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Dipl.-Ing. (BA) Markus Baumgärtel
2019-04-15

Problem with Adaptive Mesh After Generating Surfaces from Members

After generating surfaces from a few members, I can no longer mesh the model adaptively.

Answer:

One reason for the error message may be that the surfaces were generated from members with foundations. These members are then converted to null members. However, the member foundation is preserved and still assigned to the null members (see Image 02). It is often not possible to carry out the adaptive mesh refinement. Therefore, we recommend removing member elastic foundations on the affected members first.

Mesh Generation Error
1 Mesh Generation Error

Null Member with Member Elastic Foundation
2 Null Member with Member Elastic Foundation

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Mr. Baumgärtel provides technical support for Dlubal Software customers.

References
  1. Dlubal Software. (2018). Manual RFEM. Tiefenbach.
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