIND , GDNTAB ,OINT ,PELSETS ,KSF ,KMG , ,,,,, ,,,,, , , , ,eht , ,,,,, lcdvec , ,matpool , , , ,errorg , , ,pcompts ,
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CR 1-56928981 ,,,,, , , , ,vgq , xsop2dir,vgdr , ,vspcg ,vmpcg , mmcdb ,geom1qx , , , , ,kaa , , , , kgg , , ,matpools,gei , ,,,,, ym , , ,dmis ,dmindxs , dtis ,dtindxs ,pbrmsd ,pbrms , , ,,/ UG ,QG ,qmg , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,/ APP /APP /RSONLY /FALSE /FALSE / FALSE /DROPT /FALSE /S,PFILE /S,CARDNO/ DESCYCL1/FALSE /DMRESD /PEXIST /ADPTINDX/ ADPTEXIT/false /true /0 /false / ' '/dstspcf /rgsens /false /false / false $ alter 'call super3'(3),'' CALL SUPER3, CASEcc , ,UL , , , ,,,,, crx , ,qrg , , , ,PCDB ,XYCDB ,POSTCDB ,FORCE , EMAP ,MAPS ,EQEXINS ,PVTS ,CASadj , SLT ,ETT ,GOT , ,LOO , crj , ,UOO , ,GPLS , USET ,SILS ,PJ ,EDTs ,YS , GM ,PSS ,KFS ,KSS ,QR , ,,,,, DYNAMICS,BGPDTS ,CSTMS ,MPTS ,DIT , EST ,GEOM2S ,GEOM3S ,ECTS ,EPTS , INDTA ,KELM ,KDICT ,GPECT ,VELEM , ,ditid ,pvtbc ,SCSTM , , ,GEOM4S ,PG , , , ,EPT ,MPT ,GEOM1 ,GEOM2 , GEOM3 ,GEOM4 ,PTELEM , , , CASERS ,errorn ,MEDGE ,VIEWTB , , BGPDTVU ,gpsnts ,pvt ,DEQATN ,DEQIND , GDNTAB ,OINT ,PELSETS ,KSF ,KMG , ,,,,, ,,,,, , , , ,eht , ,,,,,
Known Error
CR 1-56928981 lcdvec , ,matpool , , , ,errorg , , ,pcompts , ,,,,, , , , ,vgq , xsop2dir, , , , , mmcdb ,geom1qx , , , , ,kaa , , , , kgg , , ,matpools,gei , ,,,,, ym , , , , , , ,pbrmsd ,pbrms , , ,,/ UG ,QG ,qmg , , , ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,/ APP /APP /RSONLY /FALSE /FALSE / FALSE /DROPT /FALSE /S,PFILE /S,CARDNO/ DESCYCL1/FALSE /DMRESD /PEXIST /ADPTINDX/ ADPTEXIT/false /true /0 /false / ' '/dstspcf /rgsens /false /false / false $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-57011098 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CSHEAR, MAT1 - EMG Module, Subroutine TRANSD Divide By Zero The CSHEAR element may cause the EMG module to encounter a divide by zero when material properties E and G exceed too large a range and NU is left blank on the MAT1 entry. This problem occurs on all shortword (32 bit) operating systems. A long word (64 bit) operating system allows the job to run. Avoidance: Either specify an acceptable value for NU or reduce the range of the E and G values on MAT1 entries that have large E and G.
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CR 1-57027307 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - M2PP case control command ignored.
Known Error
CR 1-57027307 In SOL 400, a STEP with ANALYSIS=NLTRAN will not process the M2PP case control.
Description
Avoidance: insert the following alter compile nonlin alter 'IF ( TSTATnew\<\>1 and NOMPP\>-1','' if ( true ) then $ CR 1-57050333 MSC / MD Nastran SOl 400 - ANALYSIS=NLTRAN, floating point exception error In SOL 400 with ANALYSIS=NLTRAN, with RBE2 elements and the RIGID=LAGRAN case control option, the job fails with a floating point exception error. ents. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6191 (nl3con) *** UNABLE TO ACHIEVE CONVERGENCE FOR THE CURRENT INCREMENT OR TIME STEP, TRY TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTION *** *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6189 (nl3con) *** REPEAT ITERATION, STOPPING AT LOWEST ERROR *** %1.06250E-02 4 5 0.0313 4 2.54E+00 1.00E+00 1.25E+01 0.80 6 0 2.4E+03 2.020E+05 6.19E-02 -3.054E+00 431 6 0 9 38 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6189 (nl3con) *** BEST ATTAINABLE SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND *** MAIN: The FPU has been reset after floating point exception. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 401436, A(/SYSTEM/) = 36C4D20 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 6C20000 MAIN: "Floating point overflow" (C0000091) exception encountered. MAIN: Exception occurred at address 01B91D42. Although the model was apparently failing to converge a floating point exception error should not be occur and Nastran should exit with a more appropriate message. Avoidance: Manually constrain degrees of freedom 456 on the solid elements when using rigid elements.
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CR 1-57124547
CR 1-57124547 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - 3d surface contact - spcforces do not include contact forces When using the new 3d surface contact in sol 101 and when the contact area contains constrained grids then the equilibrium might be incorrect. The reason is that the contact forces are not included in the spcforces. Please note that this defect does not show up in sol 400. CR 1-57178664 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - RESVEC - SWM 9142 ( RESMODES ) When the following warning message is issued in the f06: > ^^^ > ^^^ SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 9142 ( RESMODES) > ^^^ THERE WERE PROBLEMS DURING THE RESIDUAL VECTOR EIGENVALUE EXTRACTION > ^^^ USER INFORMATION: THE RUN WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT RESIDUAL VECTORS > FOR THIS SET OF MODES. > ^^^ USER ACTION: POSSIBLE AVOIDANCES: > ^^^ 1. SET F1<=0. ON EIGR OR V1<=0. ON EIGRL. > ^^^ 2. SPECIFY PARAM,RESVINER,NO. > ^^^ residual vectors should not be calculated at all. However in this case eigenvalues were calculated having negative generalized mass and infinite stiffness: 48 48 1.000000E+35 3.162278E+17 5.032921E+16 -1.000000E+00 -1.000000E+35 49 49 1.000000E+35 3.162278E+17 5.032921E+16 -1.000000E+00 -1.000000E+35 Avoidance: Insert the following dmap alter: compile resmodes alter 'neigv1'(3,-1) return $ endalter
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CR 1-57199497 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - BRKSQL entry causes a UFM 307 (IFPDRV) in other solutions
Known Error
CR 1-57199497 The BRKSQL entry will cause solutions other than SOL 600 to fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 307 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL NAME FOR BULK DATA ENTRY BRKSQL MDR3 beta (V2008.0.0) issues this message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 300 (RCARD) DATA ERROR IN FIELD UNDERLINED. POSSIBLE ERROR IN EXPONENT. . 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 .. 8 .. 9 .. 10 . ++000002C:\MSC_APPS\MDR3B\BIN\MDNASTRANW.EXE +000003 ======== it should be ignored.
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CR 1-57203529 MSC / MD Nastran MPCD - MPCD with RSSCON does not work with MPCY, Wrong Answers MPCD entries combined with RSSCON entries may not work correctly and may lead to wrong answers. The MPCY value of Ym on the MPCY entry was not replaced by that of MPCD entry. CR 1-57215871 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - UFM 9103 (NL3INT) MD R2 Nastran SOL 400 nonlinear static simulation may fail with the following message when there is insufficient memory: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 9103 (NL3INT) A LOGIC ERROR was encountered WHILE writing data from 3D Contact Component Database to DBALL *** JOB DOES NOT CONVERGE AT THE CURRENT TIME STEP OR INCREMENT. *** FATAL ERROR ENCOUNTED.
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Known Error
CR 1-57215871 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1133 (GNXFST) INVALID INPUT FIST NUMBER = 0 Avoidance: This message shows up when code try to write data from 3D Contact Component Databast to Nastran Database but INSUFFICIENT MEMORY exists. The message may also be output "INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE NL3INT". Increase memory and rerun.
CR 1-57215920 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - MATORT - UFM 2042 SOL 400 does not support MATORT and if referenced by a PSOLID entry will fail with the message:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (M3DCONT1) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE 1 FOR ELEMENT 51585 Known Error Product CR 1-57219403 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PARAM,ASCOUP - UFM 6148 (GP5A1) with FLUID only model. A fluid only model will lead to the following fatal message and including PARAM,ASCOUP,NO as directed will not solve the problem. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6148 (GP5A1) NO STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS FOUND IN THE BULK DATA FOR FLUIDSTRUCTURE COUPLING. USER ACTION: INCLUDE STRUCTURE OR USE PARAM,ASCOUP,NO TO AVOID FLUID-STRUCTURE COUPLING. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: compile phase0 alter 'acoustic=2','' $ if( ascoup='yes' and acoustic=2 ) then $ endalter $
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CR 1-57219431 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - marc command - error, scratch directory "c:/04_appl/scratc" In SOL 600, nastran may truncate the sratch directory name specified on the marc submittal command and this may lead to the message: *** ISHELL PROGRAM 'c:\04_appl\nastran\md_r2_ccs\md2007\marc_8664\\tools\run_marc' STARTED *** error, scratch directory "c:/04_appl/scratc" does not exist
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CR 1-57297901 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - QUADR, TRIAR - Element formulation fails, UFM 7681 (SOPMPD) SOL 400 with QUADR or TRIAR elements may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7681 (SOPMPD) IN PLASTIC ANALYSIS, THE DELTA EFFECTIVE STRAIN ( -1.151181E-07 ) IS NEGATIVE FOR ELEMENT ID = xxxx. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY UNRESONABLE MATERIAL PROPERTIES. CR 1-57303091 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - iterative solver does not work with PARAM,INREL,-2 When the iterative solver is used with PARAM,INREL,-2 , which is the automatic suports for inertia relief, the following error is received: " ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SUPER3) ^^^ THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST. " Avoidance: Use PARAM,INREL,-1
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CR 1-57309391 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis - DLOAD entry referencing null enforced motion - UFM 5423
Known Error
CR 1-57309391 A frequency response job with a DLOAD Bulk Data entry referencing null enforced motion fails with UFM 5423 on a call to MPYAD in the FRLG module.
Description Avoidance: Remove reference to null enforced motion from the DLOAD Bulk Data entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-57340784 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PCOMP, TEMP(LOAD) - SFM 4016 (TA1ETD), UFM 2016 Nonlinear analysis with composites and temperature loads may fail in MSC.Nastran 2007r1 and MD Nastran R2 with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (TA1ETD) indicating that there are missing temperature entries for some elements or USER FATAL MESSAGE 2016 indicating no material properties exist. Not sure why this CR was assigfned back to me. I came across with other data file (CGAP with thermal load) and Nastran issue SFM 4106 (TA1ETD) - there is not temperature data for cgap elements - even though temp is defined at both end- See bdf file 'thermal-cgap.dat' Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Superelements - MPCY/MPCD with non-zero constant coefficient term produce wrong results Non-homogeneous MPC equations (using MPCY and/or MPC/MPCY/MPCD) produce wrong results when they are used in conjunction with superelements. The problem could be limited to MPC that are connected to the SE boundaries. CR 1-57370845 MSC / MD Nastran Exterior Acoustic Analysis - INTENSITY Case Control - Wrong results In exterior acoustic analysis, if shell elements are wetted on both sides then INTENSITY output may show incorrect results. Avoidance: None. CR 1-57344451 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-57381186 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 153 - Tet4 or Tet10 elements with orthotropic thermal properties cann't be temperature dependant SOL 153 - Tet4 or Tet10 elements with orthotropic thermal properties cann't be temperature dependant With Tet4 or Tet10 elements and orthotropic thermal properties, materials properties cann't be temperature dependant. If material caracteristics are linear, the solution is correct for all elements. If material caracteristics are temperature dependant, the solution is correct only for Hexa8 elements. Avoidance: 1) use SOL 400 with new nonlinear element formulations such as psldn1, then the Tetra will get the correct solutions 2) use CHEXA8 in SOL 153 will also get the correct results
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CR 1-57406941 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Moment-carrying Glued Contact failed when contacting grids have coordinate transformation In SOL 400, moment-carrying glued contact may fail when contacting grids have a coordinate transformation and LGDISP is specified. CR 1-57475308 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - DMIGPCH - data recovery missing If more than one external superelement is created with DMIGPCH then in the assembly run, the data recovery may be incomplete for one or more of the external superelements. Avoidance: There is no good avoidance other than to not use DMIGPCH or to use it on only one external superelement.
Corrected Version 2007.0.2 Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
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Known Error
CR 1-57683171 Nonlinear Analysis - AUTOSPC is deactivated with glued (permament) contact in non-static solutions AUTOSPC is deactivated with glued (permament) contact in non-static solution sequences.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: Compile sekr0 Alter nocont Nocont=0 $ Endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-57697805 MSC / MD Nastran Submittal - Nastran Command Processor does not handle the j.env keyword properly The Nastran Command Processor does not handle the "j.env" keyword as per its documentation and it does not allow "path" specifications as part of an environment variable value definition. It must be extended to properly handle the "j.env==:=:..." specification and to allow colon/semi-colon separated directories as part of the value strings. The colon/semi-colon in the value string mumst be "escaped" by preceding it with a caret (^) on Windows and a backslasn (\) on Linux/UNIX. CR 1-57703594 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PARAM,INREL,-2 - SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) A SOL 200 optimization analysis using the INREL, -2 inertia relief capability will fail. With SUBCASEs that only invoke inertia relief and INREL,-2 is in the BULK or defined in each SUBCASE the SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) is issued after entering design cycle 1. If all subcases invoke inertia relief with parm,inrel,-2 or the parameter is in the bulk data , the job will fail with SFM 5423 in (MPYAD1) indicating an incompatible matrix multiply. See also related CR 1-73356415. SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS
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Known Error
CR 1-57703594 TRAILER FOR PT6 IS 101 1 330 2 2 654 9909 TRAILER FOR QRX IS 102 1 6 2 2 12 10000 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter (also includes avoidance for 1-73356415) compile phase1dr alter 'PVT.*PVTS,'(3),'' compile dstatrs alter 'Paraml.*pl'(2),''(2,4) dbview pl6=pl where (inertia) $ if ( ndvar>1 ) then $ paraml pl6//'trai'/1/s,n,ncol $ matgen ,/spaw1/4/ncol/6/0/1/6/1/1/6 $ diagonal spaw1/spawn/'whole'/0. $ smpyad pl6,spawn,qrx,,,/qra/3/-1////1 $ else $ Mpyad pl6,qrx,/qra//-1 $ sign change endif $
CR 1-57715830 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400, NLTRAN, Contact -> UFM 1 (MCNTINI) A model with a BCBODY of 2D and 3D will fail in IFPS M3DCONT1 with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1 (MCNTINI) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE Body (dimension) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1 (MCNTINI) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 65 (2) 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = M3DCONT1 A more descriptive error message is now issued in 2010
Description
CR 1-57748225 MSC / MD Nastran Enhanced error message is required when the initial contact fails In MDr3.1 and earlier version of MD Nastran, when the initial velocity is defined but contact cannot be found after 1000 trials in the initial contact.
Known Error
CR 1-57748225 System Fatal Message 3062 is issued without explaining the reason. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4 (MCNTINI) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE Marc (cnx_distrt) 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = M3DCONT1 FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY ^@^@^@^@^@^@ CALLED IN SUBROUTINE MCNTINI . 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: No avoidance available.
Known Error Product
CR 1-57808041 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CFAST element may cause job to fail with Signal=11 job aborting in MODUG In certain cases, CFAST element may cause job to fail with Signal=11 job aborting in MODUG Fix has been imported and verified.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-57898528 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SOL 400 and 101 with contact will fail with SFM 2007 when superelements are defined SOL 400 and 101 with contact will fail in CNTLSTR with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2007 in CNTLSTR when superelements are defined. The message indicates that an element references an undefined grid point 0. CR 1-58051631 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RBE1, RBE2, RBE3 with Superlements in SOL 400 leads to UFM 6599 If there are RBE1, RBE2, or RBE3 rigid elements in a model with superelements in SOL 400, the job will fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 6599. CR 1-58051791
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CR 1-58051791 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements/Fluid Response - DMIGPCH - Zero Fluid Response The fluid response of grid points that are interior to the fluid cavity and interior to fluid-structure superelement, are zero in an assembly run using DMIGPCH external superelement. Response on DISP output request in Sol 103 EXTSE creation run produces correct response using DMIGOP2 method. An assembly run also produces correct, distinct structure and fluid eigentables with DMIGPCH, so the VAFSX & AAX DMIG's are being processed, but the fluid modal solution is not calculated. Signif work done since 2007r1 to make DMIGPCH as fully operational as DMIGOP2 and other larger storage options - including this fix for interior fluid SE responses in assy data recovery.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-58071249 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic analysis - FLSPOUT and XYplot commands - Wrong output for PHASE and IMAGINARY values Although FLSPOUT outputs MAGNITUDE/PHASE and REAL/IMAGINARY values, acoustic XY-plot outputs MAG or REAL values only. Avoidance: Specify the item code as follows: For MAGNITUDE and PHASE ; FLSPOUT ... : OUTPUT(XYPLOT) XYPUNCH FMPF(5) MODE / 1041(T1RM) $ to get the magnitude part punched XYPUNCH FMPF(5) MODE / 1041(T2) $ to get the phase part punched For REAL and IMAGINARY ; FLSPOUT ... PSORT=(REAL,DESCENDING) : OUTPUT(XYPLOT)
Description
Known Error
CR 1-58071249 XYPUNCH FMPF(5) MODE / 1041(T1RM) $ to get the real part punched XYPUNCH FMPF(5) MODE / 1041(T2) $ to get the imag part punched
CR 1-58086386 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - PBUSHT with SPCD - Wrong Answers In a frequency response (SOL 108 or SOL 111) analysis using SPCD enforced motion, if frequency dependent properties are defined on a PDAMPT, PELAST, or PBUSHT entry, the frequency dependence is incorrectly interpolated. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 1-58109626 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - Missing NLSTRESS for SOLID elements in xdb file A SOL 106 analysis with multiple restarts that selected a NLSTRESS that referenced a SET ID as shown below that contained CHEXA and PENTA elements
Description
NLSTRESS=3 SET 3 =700701 THRU 700717,700801 THRU 700848,700901 THRU 701188, 715973 THRU 716404,716645 THRU 717045,800001 THRU 808008 encountered a message in patran that there were no stress results for the target elements.
CR 1-58109847 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MARF entries Fxy field my be positive for Puck and Hashin criteria In prior releases Fxy on the MARCF entry was required to be negative. This restriction has been removed in MD R2.1 to allow for Puck and Hashin criteriea. CR 1-58120430 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-58120430 DDAM - UFM 740 (RDASGN), DDAM example aborts using UNIT=21 In SOL 187, the default Fortran unit number of 21 for the DDAM input file will cause UFM 740.
Description Avoidance: Reassign unit 21 to 24 in the FMS ASSIGN statement and specify PARAM,IUNIT3,24 in the Bulk Data section. Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-58361626 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - QUADR with offsets gives wrong answers A model of QUADR elements with offset gives wrong answers in SOL 400. CR 1-58536061 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - MFLUID, VMOPT,2 - SFM 5423 (MPYAD1), SOL 103 If a model contains both an acoustic cavity (fluid mesh) and also uses virtual mass (MFLUID + ELIST entries) and the user parameter VMOPT is set to 2, a SOL 103 analysis may fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR GAE IS 101 * * 2 2 * 100 TRAILER FOR PHSA IS 102 * * 2 2 * 10000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00000 where the * characters represnet numbers that are problem dependent. Avoidance: For V2005r3 (2005.5), insert the following DMAP alter: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE MODEFSRS NOLIST $ ALTER 'CALL.*MGEN2A','' $ IF ( VMOPT=2 AND NOCEE>0 ) CALL MGEN2A CASES,USET,GOA,GM,DRG,PHSA,LAMAS,CEE,MEE,GGE, BEC,MEC,LAMMATS,MIS,vafs/ MEH/
Description
Known Error
CR 1-58536061 NASOUT $ PHSA,LAMAS UPDATED WITH VM EF ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE MGEN2A NOLIST $ ALTER 1,1 $ SUBDMAP MGEN2A CASES,USET,GOA,GM,DRG,PHSA,LAMAS,CEE,MEE,GGE, BEC,MEC,LAMMAT,MI,vafs/ MEA/ NASOUT $ ALTER 'MPYAD.*GAE','' $ DBSTATUS VAFS//S,N,NOVAFS $ EQUIVX PHSA/PHSFA/NOVAFS $ IF (NOVAFS>0) MERGE PHSA,,,,,VAFS/PHSFA/1 $ if explicit fluid is defined MPYAD GAE,PHSFA,/GEH/1 $ $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
For V2006r2 (MD R2) insert the following alter: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE MODEFSRS NOLIST $ ALTER 'CALL.*MGEN2A','' $ IF ( VMOPT=2 AND NOCEE>0 ) CALL MGEN2A CASES,USET,GOA,GM,DRG,PHSA,LAMAS,CEE,MEE,GGE, BEC,MEC,LAMMATS,MIS,THETAM,vafs/ MEH/ NASOUT $ PHSA,LAMAS UPDATED WITH VM EF ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE MGEN2A NOLIST $ ALTER 1,1 $ SUBDMAP MGEN2A CASES,USET,GOA,GM,DRG,PHSA,LAMAS,CEE,MEE,GGE, BEC,MEC,LAMMAT,MI,THETAM,vafs/ MEA/ NASOUT $ ALTER 'MPYAD.*GAE','' $ DBSTATUS VAFS//S,N,NOVAFS $ EQUIVX PHSA/PHSFA/NOVAFS $ IF (NOVAFS>0) MERGE PHSA,,,,,VAFS/PHSFA/1 $ if explicit fluid is defined MPYAD GAE,PHSFA,/GEH/1 $ $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $ Known Error CR 1-58549878
CR 1-58549878 MSC / MD Nastran MFLUID - VMOPT,2 RVDOF - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) If a job defines virtual mass (MFLUID + ELIST) and the user parameter VMOPT is set to 2, if RVDOF entries are present the job may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE APPEND IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = RVJ , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE RVJ=OVRWRT Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter: COMPILE PHASE1A NOLIST $ ALTER 'APPEND RVJ1','' $ APPEND RVJ1,PVMG/RVJ2 $ EQUIVX RVJ2/RVJ/-1 $ ENDALTER $
Description
CR 1-58564001 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Roll out the open core with new MDLPRM parameter - SFM 6704 In SOL 400, if there is insufficient open core to allow the stiffness matrix decomposition, the job may fail with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6704.
Description
A new "MDLPRM,MINCORE,factor " to seclect the factor for which the open core data will be rolled out is implemented in MD R2.1. If the open data is rolled out, the whole open core will be available for decomposition. CR 1-58619601 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - MINSTAT The following changes should be made to the QRG descripton of the MINSTAT entry: 1) The NSET field is not needed for the MINSTAT bulk data entry because the Marc's INITIAL STATE (2,6) is not used.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-58619601 It's only needed for the MCHSTAT bulk data entry. 2) There INIT1 and INIT2 fields in the "Format" section should be labled as INT1 and INT2.
CR 1-58619657 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - MCHSTAT There is an error in the QRG description of the MCHSTAT entry. The FILE field is described as follows: Enter the character string ELEM if IOPT=3. (Character, no Default; Required if IOPT=3) It should be: Enter the character string FILE if IOPT=3. (Character, no Default; Required if IOPT=3)
Description
CR 1-58713386 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - GP1, CORD2RX is ignored - UFM 2006 in GP1 The CORD2RX entry is ignored in SOL 700, this will likelly lead to USER FATAL MESSAGE 2006 indicating an undefined coordinate system has been referenced. CR 1-58713429 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Themal expansion coeff for MAT8 causes unexpected material failure the failure occurs in LsDyna. The MAT8 entry is correct in jid.dytr.dat. Quality will be re-assigened to Walter - E. Dickerson 9/25/2008
Known Error Product
Description
When the thermal expansion coefficient for MAT8 entry is set to 0., elements may fail unexepctedly. CR 1-58746801 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-58746801 Documentation/QRG - Incomplete complex force item codes(CELAS1) The complex force item code for the CELAS1 element in the QRG are missing and should be as follow:
Description
Item Code Item Real/Mag. or Imag/Phase 2 force RM 3 force IP CR 1-58787151 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DRSPAN, CASI solver, MPC and rigid, multiple boundary conditions - UFM 5423 in MPYAD In a SOL 200 topology analysis, if SMETHOD=ELEM (CASI solver) and DRSPAN are used with multiple boundary conditions (SPC or MPC Case Control command) and either MPC or rigid elements are present then the run may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR KLL IS 101 * * 62** TRAILER FOR UL IS 201 * * 22** TRAILER FOR PLI IS 102 * * 22** TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 where the * values are problem dependent. If no rigid elements or MPCs are present, the answers may be wrong for some subcases because the change in boundary conditions change is not properly handled. Avoidance: Use the SPARSE solver (remove the SMETHOD case control entry) or insert the following DMAP alter: compile fea,list $ alter 'if ( noul=-1 and nouset>0 ) CALL STATRS','' $ 131,131 $ if ( noul=-1 and nouset>0 ) then $ paraml pg//'trailer'/1/s,n,ncul $ if ( ncul=nloads ) then $
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-58787151 equivx pg/pg1/-1 $ only one boundary condition else $ np = nskip-1 $ matgen ,/col/6/ncul/np/nloads $ partn pg,col,/,,pg1,/1 $ delete /col,,,, $ endif $ ncul=nloads CALL STATRS LLL,KLL,PL,GPLS,USET,SILS,QR,MATPOOLs, EQEXINS,drg,dar,GM,,,LRSEQ,EDTs,CASES,Kgg,, kelm,kdict,bgpdts,cstms,mpts,dits,est,ys,pg1/ UL,crx,precon,epssex,qrg/ IRES/inrel/LUSETS/NSKIP/NLOADS/ norset/noa/PVALOLD/ADPTINDX/PEXIST/s,nullsol $ endif $
CR 1-58837502 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - AMP Module, PARAM,GUSTAERO - SFM 4276 EC 31 The presence of PARAM,GUSTAERO,-1 when using Strip Theory aerodynamics will cause the AMP module to fail with a System Fatal Message 4276, Error Code 31.
Description
Avoidance: Remove the PARAM,GUSTAERO,-1 Kevin, I recommend making this a limitation. However, Erwin Johnson should have a say on this too.
Known Error Product
CR 1-58951871 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - MATT, TABLEM1 - translator writes incorrect temperature dependent material table The SOL 600 translator writes an incorrect temperature dependent material table. This will lead to wrong answers. CR 1-58984913 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - OLOAD RESULTANT output using geometrically updated load vectors
Corrected Version 2007.1.0 Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
Known Error
CR 1-58984913 In SOL 106 and 400, the OLOAD RESULTANT is printed at the beginning of each subcase for the UNUPDATED geometry. For loads that change because of geometric deformations (PLOADi, FORCE2, etc.) the output does not match the SPCFORCE RESULTANT. The following DMAP will print the OLOAD RESULTANTS using force vectors based on the updated geometry.
Description
$ alter to print OLOAD in the updated geometric location to account for follower forces $ i.e FORCE1, PLOAD4, etc. $ this alter will print the OLOAD-NL RESULTANT just prior to the SPCFORCE RESULTANT. compile sedrcvr alter 'if.*PRTRESLT.*yes' IF (app='NLST' and NONLNR) THEN MESSAGE//'OLOAD base on FOLLOWER FORCE UPDATES' VECPLOT pj1,BGPDTN,SCSTM,CSTMS,CASEDR,,MEDGE,,/,pjRESx,pjHDx,,/ GRDPNT/S,N,ZERO/RESLTOPT/'OLOAD-NL'///ALTSHAPE//SEID $ ENDIF
Known Error Product
CR 1-59001648 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - RFORCE - UWM 6584 (RFORCD) followed by UFM 3003 SLT1 A sol 106 model with an RFORCE entry may fail with: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6584 (RFORCD) METHOD = 1 IS SPECIFIED ON THE RFORCE ENTRY IN COMBINATION WITH PELEMENTS. USER INFORMATION: METHOD = 1 DOES NOT YIELD CORRECT RESULTS WITH P-ELEMENTS AND/OR CONSISTENT(NON-LUMPED) MASS. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (NLITER) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK SLT1 (FILE 113) IN SUBROUTINE NLSLTD Avoidance: The model that this was observed for had LOAD=1 and RFORCE
Description
Known Error
CR 1-59001648 1. Changing to LOAD=11 and RFORCE 11 avoided the error. .
CR 1-59166049 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBAR, PBRSECT - Incorrect shear stress for Vz load The stress recovery for a CBAR element that references a PBRSECT entry is incorrect for VZ shear force. CR 1-59181381 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - 3D Contact with Bisection specified on the NLPARM entry will fail For SOL400, if there is 3D contact, the solution will fail if bisection is specified on the NLPARM entry. CR 1-59185711 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - EXTSEOUT, acoustic cavity, MDACMS - SFM 6143 If EXTSEOUT is requested with acoustic cavity in an external superelement and using MDACMS then the job will fail with SFM 6143: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in VGFS is not equal to the size of the G-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: VGFS : Rows= 3828 by Cols= 1 Set sizes: Major (G-set)= 4022 Set0 (A-set)= 258 Set1 (COMP-set)= 3764 CR 1-59206949 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBRSECT - Arbitrary Beam coordinate system incorrect, bending stress incorrect. Arbitrary beam produce incorrect bending stress data recovery. CR 1-59215380
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Known Error Product
Corrected Version 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Abstract Description Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 1-59215380 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBRSECT - Stress recovery stress tensor mapping leads to wrong vonmises in Patran The MSC.Nastran 2005R3 Release Guide for arbitrary beam cross sections has the following mapping. (Chapter 4, Arbitrary Beam Cross-Section, subsection "stress recovery for whole cross-section") Op2 Stress Tensor | Recovered ABCS Direct Stress Sx | Sx Sy | Sxy Sxy | Szx This mapping will lead to incorrect stress derivations when the op2 is read into Patran. and it is non-intuitive that the stresses displayed in Patran are not what you think they should be. The op2 file should contain a direct mapping so that patran post-processing will be correct.
Description
CR 1-59225891 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - SDR2 - SOL 400 jobs may fail on SGIR14K SOL 400 jobs may fail on SGI Irix systems in the SDR2 module during data recovery.
Description Avoidance: Other than running on a different platform, there is no avoidance. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract External Superelements - EXTERSE - DTI,TUG1 in residual causes UFM 5423 MPYAD1 If DTI,TUG1 or DTI,TES1, or DTI,TEF1, or DTI,TQG1 are present in the residual structure, then EXTERSE will be set to TRUE and improper processing in SEDRCVR will generate the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES CR 1-59287753 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error
CR 1-59287753 FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MUG1 IS 101 60 60 1 2 2 167 TRAILER FOR ULS1 IS 102 5 30 2 2 60 10000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidances: 1) Remove DTI entries described above 2) Insert the following DMAP ALTER: $ IF user removes the BEGIN SUPER and treats the DMIG as a DMIG $ instead of an external SE, then an error can occur trying to process DRMH3. $ to avoid this, only mark EXTERSE as TRUE when NOTUG, NOTES, NOTEF, NOTQG $ exist for SEID that are >0 compile super3,nolist alter 'exterse=','exterse=' IF(SEID>0) EXTERSE=(SETYPE='EXTRNA' OR SETYPE='EXTRNG' OR NOTUG OR NOTES OR NOTEF OR NOTQG) $
Known Error Product
CR 1-59294257 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PFMODE, PFPANEL - Output may be wrong with a "phase" request. PFMODE and PFPANEL case control commands that request PHASE output may result in incorrect output. Avoidance: Request only REAL, IMAG output.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-59419426 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NLAUTO is not effective to control time stepping if MCHSTAT is also used The following scenario will result in the NLAUTO entry not controlling the time stepping:
Known Error
CR 1-59419426 1. Run a SOL 600, 159 (transient thermal anlaysis), and get temperatures in t16 file. 2. Run a SOL 600, 106 (static structural analysis) using initial temperature and temperature load of the t16 file from step 1. In the second run, NLAUTO is used to control time stepping, but it is not effective to control time stepping since the translator uses "AUTO THERM" instead of "AUTO STEP" ignoring parameters defined on the NLAUTO entry such as total time. "NLAUTO" should be tranlated into "AUTO STEP" in marc.dat as written in Quick Reference Guide while "MTHERM" is translated into "AUTO THERM" in marc.dat.
Known Error Product
CR 1-59529106 MSC / MD Nastran Connection Elements - CINTC on curved geometry does not pass GROUNDCHECK or PARAM CHECKOUT YES A model with curved geometry (a cylinder for example) and a CINTC line interface will fail the GROUNDCHECK at the NSET level. Other indications are EMH is not null from PARAM,CHECKOUT, YES. The CINTC algorithm must be refined to preserve the rigid-body modes, while retaining the flexibility of CINTC connection. CINTC is not going to be modified, Glued Contact can be used instead.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-59626733 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Superelements, PCOMP, PCOMPG - may fail in cmpzpr Module cmpzpr uses system cell 93 (NPCOMP) to store the number of PCOMP/PCOMPG bulk data entries.. In general, this is not a problem for list superelements. However, for part superelements, it is possible that each part has its own NPCOMP. When cmpzpr reserves memory space in opencore based on NPCOMP in system cell 93, the job may fail if the NPCOMP is not equal to the actual NPCOMP of a part se. This is only a potential problem in SOL 200.
Description
CR 1-59682791 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PBEAM - Large field format may fail in SOL 600 for PBEAM PBEAM large field format may fail in SOL 600 for certain combinations of input. Avoidance: Use small field format.
Known Error Product
CR 1-59690996 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - RBJOINT - SOL 700 Only, Should not be in MSC.Nastran QRG. The RBJOINT is a SOL 700 only entry and it should not be included in the MSC.Nastran QRG. CR 1-59692231 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - buckling or preload subcase with boundary condition change Inefficient In SOL 105, if the buckling or preload subcase is specified with a change in the boundary condition then an uncessary matrix decomposition will be performed. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Corrected Version 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
Description
compile phase1dr alter 'call phase1c'(,-1) PARAML CASEw//'DTI'/1/256//S,N,STATSuB $ PARAML CASEw//'DTI'/1/241//S,N,STATpre $ if ( statsub=0 and statpre=0 ) then $ alter 'call phase1c' endif $ CR 1-59715698 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - CGAP - UFM 4016 (TA1ETD) Nastran 2005r3 and earlier releases may fail with the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (TA1ETD) when an eigenvalue analyis contains gap elements and TEMP entries.
Known Error
CR 1-59715698 Avoidance: Include a TEMPD entry.
Known Error Product
CR 1-59796301 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalues - SOL 110 with ACMS produced wrong answers with K2PP, M2PP, B2PP or TFL If K2PP, M2PP, and B2PP are used in SOL 110 along with ACMS then the run will produce wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter compile semceig alter 'dbdelete datablk=vgdr','' delete /vgdr,,,, $ compile fdrmgen alter 'return'(2),'' if ( app='ceigen' and not(mdreig) ) return $ compile spdr1 alter 'return'(2),'' endalter CR 1-59863480 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - DMP, Param,POST,-5 DMP geometric doman and frequency domain do not support param,post,5. CR 1-59906396 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO1, MONCNCM - Tolerance is too tight The moncncm entry provides output on aeroelastic strips. the logic for determining whether aero boxes share a strip has been found to incorrectly designate more strips than intended. this has been traced to a tolerance that is too tight for the accuracy that is available from the input bdf file. User Avoidance: Check the CAERO1 entries to check that abutting panels are aligned exactly
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CR 1-59911241 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Contact - Missing Message when solution does not converge. Linear contact in SOL 101 does not issue a fatal message if it does not converge. A message similar to that issued in SOL 400 shown below needs to be added. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4551 (nl3con)
Description
*** STOPPED PROBLEM DUE TO FAILED CONVERGENCE. NJ Teng; 07/29/10 Now we have issued the same FATAL message in SOL 101 contact jobs upon solution divergence.
CR 1-59955051 MSC / MD Nastran FRF - CONM2 - SFM 307 in FRFINFO module An FRF generation run with stress requests and CONM2 elements fails with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 307 in the FRFINFO module. CR 1-59961781 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - D2RAUTO is not translated. The D2RAUTO entry is not translated to the dytr.dat file and there are no warning messages. CR 1-60037683 MSC / MD Nastran FRF - PLOTEL entries result in SFM 3200 (Logic Error 27) in FRFINFO module An FRF generation run with PLOTEL entries and a stress request for a nonexistent element fails with the message: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (Logic Error 27) in the FRFINFO module. Avoidance: Add a stress or force output request for a valid element
Description
CR 1-60037787 MSC / MD Nastran FRF - PLOTEL entries result in SFM 3200 (Logic Error 12) in FRFINFO module An FRF generation run with PLOTEL entries and no stress or force output requests fails with the message SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (Logic Error 12) in the FRFINFO module. Avoidance: Add a stress or force output request for a valid element
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-60162658 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Multiple MOMENT or FORCE entries for the same grid leads to incorrect loads For all versions of SOL600 (through mdr2 and v2007), when multiple MOMENT or FORCE entries for the SAME grid are combined using the LOAD Bulk Data Entry, there is a problem during translation that leads to incorrect loads. Avoidance: To get the correct results using current SOL 600, all moments and forces at the same grid which are applied in the same load case must be combined onto one FORCE or MOMENT entry.
Description
CR 1-60164831 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Hybrid Damping is not implemeted into SOL400 correctly. The Hybrid Damping for the transient analysis is implemented in SOL129. It is found that this damping is not implemented correctely in SOL 400. CR 1-60164849 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - NOLIN2 - UFM, Fails to converge SOL 400 will diverge if there are NOLIN2 entries in the model together with 'PARAM,TSTATIC,1" CR 1-60165121 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Iterative Solver, SMETHOD, MPC - tpl nlc006a_casi, fails to coverge
Known Error
CR 1-60165121 on i8 SOL 400 with rigid elements and/or mpcs using the Casi iterative solver may fail to converge on i8 systems leading to the following messages. This error was discovered with tpl problem nlc006a_casi on ia64 systems. This error has been corrected in MD R2.1.1(version 2007.1.1) which has been posted to the product update web site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/mdr211.cfm *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 4172 (ITSCAS) CASI ITERATIVE SOLVER SOLUTION ERROR ESTIMATION STATISTICS FOLLOW FOR LOAD CASE NUMBER: 1 INPUT ERROR CONVERGENCE EPSILON VALUE = 1.000000E-04 REDUCTION IN 2-NORM OF THE RESIDUAL = 7.239659E-05 REDUCTION IN INFINITY NORM OF THE RESIDUAL = 3.959844E-05 REDUCTION IN PRECONDITIONED NORM OF RESIDUAL = 1.012917E-04 ESTIMATE OF NORMALIZED ENERGY NORM OF ERROR = 2.811392E-04 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4675 (NMEPS) EXCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LOAD IS APPLIED IN ELEMENT ID = 201 REDUCE THE LOAD INCREMENT BY A FACTOR OF 2.747758E+02 FOR BETTER SOLUTION . *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4676 (NMEPS) ERROR EXCEEDS 2.000000E+01 PERCENT OF YIELD STRESS IN ELEMENT ID=201 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4675 (NMEPS) EXCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LOAD IS APPLIED IN ELEMENT ID = 1001 REDUCE THE LOAD INCREMENT BY A FACTOR OF 1.434823E+02 FOR BETTER SOLUTION . *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4676 (NMEPS) ERROR EXCEEDS 2.000000E+01 PERCENT OF YIELD STRESS IN ELEMENT ID=1001 CR 1-60222617 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - MONITOR=ALL results in Complex Data Output A request for MONITOR point output should result in REAL/IMAGINARY output by default as the Quick Reference Guide states. However, the request:
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MONITOR=ALL is the same as MONITOR(PHASE)=ALL.
Known Error
CR 1-60222617 Avoidance: To obtain the REAL/IMAGINARY output, one must specify MONITOR(REAL)=ALL.
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CR 1-60302368 MSC / MD Nastran ILP64: SOL 400 - TA1M - FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR on Solaris mode=i8 SOL 400 jobs, such as TPL test nclevrbm.dat, may fail in the TA!M module on to Solaris ilp64 (a.k.a i8) system with the message FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR. CR 1-60303381 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - Modal analysis with ACMS and F1>0.0 may yield results outside the range If the F1 field on the EIGRL bulk data entry is greater than 0.0, ACMS will ignore the F1 entry and possibly produce eigenvalues between 0.0Hz and "F1" Hertz.
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Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. compile invlan alter 'ufmin\<', '' $ IF ( UFMIN<="" td="">
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CR 1-60309591 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - Part superelements OLOAD, SPCF, MPCF - UFM 4346 and Missing results If part superelements are specified in a dynamic analysis and one or more of OLOAD, SPCF, and MPF are requested then the run may fail with UFM 4346 and then produce missing output.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedlg alter 1 dbview dit0=dit where (seid=0 and wildcard) $
Known Error
CR 1-60309591 alter ' trlg ',''(,1) TRLG CASE0,USETD,DLTS,,bgpdts,SILS,cstms,TRL,DIT0,GMD,,,,,,, APPLOD,,,,ENFMOTN/ PPal,PSal,,,,OL,,yptal,ypxal, $ TRLG CASE0,USETD,DLTS,,bgpdts,SILS,cstms,TRL,DIT0,GMD,,,,,,, APPLOD,,,,ENFMOTN/ PPdv,PSdv,,,,OLdv,,yptdv,ypxdv,//////////////2 $ alter ' frlg ','' FRLG CASE0,USETD,DLTS,FRL,GMD,,DIT0,,APPLOD,,,,ENFMOTN, rotort,unbvecg,,,/ PP,PS,,OL,,ypx,,,,,,/ 'DIRECT' $
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CR 1-60701307 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SCR=yes and SCR=no produces diff. answers SCR=yes and SCR=no produces different answers in SOL 200.
Description
Avoidance: The scr=yes answers are more conservative and thus scr=yes is recommended. CR 1-60704752 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - TPL test nlc019a fails on Windows FBS "Access violation" TPL test nlc019a fails on Windows and ilp64 (a.k.a. i8 systems) with FBS "Access violation" CR 1-60734541 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - MFLUID, Decomp - Traceback during reordering in decomp A very similar error occurs with the attached model bhead21.dat. Models with very dense compressed matrices may crash in decomp during the reordering phase with the traceback show below. Avoidances: Use supernodal compression in place of grid compression, by setting sys206=132 or sys206=136. Else run with no compression by (setting
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Known Error
CR 1-60734541 sys206=260 or sys206=264)
Traceback: Offset 0x0000011c in procedure releasememory Offset 0x00000028 in procedure Release_Memory Offset 0x00000060 in procedure KillClique Offset 0x00000190 in procedure FormNewClique Offset 0x0000001c in procedure EliminateNode Offset 0x000006d8 in procedure PSLDLT_AMF Offset 0x00000464 in procedure Reorder Offset 0x00000120 in procedure PSLDLT_WExtreme Offset 0x000000bc in procedure dfmext_ Offset 0x00005864 in procedure mreordr_ Offset 0x00000520 in procedure dfmsym_ Offset 0x00000f5c in procedure dfmsa_ Offset 0x00000134 in procedure sdcomp_ Offset 0x00000a90 in procedure facdrvo_ Offset 0x000003dc in procedure facdrv_ Offset 0x00001150 in procedure frrd1c_ Offset 0x00000d74 in procedure sqfreq_ Offset 0x0000000c in procedure freq_ Offset 0x00000120 in procedure xsem10_ Offset 0x000001b4 in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x00000064 in procedure nastmon_ Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-60803879 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PARAM CDITER without any SUPORT entry - SFM 3007 in SOLVE Running Solution 101 with PARAM,CDITER and without any SUPORT entry results in SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 in the SOLVE module. CR 1-60820088 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - NLSTRAT There is an error in the QRG description of the NLSTRAT entry. Description The RCK1 field is described as follows: Used for Relative Checking - Maximum residual force ratio (maximum value of residual force divided by maximum residual force)
Known Error
CR 1-60820088 or displacement ratio (maximum allowable value of displacement increment divided by displacement increment) depending on convtyp (Real>=0) CONTROL(3,1); Default = 0.1 It should read: Used for Relative Checking - Maximum residual force ratio (maximum allowable value of maximu residual force divided by maximum reaction force) or displacement ratio (maximum allowable value of the change in displacement increment divided by displacement increment) depending on convtyp (Real>=0) CONTROL(3,1); Default = 0.1
CR 1-60830288 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - MARCSAME Parameter According to the example on page 718 and Parameter Applicability Table on page 839, the QRG indicates that PARAM,MARCSAME must be specified in the bulk data. In fact it must be specified in the case control above the first subcase else the folloiwng warning message is issued:
Description
Severe Warning in SOL 600 translator - Case Control load ID 999 Appears in more than one subcase. For SOL 600, this may lead to wrong results. The subcases are 2 and 1 If you are sure the results will be acceptable, re-run with Case Control PARAM,MARCSAME,1 above the first subcase CR 1-61001551 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - XYPLOT - XYPLOT request fails with segmentation violation in SOL 400. If there are too many subcases or steps in SOL 400, the xyplot request in case control packet may fail with a segmentation violation. CR 1-61083720 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-61083720 ADAMSNMF - UFM 7811 (MNF_Error) Specification of the ADAMSMNF command without the "PSETID" option may result in USER FATAL MESSAGE 7811 (MNF_Error). Avoidance: Add the PSETID option to the command.
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CR 1-61168951 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - PEULER1, SET1, and EOSGAM entries not translated PEULER1, SET1, and EOSGAM entries not translated CR 1-61169010 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - SET1 entry is not translated SET1 entry is not translated CR 1-61169048 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - EOSGAM entry is not translated The EOSGAM entry is not translated. CR 1-61207401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - Axisymmetric analysis with contact bodies fails The translator rotates an axisymmetric model by 90 degrees to meet Marc convention (X is the symmetric axis), but rigid contact bodies are not rotated. CR 1-61236481 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - PARAM,LGDISP,1 - Large rotation, poor convergence If PARAM,LGDISP,1 is requested in SOL 400, the solution may have difficulty converging if the grid point rotataion is larger than 180 degree.
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CR 1-61280131 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - Frequency Response, Multiple Subcases - Wrong Answers A frequency response assembly run employing external SEs and with multiple subcases and ACCE requests or combinations of DISP, VELO and ACCE requests gives wrong answers for the external SEs. Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance: compile sedrcvr alter 'drmh3'(2),'' file oug1a=append $ type parm,,i,n,nskip=0,nr $ paraml ol1//'trailer'/1/S,N,nfreq $ np=1 $ do while ( notug1>0 and nskip>=0 ) $ case casedr,/case1/'tran'/s,n,nskip $ nr=nfreq+np-1 $ matmod iugx/iugxx/1/np/nr $ np=np+nfreq $ drmh3 tug1,iugxx,,,,,,,ol1,case1/oug1x,,,/app $ append oug1x,/oug1a/2 $ enddo $ equivx oug1a/oug1/-1 $ CR 1-61280226 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Casi Iterative Solver - UFM 3005 (NLSOLV), Attempt to operate on a singular matrix SOL 400 with the casi iterative solver specified by "SMETHOD=ELEMENT" may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (NLSOLV) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX SCRATCH IN SUBROUTINE SOLVEZ FATAL ERROR This error has been corrected in MD R2.1.1(version 2007.1.1) which has been posted to the product update web site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/mdr211.cfm
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CR 1-61419147 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - IFP - K2GG User Fatal Error 615. If too many DMIG matrix names are placed on the K2GG case control command, such as: k2gg = 1.*k1,2.*k2,3.*k3,4.*k4,5.*k5,6.*k6,7.*k7,8.*k8,9.*k9, 10.*ka,1.*kb,1.*kc,1.*kd,1.*ke,1.*kf,1.*kg,1.*kh, 1.*ki,1.*kj,1.*k0,1.*kk,1.*kl,1.*km,1.*kn,1.*ko,1.*kp, 1.*kq,1.*kr,1.*ks,1.*kt,1.*ku,1.*kv,1.*kw,1.*kx,1.*ky, 1.*kz,1.*kz1,1.*kz2,1.*kz3,1.*kz4 The program terminates with the following message. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 615 (IFP1D) AN IMPROPER OR NO NAME GIVEN TO THE ABOVE SET. The problem is that IFP1PC has a hardcoded limit of 200, and NO bounds checking.
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CR 1-61423891 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,FULLSEDR - random analyis and XY produces missing results Missing results may occur in XY plotting and random analysis if PARAM,FULLSEDR,YES is specified in a run with external superelement data recovery. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: (this alter also contains the avoidance for CR 1-61280131) compile sedrcvr $ avoidance for CR 1-61280131 begins here alter 'drmh3'(2),'' file oug1a=append $ type parm,,i,n,nskip=0,nr $ paraml ol1//'trailer'/1/S,N,nfreq $ np=1 $ do while ( notug1>0 and nskip>=0 ) $ case casedr,/case1/'tran'/s,n,nskip $ nr=nfreq+np-1 $ matmod iugx/iugxx/1/np/nr $
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Known Error
CR 1-61423891 np=np+nfreq $ drmh3 tug1,iugxx,,,,,,,ol1,case1/oug1x,,,/app $ append oug1x,/oug1a/2 $ enddo $ equivx oug1a/oug1/-1 $ $ avoidance for 1-61423891 begins here alter 'splitdva' splitdva=-1 $ force residual's SDR2 output to be compatible with DRMH3 output compile xmergofp alter 'splitdva' splitdva=-1 $ alter 'xyplot '(2) call xrandom frl,oug2m,ovg2m,oag2m, spsel,xycdb,dynamics,dit,bgpdt, OPG2m,OQG2m,OES2m,OEF2m,CASEcc,ostr2m,oqmg2m// app/app1/s,cardno/s,pfile/ocid/s,otape2/ 0/0/0/splitdva $ endalter
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CR 1-61792201 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE6, AELIST with duplicate element ids causes memory failure - SFM 3008 If a SPLINE6 uses an AELIST to define the virtual surface, and that AELIST contains more element ids than the total number of existing elements (as can happen if the element ids are duplicated), then a memory error will occur:
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*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = GI INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE CRPMDD USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 841 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = MNVSG CR 1-61793688 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control - CMSENERGY format error Specifiying CMSENERGY Case Control command: in V2005 will cause a format error:
Known Error
CR 1-61793688 Avoidance: Specify CMSE or CMSENRGY in V2005+ (note the 2nd "E" needs to be dropped.)
CR 1-61872481 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Inefficient processing when ANALYSIS=NLTRAN When ANALYSIS=NLTRAN in SOL 400 and job is run without a maxtrix update and has many time steps, the processing may be very inefficient. CR 1-61993931 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - BCBODY - Incorrect default to ISTYP may cause jobs to fail The documented default for the ISTYP field on the BCBODY entry is 0, but it is not 0 in the codes. This may cause some jobs to fail. Avoidance: Explicity specify 0.
Known Error Product
CR 1-61996691 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - IFP, PBARL - "Floating point zero divide" (C000008E) exception encountered. IFP9 processing of PBARL entries may fail with a floating point divide by zero or it may hang.
Description Avoidance : Insert MDLPRM,TWBRBML,1 to switch to default beam equations. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-62054981 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - AUTOSPC leads to incompatible mass and damping matrices The AUTOSPC was implemented in SOL 129. However, when it is used in the transient analyis of SOL 400, it will fail with imcompatible matrix for mass and damping matrices. CR 1-62064821 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-62064821 Dynamics - TFL command, TF entry - Inefficient Processing of Symmetric Matrices There is no checking for symmetric matrices produced by the TFL Case Control command. The program then assumes the matrices are unsymmetric and this assumption causes the selection of unsymmetric methods in complex eigenvalue, frequency response, and transient response even if the matrices are actually symmetric. CR 1-62109192 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SOL 111, multiple boundary conditions, STATSUB SFM 5423 If multiple boundary conditions and a preload subcase are specfied in SOL 111 then SFM 5423 may be issued. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1b alter ',kay1,' equivx mgg/mnn/nomset $ equivx bgg/bnn/nomset $ equivx k4gg/k4nn/nomset $ if ( nomset>-1 ) mce2 uset,gm,mgg,k4gg,bgg,/mnn,k4nn,bnn, $ if ( nooset>-1 ) vec uset/vno/'n'/'o' $ call getxay mnn ,vny,vno,vna,goy,goa/may/nooset $ call getxay bnn ,vny,vno,vna,goy,goa/bay/nooset $ call getxay k4nn,vny,vno,vna,goy,goa/k4ay/nooset $ CR 1-62110416 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM CDITER should issue FATAL message in all SOLs except SOL 101 If PARAM,CDITER is requested in a static solution other than SOL 101, then incorrect answers may occur. For example, SOL 103 with STATSUB or SOL 105 will result in wrong anwers if used in conjunction with PARAM,CDITER. Avoidance: None. In SOL 200 (V2010), there is an SSSAlter available called cditer_200a.alt
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Known Error
CR 1-62110416 in MD 2010, the nonlinear optimization feature supports general contact.
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CR 1-62121335 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - SOL 111, multiple SPCD subcases, STATSUB - Wrong answers If multiple enforced motion subcases and a preload subcase are specfied in SOL 111 then then the run will produce wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase0 alter 'lcgen casers,slt,ett,dynamic0,geom4s' paraml casers//'trai'/1/s,n,norec $ if ( norec>1 and isolapp=2 ) then $ irec=2 $ start with second record do while ( irec<=norec ) $ paraml casers//'dti'/irec/3//s,n,spcx $ paraml casew/casej/'tabrepi'/irec/3//spcx $ copy spc to casew equivx casej/casew/-1 $ irec=irec+1 $ enddo $ endif $ CR 1-62175861 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - IFP - UFM 316, SUPORT1 entry fails with more than one point. The SUPORT1 entry is documented in the QRG as allowing three (IDi,Ci) pairs per record. If you give more than one you get UFM 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY SUPORT1. CR 1-62178001 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - User-defined PARAM keywords capability is broken The user-defined PARAM keywords capability was broken when enhancements to the "remote query" capability were added. CR 1-62228981
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CR 1-62228981 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - MRFOLOW1 Parameter There seems to be an error in the QRG about PARAM,MRFOLWO1,1. It is now described as follows:
Description
if follower force stiffness due to distributed loads is to be included. But according to the Marc Vol.C, it should be: if follower force stiffness due to distributed loads is not required.
Known Error Product
CR 1-62247741 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NLPARM and NLPCI are not translated to AUTO INCREMENT option correctly When SUBTITLE case control command is entered before SUBCASE case control command, NLPARM and NLPCI will not be translated to AUTO INCREMENT option in Marc input file. If the SUBTITLE case control command is commented out, NLPARM and NLPCI will be translated to AUTO INCREMENT option in Marc input file. When SUBTITLE case control command is NOT entered before SUBCASE case control command and either TITLE or LABEL case control command is entered in a subcase, NLPARM and NLPCI will not be translated to AUTO INCREMENT option in Marc input file.
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CR 1-62347011 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - Inconsistent rules for under-typed real and complex constant parameter in modules - UFM 6 Currently, the DMAP compiler permits a RS constant for a CS parameter in a module parameter list. However, UFM 6 will occur when inputting a CS or RD constant for a CD parameter; a RS constant for a CS parameter; or
Known Error
CR 1-62347011 a RS constant for RD parameter. The DMAP compiler should "up-type" all constants. Avoidance: Convert the constant to the correct type with appropiate DMAP function.
CR 1-62456460 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CFAST with GS, GA, GB specified - Wrong answers In V2007, if GS, GA, and GB and GA or GB are at the corner of an element, then the CFAST will generate wrong answers. Avoidance: Remove GA/GB from the input file or insert the following dmap alter in V2007: compile sedisp list alter 'if ( connect '(1,),'endif $ connect'(1,) alter 'if ( connect '(2,),'endif $ connect'(2,) compile super3 list alter 'if ( cfastp or cweldc','endif $ connect' endalter The alter turns off the displacement option DISP(connector=) option so you can not get displacement data recovery on GA and GB if they were not specified. This error has been fixed by avoiding updating the displacements of GA or GB if it is a physical grid and is attached to a structure. Code is in the tier 1 system on 10/19.
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CR 1-62457277 MSC / MD Nastran GPSTRAIN - Incorrect Answers for NORMAL X3 Option on Surface entry If NORMAL X3 is specified on the SURFACE command and SYSTEM CORD is changed from 0 to a coordinate system opposite to the element coordinate system then the GPSTRESS output flips sign as expected but the GPSTRAIN output will have all positive strain values. CR 1-62515278 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-62515278 Nonlinear Analysis - MATS1, TYPE=PLASTIC, TABLEST - UFM 6840, TA1 Module, Premat Subroutine
A nonlinear temperature dependent material MATS1 with TYPE=PLASTIC that references a TABLEST, causes the following fatal message to be issued by the TA1 module. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6840 (PREMAT) THE SECOND POINT (X2,Y2) SPECIFIED ON THE TABLES1 BULK DATA ENTRY ID = 100 IS NOT AT THE INITAIL YIELD POINT (LIMIT1) ON THE MATS1 BULK DATA ENTRY ID = 10 WHEN THE TYPE OF MATERIAL NONLINEARITY IS PLASTIC. The message that should be issued is: USER FATAL MESSAGE xxxx, A MATS1 RECORD MAY NOT REFERENCE A TABLEST RECORD IF THE TYPE = PLASTIC. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-62540156 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Large Field - Wrong system cell information in the UFM 316 The folloiwng message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY %1 ON SORTED ENTRY COUNT %2 USER INFORMATION: %3 ID %4 EXCEEDS MAXIMUM VALUE ALLOWED %5. USER ACTION: IF THE ID VALUE GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM VALUE MUST BE USED, ADD NASTRAN STATEMENT ( NASTRAN SYSTEM(182)= nnn ) TO THE INPUT FILE. should refer to SYSTEM(175) not (182). Known Error Product CR 1-62552681 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-62552681 External Superelements - SOL 109 / SOL 112 - Wrong answers Velocity and acceleration results will be that of the displacement vector in transient analysis with external superelements for the following output requests: Request Result --------- ---------------VELO only Wrong: VELO=DISP ACCE only Wrong: ACCE=DISP VELO and ACCE only Wrong: VELO=DISP but ACCE is OK. Avoidance: Insert a DISP request.
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CR 1-62754560 MSC / MD Nastran Part Superelements - RANDOM - SFM 3001 DITS does not exist If a RANDOM case control exists for a Part Superelement, the following message may be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (RANDOM) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DITS AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Avoidance: Copy the TABRND1 entires into the part's bulk data section or insert the following DMAP alter: malter 'call xrandom'(1,-1) IF (SEID>0) THEN dbview ditz=dit (where seid=seid and wildcard=TRUE)$ equivx ditz/dit/always $ ENDIF $
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CR 1-62754729 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - PARAM AUTOQSET, PARAM VMOPT - SFM 6144 in MERGE, SFE 4276 in MDATA Depending on the value of PARAM,VMOPT, various fatal errors may occur in virtual mass with PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES when no t-set exists.
Description PARAM,VMOPT,0 causes: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1)
Known Error
CR 1-62754729 THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in GQE is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector VA User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: GQE : Rows= 7 by Cols= 72 VA : Rows= 6 no. of non-zeros= 0 no. of zeros= 6 PARAM,VMOPT,1 causes: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 PARAM,VMOPT,2 causes: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in GTEQ is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector VA User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: GTEQ : Rows= 8 by Cols= 72 VA : Rows= 7 no. of non-zeros= 0 no. of zeros= 7 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter for V2005r3: compile phase1b alter 'dbstatus drg'(,-1) dbstatus gge//s,n,nogge $ if ( nogge>0 ) then $ umerge1 uset,gge,,,/gge1/lgset//'q'/1 $ append actual q-set equivx gge1/gge/-1 $ endif $ nodrg>0 compile mgen2o alter 's,n,noqset0' if ( notset>0 ) then $ alter 'merge.*gtet,gteq' else $ equivx gteq/gae/-1 $ endif $ alter 'merge met,,meq'(,-1) if ( notset>0 ) then $ alter 'merge met,,meq' else $
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CR 1-62754729 equivx meq/mea/-1 $ endif $ compile mgen1 alter 'noqset'(2,-1) if ( notset>0 ) then $ alter 'merge.*gte,gqe' else $ equivx gqe/gae/-1 $ endif $ compile semrm alter 'ssg2t','' call ssg2t uset,gm,goa,goq,mje/ mea/ nomset/nosset/nooset/atqset $ alter 's,n,noqset' if ( notset>0 ) then $ alter 'equivx.*mtqx' else $ equivx mvaa/mvqq/-1 $ endif $ endalter
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CR 1-62884428 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - MSC.Nastran 2007r1 Windows 32 bit delivery contians wrong mpich for marc dmp. SOL 600 in the 32 bit Windows MSC.Nastran 2007 r1 release uses the 32 bit Marc solver that works with the old MPICH libs/service. Unfortunately, Nastran 2007r1 is distributed with the newer MPICH2 libs, not the older mpich. This will cause SOL 600 dmp jobs to fail. A possible workaround is to install mpich from Marc 2005r3 or Nastran 2005r3 installation CDs
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CR 1-62884471 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - UWM 602 issued if non-unique set ID's are used in steps in SOL400 In SOL 400, if non-unique set ID's are used in multple steps, then UWM 602 will be issued and the last defined set is used. However for multiple
Known Error
CR 1-62884471 subcases, all defined sets are used, not just the last defined one. Sets defined in steps should behave the same as sets defined in subcases.
Known Error Product
Corrected 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivity - RGYRO failed in ROTOR of subdmap GYROBASE SOL 200 job with RGYRO failed in ROTOR module in subdmap GYROBASE due to missing EDOM. Avoidance: Apply the folloiwng alter: compile desopt $ alter 'call fea'(3,),''(3,) $ IF ( NOSEDV>-1 and nopaload>-1 ) CALL FEA, $.............Input Data Blocks: abe,acpt,,aebgpdts,aecomp,aero,aeusets, , ,bgpdtvu,casadj,CASECC, caseds,casem,casers,CASdsn,CASdSn,CASEXX,control,cstma,CSTMS, , DEQATN,DEQIND,DFFDV,DIT,dits,DMIs,DMINDXs,drg,DRSTBL, DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ectas,EDOM,EDT,eht,ehta,elemvol, EMAP,EPT,epta,EPTS,eqexin,EQEXINS,ETT,extdb,FPA,FPG,FORCE, gdgk0,gdksk,gdntab,GEOM1,geom1qx,geom1s,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEOM3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,GPDTS,gpgk0,gpksk,GPLS,gpsnts,,INDTA,lcdvec,MAPS,,, medge,mklist,mmcdb,MPT,MPTS,MXOMEG,oint,PCDB,PCDBS,pcompts,pelsets, PMA,POSTCDB,ptga,pval,PVT,pvtbc,PVTS,,R1TABR,scstm,SILS,SLIST,SLT, Descriptio spline,SPSEL,tabdeq,tabevp,tabevs,TPG,trx,ufoo,UG1PVT, ,utoo, n VGFS,vgq,viewtb,XYCDB,XYCDBS, ,mpjn2o,mpjsfn2o,aempcomp,aemonpt, saemprk,strucomp,monitor,saerg0,aedbstdx,uxvst,pgvst0,adbindx, adbuxv,adbwjv,adbfjv0,adbqkv0,xsop2dir,CASEDM,LVTABI, geom1qs,geom4qs,selist,pvt0,dmonpta,dmonpts,sdsrg0,sdark,pvperq,,, pbrmsd,pbrms,mp1,mpd1,mp3,strplab,edts,ymu,xinit,dvptab,,, ifexpnt,vefs,afpmlist,/ $.............Output Data Blocks: ,aeqgdka,aeqgdkl, , ,AQG,AUa,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,bdict,belm, ,BGPDTS,bgpdt,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG,CBDD,CB2DD,CKDD, CK2DD,clama,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,cphd,cphh,cphp, crj,crx, ,d1jk, ,d2jk,Dar,DELS,DELX,DFFDNF, ditid, ,dlt,ECTS,epsse, , ,est, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,frl, gdak, , ,gdkl, ,GM,GOQ,GOT,gpak,GPECT, GPGK,gplk,iuxlr, K2DD,K2MG,KZRR,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , ,KALV,KAzr,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, ,kll,KMG,KSF,KSS,L2RR,
Known Error
CR 1-62886781 lajj,lajjt,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , lphd,lphh,lphp, ,LSALL, M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, ,MIRR,mjj, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, ,PA,PD,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA, ,PHG, , , , ,philz,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, PL,PLR,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS, ,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, pst1ds,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , ,qkks, , ,qmg,qmpf,qmpt,QPF,QPT,QR, ,skj, ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, U2RR, uajj, uajjt,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT,urlr,USALL,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM, ,vgfd,VPHFS,WKK,wskj,wskjf,XTMADJ,YS, , saerg ,saera,saerl, , ,plvst,aedbuxv, mpaerv,mpserv,mpsirx, prbdofs,aedbindx,aerrv,aeurv, uergv,ueugv,uxdifv,wqkv,,mdphiq,mdgot,mdgoq,mdvft,mdmap, mdgrdrm,mp2slab,mp2st,mp2ugcp,mp3int,mp3lab,mp3gpf, mp2a,mp3a,mp2sa,mp3sa,s2a,s3a,sdsa,sdsra,sdsrl,vgfdt,thetam, aciect,sild/ $..Input Parameters: AERO/adjflg/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/cnvflg/false/ CYCLIC/dceigcc/DESCYCLE/deseig/desmax/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/dfrspcf/DMRESD/ DROPT/DROPTDS/dstspcf/DVRGCC/dtrspcf/ebis/ERROR/EXTERSE/ 'sensitivity'/FIXEDB/fluidse0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/ IMACHNO/INREL/IQ/KDAMP/enfmeth/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/mceigcc/ MFRQCC/MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/domtran/MTRNCC/NASOUT/nk/NLHEAT/N OPH1/ NOPH2/NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/rgsens/RSONLY/SAERCC/dosaero/ SEKR/SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/dostatic/ $..I/O Parameters: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/s,BOV/s,BMETH/s,CARDNO/s,freqdep/ s,FS/s,luset/s,METHF/s,MDTRKFLG/s,MODETRAK/s,NMSOL/ s,NORSET/s,NOSASET/s,NSOL/s,PFILE/S,PVALID/s,STATSUB/ s,SUPORT/NNDFRQ/deltab $
CR 1-62947313 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - SET, CWELD - Incorrect CWELD element forces Patch to patch CWELD element forces may be incorrect when data recovery is performed on a subset of the CWELD elements. CR 1-63123040 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-63123040 Nonlinear Analysis - CGAP, TEMP(LOAD) - UFM 4016 (TA1ETD) If a nonlinear analysis, SOL 106, contains GAP elements with temperature loads the analysis may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (TA1ETD)
Description
Avoidance: Ttemeratures must be assigned to all grid points in the model. If an element does not have temperature load (e.g. GAP), then tempature load will not computed for that element but a temperature must still be assigned to the connecting grid points. CR 1-63209211 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Signal 11 from EMG, Itanium Linux only V2007.0.0 An error in subroutine PREMAT may cause jobs on Version 2007.0.0 Itanium Linux to fail in the EMG module with a Signal 11 error in the log file. CR 1-63212781 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - UMFPACK, SYSTEM(209)=16 - Wrong Answers When using the UMFPACK solver option, "system(209)=16", the FRRD1 module, i.e. frequency response, will produce wrong answers when the dynamic matrix is real and the load matrix is complex. CR 1-63278281 MSC / MD Nastran 2008.0.0 (MD R3) Performance - Unsymmetric Decomp is slow on IA64 In MDR3 rnd 0 I optimized TXUYRD (-O3), the time went from over 8 hrs to less than 3 hrs. jjg 12/07/07 If an analysis is exhibiting poor performance in unsymmetric decomp (UPSD) in MSC.Nastran Version 2007r1 or MD R2.1 compared to prior releases or other systems, then a new shared object is avaible for download that should rectify the problem. The download is available at:
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Known Error
CR 1-63278281 http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/index.cfm#nastran Another aviodance is too run with "mode=i8" This error is fixed in MSC r1a (rnd 36). I am leaving the quality open until MD is fixed.
Known Error Product
CR 1-63338536 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - "CONSTANT" gets written to marc deck which may lead to wrong answers SOL 600 may incorrectly write "CONSTANT" to the translated marc input deck. For elastic analysis with elements that offer constant dilatation option (elements 7, 10, 11, etc.), use of CONSTANT is wrong and can change the results significantly. CONSTANT should only be used in conjunction with elasto-plastic analysis. Avoidance: Specify STOP on the SOL 600 entry, edit the marc.dat file and remove the CONSTANT entryt and submit directly to marc,
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Known Error Product
CR 1-63369252 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - dresp3 referecning dresp1 that span subcases may fail SOL 200 job with a dresp3 that references a dresp1 that spans subcases may fail with UFM rtype not supported for a solution type. The subcases are of different solution types and DRESP1s of DRESP3 covers only a type. Avoidance: Insert following dmap alter. $ $ DMAP_1001b.alter - intend to fix a problem for dresp3 spans $ subcases where the input deck has both $ static and dfreq subcases. compile presens,list $ alter 'dopr3'$ PARAML resp3x//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,N3x//S,N,NOR12x $ if (solapp='STNMBK' ) then $ if ( nor12x>-1 and desglb>0 ) desglb = -desglb $ else $
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Known Error
CR 1-63369252 if ( nor12x=-1 ) delete /resp3xm,,,, $ endif $ $ compile descon $ alter 'dsad ' $ PARAML rsp3xr//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,N3x//S,N,NOR12x $ if (solapp<>'STNMBK' and nor12x=-1 ) then $ delete /rsp3xm,,,, $ n3xt = 0 $ endif $
CR 1-63380341 MSC / MD Nastran CFAST elements with superelements - SFM 3001 in MODCXX If CFAST are used with Superelements, the following error will occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MODCXX) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED GEOM2 AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter.
Description compile sedisp alter 'if ( connect '(1,),'endif $ connect'(1,) alter 'if ( connect '(2,),'endif $ connect'(2,) compile super3 list alter 'if ( cfastp or cweldc','endif $ connect' endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-63482165 MSC / MD Nastran DMP/Eigenvalue Analysis - SFM 3034 in Lanczos This may be related to known limitations of the Lanczos method when the mass/differential stiffness matrix has coupled singularities. Lanczos sometimes has a problems detecting rank-deficient sets of Lanczos vectors and this may lead to the folloiwng fatal message: eigenvalue location information from factorization -------------------------------------------------shift at: 1.1844D+06 there are 852 eigenvalues to the left of 1.1844D+06
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Known Error
CR 1-63482165 block size used : 7 no. of eigenvalues to compute on the right: 167 no. of eigenvalues to compute on the left : 192 number of steps : 0 eigenvalues found : 0 total no. eigenvalues: 168 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3034 (LNNHERR) INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE LANCZOS PROCEDURE: M-ORTHOGONAL QR PROCEDURE FAILED TO CONVERGE. PROBABLE CAUSE: MASS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (MODES) OR STIFFNESS MATRIX IS INDEFINITE (BUCKLING). USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. *** fatal error no. -728 *** subroutine lnnp2cd unrecoverable termination from lanczos iteration internal error code: -6 the following 82 computed eigenvalue(s) comprise all the eigenvalues in the region between the least and the greatest in this list
Avoidance: Not running dmp or setting system(166)=48 may avoid the problem. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Superelements - GPFORCE, EXTSEOUT - Missing output, UWM 2354 from GPFDR, SWM 3001 from GPFDR For an external superelement assembly run with GPFORCE request, there is output for the residual structure but not for the external superelement. When processing the data recovery for the external superelement, the following message will be issued: ** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = -99 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (GPFDR) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED UG2 AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. CR 1-63544598 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-63544598 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedisp alter 'if ( seid=0','' IF ( SEID=0 and not(extout0) ) THEN $ endalter
CR 1-63548168 MSC / MD Nastran Results may not be written in the op2, xdb and f06 when job fails In SOL 106, when job fails after the 1st increment in the 2nd (or later) SUBCASE, the last increment information of the previous SUBCASE may not be written into op2, xdb and f06. Avoidance: No avoidance available.
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CR 1-63608373 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics - SDR1 - UFM 1126 (GNFIST) When a multiple subcase SOL 107 analysis with rotordynamic is run with the keyword scr=no, the run will fail in the second subcase with the following fatal error. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SDR1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = CPHP , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE CPHP=OVRWRT Avoidance: Set the keyword scr=yes or input a unique CMETHOD request for each subcase.
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CR 1-63659021 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - AUTOSPC fails if there are kinematic element in the model For SOL400, If there are rigid elements with RIGID=LAGR case control command, the AUTOSPC command will not work correctly. CR 1-63684101
Known Error
CR 1-63684101 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - FAILURE THEORY show bad output for BEAM3 If the PCOMP FT field is blank, FAILURE THEORY output of "STRESSES IN LAYERED COMPOSITE ELEMENTS (BEAM3)" shows bad charactes in the output for the BEAM3 element. CR 1-63716721 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBUSH, ELSUM - Bad Data in Element Summary Table The CBUSH element may lead to illegal characters in the ELEMENT PROPERTY SUMMARY table. CR 1-63833183 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Linear Gaps - SFM 3007 (SOLVE) In a SOL200, when linear gaps are defined, then if internal iterations are required the analysis aborts with the following error :
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^^^ END ITERATION 1 , CHANGES 2 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (SOLVE) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE FACDRV Avoidance: SSSALTER cditer200a.alt has been developed to avoid this error.
Known Error Product
CR 1-63950251 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PBRSECT - Arbitrary Beam failed with intersecting segments message in the log file Arbitrary Beam problems, PBRSECT, may fail with a message indicating "intersecting segments" in the log file Avoidance: 1. The "intersecting" message typically is caused by short segments with thick varying thicknesses. If possible, keep the thickness of short segments constant.
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Known Error
CR 1-63950251 2. For multiple cells reverse the sequence of the divider.
CR 1-63982967 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - XYPUNCH ignores XMAX in KE-Method of Flutter The XYPUNCH of the vg data in the KE-method of flutter may ignore the XMAX statement, leading to a much larger punch file. The nature of the error appears to be rather erratic between machines and releases. CR 1-64029075 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - FORCE - Wrong Load, Wrong Answers Multiple FORCE entries for the same grid point leads to incorrect loads in SOL 600 when multiple subcases exist. For example, the entries FORCE 1 96 0 10. -1. 0. 0. FORCE 1 96 0 12. 0. -1. 0. FORCE 1 96 0 14. 0. 0. -1. lead to an incorrect load in the marc soltution that doubles the Y load and triples the Z load.
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CR 1-64138511 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Convergence Messages Misleading SOL 200 may issue messages to the affect that hard convergence has not been achieved but then subsequent output indicates the convergence criteria is satisfied. There are two convergence criteria provided in the output: The objective should not have changed by greater than a specified amount and the maximum constraint value must be lesss that a certain value. There is a third criteria that is not listed in the output and that leads to the misleading message: The previous design cycle must have achieved a feasible design. The feasible design criteria needs to be added to the output so that it is clear why hard convergence is not achieved.
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CR 1-64164481 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP OMP error on x8664 Linux machines using HP/MPI Use of the HP/MPI on x8664 Linux systems may result in the following message:
OMP abort: Initializing libguide.a, but found libguide.so already initialized. Description This may cause performance degradation and correctness issues. Set environment variable KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK=TRUE to ignore this problem and force the program to continue anyway. Please note that the use of KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK is unsupported and using it may cause undefined behavior. For more information, please contact Intel(R) Premier Support. CR 1-64426459 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NLPARM Case Control Command not translated correctly SOL 600 input with multiple subcases may incorrectly increment the referenced nlparm id and not translate the entry correctly. . CR 1-64508068 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - PCOMPLS - UFM 6352 (IFP6NLM) If PCOMPLS defaults are taken for the DIRECT and CORDM fields the following error occurs. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (IFP6NLM) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR=9317. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Explicitly enter the defaults for DIRECT and CORDM fields on the PCOMPLS entry. Known Error Product CR 1-64535990 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-64535990 Optimization/Desing Sensitivity - dmp>1 and scr=no - UFM 1126 in DISUTIL for EPT SOL 200 optimization runs with dmp>1 and scr=no may fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE DISUTIL IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = EPT , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE EPT=OVRWRT
Description Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile desopt alter 'delete.*scstm,pval,epta' delete /ept,geom2,geom3,geom4,mpt $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-64550902 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Marc translator error with CWELD/PWELD formulation In SOL 600, if the "PARAM,MARCWELD,1" is set, analysis with CWELDs & Type ELEMID, the shell element identification numbers of elements on patch A and B (i.e., SHIDA, SHIDB) will not be translated into the marc.dat file correctly. ***2009/4/1 ANAYAMA Now both QA data worked fine with MD R3 & MD Nastran R4 Beta1 Release, Version 2009.0.0, MAR 10, 2009 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-64573838 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINRB, SPBLND2 - SFM 3007 (GI) The recently introduced SPBLND1 and SPLBLND2 entries do not work when one or both of the splines being blended is a SPLINRB. Further, the SPBLND2 entry can result in the following fatal error Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (GI) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE GIB32D This fatal occurs because the AELIST data has not been sorted into ascending
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Known Error
CR 1-64573838 order. It's possible this error can be avoided by renumbering the AELIST entries, but this is not reliable. Finally, the SPRELAX entry has an IFP limit that the field 2 data must be unique. This is an unnecessary restriction.
Known Error Product
CR 1-64581071 MSC / MD Nastran In linear Contact or Glued contact, "Assertion failed" error if BCBODY not defined 1. In contact jobs, if there is any missing BCBODY in BCTABLE, the error message is unclear. 2. Here are those unclear messages *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2 (MCNTDAT) *** USER WARNING MESSAGE BCBODY (Not found) *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2 (MCNTDAT) *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2 (0) 3. Here are improved messages
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1 (MCNTDAT) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE : BCBODY entry, referenced by BCTABLE, cannot be found (The missing BCBODY, ID = 2) Missing BCBODY, 2, is referenced by 2 BCTABLE entry (or entries) with a list of BCTABLE ID(s): 0, 1, *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 3 (MCNTDAT) *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE : FATAL errors have been found. (The total number of errors is 1)
CR 1-64697639 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Frequency Response - B2PP - Wrong Answers Nastran incorrectly selects the uncoupled soltution algorithm when an unsymmetric B2PP matrix with no diagonal term is entered in modal frequency response. This leads to wrong answers.
Known Error
CR 1-64697639 Avoidance: Put a small term on the diagonal of the B2PP entry.
CR 1-64762002 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMSMNF - Fluid in a tank gives wrong Global body properties Current ADAMS code can not handle coupled mass formulations of which virtual mass is a subset, and will incorrect "Global Body Properties". In MD R3 (version 2008.0.0) the DMAP will issue a fatal message similar to the one issued if param,coupmass is present for virtual mass in an adams flex MNF run. This is a limitation with current Adams code CR 1-64854628 MSC / MD Nastran sol 106 or 101 - SFM 4276 or 3012 due to GPFORCE request This error happens for SOL 106 when two subcases are defined and grid point forces are requested in the second subcase but not in the first one. The error also happens for sol 101 when more than one subcases are given and the GPFORCE request is in the second subcase only. CR 1-64932461 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DESGLB, DRESP2, DRESP1 - Illegal Input to dsad5 If a SOL 200 optimization analysis contains a DESGLB case control command that references DRESP2 entries that references a DRESP1 with weight as one of the arguments, the analysis may fail with a message that indicates illegal input to dsad5. Avodiance: Reference dresp1 of weight directly on DRESP2 solves the problem with 20055. However, it does not work on 2006t1.
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CR 1-64939234 SOL 400, SEP2, RBE3, SFM 4276, EC 201 A model with solid elements, CGAP and RBE3 elements is failing in SOL 400 with a System Fatal Message 4276 Error Code 201.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (WRITE) ERROR CODE 201 PID= 0 Avoidance: User RIGID=LINEAR in the case control.
CR 1-65037771 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - PARAM, MARCOFFT The QRG documentation for PARAMETER MARCOFFT references a PARAM "MOFFOCRE" this should be "MOFFCORE". CR 1-65037789 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 - PARAM, MOFFCORE The QRG description of PARAM MOFFCORE contains a reference to "MARCOFFFT". The reference should be to "MARCOFFT" CR 1-65049111 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear - CASI solve fails in NLSOLV when "save/restore memory" option is turned off by user The NLSOLV module implementation of the CASI iterative solver interface includes an option to save/restore NLSOLV memory used around the call to the CASI solver. The default action is to perform the save/restore. This option can be disabled by the user. When disabled, very large problems may fail with a segmentation error in the NLSOLV module. Avoidance: Do not disable the save/restore option.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-65063971 ADAMSMNF - PARAM,COUPMASS,0 - Virtual MASS should not be allowed with Nastra/ADAMS interface The nastran-adams interface does not currently support a coupled virtual mass formulation. Thus, if param,coupmass,0 is specified in combination with ADAMSMNF flexbody=yes is specified a fatal message is issued. . CR 1-65153748 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - MODESELECT - Incorrect labels for PFMODE and PFPANEL The modeselect command may lead to incorrect mode id, and frequency labels in the PFMODE output. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP alter compile semfreq $ alter 'call gmax','' $ CALL GMAx, CASEg ,MATPOOLs,EQDYN ,TFPOOL ,bgpdts , ,cstms ,MAA ,GOt ,goq , GM ,USETD ,KAA ,BAA ,K4DD , PHsA ,LAMAs ,DITs ,VAFS ,PHFA , lamaf ,Aaa ,kddd ,mechg ,lammats , lammatf ,mis ,mif ,dynamic ,vgfd , rotor ,rotmat ,day ,nzyg ,goy , phba ,efmfacf ,efmfacs ,mdphiq ,mdgot , mdgoq ,mdvft ,mdmap ,mdgrdrm ,VEFS , KPP ,MPP ,BPP ,uset / , ,CMDD ,CK2DD ,CB2DD , MHH ,BHH ,KHH ,PHDH ,VPHFS , K2MG ,M2MG ,B2MG ,K2SF ,M2SF , B2SF ,k2ss ,m2ss ,b2ss ,btab , modselsv,MODELSTS,MODELSTF,vgfdt , , b2dsf ,m2dsf ,k2dsf ,k4hh ,phbh , lamasn ,lamafn / LUSETD /SOLTYP /APP /NOUE /NOA / FALSE /S,FMODE /FALSE /FALSE /FS / NOMSET /fonly /S,FMODEF/freqdep /s,xfastfr/ mdotm0 /rsonly $ alter 'call pfact','' $ CALL PFACT CASEF ,BGPDTS ,USET ,USETD ,SILS , GOT ,GOQ ,GM ,PHDH ,LAMASn , LAMAFn ,UHF ,FOL ,PHF ,VGFS ,
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Known Error
CR 1-65153748 VPHFS ,KHH ,BHH ,MHH ,ABE , AGG ,mdotm ,YPF1 ,RPY ,YPF / SMPF ,SMPFD ,OSMPF1 ,AFMPF ,AFMPFD , OAFMPF1 ,ASMPF ,ASMPFD ,OASMPF1 ,APMPF , APMPFD ,OAPMPF1 ,APPF ,APPFD ,OAPPF1 , AGPF ,AGPFD ,OAGPF1 / NOASET /NOOSET /NOQSET /NOTSET /NOMSET / NOA /NOUE /APP /SOLTYP /FS / FONLY $ compile gmax $ alter 1,1 $ SUBDMAP GMAx CASES ,MATPOOL ,EQDYN ,TFPOOL ,BGPDTS , EQEXINS ,CSTMS ,MMAA ,GOT ,GOQ , GM ,USETD ,MKAA ,BAA ,K4DD , PHSA ,LAMAS ,DIT ,VASF ,PHFA , LAMAF ,AAA ,KDDD ,MECHG ,LAMMATS , LAMMATF ,MIS ,MIF ,DYNAMIC ,VGFD , ROTOR ,ROTMAT ,DAY ,NZYG ,GOY , PHBA ,EFMFACF ,EFMFACS ,MDPHIQ ,MDGOT , MDGOQ ,MDVFT ,MDMAP ,MDGRDRM ,VESF , KPP ,MPP ,BPP ,USET / KDD ,BDD ,MDD ,KDDMACC ,BDDMACC , MHH ,BHH ,KHH ,PHDH ,VPHSF , K2MG ,M2MG ,B2MG ,K2SF ,M2SF , B2SF ,K2SS ,M2SS ,B2SS ,BTAB , MODSELSV,MODELSTS,MODELSTF,VGFDT ,UNUSED3 , B2DSF ,M2DSF ,K2DSF ,K4HH ,PHBH , LAMASN ,LAMAFN / LUSETD /SOLTYP /APP /NOUE /NOA / NONLNR /FMODE /NLHEAT /CYCLIC /FS / NOMSET /FONLY /FMODEF /FREQDEP /XFASTFR / DOOTM /RSONLY $ alter 'call gmam','' $ CALL GMAM MSAA ,BSAA ,KSAA ,K4SAA ,KDSAA , PHBSA ,MFAA ,BFAA ,KFAA ,K4FAA , PHBFA ,AAA ,VASF ,M2DD ,B2DD , K2DD ,VESF ,USETD ,PHSA ,LAMAS , MIS ,LAMMATS ,EFMFACS ,PHFA ,LAMAF , MIF ,LAMMATF ,EFMFACF ,DIT ,MDPHIQ , MDGOT ,MDGOQ ,MDVFT ,MDMAP ,MDGRDRM , CASES ,DYNAMIC ,USET ,GM ,GOT , ROTOR ,ROTMAT / MHH ,BHH ,KHH ,K4HH ,PHDH , VPHSF ,BTAB ,MODSELSV,MODELSTS,MODELSTF, PHBH ,LAMASN ,LAMAFN / APP /SOLTYP /FS /FONLY /ACSYMl / UE /NOUE /DOOTM /S,FMODE /S,FMODEF/
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CR 1-65153748 S,XFASTFR/rsonly $ compile gmam $ alter 1,1 $ SUBDMAP GMAM MSAA ,BSAA ,KSAA ,K4SAA ,KDSAA , PHBSA ,MFAA ,BFAA ,KFAA ,K4FAA , PHBFA ,AAA ,VASF ,M2DD ,B2DD , K2DD ,VESF ,USETD ,PHSA ,LAMAS , MIS ,LAMMATS ,EFMFACS ,PHFA ,LAMAF , MIF ,LAMMATF ,EFMFACF ,DIT ,MDPHIQ , MDGOT ,MDGOQ ,MDVFT ,MDMAP ,MDGRDRM , CASES ,DYNAMIC ,USET ,GM ,GOT , ROTOR ,ROTMAT / MHH ,BHH ,KHH ,K4HH ,PHDH , VPHSF ,BTAB ,MODSELSV,MODELSTS,MODELSTF, PHBH ,LAMASN ,LAMAFN/ APP /SOLTYP /FS /FONLY /ACSYMl / UE /NOUE /DOOTM /FMODE /FMODEF / XFASTFR /rsonly $
CR 1-65322401 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CBUSH using CID gets incorrect translator error If a NASTRAN input file using CBUSH elements that reference a local coordinate system (the CID filed) is run in NASTRAN v2007r1, the translator stops with the following message: ** Severe Warning in SOL 600 translator - CBUSH G0, X1, X2, X3, CID for CBUSH 1 is not fully supported. To ignore these fields, enter bulk data param,marcbush,1 This message is inappropriate, as in version 2007r1, Marc has an equivalent CBUSH that can use the local coordinate system. Setting PARAM,MARCBUSH,-1 allows the translator to translate the element correctly. The message should indicate that marc can not be run using dmp with this element is used.
Description
CR 1-65390757 MSC / MD Nastran MDACMS - acoustics, modeselect(fluid) - UFM 1126 for PHFAHX In an mdacms acoustic run using sol 111 the following error message can
Known Error
CR 1-65390757 occur when modeselect(fluid) requests a subset of the fluid modes: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PARTN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = PHFAHX , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. Avoidance: Use PARAM,GMA,OLD or insert the following DMAP alter: compile gmam alter 1 file phfahx=ovrwrt $
CR 1-65434816 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Beam offset for SOL 600 Beams with offsets are translated incorrectly in SOL 600. The offset is ignored and this may lead to wrong answers. CR 1-65529753 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - STRESS and STRAIN with solid elements - missing failure index output In composite element data recovery if the SRESS command references solid elements and the STRAIN command references composite shell elements (see PCOMP) then the failure index results will not be printed. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile sedrcvr alter 809,809 $ STRSORT EFITX,INDTA/OEFITSTN/NUMOUT2/BIGER2 dbstatus efit //s,n,noefit $ alter 811,811 $ IF ( NOEFIT > 0 ) THEN $ Known Error Product CR 1-65561133 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - ACMS, MFLUID, PARAM,VMOPT,2 - wrong answers in coupled response
Known Error
CR 1-65561133 If a coupled response analysis is carried out on a model containing an explicit fluid mesh (acoustic cavity mesh) and a structure in which the virtual mass method is also used (MFLUID Case Control and ELIST Bulk Data), while using PARAM,VMOPT,2 then the answers will be wrong.
Description
Avoidance: Set PARAM,SPARSEPH,NO and insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE GMAM NOLIST $ ALTER 'CALL.*MDDTOH'(,-1) $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,VMOPT $ IF (VMOPT=2) REDOPT=1 $ ENDALTER $
CR 1-65662259 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 600 Continue option is incorrect The SOL 600 entry CONTINUE options 3-5 are not supported and will be removed from the QRG. CR 1-65699319 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid body doesn't move in 3D contact. 1. In 3D contact, moving a rigid body (plane surface) with position control, BCBODY/CONTROL=-1, fails. The rigid-body surface does not seem to move. 2. Use velocity control instead or moving the rigid-surface a bit away from the deformable body works. 3. Avoidance a. Use velocity control, CONTROL=0; b. Still use position control, but move the rigid surface a bit away from the deformable body.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-65900127 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAPRT does not print associated subcases for DRESP3 DSAPRT does not print associated subcases for DRESP3
Known Error Product
CR 1-65930441 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - DMAP modification fails with SFA 427 - LOPBLK table has exceeded its maximum entries When modifying the SOL 400 DMAP with addtional DO-WHILE loops, the job will fail with SFA 427 - The LOPBLK tabe has exceeded its maximum 1200 number of entries. CR 1-65936901 MSC / MD Nastran ILP64: SOL 400, Linear Contact - SFM 4192 with mode=i8 TPL test deck cnt2super which demonstrates linear contact in SOL 101 wil fail on ILP64 (a.k.a. i8) systems with the message:
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^^^ PHASE 1 - SUPERELEMENT GENERATION, ASSEMBLY AND REDUCTION. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4192 (SEMA) GRID POINT 20 IN SUPERELEMENT 0 IS NOT DEFINED IN BGPDT FOR DOWNSTREAM SUPERELEMENT *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4192 (SEMA) CR 1-65937261 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - BCONTACT - Position control of rigid body is incorrect In SOL 400 if a deformable body and a rigid body are in initial contact, the position control is incorrect. CR 1-65983571 MSC / MD Nastran Numerical Methods - DCMP - Signal 11, Segmentation Violation The combination of low available Open Core memory and large Nastran BUFFSIZE may lead to a Segmentation Violation (Signal 11) in the DCMP or READ modules during matrix factorization. This non-standard termination causes Nastran to halt with no Fatal message. Error messages generated by the operating system may appear in the log file.
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Known Error
CR 1-65983571 Avoidance: There are two potential avoidances: 1. Increase memory via the "mem=" command line keyword. 2. Reduce the BUFFSIZE.
CR 1-66004372 MSC / MD Nastran DBC - CMASS, CFAST- SFM 6062 (DBC) on ilp64 (i8) systems CMASS and/or CFAST elements may lead to the following fatal message on ilp64 (i8) systems when param,post,0 is specified. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6062 (DBC) *** DIOMSG ERROR MESSAGE 19 FROM SUBROUTINE BLKFIX OBJECT PFAST ENTRY LENGTH AND DATA DEFINITION IS INCONSISTENT FOR HETEROGENOUS OPERATIONS. TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MUST BE USED TO MIGRATE XDB BETWEEN PLATFORMS. CR 1-66013381 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Marc's parameter option LUMP will not be applied in transient heat transfer analysis According to the MD Nastran R2.1 Quick Reference Guide, the "PARAM,MARCLUMP,0 or 1 selects whetherr the lumped specific heat matrix will be used in a transient SOL 600 heat transfer analyses. However, marc's parameter option LUMP will not be applied in transient heat transfer analysis and a consistent specific heat matrix will be used.
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***2009/4/1 ANAYAMA*** As shouwn below, PARAM,MARCLUMP is "only used with dynamic analysis". Nolonger works with heat transfer. Ref. MD Nastran R3 Quick Reference Guide or MD Nastran R4 (BETA) Quick Reference Guide March 12, 2009 MARCLUMP Default = 0, SOL 600 only. Integer, Default = 0, MD Nastran Implicit Nonlinear (SOL 600) only.
Known Error
CR 1-66013381 0 Consistent mass will be used for SOL 600 transient dynamics or eigenvalue problems with rotational masses (if applicable). 1 Lumped mass will be used for SOL 600 transient dynamics or eigenvalue problems with rotational masses (if applicable). 2 Consistent mass will be used for SOL 600 transient dynamics or eigenvalue problems without rotational masses. 3 Lumped mass will be used for SOL 600 transient dynamics or eigenvalue problems without rotational masses. Remark: This parameter is only used with dynamic analysis.
CR 1-66013451 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NLHEATC entry is not translated The NLHEATC entry is not translated for SOL 600 transient heat transfer analysis. it is only translated for steady state heat transfer analyisis.
Description
***2009/4/1 ANAYAMA NLHEATC entries in transient heat transfer analyses worked with MD Nastran R4 Beta1 Release, Version 2009.0.0, MAR 10, 2009. CR 1-66026575 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - DSAD - BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GREAD The DSAD module attempts to identify grid id's on the dresp1 entry that do not exist. If the missiing grid is called out in the final subcase and there are no other grids invoked by this subcase, the message: BIOMSG: ERROR 3001 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GREAD , FILE INDEX = 0. wil be output from the DSAD module. Avoidance: When the above message occurs in the DSAD module, a check should be made to inusre that all the GRID id's referenced on DRESP1 entries exist.
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Known Error
CR 1-66026799 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRSPAN, DESGLB and DESSUB may fail in dsad module - SFM 6926 A SOL 200 job with DRSPAN and DESGLB/DESSUB that point to the same constraint set may fail in the DSAD module with SFM 6296 unable to allocate a data block.
Description Avodiance: This is a user input error which can be avoided by removing the desglb command in the case control. The presence of drspan turns off the checking logic for usage of DRESP1 in DESGLB. The checking logic should be active for those DRESP1s that have nothing to do with DRSPAN. Known Error Product CR 1-66194316 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with DRESP3 having multiple spaces between arguments in USRDATA may fail with UFM 316 SOl 200 optimization job with DRESP3 with USRDATA option has multiple spaces between arguments may fail with following UFM 316. Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY DRESP3 Avoidance: use a single space between USRDATA arguments. Known Error Product CR 1-66195125 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - EPOINTs and DELAY entries in dynamic response, wrong answers, UWM 4193 (DPD7) If a model contains EPOINTs where at least one EPOINT has an id lower than a loaded GRID point and the model contains DELAY entries, the answers may be wrong. The f06 file contains the warning message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4193 (DPD7) NO EXCITATION HAS BEEN SPECIFIED FOR ANY OF THE COMPONENTS SPECIFIED ON DELAY SET X REFERENCED ON TLOADi ENTRY X where X are integer values.
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Known Error
CR 1-66195125 Avoidance: Renumber the epoints. Ensure the EPOINT ids are always higher than the largest GRID poiint or SPOINT ids.
CR 1-66224284 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE, SPRELAX, SPBLNDi - Incorrect Results There are two errors that affect spline processing with the spline relax feature and the spline blend feature. 1. If the blend region does not cover the entire overlap region, the splines are averaged in the unblended area when they should take their value from: f_1(x) = 1 and f_2(x) = 0 for x < -D1 f_1(x) = 0 and f_2(x) = 1 for x > D2 2. If the same spline is relaxed on two different SPRELAX entries it is possible that neither is entry is processed.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-66226424 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - No velocity input on a AERO entry leads to wrong answers or poor message In aeroelastic analysis if the user neglects to specify a velocity value on the AERO bulk data entry the analysis may fail with the message below or wrong answers may be produced. The FPU has been reset after floating point exception
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Known Error Product
CR 1-66267651 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBMSECT - UFM 7602 (DOPR1I) with arbitrary beasm cross section SOL 200 with arbitrary beam cross sections, PBMSECT, may encounter the message: USER FATAL MESSAGE 7602 (DOPR1I)
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Known Error
CR 1-66309821
CR 1-66309821 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - GP5 issues UIM 6207 with null method type The GP5 module issues USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6207 when there is no ACMODL bulk data entry defined. The message is supposed to indicate the method that will be used, but the field is blank becuase it has not been initialized prior to the message being issued. CR 1-66309911 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - MCFRACTION output incorrect when MODESELECT used When the MODESELECT case control command is used to select modes to be used in the modal analysis and the MCFRACTION command is also present in the case control, the structure's natural frequency value in the MCFRACTION output may be incorrect. The value is wrong if the number of modes selected is less than the number of modes actually found in the eigenvalue analysis. The mode number is correct when it is only the natural frequncy value that is wrong. CR 1-66380596 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - bar/beam library, part superelements - UWM 73(PRGWHR) If PBARL or PBEAML are present in part superlements then the following warning message will be issued and can safely be ignored. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 73 (PRGWHR) THE DBVIEW PARAMETER NAMED ARBMID IS UNDEFINED LOCALLY *** COMPILATION DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION *** 1. STATEMENT TYPE: WHERE CLAUSE 2. CLAUSE: ARBMID>0 AND (PEID=4 AND DESITER=0 AND PVALID=0 AND APRCH=' ' AND HIGHQUAL=0 AND AUXMID=0 AND DESINC =0 AND DISCRETE=FALSE AND DBLOCFRM=' ') Avoidance: None
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CR 1-66384331
CR 1-66384331 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - PFMODE case control commdand STRUCTMP keyword The PFMODE case control command requests modal participation factor output (MPF). The format of the command allows for specification of either STRUCTURE or FLUID. The STRUCTURE option produces structural MPF output using structural natural frequencies. The FLUID option produces acoustic MPF output using structural natural frequencies for acoustic structure MPF and fluid natural frequncies for acoustic fluid and panel MPF. For both cases, the STRUCTMP keyword is used to define the number of structural modes that are used during MPF calculations. When both PFMODE(STRUCTURE...) and PFMODE(FLUID...) are present in the input case control, the STRUCTMP keyword is not interpreted according to the QRG description. Rather, the value used in the structure MPF computations is the maximum of the STRUCTMP keyword values supplied in the two commands. CR 1-66435501 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods - Large Frequency Response Model, UFM 6062 and "Access violation" Matrix Methods - Large Frequency Response Model, UFM 6062 and "Access violation" error. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6062 (DBC) *** DIOMSG ERROR MESSAGE 6 FROM SUBROUTINE WRTLST OVERFLOW OF DICTIONARY PRIMARY INDEX FOR DATA BASE UNIT 1. Possible avoidance: use NASTRAN DBCFACT = 4 Fixed in MD2010.
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CR 1-66552807 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - CHACAB - Incorrect mass for 16 node element The mass matrix for the 16 node CHACAB acoustic barrier element is not correct.
CR 1-66580568 MSC / MD Nastran RIGID=LAGRANGE in sol 101 produces no mpc forces When RIGID=LAGRANGE is set in a sol 101 run and mpc forces are requested, no mpc forces are calculated. A sample deck, test_mpc_forces.bdf, is provided to duplicate the problem. test_mpc_forces.bdf includes requests for mpcforces=all and rigid=lagrange and it produces no mpc force output in the .f06. The MAXIMUM MPCFORCES output also is all zero. If you take the RIGID=LAGRANGE card out of test_mpc_forces.bdf, then mpc forces are calculated properly. The only current work around is to pull the mpc force data from the gpforce output. CR 1-66624921 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - NLRSFD - UFM (DPD4) for entry that should be ignored An incorrect NLRSFD entry in eigenvalue analyis will cause the DPD4 module to be executed and a User Fatal Message to be issued. Avoidance: Correct the entry.
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CR 1-66661307 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - ISTRESS not honored - Wrong Answers The NASTRAN ISTRESS is not translated into the Marc input file and the job runs to completion without warning yielding results without the ISTRESS effects. CR 1-66677787 MSC / MD Nastran Superelments - CINTC Elements with Superelements, UIM 3017, Run Terminates CINTC element is not supported in superelements. It must be in the residual structure. A message is issued in GP4 when Nastran processes CINTC in superelements
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Known Error
CR 1-66677787 as *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 3017 (GP4) NO MESSAGE FOR MESSAGE NO. = 0 PARAMETERS = 0 1381256777 538980934 This message is obviously not adequate. A clear message should be issued for this matter. Avoidance: Do not put CINTC element in the superelements.
CR 1-66713627 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - Nastran PlotPs utility doesn't work in 2007r1 Nastran .plt files generated when mode=i8 is in effect do not work with the standard plotps utility program because mode=i8 runs can only recognize and read 32-bit .plt files generated on the same platform. Avoidance: Install the attached "plotps_i8" file into MSC_BASE/MSC_VERSD/MSC_ARCH/plotps_i8 and run with:
Description
md20071 plotps_i8_ia64 JOB.plt Problem Resolution: Starting with MD Nastran 2010, a new utility, mscplotps, is being delivered that will read .plt files generated on any platform (big-endian or littleendian) and with any word length (mode=i4 or mode=i8). Also, .ps files may now be generated directly by Nastran by specifying FORM=FORMATTED on an ASSIGN PLOT statement.
CR 1-66825861 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DSAD - Eigenvector Contraints, SFM GREAD A SOL 200 job with eigenvector constraints combined with other analysis types may fail in the DSAD module with an error during GREAD.
Known Error
CR 1-66825861 Avodiance: None. If possible, run SOL 200 job with mode and eigenvector constraints only.
Known Error Product
CR 1-66833371 MSC / MD Nastran Connect Elements - CWELD, CFAST, CQUAD4, CQUAD8 - UFM 7632 (EWLDPD) If CWELD or CFAST elements are used to connect a patch of CQUAD4 elements with CQUAD8 the following fatal message may be issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7632 (EWLDPD) FOR CWELD ELEMENT ID= 102, A CONNECTION TO ONE OF THE SHELL SURFACES CANNOT BE MADE. USER INFORMATION: THE FIRST THREE SHELL GRIDS ARE 51 53 61 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2026 (EMG) ELEMENT 102 GEOMETRY YIELDS UNREASONABLE MATRIX. ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9031 (ERRPH1) ^^^ NOGO ENCOUNTERED IN SUBDMAP SEMG CR 1-66856588 MSC / MD Nastran CBUSH linear format strain is missing The linear strain output format is missing for the CBUSH element.
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Fixed in 2010. Known Error Product CR 1-66916611 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - ECHO NEWBULK - Incorrect punched bulk data A SOL 200 model with DVGRID and ECHO = PUNCH(NEWBULK) may contain incorrect information in the punched bulk data deck. Avoidance: The output produced using the despch parameters is correct and can be used to construct a new bulk data deck.
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CR 1-66918399 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - BCTABLE In the MDR2 QRG, the description of the BCTABLE entry indicates that it is for SOL100, it should indicate SOL 101. CR 1-66941791 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements and Acoustics - C-set - SFM 6144 (PARTN1PR) An external superelement creation with an acoustic cavity and C-set will result in SFM 6144 (PARTN1PR): *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in KOA is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector VFT User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: KOA : Rows= 4443394 by Cols= 2561 VFT : Rows= 562 VFO : Rows= 4443394 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semr3 alter 'vfo',''(2) partn koa,vafs,vofs/,,,kotf/1 $ endalter
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CR 1-66953461 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RIGID=LINEAR - SFM 4370 (SDCPRF) SOL 400 with RIGID=LINEAR may fail with SYTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4370 (SDCPRF) CR 1-66984621 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-66984621 Connector Elements - MODGM2, CWELD, CFAST, PARAM,CHKRUN,2 does not funciton correctly An analysis with CWELD and/or CFAST elements will not be stopped after checking the connector elements when PARAM,CHKRUN,2 is set. CR 1-66988471 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - PARAM,SOLVIT,YES + PARAM,VMOPT,2 does unnecessary DECOMP of CEE In a dynamic analysis, if MFLUID and ELIST entries are present to model virtual mass and the iterative solver is selected, the solution performs an unnecessary expensive factorization of the CEE matrix. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. ECHOOFF $ COMPILE VMDEC NOLIST $ $ ALTER 'PARAML.*USET','' $ TYPE PARM,,CHAR8,Y,SOLVIT='NO' $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,NP $ $ ALTER 'PUTSYS.*209'(,-1) $ IF (SOLVIT='YES' AND GETSYS(NP,216)=1) RETURN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $ CR 1-67131007 MSC / MD Nastran 2007.1.1 Submittal - mem=estimate does not work after updating MSC.Nastran to version 2007.1.1 After updating MSC.Nastran 2007.0.0 to 2007.1.1 (2007 r1a) by installing the update from: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/nastran200711.cfm
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Description
Description a Nastran job with mem=estimate will output the following error messages: nastran instest.dat mem=estimate
Known Error
CR 1-67131007 MSC.Nastran V2007.1 (Intel Windows .NET 5.2 (Build 3790)) Thu Dec 20 10:55:55 2007 *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: estimate_job_requirements) Starting ESTIMATE, please wait... *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: estimate, fn: main) MSC.Nastran Version 2007.1 is not supported. Supported releases: 68.2, 70.7, 2001.0, 2004.0, 2004.5, 2005.0, 2005.5, 2006.0, 2007.0 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: estimate_job_requirements) a.estimate=c:/msc.software/msc.nastran/2007r1a/msc20071/i386/estimate.exe (program default) ESTIMATE processing failed. *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: estimate_job_requirements) Assuming "memory=8MW" as specified by the "memorydefault" keyword. Avoidance: A compatible estimate program has been put to the product update site. MSC.Nastran beginning job instest.
CR 1-67131791 MSC / MD Nastran AUTOMSET - RBE3 - SFM 4276 (BLDPRD) A simulation with RBE3s that incorrectly define degrees of freedom as dependent and independent produces the follwing unsatisfactory fatal message if used with AUTOMSET (PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES). *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPRD) ERROR CODE 211 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (BLDPRD) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. USER ACTION: THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO MSC FOR DEBUGGING YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. CR 1-67191021
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Known Error
CR 1-67191021 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement - DMIGPCH - BIOMSG: ERROR 201 During an assembly run using the external superelement feature, the job may fail with the following unclear message in IFP if the DMIGPCH option and data recovery is requested for the external superelement. This error is fixed in MDR3. BIOMSG: ERROR 201 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE WRITE , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0
Description
********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE ********* INDEX LOGNAME STREAM_ID NAME 1 SCRATCH 00000001 c:/scratch/assembly.T3284_17.SCRATCH Avoidance: There are 2 possible avoidances. 1. Use the op2 file option. 2. If data recovery is not needed for the external superelements, remove the DMI and DTI entries from the .pch file.
CR 1-67273981 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Statics - ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD, scr=no - UFM 1126 (QQGNI) If scr=no is requested along with ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD and rigid elements or MPCs are present the run may terminate with UFM 1126 on data block QQGNI.
Description
Avoidance: Run with scr=yes and insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 1 file qqgni=ovrwrt $ endalter
CR 1-67329861 MSC / MD Nastran Perturbation analysis - Output data storing in postprocessing files In SOL 400 linear perturbation analyses, the solution results from multiple
Known Error
CR 1-67329861 modal analyses are correctly saved in OP2 file. However, the results are not saved in XDB. In MASTER/DBALL, it is found that only the results from the first modal analysis STEP appear to be saved and others seem to get lost. In the case of XDB, Nastran issues the following messages:
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 14 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK UNABLE TO OPEN INPUT RELATION EQEXING RETURN CODE = 1. ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9052 (FEA) ^^^ NORMAL MODES ANALYSIS COMPLETED FOR ANALYSIS= MODES Avoidance: Use OP2 for data post-processing. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-67375341 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - HESS - Inconsistent Results A complex eigenvalue analysis using the Hess method where the mass matrix is many orders of magnitude different that the stiffness matrix may produce inconsistent results. Avoidance: Use the CLAN method as follows: EIGC 104 CLAN +EIGC +EIGC 1.0 0.0 50 50 500 Description or to run HESS with the following alter: compile ceigrs, list alter 65 matprn ckdxx,cbdxx,cmdxx//'long' $ add ckdxx,/ckdyy/1.e-8 $ add cbdxx,/cbdyy/1.e-8 $ add cmdxx,/cmdyy/1.e-8 $ equivx ckdyy/ckdxx/always$ equivx cbdyy/cbdxx/always$ equivx cmdyy/cmdxx/always$ Known Error Product CR 1-67457421 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-67457421 Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBRSECT/PBMSECT may fail in DOM9 a SOL 200 analysis with PBRSECT/PBMSECT entries in the design model may fail in the VKI code with intersecting boundary segments. This failure may occur as the element is designed since the segment may intersect each other as segments becoming thicker. Avoidance: Allow ample space for segments in abitrary beam elements to "grow" without intersecting.
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CR 1-67610541 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CBAR, CBEAM OFFT field - Incorrect example The example in the QRG for both the CBEAM and CBAR shows an "O" as the 1st letter for the OFFT field. Remark 8 documents the allowed specifications. CR 1-67661477 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Multiple SPRELAX entries that share relaxed grids give wrong results. If there are multiple SPRELAX entries and the same grids are "relaxed" by two of more of these entries, the job runs but the results are incorrect.
Known Error Product
Description Avoidance: Do not attempt to relax the same aerodynamic grid from differing SPRELAX enties. Known Error Product CR 1-67677181 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PBMSECT, PBRSECT, DOM9 - Inefficient Processing SOL 200 with a large number of PBMSECT or PBRSECT, arbitrary beam cross section, and design variables may consume a large amount of cpu time in the DOM9 module. The time is spent updating sensitivity for nonlinear relations between design variable and properties.
Description
CR 1-67685315 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - OPGEOM parameter description incorrect The parameter description for OPGEOM reads, "OPGEOM < *1 prints the set definition for all degrees-of-freedom, including the aerodynamic degrees-offreedom."
Description
This should be:, OPGEOM > -1 prints the set definition for all degrees-of-freedom, including the aerodynamic degrees-of-freedom.
Known Error Product
CR 1-67685627 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - tpl test nbolt02b fails with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2007 (CNTLSTR) The tpl test deck nbolt02b may fail on some platforms with the message:
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*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2007 (CNTLSTR) ELEMENT 3165 REFERENCES UNDEFINED GRID POINT 0 CR 1-67694384 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,DBUP, PARAM,DBDN UFM 1127(GNFIST) Running superelements, using param,dbup and dbdn. On the restart the dbup database is moved to a different diectory or just deleted. The job fails with the following message. USER FATAL MESSAGE 1127 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE OUTPRT IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS DATA BLOCK 117 NAME = GPECT WHICH IS ON AN UNAVAILABLE DBSET Avoidance: The following alters will correct the problem. In Version 2005.5 - 2006. compile SPDR1 list noref alter 154,154 $alter 158,158 OUTPRT CASES,ECTS,BGPDTS,SILS,XYCDBS,,,,VUPSE,
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Known Error
CR 1-67694384 CASEDS,TABEVP,TABEVS,MMCDB,OINT,PELSETS, EDTS/ V01DR0,VSPCG,VMPCG,JUNK,/ S,N,SDRS//'SPARSE'/SPDRRAT/ADPTINDX/ ADPTEXIT $ endalter In version 2007r2 compile SPDR1 list noref $v2007r2 alter 157,157 OUTPRT CASES,ECTS,BGPDTS,SILS,XYCDBS,,,,VUPSE, CASEDS,TABEVP,TABEVS,MMCDB,OINT,PELSETS, EDTS, ,FRFlabel/ V01DR0,VSPCG,VMPCG,JUNK,/ S,N,SDRS//'SPARSE'/SPDRRAT/ADPTINDX/ ADPTEXIT $ The following alter fixes prereleased v2007r3/2008 compile SPDR1 list noref alter 158,158 OUTPRT CASES,ECTS,BGPDTS,SILS,XYCDBS,,,,VUPSE, CASEDS,TABEVP,TABEVS,MMCDB,OINT,PELSETS, EDTS, ,FRFXITZG/ V01DR0,VSPCG,VMPCG,JUNK,/ S,N,SDRS//'SPARSE'/SPDRRAT/ADPTINDX/ ADPTEXIT $ endalter
CR 1-67750169 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - STRAIN, CTRIA6 - Null Strain Output If only STRAIN output is requested with PARAM,OMID,YES and CTRIA6 elements are present in the model, the STRAIN results for all the CTRIA6 elements are output as 0.0 when they should be nonzero. With PARAM,OMID,NO (default) the STRAIN results are nonzero. Avoidance: A request of STRESS output will cause the STRAIN results for the TRIA6 elements to be correct.
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CR 1-67770500 SOL 600 - CBEAM - Orientation does not translate properly SOL 600 does not translate beams whose orientation references other than the basic coordinate system correctly. CR 1-67775400 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - PARAM,POST,0 - All i8 systems, mode=i8, produce SFM 6062 in DBC SOL 400 with mode=i8 and param,post,0 may fail in the DBC module with the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6062 (DBC) *** DIOMSG ERROR MESSAGE 19 FROM SUBROUTINE BLKFIX OBJECT NQD4R ENTRY LENGTH AND DATA DEFINITION IS INCONSISTENT FOR HETEROGENOUS OPERATIONS. TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MUST BE USED TO MIGRATE XDB BETWEEN PLATFORMS. 0FATAL ERROR CR 1-67780355 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Translation of MAT9 thermal expansion coefficients is incorrect. In SOL 600 the translation of MAT9's thermal expansion coefficients is incorrect. The old and new mapping is as follows:
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New Old 11 A1 A1 12 A4 A2 13 A6 A3 22 A2 A4 23 A5 A5 33 A3 A6 CR 1-67838600 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, MDACMS, and PARAM,FLUIDSE - SFM
Known Error
CR 1-67838600 6144 for MQQ External superelements, EXTSEOUT, combined with mdacms and param,fluidse will lead to the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in MQQ is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector VFS The number of rows in MQQ is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector VFS User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: MQQ : Rows= 116 by Cols= 116 VFS : Rows= 2 no. of non-zeros= 1 no. of zeros= 1 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile mdphs1b alter 'EQUIVX aG',''(,18) alter 'UPARTN USET, PF' EQUIVX aG/aN/nomset $ if ( nomset>-1 ) then $ UPARTN USET,aG/aNBAR,aM,,/LGSET/LNSET//1 $ MPYAD GM,am,aNBAR/aN/1 $ endif $ equivx an/af/nosset $ if ( nosset>-1 ) UPARTN USET,aN/aF,aS,,/LNSET/LFSET//1 $ UPARTN USET, aF/aO,aA1,,/LFSET//LASET/1 $ EQUIVX aA1/aT1/noqset $ alter 'UPARTN USET,PA1' UPARTN USET,aA1/aT1,,,/LASET/LTSET//1 $ alter 'partn po,,vofs' partn bot,vtfs,vofs/bsot,,,bfot/1 $ alter 'partn btt1,vtfs,' partn at1,,vtfs/ast1,aft1,,/1 $ equivx ast1/at1/-1 $ partn ao,,vofs/aso,,,/1 $ alter 'solve kfoo,kfot','' dbstatus kfoo//s,n,nokfoo $ if ( nokfoo>0 ) solve kfoo,kfot,,,/gotf $ alter 'cmpmode'(,-1) if ( methfl>0 ) then $
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Known Error
CR 1-67838600 alter 'call cmpmode' ENDIF $ alter 'paraml cmphof','' paraml cmphof//'trai'/1/s,n,nmf//s,n,nocmphof $ if ( nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'merge cmphof,,,gsoqx,' else $ merge ,,gsoqx,,,,vofx/goqq/1 $ endif $ alter 'diagonal cmmif'(,-1) if ( nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'equivx kqqw' endif $ alter 'mpyad at'(,-1) if ( false ) then $ alter 'mpyad aq'(2) endif $ alter 'paraml cmphof'(2) if ( nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'call newlamax'(,-1) else $ merge ,,,,cmphso,,vofx/cmphoxx/1 $ equivx cmphoxx/cmpho/-1 $ merge ,,,,cmphsa,,vafx/cmphaxx/1 $ equivx cmphaxx/cmpha/-1 $ equivx eigvmats/lammat/-1 $ equivx cmmi/mi/-1 $ endif $ alter 'merge ktt,,,kftt,vtfs,' merge at,,,,,vtfs/at2/1 $ equivx at2/at/-1 $ alter 'merge mqtf,,,'(,-1) if ( nocmphof>-1 ) then $ alter 'equivx bqtr\/bqt' else $ merge ,,,mqt,,vtfx,/mqtr/1 $ equivx mqtr/mqt/-1 $ merge ,,,k4qt,,vtfx,/k4qtr/1 $ equivx k4qtr/k4qt/-1 $ merge ,,,bqt,,vtfx,/bqtr/1 $ equivx bqtr/bqt/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-67838600 endif $ alter 'MERGE ,,PQ,,,,VQ' MERGE ,,aQ,,,,VQ/aQ1/1 $ alter 'UMERGE USET, PQ1, PT' UMERGE USET, aQ1, aT/aA/LASET/'Q' $ alter 'umerge uset,atfs,aqfs','' endalter
CR 1-67870768 MSC / MD Nastran GPFORCE - SET - UWM 2354 (GPFDR), NERROR was set to -98 If a GPFORCE request is made in different subcases where each request specifies a different set, processing may be inefficient of the job may fail with the message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2354 (GPFDR) MODULE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE AND HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO ERROR MESSAGE PRINTED ABOVE OR BELOW THIS MESSAGE. THIS ERROR OCCURRED IN CODE WHERE THE VARIABLE -NERROR- WAS SET = -98 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002 (GPFDR) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 314) IN SUBROUTINE GPFDFR CR 1-67922591 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - CBEAM3, PBMSECT using VAM has swapped y/z axes A composite beam defined using the CBEAM3 and PBMSECT entries will swap the y/z axes. Avodiance: if possible, turn the orientation vector for CBEAM3 90 degree in YZ plan.
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Known Error Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
CR 1-68046176 Installation - MD Nastran R2.1 does not contain an i8 version for HP MPI MD Nastran R2.1 does not contain an i8 version for HP MPI. Critical clients have requested this system and it has been added for MD R3. CR 1-68165091 MSC / MD Nastran Chaning analysis - missing temperature results In SOL 400 chaining analysis while performing a heat transfer followed by a structural analysis, the OP2 file produced by PARAM,POST,-1 will not contain the temperature results.
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Avoidance: none Known Error Product CR 1-68288009 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic, Fluid Analysis - CETRA - PFLUID TET4 element Produces Wrong Answer The lack of a coupled mass matrix for the fluid formulation of the four noded CTETRA element can result in wrong answers and spurious modes. Setting NASTRAN,SYSTEM(446)=1 will result in the old answers. CR 1-68343941 MSC / MD Nastran Topology Optimization - Stress constrainst lead to Illegal input to DSAH31 A message that indicates illegal input to DSAH31 will be issued in a SOL 200 topology optimization run when stress constraints are included. Avoidance: Remove the stress constraint from the problem definition Known Error Product CR 1-68477767 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - DFMFR*: MAXIMUM ESTIMATED FRONT SIZE MAY BE EXCEEDED, Poor Performance When dmp processing is selected with MDMOES the ordering method must
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Known Error
CR 1-68477767 be Extreme (BEND). However, an error in the code may allow METIS to be chosen this may lead to poor performance and the following message: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 6916 (MREORDR) DECOMP ORDERING METHOD CHOSEN: DEFAULT, ORDERING METHOD USED: METIS DFMFR*: MAXIMUM ESTIMATED FRONT SIZE MAY BE EXCEEDED. DFMFR*: MAXIMUM ESTIMATED FRONT SIZE MAY BE EXCEEDED. DFMFR*: MAXIMUM ESTIMATED FRONT SIZE MAY BE EXCEEDED. DFMFR*: MAXIMUM ESTIMATED FRONT SIZE MAY BE EXCEEDED.
Known Error Product
CR 1-68554289 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - CHEXA20 - *** error - alias set up on element type 150 which is not on sizing card SOL 600 may translate the CHEXA20 element incorrectly. The translated alias entry may point to elment type 20 instead of 21. This may lead to the error message: *** error - alias set up on element type 150 which is not on sizing card
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Known Error Product
CR 1-68655761 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE7 - Splining nearly coincident points produces bad spline matrix Splining two coincident points with a SPLINE7 produces good results. However, if one of the points is moved by a very small amount, the resulting spline matrix is bad. CR 1-68672091 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - QRG MATEP - Missing documentation for addrad method The QRG description of the MATEP "addrad" method was inadvertantly removed from the QRG. The addrad method should be described as: addrad for additive decomposition using the radial return process (SOL 600
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Known Error
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CR 1-68799191 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP2, CEIG, LAMA, EiGN, FLUT - Zero Sensitivity Optimization, SOL 200, with superelements where DRESP2 entries reference a global response via a DRESP1 entry, such as CEIG/LAMA/EIGN/FLUT, may fail due to zero sensitivity on violated constraints. CR 1-68834573 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Casi iterative solver hangs in the nlsolv module on Windows verified with r4 v2009t2 pt400casi.dat run.abb 4/14/09 SOL 400 using the casi solver, see tpl test pt400casi, have been observed to hang in the nlsolv module. CR 1-68928401 MSC / MD Nastran DMP - PFMODE, PFPANEL, PFGRID - Extra output The modal participation commands PFMODE, PFPANEL, and PFGRID will result in extra output for the slave processes. Avoidance: The following alter can be used to avoid the problem: compile feafreq $ alter 'call pfact'(1,-1) $ if ( procid<=1 ) then $ alter 'IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMDRCV' $ endif $ compile sedfreq $ alter 'call pfact'(1,-1) $ if ( procid<=1 ) then $ alter 'IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMDRCV' $ endif $ alter 'IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMEND','' $ IF ( NOAFPM=1 and procid<=1 ) CALL AFPMEND PVT,AFPMLIST $
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Known Error
CR 1-68928401 compile semfreq $ alter 'call pfact'(1,-1) $ if ( procid<=1 ) then $ alter 'IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMDRCV' $ endif $ alter 'IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMEND','' $ IF ( NOAFPM=1 and procid<=1 ) CALL AFPMEND PVT,AFPMLIST $
CR 1-68986819 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - assembly run - UFM 9139 User Fatal Message 9139 is produced in the assembly (restart) run of an External Superelement analysis, if a METHOD entry refers to a new EIGR/L entry. Avoidance: use the following DMAP alter:
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compile phase0 alter 'if ( nocasew','' if ( nocasew>0 and not(app='bkl0' and isolapp=1) and (seid=0 and (acms or mdacms or numseg>1 or nclust>1)) ) then $ endalter CR 1-69034400 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Multiple GUST subcases - UFM 5423 Since V2005 and through V2005r3, if there are multiple GUST subcases then the job will fail with the following message. The error was fixed by DMAP in V2007r1 but the code error still exists in the GUST module. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 306 501 54 2 3 108 10000 TRAILER FOR PHF IS 110 2004 54 2 4 216 10000 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
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Known Error
CR 1-69034400 compile freqrs alter 'gust.*cases'(,-1) type parm,,i,n,quit paraml fol//'trailer'/1/S,N,nfreq $ file pdfg=save $ paraml cases//'trailer'/1/s,n,nrec $ if ( nrec=1 ) then $ alter 'gust.*cases' else $ DO WHILE ( QUIT>=0 ) $ CASE CASES,/CASE1/'TRAN'/S,N,QUIT $ GUST CASE1,DLT,FRL,DIT,QHJL,,,ACPT,CSTMA,, APPLOD,ENFLODK,ENFLODB,ENFLODM,ENFMOTN/ Pdfj,wjj,qhjkj,ppj/ S,N,NOGUST/BOV/MACH/Q $ if ( quit=2 ) then $ $ first subcase paraml pdf//'trai'/2/s,n,nrow//s,n,nopdf $ if ( nogust<0 and nopdf>-1 ) then $ paraml pdf//'trai'/4/s,n,ntype $ matgen ,/pdfg/7/nrow/nfreq//ntype $ else $ equivx pdfj/pdfg/-1 $ endif $ else $ $ second and subsequent subcases append pdfg,pdfj/pdfh/1//nfreq $ equivx pdfh/pdfg/-1 $ endif $ quit=2 enddo $ call xadd5 pdfg,pdf,,,/pdfx/cu/cu/cz/cz/cz $ endif $ nrec=1 The above temporary DMAP avoidance scheme was needed for V2005. This scheme was built into the freqrs subDMAP in MDR2/V2007. With the code changes made as part of the resolution of this CR, this built-in avoidance scheme has been removed from the freqrs subDMAP in post-MDR3/V2008 releases
Known Error Product
CR 1-69091628 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - BNDFREEi or CSETi, and PARAM,SESDMAP and QSETi or PARAM,AUTOQSET - SFM 3001 If component modes and PARAM,SESDAMP,YES is requested on a fluidstructure
Known Error
CR 1-69091628 then the run will terminate in subDMAP cmpmode with: SFM 3001 MPYAD SOL103 datablock 201 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: Compile cmpmode Alter 'IF ( NZBK4ZZ','' Paraml /mphvz/'name'////s,n,nomphvz $ IF ( NZBK4ZZ>0 and nomphvz>-1 ) then $ alter 'mpyad mvv,phivz' merge mphvz,,,,,vvfx/mphvz1/1 $ equivx mphvz1/mphvz/-1 $ Fixed in MDR3 V2008.0.0
CR 1-69113343 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section - INIT in RC(F) - UFM723(RDINIT) If INIT statement spans two or more lines in RC(F) file, MSC.Nastran 2007r1 and MD R2 will read only the first line and the folloiwng fatal message will be issued: INIT SCRATCH LOGICAL=(SCR1(2000MB),SCR2(2000MB),SCR3(2000MB),
Description
NASTRAN REAL=902037504 $(PROGRAM DEFAULT) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 723 (RDINIT) LOGICAL= EXPRESSION HAS AN UNBALANCED NUMBER OF PARENTHESES Avoidance: Enter the INIT lines directly in the input deck.
CR 1-69161608 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT4, sparse, ASCII format - terminates without message When inputting an OUTPUT4 file created using the sparse format (IUNIT<0) and ASCII format (ASSIGN ... FORMATTED) the run may terminate in INPUTT4 without message. Specifically it occurs if the matrix has a string word length such that when it is multipied by the word size (e.g, 1 word for real single, 2 for real double and complex single, and 4 for complex double) exceeds 99,999,999.
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Known Error
CR 1-69161608 Avoidance: There is no known avoidance other than to not use the sparse format or switch to the binary format.
Known Error Product
CR 1-69398011 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Complex Eigenvalue with Static Displacement Constraints Fails A SOL 200 job with complex eigenvalues and static displacement constraints may fail if a semi-analytical method is utilized for sensitivity computation.
Description
AVoidance: Use the adjoint load method which is the default. Specify 'param,autoadj,no' to turn on semi-analytical method. CR 1-69423731 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - PARAM,POST,0 - SFM 6062 (DBC), Poor Message The fatal message below indicates that the run failed while writig to the xdb file a primary index overflow. The xdb file may be corrupt. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6062 (DBC) **** DIOMSG ERROR MESSAGE 6 FROM SUBROUTINE WRTLST OVERFLOW OF DICTIONARY PRIMARY INDEX FOR DATA BASE UNIT 1.
Description Avoidance: . The avoidance is to rerun the job and include the following assign statement in the File Management Section of the input fie... ASSIGN DBC='YourFileName.xdb',RECL=32768,UNIT=40,DELETE Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-69539261 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - auto-suport - wrong answers If the stiffness matrix is slightly ill-conditioned and non-singular the auto-suport feature may mistakenly assume the model is free-free and include Lagrange multipliers to support the structure and produce wrong answers. Avoidance: Insert PARAM,AUTOSPRT,NO or the following DMAP alter:
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Known Error
CR 1-69539261 compile autosprt alter 'diagonal dk\/dk1',''(,4) type parm,,i,n,irow,xovr2 $ PARAML KXX1//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NOXSET $ matmod dk,,,,,/srtlst,srtbool/35/1//2 $ xovr2 = noxset/2 $ paraml srtlst//'dmi'/1/xovr2/s,n,medrow $ irow = int(medrow) $ paraml dk//'dmi'/1/irow/s,n,kavsq $ kfilt=kavsq*kzero $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-69563621 MSC / MD Nastran Interlaminar stresses for composite bick elements are printed incorrectly in f06 A Sol 400 job with linear composite brick element with TSHEAR of NLMOPTS is set, the interlaminar stresses are printed incorrectly in the f06 file.
Description Avoidance: No avoidance avalable Known Error Product CR 1-69578457 MSC / MD Nastran Composites - CQUADR with PCOMP not picking up ply direction correctly leads to bad transverse shear CQUADR with PCOMP is not picking up the ply direction correctly and this may lead to incorrect transverse shear stiffness. Avoidance: Uset the CQUAD4. Known Error Product CR 1-69604951 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - VCCT - Incorrect defaults documented for GCII and GCIII field leads to UFM 315 (IFPDRV) Incorrect defaults for various fields of the VCCT entry may lead to the message: Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY VCCT
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Known Error
CR 1-69604951 The following discrepancies are noted: IDCR: QRG indicates default=1, currently these is no default Code will be change to default to 1. INCM: QRG indicates default=2, default=1 Documentation will be corrected. TIME: QRG has no default & SOL-600 only, current default=0.0 QRG will be corrected. GC-II: not supported GC-III: not supported TABGC-II: not supported TABGC-III: not supported Code will be changed to support: GC-II: added with default=0.0 (QRG changed accordingly) GC-III: added with default=0.0 (QRG changed accordingly) TABGC-II: added with default=0 TABGC-III: added with default=0
CR 1-69658860 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - Nastran DMP Problems with Error Exit This CR covers jobs with DMP failures. Problems can be summarized as follows: 1. Job submitted with DMP incurs a Nastran Fatal error. Job continues until terminated manually. 2. Job submitted with DMP incurs a system failure. One or more DMP processes continue until terminated manually. 3. Job submitted with DMP from a local file system (non visible to all DMP processes) fails. Output files from slaves fail to come back to submit location. Here is an alternate description of this point: If a DMP run has an error, and slaveout=y was not specified, then the F06 files get concatenated if they are on an nfs mounted disk that can be seen with the same name on all nodes (ie /nodes/data on tirana). However, if the DMP job fails on a cluster, and the job is run from say, /scratch, then the F06 files are not concatenated. The reason is because "nastran.dmp" will only rcp the log file if slavout=n, and then the concatenation if there is an error happens later on.
Description
CR 1-69675549 MSC / MD Nastran Improvements for SOL600 plane stress models needed If it is desired to use the Marc Plane Stress plate capability, it is necessary to define the elements as plane strain in NASTRAN (-1 in MID1 field of the PSHELL), and the following parameters: PARAM MRALIAS 011003 PARAM MALIAS02 006201. This problem appears to be due to an error in Marc elements 201. For example, the plain strain trinagles with the same numbering work fine but the plain stress elements give inside out messages. Also the last one complains about zero thickness where the thikness is clearly present in the GEOMETRY. In 2010 these elements will no longer be allowed in SOL 600 runs. CR 1-69734486 MSC / MD Nastran Aerelastic Analyis - SPLINE Metrics - GI terminated abnormally TPL test asm4b and inputs with spline4 or spline5 entries that employ automatic blending may fail in the GI module on Solaris, HPUX, AIX and Windows. Avoidance: Run on Linux.
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CR 1-69735046 MSC / MD Nastran Arbitrary Beam - PBMSECT - SFM 3007 (IFP9) on HPUX ILP64 (i8) Arbitrary beam problems may fail on hpux ilp64 (i8) systems with the following fatal message:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (IFP9) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE VAB2 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Run the analysis on another system or use the lp64 default executable.
Known Error Product
CR 1-69900403 Optimization/Design Sensitvity - Static and Complex Eigenvalue Subcases may lead to fatal message A SOL 200 job with static and mceig subcases may fail with a message indicating a missing CPHP, comple eigenvectors
Description
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter compile ceigsens $ alter 'paraml.*cases','' $ paraml casem//'dti'/1/5//s,n,meth $
CR 1-69917277 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Incorrect Results for MPRES output when SET specified Data recovery for Pressures in elements on the Fluid/Structure Boundary may be incorrect if the MPRES case control request specifies a SET that does not contain all of the elements referenced in the MFLUID ELIST data and there is no other case control request that causes all of the displacements to be recovered. If sparse data recovery operations are active, the element pressures could be wrong. An avoidance is to specify MPRES=ALL and/or to specify full displacement data recovery at all points as with DISP(PLOT)=all. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP avoidance. : compile semg $ alter 'MGEN CASES,MATPOOL,EST,CSTMS' $ PARAML CASES//'DTI'/-1/194//S,N,mpreq $ if ( mpreq=-1 ) then $ matmod gge,,,,,/pvgzrow,/47 $ paraml pvgzrow//'trailer'/2/s,n,gsize $ matgen ,/unitpv/4/1/gsize//gsize $ add unitpv,pvgzrow/pvecnz/(1.0,0.0)/(-1.0,0.0) $ matmod pvecnz,,,,,/pvgnzrow,/2/1///0.1 $ upartn uset0,pvgnzrow/pvnzga,,,/'g'/'a'//1 $ umerge uset0,pvnzga,/pvmpres/'g'/'a' $ call dbstore pvmpres,,,,//0/0/'dball'/0 $ endif $ mpreq=-1 compile spdr1 $ alter 'call xadd5 vupse,vgfd','' $ call dbfetch /pvmpres,,,,/0/0/0/0/s,i $ call xadd5 vupse,vgfd,pvmpres,,/vg/cu/cu/cu/cz/cz $
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CR 1-69922401 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - TABLEM1 - Remark is not Correct for Heat Transfer Remark 6 under the Quick Reference Guide description of the TABLEM1 entry is not correct for heat transfer analysis. For heat transfer analysis, the values returned by the table are a factor that are multiplied by the value from the MAT4 entry, y=z*yT(x) MAT1+MATT1 : y=yT(x) MAT4+MATT4 : y=z*yT(x)
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CR 1-69947571 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - DBLOCATE /DBDICT job crashes with Fortran IO error A DBLOCATE job fails with the following system mesage on AIX system: "1525-002 The I/O statement on the internal file cannot be completed because the end of the internal file was reached. The program will stop." Other system may fail with differerent system message. Avoidance: re-run the job with more memory.
Description
CR 1-69978281 MSC / MD Nastran Error with PSOLID and MATD2AN Error: For MD SOL700 R2, CORDRM option for PSOLID is not supported by SOL700. When anisotropic material (MATD2AN) is used, if CORDM=0 in the PSOLID card, the job runs OK. But if CORDM equals a defined coordinate system ID, then SOL700 gives the following error message: CHECKING MATERIAL INPUT Part ID= 2 *** Error PART ID 2 with SECTION ID 2 and
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Known Error
CR 1-69978281 HOURGLASS ID 43 does not exist. This is PART 17 in the order of input. *** Error input data failed with: 1 errors It was fixed in MD R4.
CR 1-70102379 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting - XYPUNCH- Poor Message, UWM 979 (XYTRAN) If an XYPUNCH case control command references a subcase that does not exist the resulting message that follows may reference an element id that does exist.
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID 89004117 -DISP- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 104 SUBCASE 46 CR 1-70113427 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response/Enforced Displacement - results diff between large mass and spcd methods PSDF output from an enforced displacement job - results differ between large mass and spcd methods CR 1-70170479 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DFREQ - Wrong sensitivities for multiple boundary conditions SOL 200 with DFREQ and multiple boundary condition static subcases may produce incorrect sensitivity coefficient.
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Description
Avoidance: Inclue the following DMAP alters compile pslgdv $ alter 'dbview.*case0','' $
Known Error
CR 1-70170479 DBVIEW CASE0=casdsn WHERE (SEID=0 ) $ $ compile respsen $ alter 'dbview.*case0','' $ DBVIEW CASE0=casdsn WHERE (SEID=0 ) $
CR 1-70251161 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATMOD Option 12 has problems with Complex Matrices For complex matrices, if a column's first entry is of the form ( 0.0, i ) then this column is mistakenly identified by MATMOD Option 12 as a null column when all other entries in the column are 0.0.
Description Avoidance: Use MATMOD option 34 to divide the complex matrix into two real matrices and search these two matrices for null columns. Known Error Product CR 1-70311681 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - MONTPNT1 - Results with multiple boundary conditions can be in error If a sol 101 run is made that includes monpnt1 entries and multiple boundary conditions, only the a-set from the final subcase is used in reducing the loads to the a-set with the result that the monpnt1 results can be in error for the preceding subcases. CR 1-70386662 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PLOAD1 or PLOAD4 - UFM 2268 or UFM 3001 in subdmap UPDATE A SOL 200 model with both SAERO and STATIC subcases and PLOAD1 or PLOAD4 entries, will fail with the messages: Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2286 (SSGSLB) ELEMENT 869689 REFERENCED ON PLOAD1 2 NOT FOUND *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SSG1) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 5 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Known Error
CR 1-70386662 USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 105 AND SUBROUTINE IS GOPEN Avoidance: Apply the following dmap avoidance. compile update alter ' ssg1 ','' paraml cases//'dti'/1/394//s,n,nsm $ TA1 ,,ECTS,EPTs,BGPDTS,SILS,ETT,CSTM0,,,,,/ EST0,,GEI,GPECT0,,,ditid,,nsmest/ LUSETS/-1/S,N,NOSIMP/1/S,N,NOGENL/0//////nsm $ SSG1 SLT,BGPDTS,CSTMS,medge,EST0,MPTS,ETT,EDT,,CASESX, DIT,,DEQATN,DEQIND,gpsnts,cstm0,scstm,geom4s,,,,,,/ pg,,,,/luset/1//'allids '///seid $$
Known Error Product
CR 1-70408015 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SMETHOD description in Case control applicability command is inconsistent The QRG description of the SMETHOD case control command is inconsistent with the applicability table. The table needs to be updated to show solutions 106 and 111 as being applicable. CR 1-70446681 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-70446681 SOL 600 - MATEP - Ryield field is ignore In SOL 600, the Ryield field of MATEP entry is ignored. The user can not select yield criteria. CR 1-70565176 MSC / MD Nastran Constrained Displacement - PARAM,CDITER mutliple subases - misleading message. Misleading messages are produced when PARAM,CDITER is used with multiple subcases:
Description
CONSTRAINED DISPLACEMENT ITERATIONS CONVERGED LOAD CASE The message should indicate the subcase identification number and not the load case sequential identification number. Avoidance: None
CR 1-70645371 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Rigid Body enforced displacement yields null results SOL 400 with rigid body enforced displacement yields null results. CR 1-70704881 MSC / MD Nastran Splines - SPLINEX - UFM 2330 (GIMAPX) If SPLINEX is the only spline type in the input file, then it is possible that the SET1 entries from the independent element component be added to the SET1 record of the SPLINE datablock in MKSPLINE. These SET1 entries are already processed in the MAKECOMP module and their data are already in the SPLINE datablock on the AECOMP record. The GI module processing of SPLINEX does not need these SET1 entries. However, the GI module also performs error checking on the SET1 entries and assumes that the data are all grid IDs. Having element IDs in the SET1 list can lead to the following fatal error:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-70704881 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2330 (GIMAPX) USER INFORMATION: SET1 OR SPLINE3 ENTRY NO. 100001 REFERENCES EXTERNAL ID NO. 8000001 WHICH DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: The workaround is to create a dummy grid with the same ID as the 'missing' element.
CR 1-70758041 MSC / MD Nastran Problem with redundant constraints in mechanism model When there are more degrees of freedom specified in the dependent set than there are degrees of freedom in the left-over set, the process of automatic selection of the dependent degrees of freedom (AUTOMSET) for a set of rigid body element constraint equations may fail to identify a non-singular set of dependent degrees of freedom. This can occur if the RBE elements in the problem combine to produce a redundant m-set indicating that the problem is over-constrained in the set. CR 1-70821471 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DRESP3 - SFM 3007 Illegal input to DOM10L with DRESP3 and P2CR set If an attempt is made to limit the print of the most critcal constraints and their associated responses using the P2CR parameter on the DOPTPRM entry and there are DRESP3 responses, the following error will be output:
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Known Error Product
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*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM10) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DOM10L User Avoidance: Remove the P2Cr request or modify the P2 value so that responses are not reported. Suppressing the print as suggested above does not affect the optimzation task.
Known Error Product
CR 1-70832105 SFM 7796 encountered in the thermal radiation run using window exe- Only on PC window platform A thermal radiation run on windows may fail with the following error. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4534 (RMG2) 491 ELEMENTS HAVE A TOTAL VIEW FACTOR (FA/A) LESS THAN 0.99, ENERGY MAY BE LOST TO SPACE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7796 (DFMSA) THE MAXIMUM INTEGER VALUE IS EXCEEDED. USER INFORMATION: THE MAXIMUM INTEGER NUMBER ALLOWED ON YOUR MACHINE IS 1073741823. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF REAL STACK ELEMENTS WAS COMPUTED TO BE 2008395466. USER ACTION: USE A DIFFERENT RE-ORDERING SCHEME VIA SYSTEM(206), OR REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR MODEL. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6136 (DFMN) INSUFFICIENT CORE FOR NUMERIC PHASE OF SPARSE DECOMPOSITION. USER ACTION: INCREASE CORE BY AN ESTIMATED 12713 K WORDS. WARNING: THE ABOVE NUMBER IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE, THE ACTUAL CORE SIZE NEEDED MAY BE HIGHER. 0FATAL ERROR 1 * * * END OF JOB * * * Other platforms do not seem to exhibit the error.
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CR 1-70932613 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements/Acoustics - PF command in PFACT when SESET/PART/EXTSEOUT present - SFM 6144 PF command in PFACT when SESET/PART/EXTSEOUT present may lead to the following fatal message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in ABE is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector VGFS User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors:
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Known Error
CR 1-70932613 ABE : Rows= 41565 by Cols= 9147 VGFS : Rows= 41565 Avoidance: Request alter from client support for Version 2005r3b or 2007r1a. PFACT was not initially written to address superelement use. Note that the acoustic cavity and coupled structure must be in the residual.
Known Error Product
CR 1-70999911 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - NSML and NSML1 area calculations sensitive to element order Wrong Answers NSML and NSML1 area calculations have been provend to be sensitive to element order and this can lead to wrong answers. CR 1-71075451 MSC / MD Nastran Splines - SPRELAX can give wrong answers The SPRELAX entry is used to smooth a spline based on an adjacent spline. Wrong answers may result when this is used to perform relaxation based on multiple adjacent splines User Avoidance: Do not attempt to perform the relaxation based on multiple adjacent splines.
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CR 1-71200197 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - NSTATE specification ignored, Incorrect number of states in post file. SOL 600 in Version 2007.0.0 does not process the AUTO STEP entry correctly and all calculated states may be written to the post file even though NSTATE is specified. CR 1-71254171 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Command Line can not redirect output to different direct when the jid has a "-"
Known Error Product
CR 1-71254171 The command line for a SOL 600 job can not redirect the output to a different directory using out= if the jid contains a "-". CR 1-71296521 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - DOMAINSOLVER ACMS, AUTOQSET, ADAMSMNF - UFM 5423 If ACMS is requested with ADAMSMNF Case Control and PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES then the run will fail with: USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SMPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS TRAILER FOR TRANS IS 101 6942 6942 TRAILER FOR MJJBW IS 102 6936 6936 TRAILER FOR TRANS IS 103 6942 6942 Avoidance: Replace PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES with user-specified q-set or insert the following DMAP alter: compile mdphs1b alter 'MATGEN ,\/VxSPARSE'(,-1) delete /vxsparse,,,, $ compile phase1dr alter 'call mdphs1b' type parm,nddl,i,n,xnoq,xnoqt $ xnoq=xnoqt $ np=xnoqt-xnoq $ matgen ,/vq/6/xnoqt/np/xnoq $ paraml mgq//'null'////s,n,nlmgq $ if ( nlmgq>-1 ) then $ merge mgq ,,,,vq,/mxq/1 $ delete /mgq,,,, $ $ include mgq in mgg for correct resviner vect trnsp mxq/mxqt $ umerge1 uset,mgg,mxqt,mxq,/mgg1/lgset//'q' $ equivx mgg1/mgg/-1 $ umerge1 uset,mxq,,,/mga/lgset//'q'/1 $ append else $ umerge1 uset,mgg,,,/mgg1/lgset//'q' $ append equivx mgg1/mgg/-1 $ endif $ nlmgq>-1
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Known Error
CR 1-71296521 paraml kmg//'null'////s,n,nlkmg $ if ( nlkmg>-1 ) then $ umerge1 uset,kmg,,,/kmg1/lgset//'q'/2 $ equivx kmg1/kmg/-1 $ endif $ nlkmg>-1 $ Form MMG and MSF equivx mga/mna/nomset $ if ( nomset>-1 ) then $ umerge1 uset,mmg,,,/mmg1/lgset//'q'/2 $ upartn uset,mga/mna1,mma,,/lgset/lnset//1 $ mpyad gm,mma,mna1/mna/1 $ paraml mma//'null'////s,n,nlmma $ if ( nlmma>-1 ) then $ umerge1 uset,mma,,,/mmag/lgset/'q'//2 $ delete /mmg,,,, $ add5 mmg1,mmag,,,/mmg $ else $ equivx mmg1/mmg/-1 $ endif $ nlmma>-1 endif $ nomset>-1
CR 1-71332021 MSC / MD Nastran [MD Explicit] AXIS option for TABLED1 causes an error. For SOL 700 the AXIS option for TABLED1 causes an error. The MDR3 documentation was changed to add a remark for TABLED1, "LOG is not supported for SOLs 600 or 700. Fields 3 and 4 should be blank." No code changes were made for MDR3. For 2010, if LOG is entered in field 3 or 4 the job will fatal out and if LINEAR is entered the field in field 3 or 4 the field(s) will be set to blank.
Description
CR 1-71435731 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - PELAST - Wrong Answers Starting with version 2007r1, Nastran may ignore the PELAST entry and only uses the nominal stiffness given on the PELAS entry.
Known Error
CR 1-71435731 Avoidance: Add dummy, unused PBUSHT, PDAMPT and PELAST entries with IDs one greater than the largest PBUSHT, PDAMPT and PELAST IDs currently in the bulk data.
CR 1-71466009 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - RSSCON and Shell Normal - Different Answers A superelement model may yield different results when the combination of RSSCON and Shell Normals is used. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile phase0 alter 'GP4 CASEQ,GEOM4S'(1,-1) $ before gp4 type parm,,logical,n,newgpsn $ NEWGPSN=FALSE $ endalter CR 1-71516727 MSC / MD Nastran SPC for grid pt with component field blank applies constraints and rigidbody modes are not obtained. If an SPC entry for a grid point contains blank dof component field, nastran seems to constrain some dof and all rigid body modes are not obtained. Avoidance: No avoidance exist other than making sure the component field is specified on the SPC entry. Now this error is being trapped by the following error message. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2079 (G4SPC) GRID POINT 31 HAS AN ILLEGAL COMPONENT 0 (OR BLANK) REFERENCED ON SPC ENTRY WITH ID OF 1
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Known Error Product
CR 1-71538154 thermal mode calculation using SOL 159 -control simulations using DMAP Here is th eDMAP to get thermal modes in SOL 159: SOL 159 $ Direct Text Input for Executive Control DIAG 8 COMPILE NLTRAN list noref ALTER 'NLTRD2.*KBDD.*BRDD'(,-1) $ MDR4 LINE 456 READ KBDD,BRDD,,,,,,,,,,,,/LAMA,PHID,MI,OI,,/ 'MODES'/S,N,NV////-1/'HOU'////999 $ OFP LAMA/ $ MESSAGE //'% EIGENVECTORS' $ MATGPR GPLD,USETD,SILD,PHID//'H'/'D' $ MESSAGE //'% Heat capacity matrix' $ MATPRT BRDD// $ MESSAGE //'% Thermal stiffness matrix' $ MATPRT KBDD// $ CEND ANALYSIS = HEAT CR 1-71544413 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - mode=i8 - jobs may hang v2009t2 r4 i8 nla009t.dat, nla009u.dat nla009v.dat runs are producing: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 307 (IFPSIZ) THE NAME OF BULK DATA ENTRY MAT6 IS INVALID. PROGRAMMER ACTION:IF THE ABOVE NAME IS A VALID BULK ENTRY, THEN CHECK THE HASHING FUNCTION TABLE(S), AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO "LOST" ITEMS. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (TA0NLMAP) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE IFPSIZ 0FATAL ERROR 1 * * * END OF JOB * * * SOL 400 runs, including delivered tpl problems nla009u.dat,nla009v.dat, and nla009t may hang if submitted with mode=i8 on SGI Irix systems. Avoidance: Submit without mode=i8.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-71603621 Solid elements with anisotropic materials and PSOLID,CORDM > -1 gave wrong answers if LGDISP = 1 Solid elements with anisotropic materials and PSOLID,CORDM > -1 give wrong answers if LGDISP = 1. SYSTEM(447)=1 will revert to the old (wrong) code. CR 1-71680471 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400/Heat Transfer - analysis=hstat, mode=i8, pcomp - SFM 6352 (OXOCOMPH) SOL 400 heat transfer analysis with composites may fail in the ilp64 executables, mode=i8, with the message below: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (OXOCOMPH) LOGIC ERROR: 9104 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: PLYID,NINTP=********** 4 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Run the analysis without mode=i8.
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*** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 1156 (XCLNUP) GINO FILE 103 WAS LEFT OPEN AT PROGRAM TERMINATION. No Symbolic Replacement variables or values were specified. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-71728503 MSC / MD Nastran adamsflex,large problem, MPYAD fails in timing estimate calculation For very large problem sizes, one of the matrix multiplies in the admflex sub-dmap could fail with an integer overflow in computing a timing estimate for MPYAD method 1 storage 1. Possible avoidance: compile admflex,list $ alter 'mpyad cmodes,phi1','' $ type parm,,i,n,nbrcol $ paraml phi1//'trailer'/1/s,n,nbrcol $ matgen /idmat/1/nbrcol//1 $ mpyad phi1,idmat,/phi1x////1 $
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Known Error
CR 1-71728503 mpyad cmodes,phi1x,/cmodes1 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-71790021 MSC / MD Nastran Post processiong - SCR=NO or POST and POST Case Control command - UFM 1126 If SCR=POST (or NO) is used with the POST Case Control command then the run may fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SDR2 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 203 NAME = OUG1 , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE OUG1=OVRWRT Avoidance: Specify a unique value for TOCASE on all POST command specifications
Description OR Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'call sedrcvr'(,-1) type parm,nddl,i,n,subcid,isolapp $ paraml casef6x//'dti'/1/1//s,n,subi $ if ( subcid=0 ) subcid=subi $ if ( app='reig' and isolapp>0 ) isolapp=5 $ Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-71818392 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran DMAP Lanczos error/FATAL with VMOPT, RESVEC, MFLUID This error occurs in Lanczos when diagonal entries of the stiffness matrix have a wide range of values, at least more than 7 orders of magnitude. This can occur when performing an eigenvalue analysis with a modal stiffness matrix with rigid body modes where the diagonal entries corresponding to the rigid body modes are small (say less than 1.e-7) but not flat zeros. This leads an eigenvalue analysis with very large, but not infinite eigenvalues.
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Known Error
CR 1-71818392 The Lanczos code has had problems coping with matrices with very large, but not infinite eigenvalues, so there is some logic to treat this condition using matrix balancing. In this case, the "cure" made the problem worse, essentially by over compensating. The avoidance for this error is to set system(166) = 48 to turn off the internal matrix balancing. This was tested in Nastran 2007.1 (MD R2.1), 2008 (MD R3). With the system cell all three solutions where correct.
CR 1-71901221 MSC / MD Nastran An ESLNRO job with rigid=lagrange command in the input file fails in DSABO with SFM4276 In MD R3, when an ESLNRO job includes rigid=lagrange command in the Case Control section, the subsequent linear response optimizatoin run may fail with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (WRITE) ERROR CODE 201 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (WRITE) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. USER ACTION: THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO MSC FOR DEBUGGING YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. Avoidance: remove the rigid=lagrange command from the input file.
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CR 1-71917401 MSC / MD Nastran FNTOL parameter specified through BCPARA is not being taken In MDr3 and earlier, the FNTOL specified on BCPARA is not been used in the 3D Contact Analysis in SOL 400 and SOL 101. [Avoidance]: In Mdr3 and earlier version, please always specify FNTOL on BCTABLE. CR 1-71931011
Known Error
CR 1-71931011 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SPLINE- Wrong Answers If an aero grid is included in three or more splines and these splines are included in two or more blends and the overlap in the splines includes grids that are outside the D1/D2 bounds of the blends, incorrect results will be produced. This error is being corrected in Version 2008.0.2 which will be delivered in a patch to analysis.exe on the product update web site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/mdr3.cfm http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/2008r1.cfm
Corrected Version 2008p
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CR 1-72004541 MSC / MD Nastran Normal modes - UIM 9119, MECHFIX - UFM 4405 The massless mechanism check may improperly fail to detect massless mechanisms. See PARAM,MECHFIX in the QRG. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile mmfind1 alter 'mmfil1'(2),'' mmfil1=-mmfil $ compile linind alter 1 type parm,,logi,n,mmfind=true $ alter 'smalleig'(2) mmfind=(smalleig<0.) $ smalleig=abs(smalleig) $ alter 'MPYAD U,U,'(,-1) if ( mmfind ) then MPYAD U,U,/U22x/1////6 $ DIAGONAL U22x/U2D/'SQUARE' $ DIAGONAL U2D/UINVSQRT/'WHOLE'/-0.5 $ SMPYAD UINVSQRT,U22x,UINVSQRT,,,/U221/3////1////6 $ U22(I,I) = 1.0 else $ alter 'MPYAD U,U,' endif $ alter 'DIAGONAL U221'(,-1) if ( mmfind ) then $
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Known Error
CR 1-72004541 equivx u221/u22/-1 $ else $ alter 'SMPYAD UINVSQRT,U221' endif $ alter 'SMPYAD U,UINVSQRT,PHI2'(,-1) if ( nom1=-1 or not(mmfind) ) then $ alter 'SMPYAD U,UINVSQRT,PHI2' ELSE $ MPYAD U,PHI2,/U2 $ ENDIF $
CR 1-72075444 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation of JGLUE option on BCTABLE, SOL 700 incomplete in QRG For an implicit analysis in SOL 700, the option for glueing should be JGLUE,1 , however this option is not documented in the MD R1 QRG. CR 1-72075528 MSC / MD Nastran In the QRG there are typo errors on the NLPARM and NLMOPTS entries In the QRG there are typo errors on the NLPARM and NLMOPTS entries. For the NLPARM: Default values for EPSP and EPSW are swapped. Remark 21 mentions CONV=D and CONV=UPD but CONV=D is not a defined option in the field description For the NLMOPTS: Remark 4 mentions ASSM=YES and repeats most of the paragraph. Fixed in version 2010.1.0 QRG
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CR 1-72137291 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Heat Transfer , hemi-cube method , memory - SFM 3008 When using the hemi-cube method for calculating radiation, this particular job failed with the following error message in the VIEW module when requesting 1.6gb of memory
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Known Error
CR 1-72137291 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (VIEW) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE VIEWD 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: The job ran with a smaller memory request of 1gb
CR 1-72142481 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 106 with ANALYSIS=DFREQ, job stops with UWM 2071 and UFM 3046 SOL 106 with ANALYSIS=DFREQ in 2nd subcase, job stops with UWM 2071 and UFM 3046 as shown below. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2071 (DPD2) EXCITATION SET 100 REFERENCED IN DYNAMIC LOAD RLOAD2 ENTRY 54 DEFINES NULL ENFORCED MOTION *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (SQFREQ) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS AND ENFORCED MOTION ARE BOTH NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION.
Description
AVOIDANCE: Use MD Nastran 2010 with SOL 400. An outline of the input needed is indicated below. The primary updates/additionas are in the CASE CONTROL; SUBCASE, STEP, ANALYSIS, and NLIC. SOL 400 $ cend $ freq = 25 $ SUBCASE 1 STEP 1 ANALYSIS=NLSTATIC SPC=500 LOAD = 3 NLPARM=101 SPCFORCES(PLOT,SORT1,REAL)=ALL
Known Error
CR 1-72142481 DISP(PLOT)=ALL STRESS(PLOT)=ALL NLSTRESS=NONE $ STEP 2 NLIC STEP 1 LOADFACT 1.0 analysis = dfreq dload = 7 SPC = 500 SPCFORCES(PLOT)=ALL DISP(PLOT)=ALL $ STEP 3 NLIC STEP 1 LOADFACT 1.0 analysis = dfreq dload = 8 SPC = 500 SPCFORCES(PLOT,SORT1,REAL)=ALL DISP(PLOT)=ALL $ BEGIN BULK
CR 1-72219606 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - NLMOPTS - Transient thermal with radiation, infinite cpu loop SOL 400 thermal transient analysis with radiation may issue NaNs in the message below and fail or go into an infinite loop if the explicit factor on the nlmopts entry is set to a value other than the default of zero. *** IN-CORE MATRIX CALCULATION USED FOR CAVITY 1 MEMORY USED = 780180 WORDS iteration number = 1 error = NaN Avoidance: Set field 7, the explicit factor, on the nlmopts entry be the default of 0.0.
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CR 1-72248673 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CWELD - UFM 7595 issed for CWELD elements "USER FATAL MESSAGE 7595" may be encountered due to CWELD elements producing
Known Error
CR 1-72248673 an incorrect projection of the piercing points.
Known Error Product
CR 1-72269923 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - DMP, EXTSEOU - Incomplete Results for External SE Assembly Run with DMP An assembly (restart) run with External Superelement attachments could produce incomplete results. Data recovery for Slave processes is omitted for upstream (external) superelements. Avoidance: use the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'if ( disofp )'(11,-1) else if ( notug1>0 or notqg1>0 or notef1>0 or notes1>0 ) then $ $ $ Multiply OTM by boundary motion $ if ( notug1>0 ) MPYAD mug1,uls1,mug1o/iugx $ if ( app='tranresp' ) then $ DSAR uls1,,,/uls2,,,,/-1 $ if ( notef1>0 ) MPYAD mef1,uls2,mef1o/iefx $ if ( notes1>0 ) MPYAD mes1,uls2,mes1o/iesx $ if ( notqg1>0 ) MPYAD mqg1,uls2,mqg1o/iqgx $ else $ if ( notef1>0 ) MPYAD mef1,uls1,mef1o/iefx $ if ( notes1>0 ) MPYAD mes1,uls1,mes1o/iesx $ if ( notqg1>0 ) MPYAD mqg1,uls1,mqg1o/iqgx $ endif $ drmh3 tug1,iugx,tef1,iefx,tes1,iesx,tqg1,iqgx, ol1,casedr,,,,/ oug1,oef1x,oes1x,oqg1,,,ovg1,oag1/ app///////splitdva $ $ Set SORT2 flag SDR2 CASEDR,,,,EQEXINf,,,OL1,bgpdtn,,,,,XYCDBDR, ,,,,,,,,,edt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ ,,,,,,,,,,,/APP/S,N,NOSORT2 $ sort2=(nosort2>-1) $ drmh3=true $ skip sdr3 to SORT1 below endif $ not(exterse and noug<1) alter 'else if ( notug1\>0 or','endif \$ not(exterse' endalter
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Known Error Product
CR 1-72269971 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 144 (DECOMP) - From S. I. M. 3001 in v2005r2/v2005r3 to S. F. M. 3001 in v2007r1 If a modal method is used for static aeroelasticity and the aerodynamic AIC matrix is null, a misleadding SIM will be produced. Setting AESMETH=DIRECT should produce results that indicate the source of the problem. CR 1-72278576 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinaer Analysis - PCOMP with MEM option fails to converge when using PARAM,COMPMATT Nonlinear Analysis, SOL 106, may fail to converge when temperature dependent material properties for composites using the MEM flag are requested to be updated with each iteration by setting PARAM,COMPMATT,YES.
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Description Avoidance: If MD is available, use CQUADR instead of CQUAD4 and run in SOL400. Fixed NQD4D.F & NTR3D.F for temp. dep. composites with MEM option Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-72288171 MSC / MD Nastran The NDAMP may not set correctly when NDAMP=-0.05 in SOL 400 For MD R3 and earlier, the following errors exist in NDMAP parameter in SOL 400: 1. The default of NDAMP may not be correct, and 2. If user input NDMAP = -0.05, the NDAMP = 0.0 is used in the analysis. Avoidance: Set NDAMP= -.0500001 or -0.499999if NDAMP = -0.05 is expected. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-72340381 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - MECHFIX - Wrong answers or UFM 6144 If masslass mechanisms are detected in a fluid-structure model and the constraint
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Known Error
CR 1-72340381 modes are printed with PARAM,MECHPRT,YES will be wrong and the SPCForces will be wrong in versions prior to MDR3. But all other results are unaffected by this error. In MDR3 and V2008, the run will fail with UFM 6144 for matrix MECHG. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile moders alter ' sdr1 '(,-1) dbstatus vafs//s,n,novafs $ if ( novafs>0 ) then $ MERGE mecha,,,,,VAFS/mecha1/1 $ equivx mecha1/mecha/-1 $ endif $ novafs>0
CR 1-72340620 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATGEN option 6 - Wrong answers If P4, P6, or P8 are zero under MATGEN option 6 will produce an incorrect vector. Avoidance: Remove the zero and respecify P3 thru P8.
CR 1-72344531 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE - Double Feature Checkout, UFM 3060 Setting the variable MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE is necessary for correct license processing when two license servers, one with concurrent and one with Masterkey or EALU tokens, is used. An error exists in license processing when the MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE variable is set that may result in a double checkout of the same feature. The error only occurs when the features on the first server are concurrent, i.e. not Masterkey or EALU, and the license check for the feature exists in multiple places in the code. Although all products make use of MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE, only nastran tends to check for the same feature in multiple locations, so it is much more likely to encounter the problem. A second problem may result in a failed license checkout when a license feature does not exist at all on the first server but does on the second.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-72344531 Avoidance: If unsetting MSC_LICENSE_DISCRETE or pointing to the token based server first is not practical, then the system may be corrected by updating the lapi.so file in the delivery with a corrected version available at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/lapi.cfm http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/. Please note that due to quality 1-72344531, this problem is not resolved on SGI Irix in Verison 2008.
CR 1-72382555 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 : MARCIN + CELAS problem with MD R2.1 A SOL 600 model with MARCIN and CELAS cards. - The MARCIN is used to write RELEASE BODY in subcase 2 : Nothing is written in the .marc.dat file Note : In fact the MARCIN arguments are well written in the intermediate .marc.dat file (that is first written during the translation), but not on the final .marc.dat. - The CELAS card is used to define a dummy spring for stabilization or a rigid body during subcase 2 : The spring partially defined in the .marc.dat file which cause exit 13. Only the 2nd data block of the SPRINGS card is written (1st and 3rd are missing) CR 1-72393724 MSC / MD Nastran Force on a rigid body Error (original): For SOL700 MD R3,a dynamic loading (TLOADi) applied to a rigid body will result in the following error. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 313 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL NUMBER OF WORDS ON BULK DATA ENTRY MOMENT 1007 SORTED ENTRY COUNT = 44 USER INFORMATION: THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY ISSUED WHEN THERE ARE ERRORS ON THE CONTINUATIONS ENTRIES. 1- FIELD 1 IS NOT UNIQUE OR IS BLANK 2- FIELD 10 ON ONE OR MORE ENTRIES IS THE SAME AS FIELD 1 ON THIS ENTRY fixed in 2010
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Known Error
CR 1-72420191
CR 1-72420191 MSC / MD Nastran Database - PARAM,DBALL,MASTER and DBSETDEL DBALL - UFM 1124 If PARAM,DBALL,MASTER is specified along with DBSETDEL DBALL then the run will fail with UFM 1124. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile ifpl alter 1 type parm,nddl,char8,n,ifpx $ ifpx='master' $ endalter Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-72492073 MSC / MD Nastran An AESO run with ANALSYSIS=MTRAN fails with SFM 3001 in DSAR In v2007 (MD R2), when an AESO run includes a modal transient subcase, it fails with the following error message: ^^^ ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9181 (FEA) ^^^ THE JOB IS TERMINATED FOR AN AUTO EXTERNAL CREATION RUN ^^^ *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSAR) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED TOL AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN
Description
Known Error
CR 1-72492073 ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 102 AND SUBROUTINE IS DSAR 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: No avoidance exist. Corrected in 2010.
CR 1-72560731 MSC / MD Nastran MATD015 is not working properly The MATD015 description in the QRG has been updated and the coding within dytran-lsdyna has been updated for the MD 2010 release. MATD015 should not be used in the MDR3 or earlier releases. CR 1-72578767 MSC / MD Nastran Invalid input on PBUSHT does not issue message, but gives zero results On the PBUSHT entry, to activate the "fuse" functionality, the LOWER fuse value must be less than the UPPER fuse value. However, entering them in the wrong order (such that UPPER is less that LOWER) does not generate a warning or fatal message. Instead, the CBUSH elements pick up zero load. CR 1-72589921 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - Lapi, Discrete - SGI Irix will not work with Lapi 7.3.0 and above MD Nastran R3 on SGI Irix has reached the operating system limit of the dso table size and this prevents upgrading the Lapi FLEXlm licensing layer to 7.3 or above. Until this is resolved the DISCRETE double check out problem, quality 1-72344531, can not be addressed on this platform. CR 1-72664491 MSC / MD Nastran Symbolic Substitution - % in comment leads to invalid subst message in log A comment in the Bulk Data section that contains a % character will produce
Description
Known Error
CR 1-72664491 a benign message in the symbolic substitution report. For example, $ Test the command %unsetrewidth produces the following message: Symbolic substitution request starting at column 9 invalid. Syntax error found at column 23 The message does not clearly indicate the problem. Note that this has no impact on the run. Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-72804117 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SOL 700, BCTABLE - Error in QRG entry for BCTABLE, METHOD field The MD 2.1 QRG that is delivered with the software installation has two items transposed in the description of the METHOD field on the BCTABLE entry. It currently appears as follows: "SS1WAY: Surface to Surface Two Way" and "SS2WAY: Surface to Surface One Way." It should be switched so that SS1WAY indicates one-way contact and SS2WAY indicates two-way contact. CR 1-72906331 MSC / MD Nastran In SOL 600, MAT8 and MAT9 may only have 6 digits. Digits beyond 6 are truncated MAT8 and MAT9 may only have 6 digits in SOL 600, digits beyond 6 are truncated. Fixed in 2010
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Known Error Product
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Known Error Product
CR 1-72916101 MSC / MD Nastran SPLINEx entry does not support displacement coordinate system(s) on GRID entries If a structural or aerodynamic GRID entry has a displacement coordinate
Known Error
CR 1-72916101 system(field 7), the spline matrix for SPLINx entries will be incorrect. Avodiance: None.
CR 1-72962981 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - PAERO1 - SFM 3007 Illegal input to subroutine APD12 The above message will be issued if the user inadvertently places an integer in fields 4 thru 8 of a PAERO1 entry when a preceding field has been left blank. Avoidance:Correct the paero1 entry.
Description
CR 1-72963956 MSC / MD Nastran BAROR OFFT "B" causes error When the BAROR bulk data entry is used to specify the CBAR bulk data entry defaults for the offset vectors and the OFFT field contains the "BGG" string, Nastran generates a fatal error indicating that there is a format and/or data error for the CBAR bulk data entries. This behavior has been noticed starting with the MSC 2007.0.1 version. Avoidance: Place the offsets directly on the CBAR bulk data entries.
Description
CR 1-72965609 MSC / MD Nastran Initial time step is for SOL 600 is not always obtained from TSTEPNL The initial time step is not the desired value for the attached model because the default for the initial time step is to use the smaller of DT from TSTEPNL or 1/100.0 of the first non-zero time on the TLOAD1 curve. A new option triggered by PARAM,MARAUTOC,1 has been added to override these defaults and use the initial time step from NLAUTO even when it is larger than the default DT. CR 1-73000881 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - NLADAPT SOL 400 - Incorrect field definition
Description
CR 1-73000881 The QRG description of the NLAPAPT entry incorrectly references a DMAP field in addition to the correct field description which is IDAMP. This reference should be removed. CR 1-73001379 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700, Significant stress/strain oscillations present during rotation (constant load) simulation. Error: For some models, significant stress/strain oscillations are present during a constant load explicit simulation when implicit-explicit switching is used. The stress oscillations are not consistent with the constant load boundary conditions & initial conditions and are significantly higher than those experienced in a comparable MSC.Dytran simulation. The stress/strain variations are significant enough to affect the solution of an impact simulation. fixed in 2010
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-73001428 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Errors with initial stress (ISTRSSH) output created from implicit (PRESTRS) simulation. WAS: Problem was solved by LSTC developer. Model had some input issues. (6/11/09) Casey/Walter, As Lee told, the problems are solved, I think. The run takes around half day and then I cant make summary now. I will make summary and distribute the results tomorrow.
Description
The stress oscillation is almost zero. We also need to tell our AEs about the modeling because there are many errors in the modeling. I updated the items below to the original model. 1. Boundary conditions 2. Drill Projection
Known Error
CR 1-73001428 3. Shell formulation for the same as the implicit run. 4. Initial rotating velocity 5. Bulk modulus The most important items are boundary condition and drill projection. 1. For rotating blades, the drill projection for shell elements must be set to Full Projection. 2. Boundary_Prescribed_motion card of LS-DYNA (SPCD2 card of MD Nastran) If the dof of boundary prescribed motion card in ls-dyna is not set, the dof is free (?). For example, the blade base also rotates at y-axis with gap from the rotation center. Then, the DOF of SPCD2 card must be set to 10 (z/x degrees-of-freedom for node rotating about the y-axis at location (OFFSET1,OFFSET2) in the zxplane, point (z,x). Radial motion is NOT permitted. Not applicable to rigid bodies) However, 6 (y-rotational degree-of-freedom) of DOF also needs additionally. Because 10 can make the rotation of points but, the points are fixed on y-axis rotation. +++++ When running a prestress (PRESTRS) simulation with composite shell elements the resultant initial stress information (ISTRSSH) written to the .nastin file has errors. See below for details. Some of the items in the ISTRSSH option are known to be wrong based upon the LS-Dyna documentation, however some options are not documented so the status is not known. However, it is known that using the default .nastin file on a rotating composite shell simulation causes it to diverge early in the simulation while removing the ISTRSSH history variables allows the simulation to complete. Notes on results: Significant stress/strain oscillations are present in both cases (reference CR ). However, these oscillations worse for the case that includes the default .nastin file Negative internal energy is indicated in the .d3hsp files for both cases, (again this is significantly worse for the case that includes the default .nastin file)
Known Error
CR 1-73001428 Negative strain energy density is visible in some elements for both cases; using Patran to post process results (.d3plot files). (again this is significantly worse for the case that includes the default .nastin file)
Known Error Product
CR 1-73052213 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - RFORCE requires grid (G) reference for rotation axis (requirement is not documented) RFORCE (angular velocity/acceleration load) has an optional grid (G) entry to define the center of rotation. In SOL 700 if the grid (G) entry is not entered on the RFORCE a fatal message occurs in the .dytr_prep.out file. This grid option is not required in standard MSC/MD Nastran solution sequences but is required in SOL 700; however this requirement is not documented.
Description
Avoidance: Create a grid at the center of rotation and reference this grid on the RFORCE entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-73066637 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 requires SPC entries MD SOL 700 simulation with grounded springs (CELAS) and grids with permanent constraints. Solution fails with the following errors: - error in .log file: forrtl: severe (36): attempt to access non-existent record, unit 91, file C:\data\0-Hamilton_MD_SOL700\CR_-MD_SOL700-106_to_700\spcprm.3dc Avoidance: Create at least 1 SPC (SPC, SPC1, ) Bulk Data entry within MD Nastran input file and reference this from the case control section (SPC=#). Known Error Product CR 1-73140831 MSC / MD Nastran An FBA run with a DAREA entry for a non-existent point fails with an unhelpful SFM 7540 in GP1
Description
Known Error
CR 1-73140831 An FBA run with a DAREA entry for a non-existent point fails with a very confusing and unhelpful SFM 7540 in the GP1 module. The program should issue a UWM, ignore all DAREA entries (since these entries are not meaningful in FBA runs) and proceed normally with the execution. Avoidance: Remove DAREA entries that reference a non-existent GRID.
Description
CR 1-73228870 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling or Preload - STATSUB, REPCASE - SFE 4276 in EMG If STATSUB references a static subcase which appears below a REPCASE then the job will terminate in EMG with SFE 4276.
Description
Avoidance: Re-arrange the subcases so that the subcase referenced by STATSUB appears above REPCASE. CR 1-73336021 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - MATGEN option 6 - SFE 4276 If any of the parameters P3, P5, P7, or P9 are negative with MATGEN option 6 (P1=6) then the run may terminate in a later module that uses the MATGEN output. If P2, P4, P6, or P8 are set to a negative number, then the run will assume zero and this should not be allowed because the zero assumption may not apply to all platforms. Avoidance: No avoidance exists.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-73346749 MSC / MD Nastran The friction force outputs is incorrect for ANALYSIS=NLTRAN in 3D Contact in SOL 400 In MDr3 and earlier, the friction force outputs is incorrect for ANALYSIS=NLSTRAN in 3D Contact analysis in SOL 400. Note that this error only affect the friction force outputs but not the force itself.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-73346749 Avoidance: No avoidance available.
Known Error Product
CR 1-73356415 MSC / MD Nastran Reduction - PARAMs INREL or FIXEDB - Wrong answers or UFM 6144 or UFM 9050 If PARAMs INREL or FIXEDB are specified in the second or greater subcases with non-default values but not in the first subcase then they will be ignored during the stiffness and mass reduction to the l-set--computing KLL, MLL, etc. resulting in fatal errors or wrong answers. The error occurs in SOL 200 and in SOL 101 with scr=no. See also related CR 1-57703594.
Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1dr alter 'PVT PVTS,'(3),'' endalter Known Error Product CR 1-73371791 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - PBEAM with tapered cross section translated as constant cross section, Wrong Answers In SOL 700, the PBEAM elements referencing a varying (tapered) cross section is not translated correctly. The tapered PBEAM is translated to SOL 700 as a constant cross section beam (based on the first cross section entered) and no warning message is indicated to inform the user that the tapered beam is not being translated. Avoidance: Since a tapered cross section is not supported in the dytranlsdyna solver, the only avoidance is to input an average constant cross section. MD R4 will be enhanced to automatically calculate the average cross section. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-73386147 MSC / MD Nastran 1d to 3d contact issues UFM 3001 M3DCONT1, BGPDT If there are no BCBODY/BSURF bulk data entries that correspond to the
Description
Known Error
CR 1-73386147 SLAVE IDs of the BCTABLE entry, M3DCONT1 issues UFM 3001 for a missing BGPDT table. Avoidance: none known. Fixed in 2010
Known Error Product
CR 1-73429260 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - View factor computation failed to converged using the Hemi-cube method The SOL 400 view factor calculation may fail to converge using the hemicube method. Avoidance: Do no select the hemi-cube method on the NLMOPTS entry.
Description
CR 1-73545872 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RFORCE - SFM 5423 (MPYAD), Incompatible Matrix Multiple When there is RFORCE type follower force, SOL 400 may fail in MPYAD with SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 indicating an incompatible matrix multiple when the model also has either 3D Cotnact or nonlinear RBE elements. Avoidance: There is no practical avoidance except to turn off follower forces by setting LGDISP=-1.
Description
CR 1-73549211 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 608 for MODALSE SET Request, 2007 fails, 2005r3b works The following MODALSE command may fail in 2007 with UFM 608 MODALSE(SORT1,PRINT,freq=201,thresh=1.-30)=100
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 608 (IFP1D) THE SET ID SPECIFIED ON THE ABOVE CARD MUST BE DEFINED PRIOR TO THIS CARD.
Known Error Product
CR 1-73626721 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - PARALLEL, SYSTEM(107) - Vendor implementation of subroutine TFORK is missing Shared memory parallel processing does not work on Windows 32 MD R3 Nastran (Version 2008.0.0). If attempted (setting parallel (system(107) keyword on the nastran or submittal line) the job will fail with the message:
Description system fatal: Vendor implementation of subroutine TFORK is missing Avoidance: The MD R3 delivery will be corrected with Version 2008.0.1. Known Error Product CR 1-73726361 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/IOG - Get garbled of MD Nastran R3 Installation and Operations Guide Page 61 and 169 of the MD R3 IOG have mangled text. Description Avoidance: The mangled text is not significant to the understanding of the section. No avoidance is necessary The first The text is not t CR 1-73741883 MSC / MD Nastran Trap errors unaccpetable values for fields METHOD, RACC, & MB in the RFORCE card for SOL 700 Error: For MD SOL700 R3, METHOD, RACC, & MB in the RFORCE card are not acceptable without any error message. For 2010: Fixed: QRG was updated in REMARK of RFORCE. "19. Fields METHOD, RACC, MB and IDRF will be ignored for MD Nastran SOL 700." In addition, warning message was added in SOL700. "MEHTOD/RACC/MD/IDRF will be ignored." Known Error Product CR 1-73747346 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-73747346 External Superelements and Acoustic Analysis - UFM 6962 in MATGEN or UFM 6144 in PARTN In a fluid-structure model, if the c-set only contains fluid degrees-of-freedom then the run will fail with UFM 6962 or 6144. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. compile mhred alter '\/got\/','' upartn uset,vgfs/vft,,,/'g'/'t'//1 $ merge got1,,,gotf,vft,vfo/got/1 $ compile semr4 alter 'if ( mhred','' upartn uset,vgfs/vrcf,,,/'g'/'r+c'//1 $ paraml vrcf//'null'//s,n,fullvrcf//s,n,nullvrcf $ if ( mhred='yes' and fullvrcf=1 ) norc1=-1 $ alter 'if ( mhred'(2) norc=norc1 $ CR 1-73810003 MSC / MD Nastran Imporve SOL 600 dynamics loads for multiple subcases For some models with multiple subcases for dyamics and complex loading the loads are not correct. Change to Marc's "Total Loads" as they appear to be more correct than incremental loads for multiple subcases. CR 1-73816550 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBRSECT - Composites are not supported The QRG documentation for the PBRSECT entry incorrectly indicates that it supports composites and can reference Core and/or Layer. This capability is only supported with PBMSECT and if attempted with PBRSECT will lead to an error in IFP indicating illegal format. CR 1-73873851 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - f04 file missing delta cpu information
Description
CR 1-73873851 The MD R3 Verson 2008.0.0 f04 file (Execution Summary) on Windows 32 indicates 0.0 for DEL I/0, CPU and DEL CPU. The MD R3 delivery will be corrected in 2008.0.1. CR 1-73880221 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - tpl test nlsqa468 fails wit ufm 9196, A REQUEST IS MADE TO CHAIN WITH NLIC tpl test nlsqa468 fails wit the message:
Known Error Product
Description
USER FATAL MESSAT 9196 A REQUEST IS MADE TO CHAIN FROM NLIC FROM STEP NLIC TO STEP NLIC. CR 1-73921221 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Corrected 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivity - Enforced Motion - SFM 5423 (MPYAD) SOL 200 with enforced motion may fail in mpyad with the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR RPH1 IS 101 86 276780 2 2553560 10000 TRAILER FOR UHF1 IS 102 7 86 2 4 344 10000 TRAILER FOR YPO1 IS 103 7 276794 Descriptio 2 4****** 10000 n TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0
Avoidance: Apply the following dmap compile disopts alter 'call fea'(2),'' CALL FEA, $..Input Data Blocks: abe,acpt,,aebgpdts,aecomp,aero,aeusets, , ,bgpdtvu, ,CASECC, caseds,casem,CASERS,CASES,casesx, ,control,cstma,CSTMS, ,
Known Error
CR 1-73921221 DEQATN,DEQIND, ,DIT,dits,DMIs,DMINDXs,drg, , DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ectas, ,EDT,eht, ehta,elemvol,EMAP,EPT,epta,EPTS,eqexin,EQEXINS,ETT,extdb,,,FORCE, gdgk0,gdksk,gdntab,GEOM1,geom1qx,geom1s,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEOM3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S, ,gpgk0,gpksk,GPLS,gpsnts,,INDTA, ,MAPS, matpool,matpools,medge,mklist,mmcdb,MPT,MPTS, ,oint,PCDB,PCDBS, pcompts,pelsets,,POSTCDB, ,pval,PVT,pvtbc,PVTS, , ,scstm, SILS,SLIST,SLT,spline,SPSEL,tabdeq,tabevp,tabevs, ,trx,,,,,VGFS, ,viewtb,XYCDB,XYCDBS,yg,mpjn2o,mpjsfn2o,aempcomp,aemonpt, saemprk,strucomp,monitor,saerg0,aedbstdx,uxvst,pgvst0,,,,,,xsop2dir, CASEDM,LVTABI,geom1qs,geom4qs,selist,pvt0, dmonpta,dmonpts,sdsrg0,sdark,pvperq,dtis,dtindxs,pbrmsd,pbrms, mp1,mpd1,mp3,strplab, edts,ymu,,,,,ifexpnt,vefs,afpmlist,, pjvndx,pjvndxs,/ $..Output Data Blocks: , , , , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,bdict,belm, ,BGPDTS,bgpdt,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG, ,CB2DD, , CK2DD,clama,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,cphd,cphh,cphp, crj,crx, , , , ,Dar, , ,DFFDNF, ditid, ,dlt,ECTS,, , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,frl, , , , , ,GM,GOQ,GOT, ,GPECT, , , , K2DD,k2mg, ,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , , , ,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, , ,KMG,KSF,KSS, , , ,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , lphd,lphh,lphp, , , M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, , ,mjj, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, , , ,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA, ,PHG, , , , , ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, , ,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS,PP1DS,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, ,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , , , , ,qmg,qmpf,qmpt,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, , , ,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT, , ,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM, ,vgfd,VPHFS,WKK, , , ,YS, , , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mdphiq,mdgot,mdgoq,mdvft,mdmap, mdgrdrm,mp2slab,mp2st,mp2ugcp,mp3int,mp3lab,mp3gpf, mp2a,mp3a,mp2sa,mp3sa,s2a,s3a,sdsa,,,,thetam, aciect,sild / $..Input Parameters: AERO/adjflg/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/cnvflg/true/ CYCLIC/dceigcc/DESCYCLE/deseig/desmax/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/dfrspcf/DMRESD/ DROPT/DROPTDS/dstspcf/DVRGCC/dtrspcf/ebis/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/
Known Error
CR 1-73921221 FIXEDB/fluidse0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/IMACHNO/INREL/ IQ/KDAMP/enfmeth/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/mceigcc/MFRQCC/ MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/MTRNDSA/MTRNCC/NASOUT/nk/NLHEAT/NOPH1/N OPH2/ NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/rgsens/RSONLY/SAERCC/SAERODSA/SEKR/ SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/STATDSA/false/ $..I/O Parameters: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/s,BOV/s,BMETH/s,CARDNO/s,freqdep/ s,FS/s,luset/s,METHF/s,MDTRKFLG/s,MODETRAK/s,NMSOL/s,NORSET/ s,NOSASET/s,NSOL/s,PFILE/S,PVALID/s,STATSUB/s,SUPORT/0/0.0 $ compile cforce1 alter 'PARTN MXY,VYFS'(,-1) paraml vyfs//'null'////s,n,nullvyfs $ if ( nullvyfs=-1 ) then $ CALL RSDAMP CASES,DYNAMICS,DIT,MXY,KXY,K4XY, ,,,,,,,/ BXYPD,K4XYPD/ APP/'DIRECT'/FALSE/FALSE/FALSE/ S,NOBPD/S,NOK4PD $ if ( dynspcf='new' or mpcforce ) CALL RSDAMP, CASES,DYNAMICS,DIT,MQXY,,K4QXY, ,,,,,,,/ BQXYPD,K4QXYPD/ APP/'DIRECT'/FALSE/FALSE/FALSE/ S,NOBPD/S,NOK4PD $ else $ alter 'MERGE K4SQXYPD,'(,1) endif $
CR 1-73942581 MSC / MD Nastran Using PVA in CONV field of NLPARM in SOL 101 gives SYNTAX FATAL If PVA is entered in the CONV field of an NLPARM entry, SOL 101 will fail with a FATAL error.
Description
Avoidance: Change or remove the NLPARM entry.
Known Error Product
CR 1-73960321 Exterior Superelements - EXTSEOUT with ACMS - Inefficient Processing SOL 103 with EXTSEOUT and ACMS could perform unneeded operations under the following conditions: 1. No data recovery is specified. 2. A sparse data recovery request is made, and the grid points in the data recovery request all reside in the A-set. In either of the two above cases, the program reacts as if FULL data recovery has been requested. This results in significant unnecessary operations taking place. Avoidnace: Workaround is to use the following DMAP alter: compile mdphs1b alter 'bdryinfo' $ dbstatus caseo//s,n,nocaseo $ if (nocaseo = -1) equivx cases/caseo/-1 $ endalter For one user model, this change resulted in a 33% decrease in runtime (from 412 minutes to 274 minutes).
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-74029506 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - SOL 200 - SFM 1222 (LDRTRN) or SFM 6551 (INPTX2) A SOL 200 run with external SE run and scr=no will fail in V2007 and V2008 with one of the following messages in subdmap EXTOTMIN on an INPUTT2 statement. ============ *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7321 (SEDRDR) DATA RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 60 IS NOW INITIATED. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1222 (LDRTRN) AN UNEXPECTED END OF FILE WAS DETECTED ON A NEUTRAL FILE DURING A DBLOAD OPERATION USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR TERMINATES PROGRAM EXECUTION AND GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN THE DBUNLOAD JOB FAILS DURING NEUTRAL FILE CREATION
Description
Known Error
CR 1-74029506 USER ACTION: REVIEW NEUTRAL FILE CREATION JOB FOR FATAL MESSAGES 0FATAL ERROR ============= *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7321 (SEDRDR) DATA RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 10 IS NOW INITIATED. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 31 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS BEING READ 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 0 0*** FATAL ERROR. 0 NO. FORTRAN RECORDS READ = 0 NO. FORTRAN WORDS READ = 0 =================== Avoidance: insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'call extin','' call extin ,,,,,,xsop2dir,extdb,,,/ ,,,,,,,,,/ seid/setype/lusets/false/s,np $
Known Error Product
CR 1-74077245 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - PART SE and missing inlcude file does exit UFM 398 A SOL 200 run with PART superelements and missing include files will issue a fatal message but continue to process.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 398 (GETLIN) A REQUESTED INCLUDE FILE WAS NOT FOUND. FILE 'missingfile.dat' CR 1-74123421 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - frequency-dependent elements, CBUSH, enforced motion, acoustics - SFM 6144 In SOL 111 with frequency-dependent elements, enforced motion, and acoustics the following message may be issued
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-74123421 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in KFDSH is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector VYFS User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: KFDSH : Rows= 12 by Cols= 5080 VYFS : Rows= 6571022 VXFS : Rows= 12 Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile freqrs alter 'call cforce','' call CFORCE USETd,,ysti,,,,Bfdsh,,kfdsh,k4fdsh, ,,,foli,,,cases,dynamics,dit,vgfs,vphfs,nzyg/ pyfdi/ APP/APP/'enforce'/true/false/fs/fonly $ endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-74141249 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - MD R3 Windows 32, Linux x8664, prog= - UFM 3060 (SCA Service Loader) The MD R3 (2008.0.0) Windows 32 and Linux x8664 SCA enabled builds can not be used with vertical application licensing such as SimXpert or SimDesigner unless a full MD Nastran License also exists. If attempted the run will fail with the message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060 (SCA Service Loader) - AUTHORIZATION ERROR *** UNABLE TO OBTAIN LICENSES FOR SCA.MDSolver.System.PrintServer PLEASE REFER TO THE LOG FILE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Description
CR 1-74160738 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - NASTRAN SYSTEM(206) The NASTRAN SYSTEM(206) QRG documentation is slightly out of date. It currently reads:
Known Error
CR 1-74160738 0 Method selected automatically in symbolic factoring phase (Default for NEC). 4 Extreme ordering. 8 METIS ordering. Metis was developed by George Karpis and Vipin Kumar at the University of Minnesota. More information may be found at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis (Default for all other machines). Should be: 0 Method selected automatically in symbolic factoring phase (Default) 4 Extreme ordering (BEND). 8 METIS ordering. Metis was developed by George Karpis and Vipin Kumar at the University of Minnesota. More information may be found at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis
CR 1-74160923 MSC / MD Nastran Output heading sequence seems incorrect In SOL 400 liear perturbation analysis, the output labels look in disorder. For example: Output heading sequence seems to go from STEP 5 to STEP 1 within a subcase. mug_39b.dat was used for this run. 1 BRAKE SQUEAL COMPLEX MODES JUNE 11, 2008 MD NASTRAN 5/ 8/08 PAGE 50 MD NASTRAN ADVANCED NONLINEAR SOLUTION PATH 0 BRAKE SQUEAL MODES AT 100% PISTON LOAD 0.3 FRICTION COEFF SUBCASE 100 STEP 5 ^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9051 (FEA) ^^^ MODAL COMPLEX EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS - DATA RECOVERY COMPLETED. DESIGN CYCLE NUMBER= 1 1 BRAKE SQUEAL COMPLEX MODES JUNE 11, 2008 MD NASTRAN 5/ 8/08 PAGE 51 MD NASTRAN ADVANCED NONLINEAR SOLUTION PATH 0 BRAKE SQUEAL MODES AT 100% PISTON LOAD 0.3 FRICTION COEFF SUBCASE 100 STEP 5 1 BRAKE SQUEAL COMPLEX MODES JUNE 11, 2008 MD NASTRAN 5/ 8/08 PAGE 52
Description
Known Error
CR 1-74160923 MD NASTRAN ADVANCED NONLINEAR SOLUTION PATH 0 NONLINEAR STATIC STEP SUBCASE 100 STEP 1 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 8101 (NL3INT) The Lagrange Multiplier Factor and Penalty Function values: LMFACT=2.450417E+07 and PENFN=2.450417E+07 flexible body # 1 (body_4 ) will detect flexible body # 2 (body_5 ) flexible body # 1 (body_4 ) will detect flexible body # 3 (body_6 ) *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 6204 (NL3EMA) 1.515527E+01 SECONDS REQUIRED TO DECOMPOSE MATRIX. This is because Nastran must rerun STEP 1 at user-specified loadfactor to re-compute nonlinear stiffness matrix for STEP 5 linear perturbation analysis. No avoidance available.
CR 1-74178201 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SMEM - Incorrect Example The example for SMEM under the SMEMORY description in the QRG is incorrect.
Description
ASSIGN SCRATCH(MEM=value) should be changed to INIT SCRATCH(MEM=value)
CR 1-74181990 MSC / MD Nastran A shape opt job with designed grids connecting only RBEi elements fails with UFM300 in DSAE When a shape optimization job only designs the grid points that only connect to RBEi elements, it fails with the following error message:
Known Error
CR 1-74181990 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (DSAE) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK TABEVS (FILE 104) IN SUBROUTINE DSAE Avoidance: None
CR 1-74197533 MSC / MD Nastran SMETHOD=ELEMENT fails when inside STEP SOL 400 in MDR3 with SMETHOD=ELEMENT case control command within a STEP
Description
resulted in the following confusing message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 604 (IFP1D) THE ABOVE CARD HAS A NON-INTEGER IN AN INTEGER FIELD. CR 1-74205731 MSC / MD Nastran Performance - Windows Vista 64, Server 2008 Vista 64 and Server 2008 64 have removed a system tuning parameter that controls memory usage. Without this option, when memory usage approaches 100 percent, I/O intensive applications, especially those such as Nastran that generate very large data files overwhelm the system cache, to the point that there is no physical memory left and the machine will appear to hang.
Description
Avoidance: The work-around is to tell the various I/O intensive applications to bypass the use of system caching for their very large files. This is done by specifying the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING option in the FlagsAndAttributes argument specified for CreateFile when the file is opened. For MSC.Nastran and MD Nastran, the files for which this bypass is necessary are the SCRATCH and SCR300 files. In nastran this is accomplished by specifying RAW=YES as a SYS keyword for the appropriate files. Note that RAW=YES also requires that BUFFIO be requested instead of the default of MAPIO=YES.) Unfortunately, through a documentation oversight, the use of RAW=YES for Windows is not
Known Error
CR 1-74205731 documented in the IOG. This will be corrected. These SYS options may also be specified by using the SYSFIELD command line or RC File keyword option. Example of these specification on the nastran command is nastran jid MEM=4GB SYSFIELD=SCR*(RAW=YES,BUFFIO=YES,WNUM=32,WSIZE=16MB)
CR 1-74218823 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements and Dynamics - EXTSEOUT( DMIGOP2) - SFM 6551 in INPTX2 If external superelements, created with EXTSEOUT(DMIGOP2, are assembled into SOLs 107-112 with multiple dynamic subcases then the run may fail in the second subcase with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6551 (INPTX2) AN END-OF-FILE WAS DETECTED ON UNIT 48 DURING BINARY INPUTT2 PROCESSING PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. A KEY VALUE WAS BEING READ 2. THE LAST KEY VALUE READ: 0 0*** FATAL ERROR. 0 NO. FORTRAN RECORDS READ = 0 NO. FORTRAN WORDS READ = 0
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedceig alter 1 type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ alter 'if ( gcase' zuzrl1=true $ compile super3 alter 'call extin'(,-1) type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ np=dloop $ save if ( zuzrl1 ) dloop=2 $ force execution of extin alter 'call extin' dloop=np $ restore
CR 1-74241050 MSC / MD Nastran Using REPCASE in SOL 400 gives strange behaviour
Known Error
CR 1-74241050 Using REPCASE in SOL 400 gives strange and unpredictable behaviours. To avoid, do not use REPCASE in SOL 400.
Description
MD 2010 will issue the following error message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 601 (IFP1RULE) REPCASE command is not supported for SOL 400 and will be ignored. CR 1-74301311 MSC / MD Nastran Cylindrical Coordinate Frame used for Analysis Coordinate Frame and Reference Coordinate Frame In the case where GRID specifices both fields 3 and 7 in the same cylindrical coord system and the FORCE for that grid has field 3 of "0" the forces are reversed CR 1-74397581 MSC / MD Nastran RSSCON type=grid is missing from SOL 600 RSSCON type=grid is not supported in SOL 600. CR 1-74419791 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Contact - BCONTACT - UFM 9058 with SCR=NO Linear contact jobs will fail with the following message when SCR=NO: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (SESTATIC) ^^^ THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE AND THE CURRENT SUBCASE DOES NOT EXIST
Known Error Product
Description
Avoidance: 1) run with SCR=YES 2) insert the following dmap alter: compile phase1dr $ fix for CR 1-74419791 alter 'lnrcont=(app','' paraml ACTNODS//'trailer'/6/s,n,n3dclgd $ lnrcont=(app='statics' and nocont>0 and not(nonlnr and seid=0) and n3dclgd>0) $ CR 1-74428631
Known Error
CR 1-74428631 MSC / MD Nastran Approximate mass ELSUM CTETRA, CHEXA, CPENTA with midside nodes Mass can be calculated by modules GPWG and ELTPRT. For models containing elements with midside nodes, the values output can be different. Module GPWG uses the mass matrix output from module EMG and gives accurate results. Module ELTPRT is an approximate evaluation which does not use the location of the midside nodes. CR 1-74429111 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - MATDERO with MXPRES or MNPEPS causes failure in dytranlsdyna - Incorrect Translation MATDERO with the MXPRES field or MNPEPS field defined is transferred directly (as is) to dytran-lsdyna and this leads to failure in dytran-lsdyna. CR 1-74504344 MSC / MD Nastran Modify UFM 6236 message for the case when all lumped areas specified on a PBCOMP entry are collinear The PBCOMP entry specifies lumped areas of the beam cross section. If all the lumped areas are collinear, the moment of inertia is zero.
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error Product
Description
In 2010, the text for UFM 6236 has been modified to "FOR BEAM ELEMENT nnn THE MOMENT OF INERTIA IS ZERO ABOUT SOME AXIS, SINCE IYY*IZZIYZ*IYZ=0". This modified message is clear as compared to the previous message. CR 1-74511671 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 test that gets an include file fatal message should stop but continues. tpl test "istrsts" can not find the include file because the previous job that it depends on did not run correctly.
Known Error Product
CR 1-74513523 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PBCOMP - SFM 4548 (NBEM1D) Remark 8 of the PBCOMP description of the PBCOMP bulk data entry is incomplete and should have the following sentence added, All of the points (input plus mirrored) should not lie on a straight line.
Description
Otherwise the NLITER module issues the following SFM: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4548 (NBEM1D) SINGULAR (C-KRR) MATRIX ENCOUNTERED FOR BEAM ELEMENT 1 Avoidance: Input values that are not colinear for the Y or Z positions for SYMOPT=5 on the PBCOMP entry.
CR 1-74519487 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 heat transfer jobs are issuing swm 3001 (SDRHT) In SOL 400, if the DLOAD does not refer to either a TLOAD1 or TLOAD2 entry, the following message will be issued: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3001 (SDRHT) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DLT AT POSITION 8 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK WAS NEVER CREATED. 2. THE DATA BLOCK WAS DELETED. 3. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON A TYPE STATEMENT IN THE CURRENT SUBDMAP OR A HIGHER SUBDMAP BUT THE CURRENT QUALIFIER VALUES DO NOT MATCH THE QUALIFIER VALUES OF THE DATA BLOCK(S) ON THE DATABASE. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT Avoidance: Make sure that DLOAD refers to a TLOAD1 or TLOAD2
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-74530116 SOL 400 - MATM - FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR In MDR3, MATM data get "FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR" on Windows XP64(analysis.8664.exe). [test data] tpl : ngnoa01.dat
Description
[error message] analysis ends because of 1 data errors *** FATAL NON-LINEAR ELEMENT ERROR 0FATAL ERROR 1 * * * END OF JOB * * *
Known Error Product
Corrected 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Version Abstract Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 3032 (ROTOR) unable to find DDVAL A design optimization model with RSPINR referencing DDVAL entries may fail with the following error: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (ROTOR) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 66) IN TABLE (DDVAL ) IN SUBROUTINE (ROTOR). *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (ROTOR) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 67) IN TABLE (DDVAL ) IN SUBROUTINE (ROTOR). *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (ROTOR) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 68) IN TABLE (DDVAL ) IN SUBROUTINE Descriptio (ROTOR). n 0FATAL ERROR This error occurs in DESOPT and is caused by a call to FEA with missing datablock EDOM. Avoidance: This alter will provide a proper work-around for V2005.5 and 2007.0 compile desopt list deck alter 'l fea'(2),'' CALL FEA,
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 $..INPUT DATA BLOCKS: ABE,ACPT,,AEBGPDTS,AECOMP,AERO,AEUSETS, , ,BGPDTVU, ,CASECC, CASEDS,CASEM,CASERS,CASES,CASESX, ,CONTROL,CSTMA,CSTMS, , DEQATN,DEQIND, ,DIT,DITS,DMIS,DMINDXS,DRG, , DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ECTAS,edom,EDT,EHT, EHTA,ELEMVOL,EMAP,EPT,EPTA,EPTS,EQEXIN,EQEXINS,ETT,EXTDB,,,FORCE, GDGK0,GDKSK,GDNTAB,GEOM1,GEOM1QX,GEOM1S,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEO M3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,,GPGK0,GPKSK,GPLS,GPSNTS,,INDTA,,MAPS,MATPOOL,MATPOOLS, MEDGE,MKLIST,MMCDB,MPT,MPTS, ,OINT,PCDB,PCDBS,PCOMPTS,PELSETS, , POSTCDB, ,PVAL,PVT,PVTBC,PVTS, , ,SCSTM,SILS,SLIST,SLT, SPLINE,SPSEL,TABDEQ,TABEVP,TABEVS, ,TRX, , , , ,VGFS, VGQ,VIEWTB,XYCDB,XYCDBS,YG,MPJN2O,MPJSFN2O,AEMPCOMP,AEMONPT,SAEMP RK, STRUCOMP,MONITOR,SAERG0,AEDBSTDX,UXVST,PGVST0,,,,,,XSOP2DIR,,, GEOM1QS,GEOM4QS,SELIST,PVT0,DMONPTA,DMONPTS,SDSRG0,SDARK,PVPERQ, DTIS,DTINDXS,PBRMSD,PBRMS,MP1,MPD1,MP3,STRPLAB,EDTS,YMU,,,,/ $..OUTPUT DATA BLOCKS: , , , , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,BDICT,BELM, ,BGPDTS,BGPDT,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG, ,CB2DD, , CK2DD,CLAMA,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,CPHD,CPHH,CPHP, CRJ,CRX, ,D1JK, , ,DAR, , ,DFFDNF, DITID, ,DLT,ECTS,EPSSEDSN,
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,FRL, , , , , ,GM,GOQ,GOT, ,GPECT, , , , K2DD,K2MG, ,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , , , ,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, , ,KMG,KSF,KSS, , LAJJ, ,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , LPHD,LPHH,LPHP, , , M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, , ,MJJ, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, , , ,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA,PHG, , , , ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, , ,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS,PP1DS,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, ,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , , , , ,QMG,QMPF,QMPT,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, ,UAJJ, ,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT, , ,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM,YPF1,VGFD,VPHFS,WKK,WSKJ, , ,YS,YPO , , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MDPHIQ,MDGOT,MDGOQ,MDVFT,MDMAP, MDGRDRM,MP2SLAB,MP2ST,MP2UGCP,MP3INT,MP3LAB,MP3GPF, MP2A,MP3A,MP2SA,MP3SA,S2A,S3A,SDSA,,,,THETAM/ $..INPUT PARAMETERS: AERO/ADJFLG/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/CNVFLG/TRUE/ CYCLIC/DCEIGCC/DESCYCLE/DESEIG/DESMAX/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/DFRSPCF/DMRESD /
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 DROPT/DROPTDS/DSTSPCF/DVRGCC/DTRSPCF/EBIS/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/ FIXEDB/FLUIDSE0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/IMACHNO/INREL/ IQ/KDAMP/ENFMETH/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/MCEIGCC/MFRQCC/ MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/MTRNDSA/MTRNCC/NASOUT/NK/NLHEAT/NOPH1/N OPH2/ NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/RGSENS/RSONLY/SAERCC/SAERODSA/SEKR/ SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/STATDSA/ $..I/O PARAMETERS: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/S,BOV/S,BMETH/S,CARDNO/S,FREQDEP/ S,FS/S,LUSET/S,METHF/S,MDTRKFLG/S,MODETRAK/S,NMSOL/S,NORSET/ S,NOSASET/S,NSOL/S,PFILE/S,PVALID/S,STATSUB/S,SUPORT/0/DELTAB $
alter 'l fea'(3),'' IF ( NOSEDV>-1 AND NOPALOAD>-1 ) CALL FEA, $.............INPUT DATA BLOCKS: ABE,ACPT,,AEBGPDTS,AECOMP,AERO,AEUSETS, , ,BGPDTVU,CASADJ,CASECC, CASEDS,CASEM,CASERS,CASDSN,CASDSN,CASEXX,CONTROL,CSTMA,CSTMS, , DEQATN,DEQIND,DFFDV,DIT,DITS,DMIS,DMINDXS,DRG,DRSTBL, DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ECTAS,EDOM,EDT,EHT,EHTA,ELEMVOL, EMAP,EPT,EPTA,EPTS,EQEXIN,EQEXINS,ETT,EXTDB,FPA,FPG,FORCE, GDGK0,GDKSK,GDNTAB,GEOM1,GEOM1QX,GEOM1S,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEO M3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,GPDTS,GPGK0,GPKSK,GPLS,GPSNTS,,INDTA,LCDVEC,MAPS,,, MEDGE,MKLIST,MMCDB,MPT,MPTS,MXOMEG,OINT,PCDB,PCDBS,PCOMPTS,PELSETS ,
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 PMA,POSTCDB,PTGA,PVAL,PVT,PVTBC,PVTS,,R1TABR,SCSTM,SILS,SLIST,SLT, SPLINE,SPSEL,TABDEQ,TABEVP,TABEVS,TPG,TRX,UFOO,UG1PVT, ,UTOO, VGFS,VGQ,VIEWTB,XYCDB,XYCDBS, ,MPJN2O,MPJSFN2O,AEMPCOMP,AEMONPT, SAEMPRK,STRUCOMP,MONITOR,SAERG0,AEDBSTDX,UXVST,PGVST0,ADBINDX, ADBUXV,ADBWJV,ADBFJV0,ADBQKV0,XSOP2DIR,CASEDM,LVTABI, GEOM1QS,GEOM4QS,SELIST,PVT0,DMONPTA,DMONPTS,SDSRG0,SDARK,PVPERQ,,, PBRMSD,PBRMS,MP1,MPD1,MP3,STRPLAB,EDTS,YMU,XINIT,DVPTAB,,/ $.............OUTPUT DATA BLOCKS: ,AEQGDKA,AEQGDKL, , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,BDICT,BELM, ,BGPDTS,BGPDT,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG,CBDD,CB2DD,CKDD, CK2DD,CLAMA,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,CPHD,CPHH,CPHP, CRJ,CRX, ,D1JK, , ,DAR,DELS,DELX,DFFDNF, DITID, ,DLT,ECTS,EPSSE, , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,FRL, GDAK, , ,GDKL, ,GM,GOQ,GOT,GPAK,GPECT, GPGK,GPLK,IUXLR, K2DD,K2MG,KZRR,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , ,KALV,KAZR,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, ,KLL,KMG,KSF,KSS,L2RR, LAJJ, ,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , LPHD,LPHH,LPHP, ,LSALL, M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, ,MIRR,MJJ, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK,
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 ,PA,PD,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA,PHG, , , ,PHILZ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, PL,PLR,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS, ,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, PST1DS,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , ,QKKS, , ,QMG,QMPF,QMPT,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, U2RR,UAJJ, ,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT,URLR,USALL,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM, ,VGFD,VPHFS,WKK,WSKJ, ,XTMADJ,YS, , SAERG ,SAERA,SAERL, , ,PLVST,AEDBUXV, MPAERV,MPSERV,MPSIRX, PRBDOFS,AEDBINDX,AERRV,AEURV, UERGV,UEUGV,UXDIFV,WQKV,,MDPHIQ,MDGOT,MDGOQ,MDVFT,MDMAP, MDGRDRM,MP2SLAB,MP2ST,MP2UGCP,MP3INT,MP3LAB,MP3GPF, MP2A,MP3A,MP2SA,MP3SA,S2A,S3A,SDSA,SDSRA,SDSRL,VGFDT,THETAM/ $..INPUT PARAMETERS: AERO/ADJFLG/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/CNVFLG/FALSE/ CYCLIC/DCEIGCC/DESCYCLE/DESEIG/DESMAX/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/DFRSPCF/DMRESD / DROPT/DROPTDS/DSTSPCF/DVRGCC/DTRSPCF/EBIS/ERROR/EXTERSE/ 'SENSITIVITY'/FIXEDB/FLUIDSE0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/ IMACHNO/INREL/IQ/KDAMP/ENFMETH/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/MCEIGC C/ MFRQCC/MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/DOMTRAN/MTRNCC/NASOUT/NK/NLHEAT/ NOPH1/ NOPH2/NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/RGSENS/RSONLY/SAERCC/DOSAERO/ SEKR/SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/DOSTATIC/
Known Error
CR 1-74542868 $..I/O PARAMETERS: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/S,BOV/S,BMETH/S,CARDNO/S,FREQDEP/ S,FS/S,LUSET/S,METHF/S,MDTRKFLG/S,MODETRAK/S,NMSOL/ S,NORSET/S,NOSASET/S,NSOL/S,PFILE/S,PVALID/S,STATSUB/ S,SUPORT/NNDFRQ/DELTAB $ $
CR 1-74547455 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor dynamics : eigen value extraction problem Some eigenvalues are not properly sorted during eigenvalue extraction in SOL 107 with rotordynamics.
Description Avoidance: none Fixed in 2010 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-74563841 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Fails in in SDR2 after divergence When a divergent condition is detected, SOL 400 always packs the final iteration resuts for output and post-processing before leaving the NLSOLV module. However, in some cases, such as when a job fails because of material divergence, it may leave NLSOLV without saving all required data. In this case, the job will fail later in the SDR2 module. . CR 1-74623771 MSC / MD Nastran MDR3 - BCTABLE - Segmentation Error in SOL700 ... SOL 700 may fail with a segmentation error in dytran-lsdyna or may hang on other systems.
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CR 1-74623771 Avoidance: Modifying the BCTABLE from 3 pairs instead of 6 allowed the job to run.
CR 1-74676639 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - EIGR, EIGRL - SFM 3008, SFM 7340 (LNNRIGL) It has been observed in an ACMS eigenvalue analysis with high modal density and a small F2 value specified on the EIGR entry that the job failed with the following misleading error messages: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNRIGL) UNKNOWN INTERNAL ERROR OCCURRED. SYSTEMM FATAL MESSAGE 30008 (UTMCOR) MODULE - MDENZO INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE ENZ02 PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = READ IN PHQ 0 FATAL ERROR
Description
Avoidance: The avoidance is to add the following parameter to your input file param,ifzero,x where "x" is lower than min(1.0,F2). where x is a small value like 0.1. X must be less than F2. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-74793121 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation: MATEP requires PSLDN1 for solids In the MD Nastran R3 QRG, the MATEP documentation does not mention that this material model will only work if PSLDN1 is used, and that it will not work with PSOLID alone. CR 1-74874775 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-74874775 SSSALTER - SSSALTER library is missing readme file for cditer200a.alt The MD R3 and MSC V2008 deliveries are missing the readme file in the SSSALTER directory for the cditer200a.alt. Avoidance: Here is the readme: $ $ THIS ALTER IS CONFIDENTIAL AND A TRADE SECRET OF THE $ MSC.SOFTWARE CORP. THE RECEIPT OR POSSESSION OF $ THIS ALTER DOES NOT CONVEY ANY RIGHTS TO REPRODUCE OR $ DISCLOSE ITS CONTENTS, OR TO MANUFACTURE, USE, OR SELL $ ANYTHING HEREIN, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT THE $ SPECIFIC WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MSC.SOFTWARE CORPORATION. $ Alter to allow simple contact in Design Optimization
Alter Name cditer200a.alt
Purpose Description Enable CDITER in SOL 200
Solution Sequence SOL 200.
Input File Management Section Normal FMS for SOL 200 Executive Control INCLUDE 'SSSALTERDIR:cditer200a.alt' Case Control Normal case control for DESOPT (DESOBJ, DESSUB, etc.) Normal case control to invoke CDITER (proper SPC and MPC callouts)
Known Error
CR 1-74874775 Bulk Data Normal bulk data for DESOPT (DESVAR, DRESP1, DCONSTR, etc) Normal bulk data for CDITER (PARAM,CDITER,YES SPC, MPC, SUPORT) Output Normal output for SOL 200 Limitations PARAM,CDITER,YES is only valid for ANALYSIS=STATICS. Sample Files All the sample files are a cantilever plate with a gap of -.05 on the free end (grids 111, 211). $.......2.......3.......4.......5.......6.......7.......8.......9.......0 $ $ Cantilevered Beam Made of Plates Model $ $ \201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 $ Y \*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----* $ ^ \| | | | | | | | | | | $ | \| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | $ | \| | | | | | | | | | | $ +--->X \*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----*----* $ \101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 $ $.......2.......3.......4.......5.......6.......7.......8.......9.......0 The gap is modeled with Constrained Displacements (lingaps or linear gaps). There is 1 design variable and 2 designed properties. DESVAR=T Property T1 = 1.5*T (elements 1-5) Property T2 = 1.0*T DDVAL is used for each run. cditer200-1.dat demonstrates a valid solution for 3 different gap configurations: subcase 20001 loading starts and ends with 2 gaps closed subcase 20002 loading starts and ends with 1 gap open, 1 gap closed subcase 20003 loading starts and ends with 2 gaps open
Known Error
CR 1-74874775 cditer200-2.dat demonstrates convergence when there is no change to gap values (all closed) subcase 20001 loading starts and ends with 2 gaps closed. DDVAL is also used cditer200-3.dat demonstrates convergence when there is a change in gap status. subcase 20001 loading starts with 2 gaps open, ends with 1 gap closed, 1 gap open cditer200-4.dat demonstrates convergence when there is no change to gap values (some open, some closed) subcase 20001 loading starts with 1 gap open, 1 gap closed, ends with same gap open, same gap closed cditer200-5.dat demonstrates convergence when there is no change to gap values (all open) subcase 20001 loading starts with 2 gaps open ends with 2 gaps Note: convergence is slower when there is at least one closed gap. Additional Documentation None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-74887341 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization - D/MFREQ job with PARAM,OPTEXIT,2 may print asterisk for FREQ/TIME of DRESP2 SOL 200 DFREQ or MFREQ job with PARAM,OPTEXIT,2 may print asterisk for FREQ/TIME of DRESP2. DRESP3 has the same problem. CR 1-74910381 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Aeroelastic Flutter Analysis - Traceback in FA1 module on Windows 32 only The tpl test cpmopt.dat will fail with a traceback in the fa1 module in the Windows 32 MD R3 Nastran release. Avoidance: Run on another platform or version.
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CR 1-74935310 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - SFM 3007 (DOM9), ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE ADS9P4D A model with a large number of design variables and constraints may fail with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM9) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE ADS9P4D Avoidance: Use the DOT optimizer instead. This can be selected by specifying OPTCOD DOT on the DOPTPRM entry.
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CR 1-74937455 MSC / MD Nastran Fiber Crushing Failure Criteria automatically printed. although not requested on MATM MDr3 Sol400 jobs using the advanced composite progressive failure model would report on "Fiber Crushing Failure", although this was not requested on the MATM input. CR 1-74941232 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - DYPARAM,VELMAX,,NO/YES does not work as documented In SOL 700 the options YES/NO on the DYPARAM entry are not working in MD R3. Only the value for VELMAX will work properly. CR 1-74961191 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - UFM 3001 in DSAD8 SOL 200 jobs with multiple subcases defining multiple frequency sets but a single boundary condition may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 3001 in DSAD8.
Description Avoidance: Applying a dummy SPC set avoids the error at the cost of performing
Known Error
CR 1-74961191 an additional eigenvalue analysis.
CR 1-74995551 MSC / MD Nastran Connector Elements - CSEAM - UFM 2042 CSEAM elements with superelements may fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 2042 (EMG) MISSING MATERIAL TABLE CR 1-74999085 MSC / MD Nastran sol 400 - MD R3 different to MD R2.1 due to nonlinear WELD although linearly used The problem was in the nonlinear RBE elements, created from the weld elements by the program. The RBE issue is resolved for MD 2010, and thus the weld elements are now OK. CR 1-75002719 MSC / MD Nastran Complexe eigen value are not correctly sorted There are different criteria for complex eigenvalue sorting. We will revisit the topic when we fix some known accuracy problems of the complex eigenvalue solvers. CR 1-75002766 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 + Analysis DCEIG Crashes SOL 400 does not support a rotor+dcieg for linear perturbation analysis. The job crahses when try to use SOL 400 with Rotor + analysis =DCEIG. No avoidance available for this kind of analysis. The message is issued as
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Known Error
CR 1-75002766 BIOMSG: ERROR 201 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE WRITE , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 After looking closely at the job, I find that it actually runs the regular linear analysis, DCEIG, with rotor dynamics. To make it run, replace STEP by SUBCASE and add RIGID=LINEAR. A User Warning message is added for the user to avoid the unexpected interruption of the job ^^^ ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9045 (PHASE0) ^^^ FOR CASE CONTROL, RIGID=LAGRAN, ALL R-ELEMENTS MUST BE IN THE RESIDUAL. OTHERWISE, USE RIGID=LINEAR INSTEAD. ^^^
Avoidance: Use RIGID=LINEAR in SOL 400. Known Error Product CR 1-75002840 MSC / MD Nastran Diffrent size of DBDN database due to diffrent storage methode selected in MPYAD versus memory The size of the DBDN data base could be different depending upon the memory available to the MPYAD process and the MPYAD method selected because of the the memory available. Avoidance: none known. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-75044221 MSC / MD Nastran Adaptivity - HADAPT - Bus Error in MBG module on SGI Irix Jobs with h-adaptivity (HADAPT) on sgi irix will fail in the MBG module with the message: Description Receiving signal number 10: Bus error Job aborting...
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Known Error
CR 1-75044221 Avoidance: Run the analysis with mode=i8 or run on another machine.
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CR 1-75059961 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Incomplete CBAR/CBEAM Offset Coordinate System Description The last two sentences of the QRG CBAR description Remark 8 and the CBEAM description Remark 9 reads: "The offset system x-axis is defined from GA to GB. The orientation vector and the offset system x-axis are then used to define the z and y axes of the offset system.," do not make it clear to the user the rule for using the orientation vector and a vector in the direction from Grid A to Grid B.
Description
It is recommended that the following be added to both remarks. A vector is formed from a cross product of a vector going from Grid A to Grid B and the oriention vector to create the offset coordinate z-direction. To obtain a nonzero cross product the orientation vector must not be parallel to both vectors from Grid A to Grid B for the offset coordinate system and End A and End B for the element coordinate system.
CR 1-75078841 MSC / MD Nastran sol106, missing output for an increment that gets UFM 4676 (NMEPD) In SOL 106 you may get a message that the solution converged and yet get no output. This missing output occurs when: 1. The displacement errors indicate convergence 2. UIM 6186 (NCONVG) SOLUTION HAS CONVERGES 3. UFM 4676 (NMEPD) ERROR EXCEEDS % YIELD SERESS IN ELEMENT.nn The followint warning message has been added: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4676 (NLITER) THE RESULTS JUST DECLARED CONVERGED HAVE NOT BEEN OUTPUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE INCREMENT DURING ELEMENT STRESS REVOVERY. CR 1-75178397 MSC / MD Nastran Residual Vectors - RESVEC(NODYNRSP) - UFM 1126, Output datablock
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Known Error
CR 1-75178397 BSHHX or B2SHH0X If RESVEC(NODYNRSP)=YES and there exists viscous or modal damping then the following fatal errors will occur: V2005.5: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PARTN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = B2SHH0X , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE B2SHH0X=OVRWRT V2007/V2008: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE PARTN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = BSHHX , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE BSHHX=OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the appropiate version dependent DMAP alter: $ V2005.5 to fix error 1-75178397 compile GMA,nolist alter 'PROCESS RESVEC(NODYN)' FILE B2SHH0X=OVRWRT $ V2007, V2008 to fix error 1-75178397 compile GMAM,nolist alter 'PROCESS RESVEC(NODYN)' FILE BSHHX=OVRWRT compile GMA,nolist alter 'PROCESS RESVEC(NODYN)' FILE BSHHX=OVRWRT
Description
CR 1-75215571 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - NLSTRESS(NLOUT=10) - UFM 608 (IFP1D) In SOL 400, an (NLOUT=nlout id) request under a STEP Case Control Command will incorrectly lead to:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 608 (IFP1D) THE SET ID SPECIFIED ON THE ABOVE CARD MUST BE DEFINED PRIOR TO THIS CARD.
Known Error
CR 1-75215571 An example of this input is: STEP 1 NLSTRESS(NLOUT=10)=ALL
CR 1-75216341 MSC / MD Nastran KRYLOV solver - Access violation on Windows XP64. When K2PP exists, "Access violation" occurs.. Many quad elements with buffsize=8193 get "Access violation", but no problem if buffsize is set to 65537. CR 1-75237351 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - DOPTPRM - Poor Message, SFM 3001, Missing EDOM in Module DOPR1 In SOL 200, the DOPR1 module can issue SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 complaining about a missing EDOM datablock when the actual problem is a missing a SET1 when the DOPTPRM parameter P2RSET specifies a SET1 entry that does not exist.
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Description
Avoidance: If a message about a missing EDOM appears, check if the P2RSET parameter is specified and, if so, that the associated SET1 exists. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-75259841 MSC / MD Nastran DYTIMHS entry does not work correctly , d3thdt output was not made . Error: SOL700 can not generate element output time history results. Binary time history output, binout file, does not include the element output time history results. For example, the input card below should generate element output time history results in binout fle. DYTIMHS,,0.0001,,,,,,,+ +,ELEM,232637
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Known Error
CR 1-75259841 fixed in 2010
CR 1-75343891 MSC / MD Nastran Utilities - buildsss.sh - UFM 701 PRCMPL When building a private delivery databases in Version MDR3, the following error may occur: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 701 (PRCMPL) THE NUMBER OF SUBDMAPS BEING COMPILED EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED NUMBER OF 500 FOR THIS VERSION Avoidance: Compile the additional dmaps in a separate run and add them to the delivery. Contact MSC Support for details on how to perform this.
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CR 1-75374331 MSC / MD Nastran External Superlements - EXTSEOUT usage without any A-set, B-set or C-set SFM 3012, SFM 3200 Writing of the DMIGPCH or EXTBULK info in Sol 103 EXTSEOUT using ASMBULK=MANQ, under free-free conditions (no Aset, no Bset), results in the following fatal messages: a) With DISP data recovery: BIOMSG ERROR 3012 (QOPEN), after resvec eigenvalue solution. b) With out DISP: SFM 3200 Logic error 5 in BDYINC, after resvec eigenvalue solution. Notes: 1) Works fine w/ DMIGOP2 no EXTBULK 2) Works fine w/ Bset's added 3) Same errors w/ manual SPOINT/Qsets vs AUTOQSET 4) Same errors w/ versions 2005.5.2, 2007.1.1, 2008.0.0 5) Similar errors (BIOMSG 3021 vs 3012) w/ DMIGOP2 & EXTBULK (2nd attachment) Avoidance: Use DMIGOP2 without EXTBULK.
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Known Error
CR 1-75410871
Known Error Product
CR 1-75410871 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelement and Restarts - EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH) - missing output and wrong answers In restart run with EXTSEOUT(DMIGPCH), the operations which produce the DMIG entries in the punch file are skipped. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Description
compile extout $ alter 1 $ putsys(1,109) $ alter 'IF ( KOUT.*MATMOD'(,-1) $ matprt x_kaa// $ CR 1-75435591 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Missing description of PARAM,FLUIDNE The description of PARAM,FLUIDNE is missing from the QRG. PARAM FLUIDNE (Default=500)
Description
The Householder method of eigenvalue extraction is more reliable and is automatically selected for the fluids system modes if the acoustic cavity is defined in a superelement and there exist fluid boundary points. The switch to Householder occurs if the number of estimated fluid modes is less than or equal to the value specified by PARAMeter FLUIDNE. CR 1-75435883 MSC / MD Nastran In sol111 without ACMS summary(Before augmentation) of real eigenvalue matches..But not with ACMS. For a job run with ACMS, the eigenvalue table before and after augmentations may not match.
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Description
Possible dmap avoidance: compile invlan alter 'Lamx lmt,/lama,/neigv', '' $ Lamx lmt,/lama,/neigv/1 $
Known Error
CR 1-75435883 Fixed in 2010
CR 1-75553921 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - DYPARAM,LSDYNA,BINARY,D3PLOT is not effective. DYPARAM,LSDYNA,BINARY,D3PLOT to control output time interval isn't effective in SOL 700. Avoidance: Use PARAM,DYDTOUT.
Description
CR 1-75637608 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamics UNBALNC entry in frequency response (SOL 108 or SOl 111) may result in null load If the UNBALNC entry is used to define an out of balance load on a rotor in frequency response (SOL 108 or SOL 111), and the ID of the reference rotor on which the out of balance load is defined is not the lowest ID of all rotors, this will result in a null load being generated for the out of balance load.
Description Workaround: Either use an RLOAD1 combination with proper phase relationship to generate a rotating load, or make sure the reference rotor (on which the UNBALNC entry applies its load) is the lowest ID of all rotors in the model. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-75641588 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Heat Transfer - Large # of load cases in sol159 may fail in TAHT A SOL 159 with a large number of load cases may fail in TAHT. Description SJF's comments: this is a user error cause by a duplicated TLOAD1 ID. We cannot trapped this error because this is pass ifp already. Known Error Product CR 1-75737851 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-75737851 Dynamics - viscous damping, SOLs 110, 111, 112, 145, 146, 200 - Wrong Answers If a model contains a very small number of elements with viscous damping such that the density of the reduced damping matrix is less than .01% then the viscous damping will be ignored resulting in wrong answers.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile atbc alter 'PARAML.*NZBV' PARAML NZBV//'null'//S,N,fullnzbv $ IF ( DENSbV=10000 and fullnzbv<1 ) densbv=0 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-75786151 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - Null loads leads to a "FATAL ERROR" in the DPD module with no other information A SOL 108 job with null loads and unreferenced LSEQ and DAREA entries terminates with a cryptic "FATAL MESSAGE" in the DPD module without giving any explanation for the failure. CR 1-75795755 MSC / MD Nastran An FBA job with null loads terminates with a divide by zero error in the FRFLOADS module. An FBA job with null loads terminates with a divide by zero error in the FRFLOADS module. CR 1-75807472 MSC / MD Nastran Topography Optimization - RBE2 - SFM 4276 (FILPS2) If RBE2 (or other rigid body elements) are used in topography optimization the following fatal message is issued:
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Corrected Version 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (FILPS2) ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (FILPS2)
Known Error
CR 1-75807472 Avoidance: Renumber all the grid IDs in the model so that they are consecutive beginning with 1. Renumber the grids associated with the RBE2s such that they are larger than the total number of grid points in the model. Else, SET SKIP=NONE but use DGSET/SET1 on the bulk data entry BEADVAR to remove the grids associated BC and.or LOADS from the desgin space.
Known Error Product
CR 1-75809061 MSC / MD Nastran Optimization/Design Sensitivity - MODTRAK can change answers even when no mode tracking occurs It has been found that eigenvalues are recomputed by the mode tracking module even when the modes have not shifted. Since this is done in single precision, the new eigenvalues can be slightly different, which can lead to different final answers in a SOL 200 design task. Avoidance: Don't specify mode tracking if it is known that it is not necessary. Alternatively, specifying DRESP1 type FREQ rather than EIGEN should avoid the problem since eigenfrequencies are not recomputed.
Description
CR 1-75956005 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Linear Static User Guide - Equation 5-9 is incorrect The User is correct and the LSUG is being updated, will be fixed in the next beta release.
In the Linear Static Analysis User Guide, Section 5.6 equation 5-9, the terms G12 and G23 as well as Delta are incorrect. Description G12=(v23 + v31*v23) / (E2*E3*D) wrong, first v23 should be v21 G23=(v32 + v12*v31) / (E1*E3*D) wrong, first v12 should be v23 Delta=(1-v12v21-v23v32-v31v13-2v21v32v13) / (E1*E3*E3) wrong, should be E1E2E3 in denominator The key are the relationships below v12 is NOT the same as v21 you can convert between the 2 correct forms below.
Known Error
CR 1-75956005 v12E2=v21E1 v23E3=v32E2 v31E1=v13E3 These are the correct formulations, according to Schaffer's Nastran Primer, 1st edition and Jones (Mechanics of Composite Materials, Robert M. Jones, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic, Blacksburg, VA, Copyright 1975, Section 2.3 Engineering Constants for Orthotropic Materials, Page 37). G12=(v21 + v31*v23) / (E2*E3*D) = (v12 + v32*v13) / (E1*E3*D) G23=(v32 + v23*v31) / (E1*E3*D) = (v23 + v21*v13) / (E1*E2*D) Delta=(1-v12v21-v23v32-v31v13-2v21v32v13) / (E1*E2*E3)
Known Error Product
CR 1-75989361 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis - PARAM,ENFMETH not honored in RESVEC calculations in SOL 103 The MD R3 Quick Reference Guide indicates that PARAM,ENFMETH,REL is the default. This is honored in the SOL 111 RESVEC calculations, but in SOL 103, the calculations are performed as if ABS is the default. This may lead to different residual vectors being calculated in SOL 111 vs 103 which in turn leads to slightly different eigenvalues being caclulated. Avoidance: The work around for MDR3/2008.0 is to insert the attached DMAP (ask MSC Support for the attachment).
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CR 1-76057028 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 job with material coordinate system on the PSOLID card is not properly translated PSOLID with material coordinate system (CORDM) on SOL 600 has to be translated to ORIENTATION in the Marc job file. When more than one PSOLID with CORDM are defined in the model then some of the elements are not referenced by ORIENTATION in the Marc job file
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Known Error
CR 1-76057028 Avoidance: No avoidance available
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CR 1-76073941 MSC / MD Nastran MATG direction entry is not documented correctly - remark 5 descnbes something else Tthe following table to remark 5 of MATG has been added in 2010.
Description
Element Thickness Direction for MATG Runs parallel from face To face Element T direction G1-G2-G3-G4 G5-G6-G7-G8 CR 1-76219551 MSC / MD Nastran BCHANGE entry may not be taken into account in Contact on HP-PA RISC system If a SOL 400 run is executed on a HP-PA RISC system with a model containing BCHANGE entry where the BCHANGE id=0, the subset of GRID points which the BCHANGE entry defines may not be taken into account in the Contact, including SOL 400, 101 and all solution sequences supporting the permanent-glued contact. Avoidnace: No avoidance available.
Description
CR 1-76256945 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - SPCD behavior in SOL 400 In the MD R3 QRG, Remark 8 under the SPCD entry should read: For SOL 400, SPCD entry requests enforced total displacements for a step while the SPCR entry requests enforced relative displacements. See the SPCR entry for additional information. CR 1-76256967
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CR 1-76256967 MSC / MD Nastran SPCD in NLTRAN STEP behaves as relative motion if inconsistent with I.C. in SOL 400 In MDr3.1 and earlier, the SPCD applied in NLTRAN in SOL 400 behaves as enforced relative displacement instead of the enforced total displacement when there is enforce motion in the 1st STEP of NLTRAN but it is inconsistent with the initial conditions. Acoidance: In SOL 400, when there is enforce motion in the 1st STEP of NLTRAN, make user it is consistent with the initial conditions.
Description
CR 1-76308076 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - Application Failed to Start because msmpi.dll not found The SOL 700 dytran-lsdyna executable will fail on Windows x8664 with the message "The application has failed to start because msmpi.dll was not found". This dll was intentionally left off of the delivery because it was unclear whether MSC had been granted the right to deliver it by Microsoft. Microsoft has granted this right and the delivery has been updated and is labeled MD R3b. Alternatively, existing installations may be updated by downloading only the missing dll from http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/software_updates/ and copying to: installdir:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\md2008\dyna
Description
CR 1-76504911 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - BCPARA NLGLUE contact parameter In the MD QRG, the BCPARA entry refers to the NGLUE paramter and this should be the NLGLUE paramter. CR 1-76508424
Known Error
CR 1-76508424 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - Windows server 2003 is not a supported platform Installation of MSC.Nastran 2008r1 on 32 bit Windows Server 2003 will fail and indicte that this is not a supported platform. The MD R3 Installation was corrected with the MD R3b release.
Description Avoidance: Install on any other windows os and then copy/drag-drop the folder to the Windows 2003 32-bit server machine. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-76613897 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Basic Dynamics User Guide - Section 7.5 Enforced Motion. In the electronic copy of Basic Dynamics User Guide the label on Figure 7.7 should read Input Displacement Time History and the label Figure 7-8 should read Response for Enforced Displacement (With the RigidBody Mode) CR 1-76656073 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL 109 SPCD job gives results that do not match large mass method results A SOL 109 SPCD job gives results that do not match large mass method results CR 1-76658371 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - MPC, Rigid Elements but No SPCs may lead to SFM 4276 in FRLG A frequency response SE assembly job may fail in the FRLG module if there are MPCs and/or rigid elements, but no SPC and ASET data. Whether it fails or not depends upon the particular method it chooses for internal multiply/add operations in the FRLG module and is thus highly machine dependent. FRLG 36 SCR 301 43 138 2 2 266 9.42198D-01
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Known Error
CR 1-76658371 3 130 43 130 133 0 *8** BIOMSG: ERROR 3012 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 3012 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedlg alter ' frlg ','' FRLG CASE0,USETD,DLTS,FRL,GMD,,DIT0,,APPLOD,,,,ENFMOTN, rotort,unbvecg,,,/ PP,PS,pd,OL,,ypx,,,,,,/ 'DIRECT' $ endalter
CR 1-76665401 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Missing TPL Include File clever5.alt The files delivered with the Windows Documentation download do not match the files delivered with the Nastran installation. For Nastran, the unwanted references to TPLDIR1 and clever5.alt are removed prior to delivery. I am not sure who creates the Windows Documentation dleivery so I will reassign to Don Truit and he can reassign as necessary. (cdp 09/15/08) Some MD User's Guide example problems contain the following include statement and the file does not exit. include 'TPLDIR1:clever5.alt' Avoidance This specific include statement may be removed. .
Description
CR 1-76735127 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - Unattached op2 files - wrong answers When assembling external superelement created with dmigop2 and the unit
Known Error
CR 1-76735127 numbers on the ASSIGN INPUTT2 statements do not correspond to the unit numbers specified on the SEBULK entry and there is no BEGIN SUPER section specified (or no included pch file from the creation run) for the externals, then the external superelements are ignored, no message is issued and the answers will be wrong. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-76752521 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 700 - UFM 300 (RCARD) referencing LOAD nonexistent bulk data entries The f06 file shows a series of the following error messages and then stops: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 300 (RCARD) DATA ERROR IN FIELD UNDERLINED. POSSIBLE ERROR IN EXPONENT. . 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 .. 8 .. 9 .. 10 . LOAD 99****** 1.0 1.0 99000000
Description
However there is no LOAD entry in the input deck. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-76778601 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis - EIGRL, V1>0 - Wrong Answers for free-free structure Incorrect infinite (massless) residual vector modes may be generated for unconstrained structures when V1>0. on the EIGRL entry. Avoidance: Set V1 on the EIGRL entry to blank or 0.0. Altenatively use LFREQ or MODESELECT to remove the residual vector modes from the dynamic solution. [Joe M - 1-jun-2010] This CR needs to be checked for wrong results, and warning or fatal msg changes after1st eigensol. The 'trdcs111e1eigf1' run now appropriately gives an early pivot ratio FATAL & user instructions to put EIGRL V1<=0, instead of letting it go thru w wrong results. Verified in MD 2010 Alpha1 (2009.0.0 Feb 2010 Beta). And the recommended LFREQ method
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Known Error
CR 1-76778601 run 'trdcs111e1' maintains correct results in MD 2010.
CR 1-76803302 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran sol600 -> NaN A file with TABLED1 may print NaN in SOL 600 due to memory overwrite for TABLED1 being dimensioned too small. CR 1-76805340 MSC / MD Nastran sol 600 - heat - forrtl: severe (257): formatted I/O to unit open for unformatted transfers sol 600 - heat - forrtl: severe (257): formatted I/O to unit open for unformatted transfers CR 1-76893031 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - QRG, BCTABLE - Missing Description In MD R3, the discription of QRG BCTABLE for BGST contains the descriptiion for BGSN and vice-versa. The documentation currently reads: BGST Maximum normal stress for breaking glue. See Remark 23. (Real,Default = 0.0) BGSN Maximum tangential stress for breaking glue. See Remark 23. (Real, Default= 0.0) and it should be: BGST Maximum tangential stress for breaking glue. See Remark 23. (Real, Default= 0.0) BGSN Maximum normal stress for breaking glue. See Remark 23. (Real,Default = 0.0)
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Known Error Product
CR 1-76943618 Element Strain Energy - Incorrect frequency label When requesting ESE output in a normal modes analysis, the frequency label for some of the modes for ESE are incorrectly labelled as "0.000000E+00". The eigenvalue is correct and the corresponding ESE values are also correct.
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EIGENVALUE = 7.772340E+04 CYCLES = 0.000000E+00 ELEMENTSTRAINENERG IES CR 1-76962371 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Implicit creep analysis may give wrong results In some models, SOL 400 with a perfect plastic material with a defined yield stress, the equivalent stresses (von Mises) of increments may exceed the yield stress. CR 1-77037052 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - PARAM,DSO not documented Documentation for PARAM,DSO is missing from the QRG. PARAM DSO controls which DBset NDDL datablocks for design sensitivity and optimization are assigned to DBALL or to other datasets.
Description
Suggested QRG addition: PARAM, DSO Default = value of PARAM,DBALL See DBALL. Also, the DBALL parameter description should be updated to include DSO
Known Error Product
CR 1-77135941 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - Multiple GUST Load subcases with MONPNT may fail with SFM 6144 A multiple subcase run with GUST loads in SOL 146 including MONPNT may fail with message below in version 2007.
Known Error
CR 1-77135941 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in PGR3T is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector D User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: PGR3T : Rows= 36 by Cols= 297 D : Rows= 891 Avoidance: 1. Use only single subcase or, 2. Use the following alter: compile mpseaero alter 'Structural load' $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,QUIT,QUITX $ FILE PGRFA=APPEND/WJ=APPEND/QRJK=APPEND/PPA=APPEND/ $ FILE AGRFA=APPEND/WJX=APPEND/QRJKX=APPEND/PPXA=APPEND/ $ PARAML FOL//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NFREQ $ alter 'gust case','' $ The number of spaces between "gust" and "case" must be FIVE PARAML CASES//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NREC $ IF ( NREC=1 ) THEN $ GUST CASES,DLT,FRL,DIT,QRJL,,,ACPT,CSTMA,,,,,,/ PGRF,WJ,QRJK,PP/ S,N,NOGUST/BOV/MACH/Q $ ELSE $ $ TEMPORARY UNTIL GUST CAN HANDLE MULTIPLE SUBCASES DO WHILE ( QUIT>=0 ) $ CASE CASES,/CASE1/'TRAN'/S,N,QUIT $ GUST CASES,DLT,FRL,DIT,QRJL,,,ACPT,CSTMA,,,,,,/ PGRFA,WJ,QRJK,PPA/ S,N,NOGUST/BOV/MACH/Q $ IF ( QUIT=2 ) THEN $ $ FIRST SUBCASE
Known Error
CR 1-77135941 EQUIVX PGRFA/PGRF/-1 $ EQUIVX PPA/PP/-1 $ ELSE $ $ SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT SUBCASES APPEND PGRF,PGRFA/PGRFB/1//NFREQ $ EQUIVX PGRFB/PGRF/-1 $ APPEND PP,PPA/PPB/1//NFREQ $ EQUIVX PPB/PP/-1 $ ENDIF $ QUIT=2 ENDDO $ ENDIF $ NREC=1 alter 'gust case'(2),'' $ The number of spaces between "gust" and "case" must be FIVE PARAML CASES//'TRAILER'/1/S,N,NRECX $ IF ( NRECX=1 ) THEN $ GUST CASES,DLT,FRL,DIT,QARJL,,,ACPT,CSTMA,,,,,,/ AGRF,WJX,QRJKX,PPX/ S,N,NOGUST/BOV/MACH/Q $ ELSE $ $ TEMPORARY UNTIL GUST CAN HANDLE MULTIPLE SUBCASES DO WHILE ( QUITX>=0 ) $ CASE CASES,/CASE1X/'TRAN'/S,N,QUITX $ GUST CASES,DLT,FRL,DIT,QARJL,,,ACPT,CSTMA,,,,,,/ AGRFA,WJX,QRJKX,PPXA/ S,N,NOGUST/BOV/MACH/Q $ IF ( QUITX=2 ) THEN $ $ FIRST SUBCASE EQUIVX AGRFA/AGRF/-1 $
Known Error
CR 1-77135941 EQUIVX PPXA/PPX/-1 $ ELSE $ $ SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT SUBCASES APPEND AGRF,AGRFA/AGRFB/1//NFREQ $ EQUIVX AGRFB/AGRF/-1 $ APPEND PPX,PPXA/PPXB/1//NFREQ $ EQUIVX PPXB/PPX/-1 $ ENDIF $ QUITX=2 ENDDO $ ENDIF $ NRECX=1
Known Error Product
CR 1-77150361 MSC / MD Nastran Defining time-varying temperature with DLOAD, TEMPBC and TLOADi in SOL 600. time-varying boundary conditions with the Case Control (DLOAD) and TEMPBC(TYPE="TRAN"), TLOADi, TLOADi are not yet supported in SOL 600 heat transfer analyses. CR 1-77223341 MSC / MD Nastran error in nastran documentation for Hashin criteria. Please note that on page 2098 of the 'mdnastran_r3_doc_quick_reference.pdf' it is said that the required inputs for the Hashin are (Xt,Xc,Yt,Yc,Fxy,Fyz and that other variables set to zero). Where Fxy=Maximum in-plane shear stress and Fyz=Maximum transverse shear stress.
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Known Error
CR 1-77223341 This is incorrect. It should be Sxy=Maximum in-plane shear stress and Syz=Maximum transverse shear stress. The same mistake applies to the other failure criteria on page 2098. Fxy and Fyz are the interactive strength constants as defined on page 2093.
Known Error Product
CR 1-77270183 MSC / MD Nastran Component Modes - ACMS, ASETi (or OMITi) with RESTART - Inefficient Restarts The component modes may be recomputed in a restart if the cold start employed ACMS to compute the component modes.
Description Avoidance: In the restart run change the RESTART FMS statement to DBLOCATE for a read-only restart and insert PARAM,SERST,SEMI into the Case Control. Known Error Product CR 1-77292677 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - Shell normals cause different answers in superelement vs non-superelement models Part superelements will use unique grid point normals at the boundaries regardless of the setting of param,snorm. This may lead to different answers for superelement versus non-superelement models. CR 1-77435461 MSC / MD Nastran sol 700: Simx is unable to display the result after attached the sol700.dytr.MASTER Error: Since SOL700 does not generated MASTER file correctly, SimX can not display the results. The results are not stored in correct format and data block. MASTER file includes fundamental Eulerian and Lagrangian results. In 2010, this is fixed on Linux and Unix platforms but not on windows platform. Known Error Product CR 1-77436101 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-77436101 Fluid can not transfer between two euler zone after the failure of the solid elements Error: When two euler zones are divided by one layer of solid elements, the fluid in oen euler zone must transfer to the other euler zone when some solid elements are fractured. However, MD SOL700 R3 can not simulate it while Dytran can. fixed in 2010
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CR 1-77452061 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATF Hashin criteria - symbol used is incorrect Typos in /QRG - MATF Hashin criteria - symbol used is incorrect. It has been fixed in the 2010 QRG CR 1-77452229 MSC / MD Nastran MATF Card: Fields Zt Zc and Szx can't be 0. USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 In MATF if Zt, Zc and Szx are entered as zero, the program will exit with error message *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY MATF CR 1-77472224 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600- MATEP with 7 or 8 characters in ID fails to translate If a MATEP is used in SOL600 and the ID contains 7 or 8 characters, then the following error is seen in the marc .out file and exit 13 results:
Description
*** error - no material assigned to element number 1000494 This is a problem in the translation from bdf to marc.dat.
CR 1-77482412 MSC / MD Nastran Improve SOL600 translation of RSPLINE
Known Error
CR 1-77482412 When translating a NASTRAN RSPLINE entry to an equivalent Marc element, there are two options.The default is sometimes too stiff and the alternate is too sometimes soft. The formulation was changed to use the same MPC's generated by other solution sequences and transfer them to servo link's in the Marc input in such a way as large deformation capability is available. CR 1-77498351 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Topology UG - Figure 5-48 in Topology Optimization User Guide is wrong The figure 5-48 in Topology User Guide should show the plate with load and boundary condition, but it shows the optimized shape related to another deck. CR 1-77557757 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 106 HOT2COLD simulation error: PARAM,HTOCPRT,YES prints GRID "INTERNAL ID" MSC.Nastran 2008 SOL 106 simulation with ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD option. PARAM,HTOCPRT,YES is used to output the updated grid locations to the .f06 file. The "INTERNAL ID" of the grid is output, not the user defined ID.
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CR 1-77566461 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Virtual Cract, VCCT = SFM 6352 The following fatal message is issued by IFP when there're more than one continuation lines of grid IDs specified on the VCCT bulk data entry.
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4124 (IFS3P) THE SPCADD OR MPCADD UNION CONSISTS OF A SINGLE SET. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (IXVCCT) LOGIC ERROR: KERROR=9300. USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. CR 1-77568701 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-77568701 Nonlinear Statics - SOL 106, PARAM,NMLOOP and ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD poor message If PARAM,NMLOOP and ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD in a SOL 106 simulation then a non-descriptive fatal message issued.
Description
^^^ USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9051 (NLSTATIC) ^^^ COMPLEX MODES ANALYSIS INITIATED FOR LOOP ID= 0 Avoidance: Remove PARAM,NMLOOP.
Known Error Product
CR 1-77623079 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GROUNDCHECK - Missing Remark, Output Coordinate for Forces The description of the GROUNDCHECK case control command does not specify the output coordinate system for the forces output by the request. The SPCFORCE case control command description shows Remark 6 specifying the displacement coordinate system is used to define the component directions. The GROUNDCHECK case control command needs a remark similar to Remark 6 of the SPCFORCE request since these forces are also output relative to the displacement coordinate system. CR 1-77633831 MSC / MD Nastran AUTOMSET with multiple part superelements - UFM 6591 (SEP2RP) AUTOMSET with multiple part superelements - UFM 6591 (SEP2RP). DOF defined in both the A- and M-set are illegal unless PARAM,AUTOMSET is set to YES. For jobs with multiple part superelements, PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES fails to handle this illegal set definition, User Fatal Message 6591 (SEP2RP) is issued, and the job terminates. Fixed in MD2010.
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CR 1-77676940 DSAPRT(unformat) does not include CEIG response type Output from DSAPRT(unformat) or DSAPRT(export) did not include CEIG reponse type, if any. Other response types, such as ABSTRES, PSDxxx and RSMxxxx, may have similar problem. Avoidance: use DSAPRT(FORMAT), if possible.
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CR 1-77731871 MSC / MD Nastran Adjoint sensitivities in SOL200 jobs is wrong when gravity loads presen Adjoint sensitivities is wrong when gravity loads present in a SOL200 job. The job may crash with a missleading fata error message or incorrect results. This bug was found in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010.
Description Avoidance: Use the direct method for sensitivity analysis by "PARAM, AUTOADJ, no" Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Rotor Dynamics - Case Control Command RGYRO=NO - UFM 6278 The Quick Reference Guide description of the RGYRO case control command states: "Setting RGYRO to NO will deactivate gyroscopic effects in all solutions." However, a SOL 109 or SOL 129 run will proceed and include the rotordynamic gyroscopic effects when RGYRO=NO is used. SOL 108 yields USER FATAL MESSAGE 6278 indicating that RGYRO=538988366 was not found when RGYRO=NO is included in the case control section of the input file. Avoidance: Remove the RGYRO case control command from the input file. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-77919654 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 FSD job with no constraint may fail with SFM 3001 CR 1-77805830 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-77919654 SOL 200 Fully Stresses Design, FSD, job with no constraints may fail with SFM3001, shown as follows,
Description
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPFS) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED CNTABRG AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-77944421 MSC / MD Nastran CASI solver may fail if 4-node TET is mixed with 10-node TET The casi solver interface fails when 4-node CTETRAs are mixed with 10-node CTETRAs and the EID numbers cause the 4-node elements to be interspersed with the 10-node elements. The issue is related to the fact that 10-node TETs are handled as "implicit" elements inside the casi solver. This means that their element matrices are actually computed within the casi solver and the matrices generated by EMG are ignored. This is only true for the 10-node elements. If there are 4-9 nodes, the EMG-generated matrix is used by the casi solver. There are two possible avoidances: 1) renumber the TETs so that all 4-9 node elements have EIDs lower than the 10-node TETs 2) add param,itoptx,4032 to the bulk data to "turn off" casi implicit element processing
Description
CR 1-77991031 MSC / MD Nastran ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY CHBDYG For SOL600 thermal job with TSOLVE=N, Nastran gives error message ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY CHBDYG. This problem was related to the degenerated dummy quad elements for thermal contact if there are CPENTA or CTRIA elements in the contact bodies and is fixed in the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-78043501 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL 112 job with IC(STATSUB) and SPCD data fails with UFM 5423 in
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Known Error
CR 1-78043501 SADD5 module A SOL 112 job with IC(STATSUB) and SPCD data fails with UFM 5423 in SADD5 module CR 1-78048375 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GROUNDCHECK Documentation Error Remark 2 under the documentation of the GROUNDCHECK case control command in the Quick Reference Guide indicates the dofs as being "N+AUTOSPC". It should be N-AUTOSPC because the rows and columns are zeroed out. Use of the logical minus (-) is more consistent with the set notation. Both the command format in the QRG and Remark 2 use the + notation and logically it is a minus (set elimination) operation. CR 1-78146078 MSC / MD Nastran Mass - CONM2, NSMLi, CORDi - UFM 2025, Undefined Coordinate System A model that contains CONM2 entries that reference a non-basic coordinate system and NLMLi entries fails with UFM 2025 in the GP2 module as shown below: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (GP2) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM 2260303 IS REFERENCED BY ELEMENT CONM2 ID=2264000. The referenced coordinate does exist in the input data. This error is caused by a combination of NSMLi and CONMi with non-zero CID and was introduced in V2008. Avoidance: Apply the following DMAP alter: compile ifps alter ' gp2 ','' GP1 IGEOM1Q,IGEOM2,Igeom3,,,,Idynamic,casexx,/ zGPL,zEQEXIN,zGPDT,zCSTM,zBGPDT,zSIL,,,,/ S,N,LUSET/0/0 $ GP2 iGEOM2,zEQEXIN,iEPT,,,zbgpdt,zcstm,impt/ECT, $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-78146261 MSC / MD Nastran A flutter response optimization job may fail with a misleading UFM 7087 (DOPR3I) In v70.5, when a flutter response optimization job includes the FLFACT entry that contains a negative velocity value and that is referenced by a DRESP1 entry, it may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7087 (DOPR3I) THE VELOCITY OF 3.37982E-03 CAN NOT BE FOUND IN THE FLFACT BULK DATA ENTRY OF ID 3. USER INFORMATION: EVERY VELOCITY LISTED ON THE FLFACT REFERENCED BY THE DRESP1 ENTRY MUST APPEAR IN THE FLFACT REFERENCED BY THE FLUTTER ENTRY. 0FATAL ERROR 1 * * * END OF JOB * * * This error message is issued in error. Normally, a negative velocity value in an FLFACT indicates that eigenvector information is required at this velocity. It has no meaning when the FLFACT is referenced from a DRESP1 in an ANALYSIS=FLUTTER subcase. User Avoidance: Do not input negative numbers on an FLFACT invoked by a DRESP1 with RTYP=flutter.
Description
CR 1-78195086 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with DMP hangs during EXIT A SOL 200 job with multiple ANALYSIS cases could hang during EXIT processing. When DMP is used, the job could hang and require manual termination. Contact MSC support for a possible DMAP work-around for 2008 CR 1-78242894 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 composite optimization with NSM/NSM1/NSML/NSML1 has incorrect weight sensitivity When non-structural mass (NSM/NSM1/NSML/NSML1) is used in a composite (PCOMP or PCOMPG) optimization job (in SOL200), the weight sensitivity is wrong.
Known Error
CR 1-78242894 If the job is a pure sensitivity job, the user can find the sensitivity coefficients is wrong. If the job is an optimization job, the user can see the final design is a good (far from a true optimal design) Avoidance: The user may be able to use NSM (nonstructrual mass) field to replace NSM/NSM1/NSML/NSML1.
Known Error Product
Corrected 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Version Abstract SSSALTER - segyroa.alt does not compile The segyroa.alt of the sssalter for versions MDr2.1 and MDr3 does not compile on these versions. Avoidance: Replace the alter with the following $ $ THIS ALTER IS CONFIDENTIAL AND A TRADE SECRET OF THE $ MSC.Software CORP. THE RECEIPT OR POSSESSION OF $ THIS ALTER DOES NOT CONVEY ANY RIGHTS TO REPRODUCE OR $ DISCLOSE ITS CONTENTS, OR TO MANUFACTURE, USE, OR SELL $ ANYTHING HEREIN, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHOUT THE $ SPECIFIC WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MSC.Software CORPORATION. $ $ Descripti echooff $ on $ $ updated for v69 -- 9-25-96 $ tested on system built on 3-14-95 VERSION 68.2 $ $ segyroa.alt $ $******************************************************************** *********** $ $ ALTER FOR SOL 101 TO INCLUDE GYROSCOPIC TERMS. $ $ THE ALTER WILL ADD CENTRIPETAL, CORIOLIS, AND DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS $ TERMS TO THE SUPERELEMENT STIFFNESS AND DAMPING MATRICES. TO USE THIS $ ALTER THE USER MUST SUPPLY A RFORCE FOR EACH SUPERELEMENT. THE COORDINATE
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 $ SYSTEM REFERENCED ON THE RFORCE CARD MUST BE CENTERED ON THE AXIS OF $ ROTATION FOR THE SUPERELEMENT. THE GRID ID ENTRY IS IGNORED FOR THE $ CALCULATION OF THE GYROSCOPIC TERMS. THE ROTATION IS ASSUMED TO BE $ ABOUT THE REFERENCED COORDINATE SYSTEM (CID) ORIGIN, THE MAGNITUDE (A) $ AND ROTATION VECTOR COMPONENTS (N1, N2, & N3) DETERMINE THE ORIENTATION. $ $ AFTER THIS INITIAL STATIC RUN THE MODEL CAN BE RESTARTED IN ANY $ SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND THE DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS AND GYROSCOPIC EFFECT $ TERMS WILL BE INCLUDED. $ $ IF AN RFORCE ENTRY IS NOT INCLUDED, THEN ONLY THE DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS $ TERMS ARE INCLUDED. THIS ALLOWS INCORPORATING THE DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS $ FOR AN ARBITRARY LOADING. $ $ IF THE LOADING IS DEPENDENT ON THE ROTATION SPEED AND THE RESTART WILL BE $ FREQUENCY RESPONSE OR COMPLEX EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS WHERE THE ROTATION SPEED $ IS THE SAME AS THE EXCITATION OR NATURAL FREQUENCY, THEN SETTING PARAMETER $ DEPEND TO -1 WILL ADD THE DIFFERENTIAL AND GYROSCOPIC TERMS SUCH THAT THEY $ ARE DEPENDENT ON THE EXCITATION OR NATURAL FREQUENCY. $ $ THE ABOVE PROCEDURE RESULTS IN A RESTART IN WHICH REFORMULATION OF $ THE SUPERELEMENT MATRICES IS NOT PERFORMED. REFORMULATION IS NORMALLY DONE $ WHEN THE USER CHANGES THE GEOMETRY, ELEMENT OR MATERIAL PROPERTIES, OR $ ADDS GRIDS OR SCALAR POINTS. IF REFORMULATION IS DONE ( SEMA ) THEN $ THE GYROSCOPIC TERMS WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SUPERELEMENT MATRICES. $ $ ALTER DEVELOPED BY DAVID BELLA FOR THE MSC.Software CORPORATION, $ AUGUST, 1992. $ $********************************************************************
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 *********** $ COMPILE SESTATIC $ alter 'enddo.*hsflag' $ $ TYPE DB SLIST $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,lpflg1a=0,NOUPx $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,SCNDRY=+1,EXTRN=+1 $ TYPE PARM,,I,Y,DEPEND= 0 $ TYPE PARM,,RS,N, OMEGA= 0. $ TYPE PARM,,CS,N, SCALE $ $ $ PREPARE DELETE LIST $ FILE HISTS=APPEND $ MATGEN ,/TMPMGG/1/2 $ MATGEN ,/TMPBGG/1/2 $ MATGEN ,/TMPKGG/1/2 $ $ RESTART TMPMGG,,/HISTS $ RESTART TMPBGG,,/HISTS $ RESTART TMPKGG,,/HISTS $ $ $ LOOP ON SUPERELEMENTS $ SEID=-1 $ RE-INITIALIZE FOR SEP2DR $ DO WHILE ( lpflg1a >= 0 ) $ $ IF ( RSONLY ) THEN $ CHECK FOR EXISTENCE OF SUPERELEMENTS $ lpflg1a=-1 NOUPx=-1 SEID=0 $ ELSE $ DO SEP2DR WHEN SUPERELEMENTS EXIST.
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 $ SEP2DR SLIST,EMAP//S,N,SEID/S,N,PEID//S,N,lpflg1a///// S,N,NOUPx/S,N,SCNDRY/S,N,EXTRN/S,N,NOMR/'ALL' $ $ ENDIF $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER DMAP INFORMATION MESSAGE - DIFFERENTIAL'/ $ MESSAGE //' STIFFNESS AND GYROSCOPIC EFFECT GENERATION'/ $ MESSAGE //' AND ASSEMBLY FOR SUPERELEMENT'/ SEID $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ IF ( SCNDRY = -1 ) THEN $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER DMAP WARNING MESSAGE - SECONDARY'/ ' SUPERELEMENTS'/ $ MESSAGE //' MUST BE IDENTICAL ELEMENTS (NOT MIRROR) '/ ' WITH LOADING'/ $ MESSAGE //' AND DISPLACEMENTS IDENTICAL TO THE PRIMARY'/ ' SUPERELEMENT'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ELSE $ $ $ SET QUALIFIERS $ CALL SETQ CASES//SEID/PEID/S,MTEMP/S,K2GG/S,M2GG/S,B2GG/S,MPC/ S,SPC/S,LOAD/S,DEFORM/S,TEMPLD/S,P2G/S,DYRD/S,METH/ S,MFLUID/S,SUPORT $ $ PARAML GPECT//'PRES'////S,N,NOGPECT $ IF ( NOGPECT >= 0 ) THEN $ $ $ CALCULATE CENTRIPETAL AND CORIOLIS TERMS $ CALL CORICEN SLT,BGPDTS,EQEXINS,CSTMS,SILS,MJJ/ KCJJ,BRJJ/S,OMEGA $ $
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 IF ( OMEGA = 0. ) THEN $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER WARNING: NO RFORCE SPECIFIED,'/ $ MESSAGE //' GYROSCOPIC TERMS WERE NOT'/ $ MESSAGE //' ADDED TO STRUCTURAL MATRICES.'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ENDIF $ $ $ CALCULATE DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS $ EMG EST,CSTMS,MPTS,DIT,,UG,ETT,EDT,,,BGPDTS,GPSNTS, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ KDELM,KDDICT,,,,,,,,,/ 1/0/0//1//TEMPLD/DEFORM//////1/ $ $ EMA GPECT,KDDICT,KDELM,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,,/KTJJ,/ $ PARAML KTJJ//'NULL'////S,N,NOKTJJ $ $ IF ( NOKTJJ < 0 ) THEN $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER WARNING: NO LOADING SPECIFIED,'/ $ MESSAGE //' DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS TERMS'/ $ MESSAGE //' WERE NOT ADDED TO STRUCTURAL'/ $ MESSAGE //' MATRICES.'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ENDIF $ $ $ ADD DIFFERENTIAL AND CENTRIPETAL TERMS $ ADD5 KTJJ,KCJJ,,,/KJJGYRO/ $ PARAML KJJGYRO//'NULL'////S,N,NOGYRO $ $ IF ( NOGYRO < 0 ) JUMP ENDLOOP $ $ IF ( (DEPEND < 0 ) AND (OMEGA <> 0.) ) THEN $ $ SCALE= CMPLX( -1.0/(OMEGA*OMEGA), 0. ) $ ADD MJJ,KJJGYRO/MJJTEMP//SCALE $ EQUIVX MJJTEMP/MJJ/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX MJJ/MJJTEMP/NEVER $ $
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 SCALE= CMPLX( 1.0/OMEGA ) $ ADD BJJ,BRJJ/BJJTEMP//SCALE $ EQUIVX BJJTEMP/BJJ/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX BJJ/BJJTEMP/NEVER $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER INFORMATION: SPEED DEPENDENT TERMS'/ ' ADDED'/ $ MESSAGE //' TO STRUCTURAL MATRICES'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ELSE IF ( (DEPEND < 0) AND (OMEGA = 0.) ) THEN $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER WARNING: SPEED DEPENDENCE REQUESTED,'/ $ MESSAGE //' BUT NO RFORCE SPECIFIED.'/ $ MESSAGE //' DIFFERENTIAL STIFFNESS OR'/ $ MESSAGE //' GYROSCOPIC TERMS WERE NOT '/ $ MESSAGE //' ADDED TO STRUCTURAL MATRICES.'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ELSE $ $ ADD KJJ,KJJGYRO/KJJTEMP/ $ EQUIVX KJJTEMP/KJJ/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX KJJ/KJJTEMP/NEVER $ $ $ ADD CORIOLIS TERMS TO SUPERELEMENT DAMPING $ ADD BJJ,BRJJ/BJJTEMP/ $ EQUIVX BJJTEMP/BJJ/ALWAYS $ EQUIVX BJJ/BJJTEMP/NEVER $ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ MESSAGE //' USER INFORMATION: CONSTANT SPEED TERMS'/ ' ADDED'/ $ MESSAGE //' TO STRUCTURAL MATRICES'/ $ MESSAGE //' '/ $ $ ENDIF $ $ ENDIF $ NOGPECT>=0 $ ENDIF $ SCNDRY <> -1 $ $ TRIGGER REASSEMBLEY AND REREDUCTION OF SUPERELEMENT MATRICIES
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CR 1-78252619 $ IN RESTART BY DELETING ASSEMBELLED AND REDUCED MATRICES $ RESTART ,,,HISTS/TLIST/TRUE $ $ LABEL ENDLOOP $ $ ENDDO $ lpflg1a>=0 $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $ COMPILE CORICEN $ $ SUBDMAP CORICEN SLT,BGPDT,EQEXIN,CSTM,SIL,MJJ/KCEN,BCOR/OMEGA $ $ $******************************************************************** $* $ This DMAP sequence calculates Coriolis and Centripetal effect * $ matrices in global coordinates. * $* $ For node i: * $* $ [Bcoriolis] = 2[x]m * $* $ [Kcentripetal] = [x][x]m * $* $ | 0 -Omega(z) Omega(y) | * $ [x] = | Omega(z) 0 -Omega(x) | * $ | -Omega(y) Omega(x) 0 | * $* $******************************************************************** $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,SLTRECNO $ TYPE PARM,,RS,N,OMEGA $ TYPE PARM,,CS,N,N1C,N2C,N3C $ TYPE PARM,,CS,N,OMEGAC $ $ $ SEARCH FOR RFORCE ENTRY $ SLTRECNO= 1 DO WHILE ( SLTRECNO > 0 ) $ $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/S,N,SLTRECNO/1//S,N,LTYPE/ $ IF ( (SLTRECNO <> -1 ) AND ( LTYPE = 10 ) ) THEN $ $ $ EXTRACT SPIN VECTOR FROM RFORCE CARD.
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/SLTRECNO/4//S,N,CID/ $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/SLTRECNO/5/S,N,RPT/ $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/SLTRECNO/6/S,N,N1/ $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/SLTRECNO/7/S,N,N2/ $ PARAML SLT//'DTI'/SLTRECNO/8/S,N,N3/ $ SLTRECNO = -2 $ $ ENDIF $ $ SLTRECNO = SLTRECNO + 1 $ $ ENDDO $ $ IF ( RPT = 0. ) THEN $ $ OMEGA= 0. RETURN $ $ ENDIF $ $ $ THESE ARE NEEDED LATER ON $ MATGEN ,/I1X1/1/1/ $ MATGEN ,/I6X6/1/6/ $ $ $ CALCULATE RADIANS PER UNIT TIME $ OMEGA= 2.0 * PI(1) * RPT $ OMEGAC = CMPLX(OMEGA,0.) $ $ $ $ CREATE A COLUMN VECTOR, MJJTSUM, FROM THE DIAGONAL OF MJJD $ TO BE USED FOR PARTITIONING PURPOSES LATER $ DIAGONAL MJJ/MJJC/'COLUMN' $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ CALCULATE ROTATION MATRIX IN THE CID SYSTEM $ IF (N1 <> 0.) THEN $ $ DETERMINE FACTOR FOR X-ROTATION (in CID system) $
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 MATGEN ,/PVC6/6/6/1/1/4 $ MATGEN ,/PVR6/6/6/2/1/3 $ MERGE ,,,,I1X1,PVC6,PVR6/ONE6X6/1/0/1 $ MPYAD ONE6X6,I6X6,ONE6X6/ROTX/1/-1 $ DELETE /PVC6,PVR6,ONE6X6,,/ $ N1C = CMPLX(N1,0.) $ ENDIF $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ IF (N2 <> 0.) THEN $ $ DETERMINE FACTOR FOR Y-ROTATION (in CID system) $ MATGEN ,/PVC6/6/6/2/1/3 $ MATGEN ,/PVR6/6/6/0/1/5 $ MERGE ,,,,I1X1,PVC6,PVR6/ONE6X6/1/0/1 $ MPYAD ONE6X6,I6X6,ONE6X6/ROTY/1/-1 $ DELETE /PVC6,PVR6,ONE6X6,,/ $ N2C = CMPLX(N2,0.) $ ENDIF $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ IF (N3 <> 0.) THEN $ $ DETERMINE FACTOR FOR Z-ROTATION (in CID system) $ MATGEN ,/PVC6/6/6/0/1/5 $ MATGEN ,/PVR6/6/6/1/1/4 $ MERGE ,,,,I1X1,PVC6,PVR6/ONE6X6/1/0/1 $ MPYAD ONE6X6,I6X6,ONE6X6/ROTZ/1/-1 $ DELETE /PVC6,PVR6,ONE6X6,,/ $ N3C = CMPLX(N3,0.) $ ENDIF $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ ADD FOR TOTAL ROTATION (in CID system) $ ADD5 ROTX,ROTY,ROTZ,,/ROTTOT/N1C/N2C/N3C $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ GENERATE G-SIZE CORIOLIS MATRIX IN THE GLOBAL SYSTEM $ $ $ FIRST, GENERATE G-SIZE MATRIX IN THE CID SYSTEM $ ADD ROTTOT,/OMEGA/OMEGAC $ MATMOD OMEGA,SIL,,,,/OMEGAGG,/5 $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ USE THE MJJC VECTOR TO PARTITION OUT THE ZERO MASS TERMS $ ALONG WITH THE SPOINTS (WHICH CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MATMOD OPTION 5) $ PARTN OMEGAGG,MJJC,/,,,OMEGAXX/ $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ TRANSFORM CORIOLIS ACCELERATION MATRIX TO GLOBAL SYSTEM $ FIRST, TRANSFORM FROM CID TO BASIC $ THEN , TRANSFORM FROM BASIC TO GLOBAL $ $ CHECK IF THE CSTM EXISTS. IT WILL NOT EXIT IF THE GLOBAL SYSTEM $ IS THE SAME AS THE BASIC SYSTEM. ERROR IN MATMOD. THEREFORE $ GENERATE THE IDENTITY MATRIX $ $ PARAML CSTM//'PRESENCE'////S,N,NOCSTM=0 $ IF (NOCSTM < 0) THEN DIAGONAL MJJ/CTOG/'SQUARE'/0.0 $ ELSE MATMOD CSTM,SIL,BGPDT,,,/GTOB,/5//-1 $ $ $ CHECK IF THE CID IS EQUAL TO ZERO (BASIC) $ IF (CID = 0) THEN $ TRNSP GTOB/CTOG $ ELSE $ MATMOD CSTM,SIL,BGPDT,,,/CTOB,/5//CID $ MPYAD GTOB,CTOB,/CTOG/1 $ ENDIF $ ENDIF $ $ $ USE THE MJJC VECTOR TO PARTITION OUT THE ZERO MASS TERMS $ ALONG WITH THE SPOINTS (WHICH CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MATMOD OPTION 5)
Known Error
CR 1-78252619 $ PARTN CTOG,MJJC,/,,,CTOGX/ $ $ SMPYAD CTOGX,OMEGAXX,CTOGX,,,/OMEGAYY/3////1 $ MERGE ,,,,OMEGAYY,MJJC,/OMEGAGGX/ $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ MULTIPLY MASS BY CORIOLIS ACCELERATION $ TO CALCULATE CORIOLIS FORCE MATRIX $ MPYAD MJJ,OMEGAGGX,/CJJ1 $ MPYAD OMEGAGGX,MJJ,/CJJ2 $ ADD CJJ1,CJJ2/BCOR $ $ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $-------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ CALCULATE CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION MATRIX $ $ MULTIPLY MASS BY CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION $ TO CALCULATE CETRIPETAL FORCE MATRIX $ SMPYAD OMEGAGGX,MJJ,OMEGAGGX,,,/KCEN/3////////6 $ $ RETURN $ END $ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ echoon $
CR 1-78274605 MSC / MD Nastran PCOMPG produces an error in SOL 700 PCOMPG produces an error in SOL 700. Both PCOMP and PCOMPG exists in .dytr.dat file. CR 1-78375771 MSC / MD Nastran Unsymmetric matrix - SSG3 - UFM 4276 Error 1044
Known Error
CR 1-78375771 When including an unsymmetric matrix in a static analysis, the job may fail in SSG3 with the following error messages: 0 SUBCASE 1 BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 1044 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. The problem is fixed in MD2010.
Description
CR 1-78464387 MSC / MD Nastran DYRIGSW is incorrect and incomplete in QRG Error: Switching between rigid and deformable bodies are not explained clearly in MD SOL700 R3. D2RAUTO and DYRIGSW cards need to be updated in QRG and QA examples need to added. fixed in 2010
Description
CR 1-78488761 MSC / MD Nastran NLADAPT is not active when we use all default values Adaptive time stepping is not active in SOL 400 if you use all default values on the NLADAPT entry.
Description
Avoidance: Enter a value for TSM on the NLADPT entry
CR 1-78529481 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - CWELD, ANALYSIS=LNSTAT - Wrong Answers
Known Error
CR 1-78529481 The input "rigid=linear" in sol400 currently causes the cwelds to be ignored, noy the fact that "analysis-lnstatic". A woraround in sol400 is not to use "rigid=linear". (Ap) In SOL 400 with analysis=lnstat, MD R3 Nastran will ignore the cweld elements. This is evident by the fact that element forces will be zero.
Description
Avoidance: Run the linear static analysis in SOL 101. This has been fixed in MDr4. The problem was that in sol400 a CWELD gets translated internally into a CBEAM element and a number of RBE3 elements. For "rigid=linear" these RBE3 elements should be treated as MPC eqations on GEOM4 and not as nonlinear rigid elements on GEOM2. This was missing meaning that all the internal RBE3 definitions were lost as soon as "rigid=linear" was activated.
CR 1-78571461 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts - SOL 103 to 111 with ACMS - excessive recomputation If ACMS is performed in a SOL 103 cold start and then a restart is performed in SOL 111 then the normal modes are unnecessarily recalculated. Avoidance: none.
CR 1-78579645 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600- ability to use TABLEM1 for G temp-dep G defined on TABLEM1 for SOL600 is ignored... CR 1-78579695 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600- ability to use negative CTE in TABLEM1 SOL600 gives an error and stops translating if there is a negative CTE in a TABLEM1 this is a translator issue, as Marc has the capability to handle this. ---------------Workarounds:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-78579695 1) Run the job in steps as described in the QRG, SOL 600 executive control section, Running SOL 600 in Steps 2) Use the Marc input file created from Nastran and just execute Marc form the command line
CR 1-78579727 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600- tempurature dependent CTE translation error If the user defines a temperature dependent CTE (alpha) using a MATT1 and TABLEM1, the translation to the Marc.dat is incorrect. Basically, the NASTRAN CTE terms in the TABLEM1 are passed directly to the Marc TEMPERATURE DATA entry, but as seen below, this isn't apples-to-apples. The workaround is to hand-calculate the appropriate Marc-required terms for the CTE values and use them in the TABLEM1... then the translator will pass them across and they will be appropriate for Marc.
Description Once the fix below is incorporated into the translator, then the user will not need to do the conversion. ---------------We figured out the problem. For Marc, one must use an alpha (A) calculated as follows: Amarc2=(Anast2*(T2-Tref)-Anast1*(T1-Tref))/(T2-T1) Where 1 and 2 represents points 1 and 2 from the NASTRAN TABLEM1. Known Error Product CR 1-78590401 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran submittal keyword node - unix or linux to windows - terminates prematurely The node keyword on the nastran submittal command cause the run to terminate prematurely if the submittal is initiated on Linux or Unix platforms to a Windows platform. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 1-78636217 MSC / MD Nastran No Documentation for Parameter ROTSEKE The parameter ROTSEKE is used in the dynamic solutions to turn off the print out of the rotor energies. However, the Quick Reference Guide does not contain a description for this user parameter. The default value of -1 causes the strain and kinetic energy percentages to be output in the f06 file. For a model with only one rotor, they will always be 100% and of not much interest. The user should use PARAM,ROTSEKE,0 to avoid printing this information in the f06 file. CR 1-78708569 MSC / MD Nastran Temp Load - offset - Element Stresses and Forces (CORNER,BILIN) are too high This error occurs for QUAD4 elements with thermal loads and offsets. Only the element corner stresses and forces are affected when the BILIN option is selected. The displacements and element center values are correct. This error is due to a Fortran coding error resulting from failure to declare variable ZO double precision in subroutine eqd43d (ZO is the offset distance is passed to the subroutine as an argument). This type of error will be machine dependent. CR 1-78730724 MSC / MD Nastran MATTORT Requires the continuation line If using temp-dep materials for the MATORT, then the MATTORT is used... If the continuation line isn't used, then the translator doesn't create the correct Marc.dat.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Description
This is a particular problem, as there is no message or indication to the user the wrong material properties are being used. The workaround is to add a continuation line with the '+' continuation character in the first column (and blank for the rest of the line) after each MATTORT.
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-78739561 SOL 144 with nonlinear aerodynamic data may produce bad stability derivatives SOL 144 job with nonlinear aerodynamic data may produce bad stability derivatives due to a problem with the noninear interpolator. Avodiance: None.
Description
CR 1-78764211 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - Changed format of the MATOP4 option for EXTSEOUT The format has been changed between Version 2007 and Version 2008 for the MATOP4 option on the EXTSEOUT command. It has been changed from the non-sparse format to the sparse format. This was done via Quality 1-56154005 and was documented in the 2008 Release Guide. The sparse OUTPUT4 format option is now used for EXTSEOUT (MATRIXOP4=unit) Case Control command and will result in significant disk space reduction of the resulting op4 file. However, this creates a problem for users that work with the OP4 file outside of NASTRAN and need the format to be the same as before. An option to obtain the old format should have been made available. Avoidance: Insert the following ALTER to obtain the non-sparse format: $ ALTER to switch the output4 matrices from EXTSEOUT MATOP4 $ back to pre-v2008 format (non-sparse format) MALTER 'ELSE IF ( EXTMEDIA=\'MATRIXOP\' ) THEN', 'OP4UNIT=-OUTUNIT' ELSE IF ( EXTMEDIA='MATRIXOP' ) THEN OP4UNIT=OUTUNIT $ ENDALTER
Description
CR 1-78777461 MSC / MD Nastran param,wtmass does not affect MATD020 Materials that did not support wtmass for SOL 700 in MD R3
Known Error
CR 1-78777461 matd010 matd032 matd058 matd073 matd076 matd083 matd126 matd005 matd009 matd087 matd066 matd067 matd068 matd069 matd070 matd071 matd074 matd097 matd093 matd095 matd094 matd119 matd121 matd081 matd024 matd077 matd098 matd158 matd034 matd029 matd040 matd112 matd114 matd123 matd099 matd072 matd196 matd089 matdsw1 matdsw2 matdsw3 matdsw4 matdsw5 matd72r matdeul matdsw6 matd078 matd145 matd016matd053 matd116 matd163 matd036 matd037 matd039 matd190 matd77h matd77o matd147 matd193 Entries that are already supported: mat1 mathp mat2 mat3 mat5 mat8 mat9 mat10 mathe matort cmassi pmass conm1 conm2 pbar (NSM) pbeam (NSM) pshell (NSM) ptube (NSM)
CR 1-78785121 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - PARAML module - Wrong Answers The PARAML module returns bad values under the trailer option when the input data block is purged.
Description
Avoidance: Always output the fifth parameter and check for its presence before accepting the other output parameters. For example: paraml db//'trailer'/1/s,n,ncol//s,n,nodb $ if ( nodb<0 ) ncol=0 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-78787376 MSC / MD Nastran SuSE 10 implementation of "ksh" causing NASTRAN scripts to fail in MD R3 / 2008 Customer found that the ksh that came with SuSE 9.2 runs whereas the one that comes with SuSE 10 causes NASTRAN to not run.
Description Resolution:
Known Error
CR 1-78787376 This comes down to the fact that Nastran uses Korn shell (ksh) scripting before it calls the executables. In the middle of the script (for example, lines 263 and 271 on msc2007), the lines begin with: [[ $cmdname = $prod[1-9][0-9]*... In newer implementations of ksh (which newer operating systems will come with, for example SuSe 10), the syntax has changed. An appropriate representation would be: [[ $cmdname = ${prod}[1-9][0-9]*... This was updated with the latest build of MD Nastran 2010.
Known Error Product
CR 1-78825691 MSC / MD Nastran Using grid points as Q-set points in a SOL 103 EXTSEOUT job results in SFM 3200, Logic Error 28. Using grid points as Q-set points in a SOL 103 EXTSEOUT job results in SFM 3200, Logic Error 28 in the BDRYINFO module. The failure of the job is correct since EXTSEOUT jobs may not employ grid points as Q-set points (see the last sentence in the first paragraph of Remark 17(c) under the description of the EXTSEOUT Case Control command in the QRG). However, SFM 3200 resulting from the BDRYINFO module is not only not very helpful, but also occurs too late in the job after all the modes have been computed. The error should be caught much earlier and must result in an UFM rather than an SFM and clearly give the reason for the failure. This is resolved in MDR4 V2009.0.0. Now, if a Nastran job uses the EXESEOUT Case Control command and one or more QSET/QSET1 Bulk Data entries in the deck reference grid points. the program will terminate the job very early in the execution with a very meaningful UFM 7746 from the GP4 module rather than a very unhelpful SFM from the BDRYINFO module much later in the execution. No avoidance
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-78919801 MATMOD Option 16 does not work when Lagrange points are involved. MATMOD Option 16 does not work when Lagrange degrees of freedoms are involved. For example, when using it to handle KPPLX, a stiffness matrix including Lagrange degrees of freedom, the following warning message will be issued. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4357 (MTMD16) MATRIX KPPLX INPUT TO MATMOD OPTION 16 HAS 252 ROWS AND 252 COLUMNS, BUT ROW SET "G" SIZE IS 249 AND COLUMN SET "G" SIZE IS 249. NO OUTPUT PRODUCED. Avoidance: No avoidance avaliable.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-78921330 MSC / MD Nastran sol600- transformations for nodes with pin flags are not placed in the marc input file In MDR3 (2008) and earlier versions transformations for nodes with pin flags are not placed in the marc input file a possible workaround is to remove the pin flags and add coincident grids connected with MPC's to account for the correct connectivity. It might require a pair of new grids with their Analysis CS matching the bar element CS, and these grids connected in all 6 DOF to either side of the pin location, then connect them together with MPC's leaving off the pin DOF. fixed in 2010
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-78963451 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - param,autoqset,yes, EXTSEOUT, param,sqsetid,n wrong id numbers PARAM,SQSETID (with PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES) is ignored in the presence of EXTSEOUT Case Control command.
Description Avoidance: Insert following DMAP alter: compile EXTDUSET
Known Error
CR 1-78963451 alter 'SQSETID = (9000','SQSETID = (9000' $
CR 1-78967511 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATF Hashin-Tape criteria: - symbol used is incorrect Typos in /QRG - MATF Hashin-Tape criteria - symbol used is incorrect. At pag. 2098 'For the Hashin-Tape criteria the folliwing inputs are used' there is a mistake because:
Description
Fxy should be Sxy Fyz should be Syz Fzx should be Szx In particular the Interactive strength constant (Fxy, Fyz and Fzx) aren't present in the Hashin-Tape Failure Criteria Formulation.
CR 1-78967553 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATF Hashin-Fabric criteria - symbol used is incorrect Typos in /QRG - MATF Hashin-Fabric criteria - symbol used is incorrect. At pag. 2098-2089 'For the Hashin-Fabric criteria the following inputs are used' there is a mistake because: Fxy should be Sxy Fyz should be Syz Fzx should be Szx
Description
CR 1-78967702 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - MATF Puck criteria - symbol used is incorrect Typos in /QRG - MATF Puck criteria - symbol used is incorrect. At pag. 2098 'For the PUCK failure criteria the folliwing inputs are used' there is a mistake because: Fxy should be Sxy
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-78969247 Documentation/QRG - SESET - Incorrect Remark Remark 3 under the Quick Reference Guid documentation for the SESET entry indicates that SPOINTS are ignored. This remark should be changed or removed. SPOINTS can be used and assigned to a superelement. CR 1-78993101 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - translation error of time-dependent temperature load in transient thermal analysis Translation error of time-dependent temperature load in transient thermal analysis. This was caused by an input error in the attached model. This model contains no input that can't be solved using SOL 159. However, the data input is not valid. It contains a TEMP entry for grid 1 but grid 1 does not exist. If that entry is deleted, the job does the following using the current Nastran tier 1 system: SOL 600 - does not fill up the disk, generates Marc input file that is incomplete because TEMPBC is only supported for initial conditions, and this model uses TEMPBC for loads SOL 159 - runs for a ways, then diverges SOL 400 - Fails becuase TEMPBC is not supported at all.
Description
Known Error Product
Description
SOL 600 has been revised to allow TEMPBC to be used for loadings rather than just for initial conditions. After doing this, the job runs to completion. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-79018800 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor Dynamics - UNBALANC - Access Violation in NLTRD2 Module A rotordynamics analysis with UNBALANC and EPOINT entries executing SOL 129 encounters an access violation in the NLTRD2 module when NONLINEAR case control command references a SET but no NOLINi or NLRGAP entries exist.
Description
Avoidance: Remove the NONLINEAR case control command. Known Error Product CR 1-79048411 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-79048411 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRG1PR) A superelement with a C-set and enforced motion may encounter SFM 6143, indicating that incompatible matrices are being merged. The following alter will avoid this:
Description
compile super3, list alter 'PARTN GOT,NZYT','' $ 678,678 PARAML USET//'USET'//////LtSET/S,N,NOtSET $ call segoa uset,got,goq/goa/nooset/noqset/notset $ PARTN GOa,NZYa,/,,GOY,/1 $ CR 1-79056091 MSC / MD Nastran core dump in sdr1 in upstream super element If both STEP's has LOAD, jobs run OK. Or, if the 1st STEP has LOAD, job also can run through. Only when there is no LOAD (but TEMP) in the 1st STEP but in the 2nd STEP, job fails in SDR1 when recovery data for S.E.. CR 1-79094651 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - EXTSEOUT, SOL 101 - Wrong answers EXTSEOUT usage in SOL 101 gives wrong results in the assembly run for interior points of the external SE if the external SE has loads applied to its interior points and the external SE creation run has SPCF, MPCF or GPFO requests in conjunction with requests like DISP=ALL, STRESS=ALL, FORCE=ALL or STRAIN=ALL.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alters in the external superelement's creation run. compile extout alter 'call xAdd5 vscg'(,-1) if ( sdrs=-1 ) then $ alter 'call xAdd5 vscg'(,2) endif $
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-79095321 A SOL200 run may have difficult to satisfy an initially violated constraint due to UWM 7001 Starting from v2001, when a SOL200 run includes linked design varaibles that have an initial computed value that is outside the bound values, it should be terminated due to this User Input error, but it is not. Consequently, the initial design has a violated constraint that may be difficult to satisfy.
Description
Unless the user corrects the input error, no practical avoidance is available. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-79095332 MSC / MD Nastran An optimization job with DRESP3 (nresp>1) may produce incorrect gradients When an optimization job includes DRESP3 responses that use multiple response feature, the job may not converge due to incorrect gradients. Avoidance: Set nresp = 1 in the server subroutines (r3sgrt and r3svald) Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-79110148 MSC / MD Nastran Using Repcase in SOL 400 gives wrong User Fatal Message 5486 (SSG1A) Using REPCASE in SOL 400 gives wrong User Fatal Message 5486 (SSG1A). Since REPCASE is not supported in SOL 400, MD 2010 will now give a better message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 601 (IFP1RULE) REPCASE command is not supported for SOL 400 and will be ignored. CR 1-79117036 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 SHAPE optimization with CFAST may fail with SFM 3007 (DOPR6) SOL 200 optimization job with shape optimization and CFAST or CWELD elements may fail with following message: element type 126 is not supported
Description
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Known Error
CR 1-79117036 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOPR6) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE Dopr6a 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: None. Note that shape optimization does not support CFAST or CWELD. It is a limitation.
CR 1-79124817 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - Scaling/Selection of P2G vector in SOL 106 Remark 5 of the the QRG for the P2G case control command description is incomplete and not accurate for using the P2G request within SOL 106. An addition to the remark should be added as follows For SOL 106 the P2G functions according to these comments a. Only the first colum of a DMIG such as PAX where multiple columns are present will be used b. Each subcase may select a different DMIG with the P2G case control command. For example: SUBCASE 10 p2g=pax1 SUBCASE 20 p2g=pax2 SUBCASE 30 p2g=pax3
Description c. Parameter CP2 may be changed between subcases to scale the selected P2G DMIG vector. For example: p2g=pax $ SUBCASE 10 param,cp2,1.0,0.0 SUBCASE 20 param,cp2,10.0,0.0 SUBCASE 30 param,cp2,100.0,0.0 or SUBCASE 10 p2g=1.0*pax1
Known Error
CR 1-79124817 SUBCASE 20 p2g=10.0*pax1 SUBCASE 30 p2g=100.0*pax1 will accomplish the same scaling if the second setup is run on 2007.1 or later.
CR 1-79125997 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,EXTDROUT - SFM 1222 If in the assembly run data recovery is requested for the external superelement, via the OTM method, and PARAM,EXTDROUT is also specified then a subsequent data recovery restart from the external superelement creation run (3-step method) will terminate with the following: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1222 (LDRTRN) AN UNEXPECTED END OF FILE WAS DETECTED ON A NEUTRAL FILE DURING A DBLOAD OPERATION USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR TERMINATES PROGRAM EXECUTION AND GENERALLY OCCURS WHEN THE DBUNLOAD JOB FAILS DURING NEUTRAL FILE CREATION USER ACTION: REVIEW NEUTRAL FILE CREATION JOB FOR FATAL MESSAGES Avoidance: 1. Remove all data recovery requests from the *red* decks. Or 2 . Insert the following alter into the 3rd step data recovery job: compile super3 alter 'drmh3=','' Or 3. Insert the following alter which allows EXTDROUT to be used to do data recovery in a later restart or if EXTDROUT is omitted from the BEGIN SUPER section, data recovery requests from the *red* runs will be honored. Note
Description
Known Error
CR 1-79125997 that if EXTDROUT is used then a subsequent data recovery using a restart on the external superelement will cause SFM 6551 to be issued. ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SUPER3 NOLIST $ $ ALTER 'NODR.*REIG.*SESEF.*NOUP'(,-1) $ PVT PVTS,//S,N,DUMMY $ $ ALTER 'ELSE.*EXTERSE.*DRMH3','' $ ELSE IF ( EXTERSE AND DRMH3 AND EXTDROUT=' ') THEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
Known Error Product
CR 1-79187490 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600: In dynamic transient analysis, MARC translator cannot translate "Gravity Load" correctly. All SOL 600 dynamic analyses are presently limited to one TABLEDi. CR 1-79187535 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600: In dynamic transient with subcases, MARC translator can't translate "Gravity Load" correctly All SOL 600 dynamic analyses are limited to using only one TABLED1. CR 1-79214145 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS w/ direct fluid solution gives SFM 6144 PARTN1PR for interior acoustics Fluid-structure solutions often more accurate using direct fluid coupled with structure eigensolution in Sol 111 (method(fluid) commented out), because Fluid doesn't have residual vectors, and cavity modes can be insufficient to represent acoustic response with standard 2x or 3x fluid eigensol. However direct fluid doesn't work with ACMS: ACMS w/ interior acoustics direct fluid gives following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR)
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Corrected Version GL Abstract Description Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-79214145 THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in PDFX is not equal to the number of rows in the row partitioning vector VXFS User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: PDFX : Rows= 5293 by Cols= 392 VXFS : Rows= 5294 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile fdrmgen alter 'nm1=','' if ( noue>-1 ) then $ nm1=noue+nullfeig $ else $ nm1=nullfeig $ endif $
Known Error Product
CR 1-79214179 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - Exterior acoustics with ACMS and ACPOWER - SFM 6144 (MERGE1PR) In MDR3, if ACPOWER is requested with exterior acoustics and ACMS, a System Fatal Message 6144 (MERGE1PR) may occur with diagnostics similar to this: User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: MDOTMA : Rows= 13265 by Cols= 502 IUE : Rows= 2148 by Cols= 2148 VSFHE : Rows= 7275 no. of non-zeros= 2148 no. of zeros= 5127 VDAE : Rows= 15413 no. of non-zeros= 2148 no. of zeros= 13265
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile disprs alter 'equivx rph'(2) equivx mdotm/mdotm1/-1 $ compile semfreq alter 'diagonal vprc2'(,1) PARAML CASEm//'dti'/-1/288//s,n,acint $ PARAML CASEm//'dti'/-1/416//s,n,acpwr $ if ( acint<0 or acpwr<0 ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-79214179 $ include all wetted structure and fluid dofs for $ acoustic power output delete /vpr2,vpc2,vpr2c,vpc2c,vpaiex $ delete /vpaie1,,,, $ matmod agg,,,,,/vpr2,vpc2/25//1 $ matmod vpr2,,,,,/vpr2c,/47 $ matmod vpc2,,,,,/vpc2c,/47 $ add5 vpr2c,vpc2c,vpaie1,,/vpaiex $ diagonal vpaiex/vpaie1/'whole'/0. $ endif $ compile gmam alter 'mdotma','' if ( nomdotm>0 ) then $ if ( nolamaf<1 ) then $ partn mdotm, ,vasf/mdotms,,,/1 $ else $ partn mdotm,vshfh,vasf/mdotms,,,/1 $ endif $ MERGE mdotms,,,phfah,vshfh,vasf/mdotma/1 $ endif $
CR 1-79214451 MSC / MD Nastran Exterior Acoustic Analysis - ACMS - wrong answers DOMAINSOLVER ACMS with exterior acoustics in modal frequency analysis (e.g., SOL 111) will produce null structural velocities and incorrect acoustic results.
Description Avoidances: a) No ACMS b) ACMS with Param sparseph,no or param,mdotm,no c) SOL 108 with dmp>1 Known Error Product CR 1-79216032 MSC / MD Nastran SIGTRAP - Trace trap floating point exception when both copts and coptm are used In MDR3 if both COPTS and COPTM are specified, the following error may occur:
Known Error
CR 1-79216032 Signal received: SIGTRAP - Trace trap Signal generated for floating-point exception: FP invalid operation Traceback: Offset 0x00000158 in procedure cn_bbclosestpp_ Offset 0x00000298 in procedure cn_bbcdistpp_new_ Offset 0x0000029c in procedure cn_bbcdist2d_ Offset 0x000003f0 in procedure cn_bbcdist_ Offset 0x00001b64 in procedure cn_adjustbbc_ Offset 0x00000f9c in procedure cn_adjus3_ Offset 0x00000ffc in procedure cn_adjust_ Offset 0x000007d4 in procedure cnx_adjusto_ Offset 0x00000b30 in procedure cn_distrt_ Offset 0x000001fc in procedure cnx_distrt_ Offset 0x00002370 in procedure mcntini_ Offset 0x00001f3c in procedure m3dcnt1_ Offset 0x00000274 in procedure xsem16_ Offset 0x000001fc in procedure xsemdr_ Offset 0x00000070 in procedure nastmon_ Offset 0x00000a74 in procedure mainal --- End of call chain --This is likely due to a modeling error. In 2010, the same model no longer produces a traceback, but there are NaN in the output.
CR 1-79221660 MSC / MD Nastran Running SOL101 model with CFAST has a fatal error error in MODGM2 Running SOL101 Model with CFAST and obtains the following error in MODGM2 ERROR IN SORTC ROUTINE, NBRWDS = 400462 IS NOT AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF LENTRY = 3 0FATAL ERROR
Description
No Avoidance Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-79222141 MSC / MD Nastran MATD081 is not recognized by SOL700
Known Error Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
CR 1-79222141 The problem that MATD081 was not recognized by SOL700 was fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-79234244 MSC / MD Nastran inertia relief conditions not in all static subcases in a SOL200 optimization job may crash in DSADJ In a SOL200 optimization job, if some static subcases have inertia relief, but another one or more static subcases do not have inertia relief. The job may crash if adjoint sensitivity method is automatically selected for this job run. This bug was found sine MD R3. If it occurs, the user can see a fatal error message in *.f06
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSADJ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DGRU21 AT POSITION 7 DOES NOT EXIS Avoidance: Force a direct sensitivity analysis method to be used for the job run by "PARAM, autoadj, no"
CR 1-79246701 MSC / MD Nastran CQUADR: QRG documentation of consistent edge load requirement. For the CQUADR Remark 6. description and CTRIAR Remark 4. the description in the QRG states the following requirements: Inaccurate results will be obtained if interior grids have the rotation normal (drilling) to the element constrained. At the boundary of a model, the drilling degrees-of-freedom must be constrained if the user wants a fixed boundary. Also, for this element it is critical that consistent membrane (in plane) edge loads be applied. Reference the PLOAD4 entry (SORL option) and the MD Nastran Reference Manual (Chapter 3, Consistent Surface and Edge Loads) for additional information. CR 1-79259601 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-79259601 VCCT results are potentially wrong when symmetry boundary conditions are used around the crack. MDr3 Sol400 VCCT analysis potentially gave wrong answers when symmetry boundary conditions were used. Workaround: -1- Avoid using symmetry around the crack. -2- Replace the SPCs for the symmetry with a rigid contact body.
Description
Known Error Product
Corrected 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Version Abstract A rotor dynamic response optimization job may fail with UFM 3032 in ROTOR In v2008 (MD R3), a rotor dynamic response optimization job may fail with the following message due to missing EDOM table input to FEA subdmaps. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3032 (ROTOR) UNABLE TO FIND SELECTED SET ( 66) IN TABLE (DDVAL ) IN SUBROUTINE (ROTOR). Avoidance: compile desopt alter 'l fea'(2),'' CALL FEA, $..INPUT DATA BLOCKS: ABE,ACPT,,AEBGPDTS,AECOMP,AERO,AEUSETS, , ,BGPDTVU, ,CASECC, CASEDS,CASEM,CASERS,CASES,CASESX, ,CONTROL,CSTMA,CSTMS, , Descriptio DEQATN,DEQIND, ,DIT,DITS,DMIS,DMINDXS,DRG, , n DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ECTAS,EDOM,EDT,EHT, EHTA,ELEMVOL,EMAP,EPT,EPTA,EPTS,EQEXIN,EQEXINS,ETT,EXTDB,,,FORCE, GDGK0,GDKSK,GDNTAB,GEOM1,GEOM1QX,GEOM1S,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEO M3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,,GPGK0,GPKSK,GPLS,GPSNTS,,INDTA,,MAPS,MATPOOL,MATPOOLS, MEDGE,MKLIST,MMCDB,MPT,MPTS, ,OINT,PCDB,PCDBS,PCOMPTS,PELSETS, , POSTCDB, ,PVAL,PVT,PVTBC,PVTS, , ,SCSTM,SILS,SLIST,SLT, SPLINE,SPSEL,TABDEQ,TABEVP,TABEVS, ,TRX, , , , ,VGFS, VGQ,VIEWTB,XYCDB,XYCDBS,YG,MPJN2O,MPJSFN2O,AEMPCOMP,AEMONPT,SAEMP RK, STRUCOMP,MONITOR,SAERG0,AEDBSTDX,UXVST,PJVST,,,,,,XSOP2DIR,,, GEOM1QS,GEOM4QS,SELIST,PVT0,DMONPTA,DMONPTS,SDSRG0,SDARK,PVPERQ, DTIS,DTINDXS,PBRMSD,PBRMS,MP1,MPD1,MP3,STRPLAB,EDTS,YMU,,,,, IFEXPNT,VEFS,AFPMLIST,,PJVNDX,PJVNDXS,/
Known Error
CR 1-79278861 $..OUTPUT DATA BLOCKS: , , , , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,BDICT,BELM, ,BGPDTS,BGPDT,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG, ,CB2DD, , CK2DD,CLAMA,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,CPHD,CPHH,CPHP, CRJ,CRX, ,D1JK, ,D2JK,DAR, , ,DFFDNF, DITID, ,DLT,ECTS,EPSSEDSN, , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,FRL, , , , , ,GM,GOQ,GOT, ,GPECT, , , , K2DD,K2MG, ,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , , , ,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, , ,KMG,KSF,KSS, , LAJJ,LAJJT,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , LPHD,LPHH,LPHP, , , M2MG,M2SF,MAR, ,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, , ,MJJ, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, , , ,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA, ,PHG, , , , , ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, , ,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS,PP1DS,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, ,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , , , , ,QMG,QMPF,QMPT,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, ,UAJJ,UAJJT,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT, , ,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM,YPF1,VGFD,VPHFS,WKK,WSKJ,WSKJF, ,YS,YPO , , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MDPHIQ,MDGOT,MDGOQ,MDVFT,MDMAP, MDGRDRM,MP2SLAB,MP2ST,MP2UGCP,MP3INT,MP3LAB,MP3GPF, MP2A,MP3A,MP2SA,MP3SA,S2A,S3A,SDSA,,,,THETAM,ACIECT,SILD/ $..INPUT PARAMETERS: AERO/ADJFLG/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/CNVFLG/TRUE/ CYCLIC/DCEIGCC/DESCYCLE/DESEIG/DESMAX/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/DFRSPCF/DMRESD / DROPT/DROPTDS/DSTSPCF/DVRGCC/DTRSPCF/EBIS/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/ FIXEDB/FLUIDSE0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/IMACHNO/INREL/ IQ/KDAMP/ENFMETH/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/MCEIGCC/MFRQCC/ MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/MTRNDSA/MTRNCC/NASOUT/NK/NLHEAT/NOPH1/N OPH2/ NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/RGSENS/RSONLY/SAERCC/SAERODSA/SEKR/ SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/STATDSA/FALSE/ $..I/O PARAMETERS: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/S,BOV/S,BMETH/S,CARDNO/S,FREQDEP/ S,FS/S,LUSET/S,METHF/S,MDTRKFLG/S,MODETRAK/S,NMSOL/S,NORSET/ S,NOSASET/S,NSOL/S,PFILE/S,PVALID/S,STATSUB/S,SUPORT/0/DELTAB $ $ alter 'l fea'(4),'' CALL FEA, $..INPUT DATA BLOCKS:
Known Error
CR 1-79278861 ABE,ACPT,,AEBGPDTS,AECOMP,AERO,AEUSETS, , ,BGPDTVU, ,CASECC, CASEDS,CASEM,CASERS,CASES,CASESX, ,CONTROL,CSTMA,CSTMS, , DEQATN,DEQIND, ,DIT,DITS,DMIS,DMINDXS,DRG, , DYNAMIC,DYNAMICS,ECTAS,EDOM,EDT,EHT, EHTA,ELEMVOL,EMAP,EPT,EPTA,EPTS,EQEXIN,EQEXINS,ETT,EXTDB,,,FORCE, GDGK0,GDKSK,GDNTAB,GEOM1,GEOM1QX,GEOM1S,GEOM2,GEOM2S,GEOM3,GEO M3S, GEOM4,GEOM4S,,GPGK0,GPKSK,GPLS,GPSNTS,,INDTA,,MAPS,MATPOOL,MATPOOLS, MEDGE,MKLIST,MMCDB,MPT,MPTS, ,OINT,PCDB,PCDBS,PCOMPTS,PELSETS, , POSTCDB,,PVAL,PVT,PVTBC,PVTS, , ,SCSTM,SILS,SLIST,SLT,SPLINE, SPSEL, ,TABEVP,TABEVS, ,TRX, , , , ,VGFS,VGQ, VIEWTB,XYCDB,XYCDBS,YG,MPJN2O,MPJSFN2O,AEMPCOMP,AEMONPT,SAEMPRK, STRUCOMP,MONITOR,SAERG0,AEDBSTDX,UXVST,PGVST,,,,,,XSOP2DIR,,, GEOM1QS,GEOM4QS,SELIST,PVT0,DMONPTA,DMONPTS,SDSRG0,SDARK,PVPERQ, DTIS,DTINDXS,PBRMSD,PBRMS,MP1,MPD1,MP3,STRPLAB,EDTS,YMU,,,,, IFEXPNT,VEFS,AFPMLIST,,PJVNDX,PJVNDXS,/ $..OUTPUT DATA BLOCKS: , , , , ,AQG,AUA,AUG, , B2DD,B2MG,B2SF, ,BDICT,BELM, ,BGPDTS,BGPDT,BHH, , ,BLAMA, BLAMA1,BMG,BPHA,BSF,BUG, ,CB2DD, , CK2DD,CLAMA,CMDD,CMLAMA,CMPHA,CMPHO,CPHD,CPHH,CPHP, CRJ,CRX, ,D1JK, ,D2JK,DAR, , ,DFFDNF, DITID, ,DLT,ECTS,, , ,EST, ,FLAMA, ,FOL,FOL1,FPHH,FRL, , , , , ,GM,GOQ,GOT, ,GPECT, , , , K2DD,K2MG, ,K2SF, , , , ,K4MG,K4SF, , , , ,KDICT, ,KELM, KFS,KHH, , ,KMG,KSF,KSS, , LAJJ,LAJJT,LAMA,LAMA1,LAMAF,LAMAS,LLL, , LPHD,LPHH,LPHP, , , M2MG,M2SF,MAR,MDD,MDICT,MEA,MELM,MHH, , ,MJJ, , ,MMG, , ,MSF,MTRAK, , , ,PDF,PDT,PDTDS,PG, ,PHA, ,PHDH,PHF, PHFA, ,PHG, , , , , ,PHQG,PHSA,PJ, , ,PNLH,PPF,PPF1,PPT,PPTDS,PP1DS,PSF,PSF1,PSS,PST, ,PSTDS,PTELEM,QG, , , , , , , , , ,QMG,QMPF,QMPT,QPF,QPT,QR, , , ,TOL,TOL1,TOL2,TR, ,UAJJ,UAJJT,UDF,UG, ,,UHF,UHT,UHTDS,UL, ULF, ,ULTDS,UOO,UPF,UPT, , ,USET,USETD, VAFS,VELEM,YPF1,VGFD,VPHFS,WKK,WSKJ,WSKJF, ,YS,YPO, , ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,MDPHIQ,MDGOT,MDGOQ,MDVFT,MDMAP, MDGRDRM,MP2SLAB,MP2ST,MP2UGCP,MP3INT,MP3LAB,MP3GPF, MP2A,MP3A,MP2SA,MP3SA,S2A,S3A,SDSA,SDSRA,SDSRL,,THETAM, ACIECT,SILD/ $..INPUT PARAMETERS:
Known Error
CR 1-79278861 AERO/ADJFLG/AERTYP/ALTRED/APP/AUNITS/AUTOSPC/BUCKCC/CNVFLG/TRUE/ CYCLIC/DCEIGCC/DESCYCLE/DESEIG/DESMAX/DFRQCC/DFRQDSA/DFRSPCF/DMRESD / DROPT/DROPTDS/DSTSPCF/DVRGCC/DTRSPCF/EBIS/ERROR/EXTERSE/FEAOPT/ FIXEDB/FLUIDSE0/FLUTCC/FSCOUP/G/GUSTAERO/HFREQ/IKBAR/IMACHNO/INREL/ IQ/KDAMP/ENFMETH/LASTSEID/LFREQ/LMODES/LUSETS/MCEIGCC/MFRQCC/ MFRQDSA/MODACC/MODECC/MTRNDSA/MTRNCC/NASOUT/NK/NLHEAT/NOPH1/N OPH2/ NOSEDV/OPTIMIZE/PEXIST/PSLOAD/RGSENS/RSONLY/SAERCC/SAERODSA/SEKR/ SELG/SELR/SEMG/SEMR/SKPAMG/SKPAMP/SOLTYP/STATCC/STATDSA/FALSE/ $..I/O PARAMETERS: S,ADPTEXIT/S,ADPTINDX/S,BOV/S,BMETH/S,CARDNO/S,FREQDEP/ S,FS/S,LUSET/S,METHF/S,MDTRKFLG/S,MODETRAK/S,NMSOL/S,NORSET/ S,NOSASET/S,NSOL/S,PFILE/S,PVALID/S,STATSUB/S,SUPORT/0/DELTAB $ $
CR 1-79279165 MSC / MD Nastran UFM313 for TABDMP1 using SKIP A job using the SKIP option with the TABDMP1 entry fails with UFM 313 Avoidance: In Version 2010, use IFPSTAR=YES
CR 1-79301011 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL 146 SPCD job gives results that do not match large mass or Lagrange method results A SOL 146 SPCD job gives results that do not match large mass or Lagrange method results. This is under investigation. CR 1-79322158 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - DBLOCATE restart - UFM 5228 in FRRD2 A DBLOCATE restart into SOL 146 may produce the following fatal message.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5228 (FRRD2) A DYNAMIC AEROELASTIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS IS BEING EXECUTED WITH A NON-ZERO
Known Error
CR 1-79322158 Q VALUE BUT THE VELOCITY FIELD ON THE AERO BULK DATA ENTRY IS BLANK
Avoidance: Insert the following FMS statement in the restart. dblocate param=(bov) logical=unsadb Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-79377621 MSC / MD Nastran SHEAR panel with PSHEARN gave SFM 2077 If you used a SHEAR element with a PSHEARM entry you used to get SFM 2077 (EMG) INVALID NONLINEAR APPENDAGE. Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2077 (EMG) INVALID NONLINEAR EST APPENDAGE ENCOUNTERED FOR ELEMENT ********* AT LOCATION *****. 0FATAL ERROR There is no avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-79378440 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with scattered design variables for PBMSECTs may produce incorrect results SOL 200 optimization job with scattered design variables for a PBMSECT may produce incorrect optimization results. Description Avoidance: If possible, group design variables for a PBMSECT together and assign contiguous design variable IDs. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-79405831 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - GRID - Remark 9 Remark 9 under the QRG GRID entry description, the value (214748647) should be (2147483647). CR 1-79409970
Known Error
Known Error Product
CR 1-79409970 MSC / MD Nastran SOL700 with +10k TABLED1 cards will echo cards again at the bottom of LS/Dyna deck - causes FATAL Multiple TABLED1 entries were sometimes written in the jid.dytr.dat input. This has been verified to be fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-79434421 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 may give a false convergence for small jobs using SPCD unloading SOL 400 may give a false convergence under the following conditions: 1. The model is small. 2. Using SPCD load with 2 steps. The first step is loading and the second step is unloading to 0.0 displacement. This is shown by the following: STEP 1 $ LOAD LOAD = 301 STEP 2 $ UNLOAD LOAD = 302 BEGIN BULK . . . SPCD 301 3 1 .1 SPCD 302 3 1 .0 . . ENDDATA 3. In this case, there will be a false convergence in the second unloading step. Avoidance: Use MINITER=2 on the NLPARM Bulk data entry to force performing at least two iterations.
Corrected Version 2010.1.0 (MD R4) Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
Description
CR 1-79453503 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid BCBODY does not support table-referred velocity control in MDr3.1 In Mdr3.1 and earlier,Rigid BCBODY does not support table-referred velocity
Known Error
CR 1-79453503 control. Only constant velocity control is available. In 2010, both constant and TABLE-referred control velocity are supported.
CR 1-79460011 MSC / MD Nastran continuation mneumonics When using free format with double field (the name has *) the program assumes you have all 9 fields on one line and it creates a double field two line input. However, if the parent line has just 6 fields then the continuation mneumonic must be entered in field 6 and it must start with a + or the entry is not expanded and the continuation line is not attached to the parent line. CR 1-79487441 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - ACMS, SOL 111 - UFM 3046 In a fluid-structure model run with SOL 111 and DOMAINSOLVER ACMS, if data recovery is requested on fluid points only then the run may terminate with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (SQFREQ) THIS FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS AND ENFORCED MOTION ARE BOTH NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION. Avoidances: 1. Add a structural point for data recovery and the point must not be a constrained by an SPCi or a dependent point in an MPC or rigid element. 2. Insert the following DMAP alter: compile spdr1 alter 'upartn.*v01a','' type db got,goq $ PARAML USET//'USET'//////'o'/S,N,NOoSET/ 't'/S,N,NOtSET/ 'q'/S,N,NOqSET $ CALL SEGOA uset,GOt,goq/GOA/NOOSET/NOQSET/NOTSET $ SSG2 USET,GM,,,GOA,,z01dr0,,/,,,V01a, $ 3. Insert PARAM,SPARSEPH,NO or request data recvoery at all points; e.g., DISP(PLOT)=ALL
Description
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Known Error Product
CR 1-79520191 MSC / MD Nastran Extse fluid structure job with DMIGOP2/ DMIGDB option fails with SFM 6143 in UPARTN in assembly run Extse fluid structure job with DMIGOP2/ DMIGDB option fails with SFM 6143 in UPARTN in assembly run *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in VAFS is not equal to the size of the A-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: VAFS : Rows= 165 by Cols= 1 Set sizes: Major (A-set)= 153 Set0 (T-set)= 25 Set1 (COMP-set)= 128 0FATAL ERROR 1 * * * END OF JOB * * * CR 1-79531693 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran ACMS DMP job fails on AIX 5.3 Workaround: submit with pre='export MP_PRINTENV=YES MP_INFOLEVEL=6 MP_DEBUG_NOTIMEOUT=yes MP_PULSE=0' Fairly large automotive SOL103 using ACMS fails with DMP on AIX 5.3. Apparently, MPI times out after 15 minutes if no domain communication on AIX. So small jobs run OK. Big models fail. Nastran log file shows the follwoing error message: ERROR: 0032-171 Communication subsystem error: Communication timeout has occurred. in MPI_Ssend, task 2 ERROR: 0032-171 Communication subsystem error: Communication timeout has occurred. in routine unknown, task 2
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Known Error Product
CR 1-79549048 SOL 600 - CBUSH coord system attached to element wrong in MARC CBUSH local coordinate system written as zero rather than -1 in Marc input file. CR 1-79549136 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - inertia relief, in history section of marc file line is missing with nodeid, -1. If inertia relief is specified in a SOL 600 job, the marc input file may be translated incorrectly and the job will fail. The .marc.dat file will have:
Description
INERTIA RELIEF 3, 1, 0, NO PRINT Where an additional line above NO PRINT should be: 2245,-1, or in other words it should write the nodeid,-1,
CR 1-79572709 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 110 Restart, Parameter SERST, x2PP Matrix Request According to the documentation of the Quick Reference Guide, the parameter SERST set to SEMI should allow SOL 110 to restart from a normal modes data base and solve the complex eigenvalues problem when an x2PP DMIG matrix request is made. The last information provided in the f06 file is: ^^^ USER WARNING MESSAGE 9043 (PHASE0) ^^^ AS REQUESTED BY PARAM,SERST, SEMI THIS RUN DID NOT COMPLETE PHASE 0 AND SHOULD BE VERIFIED FOR CORRECT RESULTS. Avoidance: Run as a cold start. CR 1-79731042 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SOL 101, output(plot) - missing stress contour plots In SOL 101, stress contour plots may be ignored.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-79731042 Avioidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile super3 alter 'delete.*oes1x','' delete /oug1,oef1x,ostr1x,oqmg1, $
CR 1-79766944 MSC / MD Nastran sol 111 - ufm 3008 (umfdrv) although hicore is bigger than realistic memory sol 111 - ufm 3008 (umfdrv) although hicore is bigger than realistic memory. There seems to be a problem with memory estimation when UMFPACK is being used. For example if mem=1572864000w f06 contains the following message: *** ERROR TERMINATION FROM UMFPACK FACTORIZATION. RETURN CODE = -1 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UMFDRV) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY FOR UMFPACK FACTORIZATION UMFPACK PEAK MEMORY ESTIMATE = 17426 MB UMFPACK REALISTIC MEMORY EST. = 3486 MB MEMORY AVAILABLE = 5960 MB indicating that 3486 mb would be realistic. However 6gb are available. Requesting 8gb doesn't solve the problem neither and the same message is being issued (except of course that memory available is reported to be 8152 mb).
Description
CR 1-79774125 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - RIGID=LAGRANGE - UFM 9152 (CHCKGYRO) when performing a rotor dynamic solution and RIGID=LAGRAN is used, the following error is issued: ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9152 (CHCKGYRO) ^^^ COUPLING BETWEEN ROTOR 100 AND OTHER COMPONENTS DETECTED IN THE STIFFNESS MATRIX. ^^^ THIS CONNECTION MAY RESULT IN INCORRECT RESULTS. CHECK MODEL AND ROTORG ENTRIES ^^^ FOR SOL 400, IF THERE ARE RIGID ELEMENTS IN THE MODEL,
Description
Known Error
CR 1-79774125 RIGID=LINEAR CASE CONTROLD COMMAND MUST BE USED.
CR 1-79811428 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - Corrupt XDB, SWM 6065 DBC, EC 23, GRIDBK, NLLF Additional output requests in subsequent steps in SOL 400 as shown below will result in a corrupt XDB File. Example: SUBCASE 1 STEP 1 NLPARM=1 LOAD = 1 STEP 2 NLPARM=2 LOAD = 2 DISPL=ALL The following warning message will be printed to the f06 and the xdb file will be corrupt. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR NLLF VALUE = 1.5000E+00, POSITION = 0. Avoidance: 1) request the output in all STEPs 2) use OP2 3) use MASTER/DBALL
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-79811526 MSC / MD Nastran QRG - GPFORCE Remark 10 incorrect {SOL 400 and 600 also can produce GPFORCE} GPFORCE Remark 10 in the MDR3 QRG says 10. Grid point force output is available for nonlinear static analysis (SOL 106). Contributions from slideline elements are ignored. All other nonlinear solution sequences do not support grid point force output. PARAM,NOELOF and PARAM,NOELOP are not supported in nonlinear static analysis;
Description
Known Error
CR 1-79811526 therefore, Remarks 2., 3., 4., and 6. do not apply to SOL 106. SOL 400 and SOL 600 also output GPFORCE The 2010 QRG has been updated.
Known Error Product
CR 1-79877796 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL200 topography optimization with a DRESP1 with non-existing grid may fail with SFM4276 (RECOVR) When a topography optimization job (BEADVAR) includes a DRESP1 entry that references a non-existing grid, it may fail on HP-UX with the following error message: (may have differen error messages on different machines)
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (RECOVR) ERROR CODE 7777 PID= 0 Avoidance: Specify an existing grid point on the DRESP1 entry
CR 1-80095848 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,FIXEDB,-1 - wrong answers PARAM,FIXEDB with both -1 and 0 in the Case Control in different subcases may not be properly honored in the superelement subcases. Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-80115621 MSC / MD Nastran Rotordynamic results may have phase shift when NLPACK changes in SOL 400 In MDr3.1 and earlier, the results of the Rotordynamics may have phase shift when the value of NLPACK parameter changes in SOL 400. Avoidance: Set NLPACK=-1 when user really care the phase change.
Description
CR 1-80121571 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with W or H of PBMSECT failed with signal 11 access violation SOL 200 job with Width and/or Height of PBMSECT as design variables may fail with signal 11 access violation. Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-80134711 MSC / MD Nastran Installation - SuSE 10.2 - Nastran will not start, System output on submittal Prompt <81> mdnast200 If output similar to the following is printed when submitting Nastran on a RHEL 5, SuSE 10.2 or higher system, then the system has an unsupported ksh. Output: Prompt <81> mdnast2008 JOB MSC_BASE=/opt/msc MSC_VERSD=md2008 MSC_ARCH=linux64 The problem is a result of an unsupported ksh ( ksh-93s-59.7 ). The problem can be demonstrated in a small test case: #! /bin/ksh prod=md [[ mdnast2009t1 = $prod[1-9][0-9]* ]] && echo Bad ksh If "Bad ksh" is printed, then the ksh will not work. Avoidance: Change the line in $MSC_BASE/bin/mdnast2008 Prompt <89> diff mdnast2008.org mdnast2008 485c485 < [[ $cmdname = $prod[1-9][0-9]* && -n $1 ]] && { --> [[ $cmdname = ${prod}[1-9][0-9]* && -n $1 ]] && { 493c493 < [[ $cmdname = $prod[1-9][0-9]* ]] && { --> [[ $cmdname = ${prod}[1-9][0-9]* ]] && {
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CR 1-80142500 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - AXIC - H=0 Should be allowed The documentation for AXIC entry indicates H must be greater than 0. A value of 0 indicating that only results for the 0th harmonic are desired is allowed. CR 1-80179842 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - CONTRLT - Delay field incorrectly documented as must be less than 0. The QRG documentation for the CONTRLT entry incorrectly documents that the delay field must be less than 0. The delay entry must be positive (Real > 0; Default = 0) CR 1-80302741 MSC / MD Nastran PBARL doesn't work well A SOL 700 model with PBARL and small radius generates an error in MD R3. *** Error Part 2 has material type 1 and uses beam integration rule 1 which references a part with material type 0 The material types must be all the same, both for the material referenced by the element PID and for all the PIDs referenced on the integration rule. PBAR and PBEAM use the resultant beam (LS-DYNA beam type 2) and PBARL and PBEAML use the Hugh-Liu beam (LS-Dyna beam type 1). The specific model that this error occured also benefited from increasing the radius.
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Description
CR 1-80400222 MSC / MD Nastran STRESS request in sol103 external SE givies fatal1013 If stress output is requested for an external superelement in SOL 103, FATAL 1013 may occur.
Known Error
CR 1-80400222 Avoidance: Remove the STRESS output request for the external superelement.
Known Error Product
CR 1-80411679 MSC / MD Nastran NLRGAP in nonlinear harmonic response SENLHARM with a TABLED5 not using table values In a nonlinear harmonic response analysis (SOL SENLHARM or SOL 128), if the model contains NLRGAP entries that reference any TABLED5 entries, the values specified on the TABLED1 entry referenced by the TABLED5 entry are ignored. Avoidance: Add the following DMAP alter to SOL SENLHARM ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SENLHARM NOLIST $ ALTER 'ROTRUTL DYNAMICS' $ IF (UVAFLAG=1 OR UVAFLAG=4 OR UVAFLAG=5) UVAFLAG=UVAFLAG+2 $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
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Known Error Product
CR 1-80499448 MSC / MD Nastran SOL200 job with DRESP1 on modal frequency and MODTRAK may produce incorrect DRESP1 SOL200 jobs withDRESP1 on modal frequency and MODTRAK may produce punched DRESP1 in the wrong format. Those punched DRESP1 can not be utilized in subsequent SOL 200 jobs. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 1-80499950 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400 CQUADR TEMP(LOAD) STRESS - UFM 4016 SOL 400 - using CQUADR - UFM 4016 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4016 (GETEMP) THERE ARE NO TEMPERATURES FOR QUADR ELEMENT 27890215 IN SET 2
Known Error
CR 1-80499950 Client had a job with Temperature(LOAD) in SOL400 for CQUADR elements and stress data recovery. Avoidance : using CQUAD4. This error is now fixed in MD2010
CR 1-80502200 MSC / MD Nastran MATT1 and MATS1 cards in deck can cause a fatal error due to ID sequence If both MATT1 and MATS1 entries exist in your input file and a MATT1 ID is higher than the MATS1 entry, the run may fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2076 (PREMAT) TABLES1 BULK DATA ENTRY ID 5000101, WHICH IS REFERENCED BY MATS1 ENTRY ID 2, IS INCORRECTLY DEFINED FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS. Avoidance: use a higher id for the MATS1 than for the MATT1
Description
CR 1-80511832 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - enforced motion, ACMS - UFM 5423 Using DOMAINSOLVER ACMS in acoustic analysis with enforced motion may produce the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR PDF1 IS 101 50 27483 2400 TRAILER FOR PYHF IS 102 50 27484 2 4 18652 1697 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile fdrmgen alter 'nm1=','' if ( noue>-1 ) then $
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Known Error
CR 1-80511832 nm1=noue+nullfeig $ else $ nm1=nullfeig $ endif $
CR 1-80526397 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - virtual mass, SPCD, PARAM,VMOPT, 0 or 2 - Wrong answers In SOLs 111 and 112 with PARAM,VMOPT,0 or 2, the virtual mass effects are ignored in the calculation of equivalent loads due to enforced motion using the SPCD method and wrong answers may result. This may also occur in SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=MFREQ. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sekmr alter 'dbstatus vny'(,-1) CALL MGEN1 Gge , , , , , bec ,cee ,mee ,mec , , / mjex ,Mjjv / ERROR /-1 /seid /false $ equivx mjjv/mnnv/nomset $ if ( nomset>-1 ) mce2 uset,gm,mjjv,,,/mnnv,,, $ upartn uset,mnnv/,msfv,,mssv/lnset/lfset $ add5 msfv,msf,,,/msfw $ equivx msfw/msf/-1 $ add5 mnnv,mnn,,,/mnnw $ alter 'call getxay.*mnn','' call getxay mnnw,vny,vno,vna,goy,goa/may/nooset $ call xMATREDU mjjv,USET,GM,GOa/maav,, $ call dbstore maav,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile modefsrs alter 'call getay','' call dbfetch /maav,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ add5 maav,maa,,,/maaw $ call getay lyy,kay,vay,vya,baa,maaw,k4aa,kdaa,aaa, bay,may,k4ay,kday,aay,ys,uset,nzyg,vafs/ day,bdsf,mdsf,k4dsf,kddsf,adsf,ys1/ nooset/-1 $ endalter
Description
CR 1-80599782 MSC / MD Nastran XDB results content is incorrect when duplicate identifications are present All elements ( for example CBAR, CMASSi or RBAR) that have data recovery responses must have unique identifications. This requirement is now more strictly enforced when PARAM,POST,0 is utilized. CR 1-80624021 MSC / MD Nastran Yield stress for Implicit Creep model in MATEP card isn't transformed into Marc input file Yield stress for Implicit Creep model in MATEP card isn't transformed into Marc input file. For viscoplastic material - defined through user subroutine ucrplw.f option in MATVP card, it's very general to define plastic behavior through "implicit creep" option in MATEP card. For "implicit creep" option in MATEP. it would be also necessary to input yield stress as the format below, MATEP,1,,,,ImpCreep,,,,+ +,ImpCreep,4.92e7 However, the transformed Marc input file would just show "zero" at the equivalent entry. CR 1-80625441 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM,ENFMOTN,ABS ignored for internal SE with no output request in Residual In SOL 111 with SPCD enforced acceleration and f there is no data recovery requested in the residual for at least one of the residual boundary grid displacement,then the displacement, velocity, and acceleration results for superelements will be computed in relative instead of absolute--which includes the fixed base motion. Avoidance: Request at least 1 boundary displacement in the residual for each of the superelements where data recovery is required.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-80626457 The COPTB entry on the BCBODY option is ignored In MD R3, the COPTB entry on the BCBODY option is ignored. The workaround is to define COPTS1/COPTM1 or COPTS/COPTM on the BCTABLE option. CR 1-80876934 MSC / MD Nastran DOPTPRM P2CR output may not in ascending order of constraint values if P2CR on DOPTPRM is greater then the number of retained constraints, P2CR output will not be in the ascending order of constraint values. Instead, it is in the order of internal constraint ID which is the same as P2CR is not specified. Avoidance: None.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-80926331 MSC / MD Nastran A topology opt run with a FRMASS response with multiple properties fails with SFM6144 (MERGE) In v2008, when a topology optimization job specifies a FRMASS DRESP1 response with multiple properties, it fails with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in FRMDS is not equal to the number of zeros in partitioning vector SCRATCH The number of columns in SCRATCH is not equal to the number of non-zeros in partitioning vector SCRATCH This bug was found MD R3 and fixed in MD2010 No avoidance available.
Description
CR 1-80975071 MSC / MD Nastran Numeric roundoff on 32 bit machines for large time steps for roror angle
Known Error
CR 1-80975071 defined as single precision The rotor angle for the UNBALNC loading entry is calculated using single precision. It is possible, that for a large number of time steps, this will result in numeric roundoff on 32-bit systems. The problem does not occur on 64-bit systems. CR 1-81032458 MSC / MD Nastran Restart SOL (110-112,145,146, 200) following by a RESVEC=YES in SOL 103 results in wrong answers If RESVEC=YES is specified in a SOL 103 cold start and followed by a restart into a modal solution (SOLs 110-112, 145, 146, 200) with new loads or enforced motion then the residual vectors may not be recomputed. This bug was found in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010
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Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile modefsrs alter 'call resveca'(,-1) delete /phsa,mis,lammats,lamas, $ This error was fixed in MDR4 V2010.0.0
CR 1-81043801 MSC / MD Nastran Trouble with QBDY3 boundary conditions An error occurs when QBDY3 in combination with Marc element type 198 with one collapsed node (making it a triangle instead of a quad) is specified. CR 1-81055041 MSC / MD Nastran CELAS recovery with resvec=yes. Limitation of the Large Mass Method For data recovery for the structural line and surface elements or scalar elements there is no provision for a modal damping in the element force calculation. While this is a limitation, it is there because there is no physical way to relate a global modal damping to a local force value. This
Known Error
CR 1-81055041 is a Limitation to the Large Mass Method of analysis.
CR 1-81081056 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400, no intermediate output if NLPARM and TSTEPNL with same ID If SOL 400 with ANALYSIS=NLSTAT has same ID's for both NLPARM and TSTEPNL bulk data entries, the "NO" field of TSTEPNL is used. In some cases, this may result in missing intermediate output. CR 1-81083267 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - DMP, SOL 108 - PFPANEL, PFMODE, and PFGRID - Missing output If dmp>1 is specified in SOL 108, then the resulting output from PFPANEL, PFMODE, and PFGRID from the slaves will be missing. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter which also fixes similar errors for ACFPMRESULT, ACPOWER, and INTENSITY results: compile sedfreq alter 'call super3' DBSTATUS AFPMLIST//S,N,NOAFPM $ PARAML CASEf//'DTI'/-1/613//S,N,INTENSET $ PARAML CASEf//'DTI'/-1/416//S,N,ACPOWSET $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/512//s,n,pfmodes $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/519//s,n,pfmodef $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/528//s,n,pfpanel $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/535//s,n,pfgrid $ if ( nproc>1 and nfreqt>1 ) then $ if ( pfmodes=-1 or pfmodef=-1 or pfpanel=-1 or pfgrid=-1 ) call disfreq fol,udf,pdf,,,ypf,ypf1/ udf0,pdf0,,,ypf0,ypf10/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/false $ if ( noafpm=1 or intenset<0 or acpowset<0 ) call disfreq fol,upf,udf,,,,/ upf0,udf0,,,,/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/false $ endif $ alter 'call pfact'(,-1) if ( nproc>1 and nfreqt>1 ) then $
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Known Error
CR 1-81083267 CALL PFACT CASEF ,BGPDTS ,USET ,USETD ,SILS , GOT ,GOQ ,GM , , , ,UDF ,FOLt ,PDF ,VGFS , ,CKDD ,CBDD ,CMDD ,ABE , AGG , ,YPF10 ,RPY ,YPF0 / SMPF ,SMPFD ,OSMPF1 ,AFMPF ,AFMPFD , OAFMPF1 ,ASMPF ,ASMPFD ,OASMPF1 ,APMPF , APMPFD ,OAPMPF1 ,APPF ,APPFD ,OAPPF1 , AGPF ,AGPFD ,OAGPF1 / NOASET /NOOSET /NOQSET /NOTSET /NOMSET / NOA /NOUE /APP /SOLTYP /FS / FONLY $ IF ( intenset<0 or acpowset<0 ) CALL ACPOWER, CASEF ,UPF ,FOL ,BGPDTS , VGFS , AGG ,ABE / OARPWR1 ,OARPWR2 ,OAIG1 ,OAIG2 $ IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMDRCV, CASEF ,AFPMLIST,GEOM1 ,GEOM2 ,PVT , ACIECT ,EPTS ,MPTS ,EDTS ,BGPDTS , SILD ,FOLt ,UPF0 ,UDF0 ,USETD / OUGFP1 ,OUGFP2 ,OVGFP1 ,OVGFP2 ,OAPWR2 / SOLTYP /APP $ else $ alter 'CALL AFPMDRCV' endif $ compile disfreq subdmap disfreq fol,udf,pdf,ppf,qsgf,qmgf,ypf/ udf0,pdf0,ppf0,qsgf0,qmgf0,ypf0/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/scatter $ type parm,,i,n,nfreqt,nproc,procid,iproc,nrow, nload,nf,nleft,istart,nzero $ type parm,,logi,n,scatter $ paraml fol//'trailer'/1/S,N,ifreq $ paraml udf//'trailer'/1/S,N,ncol $ nload=ncol/ifreq $ if ( nload>1 ) then $ nrow=nfreqt*nload $ nf = nfreqt / nproc $ nleft = mod(nfreqt, nproc) $ if ( procid>nleft ) then $ istart= (procid-1)*nf + nleft + 1 $ else $ istart= (procid-1)*nf + procid $ endif $
Known Error
CR 1-81083267 nzero= nfreqt - ifreq + 1 $ matgen ,/expand/4/1/nrow//ifreq/nzero/istart $ $ expand to complete freq/load list merge ,,,udf,,expand,/udfe/1 $ merge ,,,pdf,,expand,/pdfe/1 $ merge ,,,ppf,,expand,/ppfe/1 $ merge ,,,qsgf,,expand,/qsgfe/1 $ merge ,,,qmgf,,expand,/qmgfe/1 $ merge ,,,ypf,,expand,/ypfe/1 $ $ weave on master DISUTIL udfe,,,/udf0///-8 $ DISUTIL pdfe,,,/pdf0///-8 $ iproc=2 $ do while ( iproc<=nproc ) $ disutil ppfe,,,/ppftmp/iproc/-1/10 $ send to master if ( procid=1 ) then $ add ppfe,ppftmp/ppfx $ if ( iproc=nproc ) then $ equivx ppfx/ppf0/-1 $ else $ equivx ppfx/ppfe/-1 $ endif $ delete /ppftmp,ppfx,,, $ avoid ufm 1126 endif $ iproc = iproc + 1 $ enddo DISUTIL qsgfe,,,/qsgf0///-8 $ DISUTIL qmgfe,,,/qmgf0///-8 $ DISUTIL ypfe,,,/ypf0///-8 $ else $ $ append on master DISUTIL udf,,,/udf0///9 $ DISUTIL pdf,,,/pdf0///9 $ DISUTIL ppf,,,/ppf0///9 $ DISUTIL qsgf,,,/qsgf0///9 $ DISUTIL qmgf,,,/qmgf0///9 $ DISUTIL ypf,,,/ypf0///9 $ endif $ nload>1 if ( scatter ) then $ $ re-broadcast to all slaves DISUTIL udf0,,,/udf2///3 $ DISUTIL pdf0,,,/pdf2///3 $ DISUTIL ppf0,,,/ppf2///3 $ DISUTIL qsgf0,,,/qsgf2///3 $ DISUTIL qmgf0,,,/qmgf2///3 $ DISUTIL ypf0,,,/ypf2///3 $ if ( procid>1 ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-81083267 equivx udf2/udf0/-1 $ equivx pdf2/pdf0/-1 $ equivx ppf2/ppf0/-1 $ equivx qsgf2/qsgf0/-1 $ equivx qmgf2/qmgf0/-1 $ equivx ypf2/ypf0/-1 $ endif $ procid>1 endif $ return $ end $ disfreq
CR 1-81093341 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 fails in translation of TITLE or LABEL line containing an '=' sign When running SOL600 in MDR3 (as well as 2007), if there is an '=' sign in the Case Control TITLE or LABEL command, the translation fails with the only indication of an error in the NASTRAN .log file CR 1-95056651 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - CAERO1, CAERO2 - Wrong Answers on Windows 32. The Windows 32 release of MD R3 Nastran and MSC.Nastran V2008 may produce wrong answers or fail in AMG with a floating point exception error for subsonic aerodynamics using the default value of quarticdlm=0 for doublet lattice aerodynamics (CAERO1 and/or CAERO2 bulk data entries exist). Avoidance: Set NASTRAN QUARTICDLM=1 in a system rc file to insure avoidance for all runs. The quarticdlm =1 answers may be slightly different than the quarticdlm=0 answers, but the quarticdlm=1 answers are considered to be more accurate.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-95893346 MSC / MD Nastran Different displacement results depending on size of SET during ADAMSMNF generation For sparse data recovery during ADAMS Flex operations, displacement
Known Error
CR 1-95893346 output could be different depending upon the content of the SET definition. Avoidance: Use DISP=ALL request.
CR 1-97043831 MSC / MD Nastran Linux IPF version of MSC.Nastran V2008 missing library on SGI Altix system Linux IPF version of MSC.Nastran V2008 onto an SGI Altix system and obtained a message that there was a missing library, /msc/nast2008r1_ipf/msc2008/linuxipf/nastran: error while loading shared libraries: libunwind-ia64.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
Description This bug was found in MD R3 and is fixed for MDR4 V2010.0.0 Avoidance: MSC Delivers this file in the linuxipf/i8 directory. To run on RHEL4, please: ln -s $MSC_BASE/md2008/linuxipf/i8/libunwind-ia64.so.1 $MSC_BASE/md2008/linux Known Error Product CR 1-97136055 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 3060 (SCA Service Loader) Unable to obtain licenses for SCA.MDSolver.System.PrintServer MDr3 will issue a misleading error message if no MD_Nastran feature is available (either it is missing from the license file or the license server is down). Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3060 (SCA Service Loader) - AUTHORIZATION ERROR *** UNABLE TO OBTAIN LICENSES FOR SCA.MDSolver.System.PrintServer PLEASE REFER TO THE LOG FILE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS CR 1-97302570 MSC / MD Nastran Displacements are off in the fifth or sixth significant place in mode I4 as compared to mode I8 Inaccuracies in displacements may occur on mode=i4 machines because of
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Known Error
CR 1-97302570 single precision material property processing. These inaccuracies are typically noted in the 5th or 6th decimal place of the displacements. The precision is improved when mode=i8 is used. The reason is that material properties are calculated in single precision across all platforms - this limitation will remain so.
Known Error Product
CR 1-98531631 MSC / MD Nastran SOL-400 STEP's, incorrect Title/Subtitle/Label or missing nonlinear stress output SOL-400 using STEP's may have incorrect Title/Subtitle/Label or missing nonlinear stress output. 1) In SOL-400, if TITLE/SUBTITLE/LABEL was specified in any STEP, then the last TITLE/SUBTITLE/LABEL was used for all STEP's. For example, SUBCASE 100 LABEL=MSC STEP 1 LABEL=ELASTIC STEP 2 $ (no LABEL) STEP 3 LABEL=PLASTIC STEP 4 $ (no LABEL)
Description
will result in "PLASTIC" being used as LABEL for every STEP. 2) When NLSTRESS is not specified and STRESS(PLOT) is given, then it's equivalent to NLSTRESS(PLOT,PRINT) unless TSTEPNL is also present. This has been documented in QRG under "STRESS" case-control section. It was done correctly in most cases, but not in some. For example: SUBCASE 100 $ no STRESS or NLSTRESS here or above !! STEP 1 STRESS(plot) $ implies NLSTRESS(plot,print) which was done correctly before. STEP 2 NLSTRESS(plot) $ no NLSTRESS print which was correct. STEP 3 STRESS(plot) $ should also imply NLSTRESS(plot,print), but was NOT !!
Known Error
CR 1-98531631 As a result nonlinear stress output was previously missing from STEP 3 in this case.
Known Error Product
CR 1-99838960 MSC / MD Nastran CTRIA element with hyperelastic material properties handled incorrectly in SOL 600 When CTRIA elements with 2Dsolid formulation are defined with hyperelastic material properties, the Marc translator creates type 6 elements. Hermann elements (type 155) should be used. (Workaround : define PARAM,MRALIAS,006155) CR 1-105794811 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 - BCONTACT, UNGLUE - Stress based contact separation does not work in this example Hi per, i fixed in cl. 52898 on march 11 2009. If stress based contact separation is selected by specifying IBSEP on the BCPARA entry, incorrect results may occur. In one example the contract stresses were unexpectedly zero and no separation took place. Avoidnace: Use force based seperation.
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CR 1-105967515 MSC / MD Nastran SFM 3007 Appears in SOL 101with K2GG command and GPFORCE/MONITOR Requests are Made Since 2008.0.0, a static solution, SOL 101, yields the following message multiple times (see below) when GPFORCE and MONITOR output is requested using MONPNT3 with ASM for the XFLAG field in the bulk data and then the expected answers are printed.
Description *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (GPFDR) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE GPFPSC
Avoidance: None
Known Error Product
CR 1-105967719 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 101 with multiple SUBCASEs and MONPNT3 may have SUBCASE ID mislabelled in MONITOR output For SOL 101 job with multiple SUBCASEs and MONPNT3, the MONITOR output may not have correct SUBCASE ID priinted. Instead of SUBCASE ID, it prints SUBCASE sequence number. Avoidance: None.
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CR 1-105967819 MSC / MD Nastran Superlements and Dynamics - AUTOQSET, RSSCON, shell normals - GP4 Module, SFM 3011 The presence AUTOQSET, RSSCON, and shell normals may cause SFM 3011 and UFM 6692 to be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3011 (GP4) ATTEMPT TO WRITE A TRAILER ON FILE 204 WHEN IT HAS BEEN PURGED or it may also result in this message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (GP4RS1) BULK DATA ENTRY RSSCON CAN NOT FIND ELEMENT IDS, USER ACTION: CHECK SUPERELEMENT STRUCTURE. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (GP4) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 11 DOES NOT EXIST. Avoidance: Include the following DMAP alter compile augqset alter 'gp4 ','' type db gpsnts $ GP4 CASE,GEOM4,eqexin,SIL,GPDT,BGPDT,CSTM,,,,geom2,,,gpsnts,geom1/ RMG,Yg1,USET0,gpsntn/ LUSET/S,N,NOMSET/0/S,N,NOSSET/0/S,N,NORSET/ nskip/0/0/0/0/SEID//sebulk $ endalter
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Known Error Product
CR 1-107539213 Parallel Processing - SYSTEM(107) - Traceback in READ with SMP The Windows 32 bit version of MD Nastran R3 (Version 2008.0.0 and 2008.0.1) may fail in the READ module with a traceback when SMP parallel is selected by setting SYSTEM(107) greater than 1. Avoidance: Do not set SYSTEM(107) greater than 1.
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CR 1-108130295 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - PARAM,MODACC, superelements - Wrong answers With PARAM,MODACC, the displacement results for all residual structure GRIDs, including superelement boundary GRIDs include the modal acceleration method adjustments. But displacement results for upstream superelement at same boundary GRIDs do NOT include the modal acceleration method adjustments. Subsequent derivative results (internal DISPLs, stresses) for the upstream SEs are based upon the un-adjusted boundary responses and match runs w/out Modal Aceleration. Avoidance: None
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Known Error Product
CR 1-108542056 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 linear perturbation with normal modes analysis fails with Eigensolver. 1. SOL 400 linear perturbation of normal modes with contact got a FATAL error without other information. 2. The error message has no ID with it. 3. This is an internal code misfit and it has been fixed in 2010 CR 1-108542589 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis - SOL 146 w/ SESET and External Parts SE - UFM 3005 in FRRD2 module
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Known Error
CR 1-108542589 An aeroelastic response analysis using Lagrange multipliers for enforced motion and containing an External Parts SE and a SESET superelement, fails in the FRRD2 module with a fatal error: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3005 (FRRD2) ATTEMPT TO OPERATE ON THE SINGULAR MATRIX (NONE) IN SUBROUTINE FRRD2 Prior to the fatal error a warning message is issued for the DMIG for for the Lagrange multiplier. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2070 (MTRXIN) REQUESTED DMIG MATRIX ENFORCE IS UNDEFINED. Prior to the UWM 2070 a UFM 2065 is issued *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2065 (MTRXIN) UNDEFINED GRID POINT 2000000009 ON DMIG ENTRY. but the job keeps running. Avoidance: Convert the SESET superelement to a PART supelement.
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CR 1-109316059 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP - segmentation fault When running dmp, if there is a communication/authentication problem, the nastran command program may issue the following warning:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: init_rmt_command) hosts=na-nastdev2:na-nastdev4 (command line[6]) Unexpected failure of remote execution request. and then terminate with a segmentation fault. Avoidance: none.
Known Error Product
CR 1-110722355 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic example of box with a flap filled with acoustic fluid produced incorrect results in SOL107
Known Error
CR 1-110722355 Acoustic example of box with a flap filled with acoustic fluid produced incorrect results in MDR3 V2008.0.1. The modes calculated were different as compared to V2005.1.0 and there were missing modes. This bug was foud in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010 No avoidance
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CR 1-112137330 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 112, rigid body acceleration gives no excitation error, runs in SOL 109 Model has rigid body acceleration. All nodes in the model have acceleration in DOF 3. SOL 112 run fatal with *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3046 (TRD1) THIS TRANSIENT RESPONSE ANALYSIS HAS NO EXCITATION SPECIFIED FOR IT. APPLIED LOADS, ENFORCED MOTION, INITIAL CONDITION AND NON-LINEAR FORCES ARE ALL NULL. THE RESULT WILL THEREFORE BE A ZERO SOLUTION. Same error is reported even if the magnitudes of the accelerations are different (not rigid body accleration). It only seems to matter that all nodes have an SPC for DOF 3. If one node does not have an acceleration, the job will run.
Description
CR 1-121007791 MSC / MD Nastran MRCONVER,11 incorrect translation PARAM,MRCONVER,11 had an incorrect translation. This problem has been fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-121007800 MSC / MD Nastran output of many MARCIN When many MARCIN was specified, it is output halfway by marc.dat. It is output only to the 10811 lines though the user is using MARCIN of
Known Error
CR 1-121007800 11588 lines. fixed in 2010
Known Error Product
CR 1-123457311 MSC / MD Nastran A static aero optimization job fails with UFM6482 with rtypes=spcforce,ese, totse, gpforce, gpforcp In v2001, If a static aero optimization job invoke any of the above reponse types in a static aeroelastic subcase, it will result in an error of the form: USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482 (DOPR3R)
Description
FOR SUBCASE 1, THE ANALYSIS TYPE IS SAERO BUT THE DESSUB COMMAND REFERENCES AN INCOMPATIBLE DRESP1 ENTRY WITH RID = 20490 AND RTYPE = SPCFORCE. User Avoidance: There is no avoidance, the reference to the unsupported rtypes must be removed.
CR 1-126404681 MSC / MD Nastran A job with triangular axisymmetric solid element (CTRIAX) stops. A Sol 400 job with triangular axisymmetric solid element (CTRIAX) stops. Avoidance: No avoidance available CR 1-129429251 MSC / MD Nastran CWELD, CFAST, and CSEAM may give bad results when connecting higher order shell elements This problem related to CQUAD8 and CTRIA6 shell elements.
Description
CWELD, CFAST, and CSEAM may give bad results when connecting higher order shell elements and their use should be avoided when associated with CQUAD8
Known Error
CR 1-129429251 and CTRIA6 shell elements patches.
CR 1-131604681 MSC / MD Nastran CQUADR/CRIAR with PCOMP and TEMP(LOAD) -SFM 4276 CQUADR/TRIAR with PCOMP using TEMP(LOAD)-SFM 4276 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BCKREC) ERROR CODE 3021 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (BCKREC)
Description
This error was observed with QUADR/TRIAR elements with PCOMP data requesting stress output. The first subcase has no TEMP(LOAD) and a later subcase has TEMP(LOAD). An avoidance would be to put the TEMP(LOAD) in the first subcase. This error is now fixed using MD2010
Known Error Product
CR 1-132270571 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Respons, TSTEP with 1 excitatation freq - wrong answers in IFT, Inverse Fourier Transform In a frequency response analysis (direct or modal) where the user specifies a TSTEP entry in the case control that references a TSTEP bulk data entry, the analysis will perform an inverse Fourier transform of the frequency response and output the results in the time domain. If the analysis consists of only one excitation frequency, the inverse transform is not performed correctly and the peak response will show a factor of 2*f too great, where f is the excitation frequency. Avoidance: Specify at least 2 excitation frequencies if the inverse Fourier transform is to be used.
Description
CR 1-135879841 MSC / MD Nastran sol600 - MRCONVER,11 is incorrect translation When PARAM,MRCONVER,11 is inserted by 600, the conversion of BCTABLE is
Known Error
CR 1-135879841 incorrect. This has been corrected for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release.
CR 1-151570722 MSC / MD Nastran nonlinear corner strains for CQUAD4 Remark 1 of the STRAIN output request in the QRG should read as follows: 1. Fully accurate nonlinear strains for nonlinear elements are requested by the STRESS command and appear in the nonlinear stress output. In SOLs 106 and 129, if LGDISP 0 the center, and if requested for CQUAD4 the corner, strains are computed from the displacements alone and are only approximate. If LDDISP=-1 and material nonlinear then no STRAIN output will be created. In SOL400, if enhanced material options are used, the computed strains are accurate and in this case a CQUAD4 corner request is ignored. CR 1-158333039 MSC / MD Nastran Component Modes - fluid-structure, AUTOQSET - SFM 6036 or SFM 6143 If PARAM, AUTOQSET, YES is specified for a fluid-structure model then the run may fail in CMPMODE with: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6036 (XQAERR) ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE BY INTEGER ZERO or: SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in VGFS is not equal to the size of the G-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: VGFS : Rows= 88 by Cols= 1 Set sizes: Major (G-set)= 126 Set0 (A-set)= 38 Set1 (COMP-set)= 88 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile phase1b alter 'if ( splitfs',''
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-158333039 dbstatus vgfs//s,n,novgfs $ if ( novgfs>0 or splitfs or fluidse>0 ) then $ compile semr3 alter 'vafs','' equivx vgfs/vafs/noaset $ if ( noaset>-1 ) UPARTN USET,Vgfs/VaFs,,,/lgset/laset//1 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-164877040 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL200 run with DRESP1s having both RTYPE=TOTSE and ESE fails with SFM3007/illegal input in dsad19 When a SOL200 run includes both a total strain energy response (RTYPE=TOTSE) and element strain energy responses (RTYPE=ESE) it will fail with a message like SFM 3007 illegal input to subroutine dsad19. User avoidance - don't attempt to use TOTSE and ESE in the same run.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-175913955 MSC / MD Nastran A static aeroelastic run with many aerodynamic strips may fail with UFM7710 in MAPCTI In v2007 (MD R2), when a static aeroelastic run includes many aerodynamic stips, it can encounter the following fatal message due to improper processing of the moncncm bulk data entry
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7701 (MAPCTI) COMPONENT ID: STRP[1], WAS NOT FOUND. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: COMPONENT STRP[1] DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE TABLE. User Avoidance: the only reliable avoidance is to remove the moncncm requests.
Known Error Product
CR 1-180738247 MSC / MD Nastran Flexible elements that reference SPOINTs instead of GRIDs causes unpredictable results A flexible element (such as a CQUAD4) that references an SPOINT can
Known Error
CR 1-180738247 produce erroneous results. Avoidance: do not use SPOINTs for flexible elements.
CR 1-181293901 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling - ESE, set - wrong output If a set is used to request output (e.g., ESE) in a buckling analysis, and the number of buckling subcases are different than the number of static subcases, then the answer (incorrect set) will be printed. An example of such a setup is shown below (1 static subcase and 2 buckling subcase) set 1 = 1,2,3,4 set 2 = 5 thru 10 $ SUBCASE 1 LOAD = 10 $ SUBCASE 10 statsub = 1 METHOD = 10 ese = 1 $ SUBCASE 20 statsub = 1 METHOD = 10 ese = 2 Avoidance: If the set option is desired, then create equal number of static and buckling subcases.
Description
CR 1-184621321 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400 - The result of CQUADX in DBALL for Patran is incorrect. The result of CQUADX in DBALL (SCRATCH=POST) for Patran is incorrect. Use PARAM POST -1. CR 1-186618051 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-186618051 SOL 200 with PCOMP having 100+ plies and PARAM DESPCH1= 1 may fail with signal 11 error in log file In v2001, if SOL 200 job with PCOMP entries having more than 100 plies and PARAM,DESPCH1,1(or 5), the job may end abruptly with a message similar to the following in the log file:
Description
Signal caught, signal=11 job aborting User signal caught, errno=0 Command exited with non-zero status 1 Avoidance: Remove the PARAM,DESPCH1 entry or set it to 4.
CR 1-189632011 MSC / MD Nastran Exterior Acoustics - SPCD, SOL 108 - SFM 6144 When enforced motion is requested in SOL 108 with exterior acoustics then the run may fail with: * ENFORCED DISPLACEMENT USING SPC / SPCD DATA *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in MSH is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector VYFS User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: MSH : Rows= 29 by Cols= 26992 VYFS : Rows= 26096 VXFS : Rows= 29 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedfreq alter 'call getpyh'(,-2) call dbstore vafse,,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile cforce1 alter 'UPARTN USET,VGFS'(2) call dbfetch /vafse,,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ paraml uset//'uset'//////'e'/s,n,noeset $ if ( noeset>-1 ) equivx vafse/vyfs/-1 $ compile getpyh
Description
Known Error
CR 1-189632011 alter 'call cforce','' call CFORCE USETd, ,yst,,Msh,,Bsh,, KSh,k4sh,,kdsh,,ol,,a1sh, cases,dynamics,dit,vgfs,vphfs,nzyg/ pyxt/ APP/APP/'enforce'/true/false/fs/fonly $
CR 1-189635526 MSC / MD Nastran CARD "DYRELAX" error in sol700 Error: The translation of the parameters in card "DYRELAX" is wrong in MD SOL700 R3. The option of DRFCTR and DRTERM in DYRELAX card are not assigned correctly. When DRFCTR(dynmic relaxation factor) is assigned to 0.995, dynamic relaxation termination time is set to 0.995 instead that dynmic relaxation factor is set to 0.995. DRTERM (dynamic relaxation time) is dumped to scale factor. The bug was fixed in MD R4.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-189764551 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Harmonic Response - UNBALNC entry, SOL SENLHARM (or SOL 128) - null loads If the UNBALNC entry is used in nonlinear harmonic response (SOL 129), then no loads are generated as indicated by: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4346 (FRLGA) THE DYNAMIC LOAD SET xx SELECTED BY THE DLOAD CASE CONTROL COMMAND IS NOT DEFINED IN THE BULK DATA BY RLOADi, TLOADi OR ACSRCE ENTRIES. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SENLHARM NOLIST $ ALTER 'FRLG.*CASEF.*USETD','' $ FRLG CASEF,USETD,DLT,FRL,,,DITS,,APPLOD,ENFLODK,
Description
Known Error
CR 1-189764551 ENFLODB,ENFLODM,ENFMOTN,ROTORT,UNBVECG,EQDYN,,/ PPF,,,FOL,,YPF,,,,,,/ SOLTYP/S,N,FREQY/S,N,APPF $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-189935142 MSC / MD Nastran *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (ENDPUT) Client running SOL111 for random analysis with MFLUID on a 135,967 grid model. Job aborted with SFM 4276 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (ENDPUT) ERROR CODE 1305 PID= 0 The conditions that cause this are under investigation.
Description
CR 1-189955780 MSC / MD Nastran Incorrect CREEP material conversion in SOL 600 A SOL 600 model with CREEP data may have an incorrect translation to marc: MATVP 1 TABLE 1.0 101 TABLEM1 101 It is converted to marc entry CREEP, DATA COMMENT, MATHVP 1 18, 0, 0, 0, 1.000000E+00, 5.000000E-01, 1.000000E-01, , 1, 1 which is a temperature table (18 in field 1). If MATVP table ID 101 is in field 6, then Marc input deck will have stress table (18 in field 2). It seems the order of independent parameters is different in Nastran and Marc. Fixed in 2010
Description
CR 1-189960851 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 106 HOT2COLD, error with "ANALYSIS=MODES" in 2nd subcase (wrong answers). If a modal analysis is performed as the 2nd subcase (with the 1st subcase using "ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD") the differential stiffness (stress stiffening / follower force effects) effects are included. However according to the documentation the "ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD" subcase should only "reset" the geometry (grids), and the 2nd subcase should not include any loading history, differential stiffness, ...
Description
Reference: MSC Nsstran QRG, "ANALYSIS" Case Control option, note 8. In SOL 106, ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD allows the user to input the stressed or deformed geometry (normal bulk data input) and unload the structure to determine the unstressed shape. The specified load will be reversed to calculate the displacement of the unloaded structure. This feature will also reset the geometry to the unstressed position for additional subcases. For example: SUBCASE 1 $ UNLOAD STRUCTURE ANALYSIS=HOT2COLD LOAD= 100 NLPARM= 100 SUBCASE 2 $ NORMAL MODES UNLOADED STRUCTURE ANALYSIS= MODES METHOD= 100 DISP=ALL ... Subcase 1 unloads the model and subcase 2 calculates the modes of the undeformed structure; the differential stiffness and follower force effects will not be included.
AVOIDANCE: Insert a 2nd subcase that references a LOAD with a scale factor of "0.0".
Known Error
CR 1-189960851 Then run the modal analysis as the 3rd subcase.
CR 1-190510485 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - SOL 101, MONITOR Command - Missing output Running SOL 101 with only a MONITOR=ALL in the Case Control without any other output requests results in no structural monitor point integrated loads output. Avoidance: add a DISPLACEMENT request in the Case Control
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-190522121 MSC / MD Nastran The HASHIN Fabric or Tape failure criteria for MATF are not properly printed in f06 file The output for the HASHIN Fabric failure criteria input for MATF in SOL 400 is printed as Tape while the Tape criteria input is printed as Fabric
Description Avoidance: No avoidance available Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-190562844 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM, OPTEXIT, 7 is not honored by a Sol200 run with DDVAL entries When DDVAL is being used and the optimization converges the sensitivities are not being output using param, optexit, 7 or DSAPRT(START=LAST). Resolution: Design Sensitivity analysis is never performed following a discrete design optimization. Therefore, no sensitivity output will be produced with DSAPRT(END=LAST) when discrete optimization is performed at the end of a job. The documentation for DSAPRT is updated for 2010. CR 1-190565751 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-190565751 SOL 145 flutter with K-Method and All Normal Modes Used may produce incorrect results SOL 145 flutter analysis utilizing all modes in the calculations and the K-Method may produce incorrect results.
Description
Avoidance: Set parameter LMODES and NVALUE on the FLUTTER bulk data entry to a number less than the total number of DOFs in the model CR 1-190933681 MSC / MD Nastran Access violation in DCMP (for auto-suport) for V2008 however job runs in V2007 Access violation in DCMP (for auto-suport) for V2008 however job runs in V2007 One possible workaround is to set sys206=4 fixed in 2010
Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-190938893 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analylsis - DISP(CID) and INTENSITY - UFM2170 When 'DISP(CID)' request to print CD for grid point related output is input in frequency response analysis, the following UFM2170 is printed after responses in V2007r1, V2008r1, MD R2, and MD R3. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 (PARTN2) BOTH THE ROW AND COLUMN PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE PURGED AND ONLY ONE MAY BE. Avoidance: None. But this fatal message can be safely ignored and does not afffect the displacement results. However, INTENSITY Case Control will not work properly with the CID option.
Description
CR 1-191279910 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing - SOL 106 or 129, PARAM,POST,0 - missing results
CR 1-191279910 In SOL 106 or 129 restart with a previously created xdb database, the new results may not be written to the xdb file. Avoidance: none.
Known Error Product
CR 1-191285241 MSC / MD Nastran Sol700 finds an error when BCBODY and related BCGRID don't have the same ID Error: When SPOTWELD contact is used, the SLAVE refers BCGRID directly instead of BCBODY. Although the SLAVE body must refer BCBODY connecting to BCGRID, it refers BCGRID directly and skips BCBODY. For example, If a spotweld contact is defined like this BCBODY, 1, 3D, DEFORM, 3 BCGRID, 3, n1, n2, BCBODY, 2, 3D, DEFORM, 4 BCPROP, 4, 1, 2 BCTABLE, 1, +, SLAVE, 1, +, +, , , ,SPOTWELD, +, MASTERS, 2 Then Sol700 crashes with the following error message in the d3hsp: %E *** Error MDNastran input contact ( 1) : BCGRID ( 1) does not exist In fact, it runs only when the BCBODY and the related BCGRID have the same ID: BCBODY, 3, 3D, DEFORM, 3 BCGRID, 3, n1, n2, BCTABLE, 1, +, SLAVE, 3, +, +, , , ,SPOTWELD, +, MASTERS, 2 It was fixed in MD R4.
Description
CR 1-191422623 MSC / MD Nastran Miscelleneous - nastran command keyword node - fatal message When an attempt is made to run the job with node= option following sample message is issued.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: main) jid=/scratch/ssp/pt1111.exp (command line[2]) This file does not exist. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-191480951 MSC / MD Nastran Increase Maximum number of Output2/Output4 files The number of files assigned by the user is limited. Depending on the type of solution, this limit is in the range of 50-75 user files.
Description The number of total allowable files, including the required Nastran files, has been raised to 125 in MD 2010 Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-191688201 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements and Dynamics - SEDAMP, element forces - wrong answers If the SEDAMP (instead of RSDAMP) is used for a non-superelement model then the SEDAMP is ignored in the calculation of element forces affected by damping factors G, W3, and W4. Description Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter '554'(,1) if ( damping<=0 and rsonly ) paraml casedr//'dti'/1/371//s,n,damping $ Known Error CR 1-191688225
CR 1-191688225 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SEDAMP and BEGIN SUPER - UFM 7701 If SEDAMP Case Control command is specified for a part superelement then the run may terminate with UFM 7701. Avoidance: Insert the folllowing DMAP alter: compile phase1a alter 'partse'(2) type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ zuzrl1=partse $
Description
The CR is tested and no UFM is reported in f06 file. The testing is done with MD2010 alpha3 verion. Nidur Singh (1/6/2010) compile sedamp alter 'ROTRUTL.*DYNAMIC0,'(,-1) type parm,nddl,logi,n,zuzrl1 $ if ( zuzrl1 ) then $ ROTRUTL DYNAMICs,,,,,/,,/17/S,N,IDAMP/S,N,SUPERG/S,N,HYBRID/// S,N,ALPHA1X/S,N,ALPHA2X/S,N,GEFACT/ S,N,W3X/S,N,W4X/S,N,WHX $ else $ alter 'ROTRUTL.*DYNAMIC0,' endif $ CR 1-191688455 MSC / MD Nastran Incorrect error message when BARRIER is used. Error: a BARRIER that references on a non-existing BCSEG may provide an incorrect error message with FLOWT card. CR 1-191696011 MSC / MD Nastran Enforced Motion - PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS - Wrong Answers with modal damping In the modal dynamic solution sequences (SOL 111 and 112) with modal damping
Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-191696011 and param,enfmeth,abs the modal damping correction term has the wrong sign. This results in wrong but plausible results. Avoidance: A dmap avoidance is pending. The error may also be avoided by using the default method param,enfmeth,rel which gives correct answers.
CR 1-192079322 MSC / MD Nastran sol 400 - NLTRAN - rigid=lagr - MPCforces - incomplete output MPC Forces are not output for all steps in SOL 400 with analysis=nltrans and rigid=lagr. CR 1-192090291 MSC / MD Nastran MATD016 cannot be used for SPH elements Error: For MD SOL700 R3, MATD016+EOSTAB+PSPH combination is not available. It generates the error message below. psph (= 3) references wrong material type (= 16). However, PSPH can use the MATD016 type material. CR 1-192150581 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 - initial contact is not correctly converted into the marc.dat. SOL600 - initial contact is not correctly converted into the marc.dat. This problem has been corrected for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-192591423 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - QRG - SFACT description is incorrect In the MDR3 Quick Reference Guide, for the NLADAPT Bulk Data entry, the description for the SFACT field is incorrect... it says:
Description
Description Largest scale factor...
Known Error
CR 1-192591423 when it should say: Scale factor.... The largest scale factor is defined by the RBIG field.
Known Error Product
CR 1-193088741 MSC / MD Nastran A Sol200 run with more than 1500 arguments in a DEQATN fails with SFM233 (IFSEQU) When a Sol200 run includes a DEQATN entry with more than 1500 arguments, it fails with the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 233 (IFSEQU) OVERFLOW OCCURRED DURING PROCESSING OF VPS LOCATION POINTER STACK DURING DEQATN EQUATION PROCESSING. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN THE EXPRESSION BEING PARSED CONTAINS MORE UNIQUE VARIABLES AND CONSTANTS THAN ALLOWED USER ACTION: SIMPLIFY EXPRESSION AND NOTIFY MSC.SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: STACK POINTER = 1501 WITH MAXIMUM = 1500 Avoidance: Limit the number of the arguments in your DEQATN entry within 1500.
Description
CR 1-193103658 MSC / MD Nastran Model checkout - param,automset,yes weightcheck - UFM 5423 use of param,automset,yes and weightcheck fails with the following message; *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MNN IS 101 60 60 6 2 60 4833 TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 302 6 108 2 2 64 2222 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00200
Description
Known Error
CR 1-193103658 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semr2 alter 'vecplot.*mnn1','' VECPLOT mnn1,BGPDTs,scstm,CSTMs,CASEs,uset,medge,ogpwgg,vgq/ ogpwgn,,,,/ /0/9////altshape/wtmass/seid/'n' $
CR 1-193159361 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response - ACSRCE - Wrong Answers Frequency response jobs with ACSRCE entry produce wrong answers. Avoidance: To avoid this error, simply reduce the ID of all ACSRCE bulk data entries so that they are lower than the ID's of all RLOAD1, RLOAD2, TLOAD1, TLOAD2 entries. CR 1-193495769 MSC / MD Nastran Problem with MATD026 A SOL 700 model containing a MATD026 gives the followin error message: : *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY MATD026 MATD026 3 6.88E-5 70000. 0.33 325. 0.2 0.05 0.0++000001 ++000001 3 4 2 3 3 5 6 0++000002 ++000002 10. 10. 965. 2. 200. 460. 0 ++000003 ++000003 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ++000004 ++000004 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 +000005 USER/PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: BULKNM = MATD026 (Name of the Bulk Data Entry) KM = 3 (0:First Line, >0: Continuation Lines)
Description
Description
Known Error
CR 1-193495769 J = -1 (Not enough data fields or missing continuation line) CALLSB = IFS16P (Name of subroutine) There was an error in the NDDL and in IFP. The fix was to intercept MATD026 like what is done with most other MATD entries, put it on the special SOL 600/700 database files and process it without needint NDDL/IFP. fixed in 2010
CR 1-193594122 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600: Only first 13266 Orientation cards written In SOL 600, Orientation cards may not written for all elements. Only the first 13266 elements were defined on ORIENTATION cards in the Marc input file. CR 1-193598679 MSC / MD Nastran EIGRL MSGLVL=3 eigenvalues not correct EIGRL MSGLVL=3 eigenvalues are not correct. MSGLVL=3 printed in MSC.Nastran MDR3 the following 10 computed eigenvalue(s) comprise all the eigenvalues in the region between the least and the greatest in this list eigenvalues ---------1.90531133240077D+01 1.45367440996743D+02 1.50255591887497D+02 1.62857738071314D+02 1.71422083422122D+02 1.83463743485132D+02 2.26392318141758D+02 2.84708611145831D+02 3.12701770995488D+02 3.56375065666138D+02 However the F06 printed... REALEIGENVAL UES MODE EXTRACTION EIGENVALUE RADIANS CYCLES GENERALIZED GENERALIZED NO. ORDER MASS STIFFNESS
Description
Known Error
CR 1-193598679 1 1 1.560831E+05 3.950735E+02 6.287791E+01 1.000000E+00 1.560831E+05 2 2 1.190850E+06 1.091261E+03 1.736795E+02 1.000000E+00 1.190850E+06 3 3 1.230894E+06 1.109457E+03 1.765755E+02 1.000000E+00 1.230894E+06 4 4 1.334131E+06 1.155046E+03 1.838312E+02 1.000000E+00 1.334131E+06 5 5 1.404290E+06 1.185027E+03 1.886030E+02 1.000000E+00 1.404290E+06 6 6 1.502935E+06 1.225943E+03 1.951148E+02 1.000000E+00 1.502935E+06 7 7 1.854606E+06 1.361839E+03 2.167434E+02 1.000000E+00 1.854606E+06 8 8 2.332333E+06 1.527198E+03 2.430611E+02 1.000000E+00 2.332333E+06 9 9 2.561653E+06 1.600516E+03 2.547301E+02 1.000000E+00 2.561653E+06 10 10 2.919424E+06 1.708632E+03 2.719373E+02 1.000000E+00 2.919424E+06 The MSGLVL=3 scaled the eigenvalues down by a factor of 8192. They should have been scaled up before the message was printed so that they match the ofp printout.
CR 1-193873554 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600: Marc translator cannot translate MATEP with Chaboche. SOL600: Marc translator cannot translate MATEP with Chaboche. - there is no workaround. CR 1-194050305 MSC / MD Nastran optimization - PBMSECT giving unreasonable values may result in an access violation in MD R3/2008r1 If a PBMSECT gives a value for a design variable which is outside the bounds specified on the associated DESVAR entry, the program may terminate with an access violation. Avoidance:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-194050305 Verify that the calcuated design variable values fall within the limits on the DESVAR entry.
CR 1-194714171 MSC / MD Nastran Boundary FLOWSPH is not working Error: FLOWSPH card does not work with TLOAD1 card. The bug is related to the LS/Dyna component For the example, TLOAD1 1 1 5 FLOWSPH 1 3 2 200001 BCPROP 3 3 GRID 200001 0. -0.1 0. CR 1-194964801 MSC / MD Nastran blank MID field for Composite Beam via PBMSECT may fail with access violation Composite beam using VAB method via PBMSECT may fail if MID field is left blanK and produce access violation trace back in log file.
Description
Known Error Product
Description Avodiance: provide a non-zero input for MID field of PBMSECT in composite beam scenario Known Error Product CR 1-195631171 MSC / MD Nastran Combined topometry and topography run in SOL200 gets a fatal error SFM4276(GREAD) Combined topometry and topography run in SOL200 gets a fatal error SFM4276(GREAD). Description This was found in MD R3 but fixed in MD2010 No avoidance. Known Error Product CR 1-195693521 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-195693521 [600] UFM 4661: ELEMENT HAS SINGULAR STRAIN FUNCTIONS Some models may fail in the translation from t16 to xdb with UFM 4661. Workaround is to use the t16 for postprocessing as t16 to op2 would give the same UFM. CR 1-195759032 MSC / MD Nastran The interlaminar stresses for advanced nonlinear composite shell elements are not calculated The interlaminar stresses for advanced nonlinear composite shell elements are not calculated in Sol 400. To make sure that these stresses are calculated please set TSHEAR entry of NLMOPTS. Avoidance: No avoidance available
Known Error Product
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-195803461 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with ECHO=PUNCH(NEWBULK) and PARAM,DPEPS,x may fail with SFM 3007 (DOM12) SOL 200 optimization job with ECHO=PUNCH(NEWBULK) and PARAM,DPEPS may faile with SFM 3007 in dom12 module.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DOM12) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE DPUNCH Avoidance: Remove either echo=punch(newbulk) case control command or the param,dpeps parameter
CR 1-195803777 MSC / MD Nastran [HGT]TSTEPNL 'NO' Timestep interval for output default setting is incorrect. SOL 700 is not using the "NO" field of TSTEPNL in the expected manner. The input files address cases for NO of 1, blank and 2. This problem was fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release.
Known Error Product
CR 1-196106161 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with DRESP2 having DRESP1 from multiple SEs may have incorrect constraint upper limit If DRESP2s with DRESP1s from mulitple SEs are used as both design objective and constraint, the upper limit for constaint may not be correct.
Description
Avodiance : a. try to use DRESP2 with DRESP1s from multiple SEs as either OBJECTIVE or CONSTRAINT; but not both b. reformulate DEQATN in such a way that lower bound of constraint is less than 0.0 CR 1-196111602 MSC / MD Nastran Licensing - NSINIT ERROR 70 for all systems prior to Version 2005r2 As of April 1, 2009, versions of MSC Nastran prior to v2005r2 fail with an error message similar to this example: NSINIT: *** NSINIT ERROR 70 *** UNABLE TO OPEN UNIT 8
Description
The error occurs as the result of an internal date check for an old licensing method but the error occurs regardless of the type of license being used. Avoidance: Please follow the link below to obtain downloads to correct various systems: http://www.mscsoftware.com/software_updates/version2005r1.cfm
Known Error Product
CR 1-196122561 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with SEs and no 'PARAM,DSNOKD' may have incorrect bucking mode sensitivity Sensitivity for buckling mode may be incorrect if deck has SEs and no 'PARAM,DSNOKD'. The sensitivity for buckling mode does not have contribution from upstream SEs.
Description Avodiance : use following dmap alter compile respsen $ alter 'delb1,delb','' $
Known Error
CR 1-196122561 add5 delb1,delb, /delb2 $
CR 1-196383239 MSC / MD Nastran Elements - QUADR, PCOMP, MAT8 - UFM 9050 A change to the formulation of the QUADR element with PCOMPs referencing MAT8 may cause models that ran in previous versions to fail with USER FATAL MESSAGE 9050 TERMINATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE PIVOT RATIOS IN MATRIX KLL in Version 2007 and later versions. The input that causes the problem produces coupling between membrane and bending due to implied offset. Avoidance: Use the CQUAD4 element.
Description
CR 1-197218718 MSC / MD Nastran sol 600 translator crashes due to large tabled1 sol 600 transient analysis can cause a core dump in the f06 file while translating into the MARC input file if the number of lines in the tabled1 entry are too large CR 1-197258732 MSC / MD Nastran LOAD Bulk Data card combining same LID in multiple subcases gives wrong answers All loads at a grid must be combined into one FORCE entry prior to running SOL 600. If:
Description
1) multiple Subcases are used, and 2) there is a LOAD Case Control entry pointing to a LOAD Bulkd Data entry (in other words not pointing directly to the forces), and 3) the LOAD Bulk Data entry points to more than 1 LID that applies load on the same grid, then
Known Error
CR 1-197258732 incorrect applied loads are translated to the Marc.dat. This is similar to Quality 1-64029075 that has been fixed, but is different due to the use of the LOAD Bulk Data entry. Below is what translates incorrectly: $ SUBCASE 1 SUBTITLE=Load_1 Remorquage_traction NLPARM = 1 SPC = 1 LOAD = 1 $ SUBCASE 2 SUBTITLE=Load_2 Remorquage_traction NLPARM = 2 SPC = 1 LOAD = 2 $ . . . load,1,1.0,1.0,10,1.0,20 load,2,1.0,1.0,30 FORCE 10 96 0 10. -1. 0. 0. FORCE 10 96 0 12. 0. -1. 0. FORCE 10 96 0 14. 0. 0. -1. $ $-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$------FORCE 20 96 0 1. -1. 0. 0. FORCE 20 96 0 1. 0. -1. 0. FORCE 20 96 0 1. 0. 0. -1. $ $-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$-------$------FORCE 30 96 0 0. -1. 0. 0. FORCE 30 96 0 0. 0. -1. 0. FORCE 30 96 0 0. 0. 0. -1.
CR 1-198129585 MSC / MD Nastran ADAMS MNF content sensitive to modelling practices
Known Error
CR 1-198129585 The ADAMS MNF content can be different from version to version depending upon the size of the problem and the modeling practices used in the simulation. MD R3 produces different content than MSC 2007r1 for instance. This is because the small problem size Householder method is sensitive to modeling practices (single point in aset of a free-free structure) that produce only noise in the reduced stiffness matrix. The large-problem size Lanczos solver is not as sensitive to this characteristic. Avoidance: compile admflex,list $ alter 'read kaa,maa','' $ READ KAA,MAA,,,DYNAMICS,USET,CASES,,SILS,,,,EQEXINS,/ LAMA1,PHI1,MAA0,XOEIGS,EIGK,/ 'MODES'/S,N,NEIGVS///'A'/-2/'LAN'/ V1ORTHO/V2ORTHO//NOASET/MSGLVL//// $
Description
CR 1-198289021 MSC / MD Nastran NORM , xlb, and xub on SOL200 BEADVAR entry cannot be all defined . NORM , xlb, and xub on SOL200 BEADVAR entry cannot be all defined in a topography optimization job. A fatal error "*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV)" can be found.
Description
This bug was found in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010 Avoidance: vodiance: Replace NORM with a blank since NORM is a defaul or use XD/YD/ZD to define the bead vector.
Known Error Product
CR 1-198568809 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600: NLPARM Case Control Command not translated correctly with MACREEP SOL600: NLPARM Case Control Command not translated correctly with MACREEP. This problem was corrected for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release.
CR 1-198849928 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400 failed if no force on the model In MD R3, if the only load on the model is velocity control on a rigid body, the analysis will fail.
Description
Avoidance: prescribe motion with an SPCD Fixed in 2010
CR 1-199128486 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 2025 MONVEC -- Undefined Coordinate System In SOL 145, if the part superelement Bulk Data section (BEGIN SUPER) contains CORDij entries needed for MONPNTi data revcovery then following error message is issued.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2025 (MONVEC) UNDEFINED COORDINATE SYSTEM ID = 10 Avoidance: Duplicate the needed CORDij entries in the main Bulk Data section (BEGIN BULK).
CR 1-199237068 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with AUXMODEL may fail with UFM 4346 (FRLGA) SOL 200 optimization job with AUXMODEL for shape optimization may fail with UFM 4346 (FRLGA). Avoidance: following DMAP alter can be utilized as temporary workaround
Description compile phase1a alter 'loadgen' TYPE PARM,NDDL,LOGICAL,N,bndshp $ alter 'isolapp'(2) if (isolapp > 1) bndshp = false $
Known Error Product
CR 1-199959573 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-199959573: SOL 101 linear contact between rigid and deformable BCBODY's problem In SOL 101, the linear contact between rigid and deformable BCBODY's may run into bad results or infinite iterations, when there is no SPC specified in the Bulk Data Deck. Not that since the constrain comes from the rigid BCBODY in the model, there is no SPC. Avoidance: Add some SPC's into the Bulk Data Deck but do not use them in the model (do not use them in the Case Control Deck).
Description
CR 1-200328443 MSC / MD Nastran inside out error, elm 157, cylindrical coord An inside out error occurred using elm 157 in cylindrical coordinates. This is a bug in Marc. If any nodes in element type 157 are in cylindrical coordiantes, currently all must be. Furthermore the Herrmann pressure node must also be placed at the exact center of the element and also be defined in cylindrical coordinates. This will be fixed in Marc. Until then, a new Nastran parameter param,mtet4hyp,1 will be added to use element 134 with updated Lagrange. CR 1-200388061 MSC / MD Nastran sol 111 restart: SFM 5423 (MPYAD1); INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES RPH1,UHF1,YPFO1 data recovery restart with enforced motion may terminate with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR RPH1 IS 101 7 175428 2 2175374 4998 TRAILER FOR UHF1 IS 102 35 7 2 4 28 10000 TRAILER FOR YPFO1 IS 103 35
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Known Error Product
Description
Known Error
CR 1-200388061 22 2 4 68 7727 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semfreq alter 'dbstatus uhf' nouhf=-1 $ delete /ypf1,upf,,, $ endalter
CR 1-200401004 MSC / MD Nastran Damping - K2GG and M2GG, HYBDAMP entry - Wrong answers Hybrid damping is not applied to stiffness and mass input via K2GG and M2GG. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile semg alter 'call sedamp','' alter 'call semg1','' CALL SEMG1 BGPDTS,CSTMS,SCSTM,KJJZ,K2JJ,MJJX,M2JJ,BJJX,B2JJ, k4jjx,k42jj,GEI,MEDGE,cases,dynamics,dit/ KJJ,MJJ,BJJ,k4jj/ NOK2JJ/NOM2JJ/NOMGG/NOB2JJ/nok42jj/ NOGENL/LUSETS/NASOUT/SEID/sema1/noup/nobparm/nok4parm/ pardcmp/app $ compile semg1 alter 1,1 SUBDMAP SEMG1 BGPDTS,CSTMS,SCSTM,KJJZ,K2JJ,MJJX,M2JJ, BJJX,B2JJ,k4jjx,k42jj,GEI,MEDGE,cases,dynamics,dit/ KJJ,MJJ,BJJ,k4jj/ NOKGGX/NOM2GG/NOMGG/NOBGG/nok42jj/ NOGENL/LUSETS/NASOUT/SEID/sema1/noup/nobparm/nok4parm/ pardcmp/app $ type parm,,char8,n,app $ alter 'equivx.* bjj1',''(,1) alter 'ADD5.*K4JJX' CALL SEDAMP CASES, DYNAMICS, DIT, mjj,kjj, K4JJ1/ BJJPARM, K4JJPARM / APP/ S,NOBPARM/ S,NOK4PARM $ equivx bjj1/bjj/nobparm $ if ( nobparm>=0 ) add5 bjj1,bjjparm,,,/bjj $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-201131735 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with auxiliarymodel may require PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO SOL 200 shape optimization with auxillary model may require turning off sparse data recovery, PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO.
Description
Avoidance: Insert 'PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO' for SOL 200 shape optimization job with auxillary model CR 1-201279995 MSC / MD Nastran Aerostatic Analysis - SPCForces, sparse data recovery, MPC, rigid elements Wrong answers In SOL 144 (or SOL 200 with ANALYSIS=SAERO), if sparse data recovery is on and there are loads applied directly (or via the aero mesh) to dependent degrees of freedom which are constrained at their independent degree of freedom, then the SPCForce results may be wrong. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter:
Known Error Product
Description compile spdr1 alter 'outprt.*vpx' equivx vpx/vpg/-1 $ endalter Or set PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO Known Error Product CR 1-202440855 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with PARAM,NASPRT,n may have missing SUBCASEs of last cycle in OP2 In SOL 200 Optimization with analysis=dfreq, no results are written to OP2 for for the last cycle of the second SUBCASE if PARAM, NASPRT,n n is used and the frequency range for the first subcase is higher than the frequency range of second. For example, 100 to 150Hz. for the first SUBCASE and 50 to 100Hz for the second SUBCASE.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-202440855 Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-202518501 MSC / MD Nastran When PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES is input, you used to get a false UWM 5276 (EQD8D). You used to get an erroneous message UWM 5276 (EQD8D) when PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES. The message falsely stated there was excessive curvature. CR 1-204840621 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Perturbation - ANALYSIS=DFREQ, SOL 106, param,coritan,yes - SFM 6143 (UPARTPR) In SOL 106 with ANALYSIS=DFREQ and scr=no and PARAM,CORITAN,YES will fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in GYBJJ is not equal to the size of the N-set The number of columns in GYBJJ is not equal to the size of the N-set If PARAM,CORITAN,YES is removed the simulation runs past the 1st subcase without error, but then another fatal message is issued.
Known Error Product
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SDRX IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 203 NAME = OSTR1X , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 1 file gybaa=save,ovrwrt $ compile nlkr alter 1 file gybaa=save,ovrwrt $ alter 'UPARTN USETNL2,gybjj','' IF ( NOSSET>-1 ) UPARTN USETNL2,gybnn/gybaa,,,/lnset/lfset $
CR 1-206090939 MSC / MD Nastran Ref. Manual Figure 13-7 Some Isotropic Yield Surfaces in Principal Stress Space - equation error Ref. Manual Figure 13-7 Some Isotropic Yield Surfaces in Principal Stress Space - equation error Equation:tan = sqrt(6) 2sin /sqrt(3)(3 sin ) should read: tan = sqrt(6) 2sin /sqrt(3)(3 sin) CR 1-207025816 MSC / MD Nastran SOl 400- The HBDY output is missing from the CQUADX and CTRIAX in thermal axi-symmetric solid SOL 400 - The HBDY output is missing from the CQUADX and CTRIAX in thermal axi-symmetric solid element The energy balance is missing from the following output 0 SUBCASE 1 STEP 1 LOAD STEP = 1.00000E+00 HEATFLOWINTOHBDY E L E M E N T S (CHBDY) ELEMENT-ID APPLIED-LOAD FREE-CONVECTION FORCED-CONVECTION RADIATION TOTAL 100001 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 100002 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00
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Known Error Product
CR 1-210724527 MSC / MD Nastran Exterior Acoustics FFT generates "FP division by zero" in Log File for a 0.0 forcing frequency The FFT for the acoustic field point mesh computations cannot be performed at 0.0 forcing frequency since division by 2PI*ffreq is required. Possible avoidance: remove the 0.0 forcing frequency.
Description
CR 1-210724533 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL 200 job with DRESP1=AFPWR may fail with SFM 6143 SOL 200 optimization job with DRESP1 having RTYPE=AFPWR may fail with System Fatal Message 6143. This bug was found in MDR3 but fixed in MD2010 Avodiance: None.
Description
CR 1-210926816 MSC / MD Nastran Note about SETP being used only for EDE, EKE, and ESE is missing from QRG "SETP usage is limited to the EDE, EKE, and ESE Case Control Commands" this note is not available in QRG however is mentioned in release guide. CR 1-211679787 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 129, DCMP, maxratio not honored, GRID ID =0 for warning message In a SOL 129 run, the matrix to factor diagonal may issues messages that identify the grid point ID as "0" instead of the actual ID.
GRID POINT ID DEGREE OF FREEDOM MATRIX/FACTOR DIAGONAL RATIO MATRIX DIAGONAL
Description
0 R2 1.50499E+06 2.51554E+08 0 R2 2.11867E+07 2.51370E+08 0 R2 2.14707E+07 2.51590E+08 0 R3 2.58778E+07 2.68724E+07 This is due to the fact that data blocks required for the proper identification of degrees of freedom contain data that is dynamics-oriented rather than statics-oriented in some of the solution processes in SOL 129.
Known Error
CR 1-211679787 Furthermore, PARAM,MAXRATIO may not be honored in some decompositions since they are internal to a module that does not access to the parameter. Avoidance: None known.
CR 1-211713291 MSC / MD Nastran Bead vector direction in SOL200 topography is wrong Bead vector direction in SOL200 topography is wrong if NORM = BLANK used on BEADVAR entries. The topography optimization job runs through but the generated bead is on reverse side of the PSHELL.
Description
This bug was found in MD R3 but fixed in MD2010 Avoidance. Use XD/YD/ZD on BEADVAR entries to define bead vectors.
CR 1-211956382 MSC / MD Nastran sol 101 - uim 5274 (LAPEIGD) - heatstat,yes When doing heat and structural analysis in one 101 run the program is mistakenly trying to do residual vector damping calculation. CR 1-211956706 MSC / MD Nastran sol 400 - MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. For some large jobs on Windows 32 with low memory request, the job may fail in DECOMP when using Metis reordering. Several error messages may appear. The error message may or may not say it was an error in Metis. In each case there would be an access violation due to an allocation error. Errors may look like this: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6916 (MREORDR) MALLOC FAILED INSIDE EXTREME. USER ACTION: DECREASE THE MEMORY GIVEN TO THE JOB IN ORDER
Description
Known Error
CR 1-211956706 TO INCREASE THE MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR MALLOC OR USE METIS OR GRID BASED MMD REORDERING by RE-SUBMITTING THE JOB WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING VALUES FOR SYSTEM(206): SYSTEM(206)=1 (GRID BASED MMD) SYSTEM(206)=8 (GRID BASED METIS) OR SYSTEM(206)=9 (SELECTS BEST OF THE TWO ABOVE) 0FATAL ERROR
MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4011B2, A(/SYSTEM/) = 3605C80 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 7940000 MAIN: Exception occurred at address 7C911689. MAIN: Program attempted to access data at location 00000001.
Metis Error: ***Memory allocation failed for Allocate2WayPartitionMemory: rdata. Requested size: 1368 bytes Avoidance: Change system cell 206 to a different method. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-211981733 MSC / MD Nastran SOL200 run with scr=no may result in a fatal error MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) SOL200 run with scr=no may result in a fatal error MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE TA1 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 203 NAME = GEI , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE GEI=OVRWRT This bug was found in V2007 /MDR3 and fixed in MD2010 Description Avoidance Run with scr=yes or include the following dmap alter for Versions 2008 and earlier
compile phase1a alter 'file' file gei=ovrwrt $
Known Error Product
CR 1-212013461 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Perturbation Analysis - SOL 106, ANALYSIS=MODES, scr=no - wrong answers In SOL 106 with scr=no, if nonlinear subcases appear after ANALYSIS=MODES subsase then the nonlinear displacements will be null. Avoidance: Submit analysis with the "scratch=yes" option OR insert the following DMAP alter: compile nlstatic alter 'case.*caset' type parm,,char8,n,oanal $ oanal=anal $ alter 'scid' if ( oanal<>anal ) then $ delete /oefnlxx,oesnlxx,oesnlyy,, $ dbdelete datablk=(ugni,qgni,qmgni,pgni,cvect) , where(wildcard)$ endif $ CR 1-212138881 MSC / MD Nastran MATD098 can not apply for SOLID ELEMENT Error: For MD SOL700 R3, PSOLID+MATD098 combination generate error message in SOL700. psolid (= 3) references wrong material type (= 98). It was fixed in MD R4
Description
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CR 1-212160225 MSC / MD Nastran SOL111 job with mcfraction fails with Floating Point Trap - 32 bit Modal Contributioon Fraction computations involving very small values may fail with a floating point operation trap error on 32 bit implementations. This failure has been noticed in 2008 on linux systems.
Description Possible avoidance: do not request MCFRACTION output for Degrees of Freedom exhibiting very small modal responses.
Known Error
CR 1-212160225 Fixed in 2010
CR 1-212194344 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL 145 run does not produce AEROF results with the AEROF=n request AEROF Case Control Command is not supported in SOL 145 CR 1-212465241 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with eigenvector sensitivity and constraints in upstream SE may fail in DOM10 module SOl 200 job may fail in DOM10 module if following conditions are met 1. eigenvector constraints in upstream SE 2. modes involved in eigenvector sensitivity are not referenced in residual SE Avodiance: make sure all modes involved are referenced in residual
Description
CR 1-213147195 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - MAXMIN, CTRIA3, CQUAD4 - missing output MAXMIN Case Control command does not recognize item names TMAX1 and TMAX2 for CQUAD4 and CTRIA3. Avoidance: Use SMAX1 and SMAX2.
Description
Known Error Product
CR 1-215419593 MSC / MD Nastran Misleading User Fatal Message 6482 for a SOL200 run with a Analysis=MODES subcase In v2001, if the user constrains an element/grid response in an ANALYSIS=MODES subcase and neglects to identify the mode number in the ATTB field of the DRESP1 entry, this will result in a misleading message such as:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-215419593 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6482 (DOPR3R) FOR SUBCASE 2, THE ANALYSIS TYPE IS MODES BUT THE DESSUB COMMAND REFERENCES AN INCOMPATIBLE DRESP1 ENTRY WITH RID = 17 AND RTYPE = STRESS . The problem is not that the analyis type is incompatible, but that it requirs specifying the mode in the attb field of the DRESP1 entry. User Avoidance: Specify the mode number in the ATTB field of the DRESP1 entry when design an eigenvector response.
CR 1-216054731 MSC / MD Nastran Unique PIDs required for SOL600 models A model with the following PID & MID combinations will result in a marc.dat file with all elements using MID 1. CQUAD --> PSHELL #1 --> MAT1 #1 CTETRA --> PSOLID #1 --> MAT1 & MATS1 #2 The Nastran model must be created like this: CQUAD --> PSHELL #1 --> MAT1 #1 CTETRA --> PSOLID #2 --> MAT1 & MATS1 #2
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Known Error Product
CR 1-216190171 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Analysis with Preload - BCONTACT, STATSUB - wrong answers or various fatal messages The BCONTACT Case Control command for general (unglued) contact is ignored in a static preload subcase (see STATSUB command) resulting in either wrong answers and/or various fatal/warning messages. Avoidance: Remove the request for unglued contact.
Description
CR 1-217253508 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - CQUAD4 and CELASi in SOL109 sloshing - UFM 2170
Known Error
CR 1-217253508 (PARTN2) Acoustic analysis with sloshing in SOL 109 may produce the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 (PARTN2) BOTH THE ROW AND COLUMN PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE PURGED AND ONLY ONE MAY BE. Avoidance: Run with SOL 112 or insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedtran alter 'call fdrmgen','' call fdrmgen uset,,caseg,usetd,gm,got,goq,, MSF,mdsf,M2SF,m2dsf,BSF,bdsf,B2SF,b2dsf, KSF,K4SF,k4dsf,K2SF,k2dsf,asf,adsf, MMG,M2MG,BMG,B2MG,KMG,K4MG,K2MG,kdmg,kdsf,kddsf, MSS,M2ss,BSS,B2ss,KSS,K4Ss,k2ss,kdss,yg, ects,bgpdts,sils,xycdb,matpool,pg,dynamics,casecc, slist,emap,maps,,,,,mmcdb,oint,pelsets, pmyg,pbyg,pkyg,ajp,day,nzyg,goy,,,gpect,edts,,vgfs, dits,,,thetam,axic/ ,rpd,rgs,rgm,,,, msf1,bsf1,ksf1,mss1,bss1,kss1, MMG1,BMG1,KMG1,,,, vspcg,vmpcg,v01p,v01dr,vpg,vgdr,,,rpy,,/ app/app/soltyp/false/false/nooset/noa/nomset/ s,dompcf/s,dospcf/nosset/noue/false/false/false/false/ rsonly/' '/s,spdrs/s,spdrm/pexist/false/ $ for v2008 s,spdr/adptindx/true/false/fs/fonly/0 $ $ for v2007 $ S,SPDR/ADPTINDX/TRUE/FALSE/FS/FONLY $ CR 1-219428708 MSC / MD Nastran NSML1 and PBEAML may give incorrect mass If an NSML1 refers to a PBEAML entry the resulting nonstructural mass is incorrect. CR 1-219452535 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version
CR 1-219452535 Linear Perturbation Analysis - Missing results in database if multiple NLSTAT and MTRAN/MFREQ This a duplicate CR report. The problem happens when both nonlinear and linear analyses run together in a single job. The cause is that the OP2 file is rewound every time PHASE0 is called for a new group of analysis types.
Description
No error message is issued for this matter. Avoidance: Run regular linear analyses in a job and nonlinear analyses+linear perturbations in another one. Note: This error is only in OP2 output file.
CR 1-219452551 MSC / MD Nastran Arbitrary beam properties via PBRSECT/PBMSECT may be incorrect Arbitrary beam properties via PBRSECT/PBMSECT may not be correct due to aggressive intersection detection logic. Avodiance : if possible, avoid using short segment with thick thickness.
CR 1-219488629 MSC / MD Nastran BCPARA should support SOL103 also. In MD Nastran R3, BCPARA does not support SOL103. Avoidance: Define ERROR (Distance Tolerance) for each body In MD Nastran 2010, We support BCPARA in ALL solutions, including SOL 111, for both 3D general contact and permanently glued contact
Description
BCPARA or similar function is needed for SOL103 and others. Known Error Product CR 1-219561485 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-219561485 MPF, bad panel definition produces UFM 2170 in PARTN2 When a panel definition contains only nonexisting grid points, the matrix partitioning module issues UFM 2170 and Nastran stops after the modal phase. DMAP Avoidance: compile pfact $ alter 'TYPE,PARM,,RS,N,DENMIN=0.90','' $ TYPE,PARM,,RS,N,DENROW,DENCOL,DENMIN=0.90 $ alter 'IPANEL = IPANEL' $ DENCOL = 0.0 $ DENROW = 0.0 $ alter 'IF ( DENCOL\ 1. In SOL 101 general contact, Case Control, NLPARM, used in the 1st SUBCASE is also used in the 2nd SUBCASE; 2. There is no error message issued. The solutions are wrong. fixed in 2010
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Known Error Product
CR 1-219784024 MSC / MD Nastran MD R3b Nastran touch contact w BCTABLE 0 and multiple subcases overrides MASTER-SLAVE from other BCT In MD Nastran a BCONTACT prior to all other Subcases (BCONTACT=0) was overwriting local Subcase BCONTACT/BCTABLE settings. In MD Nastran 2010 this has been resolved.
Description
Additionally, in previous versions if say a BOUTPUT(SORT1,REAL)=ALL was called in the first Subcase but then a PLOT request was made, BOUTPUT(PLOT,SORT1,REAL)=ALL, the non-PLOT would hold for all Subcases. This was an error not covered by this CR but also resolved in this in this version of Nastran. This was resolved under CR 1-226741991 CR 1-219907221 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustics - DMP, SOL 108 - ACPOWER, INTENSITY, and ACFPMRESULT Missing output If dmp>1 is specified in SOL 108, then the resulting output from PFPANEL,
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Known Error
CR 1-219907221 PFMODE, PFGRID, ACPOWER, INTENSITY, and ACFPMRESULT from the slaves will be missing. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter which also fixes similar errors for PF* and ACPOWER results: compile sedfreq alter 'call super3' DBSTATUS AFPMLIST//S,N,NOAFPM $ PARAML CASEf//'DTI'/-1/613//S,N,INTENSET $ PARAML CASEf//'DTI'/-1/416//S,N,ACPOWSET $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/512//s,n,pfmodes $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/519//s,n,pfmodef $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/528//s,n,pfpanel $ paraml casef//'dti'/-1/535//s,n,pfgrid $ if ( nproc>1 and nfreqt>1 ) then $ if ( pfmodes=-1 or pfmodef=-1 or pfpanel=-1 or pfgrid=-1 ) call disfreq fol,udf,pdf,,,ypf,ypf1/ udf0,pdf0,,,ypf0,ypf10/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/false $ if ( noafpm=1 or intenset<0 or acpowset<0 ) call disfreq fol,upf,udf,,,,/ upf0,udf0,,,,/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/false $ endif $ alter 'call pfact'(,-1) if ( nproc>1 and nfreqt>1 ) then $ CALL PFACT CASEF ,BGPDTS ,USET ,USETD ,SILS , GOT ,GOQ ,GM , , , ,UDF ,FOLt ,PDF ,VGFS , ,CKDD ,CBDD ,CMDD ,ABE , AGG , ,YPF10 ,RPY ,YPF0 / SMPF ,SMPFD ,OSMPF1 ,AFMPF ,AFMPFD , OAFMPF1 ,ASMPF ,ASMPFD ,OASMPF1 ,APMPF , APMPFD ,OAPMPF1 ,APPF ,APPFD ,OAPPF1 , AGPF ,AGPFD ,OAGPF1 / NOASET /NOOSET /NOQSET /NOTSET /NOMSET / NOA /NOUE /APP /SOLTYP /FS / FONLY $ IF ( intenset<0 or acpowset<0 ) CALL ACPOWER, CASEF ,UPF ,FOL ,BGPDTS , VGFS , AGG ,ABE / OARPWR1 ,OARPWR2 ,OAIG1 ,OAIG2 $ IF ( NOAFPM=1 ) CALL AFPMDRCV, CASEF ,AFPMLIST,GEOM1 ,GEOM2 ,PVT ,
Known Error
CR 1-219907221 ACIECT ,EPTS ,MPTS ,EDTS ,BGPDTS , SILD ,FOLt ,UPF0 ,UDF0 ,USETD / OUGFP1 ,OUGFP2 ,OVGFP1 ,OVGFP2 ,OAPWR2 / SOLTYP /APP $ else $ alter 'CALL AFPMDRCV' endif $ compile disfreq subdmap disfreq fol,udf,pdf,ppf,qsgf,qmgf,ypf/ udf0,pdf0,ppf0,qsgf0,qmgf0,ypf0/ nfreqt/nproc/procid/scatter $ type parm,,i,n,nfreqt,nproc,procid,iproc,nrow, nload,nf,nleft,istart,nzero $ type parm,,logi,n,scatter $ paraml fol//'trailer'/1/S,N,ifreq $ paraml udf//'trailer'/1/S,N,ncol $ nload=ncol/ifreq $ if ( nload>1 ) then $ nrow=nfreqt*nload $ nf = nfreqt / nproc $ nleft = mod(nfreqt, nproc) $ if ( procid>nleft ) then $ istart= (procid-1)*nf + nleft + 1 $ else $ istart= (procid-1)*nf + procid $ endif $ nzero= nfreqt - ifreq + 1 $ matgen ,/expand/4/1/nrow//ifreq/nzero/istart $ $ expand to complete freq/load list merge ,,,udf,,expand,/udfe/1 $ merge ,,,pdf,,expand,/pdfe/1 $ merge ,,,ppf,,expand,/ppfe/1 $ merge ,,,qsgf,,expand,/qsgfe/1 $ merge ,,,qmgf,,expand,/qmgfe/1 $ merge ,,,ypf,,expand,/ypfe/1 $ $ weave on master DISUTIL udfe,,,/udf0///-8 $ DISUTIL pdfe,,,/pdf0///-8 $ iproc=2 $ do while ( iproc<=nproc ) $ disutil ppfe,,,/ppftmp/iproc/-1/10 $ send to master if ( procid=1 ) then $ add ppfe,ppftmp/ppfx $ if ( iproc=nproc ) then $
Known Error
CR 1-219907221 equivx ppfx/ppf0/-1 $ else $ equivx ppfx/ppfe/-1 $ endif $ delete /ppftmp,ppfx,,, $ avoid ufm 1126 endif $ iproc = iproc + 1 $ enddo DISUTIL qsgfe,,,/qsgf0///-8 $ DISUTIL qmgfe,,,/qmgf0///-8 $ DISUTIL ypfe,,,/ypf0///-8 $ else $ $ append on master DISUTIL udf,,,/udf0///9 $ DISUTIL pdf,,,/pdf0///9 $ DISUTIL ppf,,,/ppf0///9 $ DISUTIL qsgf,,,/qsgf0///9 $ DISUTIL qmgf,,,/qmgf0///9 $ DISUTIL ypf,,,/ypf0///9 $ endif $ nload>1 if ( scatter ) then $ $ re-broadcast to all slaves DISUTIL udf0,,,/udf2///3 $ DISUTIL pdf0,,,/pdf2///3 $ DISUTIL ppf0,,,/ppf2///3 $ DISUTIL qsgf0,,,/qsgf2///3 $ DISUTIL qmgf0,,,/qmgf2///3 $ DISUTIL ypf0,,,/ypf2///3 $ if ( procid>1 ) then $ equivx udf2/udf0/-1 $ equivx pdf2/pdf0/-1 $ equivx ppf2/ppf0/-1 $ equivx qsgf2/qsgf0/-1 $ equivx qmgf2/qmgf0/-1 $ equivx ypf2/ypf0/-1 $ endif $ procid>1 endif $ return $ end $ disfreq
CR 1-220425731 MSC / MD Nastran Error with BCONTACT=BCBOX A model with BCBOX to define contact body may fail with the following error
Known Error
CR 1-220425731 message in the log file: forrtl: severe (64): input conversion error, unit -5, file Internal Formatted Read This problem was fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release.
CR 1-220643571 MSC / MD Nastran EPOINT in SOL400 with Lagrange Multipliers can cause bad sort of LM GRIDs SOL 400 - EPOINT should not be used with lagrange Multiplier - incorrect solution may be obtained
Description
The situation where lagrange multiplier is used is when you have contact in the problem. Avoidance: repalce EPOINT by GRID
Known Error Product
CR 1-220643741 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - Special DECOMP for INVLAN subDMAP can produce wrong answers and an invalid sturm count The special INVLAN decomp can produce wrong answers. The avoidance is to set param,mdlgdef,99999999 There error does not always occur, but there is no way to tell apriori based on the model characteristics which models will produce the error. A symptom of the error is a Sturm count error when READ is called from INVLAN. This error is corrected in MD R4/Version 2009.0.0. A correction for MSC.Nastran 2007.0.0 for Linux x8664 is also available on the Product Update Site at: http://www.mscsoftware.com/software_updates/ The build date of this updated executable is July 10, 2009.
Description
CR 1-220681761 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - EPOINT in SOL 400 - wrong results
CR 1-220681761 If EPOINT entries are present in a SOL 400 nonlinear static analysis then the results will be wrong. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-220732801 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 fails to converge using CASI solver when EPOINT is present SOL 400 may fail to converge using the CASI element-based solver if there are EPOINTs present in the input. There is no known avoidance. Fixed in 2010
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Known Error Product
CR 1-220930902 MSC / MD Nastran A job with with NINC(NLPARM) greater than 1 in combination with Solid Composite will stop A Sol 400 job with Solid Composite elements will stop when the NINC of the NLPARM card is greater than 1. In this specific example, NINC is set to 10. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (NLSOLV) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK MRELM (FILE 253) IN SUBROUTINE evecad 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: No avoidance available
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Known Error Product
CR 1-221252824 MSC / MD Nastran The printout for MONDSP1's CP and CD data in f06 is incorrect and incomplete in SOL 101 The MONDSP1 bulk data entry allows a CP and CD field for coordinate system identification and usage in the results when running SOL 101. However, the printed output in the f06 file only outputs the CP cooridnate system id and labels it ICID. The CD coordinate system id is not provided in the table of information for the structural monitor point displacements table
Description
Known Error
CR 1-221252824 in the f06. Version 2005r3, 2007r1 and 2008r1 exhibit this same error.
Avoidance: Use the MONDSP1 input bulk data entry to determine the CD coordinate system. SOL 144 in version MDR4 Nastran has the correct labeling information. Known Error Product CR 1-221342021 MSC / MD Nastran The stress output for assumed strain CHEXA elements (solid shell) is incorrect A Sol 400 job with assumed strain CHEXA elements (a.k.a. solid shell element), the stress output is incorrect. For a model that should show stress variation through the element thickness, but the stress output is constant. Avoidance: No avoidance available Known Error Product CR 1-222985071 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP, External superelements - OUTPUT4, INPUTT4, EXTSEOUT(MATOP4) UWM 6445 Op4 files created with sparse (negative IUNIT option on OUTPUT4 module call) and neutral or ASCII (FORMATTED option on ASSIGN FMS statement) options using OUTPUT4 module are not readable with INPUTT4. This can occur for external superelements created with MATOP4 option on EXTSEOUT Case Control command. Avoidance: Do not use sparse option on OUTPUT4 module. Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-223406150 MSC / MD Nastran PFMODE, SOL 112, no output No Modal Participation Factor output is generated by the PFMODE case control
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Known Error
CR 1-223406150 request for modal transient SOL 112. Avoidance : Use MCFRACTION.
CR 1-223522069 MSC / MD Nastran SOL112 - FILTER of MCFRACTION - doesn't filter correctly The FILTER in MCFRACTION doesn't filter correctly in SOL112. Avoidance : None. Fixed in 2010 CR 1-223579091 MSC / MD Nastran Error message when shell element form 25, 26 or 27 is used Error: In PSHELLD card, ELFORM=25,26 and 27 (only for testing) do not work correctly. Bug discovered for shell formulation options 25, 26 or 27. A default value was not set properly in the code. There is no work-around, except to choose another shell formulation option. (6/10/09)
Description *** Error element ID 2 has invalid connectivity. Try decouple thickness degrees of freedom between elements with thickness stretch on *SECTION_SHELL. Avoidance:Pleas use other element formulations. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-224542238 MSC / MD Nastran Campbell Diagrams : USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170 The request for Campbell Diagrams may cause USER FATAL MESSAGE 2170. Avoidance: Insert the folllowing DMAP alter: Description COMPILE POSTCAMP ALTER 'VB1'(,1),'NFPREB' $ $ DBSTATUS VB1//S,N,STATVB1 $ IF (STATVB1 > 0) THEN $ PARTN BNRF,,VB1/BNRFNEW,,,/1 $
Known Error
CR 1-224542238 $ PARTN VFCUR,,VB1/VFCURB,,,/1 $ EQUIVX VFCURB/VFCUR/-1$ $ PARTN UDCUR,VB1,/UCB,,,/1 $ EQUIVX UCB/UDCUR/-1 $ $ ELSE $ EQUIVX BNRF/BNRFNEW/-1 $ ENDIF $ STATVB1 > 0 endalter
Known Error Product
CR 1-225557065 MSC / MD Nastran FATAL 2170 PARTN2 when Acoustics added to Rotordynamics SYNC run Sol 108 If acoustics and rotordynamics are both present in a model in SOL 108, the model might fail in ASSEMGMA with UFM 2170 due to the partition vector not existing. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter to your input file: compile assemgma alter 'DBSTATUS.*M2DD' DBSTATUS VSDFD//S,N,NOVSDFD $ alter 'PARTN.*M2DD'(,-1) IF( NOVSDFD<>1 )THEN $ EQUIVX m2DD/m2DD1/-1 $ ELSE $ alter 'MERGE.*M2SS' endif $ alter 'PARTN.*B2DD'(,-1) IF( NOVSDFD<>1 )THEN $ EQUIVX b2DD/b2DD1/-1 $ ELSE $ alter 'MERGE.*B2SS' endif $ alter 'PARTN.*K2DD'(,-1) IF( NOVSDFD<>1 )THEN $ EQUIVX k2DD/k2DD1/-1 $ ELSE $ alter 'MERGE.*K2SS' endif $
Description
CR 1-225560475 MSC / MD Nastran Wrong responses when Acoustics added to Rotordynamics SYNC run If the fluid uses the symmetric formulation incorrect answers might result when acoustics is added to rotordynamics SYNC run in Sols 108 or 111. This occurs if the nominal damping matrix is symmetric and the gyroscopic terms are added to the damping matrices. The resulting (frequency-dependent) damping matrix is incorrectly flagged as symmetric, causing the program to use the symmetric solver, rather than the unsymmetric solver. Avoidances: 1) set PARAM,ACSYM,NO in your input (forces the unsymmetric fluid formulation) or 2) insert the following alter in your file (correctly sets the matrix trailer for the combined damping matrix) compile freqrs, list alter 'PARAML CBDD'(,1) PARAML CBDDF1//'TRAILER'/3/S,N,FORMf//S,N,NOCBDDf $ if(nocbddf <>-1)form = formf $ $ alter 'IF ( NOCKDD=-1 )' PARAML CkDDF1//'TRAILER'/3/S,N,FORMf//S,N,NOCkDDf $ if(nockddf <>-1)form = formf $
Description
CR 1-225561603 MSC / MD Nastran Unable to create XYPLOT for random with multiple subcases When multiple subcases are present for random analyis and XYPLOT is requested, the following messages may occur: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6914 (RAND5) DATA OF RESPONSE, STRE, FOR GRID/ELEMENT ID, 101001, IS NOT FOUND. THE XYPLOT REQUEST OF PSDF/AUTO IS IGNORED. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID 130002 -FORC- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 102
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Known Error Product
CR 1-226501964 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Quick Reference Guide for CBEAM, CBAR, PBESECT and PBRSECT Under the CBEAM and CBAR descriptions in the MDR3 (V2008 and earlier) Quick Reference Guide, there is no remark about PID being able to reference a PBESECT entry on the CBEAM entry and a PBRSECT on the CBAR entry. CR 1-226628886 MSC / MD Nastran The GPFORCE output is ZERO for deck with Lagrange rigid elements and multiple steps in SOL 400. In a SOL 400 run with these conditions: 1) multiple STEPs within a SUBCASE 2) RIGID=LAGRANGE is defined 3) a STEP with ANALYSIS=STATIC or ANALYSIS=LNSTATIC Then the GPFORCE output for rigid elements will be zero
Description
Description
Note that if the static case is in a SUBCASE w/o multiple steps, the GPFORCE output will be correct. Two workarounds exist: 1) if the problem is small displacement, use RIGID=LINEAR 2) add the ESE data recovery request
Known Error Product
CR 1-226741991 MSC / MD Nastran CR1-226741991: BOUTPUT(PLOT) always prints out contact status information in F06 in SOL 101 and 400 In MDr3.1 and earlier, when runnig the gerneral contact analysis in SOL 101 and 400, the contact status information is always printed out in the F06 even if BOUTPUT(PLOT) is applied. Avoidance: No avoidance available.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-226752015 Rayleigh damping in RSPINR with CLAN modal extraction When Rayleigh damping is added in the RSPINR card, it is possible that Nastran will extract modes with null frequency even the imaginary part of the eigenvalue is greater than 0. For rotodynamic jobs, Hessenberg method is believed to produce more accurate numeric results than Lanczos method. However, the user should check for singularities in the mass matrix with an dmap alter to ensure numeric accuracy of the Hessenberg method. Contact MSC Support for more info (fixed in MD 2010) avoidance: set sys108=8192 on the command line to turn off symmetric processing.
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CR 1-226802212 MSC / MD Nastran Remark 6 of the MSC.Nastran 2008 QRG MFLUID description should include CTRIAR, CQUADR MSC.Nastran 2008 QRG, the description of MFLUID bulk data entry, remark 6 are as follows,
Description
6. The current list of elements that may be placed in ELIST1 and ELIST2 include CTRIA3 and CQUAD4. It should include CTRIAR and CQUADR as well.
Known Error Product
CR 1-226898705 MSC / MD Nastran tcheck and tdmin for a topology optimization job are not functioning with the Weight objective When a topology optimization job defines the structural weight response as the objective, checkboard and minimum member size control are not functioning.
Description
This was not a bug for MDR3 but an enhancement. In MD2010, we have
Known Error
CR 1-226898705 TCHECK=2 that works for this case Avoidance: Don't use wegith as objective. Otherwise, no avoidance
CR 1-226938643 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - PARAM,VMOPT,2 and MEFFMASS command - inefficient An inefficiency has been introduced for models with MFLUID, VMOPT=2 and a request for MEFFMASS. For version 2005 there was one DECOMP of the CEE matrix for MFLUID. For version MDR3 there are two DECOMPs of the CEE matrix for MFLUID. This inefficiency is apparent for models with many elements in the ELIST. Avoidance: Remove the MEFFMAS command or insert the following DMAP alter:
Description compile mgen2a alter 'uee,lee' call dbstore lee,uee,,,//0/0/' '/0 $ compile mgen1 alter 'lee,uee'(,-3) call dbfetch /lee,uee,,,/0/0/0/0/0 $ dbstatus lee//s,n,nolee $ if ( nolee<1 ) then $ alter 'lee,uee'(,5) endif $ Known Error Product CR 1-228085141 MSC / MD Nastran PANEL keyword in PFMODE is not working. It works well up to MSC.Nastran2007.0.0 and not in MDr3/2008 The PFMODE Case Control PANEL keyword may cause a machine dependent failure (an access violation on linux systems has been observed) starting with MD R3 release. The symptoms of the failure include the presense of the PFMODE request and the absence of any PFPANEL request.
Description
Known Error
CR 1-228085141 Avoidance: Add a PFPANEL request in addition to the PFMODE(FLUID) request. Use the same frequency set IDs for both requests.
Known Error Product
CR 1-228335041 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 linear perturbation with & ELIST, PARAM,VMOPT, possible wrong eigenvalues In a SOL 400 chained analysis, where an ANALYSIS=MODES step follows an ANALYSIS=NLSTATIC step, if the input file contains an MFLUID and ELIST entries to define a fluid for the virtual mass method and PARAM,VMOPT, is selected, the value defined on the VMOPT parameter is ignored. For PARAM,VMOPT,1, this results in two decompositions of the virutal mass, the fluid mass is computed and added twice resulting in incorrect eigenvalues. Avoidance: For MD R3, insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE NONLIN NOLIST $ ALTER 1549 $ DBVIEW PVTBCX=PVTBC (WHERE ISOLAPP=1 AND WILDCARD) EQUIVX PVTBCX/PVTBC/-1 $ ENDALTER $
Description
CR 1-228772045 MSC / MD Nastran SOL111 External VMOPT incorrect results PARAM,VMOPT,2 may produce wrong results in the presence of both part (BEGIN SUPER) and grid list (SESET) superelements. Avoidance: Use PARAM,VMOPT, 0 or 1.
Description
CR 1-228819200 MSC / MD Nastran MDLPRM,BRTOBM UFM 6236 (EBEMD) If MDLPRM,BRTOBM,1 is specified, and a PBAR has 0.0 specified for I2 The following error will occur.
Known Error
CR 1-228819200 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6236 (EBEMD) PBCOMP FOR ENTRY =501 SPECIFIES SECTION=0 (WHICH IS THE DEFAULT) YET IT ALSO SPECIFIES DATA FOR LUMPED AREAS. Avoidance: specify a value for I2.
CR 1-231297771 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 support for relative displacement boundary condition (SPCR). SOL 600 support for relative displacement boundary condition (SPCR) was added for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release but will only be available when PARAM,MARCTOTT,1 is used (which means use SOL 600 with Marc table-driven input). The default in SOL 600 is PARAM,MARCTOTT,0 which is to not use table-driven input. CR 1-231907165 MSC / MD Nastran Shell-to-solid contact could give strange results if beam-to-beam contact is active. An MD R3 Sol 101/400 analysis could give strange results if in the model shell-to-solid contact occurred, while the beam-to-beam contact capability (BEAMB parameter on the BCPARA option) was active. The problem could be avoided by deactivating the beam-to-beam contact capability. CR 1-233213985 MSC / MD Nastran SECONCT from an EXTSEOUT generation where only 1 component mode calculated, missing second SPOINT ID SECONCT from an EXTSEOUT generation where only 1 component mode calculated, missing second SPOINT ID This would be a very rare occurance for an any CMS superelement to only have one component mode. The workaround is to edit the .asm deck.
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CR 1-233306058 Subcase id may using more than 7 digits result in UFM 609 A subcase ID may contain no more than seven digits. This is now documented in the 2010 Quick Reference Guide.
CR 1-236157769 MSC / MD Nastran wrong memory estimates in UIM Memory estimates in f06 UIM messages may not be correct. For example: *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 4199 (PREFACT) A PORTION OF THE SPARSE FACTOR HAS BEEN CACHED IN MEMORY FOR THE FBS. 29410 FRONTAL MATRICES OUT OF A TOTAL OF 29749 ARE STORED IN MEMORY. MEMORY AVAILABLE: 309 M WORDS ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL MEMORY NEEDED TO STORE THE ENTIRE FACTOR: 898 M WORDS The current behaviour is: Nastran estimates " 898 M WORDS" This means in i8 mode app. 7300MB RAM. But given the job only 100MB in addition, the factor can be stored incore.
Description
CR 1-237259374 MSC / MD Nastran Incorrect PLOAD4 conversion in a model with more than 1 subcase The problem of incorrect PLOAD4 conversion in a model with more than 1 subcase was fixed for the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-238614257 MSC / MD Nastran USER FATAL MESSAGE 9110 did not print out information of failing node If in MD R3 an element was used in a deformable contact body and in the element connectivity a grid point was used which was not present in the model, then USER FATAL MESSAGE 9110 was issued, but there was no
Known Error
CR 1-238614257 information given about the missing grid point.
CR 1-241950251 MSC / MD Nastran UWM 5411 (REIGL8) followed by SFM 7340 (LNNHERR) when MAT10 BULK is negative eigen solutions - MAT10(fluid eleemnts) has negative value - SFM 7340 If the MAT10 BULK field contains a negative value, the eigensolution may fail with User Warning Message 5411 and later on with System Fatal Message 7340. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5411 (REIGL8) NEGATIVE TERM ON DIAGONAL OF MASS(VIBRATION) OR STIFFNESS(BUCKLING) MATRIX DETECTED. ROW NUMBER = 73 VALUE = -3.11278D-10 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNRIGL) TRIDIAGONAL QL DID NOT CONVERGE. Avoidance : None
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Known Error Product
CR 1-243556916 MSC / MD Nastran SFM 4276 or wrong results for SOL 400 with SESET SE and SPCD on Interior dof of SE A SOL 400 input file with SESET superelement (SE) defined and applied SPCD on an interior degree of freedom the SE yields the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (BCKREC) ERROR CODE 3021 PID= 0 Other models may encounter Error Code 201 or results show as all 0.0.
Description If an SPCD is applied to both the SE interior degree of freedom and on the residual stucture then wrong answers result. Avoidance: Use SOL 106 with LOADSET/LSEQ and CLOAD/CLOAD input to process the load applied to the SE.
CR 1-243843921 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 Topography Optimization job with CQUAD8 may fail with SFM 3001 If QUAD8 are used in topography optimization (BEADVAR) with the bead vector specified as "NORM" (or blank), then the following messages will be generated and the job will fail: *** NORMAL NOT CALCULATED *** *** ELEMENT GRID ID MUST FOLLOW THE RIGHT HAND RULE TO DEFINE NORMAL DIRECTION IN TOPOGRAPHY OPTIMIZATION *** *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DOPR1) THE EXECUTIVE FILE 0 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE DTOGDG 0FATAL ERROR This bug was found in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010 Avoidance: Modify the BEADVAR entry to define the Bead Vector with XD,YD,ZD and/or CID instead of the normal direction.
Description
CR 1-245202292 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - SOL 106 restart with loads on a superelement - Wrong Anwsers and SFM 5423 SOL 106 does not yield correct results for a superelement model with loads applied to the superelement and residual structure when a load change restart is performed. In some instances, the superelement data recovery may fail with a SFM 5423, attempt to multiply incompatible matrices. The results for the residual structure are wrong in this instance as well. Avoidance: Run the model as a cold start.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-247395841 MSC / MD Nastran A SOL200 run with a static subcase including SUBCOMs and SUBSEQs may fail with SFM 3002 (SDR2) In v2001, a SOL 200 run that has static subcases that include SUBCOMs and
Known Error
CR 1-247395841 the associated SUBSEQ has a single coefficient may produce the following error message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (SDR2) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK UGSN (FILE 112) A suggested workaround is to add SUBSEQ coefficients with a value of 0.0.
Known Error Product
CR 1-247570721 MSC / MD Nastran If an external SE is created using DMIGPCH option, results for the SE from assembly run may be wrong If an EXTSEOUT external SE is created using the DMIGPCH option, the results for that SE in the assembly run may be wrong regardless of whether it was created using manual Q-set DOFs or via use of PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES. It is important to note that only the results for the external SE in the assembly run may be wrong.
Description
CR 1-247899851 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - SPCD combined with applied loads gave SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) Subdmap CFORCE2, module MPYAD issued following message in a dynamic analysis job with both loads and enforced motion. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR RGS IS 101 11 12 2 2 2 833 TRAILER FOR PX1 IS 102 3 12400 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 1 This seems to be a function of the set selected for output. Avoidance: Select the SPCD/LOAD points for output (either directly or
Description
Known Error
CR 1-247899851 implied by element output requests OR insert the following DMAP alter: compile fdrmgen alter 'rgsx'(,1) else $ partn rgs,,vspcg/,rgsx,,/1 $ equivx rgsx/rgs/-1 $
Known Error Product
CR 1-248221411 MSC / MD Nastran Normal modes on an external superelement created using a CSET fails claiming no roots are found Simple model - the first run creates an external superelement, the second solves the eigenvalue problem (and modal frequency response if the modes are found). The second run fails claiming no modes are found. However, if SYSTEM(166)=48 is set, it calculates the modes (identical to the initial run). As a note - 2010 runs, but gives the wrong answers. CR 1-249960741 MSC / MD Nastran sol 111 incorrect results with external superelement via dmigop2 and exterior acoustics sol 111 with external superelement via dmigop2 and exterior acoustics does not show correct results due to incorrect number of structural modes. Workaround is to use dmigpch in the superelement reduction and attach the punched matrices via K2GG,M2GG,... case control commands in the assembly run CR 1-249973530 MSC / MD Nastran EXTSEOUT usage with ACMS and PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES generates wrong Q-set SPOINT IDs EXTSEOUT usage with ACMS and PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES generates wrong Q-set SPOINT IDs CR 1-250090042
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CR 1-250090042 MSC / MD Nastran SUPORT card may give incorrect modes for small, dense matrices if Lanczos is used If a SUPORT is used for a model with small, dense matrices, and the Lanczos eigenvalue solver is used, it is possible that the program may find incorrect roots. The program issues SWM 5407, indicating that the number of modes doesn't match the sturm sequence, but will continue to run, giving incorrect natural frequencies and eigenvectors. Please note that the Sturm count may not disagree with the actual number of roots found, in which case SWM 5407 will not be issued.
Description
Avoidance: Use Givens or Householders method, or set SYSTEM(166) to 48 and SYSTEM(263) to 25. ALWAYS verify that the number of roots found agrees with the sturm sequence results.
Known Error Product
CR 1-250156871 MSC / MD Nastran CTRIAX entry - defaults for MCID field are dependant on presence of continuation field If a continuation entry exists for a CTRIAX entry and there is no value entered in the "THETA OR MCID" field, MCID will incorrectly be set to -1.
Description
Avoidance: If you use a continuation on a CTRIAX entry, enter the correct value in the "THETA OR MCID" field.
CR 1-250165731 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Analysis - SOL 111 and 112, PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO - UFM 1126 If SPARSEDR,NO is specified with MPCF or SPCF output requests then the run may fail with:
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE SDR3 IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 206 NAME
Known Error
CR 1-250165731 = OQMG1 , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE OQMG1=OVRWRT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile sedrcvr alter 'sdr3 oug2,ovg2,oag2,opg2','' sdr3 oug2,ovg2,oag2,opg2,,/ oug1,ovg1,oag1,opg1,, $ dbstatus oqg1,oqmg1//s,n,nooqg/s,n,nooqmg $ if ( nooqg<1 ) sdr3 oqg2,,,,,/oqg1,,,,, $ if ( nooqmg<1 ) sdr3 oqmg2,,,,,/oqmg1,,,,, $
Known Error Product
CR 1-250243453 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - Quick Reference Guide, PARAM, METHCMRS - missing description PARAM,METHCMRS is undocumented through the MDR3 (V2008) Quick Reference Guide. It is supported in SOL 103 in addition to SOLs 107-112, 145, 146, and 200. The PARAM allows the user ro select a different EIGR/EIGRL entry for component modes of the residual structure than that selected for system modes. CR 1-250497303 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - ACMS - UFM 1126 in MDPHS1B subDMAP DOMAINSOLVER ACMS with EXTSEOUT may produce the following fatal message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MATGEN IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = VXSPARSE, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile mdphs1b alter 'MATGEN ,\/VxSPARSE'(,-1) delete /vxsparse,,,, $
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Known Error
CR 1-250581641
Known Error Product
CR 1-250581641 MSC / MD Nastran In case of large SPH problem Nastran to Dyna translator runs into limit of load definition When defining a lot of CSPH elements SOL700 can run into a limit and will create the following error messages: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 300 (RCARD) DATA ERROR IN FIELD UNDERLINED. POSSIBLE ERROR IN EXPONENT. . 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 7 .. 8 .. 9 .. 10 . LOAD 99****** 1.0 1.0 99000000
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*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 315 (IFPDRV) FORMAT ERROR ON BULK DATA ENTRY LOAD LOAD 99****** 1.0 1.0 99000000
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 316 (IFPDRV) ILLEGAL DATA ON BULK DATA ENTRY LOAD LOAD 99****** 1.0 1.0 99000000 Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 1-250607001 MSC / MD Nastran user NLRSFD won't work in linear solutions User defined NLRSDF subroutine is only available in the following solution sequences: Sol 400, Sol SENLHARM. In all other solution sequences an error message is issued and execution will be terminated. CR 1-250624053
Known Error
CR 1-250624053 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - PLOAD1 and CBAR - wrong op2 for FORCE If CBAR is used with PLOAD1 in SOL 101 run, then under PARAM,POST,-2 the op2 will not contain the intermediate station force results. Avoidance : Set PARAM,POST,-1, and import this to I-DEAS.
CR 1-250628157 MSC / MD Nastran Design Optimization - PARAM,INREL,-1, adjoint sensitivity - SFM 6144 If inertia relief is present with ANALYSIS=MODES in SOL 200 and adjoint sensitivity is performed then the run may fail with the following fatal: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in PGBASE is not equal to the number of rows in the column partitioning vector LVEC User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: PGBASE : Rows= 1614 by Cols= 25 LVEC : Rows= 24 Avoidance: Insert PARAM,AUTOADJ,NO or the following DMAP alter: compile adjsens alter 'DBVIEW PLBASE0',''(,1) DBVIEW PLBASE0 = PL WHERE (not(DELTA) and isolapp=1) $ Get for last 6 columns DBVIEW PGBASE0 = PG WHERE (not(DELTA) and isolapp=1 and WILDCARD) $ Get for last 6 columns $ which are the inertia loads
Description
CR 1-250731342 MSC / MD Nastran ESLNRO jobs with no STRESS=ALL may fail with UFM 5629(DSAD1C) While perfroming Non linear optimization using ESLNRO with DRESP1/PSHELL response, job may fail with UFM 5629 in DSAD module if STRESS=ALL is not
Known Error
CR 1-250731342 present in case control. Avoidance: Insert STRESS=ALL in case control deck
Known Error Product
CR 1-250768221 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Harmonic Repsonse - SOL 128 User defined NLRSFD Bulk Data entry - UFM 3200 in NLHRM1D In SOL 128, a user-defined NLRSFD will cause the folllowing fatal to be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (NLHRM1D) LOGIC ERROR WITH USER NLRSFD ENCOUNTERED IN SUBROUTINE NLHRM1D USER ACTION: REPORT THIS PROBLEM TO MSC CLIENT SUPPORT Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter ECHOOFF $ COMPILE SENLHARM NOLIST $ ALTER 'CALL.*DPD1','' $ (line 78 in CL62395) CALL DPD1 DYNAMICS,GPLS,K4AA,PG,,,SILS,SLT,USET, VGFS,PKYG,PBYG,PMYG,YG,BGPDTS,DITS,CSTMS,EDOM, CASEM,MGG,BGG,KGG,K4GG,MJJ,BJJ,KJJ,K4JJ,MAA,BAA, KAA,K4AA,SLIST,EMAP,MAPS,GOT,GOQ,GM,THETAM,PHBG/ DLT,EED,EQDYN,GPLD,K4DD,NLFT,PSDL,SILD,TFPOOL,TRL, USETD,VAFS,NZYG,APPLOD,ENFLODK,ENFLODB,ENFLODM, ENFMOTN,ROTOR,ROTORT,ROTMAT,UNBVECG,UNBTAB,,,,udefsfd/ ' '/S,FS/S,LUSETD/0/S,NOA/S,NOASET/ S,NOBSET/S,NOCSET/0/S,NOGSET/S,NOLSET/ S,NOOSET/0/0/S,NOQSET/S,NORSET/ S,NOSASET/S,NOSSET/S,NOTSET/S,NOVSET/S,NOSET/ S,NORC/S,NOMSET/S,NOUE/S,NOUSET/0/S,FONLY/ ' '/APP/0/0/0/0/0 $ ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE DPD1 NOLIST $ ALTER 1,1 $ SUBDMAP DPD1, DYNAMIC,GPLS,K4AA,PG,PHFA,PHSA,SILS,SLT,USET,VGFS, PKYG,PBYG,PMYG,YG,BGPDTS,DITS,CSTMS,EDOM,CASERS, MGG,BGG,KGG,K4GG,MJJ,BJJ,KJJ,K4JJ,MAA,BAA,KAA,K4AA, SLIST,EMAP,MAPS,GOT,GOQ,GM,THETAM,PHBG/ DLT,EED,EQDYN,GPLD,K4DD,NLFT,PSDL,SILD,TFPOOL,TRL,
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Known Error
CR 1-250768221 USETD,VAFS,NZYG,APPLOD,ENFLODK,ENFLODB,ENFLODM,ENFMOTN, ROTOR,ROTORT,ROTMAT,UNBVEC,UNBTAB,FRFXITPG,FRFLABEL, FRFXITPP,udefsfd/ ANALYSIS/FS/LUSETD/NFEIG/NOA/NOASET/NOBSET/NOCSET/NOFASET/ NOGSET/NOLSET/NOOSET/NOPHFA/NOPHSA/NOQSET/NORSET/NOSASET/ NOSSET/NOTSET/NOVSET/NOSET/NORC/NOMSET/NOUE/NOUSET/NSEIG/ FONLY/ENFMETH/APP/FRFFLAG/FRFID/FRFGEN/FRFASM/FRFXTOUT $ $ ALTER 'DPD.*DYNAMIC,GPLS,SILS','' $ (line 58 in CL62395) DPD DYNAMIC,GPLS,SILS,USET,,PG,PKYG,PBYG,PMYG,YG,,FRFCONST/ GPLD,SILD,USETD,TFPOOL,DLT,PSDL,,NLFT,TRL,EED,EQDYN, APPLOD,ENFLODK,ENFLODB,ENFLODM,ENFMOTN,FRFXITPP, FRFLABEL,udefsfd/ -1/S,N,LUSETD/0/0/0//0/ 0 / 1 //S,N,NOUE///FRFGEN $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-251012640 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with TID=0 on RANDPS may fail with SFM 3007 The following SFM 3007 occurs in SOL200 for random analysis with TID=0 in RANDPS. In addition to the fatal message, when two randps entries have identical values for X,Y and TID but different J and K values, the analysis results are incorrect.
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (DSARMG) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE Avodiance: None. User Avoidance: Do not use TID = 0 on a RANDPS entry that is associated with DRESP1 responses. Further, do not input RANDPS entries with identical X, Y, and TID values. Use a unique TID value when the J and K entries differ.
CR 1-251034219 MSC / MD Nastran SYMCOM or SUBCOM are not compatibile with EXTSEOUT External Superelements are not compatible with EXTSEOUT.
Description In 2010, the following message is issued: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4340 (IFP1)
Known Error
CR 1-251034219 SUBCOM, SYMCOM OR REPCASE MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED WHEN THE EXTSEOUT CASE CONTROL COMMAND IS SPECIFIED USER INFORMATION: SUBCOM, SYMCOM AND REPCASE ARE NOT MEANINGFUL WHEN THE EXTSEOUT CASE CONTROL COMMAND IS SPECIFIED
CR 1-251064661 MSC / MD Nastran DMP analysis with ASSIGN commands When a run is submitted with DMP=2 (for example) and an ASSIGN command is used to define the MASTER and the DBALL files, on some platforms, the job fails with the following error : *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1250 (BIOPNR) STATUS = 6056, FILX = 3, LOGNAME = MASTER , NSBUF3 = 32768 FILE = CVM1.MASTER ERROR MESSAGE IS -This operation failed because another process already holds a read-write lock on this file. Process ID 11939 is holding a conflicting lock CR 1-251148669 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400: Grid Point Force Balance wrong using FUSE on CBUSH SOL400: when using the CBUSH with the FUSE option, the Grid Point Force Balance is wrong.
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Description
The TOTAL should be near zero, and it is not. Fixed in 2010.
Known Error Product
CR 1-251178506 MSC / MD Nastran SOL111 SE assembly job fails with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 3012 For some models, a SOL111 superelement assembly analysis fails with ***
Known Error
CR 1-251178506 SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (QOPEN) ERROR CODE 3012. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7321 (SEDRDR) DATA RECOVERY FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 IS NOW INITIATED. BIOMSG: ERROR 3012 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 This is fixed in MD Nastran 2010.
Known Error Product
CR 1-251217221 MSC / MD Nastran BCONTACT change from touching contact to glued contact gives wrong answers in Sol 400 In an MD R3 SOL 400 analysis, if the contact table is changed from touching contact (i.e. full nonlinear contact) to glued contact from one step to the next step, incorrect displacements result. If a subsequent step to calculate modes on the preloaded structure is executed, the eigenvalues are wrong. CR 1-251248083 MSC / MD Nastran An EXTSEOUT job using PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES and employing high grid IDs (9000x) results in UFM 2012 High Grid IDs 9000x lead in FATAL MESSAGE 2012 when param,autoqset,yes and extseout with extid=90 Refer to EXTSEOUT remark 17.c Avoidance: renumber the GRID ids, or do not use AUTOQSET
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-251312865 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Processing - DMP>8, ACMS - poor message If dmp>8 on nastran command with DOMAINSOLVER ACMS, then SFM 4276 will be issued.
Known Error
CR 1-251312865 Avoidance: None.
CR 1-251542416 MSC / MD Nastran PCOMPLS Remark 7 - ASTN can be +1 or -1 In MDR3, the PCOMPLS entry: The QRG remark 7 has a figure with a note: * Only DIRECT=1 is allowed. The remark needs to be updated with * Only DIRECT=1 or -1 are allowed
Description
CR 1-251689018 MSC / MD Nastran SEELT card with THRU option If we use the SEELT card and we define the element list with the THRU option, then the following warning appears : *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6799 (SEP1C) QUAD4 ELEMENT 2 IS REFERENCED ON MORE THAN ONE SEELT ENTRY. USERS INFORMATION: SEE SEELT ENTRIES FOR SUPERELEMENTS 1 AND 1. CR 1-251814171 MSC / MD Nastran Buckling and Superelements - SEDR - Extra output In SOL 105, when SEDR is used to request data recovery for the residual structure only, displacements are still printed for upstream superelements for the first subcase. Avoidance: Use the DISP(PLOT) to suppress the static displacement printout.
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CR 1-251837917 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Heat Transfer - SOL 159 - excessive CPU The reordering method in SOL 159 is deactivated which may cause excessive run times.
Known Error
CR 1-251837917 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile nltran alter 'putsys(10', '' $
CR 1-251921531 MSC / MD Nastran Linear perturbation analysis - wrong value for OUNIT2 in MFREQ STEP In linear perturbation analysis in SOL 400, PARAM,OUNIT2 is ignored in all but the first STEP. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-252010831 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 - Flag responses that violate constraints In response to a customer request, Design Response output in SOL 200 controlled by DOPTPRM parameter p2=8 has been augmented to flag active and violated constrains. CR 1-252161241 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 SPC is not changed with subcase SPC's are not always changed properly in Marc input file when they differ between load cases. This is a random error with some models working others not working prior to the fix. There is no workaround for models that did not work. CR 1-252285811 MSC / MD Nastran System Fatal Message 7340 (LNNRIGL)-Eigen Value calculation of presetressed job with Lanczos method The following System Fatal Message is occuring in specific type of test
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-252285811 cases: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7340 (LNNRIGL) UNKNOWN INTERNAL ERROR OCCURRED.
1 A job with non-linear contact analysis in SUBCASE 1 and Frequency Response (MFREQ) in SUBCASE 2 cannot calculate eigenvalues using LANCZOS method 2 The same job without preload run successfully 3 Looking at KXX and MXX (input to READ) they seems to be the same in the two run 4 Using either of the methods: SINV,INV,GIV,MGIV,HOU,MHOU, the job seems to work properly The error is occurring in the test decks which have ALL THE FOLLOWING: 1. Contact problem with NON-GLUING contact 2. SUBCASE 1 has NLSTAT (or NLSTAT with Liner Perturbation) 3. SUBCASE 2 is linear analysis - MFREQ (or MODES) using LANCZOS method Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Glued Contact Analysis - SOL 103 restart into SOL 111 - wrong answers If a SOL 103 analysis uses glued contact and the database is used in a dynamic analysis restart (SOL 111 for example), then the glued contact will be ignored in the restart. The modes will be re-calculated on the structure with no contact present. Avoidance: Use the following DMAP (MD R3) to avoid the error. The same error is present in MD 2010, but the DMAP may need to be ported. Description ECHOOFF $ COMPILE IFPL NOLIST $ ALTER 357 $ save a copy before RESTART squishes it EQUIVX ACTNOD/ACTNODZ/-1 $ ALTER 372 $ $ restore ACTNOD EQUIVX ACTNODZ/ACTNOD/-1 $ ENDALTER $ $ COMPILE PHASE0 NOLIST $ ALTER 1480 $ ELSE $ CR 1-252308941 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-252308941 IF ( RSONLY ) THEN $ EQUIVX ACTNODX/ACTNODS/-1 $ ELSE $ GP1 GEOM1S,GEOM2S,,GDNTAB,MEDGE,SGPDTS,DYNAMICS,, ACTNOD/ GPLS,EQEXINS,GPDTS,CSTMS,BGPDTS,SILS,VGFS,,, ACTNODS/ S,N,LUSETS/0/0/////SEID $ ENDIF $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-252577903 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,AUTOQSET and EXTSEOUT - UWM 2053 in GP4 When EXTSEOUT and PARAM,AUTOQSET.YES are specified then UWM 2053 may be issued from GP4 module. The message is benign. Aviodance: None
Description
CR 1-252776589 MSC / MD Nastran Upstream Data Recovery - multiple subcases even when SEDR=no for nonlinear run and fatal is issued For an external superement run, the data recovery for the upstream superelements may be executed even though SEDR specifies the residual only. Some models may also terminate with the following error: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MUG1 IS 101 410 420 2 2 2 24 TRAILER FOR ULS1 IS 102 7 410 2 2 820 10000 TRAILER FOR MUG1O IS 103 1 420 2200
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Known Error
CR 1-252776589 This is under investigation.
CR 1-252890431 MSC / MD Nastran Multistep nonlinear analysis (SOL 400) with PLOAD, PLOAD2, PLOAD4 and follower force is unsupported Multistep nonlinear analysis (SOL 400) with PLOAD, PLOAD2, PLOAD4 and follower force is unsupported and will result in the following message: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 4619 (TA0NL003) PLOAD, PLOAD2 AND PLOAD4 WITH FOLLOWER FORCE ARE UNSUPPORTED IN MULTI-STEP ANALYSIS EXCEPT WHEN THEY ARE REFERENCED IN THE LAST STEP ONLY Avoidance: No avoidance available
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Known Error Product
CR 1-253035698 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - PARAM,EXTDROUT,DMIGDB or DMIGOP2 - various fatals, wrong answers, large output files When using PARAM,EXTDROUT,DMIGOP2 or DMIGDB and the solution matrix (UL) is square then the solution will be improperly processed in the PARAM,EXTDR,YES resulting is various problems depending on the solution sequence: fatal errors oversized results files, or wrong answers. The UL matrix is square when the number of solutions is the same as the number of a-set degreesof-freedom.
Description
Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: compile extdrout alter 'mpyad.*intext,ulg' modtrl extdb////2 $ Known Error Product CR 1-253109301 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-253109301 Convergence failure of 360 degree rigid rotation tests for SOL 400 before MDR4 Before 2010, the solution may diverges if the following conditions are met: 1. SOL 400. 2. The model has large rigid body rotation equal to or larger than 360 degrees. In this case, the solution may diverge near 360 degrees. For MD 2010, the defect has been fixed. Now the solution converges at or larger than 360 degrees.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-253109313 MSC / MD Nastran In SOL 400, a model has large rotation larger than 180 degrees may diverges before 2010 Before 2010, a model may diverges if the following condition are met: 1. SOL 400. 2. The model has large rotaion equal to larger than 180 degrees.
Description In this case, the solution may diverges. For 2010, the defect has been fixed. Now the solution converges at or larger than 180 degrees. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract SOL 400 transient thermal (ANALYSIS = HTRAN) with SPOINTs, UFM 2079 SOL 400 transient thermal (ANALYSIS = HTRAN) using TEMPBC option , UFM 2079 Description The TEMPBC option is not supported in SOL 400 , one needs to use SPCD and SPC1 bulk dat entries as shown in the QRG under TEMPBC remark 9. Known Error Product CR 1-253159641 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-253136311 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-253159641 Several bugs in Dytran-to-SOL700 Translator Version 0.5.1 In using Dytran-to-SOL700 Translator (Version 0.5.1, Sep. 7, 2009),several different bugs were found in the translated file: 1) Floating point fields entered as an integer on the Dytran input deck, are not translated on the CORD2R entry. SOL700 does not accept integers on float fields. Workaround: add decimal point manually. Solved in next version. 2) DYMAT24 not translated, however SOL700 does not support DYMAT24. Workarround: replace by MATD024 manually. Solved in next version. 3) SET1 entry with "THRU" not properly translated. Workaround: reformat the SET1 entry manually with THRU only appearing in columns 4-8 (first line) resp. 3-8 (continuation lines) Solved in next version. 4) PARAM,CONTACT,THICK not supported by SOL700. Workaraound: remove this entry from the input deck. Solved in next version. 5) translated FAILMPS entry contains in integer on field 4 where a floating point value is expected. Workaraound: add decimal point manually. Solved in next version. 6) CFACE cards not translated to BCSEG completely. Workaround: Add missing information on BCSEG entries manually. Solved in next release.
Description
CR 1-253163862 MSC / MD Nastran FBA (Frequency Based Assembly) job results are not available on the XDB FBA (Frequency Based Assembly) job results are not available on the XDB.
Avoidance: use PARAM,POST,-1 to get OP2 file results. Known Error Product Corrected Version CR 1-253216392 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-253216392 EFEA No account of beam orientations If a beam has either asymmetric section properties or is not oriented aligned with the basic coordinate system, this information does not get transported to the model-all.dat file - for example, the model-all.dat file is not changed by a change in beam orientation on the CBEAM entry. Of course, one solution would be to modify the PBAR properties, but in a model that contains many stiffeners this would be a large amount of work, work which has already been carried out in the model definition phase. CR 1-253515959 MSC / MD Nastran No stop after failed projection, job with chkrun=2 Model contains CWELDs with ELEMID and ELPAT two of the ELPATs don't work, UFM 7635 (MDG2ED) but job continues to run if chkrun=2 is specified on swldprm chkrun=0 or 1 stops as expected The job should also stop if chkrun=2 is requested.
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CR 1-253725753 MSC / MD Nastran limit on intrinsic functions, SWM 203(PRCFOI) Intrinsic functions MAX and MIN are limited to <100 arguments. If more arguments are desired, the functions may be concatenated.
Description
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 203 (PRCFOI) TYPE CODE IS CURRENTLY NOT IMPLEMENTED IN THE EXPRESSION PARSER *** COMPILATION DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION *** 1. STATEMENT TYPE: DEQATN EQUATION 2. EQUATION ID NUMBER: 212 3. EQUATION: CR 1-254122515 MSC / MD Nastran MPF process fails when there are more than 2000 modes There is an internal limitation of 2000 modes in the MPF calculation modules. The following error message is generated under these circumstances:
Known Error
CR 1-254122515 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES Avoidance: If there are more than 2000 fluid modes present, the FLSPOUT case control command FLUIDMP=ALL option request can be changed to FLUIDMP=2000 to coincide with the limitation. If there are more than 2000 structure modes, the STRUCTMP=ALL option request should also be changed to STRUCTMP=2000.
Known Error Product
CR 1-254158811 MSC / MD Nastran The SPRELAX fails with dvivsion by zero with two grids on the LIST2 set having same coordinates In v2007 (MD R2), if the LIST2 referenced on a SPRELAX entry has contains two grid ID's that have identical coordinates, a divide by zero results. On linux, this results in NaN values in the ouptput. User Avoidance: Remove one of the grids with the duplicate coordinates.
Description
CR 1-254326182 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 6794 issued with bad IDs in error message If two or more coincidently located GRIDs match the potential location of a boundary grid in a Part SE (or vice versa), then UFM 6794 is issued identifying the offending duplicate GRID IDs. However, it incorrectly indicates it is "SEARCHING 0 AT GRID <$>" or "SEARCHING <#> AT GRID 0" depending if the coincident grids are in the upstream SE or residual. -The phrase "SEARCHING <#> " is misleading; the location of GRID # is being searched, not a number. -Searching Zero or GRID Zero is obviously incorrect also.
Description
CR 1-254375331 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 job with many CBUSH, PBUSH, PBUSHT may diverge unless MDLPRM, BUSHRT,1 is used
CR 1-254375331 Some SOL 400 jobs that have a large number of CBUSH, PBUSH, PBUSHT may diverge One possible avoidance is to use MDLPRM,BUSHRT,1 CR 1-254515199 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - MODESELECT - SFM 6144 When MODESELECT(fluid) is specified with DOMAINSOLVER ACMS then the run may fail with SFM 6144. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 1-254738210 MSC / MD Nastran MSC.Access DDLPRT Utility incorrectly labeling UTETR and UTR3R Dictionary Name The MSC/Access utility in both the Table of Contents and Report body is incorrectly formatting the object name UTETR ( Strain Energy for TETRA elements) and UTR3R (Strain Energy for TRIA3 elements). The results XDB database has the correct object name and matches the content description. There is no current avoidance. CR 1-254797761 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 transient thermal (ANALYSIS = HTRAN), incorrect results if TEMPBC used. SOL 400 transient thermal (ANALYSIS = HTRAN), incorrect results if TEMPBC used. The TEMPBC option to enforced time-varying temp or time- varying convection coefficient is no longer supported. The new option is used the SPCD and SPC1 which is documented in the 2010 Quick reference guide under TEMPBC remark 9. avoidance: use SPCD and SPC1. the SIMX heat transfer support the SPCD and SPC1 option.
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Known Error Product
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CR 1-254819891 MSC / MD Nastran d3plot results do not include all structural information Error:When multiple cpus are used without FSIDMP, for Lagrangian calculation, multi cpus are avaiable but for Euler calculation only 1 cpu is available. In this case, d3plot results do not include all structural information. It seems d3plot file includes only results of cpu 1 and the results of other cpus are missing if and only if the fsi application is used and multiple cpu are used for the lagrangian and 1 cpu is used for the Eulerian. It was reported to LSTC. CR 1-254844274 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 transient thermal (ANALYSIS=HTRAN), NLSTEP convergence error For ANALYSIS=HTRAN in SOL400 the "U" convergence may not be honored for NLSTEP or TSTEPNL CR 1-254934701 MSC / MD Nastran Sol400 jobs with PCOMPLS using INT8=L behave too stiff in bending. MDr3 Sol 400 jobs with PCOMPLS using the integration code L are too stiff in bending when compared to integration code ASTN. This means INT8=ASTN is preferred over INT8=L in applications where bending behaviour is important. CR 1-254934843 MSC / MD Nastran Standard Solutions in SOL 400 - Partitioned Superelements - SFM 3001(ST2DYN) - IMPT doesn't exists Running a regular static analysis with partitioned superements in SOL 400, if the residual structure consists of only grid points, the following error may occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (ST2DYN) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED IMPT AT POSITION 2 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Known Error
CR 1-254934843 Avoidance: Include a dummy material card in the Main Bulk data section
CR 1-255533031 MSC / MD Nastran grounded CBUSH in SOL600 translation incorrect Grounded CBUSHs are not correctly translated in the Marc input file. These elements are defined with one node, but this node is defined twice in the Marc input file. Only one node should be written. CR 1-255664626 MSC / MD Nastran CRAC2D and CRAC3D Aspect Ratio Limits The CRAC2D and CRAC3D elements should have an aspect ratio, y-elem dimension to x-elem dimension from 2 to 0.5. If these values are exceeded then a UWM 4655 is issued for the element. The current message text is:
Description
*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4655 IN CRAC3D ELEMENT%1 ,THE ASPECT RATIO EXCEEDS 2 TO 1 CAUSES RESULTS IN WRONG ANSWERS As the ratio gets worse the answers also gets worse.
Known Error Product
CR 1-255824083 MSC / MD Nastran RBE3 using RIGID=LAGRANGE is illegal if reference and independent grids have the same grid ID. For RBE3 rigid elements with RIGID=LAGRANGE, the element is illegal if the reference grid point and the independent grid point have the same grid ID. The following is an example:
Description
RBE3 1 2 456 1. 456 1 3 + 1. 123 2 In this case, an User Fatal Error 7611 is issued for MDR4 or later. This message states that 'THE REFERENCE GRID ID, 2, IS ALSO SPECIFIED AS THE
Known Error
CR 1-255824083 INDEPENDENT GRID ID FOR RBE3, ID= 1".
Known Error Product
CR 1-256429622 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid elements using RIGID=LAGRANGE are illegal if they reference the same dependent DOF's. Rigid elements using RIGID=LAGRANGE are illegal, when the same degrees of freedom are dependent on more than one rigid element. The following is an example: RBE2 1 1 123456 2 RBE2 2 3 123456 2 In 2010 and later this will result in the following fatal error; *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5289 (GP4RG) DEPENDENT DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM GRID ID = 2 AND COMPONENT = 1 APPEARS ON MORE THAN ONE MPC OR RIGID ELEMENT ENTRY.
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CR 1-256508363 MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass - PARAM,VMOPT,2 and NORM=MAX on the EIGR/EIGRL - wrong answers PARAM,VMOPT,2 with Bulk Data entry will produce wrong answers in modal frequency and transient response analysis; e.g., SOLs 111 and 112. Avoidance: Use MASS normalization (default) or PARAM,VMOPT,0 or 1.
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CR 1-256632628 MSC / MD Nastran Running md2008 estimate reports MSC tokens (250) instead of MD tokens (288) The MD 2008 estimate program reports the tokens required for MSC Nastran. CR 1-256785867 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-256785867 genel does not work with SOL 200 topometry optimization If GENEL is used in a SOL 200 analysis in combination with Topometry (TOPOM card) the following error message is issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TA1) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 3 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT This bug was found in MDR3 but fixed in MD 2010 Avoidance : Here is a dmap alter avoidance compile predom alter 'ta1 ', '' ta1 ,,ect,ept,bgpdt,sil,,cstm,,,,,/ estx,,geix,gpect,,,,,/ luset/-1/0/1/0/0 $
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CR 1-256816461 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - Pressure (DB) at centre of a solid fluid element (FORCE command) - wrong answers In a frequency response analysis when an interior fluid is present and pressure output is requested at the element centres (FORCE=), the pressure in DB reported at the element centroid may be zero when in fact the pressure is non zero. Avoidance: Use a different system of units to avoid a small value for user parameter PREFDB or small peak pressures.
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CR 1-256982711 MSC / MD Nastran Linear buckling, SOL 105, gives spurious results or crashes Depending on the number of modes requested and the modeling simulation, the solution will either give correct answers, contain a spurious first mode or will crash the READ solver. This behavior has been observed on small circular cylinder models where a large number of buckling modes have been requested. The cause is under investigation. Possible avoidance: use MGIV method rather than LAN.
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CR 1-257148323 MSC / MD Nastran EXTSEOUT sol 101 with CWELDs : UFM 9201 An EXTSEOUT sol 101 job with CWELDs fails with UFM 9201 ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9201 (PHASE0) ^^^ ONE OR MORE POINT IDS ENCOUNTERED IN THIS EXTERNAL SUPERELEMENT CREATION RUN ARE GREATER THAN 99999999. ^^^ USER INFORMATION: THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE IS THAT THIS JOB IS ASSEMBLING ONE OR MORE MODALLY REDUCED EXTERNAL OR PART SUPERELEMENTS. ^^^ USER ACTION: RE-RUN THE CREATION JOBS OF THE MODALLY REDUCED EXTERNAL OR PART SUPERELEMENTS AND USE THE MANQ OPTION ON THE EXTSEOUT COMMAND. workaround: PARAM,OSWPPT,1000000 or NASTRAN SYSTEM(178)=1000000
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CR 1-257203075 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 contact output (BOUTPUT),contact NORMAL STRESS always positive. Whether the stress is tensile or compressive, the contact normal stress is always positive in SOL 400.
Known Error
CR 1-257203075 Avoidance - the contact forces have the correct sign (+ = compression, = tension) and can be used to determine whether the stress is tension or compression.
CR 1-257222226 MSC / MD Nastran 2008 Unacceptabole Performance for RESTART LOGICALusing 2007 Created Database. In general restarts across versions are NOT supported because the NDDL (Nastran Data Definition Language) is usually different between versions to support new capabilities. This NDDL incompatibility between versions means one usually has to convert the database to make the older version of the MSC Nastran database consistent with the NDDL of the newer version. The complexities of converting the database is not practical and MSC has not supported the database conversion for a number of years. DBLOCATE restarts are somewhat different. It is recommended that Restarts not be performed between different versions.
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CR 1-257237391 MSC / MD Nastran elsum NSM output field contains asterisks iif NSM is negative When the non-structural mass (NSM) computed for the ELSUM case control command is less than zero, the output field width is not large enough to hold the minus sign and results in an output field filled with asterisks. No known avoidance for negative NSM.
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CR 1-257507306 MSC / MD Nastran Thermal expansion computation different between linear and nonlinear for SOLID elements In version 2005 R3 for LINEAR analysis of CHEXA, CPENTA, and CTETRA elements the computation of the method for thermal expansion was improved (CR#1-
Known Error
CR 1-257507306 19456411). The new computation of the method for thermal expansion was not included because of theoritical difficulties for NONLINEAR analysis. So SYSTEM CELL OLDTLDMETH(428) will not change results for NONLINEAR analysis.
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CR 1-257520131 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 145 job with SEs and SCR=NO failed with attempting to output an existing datablock, GPJK SOL 145 job with SuperElements and SCR=NO failed with message on attempting to output an existing datablock, GPJK. Avodiance: using SCR=YES during job submittal
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CR 1-257546751 MSC / MD Nastran Restart - RBE2GS elements - Wrong answers RBE2GS elements in the cold start run will be ignored in the restart run. The alter below is a quick fix but is not considered comprehensive across all possible restart combinations. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. compile phase0 alter ' SEP1X SELIST,GEOM1F'(,-1) TYPE PARM,,LOGI,N,RBE2GS $ COPY GEOM4F/GEOM4Z $ PBULK DOEN'T GET VIEW CALL PBULK GEOM4Z//141 /s,RBE2GS $ DELETE /GEOM4Z,,,, $ alter 'IF ( XSEP2X AND ','' IF ( (XSEP2X AND NOT(SEBULK)) OR (RBE2GS AND LRESTART) ) THEN $ alter 'SEP2X GEOM1QS' IF (RBE2GS AND LRESTART) THEN $ DBSTATUS GEOM4QXX//S,N,NOGEOM4r $ IF ( NOGEOM4r>0 ) EQUIVX GEOM4QXX/GEOM4QS/-1 $ DELETE /GEOM1QXX,GEOM4QXX,,, $ ENDIF $ RBE2GS AND LRESTART CR 1-257790908
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Known Error
CR 1-257790908 MSC / MD Nastran Wrong transformation of BAR orientation vector Wrong transformation of BAR orientation vector when field 9 has "BGG". SOL 600 only sypports "GGG" in field 9. This limitation has been noted in the 2010 QRG. CR 1-257903552 MSC / MD Nastran Error "negative volume in solid element" due to RBE3 Some models with RBE3's defined with all 6dof defined on the independent grids may fail with a message similar to this:
Description
*** Error negative volume in solid element # 663 cycle 1 Avoidance: use translational dof for the independent grids. Fixed in 2010
CR 1-257934101 MSC / MD Nastran Axisymmetric Analysis - DISP(PUNCH) - wrong answers Displacements are written incorrectly to the pch file when DISP(punch) is requested for a model with axisymmetirc elements (CCONEAX and RINGAX). Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-258033096 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 106, Restart, TEMPD or TEMP Input Entry in Restart Deck Yields UFM 9086 Restarting SOL 106 with a TEMP(LOAD) change with the selected TEMPD in the restart bulk data yields the following fatal error:
Description
^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9086 (GETLOOP) ^^^ PARAM, LOOPID, 6 DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A VALID LOOP IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
Known Error
CR 1-258033096 Avoidance: Place the same TEMPD in the initial run and the restart successfully executes or switch to SOL 400
CR 1-258074453 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 restart run through but ignore TABLEM1 change without any message Although SOL 400 does not support a material change on a restart, a TABLEM1 change is echoed in the sorted bulk data but the new TABLEM1 data is ignored and the solution proceeds without any warning or fatal message when it is using the old TABLEM1 data. CR 1-258112351 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - BCTABLE, IDSLA1 Documentation/QRG - BCTABLE, IDSLA1
Description
The description for IDSLA1 field says "(4,1)[3,1]", but it should be "(3,1)[3,1]". CR 1-258112417 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/QRG - BCBODY, HBL Documentation/QRG - BCBODY, HBL incorrect. The description for HBL field says "(7,6)[8,6]", but it should be "(11,1)[12,1]". CR 1-258112841 MSC / MD Nastran Response Spectra CQC with ABS - possible wrong results Results may be incorrect for response spectra analyses using the CQC method for a subset of the modes and ABS for the remainder of the modes.
Known Error
CR 1-258112841 DMAP Avoidance: ECHOOFF $ COMPILE CQC NOLIST $ ALTER 'EQUIVX.*PHISCALO'(,-1),''(,11) $ TYPE PARM,,RS,N,PWR=2. $ IF (OPTION='ABS') PWR=1. $ DIAGONAL PHISCALO/PHIPWR/'WHOLE'/PWR $ DIAGONAL PHVSCALO/PHVPWR/'WHOLE'/PWR $ DIAGONAL PHASCALO/PHAPWR/'WHOLE'/PWR $ IF (ANYFOR>0) DIAGONAL FORSCALO/FORPWR/'WHOLE'/PWR $ IF (ANYSTR>0) DIAGONAL STRSCALO/STRPWR/'WHOLE'/PWR $ ENDALTER $ ECHOON $
CR 1-258161471 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 sensitivity on mass moment of inertia in rotordynamic is incorrect SOL 200 sensitivity on Ixx, mass moment of inertia, terms in rotordynamic is incorrect. In rotordynamic, Ixx produces damping terms which is not properly handled in Ixx perturbation. Avodiance: None.
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CR 1-258234412 MSC / MD Nastran SOL106 with Temprature LBCs and Large displacement ON, modes are not correct When SOL 106 or 400 are used to perform nonlinear analysis, followed by perturbation analysis about the converged solution, it is essential to ensure the matrices are updated to the converges solution. The best way to insure this is to select a method like "ITER-1" or "PNT". The "AUTO" method is likely to geve poor results for the ensuing perturbation analusis. Perturbation types supported are vibration modes, nonlinear buckling and dynamic response. CR 1-258246641 MSC / MD Nastran The transverse shear for composites was not accurate
Description
CR 1-258246641 If PCOMP records are used, Nastran used to calculate the transverse shear flexibility wrong. The fix for CR 1-20376918 did not always work. This should have only a minor effect upon results (greatest effect is for thick shells). CR 1-258297685 MSC / MD Nastran UFM6352 (CELADCOB) with "adaptive mesh". A model with HADAPT may fail with the following message: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6352 (CELADCOB) LOGIC ERROR: 2 USER ACTION: CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. USER INFORMATION: Too many elements meet at a face. The mesh is not suitable for mesh refinement -----------------------------------As the error message briefly explains, this specific mesh is not suitable for mesh refinement. There are 'superposed' 3D elements which make refinement impossible using the current algorithms. CR 1-258478452 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES ignored in SOL400 when RIGID=LINEAR When using the RIGID=LINEAR case control command, in both linear statics and SOL400, it is telling the program to use the linear fomulation of the rigid elements... in SOL101, the PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES takes care of any mutually dependent DOF issues.
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In SOL400, where RIGID=LINEAR is used, the PARAM is ignored. But, if you change to RIGID=LAGR (which is the default in SOL400), then the job will solve... this is because the lagrangian formulation of the rigid elements doesn't put the dependent DOF into the MSET, but into the LM set, which remains in the solution set.
CR 1-258478801 MSC / MD Nastran MDr3 QRG VCCT bulk data entry remark 8 refers to "n1", but this hsould be
Known Error
CR 1-258478801 "G1" The MDr3 QRG VCCT bulk data entry in remark 8 makes a reference to "n1", but this should be "G1". CR 1-258498871 MSC / MD Nastran Bulk Data TSTEPNL Remark 1 There is following description in remark 1 in TSTEPNL. "Multiple subcases are assumed to occur sequentially in time with the initial values of time and displacement conditions of each subcase defined by the end conditions of the previous subcase." This is correct for SOLs 129 and 159 only. "Subcase" should be changed to "STEP" for SOL 400. And it should be shown that each subcases are independent for SOL 400.
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CR 1-258524461 MSC / MD Nastran Bulkdata TSTEPNL remark 15 Remark 15 of TSTEPNL should be updated as follows:
Description
MAXR is used to define the upper and lower bounds for adjusted time step size, i.e., MIN( DT/(MAXBIS) , (DT/(MAXR) ) <= delta t <= MIN( MAXR*DT, NO*DT) )
Known Error Product
CR 1-258538871 MSC / MD Nastran SYSTEM(216)=1 or Nastran ITER=1 is incompatible with SOL 200 topology opt run Using the Nastran Iterative solver, system cell 216 r Nastran ITER=1 , will generate the following FATAL message in SOL 200
Description
^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9058 (FEA) ^^^ THE SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDUAL STRUCTURE AND THE CURRENT SUBCASE DOES NOT EXIST.
Known Error
CR 1-258538871 This bug was found in MD R3 and fixed in MD2010 Avoidance: Remove Nastran SYSTEM(216)=1 or Nastran ITER=1 from the Nastran section of the input file. The user may want to consider the CASI SOLVER for topology jobs by specifying SMETHOD=ELEMENT in the case control.
CR 1-258595501 MSC / MD Nastran Bulk Data TABL3D not clear between SOL400 and SOL600 When using TABL3D entry for Table 8-47 please take note of Remark 1: Independent Variable Types marked as NOT AVAILABLE are not available in either SOL 600 or SOL 400. Independent variable types marked with * are only available in SOL 600. Independent variable types marked with ** are only available in SOL 600 through hand-editing of the Marc input file. The rest are available in SOL 600 and SOL 400. CR 1-258600501 MSC / MD Nastran Bulk Data SUPORT6 QRG description needs updating In MD Nastran R1 release guide ch2.2, there are three types of method and continuation line for SUPORT6. In QRG for MD R1, R2 and R3, there is only one method (METH=3) described but some remarks show METHOD=1. The QRG was corrected to show availability of the methods actually implemented. CR 1-258638411 MSC / MD Nastran Ki value on PBUSH has no effect while using with PBUSHT as initial slope THe QRG prior to 2010.1.0 has for the PBUSHT entry the INCORRECT statement in Remark3: "the nominal stiffness value Ki of PBUSH entry should agree with "the initial
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Known Error
CR 1-258638411 slope" of the nonlinear force-displacement relationship" This is not TRUE and the statement has been removed.
CR 1-258758375 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran SFM 4276 - EC 3012 with gpforce and external superelement It has been observed when using K2GG supplied matrices and Grid Point Force data recovery directives that SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276, error code 3012, can be produced during the result processing. An avoidance is to place the GPFORCE directive above all SUBCASE rather than in selective locations. CR 1-258910228 MSC / MD Nastran RBE3; job crashes in decomp. job hangs when param,automset,yes is used This error occurs rarely. CR 1-259138331 MSC / MD Nastran Avoid cylindricall and spherical coord systens for points on axis If a GRID point is on (or extremely near) the line A-B that defines a cylindrical or spherical coordinate system, then that system should not be used for the global displacement system of that point (see GRID,CD). The orientation of the global system is not well defined and erratic results may occur. CR 1-259186991 MSC / MD Nastran BCTABLE - COPTS1 and COPTM1 incorrect translation BCTABLE - COPTS1 and COPTM1 incorrect translation. This is mostly user error although there is some documentation error that has been corrected that the user may not have noticed. BCTABLE for SOL 600 is different than for SOL 400. The COPTS and COPTM options are only available on the FBSH entry fro SOL 600 and may not be entered on the first line of BCTABLE as can be doen for SOL 400. Recent QRG's show this. In addition, when any lines from FBSH on are entered, SOL 600 requires that
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Known Error
CR 1-259186991 PARAM,MCONVER,11 be entered. Adding PARAM,MCONVER,11 to the two decks where COPTS/COPTM is specified on FBSH the jobs run properly. For the two jobs where COPTS/COPTM is specified on the first line of BCTABLE, exit 13 is obtained as expected. A check has been added to fatal the job should COPTS/COPTM be specified on the first line. This check will be available for the 2010.1 (MDR4) version.
CR 1-259348413 MSC / MD Nastran CPU time doubles with INREL=-2 and negative value of UIM4199 Poor performance is noticed on some jobs with PARAM INREL -2 The INREL=-2 formulation would result in an indefinite matrix due to the lagrange multiplers used. During sparse decomposition, 2x2 pivoting
Description
would have to be used to take care of the lagrange multiplier equations. The existing Nastran code would print out a negative UIM4199 value and FBS would run extremely slow in the presence of 2x2 pivoting. The negative UIM4199 is due to the 2x2 pivoting too.
CR 1-259377340 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - SOL 107 with scr=no - UFM 1126 for CLAMA When scr=no is specifed for a run with SOL 107 with a rotordynamic model the run fail with the following: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE CEAD IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 202 NAME = CLAMA , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE CLAMA=OVRWRT
Description
Avoidance: 1) run with SCR=YES or 2) run with SCR=NO and the following DMAP: compile sedceig alter 'if ( gcase\>1 or','' delete /CPHD,CLAMA,lphd,cphp, $ CEND
Known Error Product
CR 1-259521103 MSC / MD Nastran Design Optimization - assembling external superelements created with EXTSEOUT(DMIGOP2) - SFM 6551 In SOL 200 with multiple frequency subcases and assembling external superelements created with EXTSEOUT(DMIGOP2) may terminate with SFM 6551 in INPUTT2. Avoidance: None.
Description
CR 1-259580682 MSC / MD Nastran An analysis will stop when MATF is defined with three Failure Criteria types. A sol 400 job wil stop when the job contains MATF with three Failure Criteria types. No known avoidance. Fixed in MD 2010
CR 1-259720068 MSC / MD Nastran model_check values not updating composite thermal expansion for PCOMP A model with PCOMP and MODEL_CHECK with MAT_TECO specified will generate incorrect OLOADs, resulting in wrong answers. Avoidance: None known. Also adding the following sentences to the end of remark 2 for the MODEL_CHECK statement in the QRG: "Furthermore, when layered composite element properties and materials (PSHELL and MAT2 MID1/MID2/MID3/MID4) are generated, these equivalent MAT2 property entries are not considered to be original input data and the effects of the MODEL_CHECK directives are permanently reflected in these MAT2 properties. Restarts should not be attempted in this case." CR 1-260004125
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CR 1-260004125 MSC / MD Nastran Rigid Elements, MPCs - PARAM AUTOMSET, multiple boundary conditions wrong answers PARAM AUTOMSET can lead to incorrect solutions with multiple boundary conditions. Avoidance: None.
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CR 1-260063788 MSC / MD Nastran For SOL 400, the AUTO method of NLPARM/TSTEPNL is not working in the NLSTEP bulk data entry. The AUTO method on the NLPARM/TSTEPNL bulk data entries (KMETHOD field) is available user to use in SOL 400 before and at MD 2010. For 2010, a new bulk data entry NLSTEP is implemented for requesting the convergence test parameters and analysis method in SOL 400. However, on this bulk data entry, the AUTO method is not implemented. Avoidance: 1. use the AUTO method on the NLPARM/TSTEPNL bulk data entries or, 2. use the FNT or PFNT method on the NLSTEP bulk data entry.
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CR 1-262599810 MSC / MD Nastran Random Analysis - RMS velocities and accelerations, PARAM,POST,-1 missing output on op2 file For random analysis with PARAM,POST,-1, RMS velocities and accelerations are missing on the op2 file. Avoidance: $ DMAP Alter for complete random output to op2 $ Attentention: workaround, please use carefully COMPILE XRANDOM $ ALTER 'SDR3 OUGPSD2','SDR3 OUGPSD2' $ SDR3 OUGPSD2,OVGPSD2,OAGPSD2,,,/ OUGPSD1,OVGPSD1,OAGPSD1,,, $ SDR3 OUGATO2,OVGATO2,OAGATO2,,,/ OUGATO1,OVGATO1,OAGATO1,,, $ SDR3 OUGCRM2,OVGCRM2,OAGCRM2,,,/
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Known Error
CR 1-262599810 OUGCRM1,OVGCRM1,OAGCRM1,,, $ ALTER 'OUTPUT2 OUGPSD1','OUTPUT2 OUGNO1' $ OUTPUT2 OUGPSD1,OVGPSD1,OAGPSD1,,,// OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR/ 'OUG'/'OVG'/'OAG' $ OUTPUT2 OUGATO1,OVGATO1,OAGATO1,,,// OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR/ 'OUG'/'OVG'/'OAG' $ OUTPUT2 OUGCRM1,OVGCRM1,OAGCRM1,,,// OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR/ 'OUG'/'OVG'/'OAG' $ OUTPUT2 OUGRMS1,OVGRMS1,OAGRMS1,OUGNO1,OVGNO1,OAGNO1// OTAPE2/OUNIT2//OMAXR/ 'OUG'/'OVG'/'OAG'/'OUG'/'OVG'/'OAG' $ ENDALTER $
CR 1-262743971 MSC / MD Nastran Adv. NL element offset: PLOADX1 for CAXISYM/PAXISYM element with new offset may be in error. In MD 2010, the new offset method is implemented. However, the results may be wrong or the solution may not converge if the following conditions are met: 1. SOL 400. 2. The new offset method (e.g.: "MDLPRM, OFFDEF, LROFF" in Bulk data deck) is requested. 3. In the model, the adv. NL element CASISYM/PAXISYM is requested. 4. There are PLOADX1 pressure loads applied on the CAXISYM/PARIXYM elements. Avoidance: Computes the equivalent grid force for PLOADX1 pressure loads. Then use the FORCE1 bulk data entry to input the grid point force.
Description
CR 1-262743977 MSC / MD Nastran The follower stiffness for PLOADX1 with offset for CASISYM/PAXISYM element may be wrong. In 2010, the new offset method is implemented. However, the follower force
Known Error
CR 1-262743977 stiffness may be wrong if the following conditions are met: 1. SOL 400. 2. The new offset method (e.g.: "MDLPRM, OFFDEF, LROFF" in Bulk data deck) is requested. 3. In the model, the adv. NL element CASISYM/PAXISYM is requested. 4. There are PLOADX1 pressure loads applied on the CAXISYM/PARIXYM elements.
In this case, the follower stiffness matrix for PLOADX1 may be wrong. Also, please see CR 1-262743971. Avoidance: Computes the equivalent grid force for PLOADX1 pressure loads. Then use the FORCE1 bulk data entry to input the grid point force. Avoidance: Computes the equivalent grid force for PLOAD1 pressure loads. Then use the FORCE1 bulk data entry to input the grid point force. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-262802741 MSC / MD Nastran Runs using an external superelemetn as a ROTOR may fail with UFM 7325 If an external superelement is used as a ROTOR and if SEOPT=2 on the ROTORSE entry, the run will fail with: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7325 (SEP2DR) PROCESSING OF RESIDUAL STRUCTURE IS NOW INITIATED. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6962 (MATGEN) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 3 = 0 Avoidance: Set SEOPT=1 for external superelements which are used as rotors. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product CMS doen not work for cyclic normal modes(sol115). cyclic normal modes(sol115) fails with CMS (component modal systhesis) CR 1-263148001 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-263027462 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-263148001 A buckling optimization task is unable to achieve a feasible design with default dsnokd (=0) A buckling optimization task may have a difficult time to achieve a feasible design even though it is clear there is one. The problem is that the buckling sensitivities are inaccurate with default dsnokd (=0). Avoidace: Add param dsnokd 1.0 to the deck.
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CR 1-263160944 MSC / MD Nastran job terminated in NLCOMB, ELDATA, with no message Jobs had been seen to crash in module NLCOMB with no user message. This was associated with an ACCEL input record. This occurred for versions 2007 and 2008, and has been fixed for MD 2010. There is no known avoidance. CR 1-263714776 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 144 job may fail with SFM 3008, insufficient memory SOL 144 job may fail with UFM 3008(UTMCOR), insufficient memory, shown as follows *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (UTMCOR) MODULE = ASG INSUFFICIENT CORE AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE ZZXHMD USER ACTION: INCREASE OPEN CORE BY AT LEAST 7 WORDS PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: LOCATION KEY = PI1 Avoidance: None.
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CR 1-263724103 MSC / MD Nastran Access violation may occur when an ACCEL entry is referenced directly via a Load case in SOL106 If an ACCEL bulk data entry is referenced directly via a LOAD case control entry in SOL106 then an access violation may occur. For example. LOAD = 5 begin bulk
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Known Error
CR 1-263724103 accel,5,....etc However if the accel is referenced via a LOAD bulk data entry then the job will run ok. For example. LOAD=50 begin bulk LOAD,50,1.0,1.0,5 accel,5,....etc
CR 1-263743017 MSC / MD Nastran PBEAM / NSM / NSML - incorrect nonstructural mass when end B is specified For PBEAM or PBEAML (CR 1-24056699) if END B is prescribed, wrong nonstructural mass results will occur when using NSM or NSML bulk entries.
Description
ADVOIDANCE: Specify only END A or Specify END A and an intemediaet station (any number of) and END B
CR 1-263918720 MSC / MD Nastran misleading warning message from mksplin A flutter job with superelements may produce the following warning message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 2328 (MKSPLN) NO SPLINES ENTRIES HAVE BEEN FOUND. USER INFORMATION: SPLINE ENTRIES ARE REQUIRED FOR AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS. This should not affect the results. Avoidance: none
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CR 1-264012591 MSC / MD Nastran Punch request causes error in OFP module, it cannot print OEFX1 , Illegal input subroutine ZREAD
Known Error
CR 1-264012591 The illegal input to subroutine ZREAD error may occur if the following conditions are met: 1) there are two or more subcases and 2) the first subcase requests print or plot but no punch and 3) subsequent subcase requests punch only and 4) the number of CELAS1 elements present is not an integer multiple of 4
Description
This error may occur for any element type that produces multiple elements on a single line. Avoidance: If the first three conditions above are met, then for element types that generate multiple elements per line of output, ensure that the number of elements of that type is an integral multiple of the number of lines that will be produced. For example, the CELAS1 element type output contains 4 elements per line, so there should be multiples of 4 elements present (i.e. 4, 8, 12, etc) to avoid the error.
CR 1-264022721 MSC / MD Nastran different values for element forces in F06 and XDB If a model has elastic elements (CBAR, CQUAD4, etc.) and Rigid Elements (RBE1, RBE2, RBE3, RBAR, etc.) with the same ID, the XDB indexing may be in error. This will cause the answers in the XDB file to be different from the answers in the .f06 file. Avoidances: 1) Use the OP2 option instead of XDB 2) Renumber the elements so there are not duplicates. One method of determining if there are duplicate IDs in the model is to define an SESET for any GRID in the model. If there are any duplicate IDs there will be a fatal message indicating the conflicts. The SESET can be removed once all conflicts are resolved.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-264023131 MSC / MD Nastran Complex Eigenvalue Analysis - CTRIAX6 element - stress/strain output header is wrong Complex eigenvalue output headers for CTRIAX6 element results are mislabeled
Known Error
CR 1-264023131 with FREQUENCY instead of EIGENVALUE. Avoidance: none.
CR 1-264067891 MSC / MD Nastran Problem with SPH model Error:a model with SPH was observed to fail in MD SOL700 MD 2010 - It crashes or slow down too much around 10 ms. Reducing HMAX to 0.2 for all three PSPH entries the model did run till endtime smoothly. CR 1-264141095 MSC / MD Nastran MSC Nastran 2008 r1, QRG, RSPINR, SPTID Field Contents Description SPTID Table for relative rotor spin rates. See Remark 3. (Real or Integer, if integer, must be > 0; Required) 3. If SPTID is a real number, the value is considered constant. If SPTID is an integer number, the value references a DDVAL entry that specifies the relative rotor spin rates. The number of spin rates for each rotor must be the same. Relative spin rates are determined by correlation of table entries. The ith entry for each rotor specifies the relative spin rates between rotors at RPMi/FREQi. Spin rates for the reference rotor must be in ascending or descending order. Fixed in release 2010.1.0
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CR 1-264219194 MSC / MD Nastran Incomplete force data recovery in frequency response is produced when GAP elements are present Models containing GAP element in Frequency Response have been observe
Known Error
CR 1-264219194 creating SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3030 with no continued data recovery. An avodance is to created an Output Set excluding the GAP elements rather than requesting ALL.
CR 1-264252421 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - SECSETi, CSETi, BDNFREi - Wrong answers The rigid body mass matrix was represented in the component modes and but not properly accounted for in the GPWG output. Avoidance: Specify PARAM,MHRED,NO.
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CR 1-264284601 MSC / MD Nastran exterior acoustics: please check correct orientation of AFPM (Acoustic Field Point Mesh) Incorrect acoustic power output with reversed sign is output if the normal vectors of the AFPM (Acoustic Field Point Mesh) point towards the pole. Avoidance: reverse AFPM orientation so that normal vectors point away from the pole of the infinite acoustic elements. CR 1-264436541 MSC / MD Nastran sol 153 - coupled convection - incorrect answers when used with TET10 Sol 153 - coupled convection - incorrect answers when used with TET10 Coupled convection is used to join the two part together.
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Avidance: Use Tet4 instead for coupled convection. Also if you have SOL 400, you can use thermal contact(BCBODY,BCTABLE) instead of coupeld convection CR 1-264706582
Known Error
CR 1-264706582 MSC / MD Nastran XYPRINT on CBUSH for rotational results yields respective translational components - Wrong Answers XYPRINT on CBUSH for rotational results yields respective translational components CR 1-264706737 MSC / MD Nastran Confusing Documentation RIGID case control command - Remark 3 The Remark 3 of RIGID Case Control command for QRG is confusing. This will be change to: 3. If the RIGID command is not specified in the Case Control Section, RIGID=LINEAR is used for all solution sequences except SOL 400. For SOL 400, RIGID=LAGRAN is used. If the RIGID command is specified, the full command must be specified, including the right hand side. CR 1-264710722 MSC / MD Nastran An ESLNRO topopt job with despch=1 fails with Floating Point Underflow on win32 A topology optimization job using ESLNRO with despch=1 fails with Floating Point Underflow on Window 32. It was introduced in in all the platforms.
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Description Avoidance: use Param,despch,0 Known Error Product CR 1-264784804 MSC / MD Nastran UNSTRUCTURED datablocks can only be written using tabpt or output2 (UNFORMATTED) UNSTRUCTURED data blocks are not supported by output2 (FORMATTED) and tabprt,
Known Error
CR 1-264784804 as they use the NDDL description to write datablocks. For example , here is ACPT's description from the nddl : DATABLK ACPT TYPE=UNSTRUCTURED PATH=aegeom LOCATION=ADBX, $ Desc={Aerodynamic Connection and Property Table } Avoidance: use OUTPUT2 binary or TABPT
CR 1-265221202 MSC / MD Nastran AESURF and AECOMP id usage and TRIM Entry Problems For the 64bit NASTRAN version, there appears to be an internal conflict when both an AELIST and an AESURF utilize the same ID #, and the ID # is more than 3 numbers long. Versions 2005r3b, 2007r1 and 2008r1 produce the same error as does MDR4-beta. The FATAL message is: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5264 (ASGLAB) TRIM BULK DATA ENTRY REFERENCES LABEL CT_CAN WHICH IS UNDEFINED ON AN AESTAT, AESURF OR AEPARM ENTRY.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-265267922 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear NLRGAP and NOLINi elements REQUIRE ENFMETH=ABS or wrong results occur The Nonlinear NLRGAP and NOLINi type (load) elements REQUIRE ENFMETH=ABS because they compute their nonlinear functions as functions of TOTAL DISPLACEMENT not relative displacement. Avoidance: Pre version 2010.1.0 Insert PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS. PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS is default starting version 2010.1.0
Description
CR 1-265421614 MSC / MD Nastran CHBDYP (type=line) provides incorrect answers if orientation vector is not perpendicular to element
Known Error
CR 1-265421614 Thermal analysis; CHBDYP (type=line) provides incorrect answers if orientation vector is not perpendicular to element. Incorrect results are produced for directional (QVECT) loads.
Description
Note that Patran creates the CHBDYP line elements with the orientation defined normal to the element, however other pre-processors may not. Avoidance: Create the CHBDYP orientation vector perpendicular to the element.
CR 1-265518715 MSC / MD Nastran Fluid structure analysis (SOL111) aborts in MODEPOUT A MPYAD call to MTMD47in the MODEPOUT module is not checking for sufficient memory and can cause a machine dependent abort if memory is not sufficient to perform the MATMOD operation. For large problems, MPYAD performance may also be an issue. Symptoms include the following message: ***** RECEIVED SIGNAL 11, ABORTING Possible avoidance: increase memory request to 8gb.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-265622816 MSC / MD Nastran QRG -Temperature loads cause incorrect element forces and stresses in dynamic analysis Remark 10, case control TEMP command, reads:
Description
10. Temperature loads cause incorrect stresses in dynamic analysis. It should state "forces and stresses".
Known Error Product
CR 1-265727689 SOL600 analysis with CQUADX elements requests too many licenses for op2,xdb output Flexlm licenses for SOL 600 using CQUADX elements appears to be incorrect. It turned out that the licenses are correct becuase any time op2, xdb, f06 or punch output is requested an additional Nastran license will be used after Marc finishes. CR 1-265848690 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with PBMSECT/PBRSECT may not have coordinates of POINTs updated SOL 200 job with PBRSECT/PBMSECT, PBxSECT, in CP option may not have point entries updated if only segment thickness, t(), is designed. Avoidance: if possible, include W and/or H of PBxSECT in CP as part of the design model
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CR 1-265895126 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES with ADAMSMNF in a SE run causes not needed mode calculation for SE0. PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES with ADAMSMNF in a SE run causes not needed mode calculation for SE0.
Description
ADVOIDANCE: Put SEALL= n where n is the SE id in case control
CR 1-265926291 MSC / MD Nastran SFM 3007 (ERPCALC) if ERPPNL uses SET3 with wrong PID If an ERPPNL references a SET3 which contains a wrong or non existing PID a UFM 3007 is issued. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (ERPCALC) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE ERPCALC
Known Error
CR 1-265926291 This occurs when there are no elements referenced in the ERPPNL SET3 from which the OUTPRT module can generate a DISP request for sparse data recovery. Adding a DISP case control request overcomes this problem. Possible avoidance: Add a DISP case control request.
Known Error Product
CR 1-265992851 MSC / MD Nastran fully stressed design cannot work if properties are functions of more than one design variable In v2001, if a SOL200 run includes fully stressed design and has properties that are functions of more than one design variable, unpredicatable results are likely.
Description Avoidance Ensure each designed problem is a function of a single design variable. Known Error Product CR 1-266425539 MSC / MD Nastran Ignoring thickness in Shell contact (COPTS and COPTM set to 1031 or 1051 or 1061) give EXIT 13 Ignoring thickness in Shell contact (COPTS and COPTM set to 1031 or 1051 or 1061) give EXIT 13 in the attached three bdf file for these three cases. All three are fixed for in 2010 CR 1-266526461 MSC / MD Nastran Residual XY-PLOT PSD output is missing although freq. resp. results are calulated For an external SE run, Residual XY-PLOT PSD output is missing although freq. resp. results are calulated. The External SE XY-PLOT PSD output is present. Known Error Product CR 1-266570126 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 1-266570126 Reported contact status of mdiside nodes of touched quadratic elements is wrong. In the output the contact status of the midside gridpoints of touched quadratic elements is wrong. CR 1-266789898 MSC / MD Nastran difference between PSIT and MEFFMASS in virtual mass method When performing response spectrum analysis, it is possible that the participation factors may be different from those obtained using MEFFMASS from a model with the dof on the SUPORT entry constrained. If this occurs, the reason is that the participation factors calculated in response spectrum include mass associated with the SUPORT entry (including mass transferred to the SUPORT dof by MPC equations or R-elements), but the run with those dof constrained will not include mass associated with them. If you wish to obtain identical participation factors, then there must be no mass other than the 'large mass' associated with the SUPORT dof (and any dof connected to them by Relements or MPC equations). CR 1-266827415 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis - enforced motion, modal frequency and transient - SFM 6144 Param,ENFMETH,ABS in SOL 111 with fluid-strcuture model will issue following fatal after the eigensolution: * ENFORCED VELOCITY USING SPC / SPCD DATA *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (PARTN1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in KSH is not equal to the number of rows in the row partitioning vector VXFS User Information: Size of input matrix and partitioning vectors: KSH : Rows= 4 by Cols= 338 VYFS : Rows= 338
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Known Error
CR 1-266827415 VXFS : Rows= 24 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter. This alter also avoids errors reported in 1-79487441, 1-191696011, and 1-189632011.
compile getpyh alter 'trnsp.*ksf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn ksf,,nzys/,ksf1,,/1 $ trnsp ksf1/kfs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp ksf/kfs $ endif $ alter 'khs\/' trnsp khs/ksh $ alter 'trnsp.*k2sf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn k2sf,,nzys/,k2sf1,,/1 $ trnsp k2sf1/k2fs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp k2sf/k2fs $ endif $ alter 'k2hs\/' trnsp k2hs/k2sh $ alter 'trnsp.*m2sf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn m2sf,,nzys/,m2sf1,,/1 $ trnsp m2sf1/m2fs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp m2sf/m2fs $ endif $ alter 'm2hs\/' trnsp m2hs/m2sh $ alter 'trnsp.*b2sf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn b2sf,,nzys/,b2sf1,,/1 $ trnsp b2sf1/b2fs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp b2sf/b2fs $ endif $ alter 'b2hs\/' trnsp b2hs/b2sh $
Known Error
CR 1-266827415 alter 'trnsp.*kdsf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn kdsf,,nzys/,kdsf1,,/1 $ trnsp kdsf1/kdfs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp kdsf/kdfs $ endif $ alter 'kdhs\/' trnsp kdhs/kdsh $ alter 'trnsp.*msf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn msf1,,nzys/,msf2,,/1 $ trnsp msf2/mfs1 $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp msf1/mfs1 $ endif $ alter 'mhs\/' trnsp mhs/msh $ alter 'trnsp.*bsf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn bsf,,nzys/,bsf1,,/1 $ trnsp bsf1/bfs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp bsf/bfs $ endif $ alter 'bhs\/' trnsp bhs/bsh $ alter 'trnsp.*k4sf','' if ( enfmeth='abs' ) then $ partn k4sf,,nzys/,k4sf1,,/1 $ trnsp k4sf1/k4fs $ else $ $ already partitioned by nzys in getay trnsp k4sf/k4fs $ endif $ alter 'k4hs\/' trnsp k4hs/k4sh $ alter 'IF ( NOT(FS)','mpyad khs1,disp'(,1) alter 'paraml.*btab'(,-1) endif $ mdacms and redopt=0 alter 'endif \$ mdacms and redopt=0','' alter 'solve.*kkz',''
Known Error
CR 1-266827415 solve kkz,khz,,,/knvzhs $ alter 'solve.*khhr','' solve khhr,khs,,,/knvkhs $ alter 'mpyad.*knvkhs','' mpyad knvkhs,btab,bsh/btabsh/1 $ alter 'call cforce','' if ( soltyp='modal' ) then $ equivx vphfs/vfs/-1 $ else $ equivx vafse/vfs/-1 $ endif $ if ( nonzys>-1 ) umerge uset,nzys,/nzyx/'g'/'s' $ call CFORCE USET, ,yst,,Msh,,Bsh,, KSh,k4sh,,kdsh,,ol,,a1sh, cases,dynamics,dit,vgfs,vfs,nzyx/ pyxt/ APP/APP/'enforce'/true/false/fs/fonly $ compile spdr1 alter 'if ( mdreig and novgfs','' dbstatus vpg//s,n,novpg $ if ( mdreig and novgfs>0 and noz01dr0>0 and novpg<0 ) then $
Known Error Product
CR 1-266903655 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamics - enforced motion, PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS, SOL 112, GE damping wrong answers SOL 112 with enforced motion, damping specified on MATi entries, and PARAM,ENFMETH,ABS will produce wrong answers. Avoidance: none.
Description
CR 1-267007131 MSC / MD Nastran PMREBAR is incorrectly translated PMREBAR is incorrectly translated using CMREBAR + PMREBAR in SOL600. Corrected in the 2010.1 (MDR4) release. CR 1-267028595 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-267028595 SWM 3030 (OFP) is caused by SORT2 in FORCE request in freq response with CFAST In frequency response with a CFAST element ANY output STRESS, STRAIN, FORCE request using the SORT2 option will cause force recovery of the CFAST to pick up the wrong element format, namely an electromagnetic PENTA element and issue the SWM 3030 (OFP). CR 1-267031324 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous - Windows, "+" and "-" in filenames on the command line poor message If a file name conatins a "+" or "-" then the command may be improperly interpreted on the Windows command line. "+" sign or "-" has a special meaning to the Windows command line. For example, "+" means "concatenate two files". For example, "copy a+b c" will copy files a and b putting them together to create file c. Avoidance: Enclose the filename in quotes.
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CR 1-267161951 MSC / MD Nastran Use of Rigid=Lagr allows poorly defined SOL 106 model to run. For some models, use of Rigid=Lagr allows poorly defined SOL 106 model to run. Removing Rigid=Lagr may result in *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 3057 (NLITER) MATRIX IS NOT POSITIVE DEFINITE.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-267196539 MSC / MD Nastran sol400 job with contact shows reactions high compared to equivalent marc job Two issues reported here: 1. Some sol400 job with contact shows reactions high compared to
Known Error
CR 1-267196539 equivalent marc job as soon as contact penetration happens. 2. Job crashed when Marc elements have shell offsets. The 2nd issue has been resolved. A new CR 1-288600721 is created to track the 1st issue.
CR 1-267211460 MSC / MD Nastran MAXMIN(ELEM) Case Control directive should only select invarients in Linear Statics MAXMIN(ELEM) ouput is very sensitive to directive syntax and solution sequence, especially Linear Statics, and sometimes provides no output for specific element types depending upon placement of the directive in the Case Control sequence. This does not occur for all models and is under investigation
Description
CR 1-267270083 MSC / MD Nastran Large field format on PBUSH card aborts SOL600 translator doesn't support large field format for the PBUSH card. Nastran aborts without error message. CR 1-267499067 MSC / MD Nastran sol 101 - SOLVIT / precond=bic - sfm 6466 (SBUT1) When the stiffness matrix contains Null columns the following error message may occur:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6466 (SBUT1) FOR THE 101 INPUT ALL TERMS IN COLUMN NUMBER = 4 ARE NULL. This happens during execution of SOLVIT in case of matrix based iterative solver (precond=BIC).
Known Error
CR 1-267499067 Avoidance: use autospc = yes to avoid null columns.
CR 1-267530300 MSC / MD Nastran Separate rigid flexible meshes are not supported with aeroelastic databases If separate rigid and flexible aerodynamic meshes are used and the two meshes have different V spaces, then the PRKSV datablock cannot be DBLOCATEd from the rigid database in the flexible run. Doing so will result in an incompatible matrix multiply. User avoidance: Do not DBLOCATE the PRKSV datablock from the rigid database. It has the wrong size and its existence causes the calculation of the proper PRKSV to be skipped.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-267585659 MSC / MD Nastran A terminated ESLNRO job does not provide a clear message when its nonlinear anlaysis is divergent In MD R3, an ESLNRO job may be terminated due to a divergent nonlinear analysis. However, the printed error message in the f06 does not explain the cause of the failure : ^^^ A LINEAR OPTIMIZATION JOB INITIATED WITH FOLLOWING COMMAND: /msc/md/2010_Beta_CL62395/md2009/linux64/nastran /scratch/nastscratch/a3-itr3_eslsol200 scr=yes bat=no rcf=eslo.rc out=/scratch/nastscratch/a3-itr3_eslsol200 FILE '/scratch/nastscratch/a3-itr3_eslsub.cas' IS INCLUDED IN FILE '/scratch/nastscratch/a3-itr3_eslsol200.dat' AT RECORD NUMBER 9. THE INCLUDE REQUEST IS SKIPPED. *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE 480 (XSEMINI) JOB TERMINATED DUE TO ABOVE ERROR(S) 1 M ARCH 23, 2010 MD NASTRAN 1/15/10 PAGE 1 ......
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Known Error
CR 1-267585659 0FATAL ERROR 0FATAL ERROR
CR 1-267692981 MSC / MD Nastran MONPNT1 results are inconsistent across solution sequences In SOL 144, static aeroelasticity, the structural MONPNT1 integration is modified to account for the redistribution of loads and inertia caused by MPCs and rigid elements. In all other supported solution sequences, the integration is done using the g-set loads on all grid points specified on the referenced SET1 entry. Avoidance: none.
Description
CR 1-267698347 MSC / MD Nastran MOMENT is not translated correctly The MOMENT card is translated with zero value. In the BDF file the entry: MOMENT 5 232 0 10. 0. 0. 1. In the .marc.dat file the entry is:
Description
POINT LOAD 0,0,1 COMMENT, case 4 FORCE 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 0.000000E+00, 232, fixed in 2010
CR 1-267698364 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - Degree of Freedom is not removed correctly Degree of Freedom is not changed correctly for change in SPC's for the second subcase.
Known Error
CR 1-267698364 Fixed in 2010
CR 1-267769781 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 101 with touching contact, rigid body motion (a mechanism) in the analysis causes infinite loop. SOL 101 with touching contact, rigid body motion (a mechanism) can cause a never ending iteration sequence. Avoidance: user must ensure that mechanisms are not present.
Description
CR 1-267821394 MSC / MD Nastran MFLUID, param,vmopt,2 with EIGRLdoesn't find all the Wet modes... There is a limitation for the virtual mass (MFLUID) for infinite exterior fluids. This is the special case of remark 8 in the QRG entry for MFLUID. There may not be a free surface, hence the ZFS field must be blank. The case of a body with external fluid submerged below a free surface in not supported.
Description
If VMOPT=2, there is a DMAP error for the special case. The following avoidance ALTER is needed. COMPILE MGEN2A,LIST $ ALTER 'PARAML.*NOMEC','IF.*NOMEC' $ 30,31 ALTER 'TRNSP.*TEMP'(,-1),'ENDIF.*NOMEC' $ 34,37
CR 1-267950329 MSC / MD Nastran External Superelements - PARAM,GRDPNT - Missing output In an assembly run, PARAM,GRDPNT is not sufficient to obtain GRID POINT WEIGHT GENERATOR OUTPUT for an external superlement. Avoidance: Insert weightcheck(set=(g,a))=yes into the Case Control.
Known Error Product Corrected Version
CR 1-267973901 GPFORCE is not converted to op2 or xdb for SOL600 parallel job GPFORCE is not converted to op2 or xdb for SOL600 parallel DDM job. CR 1-267995781 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP - INPUTT2 / OUTPUT2,cross-precision transfers - wrong answers If an OUTPUT2 file created on I4 platform, and containing tables, is read onto an I8 platform with INPUTT2 then the tables may be misinterpreted. There is no problem with matrices. Avoidance: none.
Description
CR 1-267999925 MSC / MD Nastran Model Check - PARAM,AUTOQSET,YES and WEIGHTCHECK - SFM 3007 in VECPLOT If PARAM, AUTOQSET, YES is specified and WEIGHTCHECK is requested for sets other than the g-set and there are no ASETi, OMITi, SUPORT, CSETi, BSETi, BNDFREEi or BNDFIXi entries then the run may fail in VECPLOT with SFM 3007.
Description
Avoidance: Specify an ASET1 or ASET entry for a disjoint degree of freedom with stiffness. For example: celas2,888,.0001,888 spoint,888 aset1,0,888
Known Error Product
CR 1-268043489 MSC / MD Nastran A shape optimization job designing fluid grid point fails with UFM 5612 (DOPR2B) When a shape optimization job designs fluid grid points, it may fail with UFM 5612 (DOPR2B). No avoidance available
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Known Error
CR 1-268156611
CR 1-268156611 MSC / MD Nastran CWELD using GRIDID type gives UFM 7549 If a CWELD element is configured using GRID point coordinates with small values, the solution may fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7549 (SEPWLD) FOR CWELD ELEMENT ID= XXX, THE PROJECTION OF GS GRID ID= YYY ONTO THE SURFACE CANNOT BE FOUND OR LIES OUTSIDE THE SURFACE. USER INFORMATION: THE FIRST THREE SHELL GRIDS ARE AAA BBB CCC The CWELD element requires that it can project to a "diameter" size patch of shell elements. If it can not the the user must adjust the CWELD location. In some cases, if the user uses Bulk Data entry SWLDPRM the code will attempt to change geometry for the user.
Description
CR 1-268216241 MSC / MD Nastran Linear Perturbation - SOL 106, Param,coritan,yes, ANALYSIS=dfreq - wrong answers It has been reported that SOL 106, Param,coritan,yes, and ANALYSIS=dfreq does not produce the desired results for Coriolis forces. Avoidance: None. Error is under investigation.
Description
CR 1-268413091 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control option NLOPRM NLDBG=(N3DBASE), output not printed to .f06 for SOL 101 glued contact. In glued contact, NLOPRM NLDBG=N3DBASE does not function because NLOPRM is not intented for the permanently-glued contact.
Description
No message is issued on this matter. Nastran ignores NLOPRM when the glued contact is requested. NLOPRM works only for nonlinear analyses, including SOL 101 general
Known Error
CR 1-268413091 contact.
CR 1-269145756 MSC / MD Nastran topography optimization does not suppiort DRESP2 method=BETA topography optimization does not suppiort DRESP2 method=BETA. A fatal error message is *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7002 (DOPR1B) NO DESVAR ENTRIES ARE SPECIFIED IN THE BULK DATA.
Description
This bug was found since MD R3. Avoidance: Workaround is to use the manual beta method (see attached file togex2_beta_stress3.dat).
CR 1-269155203 MSC / MD Nastran sol 101 - SPCD - TET10 - casi iterative solver yields incorrect results Linear statics solutions (SOL 101) using the CASI element-based iterative solver may produce incorrect results if enforced displacements are specified via the SPCD bulk data entry and there is a change in the SPCD values across multiple subcases for the same boundary condition. The results for the first subcase will be correct. The results for the second and subsequent subcases in the same boundary condtion are incorrect. fixed in 2010
Description
CR 1-269557331 MSC / MD Nastran UDMSRV, User Defined DMAP Module, Job fails when no input datablocks defined The execution of a program written for The User Defined Dmap Module UDMSRV could hang some time then issues a Windows message: "analysis.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
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Known Error
CR 1-269557331 This sympton is observed when there is no input datablock given to the UDMSRV Dmap. Avoidance: Add a dummy datablock on the input side of the UDMSRV Dmap.
CR 1-269651261 MSC / MD Nastran Materials not supported by SPH elements Error: For MD SOL700 MD 2010, there is no indication which material model is available with SPH elements. It appears that the following materials should be available with SPH: MATD001, MATD003, MATD005, MATD006, MATD009, MATD010, MATD012, MATD013, MATD014, MATD015, MATD016, MATD018, MATD019, MATD024, MATD025, MATD030, MATD036, MATD057, MATD063, MATD064, MATD072, MATD72R, MATD076, MATD77H, MATD083, MATD087, MATD112, MATD127, MATD145, MATD147.
Description
However, only MATD009 and MATD010 (with EOS) can be used with SPH elements. These materials that are unsupported issue the following messages: psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 1) psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 3) psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 5) psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 14) psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 15) psph (= 1) references wrong material type (= 24)
Known Error Product
CR 1-269741491 MSC / MD Nastran Large Number of modes - MEFFMAS - SFM 1015 (GBKMG), SFM 1123 (GDBSNO) For a model that request many modes and the MEFFMAS is also requested, the job may fail with a corrupted database tables. Depending on the version, various messages may be issued: In 2005.1, the following message may be issued:
Description
Known Error
CR 1-269741491
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1015 (GBKMGR) PHYSICAL FILE NOT FOUND IN FILE ASSIGNMENT TABLE BIOMSG: ERROR 4276 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE GBKMGR , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1123 (GDBSNO) DATABASE NUMBER: 160 IS OUT OF RANGE. DBSPTR = 15942 USER ACTION : MAKE SURE ALL ATTACHED DATABASE(S), INCLUDING THE DELIVERY DATABASE, ARE VERSION (e.g. 69) COMPATIBLE. For 2008, the followng message may be issued: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1267 (XSTORE) NO MORE MEMORY SPACE AVAILABLE FOR EXECUTIVE TABLES. USER ACTION: INCREASE DEFAULT NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE TABLES ENTRIES VIA SYSTEM CELL 162. SYSTEM(162) IS CURRENTLY SET TO 1500. 0FATAL ERROR There is no known avoidance, however this error has been duplicated by a simple model requesting 20,000 mode and runs fine with Nastran version 2010 alpha 5.
notes vnl 11/22/2010 re-run org.dart with mdnast2010 and job runs successfully to End Of Job. see attachment. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract UDMSRV, User Defined DMAP Module, Job fails when trying to use setFileHandle The execution of a program written for The User Defined Dmap Module UDMSRV may hang and fail with the following message in the F06 file: BIOMSG: ERROR 1044 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE QOPEN This symptom is observed when the application is coded to access (open) the Gino file handle of the scratch-300 datablock CR 1-269818571 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-269818571 Avoidance: Do not use scratch-300 file handles. If need a scratch datablock, add dummy datablocks on the output side of the UDMSRV Dmap and use these as scratch databocks.
CR 1-269818781 MSC / MD Nastran sol 103 with "big" RBE3 fails A job has an Nastran error : *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 7572 (MREORDR) A LOGIC ERROR was encountered IN THE SYMBOLIC PHASE OF THE SPARSE DECOMPOSITION (EXTREME REORDERING). USER INFORMATION: THE SYMBOLIC PHASE WILL BE RERUN USING SYSTEM(206)=9 WHICH SELECTS THE BEST OF GRID BASED MMD AND GRID BASED METIS. MAIN: "Access violation" (signal 11, "SIGSEGV") encountered. Process ID = 21960. MAIN: For reference, A(MAINAL) = 4428A6, A(/SYSTEM/) = 480DB60 MAIN: A(/XNSTRN/) = 1E21B010 MAIN: Associated exception code (= 1) is SEGV_MAPERR ("Address not mapped to object") MAIN: Data reference address is 0000000092857598. MAIN: The general registers, instruction pointer, and flags are -MAIN: RAX 000000001A31F968 RSP 00007FFF8DE776E0 R8 0000000000000000 R12 000000001BAC47B8
Description
The model is big and is constituted from several RBE. One of them is a RBE3 with 8000 independent nodes. The calculation is SOL 103. This model with SOL101 works properly. If the number of independent nodes is reduced (from 8000 to 4000) then sol 103 works properly. Known Error Product CR 1-269964431 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-269964431 The 'o' set data recovery is not performed for MNF PSETID gridpoints when ACMS is activated If an ADAMS Modal Neutral FIle (MNF) is generated using ACMS and ASETi entries are present, eigenvector data recovery for non-ASET grids referenced on the PSETID element set will not be performed. Workaround: Define either VECTOR(plot)=all or DISPLACEMENT(plot)=all
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CR 1-270179403 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery - GPFORCE, K2GG, DMIG - UFM 1126 in MPYAD GPFORCE output request with duplicate reference to the same DMIG on the K2GG Case Control command leads to following fatal in MPYAD in XMTRXIN subDMAP:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MPYAD IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME = F2J , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. Avoidance: None.
CR 1-270201206 MSC / MD Nastran Use of CASI solvers for topology optimization runs involving contact Topology optimization problems involving contact use Lagrange multiplier degrees of freedom. This type of degree of freedom generates non-positive definite stiffness matrices. The CASI element-based iterative solver may fail for this class of problem depending upon the "degree" of non-positive definteness involved since it currently is limited to a very small class of problems that produce only "mildly" indefinite matrices. The message generated is internal to the CASI solver and will indicate that it has encountered a negative diagonal term. Avoidance: Use the sparse direct solver.
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Known Error
CR 1-270693849 SOL 400 thermal with analysis=hstat -TEMP(INIT) and LOAD cannot use the same set ID - UFM 628 SOL 400 thermal with analysis=hstat -TEMP(INIT) and LOAD cannot use the same set ID - UFM 628 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 628 (LCGEN) THERMAL, DEFORMATION, AND EXTERNAL LOADS CANNOT HAVE THE SAME SET IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN BULK DATA DECK. THE SET IDENTIFICATION MUMBER IS 2. 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance : use different set ID for TEMP(INIT)=x and LOAD=y
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CR 1-270812471 MSC / MD Nastran Heat transfer with CONV elements may converge slowly or give wrong answers Heat transfer models with CONV elements may converge slowly (SOL 153) or give worng answers(SOL 101). An error was introduced into the conduction matrix between version 2004 and 2005. This error has been seen for type AREA6. This error will not affect models if the ambient points are constrained (in the S-set). CR 1-270848995 MSC / MD Nastran Multi Tomvar entires with designed material properties in a SOL200 job can crash In a SOL200 topometry optimization job, there are multiple TOMVAR entries referencing material properties, if the designed property PID and MID(referenced by the PID) is not the same ASCENDING OR DESCENDING SEQUENCE, the topometry job can crash with error *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7193 (DOPR1I) PID=******** OF PTYPE MAT1 ON A DVMREL1 208223 ENTRY, IS NOT DEFINED ON A PROPERTY ENTRY. USER ACTION: CHECK DVMREL1 AND PROPERTY ENTRIES.
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Known Error
CR 1-270848995 This bug was found in MD R3. Fixed in MD2010 Avoidacne: Change designed PID and MID and make sure PID and MID(referenced by the PID) be the same ASCENDING OR DESCENDING SEQUENCE
CR 1-271306695 MSC / MD Nastran document change request:the SUPORT entry is not valid for SOL129 Client had a SOL129 model that included a SUPORT entry in the bulk data section. The run proceeded until it ultimately aborted with a UFM 6144. SUPORT is not valid in SOL 129. CR 1-271612856 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 shape optimization job with External SE may fail with SFM 3002 SOL 200 shape optimization job with External SEs may fail with SFM 3002 shown as follows *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 (DOPR2) EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE READING DATA BLOCK SCRATCH (FILE 301) IN SUBROUTINE SKPREC Avodiance: None.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-271939851 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 Some CBAR elements with offsets are not translated to Marc input deck A model with pinned dof on a CBAR may cause not all CBAR elements to be translated Avoidance: replace CBAR with CBEAM The problem of some beam elements not translated to Marc input deck was fixed in the 2010.1 (MDR4) release.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-272181991 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 with SEs and DRESP2 applied to global response may produce incorrect sensitivity When a constraint is applied to a DRESP2 that references a DRESP1 that is a global responses (eigenvalues, buckling, flutter), the contributions to the senstivity from upstream superelements is missing such that the overall sensitivity is incorrect and the optimzer may not making progress. Avoidance: None.
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Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description
CR 1-272409282 MSC / MD Nastran Interlaminar shear bond index Field SB of MATF is not supported for composite elements CR 1-272459019 MSC / MD Nastran Job fails in DCMP with core dump in MD 2010 Avoidance: Set sys274 to 4 for large xdb files and increase Nastran record size with buffsize=65537 or RECL=65536 for ASSIGN CR 1-272644049 MSC / MD Nastran ACMS - STATSUB - SFM 6143 for KDSAA If STATSUB Case Control command is specified along with DOMAINSOLVER ACMS then the run may fail with the following fatal: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in KDSAA is not equal to the size of the D-set The number of columns in KDSAA is not equal to the size of the D-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: KDSAA : Rows= 7927463 by Cols= 7927463
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Known Error
CR 1-272644049 Set sizes: Major (D-set)= 8111947 Set0 (A-set)= 8111947 Set1 (COMP-set)= 0 Avoidance: None
CR 1-272956521 MSC / MD Nastran Mode=I8 machines may get different answers than mode=I4 For one nonlinear transient job it was observed that Mode=I8 got different results due to a subroutine whose single and double precision versions were different CR 1-274404363 MSC / MD Nastran Large GRID id, SFM 3008 (TASNP2) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE TASNQD For a model with a large GRID id (210,000,000 for instance), the user may obtain an error similar to one of these depending on the version of Nastran they are running: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (TASNP2) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE TASNQD 0FATAL ERROR
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TASNP2) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 5 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY
Known Error
CR 1-274404363 MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 105 AND SUBROUTINE IS TASNQD 0FATAL ERROR
CR 1-274741241 MSC / MD Nastran Adaptive mesh refinement model using segment-to-segment contact may fail in SOL 400 In SOL 400, the adaptive mesh refinement model using segment-to-segment contact may fail with Access Violation or Signal 11 aborting and job terminates without any message. Avoidance: Switch back to the node-to-segment contact (removing SEGSMALL from BCPARA).
Description
CR 1-274802637 MSC / MD Nastran Erroneous Warning Message 5246 (MRGOFP) When running SOL106 (and probably SOL129) the following error message is printed to the f06 file when a STRAIN data request is made for a run in which Large Displacement effects are turned on (PARAM,LGDISP,1) and 'linear-only' elements are in the model (specifically tested for the CBAR element). The full message is as follows: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 5246 (MRGOFP) SUBCASE 1, LOAD CAS 0.1E+01 ELEMENT TYPE 34, HAS AN IDENTICAL ELEMENT ID 1372 IN EACH INPUT FILE. This error message goes away if CBEAM's are used (no CBAR's at all), if PARAM,LGDISP,-1 (small displacement) is used or if the STRAIN data request is not used.
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Known Error Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
CR 1-275364295 eigrl shift logic in a buckling sol - negative roots. In a buckling solution with range v1=0.0, v2 blank and ND=5, EIGRL finds both positive and negative roots. CR 1-275597761 MSC / MD Nastran Error in NSM calculation, SOL200 MD R3 / 3.1 There is an error in NSM calculation in MD R3 / R3.1 SOL 200 with TOMVARs. No problem with MD R2.1, fixed in 2010
CR 1-276518829 MSC / MD Nastran Error in Nastran 2008 install guide: kill -usr1 should be kill -usr2 for AIX systems The instuctions for flushing the .f04 and .f06 buffers on page 106 of the Installation and Operations Guide say to use: kill -USR1 pid
Description This doesn't work on AIX 5.2 and 5.3 for versions 2005r5 and 2008r1. However, kill -USR2 pid does flush the .f04 and .f06 files on both OS and Nastran versions Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-276650291 MSC / MD Nastran issue with sol600 translation when a model with 2 MPCs is translated to a marc input file (StifPlate_1.marc.dat), only the 2nd of the MPCs gets the "SERVO LINK. There is no workaround for the problem. This is an error which affects this model only and is not likely to occur on other models. fixed in 2010 CR 1-276740186 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-276740186 SOL 106 produces wrong answers with shell offsets and temperature dependent material SOL 106 produces wrong answers with shell offsets and temperature dependent material. It should produce a stress-free contraction, but does not. In this case, the temperature dependency should produce the same result as that without the MATT8 and TABLEM1, since the slope of the E vs. T curve is zero. Without the MATT8 and TABLEM, the result is as expected, stress free. MATT8 and TABLEM1 can be used without the offsets to get reasonable answers as well. CR 1-276951491 MSC / MD Nastran When IFPSTART=YES is selected, the restart "/" no longer works as in previous releases The restart bulk data edit command "/ n1 n2" no longer works the same as in previous release unless the range between n1 to n2 is the entire data model. Review the "/" description within the QRG for extended syntaxtical forms. When restart "/ n1 n2" is less than the entire model, a FATAL message is issued and the exectuion will terminate. An avoidance is to use IFPSTAR=NO on the command line to return to previous version restart conditions. CR 1-277118080 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with SESET may fail with SFM3001(DSADJ) SOL 200 optimization job with SESET entry may fail with SFM 3001 shown as follows *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (DSADJ) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DRDUTBX AT POSITION 9 DOES NOT EXIST.
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Avoidance: For 2008(MDr3), following DMAP alter can be utilized as a workaround $ compile descon list $ alter 'dbview '(,-1) $ TYPE PARM,,I,N,nfrqct $
Known Error
CR 1-277118080 alter 'IF ( DMRESD\<\>-1 OR ADJFLG\>10 )' $ nfrqct = frqct $ alter 'IF ( SEID=0 ) PARAML CASERS' $ frqct = 0 $ alter 'IF ( SEID=0 ) PARAML CASERS'(,4) $ frqct = nfrqct $
CR 1-277249266 MSC / MD Nastran If GAP,KA is too large you may get incorrect results If you choose a PGAP,KA gap stiffness too large, the automatic convergence criteria may accept a wrong answer. There are three things that can be done: 1. Choose a smaller "KA", about three to five orders of magn1tude greater that the local structure stiffness. 2. Reduce the values of EPSP and EPSW on the NLPARM record. 3. Use the "adaptive" GAP, see PGAP,TMAX (this helps some, but still a really excessive KA can still give bad answers). CR 1-278533534 MSC / MD Nastran The linear contact analysis(SOL 101) stopped with adaptive mesh. A SOL 101 job with HADAPT and Contact may fail in subdmap CELLINI The only indication is a signal 11 in the .log file.
Description
Description
Signal caught, signal=11 job aborting User signal caught, errno=0 Command exited with non-zero status 1 The exact cause of the defect is under investigation
CR 1-278579771 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis - PARAM, CHECKOUT, YES in SOL400 - UFM 2016 in EMG PARAM, CHECKOUT, YES in SOL400 may cause UFM 2016 in EMG. Avoidance: None.
Known Error Product
CR 1-278591561 4-ACMS - fluid and structure model - SFM3001(MDENZO) If 4-ACMS is attempted on a model with fluid elements and structural elements then the run will fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (MDENZO) THE EXECUTIVE FILE 0 DOES NOT EXIST. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: SUBROUTINE GOPEN 0FATAL ERROR
If 1-ACMS and 2-ACMS, the run will not fail. The model is "xx0wmd0.dat" Description Version: 2010.1.0-CL68945 MD 2010 ALPHA MAY 4, 2010 x86-64 Based Syste and Itanium Based System
Related Quality# 1-65548812 ACMS - fluid only model - SFM3001(MDENZO) or SFM7490(SEQP) 1-16479901 MDACMS fails for all fluid model - SFM 3001 Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Linear Perturbation Analysis - ANALYSIS=mfreq in sol400 - UWM 6645 in FRSRTD Modal frequency perturbation analysis in SOL 400 may issue the following benign warning message: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 6645 (FRSRTD) FREQ3,FREQ4, AND FREQ5 ENTRIES ARE PRESENT IN A DIRECT FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS. But the results are not affected by this warning. Avoidance: None CR 1-278678481 MSC / MD Nastran
Description
CR 1-278822913 MSC / MD Nastran MPCPCH is not supported in Segment-to-Segment Contact The keyword MPCPCH in NLOPRM case control command does not support segment-to-segment contact since it uses the Augmented Lagrange Multiplier method instead of the multiple point constraint method, which is used by node-to-segment contact. A model with segment-to-segment contact (BCPARA,METHOD,SEGSMALL) and NLOPRM MPCPCH will fail with:
Description
*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4 (NL3INT) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE MPCPCH is not supported (in Segment-toSegment Contact.) *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (NLSOLV) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE NL3INT 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Remove the NLOPRM MPCPCH request.
Known Error Product
CR 1-279010101 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with PBRSECT/PBMSECT having multiple BRPs may fail with UFM 7198 SOL 200 job with design on thickness, t(), of PBxSECT having multiple BRPs may failed in DOPR1 module with UFM 7198; PBRSECT/PBMSECT ENTRY ID=74640 HAS NO BRP START OR END WITH POINT ID xxxx). Avoidance : incude W and/or H of the PBxSECT as design variables.
Description
CR 1-279308494 MSC / MD Nastran DMP does not work with CASI solver The CASI Solver, selected by SMETHOD, does not work with DMP. CR 1-279555655 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-279555655 Acoustic Analysis - FLSPOUT and XYplot commands - UWM975 and no pch file Acoustic XY-plot output requests fail with *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 975 (XYTRN2) XYTRAN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE AND IS IGNORING Avoidance: None known.
Description
CR 1-280191145 MSC / MD Nastran Temperature maping not working properly at the interface of two bodies with abrupt temp change In a thermal-structral chaining analysis, if two bodies are in contact and the temprature crossing the two body interface is changing abruptly, the temperature mapping from heat transfer run to structural run may be wrong at the nodes in contact. This is because the nodes in contact have a space location inside two different bodies. There is no way at the moment to find which bodiy it belongs to. As a workaround, the user can introduce a perturbation to the coordinates of the nodes in contact so that they are no longer in contact, and use a smaller external tolerance for the data mapping.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-280629495 MSC / MD Nastran Using large mass to do enforced motion in sol129 does not seem to enforce displacement/velocity When requesting enforced motion by the big foundation mass method, you must supply initial conditions if the initial diisplacement or velocity is nonzero. If you select time steps that are too large the results will be inaccurate. Avoidance: Instead of initial condition records you can delay the enforced motion to start after a couple time steps. CR 1-280981479 MSC / MD Nastran The homogeneous nonlinear stress for QUADR may be wrong with PCOMP and COMPMATT=YES in SOL 400.
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Known Error
CR 1-280981479 For PCOMP bulk data entry with the nonlinear analysis, there are homogeneous nonlinear stresss outputs and layered stress outputs. Under the follwoing conditions, the homogeneous nonlinear stress output for CQUADR/CTRIAR may be wrong: 1. SOL 400. 2. The layer composite element is used for CQUADR/CTRIAR with PCOMP bulk data entry. 3. The "PARAM, COMPMATT, YES" is used to perform the nonlinear static analysis for temperature dependent composite material. However, the layered stress outputs are correct. Avoidance: Use CQUAD4/CTRIA3.
Description
CR 1-281143268 MSC / MD Nastran ESE(PUNCH) requests for DMIG matrices is incomplete The punch output for DMIG-ESE is incomplete with only the first matrix present. The print output contains all DMIG matrices present. There is no avoidance when multiple matrices are present. CR 1-283962854 MSC / MD Nastran Silent install does not capture C++ redistributable library install. During the installation of MD Nastran R3C on WinXP, the Microsoft Visual 2005 C++ libs are installed via the Redistributable installer.
Description
However, creating an iss file for a silent install, does not capture the C++ installation portion. This is resolved in 2010.
Known Error Product
CR 1-284318681 UFM 9994 (BULKPM) duplicate error message for every entry in input file If job is submitted with SCR=NO and IFPSTAR=yes and the IFPDAT database is in the subdirectory, but .MASTER/.DBALL have been removed, then the job will fail in the input file reader complaining that there are duplicate entries. The messages will look similar to this: *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9991 (SDLWIF) Bulk Data errors were encountered at Include level 0. File: E:\tmp\xx.bdf *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 9994 (BULKPM) Entry Violation for Entity: PARAM with NAME=POST near line 18 Entry is duplicated previously with the same key(s). *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 9994 (BULKPM) Entry Violation for Entity: PARAM with NAME=PRTMAXIM near line 19 Entry is duplicated previously with the same key(s). Avoidance: remove .IFPDAT before submitting the job. Note: this behavior can be experienced in Patran - CR 1-277241241
Description
CR 1-284349173 MSC / MD Nastran CTRIAX6 elements in SOL 107 have incorrect data printed from OFP FORCE data for CTRIAX6, CHEXA and other non-directory elements are not printed correctly in SOLs 101, 103, 107, etc. Avoidance: None (fixed in 2010)
Description
CR 1-284453070 MSC / MD Nastran Differential Stiffness in dynamic Analysis - SOL 106, GE on MATi entry wrong answers It has been reported that restarting from a SOL 106 data base with GE on the MATi entry will produce wrong answers.
Description Avoidance: Use PARAM,G instead of GE.
CR 1-284539431 MSC / MD Nastran External SE may fail with SFM 5423 (MPYAD1) SOL 103 External SE job fails with System Fatal Message 5243 (MPYAD1) Fixed in 2010
CR 1-284585391 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Analysis - MAXMIN, SOL 112 - SFM 6143 MAXMIN Case Control command may cause SFM 6143 to be issued. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UPARTPR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in UPF1 is not equal to the size of the G-set User Information: Size of input matrix and DOF sets: UPF1 : Rows= 1539 by Cols= 2574 Set sizes: Major (G-set)= 2574 Set0 (N-set)= 2573 Set1 (COMP-set)= 1 Avoidance: Add the following: MAXMIN(DEF) STRESS QUAD4 3 MAXMIN(ELEM,PUNCH) = all
Description
CR 1-284601127 MSC / MD Nastran "Floating point zero divide" may be encounted in SOL 400 on the Window system. "Floating point zero divide" may be encounted, if the following conditions are met: 1. SOL 400. 2. Job runs on the Window system. 3. Larger displacement analysis (PARAM, LGDISP,1) is requested. 4. Plasticity analysis (e.g.: MATS1 1000001 1 PLASTIC ...) is requested The reason for this is that the element is distorted out of shape due large displacement solution so that the solution diverges and "Floating point
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Known Error
CR 1-284601127 zero divide" may be encounted. On the Linux system, the followin message is printed for the same job: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4676 (NMEPD) ERROR EXCEEDS 9.990000D+01 PERCENT OF YIELD STRESS IN ELEMENT ID=5138273 *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4675 (NMEPD) EXCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LOAD IS APPLIED IN ELEMENT ID = 5138275 REDUCE THE LOAD INCREMENT BY A FACTOR OF 2.279808E+00 FOR BETTER SOLUTION . *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4675 (NMEPD) EXCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LOAD IS APPLIED IN ELEMENT ID = 5138279 REDUCE THE LOAD INCREMENT BY A FACTOR OF 2.081695E+00 FOR BETTER SOLUTION . *** JOB DOES NOT CONVERGE AT THE CURRENT TIME STEP OR INCREMENT. *** FATAL ERROR ENCOUNTED. ^^^ ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9032 (NONLIN) ^^^ RUN IS TERMINATED DUE TO MESSAGE(S) ABOVE Avoidance: User may need to change the model, reduce the load, or change convergence parameter on NLPARM bulk data entry.
Known Error Product
CR 1-284651891 MSC / MD Nastran COUPLE Bulk Data entry description in Quick Reference Guide: Incorrect Skin Friction Formula Error: In the Quick Reference Guide, the COUPLE card, note 13 gives the skin friction formula. This is incorrect as it should be: C(f) = Tau(w) / (0.5 * Rho * u^2) It is also incorrect in the Dytran Reference Guide, but correct in the Dytran User's Guide CR 1-284682168 MSC / MD Nastran "analysis" uses more memory than MEM specification There still are libc native malloc/realloc/calloc calls in Nastran, which may cause
Description
Known Error
CR 1-284682168 memory usage to exceed the bound set by the mem= keyword on the command line occasionally. The behavior may be different from one system to another.
CR 1-284684461 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements - BEGIN SUPER - Wrong answers If BEGIN SUPER is specified and there is no preceding BEGIN BULK statement, then the first BEGIN SUPER section will be assumed to be the main Bulk Data section even if SUPER is greater than zero. Avoidance: Starting with V2010.1, use IFPSTAR=YES
Description
CR 1-284688074 MSC / MD Nastran IFPSTAR=YES does not support the trailing comma syntax. There current is a difference in the trailing comma syntax processing between the selections of IFPSTAR=YES or NO. The IFPSTAR=YES current does not treat the first string on the next continuation entry as data but types it as the continuation charater string. CR 1-284702961 MSC / MD Nastran Use of THRU on a SET1 entry may yield wrong answers when IFPSTAR=YES The order of the elements in a set may not be preserved if THRU is used on a SET1 entry, along with some values, This may lead to wrong answers if the order of the elements in the set is important. An example of this is the use of SET1 for PBMSECT,INP where the order is important. Avoidance: List all of the elements of the set using THRU. or else list all of the elements without THRU. Do not combine single elements and THRU ranges when using IFPSTAR=YES. CR 1-284729091 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product
CR 1-284729091 Extracting different number mode in SOL200 normal mode shape op jobs may result in different answers Extracting different number mode in SOL200 normal mode shape op jobs may result in different answers Avodiance. If the user would like to persue a better design, run more desgin cycles to overcome this issue by "DOTPRM, CONV1, 1.-5"
Description
CR 1-284739821 MSC / MD Nastran IFP error; PUNCH (.pch) output has reduced accuracy With ifpstar=yes option introduced with MD Nastran 2010.1.0, when run on Window platforms, if a MD Nastran stream input file contains the Case Control command "ECHO=PUNCH", the PUNCH file (default physical name extension "pch") might contain reduced accuracy data as compared to the input file.
Description
For example if the input file contains the following entry: MAT1 1 3.0001+7 .3 on Window platforms the pch file MAT1 entry is missing the "1" at the end of the 3.000 field value: MAT1 1 3.000+07 .3 Avoidance: run with ifptar=no to get the same accuracy level within the PUNCH file.
CR 1-284776101 MSC / MD Nastran Grid participation results produced with 2010-CL67816 can not be processed using Sofy fort91 to bir Grid participation results produced with cannot be processed using Sofy fort91 binary file. Avoidance: Use FORM=FORMATTED.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-284820952 Data recovery - PARAM,SPARSEDR,YES, CONROD torques - wrong answers Torques for CONROD elements in magnitude/phase format may be incorrect with PARAM,SPARSERDR,YES. Avoidance: Use PARAM,SPARSEDR,NO.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-284821387 MSC / MD Nastran Inertia Relief - multiple subcases for disjointed models - Incorrect SPCFORCE results Inertia relief on multiple disjoint models produces incorrect SPCForces.
Corrected Version GL Abstract Description Avoidance: Separate disjoint models into separate runs. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-284834621 MSC / MD Nastran Sol 144 fails if second trim id is 7501 Sol 144 can fail if the following conditions are true: 1. There are AELINK entries in the bulk data 2. There are AEFORCE entries in the bulk data 3. The trim id is 7501 for the second TRIM entry The following error message will be produced: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7526 (ASGPRD) AN INVALID TRIM TASK HAS BEEN POSED. THERE ARE 1 FREE AESTAT DEGREES OF FREEDOM BUT ONLY 0 SUPPORTED DEGREES OF FREEDOM. USER ACTION: SPECIFY A VALID TRIM TASK BY EITHER ADDING SUPPORTED DEGREES OF FREEDOM OR BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FREE AESTAT DEGREES OF FREEDOM. This error was introduced in Nastran version 2001. Avoidance: Don't use 7501 as a trim ID. Known Error CR 1-284837831
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Known Error Product
CR 1-284837831 MSC / MD Nastran Superposition of NSM effects not consistently applied when duplicate identifications are present When the same element identifcation is supplied on one entry only the first encountered is used. When the same element identification is supplied on multiple entries the mass value are summed. The avoidance is to keep duplicate element identifications on multiple entries.
Description
The Following works: NSM 10 PRAC2D 1 .015 NSM 10 PRAC2D 1 .017 The following only selects the first NSM 10 PRAC2D 1 .015 1 .017
CR 1-284888957 MSC / MD Nastran PBAR box section is not bring translated correctly to marc input file. The PBAR box section does not produce the same properties in the Marc input file as produced by other Nastran sequences because they are claculated differently. In most cases the results are close. Workaround - use the PBAR properties instead of using PBARL.
Description
CR 1-284893175 MSC / MD Nastran DBFETCH - Access Violation The usage of DBSTORE and DBFETCH subdmap in certain circumstances may cause "Access violation" and encounter an exception which terminates the run in the DBFETCH subdmap.
Description Avoidance: The DMAP COPY and/or EQUIV modules can be used to manage (store, fetch) the datablocks. Known Error Product CR 1-284911131 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-284911131 SOL600 DDM fails by COORD SYSTEM error if there are BAR elements. SOL 600 models that require coordinate systems cannot be run using DDM for parallel processing. This is a limitation in Marc. The workarounds are to not use DDM or to use the newer Pardiso or MUMPS solvers for parallel and/or multi-threading for systems with Intel chips. For the special case of bar/beam elements where coordinates are needed for pin codes, PARAM,MARCPINN,3 may be added to the bulk data and DDM used, however the resutls may not be as accurate as desired. CR 1-284930214 MSC / MD Nastran cweld projection fails in 101 but runs in 400 A point to patch cweld is failing in sol 101 but runs in sol 400 Initial indications are that the projection shouls also fail in SOL 400 - this is under investigation. CR 1-284948851 MSC / MD Nastran AERO Forces produced with an Aerodynamic mesh are in error. If aerodynamics are input as pressures on an aerodynamic mesh, the aerodynamic forces that are computed following trim are in error. Avoidance: The following DMAP alter will provide the correct forces:
Description
Description compile aestatrs alter 'aeptof','' $ umerge amuset,,ffaj/ffajs/'ks'//'k' $ expand to corner ks-set AEPTOF AEBOX,AEBGPDT,CSTMA,ffajs/paks/S,N,NORMP=0 $ upartn amuset,paks/pak,,,/'ks'/'k'/'sa'/1 $ Known Error Product CR 1-284949101 MSC / MD Nastran Topometry optimization with DRESP1=FRMASS may crash or can not find a good optimal design The conditions that cause the error
Known Error
CR 1-284949101 When DRESP1=FRMASS is used in a topomery optimization.the job may crash or cannot find a good design. Resulting error The job may crash on some machine (for example AIX), or the job converges at the first design cycle (not a good design) Avoidance: DRESP1=FRMASS can be replaced by DRESP1=WEIGHT for a topometry optimization. The user needs to know the initial weight to define a constraint on weight if the weight is used as a constraint.
CR 1-284967144 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 using RC network solutions- Punched output "thermal(punch)" is not supported SOL 400 using RC network solutions- Punched output "thermal(punch)" is not supported When using the Solution 400 RC network thermal solvers RCNS or RCNT, thermal punch file output is not supported. Placing "THERMAL(PUNCH)=ALL" in the case control will not result in a punch output file. There is currently no way to achieve a punch file with the RC network solvers. Users may find it useful to map temperature results using SimXpert as an alternative for running thermal-stress problems. CR 1-284973827 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600: LORENZI option doesn't work The LORENZI option is not available in SOL 600 The workaround is to use VCCT when possible. CR 1-285068825 MSC / MD Nastran xyplot complex cbeam axial forces, sol 111 A model run in SOL 111 with XYPLOT commands
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Known Error
CR 1-285068825 xyplot elforce RESPONSE 1/1(8RM) May issue the following messages: *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 981 (XYTRAN) COMPONENT =1294540832 FOR ID= 1 IS TOO LARGE. THIS COMPONENTS CURVE NOT OUTPUT *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979 (XYTRAN) AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR ELEMENT ID 1 -FORC- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 106 SUBCASE 1 The cause is under investigation.
CR 1-285125143 MSC / MD Nastran Bad performance in SOL200 MFREQ with NSML in DMAP module NSMEPT when running a large topometry optimization in MFREQ with NSML card to distribute lumped masses Nastran seems to hang in DMAP module NSMEP and take a long time compared to SOL 111 Avoidance:distribute the mass/area on the PSHELL cards directly rather than using NSML.
Description
CR 1-285132121 MSC / MD Nastran RESTART must use the same version of IFP as cold start With the introduction of IFPStar in MD Nastran version 2010.1.0, when the cold start run uses the option ifpstar=no and restart run uses the option ifpstar=yes, the following error messages are displayed: *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 226 (SCA.MDSolver.Io.AccessAccess.AccessAccess::StreamToBinary)
Description
The pair, project BLANK id=1 and version=1, requested to be purged, does not exist on the database ****.IFPDAT. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6357 (SEP1A) NO GRID POINTS FOUND 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: Use the same ifpstar option "no" (default) or "yes" for both
Known Error
CR 1-285132121 runs. Note that if the cold start run requests execution of MSGMESH, the ifpstar option is automatically set to "no" and the restart run must use ifpstar=no.
CR 1-285251452 MSC / MD Nastran Incorrect linear format strain results SOL106 CBEAM with thermal expansion The STRAIN output is wrong for nonlinear BEAM elements if there is thermal expansion. This error does not affect any other output quantities. CR 1-285270084 MSC / MD Nastran VCCT and unglue in SOL600 There are two problems vith VCCT in SOL600: 1. Node set for unglued nodes is missing in the Marc input deck. Deact glue option is generated with node set U0000010002, but there is no such a set in the input file. 2. Only the first 8 crack tip nodes are used. Workaround - for 2010.1 do not use the unglue option and model the crack tip with 8 or fewer grids
Description
CR 1-285304109 MSC / MD Nastran Problem with using CHECKOUT with large SOL101 run PARAM,CHECKOUT,YES may require excessive memory. Avoidance: Under investigation.
CR 1-285334256 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis - damping elements - unnecessary eigenvalue analysis If damping elements exist in a model run in SOL 101, then an eigenvalue analysis and associated diagnostic output will appear in the f06 file.
Known Error
CR 1-285334256 This operation is unnecessary for static solution and may cause confusion. Avoidance: Remove the damping elements.
CR 1-285634379 MSC / MD Nastran IFPStar - when the RADLST ID is negativea radiation analysis that includes a punch file which has top and bottom surfaces define using shell element will result in a negative EID for the backside, and IFPSTAR does not allow that. ** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9991 (SDLWIF) Bulk Data errors were encountered at Include level 0. File: c:/bug_verify/ex5c_radmtx.dat *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 9994 (BULKPM) Term Violation for Entity: RADLST with ICAVITY=75 near line 81 Action: EID:-20 > 0 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 9994 (BULKPM) Term Violation for Entity: RADLST with ICAVITY=85 near line 84 Action: EID:-40 > 0 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 208 (SCA.MDSolver.Io.AccessAccess.AccessAccess::StreamToBinary) Fatal messages were encountered while converting the stream input file c:/bug_verify/ex5c_radmtx.dat. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 102 (SCA.MDSolver.Obj.InputFile.InputFile::read) Severe fatal Errors occured while reading the input file c:/bug_verify/ex5c_radmtx.dat. Avoidance: use IFPStar=NO
Description
CR 1-285639804 MSC / MD Nastran IFPSTAR: PSOLID with STRESS -1, does not switch to default If IFPSTAR=YES and the STRESS field on a PSOLID is not valid, then a FATAL message will be issued. According the the Quick Ref. Guide, a non-valid value shall be set as a default value
Description Avoidance: Either use IFPSTAR=NO or provide the correct value on the PSOLID entry. Known Error CR 1-285719641
Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract
CR 1-285719641 MSC / MD Nastran ssstat file is not generated when DYTIMHS card is used. ssstat file is not generated when DYTIMHS card is used while it is generated when dyparam, lsdyna,database,ssstatm card is used. CR 1-285894580 MSC / MD Nastran FDC is an entry on PBUSHT seems to affect the modes calculated in sol 111 A SOL 111 with PBUSHT that has both KN and FDC specified will generate different answers than the linear model. Avoidance: remove either KN or FDC from the PBUSHT
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Known Error Product
CR 1-285940881 MSC / MD Nastran VSLIST on Spline6 entry can produce a user fatal message 7018, but the run continues If the VSLIST on a spline6 entry points to a AELIST that, in turn, points to elements that do not exist, a User Fatal Message is produced for each nonexistent element, but the run continues.
Description
User Information: The user intent is not known, but this likely is a user input error. User Avoidance: Check the .f06 file for any USER FATAL MESSAGES and correct the input accordingly
CR 1-285971311 MSC / MD Nastran Excessive runtime in ERPCALC module If the ERP case control command is refering to a set number, as for example ERP(...)=1 this may lead to excessive runtimes in Nastran. Workaround: use ERP(...)=ALL
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Known Error Product Correcte d Version
Abstract Multiopt.exe - Unable to Locate Componen, SCAKernel.dll not found For the MD Nastran 2010 release, there was an issue discovered with the configuration for Multi Model Optimization on windows platforms. When running multiopt, an error dialogue box will appear: ------multiopt.exe - Unable to Locate Component This application has failed to start because SCAKernel.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. ------There is no need to reinstall SCAKernal if it is already installed. To resolve this issue, there are 3 environment variables that need to be set by the user. Avoidance: For both windows 32 and 64 bit operating systems, the following environment variables need to be set: set SCA_SERVICE_CATALOG={Nastran_install_path}\md20101\res\SCAServiceCatalog.xml set SCA_RESOURCE_DIR={Nastran_install_path}\md20101\res For windows 32 bit operating systems, the following environment variable will need to be set: set PATH={Nastran_install_path}\md20101\win32\lib;%PATH% For windows 64 bit operating systems, the following environment variable will need to be set: set PATH={Nastran_install_path}\md20101\win64\lib;%PATH% =============================== For windows 32 bit operating systems with standard installation, these are the commands set PATH=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\win32\lib;%PATH% set SCA_SERVICE_CATALOG=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\res\SCASer viceCatalog.xml set SCA_RESOURCE_DIR=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\res For windows 64 bit operating systems with standard installation, these are the commands
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Known Error
CR 1-285981821 set PATH=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\win64\lib;%PATH% set SCA_SERVICE_CATALOG=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\res\SCASer viceCatalog.xml set SCA_RESOURCE_DIR=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\md20101\res
CR 1-286004131 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 7381 is misleading In the message below, the spline6 ID is in error and is mistakenly reported the same as the virtual surface number.
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 7381 (VSFSPC) THE VIRTUAL SURFACE NUMBER=1, SPECIFIED ON SPLINE6 BULK DATA ENTRY ID=1, IS NOT CONNECTED TO ANY STRUCTURAL POINT. USER INFORMATION: THIS WILL CAUSE SINGULARITY IN THE SOLUTION. CR 1-286054871 MSC / MD Nastran ExtSE reduction w SESDAMP does not produce reduced BAAX w ACMS An external superelement reduction (EXTSEOUT) with ACMS will not generate the BAAX matrix. Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter in V2010 compile MDPHS1B $ alter 'CALL CMPMODE' $ 174 after fluid modes calculated $ type parm,,i,n,sdamp,nocmlamf,nocmlama $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,I,Y,KDAMP,KDAMPFL $ TYPE PARM,NDDL,CHAR8,Y,SESDAMP $ TYPE PARM,,LOGI,N,ADDMD $ $ $ fluid modal damping $ if(EXTOUT0)then $ DBSTATUS CMLAMaF//S,N,NOCMLAMF $
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Known Error
CR 1-286054871 PARAML CASEs//'DTI'/1/149//S,N,SDAMP $ ADDMD=(KDAMPfl>-1 AND SDAMP>0 AND NOCMLAMf>0 AND SESDAMP='YES') $ if (addmd) then $ GKAM USET,cmphof,,CMLAMaf,DIT,,,,CASES,,/ MHHfx,BHHf,KHHfx,PHDHfx,,,,/-1/0/0.0/ 1.E+30/-1/-1/-1/0//KDAMPfl/true $ endif $ damping endif $ EXTOUT0 alter 'CALL MDACMSO' $ structural modal damping if fluid present $ if(EXTOUT0)then $ DBSTATUS CMLAMa//S,N,NOCMLAMa $ PARAML CASEs//'DTI'/1/149//S,N,SDAMP $ ADDMD=(KDAMP>-1 AND SDAMP>0 AND NOCMLAMa>0 AND SESDAMP='YES') $ if (addmd) then $ GKAM USET,GOQx,,CMLAMa,DIT,,,,CASES,,/ MHHsx,BHHs,KHHsx,PHDHsx,,,,/-1/0/0.0/ 1.E+30/-1/-1/-1/0//KDAMP $ endif $ damping endif $ EXTOUT0 alter 'CALL MDACMSO'(2) $ structural modal damping if fluid is not present if(EXTOUT0)then $ DBSTATUS CMLAMa//S,N,NOCMLAMa $ PARAML CASEs//'DTI'/1/149//S,N,SDAMP $ ADDMD=(KDAMP>-1 AND SDAMP>0 AND NOCMLAMa>0 AND SESDAMP='YES') $ if (addmd) then $ GKAM USET,GOQx,,CMLAMa,DIT,,,,CASES,,/ MHHsx,BHHs,KHHsx,PHDHsx,,,,/-1/0/0.0/ 1.E+30/-1/-1/-1/0//KDAMP $ endif $ damping endif $ EXTOUT0 alter 'EQUIVX CMPHOXX' $ merge modal damping if present if (extout0)then $ merge bhhf,,,bhhs,vfs,/bhh/-1 $ endif $ alter 'EQUIVX CMPHSA'(,-1) $ IF ( extout0 )equivx bhhs/bhh/always $ modal damping
Known Error
CR 1-286054871 alter 'ATQSET AND SEID'(,-1) if (extout0)then add bqq,bhh/bqqnew $ equivx bqqnew/bqq/always $ endif $
CR 1-286054885 MSC / MD Nastran 1-286054885 If an external superelement is created using fluid elements and a modal reduction on the fluid is done and modal damping is requested, then the damping matrix will be incorrect for the external superelement. No modal damping will be calculated for the fluid modes and modal damping for the structural component modes will incorrectly be applied starting with the dof representing the fluid component modes. CR 1-286111604 MSC / MD Nastran sol 106 - rforce - sfm 4276 (unpack) error code 31 In SOL 106, a customer model with RFORCE and CWELD has been observed to fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) ERROR CODE 31 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACK) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. USER ACTION: THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO MSC FOR DEBUGGING YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. 1 * * * END OF JOB * * * When RFORCE or the WELD elements are removed the error does not occur. An avoidance is to add this ALTER: COMPILE NLSTATIC ALTER 'NOT.*NLHEAT.*SSG1','' $ IF ( NOT(NLHEAT) ) SSG1 SLT,BGPDTH,CSTMS, ,EST,MPTS,ETT,EDTS,MJJ, CASESX2,DITS,,,,GPSNTS,CSTM0,SCSTM,GEOM4S,,SLTNLOLD,,,,/ PGRES0,PTELMNL1,SLT1,SLTNL,PGGRV0,/LUSETS/1//APP// TABS/SEID//LGDISP0/TRUE/OGRAV $
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CR 1-286237301 MSC / MD Nastran Job fails in ADG if there the CSTMA datablock is missing The ADG module gives a fatal message if the the CSTMA datablock is missing (the job has no coordinate systems). With aerodydynamics input using CAEROx entries, there will always be coordinate systems, but with user input of aerodynamics using DMIJ or DMIK entries, it is possible to have a job without a coordinate system. User Avoidance: Add a dummy coordinate system to the job.
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CR 1-286259525 MSC / MD Nastran Linear gaps do not work with DMP domainsolver If PARAM,CDITER (the iterative GAP) is used with DMP, the run will ignore the iterative GAP(s).
Description
Avoidance: If you wish to use the iterative GAP, don't use DMP.
CR 1-286267194 MSC / MD Nastran IFPStar - PFAST with MASS=0.0. bad warning message A PFAST with MASS=0.0 will generate a superflous error message with IFPSTAR=YES Example: PFAST 3 .25 0 0 10000. 10000. 10000. 0. 0. 0. 0.
Description
*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9991 (SDLWIF) Errors in Bulk Data entries were encountered at include level 0. File: E:\tmp\cfast.bdf *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 9994 (BULKPM) PFAST with PID=3 near line 238 User action: MASS:0. > 0.0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 9994 (BULKRF) Default value will be used.
Known Error
CR 1-286267194 Avoidance: this can be ignored
CR 1-286267228 MSC / MD Nastran Release Guide Problem ns2sc69 missing from TPL The MD 2010 Release Guide lists TPL problem ns2sc69, but it is missing from the TPL. The tpl file is actually \tpl\nsg_400\q285147074.dat
CR 1-286327070 MSC / MD Nastran MASS MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS message issued with param,nmloop,1 in SUBCASE In SOL 106, if you request PARAM,NMLOOP in the SUBCASE for modes, and this is not the first SUBCASE, you may get the following fatal message:
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4683 (REIG) MASS MATRIX NEEDED FOR EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS Parameter applicability table indicates it could be specified in either bulkdata section or the case control section. Specifying the parameter above the subcases or in the bulk data deck works.
CR 1-286333451 MSC / MD Nastran gpforce and rigid=lagrange and set definition in sol 101 using rigid = lagrange and gpforce=set id ends up with no result and following warning:
Description
*** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3003 (GPFDR) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ECTS (FILE 105) IN SUBROUTINE GPFLNE GPFORCE=all is working
Known Error Product
CR 1-286398367 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 109 with a TSTEP using a continuation line may fail with SFM 4276 EC 3021 in module TRD1 SOL 109 may fail in module TRD1 with the message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (CLOSE) ERROR CODE 3021 PID= 0 This may occur if there are ROTORG and UNBALNC entries and no NOLINi entries, and the TSTEP entry has a continuation. An avoidance is to request a dummy NOLINi such as: NOLIN1 300 4901 2 0. 4901 2 310 CR 1-286417497 MSC / MD Nastran param,buckle,2 seems to affect convergence Adding param,buckle,2 to the nonlinear solution 106 can affect the convergence characteristics. If PARAM.LGDISP was not set, it will be set to 1 if PARAM,BUCKLE is requested. CR 1-286422408 MSC / MD Nastran Random, pbeam and pbeaml, stresses and forces, intermediate output Using a pbeam or pbeaml without intermediate stations defined in a random solution outputs intermediate results that are all zeros. The .f06 file is OK, no intermediate results. The punch file and the .op2 files have intermediate results (zero's) CR 1-286435555 MSC / MD Nastran no xdb otuput when user tries param,solid,xxxx and param,model,xxxx parameters. The parameters SOLID and MODEL are obsolete. However, if used, they may result in no xdb output
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Known Error Product
Description Avoidance: Remove PARAM,SOLID and / or PARAM,MODEL from the input file.
CR 1-286440747 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 thermal using Advanced elements, the thermal gradients are output in basic systems SOL 400 using advanced element formulations (PSHLN1, PSHLN2, etc.): the thermal gradient and heat flux are output in the basic coordinate system CR 1-286442031 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran performance on Vista and Windows 7 Most MD/MSC Nastran jobs executed on Vista or Windows 7 experience the same or similar performance as on Windows XP. However, in some cases where there is a large amount of disk I/O, MSC/MD Nastran jobs that are executed on Vista or Windows 7 may experience severe performance degradation and the job may appear to hang during execution. The SCR300 partition is the most vulnerable to this I/O issue and it has been observed in large models that calculate large numbers of modes (SOL 103, 111, 112), large nonlinear jobs with many timesteps (SOL 400), and transient solutions with large numbers of timesteps (159). Avoidance: The work-around is to use MD/MSC Nastran I/O buffering instead of Windows I/O buffering. SYSFIELD = "SCR3*(RAW=YES,async=YES,wnum=32,wsize=32mb)" Notes: 1) MSC does not recommend setting the SYSFIELD parameter as a default setting because models that do not need it may experience throughput degradation. 2) The above SYSFIELD setting will require 1Gb of memory outside of Nastran, so users may need to account for this while setting memory.
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Known Error Product
CR 1-286450491 MSC / MD Nastran Margin of Safety for BEAM is incorrect for Nonl solution for subcase other than first
CR 1-286450491 The Margin of Safety for beam elements is incorrect in geometric nonlinear analysis (sol106 or 400) for subcases or steps that follow a strain output request. CR 1-286453105 MSC / MD Nastran V2010 f04 files mention V2009 the F04 files generated by MD 2010 show
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SUMMARYOFFILEASSIGNMENTFORTHE P R I M A R Y D A T A B A S E ( DBSNO 1, V2009.0 ) This does not affect the perfromance of Nastran.
CR 1-286468725 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran 2007 and earlier allows () characters in out statement. Later versions no longer do. Nastran 2008 and later do not allow () characters in the out= command line argument. For example:
Description
nastran test.dat out=test2() causes Nastran to end with no output files. If Nastran is run from a command line, it will compain about the files being invalid batch files or invalid commands.
CR 1-286480855 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 105, Composite Element, No Element Fiber Stress or Strain Output in Buckling SUBCASE A buckling solution (SOL 105) using composite elements (PCOMP) does not output the element stress and strain output in the buckling subcase. Element forces are output but not the fiber stress and strain data of the composite element. An avoidance alter is:
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Known Error
CR 1-286480855 COMPILE SEDRCVR ALTER 'SDR2.*OEF1A.*OES1A'(,-1) $ IF ( APP1 = 'BKL1' ) APP1 = 'REIG'
CR 1-286530791 MSC / MD Nastran Missing TPL file cpl_freq_heat.dat The Release Guide for V2010 on page 24 indicates that the file cpl_freq_heat.dat should be in the TPL, however the file is was not included with the delivery. The file may be requested from MSC Support. CR 1-286551311 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with Arbitrary beam via PBRSECT/PBMSECT entries may fail in DOPR1 module SOL 200 job with arbitrary beam via PBRSECT/PBMSECT entries may fail fail in DOPR1 module. Avodiance: If possible, take the offending PBxSECT out of the design model.
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CR 1-286561931 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 heat transfer using PSHLN2 and PLPLANE for plain strain formulation - QVOL option is not SOL 400 heat transfer using PSHLN2 and PLPLANE for plain strain formulation - QVOL option is not supported : This example demonstrates typical input and the resulting fatal message: plplane,1,1 pshln2,1,1,,1.0,ih ,c4,,,plstrn,L CQUAD4 1 1 1 2 13 12 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 3096 (SSGSLT) ELEMENT ID =2 AS REFERENCED ON A QVOL, QBDY1, QBDY2, QBDY3, OR QVECT ENTRY COULD NOT BE FOUND AMONG ACCEPTABLE ELEMENTS FOR THAT LOAD TYPE.
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Known Error
CR 1-286561931 Avoidance: Do not use PSHLN2 and PLPLANE for this type of analysis.
Known Error Product
CR 1-286745332 MSC / MD Nastran sol 103 running with dmp or domainsolver(modes) will not calculate residual vectors sol 103 will not generate residual vectors( using resvec=yes) when domainsolver modes(PARTOPT=GRID). Avoidance: use domainsolver modes(PARTOPT=DOF) or domainsolver acms CR 1-286774901 MSC / MD Nastran Duplicate Stress output in .f06 Nastran may give duplicate stress output. This can occur in either the '.f06' or the '.pch' file. This happens because the STRESS and NLSTRESS outputs are the same for some elements. One way to avoid this is to add a case control command NLSTRESS=NONE in addition th the STRESS output command. CR 1-286807779 MSC / MD Nastran sol 700 - dytran-lsdyna is started although an include file is missing If include files are missing, a SOL 700 job may begin execution despite the missing files. CR 1-286858681 MSC / MD Nastran Solid model with contact may fail iwth contact penetration errors. In SOL 400, a solid model with very complex contact may fail with contact penetration errors when the model runs to completion in SOL 600. Possible avoidance: specify PSLDN1 entry.
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Known Error
CR 1-286931929 Linear option for RIGID behavor leads to data recovery error for Brake Squeal analysis in SOL 400 If RIGID=LINEAR is used in a brake squeal analysis in SOL 400, the following error may occur in subdmap PPTODD while perfroming a MATREDU: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3007 (MATREDU) ILLEGAL INPUT TO SUBROUTINE PARTN
Description
NJ Teng; 09/23/10. The error is corrected in MD 2010.2. Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-286965451 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400 corrupted xdb 6065(DBC) When running SOL 400 with multiple output requests and steps can yeild the following message. An avoidance is to limit output requested to singular, such as DISPLACEMENT and do not run coupled thermal/structural processing SUBSTEPs. *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6065 (DBC) *** DBCMSG ERROR MESSAGE 23 FROM SUBROUTINE GRIDBK OUTPUT LIST SYNCHRONIZATION PROBLEM FOR NLLF VALUE = 2.0000E+00, POSITION = 0. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Lagrange multiplier and RESVEC/RVDOF The modal dynamic response solution sequences with extra points will fail if the NODYNRSP option is used in the RESVEC command. The following alter will fix the problem: Description compile gmam $ alter 'nm=nm+noue', '' $ endalter $ Known Error Product Corrected Version CR 1-287059302 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-287051285 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-287059302 fatal message 3200(SDRXD), sol 129, pload1 and lseq, cbar and cbeam If a SOL 129 model has LSEQ entries and the "EXCITEID" and the "LID" are not in the same order, the model may fail with: USER FATAL MESSAGE 3200 (SDRXD) LOGIC ERROR DETECTED BY SUBROUTINETBLEDT Avoidance: One possible avoidance is to create LSEQ entries such that the "EXCITEID" and the "LID" are in the same sort order.
Description
CR 1-287155703 MSC / MD Nastran SOL111 restart job calculates eigenvalues again with glued contact A restart in V2007.1-V2010 for a model containing glued contact may lose the glued contact. Avoidance: Insert the following alter (or a modification thereof, it contains the correct DMAP for V2007.1 and V2010) into your restart file compile ifpl alter 'CALL IFPS CASEXX,IBULK,ARBMLIST','' $ $ v2007.1 $CALL IFPS CASEXX,IBULK,ARBMLIST/BULK, $ GEOM1Q,EPT,MPT,EDT,DIT,DYNAMIC,GEOM2,GEOM3,GEOM4, $ MATPOOL,AXIC,DEFUSET,DMI,DMINDX,DTI,DTINDX,PVT0,EDOM, $ DEQATN,DEQIND,CONTACT,OINT,EPTA,PCOMPT,TOPTAB,TOPELE, $ PBRMS,IFEXPNT,VEFS,iACTNOD,TOMTAB/ $ S,DBALL0/S,AMBS/-1/AUXMID/NOGOIFP1/NOGOXSRT/S,NOGOIFP/ $ NOXSORT/APP/NONLNR/S,DRATIO/S,AESO $ $ v2008 CALL IFPS CASEXX,IBULK,ARBMLIST, GEOM1*,EPT*,MPT*,EDT*,DIT*,DYNAMIC*, GEOM2*,GEOM3*,GEOM4*,EPTA*,PCOMPT*, MATPOOL*,AXIC*,PVT*,DMI*,DMINDX*,DTI*,DTINDX*, DEFUSET*,EDOM*,DEQATN*,DEQIND*,CONTACT*,OINT*/ BULK,GEOM1Q,EPT,MPT,EDT,DIT,DYNAMIC,GEOM2,GEOM3, GEOM4,MATPOOL,AXIC,DEFUSET,DMI,DMINDX,DTI,DTINDX, PVT0,EDOM,DEQATN,DEQIND,CONTACT,OINT,EPTA,PCOMPT, TOPTAB,TOPELE,PBRMS,IFEXPNT,VEFS,iACTNOD,TOMTAB,HRMSP/ S,DBALL0/S,AMBS/-1/AUXMID/NOGOIFP1/NOGOXSRT/S,NOGOIFP/ NOXSORT/APP/NONLNR/S,DRATIO/S,AESO/NOGOIFP0/RUNIFP3/ RUNIFP4/RUNIFP5/RUNIFP6/RUNIFP7/RUNIFP8/RUNIFP9/
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Known Error
CR 1-287155703 RUNMEPT/RUNIFP10 $ $ v2010 $ CALL IFPS CASEXX,IBULK,ARBMLIST, $ GEOM1*,EPT*,MPT*,EDT*,DIT*,DYNAMIC*, $ GEOM2*,GEOM3*,GEOM4*,EPTA*,PCOMPT*, $ MATPOOL*,AXIC*,PVT*,DMI*,DMINDX*,DTI*,DTINDX*, $ DEFUSET*,EDOM*,DEQATN*,DEQIND*,CONTACT*,OINT*,PVT, $ CASESPRD/ $ BULK,GEOM1Q,EPT,MPT,EDT,DIT,DYNAMIC,GEOM2,GEOM3, $ GEOM4,MATPOOL,AXIC,DEFUSET,DMI,DMINDX,DTI,DTINDX, $ PVT0,EDOM,DEQATN,DEQIND,CONTACT,OINT,EPTA,PCOMPT, $ TOPTAB,TOPELE,PBRMS,IFEXPNT,VEFS,iACTNOD,TOMTAB,HRMSP, $ OFCON3D0,FSI/ $ S,DBALL0/S,AMBS/-1/AUXMID/NOGOIFP1/NOGOXSRT/S,NOGOIFP/ $ NOXSORT/APP/NONLNR/S,DRATIO/S,AESO/NOGOIFP0/RUNIFP3/ $ RUNIFP4/RUNIFP5/RUNIFP6/RUNIFP7/RUNIFP8/RUNIFP9/ $ RUNMEPT/RUNIFP10/S,OPENFSI $ $ alter 'RESTART ,,,LIST/TLIST/TRUE ' $ equivx iactnod/actnod/always $ $ compile phase0 $ alter 'GP4 CASEQ,GEOM4S,EQEXINS,SILS,'(,-1) $ equivx actnodx/actnods/always $
CR 1-287210571 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation - MD Nastran 2010 Installation and Operations Guide - table for SGI IRIX There is the following information in "mdnastran_2010_doc_product_information.pdf". "MD Nastran will no longer be delivered on the SGI IRIX platform; MD Nastran R3 is available on SGI IRIX." But in "Appendix D : System Descriptions" of "MD Nastran 2010 Installation and Operations Guide", there is the Table D-6 for SGI IRIX. The users should ignore references to Irix in the MD 2010 installation and operations guide.
Description
CR 1-287223511 MSC / MD Nastran Fatal error if parametric loads different for each Mach number In MD Nastran 2010, in SOL 144, if there are multiple TRIM subcases, the following error may occur: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD1) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR PIRGV IS 101 42 246 2 2 108 281 TRAILER FOR UXIFV IS 102 1 34 2 2 34 5000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00000 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 0 The problem is that the nddl path for PIRGV does not contain IMACHNO. The values in PIRGV are not a function of Mach, but the number of matrix columns is. Avoidance: run one Mach number at a time.
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Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description
CR 1-287309769 MSC / MD Nastran Sol600,153 job requires MD_thermal licenses A SOL 600 thermal job pulls a MD_Thermal license. CR 1-287316843 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600: Marc translator cannot translate "MARCIN" for subcase 2. For SOL 600 jobs with multiple subcases, the Marc translator cannot translate "MARCIN" after the 1st subcase. CR 1-287415111 MSC / MD Nastran
CR 1-287415111 SOL 600 translator ignores RJOINT entry and does not issue any warning SOL 600 does not support RJOINT - there is no warning and the user may obtain unexpected answers. CR 1-287428183 MSC / MD Nastran table 5-1 in QRG lists AUTOMSET as supported in sol 106 The QRG shows in TABLE 5-1 that parameter AUTOMSET is supported in sol 106, this is incorrect CR 1-287469259 MSC / MD Nastran sol 101 - sfm 4276 (unpackjc) in ssg1 A model with superelements + LOAD bulk data entries that reference nonexisting loads may fail in loads processing (SSG1) with the following error in the .f06 file: BIOMSG: ERROR 105 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE UNPACKJc, FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 ********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE *********
Description
INDEX LOGNAME STREAM_ID NAME 1 SCRATCH 00000001 f:/scratch/my-llp.T1428_30.SCRATCH 2 OBJSCR 00000002 f:/scratch/my-llp.T1428_30.OBJSCR 3 MASTER 00000003 f:/scratch/my-llp.T1428_30.MASTER 4 DBALL 00000004 f:/scratch/my-llp.T1428_30.DBALL 5 SCR300 00000005 f:/scratch/my-llp.T1428_30.SCR300 6 MASTERA FFFFFFFA c:/msc/md20101/md20101/win64/SSS.MASTERA 7 MSCOBJ FFFFFFF9 c:/msc/md20101/md20101/win64/SSS.MSCOBJ *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (UNPACKJc) ERROR CODE 105 PID= 0 Avoidance: make sure that the Li referenced in the LOAD bulk data entry exist for each superelement.
Known Error
CR 1-287499991
Known Error Product
CR 1-287499991 MSC / MD Nastran xnastran and xmonast executables are not available in /MDNastran2010/md20101/linux64 folder Linux64 does not have XNASTRAN or XMONAST in the delivered installation for MD Nastran 2010.1
Description
-----------------------------------------These two files are missing under the build location. Assigning it to Mohammad to take a look.
CR 1-287500545 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP MATMOD 38, RIGID=LAGR, SFM 3003 MATMOD In some cirsumstances, MATMOD 38 may fail with: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (MATMOD) ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK ESTN (FILE 101) IN SUBROUTINE ESTGNID 0FATAL ERROR One case where this behavior is noticed is for a model with: 1) rigid=lagrang 2) cquad4 in the model 3) the SET contains the last element ID of CQUAD4. The cause is under investigation.
Description
CR 1-287515621 MSC / MD Nastran CBUSH element not available in SOL 700 A Nastran model with CBUSH is not recognized by SOL 700. The workaround is to use the ls-dyna material properties MAT094 to define properties on CBEAMS to get the same effect. CR 1-287535951 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error Product
CR 1-287535951 Unpredictable results for BEADVAR with SKIP option in MD R3 / 2008 In MDR3 / 2008 when using BEADVAR with the SKIP option (BC, LOAD, or BOTH), all grids must be in numeric ascending order starting with 1 or the BEADVAR SKIP option does not work properly and will produce unpredictable results. Avoidance: Renumber the model or use version 2010.
Description
CR 1-287619447 MSC / MD Nastran failure indices are printed to f06 even if stress(plot), strain(plot) is used in sol106 lgdisp,1 in SOL 106 with composites and LGDISP, failure indices are printed to f06 even if stress(plot) and strain(plot) are used. Avoidance: none
Description
CR 1-287680269 MSC / MD Nastran Topometry optimization converged at cycle=1 with IPOPT It has been reported that a Topometry Optimization job with Young's Modulus as a design variable using IPOPT stops at cycle 1 without updating E. The problem is under investigation.
Description
CR 1-287682881 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 600 - PBUSHT cards - UFM 2011 (TA1) - No property entry Remark 10 of the PBUSH entry indicates that a PBUSH is not necessary if a PBUSHT with the same ID is entered. However, a SOL 600 job with PBUSHT that doesn't have a corresponding PBUSH may fail with the following messages:
Description For a SINGLE PBUSHT w/o corresponding PBUSH: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2011 (TA1) NO PROPERTY ENTRY FOR ELEMENT TYPE BUSH *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3003 (TA1)
Known Error
CR 1-287682881 ATTEMPT TO READ PAST THE END OF A LOGICAL RECORD IN DATA BLOCK EPTS (FILE 103) IN SUBROUTINE TA1A 0FATAL ERROR For MULTIPLE PBUSHT w/o corresponding PBUSH: BIOMSG: ERROR 201 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE WRITE , FILE INDEX = 0. STATUS = 0 ********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE ********* INDEX LOGNAME STREAM_ID NAME 1 SCRATCH 00000001 f:/scratch/sol600_spring_model_3llp.T3500_25.SCRATCH 2 OBJSCR 00000002 f:/scratch/sol600_spring_model_3-llp.T3500_25.OBJSCR 3 MASTER 00000003 f:/scratch/sol600_spring_model_3llp.T3500_25.MASTER 4 DBALL 00000004 f:/scratch/sol600_spring_model_3-llp.T3500_25.DBALL 5 SCR300 00000005 f:/scratch/sol600_spring_model_3-llp.T3500_25.SCR300 6 MASTERA FFFFFFFA c:/msc/md20101/md20101/win64/SSS.MASTERA 7 MSCOBJ FFFFFFF9 c:/msc/md20101/md20101/win64/SSS.MSCOBJ 8 MSCSOU FFFFFFF8 c:/msc/md20101/md20101/win64/SSS.MSCSOU *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (WRITE) ERROR CODE 201 PID= 0 *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (WRITE) THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. USER ACTION: THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO MSC FOR DEBUGGING YOUR PROBLEM. PLEASE CONTACT MSC CLIENT SUPPORT. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2011 (TA1) NO PROPERTY ENTRY FOR ELEMENT TYPE BUSH Avoidance: Provide a PBUSH entry for each PBUSHT.
CR 1-287691109 MSC / MD Nastran core dump when many elements are assinged for the time history results (DYTIMHS & MATM) For SOL 700 jobs with elements that reference MATM materials and have a large amount of time history result requests for these elements, the job may crash.
Known Error
CR 1-287691109 In the case reported there were about 7000 elements with requested output, when this is reduced to 200, the job runs fine. Avoidance: reduce the number of output requests.
CR 1-287692577 MSC / MD Nastran MATM - Access violation A Progressive Failure Analysis model in SOL 400 model with MATM entries may fail with an access violation: MAIN: "Access violation" (C0000005) exception encountered
CR 1-287720241 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 DMP may fail or hang SOL 400 DMP may hang or fail with unexpected results. This happens for certain rare cases with contact. Avoidance: One possible avoidance is to use PARAM,LMTOPT,1
CR 1-287720617 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 106 creates XDB that does not have stress and strain output for all increments SOL 106 may not have stress / strain output for all increments.
Description
Avoidance: Use NASTRAN,DBCFACT=4, or else use the output2 file. Refer to PARAM,POST in the Quick Reference Guide. CR 1-287759881 MSC / MD Nastran sol 600 thermal contact: stops with bctable error In SOL 600, a model with thermal contact fails with the following error in the .f06
Known Error
CR 1-287759881 Severe Warning in SOL 600 - BCTABLE uses table ID of 1 which does not exist. Please check the input data Avoidance: The model that produced this error is under investigation.
CR 1-287767891 MSC / MD Nastran Rotor dynamics in SOL 109 with multiple TSTEP groups may fail Rotor dynamics in SOL 109 with multiple TSTEP groups and no NOLIN entries may fail with a message like *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 2090 (TRD1) TABLE DICTIONARY ENTRY 93347 IS MISSING. An avoidance is to add a dummy NOLIN such as: NONLINEAR=99995 $ ERROR AVOIDANCE NOLIN1,99995,1385 ,1, 0.,1385,1, 99996 TABLED1,99996 +,-1.,+1.,+1.,-1.,ENDT On NOLIN1 entry replace DOF 1385 ,1 with a member of the "D" set (solution set). CR 1-287772491 MSC / MD Nastran Deck with composite materials may fail with SFM 3008 in SDRCOMP if mem=8gb requested. A large problem containing composite elements may fail with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3008 (SDRCOMP) INSUFFICIENT MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR SUBROUTINE PREMAT 0FATAL ERROR when it is run on an LP64 system and mem=8GB is requested. The machine must have sufficient memory resources to allow Nastran access to the full 8GB. Possible avoidance: run at reduced memory of say 6GB.
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Known Error Product
Description
CR 1-287786911 MSC / MD Nastran Model with automset,yes UIM 1187, UFM 9163(SEKR0) A model with PARAM,AUTOMSET,YES may fail in MD Nastran 2010 with the following
Known Error
CR 1-287786911 message. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 1187 (XRETUR) RETURNING TO SUBDMAP ZMCE1 WHICH WAS RECURSIVELY CALLED ^^^ USER FATAL MESSAGE 9163 (SEKR0) ^^^ THE FOLLOWING A-SET DEGREES OF FREEDOM ARE IN CONFLICT WITH MPC AND/OR RIGID ELEMENT SPECIFICATIONS. ^^^ USER ACTION: REMOVE 2 DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM FROM THE A-SET. 1 ADAMS MNF GENERATION OCTOBER 5, 2010 MD NASTRAN 7/15/10 PAGE 13 MODEL GENERATED BY CONCEPT FRAME BUILDER 0 0 RXA POINT VALUE POINT VALUE POINT VALUE POINT VALUE POINT VALUE Avoidance: This problem is under investigation.
Known Error Product
CR 1-287795248 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 shape optimization + extse via CSUPER: UFM 5423 (MPYAD) ; INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES MAPS XAAV In MD 2010.1: a sol 200 shape optimization run with external superelements via CSUPER gets below FATAL *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR MAPS IS 106 1418 1418 1227 TRAILER FOR XAAV IS 105 1 20150 2 2 40300 10000 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00200 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 1 Avidance: insert following dmap alter compile spdr1 $ alter 'noaset=lusets'(,-1),'noaset=lusets' $
Description
Known Error
CR 1-287795248 NP = PEID $ paraml usets//'presence'////s,n,nousets $ if ( nousets=-1 ) then $ NOASET=LUSETS $ else $ PARAML USETS//'USET'//////'A'/S,N,NOASET $ endif $
CR 1-287796585 MSC / MD Nastran M2GG request must be above the subcases or in the first subcase, If there are multiple subcases in the analysis, the M2GG command must appear above the first subcase or in the first subcase. M2GG requests in the second and subsequent subcases will be ignored. For superelements, it should occur in the first subcase for the appropriate superelement. CR 1-287813811 MSC / MD Nastran MARC I8 executable is not avaiable for SOL 600 for Linux64 and AIX on MD Nastran 2010.1 MD2010.1 SOL 600 does not contain the executable files for MARC for mode=i8. Avoidance:
Description
Known Error Product
Description
Use the I4 MARC version for SOL 600 in MD2010.1 ------------Please test with the latest installers of MD(RC3) and MSC. This is fixed.
CR 1-287813861 MSC / MD Nastran MD SOL700 32bit Windows version has a mpich problem In MD Nastran 2010, Windows 32 bit machines fail when trying use FSI DMP 'cannot find out mpich2mpi.dll' Kim : Win32 version needs installation of MPICH2 on C:\Program Files
CR 1-287836216 MSC / MD Nastran SOL600 fails if the installation path is too long If the installation path name is too long, SOL 600 will fail.
Description
Avoidance: Avoid long directory paths when installing.
Known Error Product
CR 1-287865581 MSC / MD Nastran MONPNT2 results are in error for element types that don't refer to a property entry It has been found the element types that do not refer to a property entry can give incorrect MONPNT2 results. these element types include: Celas2, celas4,cdamp2,cdamp4, cmass2,cmass4,cfluid2,3 and 4, cflmass,caxif2,3 and 4, cslot3,cslot4 and ctriax6 User avoidance: There is no reasonable avoidance, but it may be that correct answers for the above elements can be produced if every grid referenced by the element is referenced on a monpnt2 that refers to an element type that is not on the above list.
Description
CR 1-287893655 MSC / MD Nastran Rayleigh damping param ALPHA2 has no effect on nonlinear elements. Rayleigh damping has two parameters, ALPHA1 and ALPHA2. In SOL400 (as well as SOL129), the latter, ALPHA2 has no effect on nonlinear elements. CR 1-287898551 MSC / MD Nastran MCFRACTION is not listed in the Case Control Applicability Tables MCFRACTION is not documented in the Quick Reference Guide applicabilty table. In V2010, MCFRACTION is valid for SOLs 110, 111, and 112.
CR 1-287903631 MSC / MD Nastran BAR(100) element stress output gives totally wrong phase results if force output is also requested In Frequency Response analysis: If Magnitude / Phase output is requested for CBAR(100) elements (that is, CBAR elements referencing CBARAO or PLOAD1 entries) and FORCE AND STRESS output are requested, then the phase results for of the stress output are incorrect. Avoidance: this is under investigation.
Description
CR 1-287934901 MSC / MD Nastran Win64: The system cannot find the batch label specified - check_mpi Running Marc from the command line of an MSC Nastran 2010 installation may generate the following warning: The system cannot find the batch label specified - check_mpi This warning may be safely ignored.
Description
CR 1-287934912 MSC / MD Nastran On win64, submitting with "arch=32" - .log file shows 2 different license acquisitions for Nastran In V2010.1 on win64, if nastran is sumbitted with "arch=32" specified on the command line, the .log file will indicate that 2 Nastran licenses were acquired. In actuality, the license is checked out and back in and the highwater license count is only one. CR 1-287956821 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 400 Perturbation Analysis: NLSTAT followed by MFREQ/MTRAN yields wrong eigenvalues If an analysis chaning job runs step 1 as NLSTAT followed by step 2 as MFREQ, the eigenvalues will be in error. NLSTAT followed by MODES yields the correct eigenvalues.
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Known Error Product
Known Error
CR 1-287956821 Avoidance: Insert the following DMAP alter: COMPILE NONLIN NOLIST $ ALTER 'IF.*LGDISP0.*OR','' $ 1175,1175 in MD 2010.1.0-CL83495 IF ( (LGDISP0>-1 OR (LGDISP0<0 AND IANLCHNG=1 AND (ANALYCHN='MODE' OR ANALYCHN='MFRE' OR ANALYCHN='MTRA' or analysis=MCEI))) AND NOT(NLHEAT) ) THEN $ ENDALTER $
CR 1-287960848 MSC / MD Nastran MD 2010 QRG: Error in NLOPRM DBGPOST In MD 2010 QRG, Remark 4 of NLOPRM refers to output in the .f06 file. The correct remark should be: 4) For DBGPOST, all nonlinear information is placed in the MASTER/DBALL. CR 1-288073401 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 domainsolver dsa : SFM 3001 (SEP2DR) A SOL 200 run with no Superelements (Residual only) or SESET Superelements and parallel sensitivities via domainsolver dsa will fail with *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (SEP2DR) THE INPUT DATA BLOCK NAMED DSLIST AT POSITION 1 DOES NOT EXIST.
Description
For PART Superelements, the error does not occur. Avoidance: For domainsolver dsa and dmp>1, insert following dmap alter compile desopt $ alter 'if ( not(partse) or dvronly )'(4,) $ equivx dslist/dslist0/-1 $
CR 1-288104481 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 sizing plus external superelement via CSUPER: SFM 6144 (MERGE) A SOL 200 sizing run with external superelement via CSUPER will fails with
Known Error
CR 1-288104481 *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6144 (MERGE) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND PARTITIONING VECTORS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of rows in ULS is not equal to the number of zeros in partitioning vector SCRATCH User Information: Size of input matrices and partitioning vectors: ULS : Rows= 814 by Cols= 3 SCRATCH : Rows= 106082 no. of non-zeros= 102 no. of zeros= 105980
Avoidances: 1) if possible, use Part Superelements 2) Use DMIGPCH Known Error Product CR 1-288104711 MSC / MD Nastran sol 200 shape optimization: incorrect continuation fields *G****** for updated GRIDs in pch In Shape Optimization, when there are a large number designed GRID ids, the continuation entries become incoherent in the resulting punch file. For example: GRID * 9502501 0 3.15966253E+02 4.03780729E+00+G999999 *G999999 9.59654144E+01 0 0 0 GRID * 9502502 0 3.16719991E+02 3.89507185E+00+G****** *G****** 9.61081427E+01 0 0 0 GRID * 9502503 0 3.17445000E+02 3.58100000E+00+G****** *G****** 9.64200000E+01 Avoidances: - nastran system(357)=1 $ to ignore continuation card labels in subsequent runs where the pch file with the updated GRID card is used - param,despch,-1 $ to punch small field GRID cards (however for even larger models the same problem will also occur) Known Error Product Abstract CR 1-288132474 MSC / MD Nastran Model with MPCY and PARAM,INREL Fails with UFM5423 (SADD5).
Description
Known Error
CR 1-288132474 MPCY entries and inertia relief (PARAM INREL) are incompatible. The run may fail with :
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (SADD5) ATTEMPT TO ADD INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES Avoidance: This is currently under investigation
CR 1-288132565 MSC / MD Nastran PARAM,G and W3 on SOL400. PARAM,G and W3 are available in SOL400, but this is not documented in the Paramater Applicablity Tables in the Quick Reference Guide. CR 1-288161421 MSC / MD Nastran RTYPE=FREQ with Rayleigh Quotien Approximation (ATTB=blank) does not work with MultiOpt In Multi Model Optimization (multiopt) a DRESP1 with RTYPE=FREQ and Rayleigh Quotient Approximation (ATTB=blank) does not work. This problem can be avoided by resetting ATTB = 1 or 2 (1 is recommended ) or by using DRESP1=EIGN
Description
Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description
CR 1-288212691 MSC / MD Nastran SOL400: Documentation, QRG NLSTEP The QRG description in the bulk data for the NLSTEP doesnt indicate it needs to be called via an NLSTEP case control command. CR 1-288232171 MSC / MD Nastran There may be a UFM 5423 (MPYAD) failure for PARAM,LMTOPT When AUTOMSET is executed in module NLSOLV (requested by PARAM,LMTOPT), you may fail with:
Known Error
CR 1-288232171 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5423 (MPYAD) ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY INCOMPATIBLE MATRICES FILE# COLS ROWS FORM TYPE NZWD DENS TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 1107 167 167 1 2 84 689 TRAILER FOR SCRATCH IS 337 1 171 2 2 244 7135 TRAILER FOR (NONE) IS 0 0 00200 TRANSPOSE FLAG IS 1 The cause is under investigation.
Known Error Product
CR 1-288239842 MSC / MD Nastran Material Cooridnate System x-axis Perpendicular Plate Element Surface, UWM 4521 If the material angle for a shell element is perpendicular to the element, then the projection is arbitrary and can lead to wrong answers. Prior to V2005.5, the check resulted in a Fatal message. In V2005.5, the check results in a warning message, which can lead to wrong answers. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE 4521 (MC2THE) THE X-AXIS OF COORDINATE SYSTEM 1 IS PERPENDICULAR TO ELEMENT 1 In 2010.1.3, this has been restored to a fatal message.
Description
CR 1-288263772 MSC / MD Nastran RSSCON using ELEM option does not work for PLSOLID elements A model with RSSCON using ELEM option for PLSOLID elements will fail with: *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6692 (SECSR) RSSCON NUMBER #### CANNOT CONNECT AN EDGE OF SHELL ELEMENT #### TO SOLID ELEMENT #### These are incompatible because the RSSCON is based upon linear theory and PLSOLID elements are based upon nonlinear theory. An avoidance may be to use the GRID option.
Description
CR 1-288324841 MSC / MD Nastran SOL 200 job with large number of subcases and design constraints may fail with no responses A SOL 200 job with large number of static subcases and design constraints may fail in DSAD module with UFM 5629 *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 5629 (DSAD1C) THERE ARE DRESP1 ENTRIES FOR RESPONSE TYPE = DISP BUT THERE ARE NO CORRESPONDING OUTPUT RESPONSES. USER ACTION: CHECK THAT THE GRID ID'S LISTED ON THE DRESP1 ENTRIES EXIST.
Avodiance: insert following DMAP alter Description Compile descon $ for static subcases only; no dmap alter is needed $ for decks with only Static AERO subcases Alter ' dsprm ','' $ DSPRM RSP1CT//S,N,WGTVOL///s,n,dostatx/S,N,FAILI/ S,N,CSTRES /S,N,CSTRN /S,N,DOFREQ /S,N,DOCEIG / S,N,DOMTRAN / /s,n,dosaerx / // S,n,dostaty //// /s,n, doese / / s,n,dorms /S,N,DOEIGV /s,n,dogpfe /s,n,dogpfp / s,n,docomp /s,n,dofmass /s,n,CSTRAT /s,n,pfaefm / s,n,acpwri /s,n,acafpm /s,n,domnp1 /s,n,domnd1 / s,n,domnp3 $ Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Linear perturbation with both LGDISP=1 and DCEIG, EIGC with HESS gets different complex eigenvalues In SOL 400, a linear perturbation analysis with ANALYSIS=DCEIG (direct complex eigenvalue extraction) and PARAM,LGDISP,1 and the HESS method on the EIGC entry may produce wrong answers, or different answers on different machines. Avoidance: Using CLAN on the EIGC entry will avoid this error. This error is not observed if PARAM,LGDISP,-1 is used. Known Error CR 1-288459031 CR 1-288433231 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description Known Error Product Abstract Description
CR 1-288459031 MSC / MD Nastran MATMOD option 20 does not work on i8 platforms MATMOD option 20 produces no output on i8 systems. CR 1-288462191 MSC / MD Nastran Test n10x04a and others fail using IFPSTAR for the CIFPENT element IFPStar=YES and the model containing CIFPENT elements bad error checking of grid uniqueness is performed. A new SSS.IFPSDL should be obtained from the download site. CR 1-288518291 MSC / MD Nastran [SIT_2010_EX] postfile does not show temperature in chained analysis A chained thermal mechanical analysis using SOL 400 with OP2 format may not show the results in the 1st step when post processing in SimXpert. Avoidance: use the MASTER/DBALL file instead.
CR 1-288600721 MSC / MD Nastran sol400 job with contact shows reactions high compared to equivalent marc job some sol400 job with contact shows reactions high compared to equivalent marc job as soon as contact penetration happens. This happens only with advanced nonlinear elements (i.e. PSHLN1)
Description - under investigation. Avoidance: increase load increments or refine meshes. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Incorrect message for residual stiffened fraction in progressive failure analysis CR 1-288613382 MSC / MD Nastran
Known Error
CR 1-288613382 A progressive failure analysis model has been observed to fail with: *** ERROR - RESIDUAL STIFFNESS FRACTION OF MATF ID = 2 MUST BE LARGER THAN ZERO *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 7747 (TA1M) 1 unrecoverable error(s) encountered due possibly to bad input.
Description
This is under investigation. Update - Shiva: 25th Nov., 2010 --------------------------------------This issue affected only the STRAIN criterion on MATF. The residual stiffness fractions were not initialized in this case and this caused the error.
Shiva Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Description SOL 600: large number of composite properties causes translation to marc.dat to be slow. When running sol600 with a large number of composite properties the process of writing the Marc dat file is extremely slow. CR 1-288696014 MSC / MD Nastran The defaults for the first continuation record of the TEMPRB are wrong. SYS444=0 The defaults for the first continuation record of the TEMPRB are wrong. This may lead to wrong stress output for linear analysis. This does not affect any other output. For classic IFP the error only occurs if there is no continuation so the avoidance is to supply a blank continuation, which gives the correct defaults. (The IFPSTAR code has been fixed for version 2010.1.1.) CR 1-288710163 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 6962 generating a campbell diagram CR 1-288616791 MSC / MD Nastran
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Known Error
CR 1-288710163 If no complex modes are above the energy set by PARAM,CAMPETHR (default = 50.0 percent), a run to generate a Campbell diagram will fail with
Description
*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 6962 (MATGEN) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR PARAMETER 2 = 0 0FATAL ERROR Avoidance: set a lower value for PARAM,CAMPETHR
CR 1-288717520 MSC / MD Nastran CSEAM stress documentation incorrect The equations for Figure 14-1 of MD4 Nastran V2010 Release Guide Page 371 for XSA1,XSA2,XSB1,XSB2 stress data recovery should read:
Description
xSA1 = xs (W/2) t1s (T/2 )t2s xSA2 = xs +(W/2) t1s (T/2) t2s xSB1 = xs (W/2) t1s + (T/2) t2s xSB2 = xs + (W/2) t1s + (T/2 )t2s where the signs have been corrected.
CR 1-288718219 MSC / MD Nastran Different ASET and SUPORT entries causes UFM 6143 USER is attempting to do preload (using DEFORM loading) modes for creating reduced model by using ADAMSMNF command. When suport dofs are different and are not subset of ASET following error message issued. User is using only one node as the attachment node (ASET dof) and being forced to use dofs other than ones specified on the aset for suport dofs. I assume this will be a limitation that only one connection point can not be used. *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 6143 (UMRG1PR) THE SIZES OF THE INPUT MATRICES AND THE DOF SETS ARE INCOMPATIBLE. SPECIFICALLY: The number of columns in GOT is not equal to the size of the COMP-set User Information: Size of input matrices and DOF sets:
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CR 1-288718219 GOT : Rows= 1158 by Cols= 12 Set sizes: Major (A-set)= 26 Set0 (Q-set)= 20 Set1 (COMP-set)= 6
CR 1-288740471 MSC / MD Nastran Modal Load Case are not correctly scaled when WTMASS != 1.0 It is found that when WTMASS != 1.0, MD Nastran 2010 generate incorrect modal load cases. The bug is in MNF Toolkit, where the rigid body forces are scaled incorrectly. Avoidance: Make sure PARAM WTMASS 1.0 is used.
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CR 1-288774711 MSC / MD Nastran glued contact in superlement analysis if a glued contact is defined in a superelement the job fails with: ^^^ INITIATED FOR SUPERELEMENT 0 *** SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 6498 (MsgGen) Invalid slot number in message data. Invalid reference: "%2", number of inputs: 1. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: Check call to MSGPOP from GP1M3DC with message number 1.0. Severity is 'USER FATAL MESSAGE' (1) %1: '2' USER ACTION: Please contact your MSC representative. *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1 (GP1M3DC) *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 2 (%2) 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3062 MODULE = GP1 FAILURE OCCURRED IN UTILITY
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CR 1-288828461 MSC / MD Nastran Running DMP on Windows CCS clusters with "hosts=" needs to set CHKCCS=yes first
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CR 1-288828461 On Windows clusters, to run DMP on multiple nodes/machines with "hosts=" keyword, the following warning message will be given and only the local node will be used. *** USER WARNING MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: init_rmt_command) hosts=wincce1;wincce3 (command line[4]) Unexpected failure of remote execution request. To avoid the error, do the following: set CHKCCS=yes before running the job, and make sure that "yes" are in lower-case.
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CR 1-288915879 MSC / MD Nastran sol 400 - NLSTEP / ADAPT results in NaN A SOL 400 model with NLSTEP with the ADAPT method may produce "NaN" in the output for all real non-zero values (i.e. Not a Number) For Example: TENSOR OUTPUT QUANTITIES element output ply-id CID gaus tensor components id quantity point X Y Z XY YZ XZ 46 CCASTRSS 1 0 1 NaN NaN 0.000E+00 NaN NaN NaN Avoidance: decreasing the step size can avoid this error.
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CR 1-288923153 MSC / MD Nastran UFM 1126, MERGE, SOL 400 with Acoustic Elements Fails to run A model setup with acoustic elements to run SOL 400 fails with an user fatal error.
Description *** USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126 (GNFIST) DMAP MODULE MERGE IS ATTEMPTING TO OUTPUT DATABLOCK 201 NAME
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CR 1-288923153 = AGG , WHICH ALREADY EXISTS. USER ACTION: DELETE THE DATABLOCK, OR USE FILE AGG=OVRWRT
Avoidance: Add the following DMAP alter to subDMAP PHASE1A compile phase1a alter 17 $ file agg=ovrwrt endalter Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract SOL 600 using BOLT bulk data card may produce incorrect result The bulk data card BOLT is not supported by SOL 600 but it does not issue any Fatal Error or terminate the job when BOLT is used. Instead, the entry is accepted and the model runs, but produces incorrect displacement results Avoidance: do not use the BOLT entry in SOL 600 Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract NSM in SOL400 fails with advanced nonlinear elements: SFM 3001 (TA1) If NSM cards are defined in a SOL400 job and if the non linear formulation of the elements is used (i.e. PSHLN1), then the job aborts with the following error : *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (TA1) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 9 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. CR 1-289174213 MSC / MD Nastran CR 1-288961351 MSC / MD Nastran
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CR 1-289174213 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: THE FIST NUMBER IS 209 AND SUBROUTINE IS GOPEN 0FATAL ERROR
CR 1-289216961 MSC / MD Nastran Divergence analysis does not honor user input aerodynamic weighting If the user inputs WKK (or WTFACT) data to weight the computed aerodynamics and wishes to use these corrections in a divergence analysis, the corrections are ignored. User Avoidance: Apply the following dmap alter:
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compile aestat alter 'divergrs','' IF ( DVGFLG=-1 and not(saverstl) ) CALL DIVERGRS CASES ,EDTs ,DYNAMICS,QKKS ,lajj , uajj ,wskj ,d1jk ,GPLK ,gdkl , KLL ,EQEXINS ,USET ,XYCDBS / DIVTAB ,PHIDRL ,PHIDLL ,QLL / IMACHNO /S,PFILE /S,CARDNO/0 $ CR 1-289302401 MSC / MD Nastran Nastran may create empty files 'fort.32' and 'fort.223' Nastran may create empty files 'fort.32' and 'fort.223'. This occurs on AIX (but not other platforms) when advanced nonlinear elements are requested in SOL 400 by a 'PSHLN1' record. These files can be ignored and removed by the user.
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CR 1-289443549 SFM 3001, SOL 107, ROTOR Module, Presence of an UNBALNC bulk data entry The presence of an UNBALNC entry causes SOL 107 of Version 2010.1 to fail with the following message: *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3001 (ROTOR) THE OUTPUT DATA BLOCK IN POSITION 4 DOES NOT EXIST. USER INFORMATION: THIS ERROR IS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DATA BLOCK IS UNSPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE. 2. THE DATA BLOCK IS SPECIFIED ON THE DMAP MODULE AND ON THE SUBDMAP STATEMENT BUT NOT ON THE CORRESPONDING CALL STATEMENT. USER ACTION: 1. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING AN MSC.SOFTWARE SUPPLIED SOLUTION SEQUENCE AND NOT USING THE ALTER EXECUTIVE CONTROL STATEMENT, THEN CHECK FOR BULK DATA AND/OR CASE CONTROL INPUT ERRORS. IF NO ERRORS CAN BE FOUND, THEN CONTACT MSC.SOFTWARE CLIENT SUPPORT. 2. IF YOU ARE EXECUTING A DMAP PROGRAM NOT SUPPLIED BY MSC.SOFTWARE, THEN FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES INSERT STATEMENT DIAGON(20) BEFORE THE MODULE SHOWN ABOVE. Avoidance: Removing the UNBALNC bulk data entry from the input file allows the job to run to completion, or insert the following DMAP alter. compile sedceig alter 'call dpd1','' CALL DPD1 DYNAMICS,GPLS,K4AA,,,,SILS,SLT,USET, VGFS,,,,,BGPDTS,DITS,CSTMS,EDOM, CASEM,MGG,BGG,KGG,K4GG,MJJ,BJJ,KJJ,K4JJ,MAA,BAA, KAA,K4AA,SLIST,EMAP,MAPS,GOT,GOQ,GM,THETAM,PHBG/ DLT,EED,EQDYN,GPLD,K4DD,NLFT,PSDL,SILD,TFPOOL,TRL, USETD,VAFS,,,,,, ,ROTOR,ROTORT,ROTMAT,,unbtab,,,,/ ' '/S,FS/S,LUSETD/0/S,NOA/S,NOASET/ S,NOBSET/S,NOCSET/S,NOFASET/S,NOGSET/S,NOLSET/ S,NOOSET/0/0/S,NOQSET/S,NORSET/ S,NOSASET/S,NOSSET/S,NOTSET/S,NOVSET/S,NOSET/ S,NORC/S,NOMSET/S,NOUE/S,NOUSET/0/S,FONLY/ ' '/APP/0/0/0/0/0 $
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