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December 2017

Defining the load curve for thermal loading in Simulation Mechanical MES

How to reduce solve time for models with surface contact in Simulation Mechanical MES analysis

SCL does not intersect any elements in Simulation Mechanical

November 2017

Autodesk Nastran: Simulation fails with S1132 fatal error

Error: “License authentication process was stopped by user or installer issue” when launching Simula...

How to analyze a lattice structure in Simulation Mechanical

How to include weight of extra parts in a Simulation Mechanical analysis

Message: “Your simulation model does not contain any Fatigue Wizard supported elements” in Simulatio...

Simulation Mechanical: User Interface cannot be started up after completing a study via the DOS comm...

The PDs at the node ### is imposed at an inactive degree of freedom #

What are the units of displacements and rotations in the summary file of a Simulation Mechanical mod...

October 2017

Selection color not shown at nodes in Simulation Mechanical’s Results environment

Simulation Mechanical analysis finishes but Results tab do not open

Simulation Mechanical Modal analysis fails to run

Simulation Mechanical modal analysis not producing expected results

Simulation Mechanical: How to resolve graphic issues involving OpenGL

How to take voltage output of one Electrostatic analysis and use it as input for another

Plate mesh in simulation mechanical not behaving or refining as expected

Transient Stress Direct Integration does not produce any stress in Simulation Mechanical

Simulation Mechanical: How do you run an analysis in the background.

CAD Import option for Inventor not remembered properly in Simulation Mechanical

Simulation Mechanical: MES analysis fails at the beginning with “Analysis Failed” message in the mod...

Simulation Mechanical: Unable to use Nastran solver for static stress analysis with thermal load.

September 2017

Simulation Mechanical: Analysis fails with “Analysis Failed” in the Browser Tree.

CAD import aborted when trying to open a model in Simulation Mechanical

Direction of hydrostatic pressure is wrong in the Results environment in Simulation Mechanical

How to create local mesh refinement convergence plot manually for Simulation Mechanical

How to setup Body to Body radiation in Simulation Mechanical

Where to download Simulation Mechanical tutorial files

Message: “Please wait while windows configures Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2018” when opening a f...

Simulation Mechanical: The “Contact” panel is not visible after the Nastran solver is used for analy...

Error: Nodes are located in both sides of impact plane in Simulation Mechanical analysis

Beam dimensions created with Variable Cross-Section Wizard wrong in Simulation Mechanical

August 2017

Error: “Run-time error ‘52’: Bad file name or number” when opening the fatigue wizard in Simulation ...

Some forces from a bearing load are in the wrong direction in Simulation Mechanical

Surface contact between plates does not work in Simulation Mechanical

Global Mesh Refinement results do not converge in Simulation Mechanical.

Simulation Mechanical analysis finishes but Results tab not available

Error 124 During meshing in Simulation Mechanical

How to create radial spring supports in Simulation Mechanical

Unable to export to Nastran Editor with Simulation Mechanical, with the message “Autodek Nastran Edi...

Error: MSolve does not define a positive preconditioner in Simulation Mechanical

July 2017

Mass density not used for concrete in Simulation Mechanical nonlinear analysis

Unable to begin import procedure for AutoCAD dwg/dxf file when opening model with Simulation Mechani...

Simulation Mechanical model crashes application at open

Jobs submitted via solver manager always show that some of the jobs have randomly failed in solver m...

How do I customize a report in Simulation Mechanical?

How to apply loads based on position in Simulation Mechanical

How to assign a coefficient of thermal expansion in a nonlinear Siulation Mechanical analysis

Error: “Warning: Your model may not be tied down enough or you may have a change in stiffness somewh...

“An error has forced meshing to stop” error on window 10

“Failed to load AMSA result file” when including Moldflow results in a Simulation Mechanical analysi...

An Unexpected Error Occurred in Simulation Mechanical when trying to view other results

June 2017

Assembly with a relatively large number of parts fails to solid mesh in Simulation Mechanical

How to assign a prescribed rotation to brick elements in a Simulation Mechanical MES model

Simulation Mechanical MES analysis fails after computing first step with Error: File can not be dele...

Removing gap or interference between parts when meshing in Simulation Mechanical

Please wait while Windows configures Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2018

Autodesk Simulation database not found - Sim Mech

How to get the results of a node for multiple load cases in Simulation Mechanical

Incomplete model is shown in results in Simulation Mechanical

Selecting nodes does not highlight in Simulation Mechanical 2018

Which versions of each CAD format does Simulation Mechanical support?

FEM2ESH_FEM_ERROR_LCS_DEFINITION error when running a Simulation Mechanical analysis

How to display directional stresses in Simulation Mechanical

May 2017

Autodesk Simulation Mechanical reports incorrect stress results for beams using the general beam

Can a Simulation Mechanical model be updated from geometry created in SimStudio Tools

Connection between Autodesk Mechanical and SpaceClaim 2017.1

Control the smallest angle in a Simulation Mechanical mesh

Contact of bolt with tight fit on only one part results in two parts being bonded at common edge

Does the Simulation Mechanical mesh study wizard work for a modal analysis

Drop test analysis in Simulation Mechanical fails with “K-node lies within 1 degree angle of the bea...

How to ensure the effects of friction are satisfactory in Simulation Mechanical

How to modify CAD (and other imported geometry) by hand in Simulation Mechanical

Model turn black when rotating and difficulty selecting surfaces in Simulation Mechanical

Please wait while windows configures AutoCAD 2018 message in Simulation Mechanical

Simulation Mechanical 2015 stopped working on a Windows 10 machine

Simulation Mechanical Analysis fails due to the Simulation Job Manager but SJM cannot be started

The Load Results command in InCAD 2018 does not default to the proper location

Very low or zero heat flux in a Simulation Mechanical Heat Transfer analysis

Viewing legacy Simulation Mechanical models

Why are there missing elements when checking the model in Simulation Mechanical

Wrong displacement results in Simulation Mechanical transient stress analysis

Simulation Mechanical linear stress analysis with contact and LCS fails to run

April 2017

Cannot find SimStudio Tools in Simulation Mechanical 2018

ERROR [FileUpdater]: Failed to open index file: \LastDelta.txt at SetLastIndex in Simulation Mechani...

Input for a fatigue analysis is not saved with the model in Simulation Mechanical

Latest student version of Simulation Mechanical

Neoprene Material Properties in Simulation Mechanical

Thermal Rod element in Simulation Mechanical

“Load factor out of range” in Simulation Mechanical analysis

Analysis gives random errors in Simulation Mechanical

Cannot select a particular surface in the Results in Simulation Mechanical

Drop test analysis failing with “Time step reduction due to: distorted element” and “Reached autotm ...

ERROR NUMBER 150 in Simulation Mechanical

Error: “Error 3008 - The table ‘Model.dbf’ is already opened exclusively by another user” in Simulat...

Error: File can not be deleted. Error (1) in Simulation Mechanical

Fatigue life contours display incorrectly when using regional local settings in Simulation Mechanica...

Fatigue Wizard calculated life results are wrong in Simulation Mechanical

Frequency Response Fails with non-specific Error in Simulation Mechanical

General Shell Elements Not Working in Nonlinear Mechanical Analysis using Nastran Solvers

Geometry created by Make FEM is hollow. Simulation Mechanical

Hollow tube is not hollow after meshing in Simulation Mechanical

Hot to graph displacement vs pressure in Simulation Mechanical

How a rigid element behaves in Simulation Mechanical

How to constrain parts in Simulation Mechanical to allow rotation

Library Not Found message in Simulation Mechanical

Modelling Neoprene/Polychloroprene in Simulation Mechanical

Simulation Mechanical crashes while opening file

Simulation Mechanical locks up when copying a design scenario

Simulation Mechanical MES andlysis seems stuck and not making any progress

Tips on setting up a metal forming analysis in Simulation Mechanical

Unable to run drop test analysis in Sim Mech with remote loads/constraints

Updated Spaceclaim and lost menu button to transfer model to Simulation Mechanical

Nonlinear modal analysis solves but fails to load or crashes when trying to view the results in Simu...

Simulation Mechanical error code 503 and 600 model not tied down enough

March 2017

Setting up a Transient Heat Transfer analysis with temperature dependent material properties in Simu...
Simulation Mechanical Error: Prescribed displacement is not active
Simulation Mechanical MES model does not run with Surface Variable Load 

Simulation Mechanical model solved with the Nastran solver does not generate any results 

Displacement results too small in nonlinear analysis with Simulation Mechanical

Simulation Mechanical 2017 service pack 1 and hotfix wont install, get privilages error message 

How to apply part based mesh sizing in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical
Max stress flag does not point to any specific surface node in Simulation Mechanical 

Autotm limit and Level 19 in a Simulation Mechanical nonlinear analysis
Can you have different thickness for the the same plate part in Simulation Mechanical
How to mesh a plate and hollow beam structure in Simulation Mechanical 

Error when checking out files from Mechanical

Temperature results are out of range in Simulation Mechanical

Ribbon toolbar missing in Simulation Mechanical 2016
Simulation Mechanical contact model not converging 

February 2017

How to include damping in a response spectrum analysis 

The Analysis Parameters for a random vibration analysis can show the wrong input in Simulation Mecha...
What happens when the frequency is smaller than the PSD in Simulation Mechanical 

Automatic contact generation between parts in linear static is not working for Simulation Mechanical
Error: Load curves out of range: In Simulation Mechanical

Error: “Autodesk Simulation Job Manager has Stopped Working” with Autodesk Moldflow 2017 or Simulati... 

Error: The number of contact elements produces an integer overflow in a Simulation Mechanical analys...

Analysis has finished but the results options are all grayed out in Simulation Mechanical
How to apply damping in a non-linear analysis in Simulation Mechanical. 

Temperature does not dissipate to the rest of the assembly in Simulation Mechanical

January 2017

Warning: Ignoring force applied to constrained DOF 

Forrtl error in calculating stresses of a Transient Stress analysis in Simulation Mechanical

Mesh comes out too fine regardless of the set mesh size in Simulation Mechanical 

Buckling results in Simulation Mechanical look wrong

Error: “** Read error in heat transfer file at node 1” in Simulation Mechanical 

Contact not behaving in a Simulation Mechanical MES model 

Analysis fails when trying to run shell elements in the Nastran solver of Simulation Mechanical 

Connecting lines do not update when model is remeshed in Simulation Mechanical

Parts with surface contact pass through each other in a Simulation Mechanical MES analysis