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    Cyclic Reference Problem

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    12-15-2012 02:08 AM

    Hi,

     

    I am trying to analyne a building (see attached file). I have reached upto 4th floor without any problem. But when I add more floors, I cannot analyze the building anymore. When I click on calculate button, it shows the following error message - "model error - a cyclic reference in the definition of kinematic constraints ..."

     

    Why is this happening? From the 3rd floor all the floors above are identical, so I am using the translate option. So if upto 3rd floor is correct, then the rest should be correct also. But it still shows error.

     

    However I tried to change the meshing to 0.5 meters. It works, but it makes the file very large. When I complete upto 18th floor, it generates almost 130000 nodes and it takes almost 30 minutes to calculate.

     

    How can I solve this problem?

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    Re: Cyclic Reference Problem

    12-17-2012 12:55 AM in reply to: toha_mh

    My settings:

     

    moop.jpg

     

    Meshed file: https://www.filemail.com/dl.aspx?id=CPSGMQLMDBUDENN

     



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    Re: Cyclic Reference Problemed

    12-18-2012 12:50 AM in reply to: RG_Adsk

    Thanks a lot! I also solved it yesterday by complex meshing, but there was 32000 nodes.

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    Re: Cyclic Reference Problemed

    12-18-2012 12:51 AM in reply to: toha_mh

    If you look at my screen shot settings of greyed out fields are also important



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