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"k-node nearly colinear" message after using bolt wizard to generate connections

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bryan_mcnatt
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"k-node nearly colinear" message after using bolt wizard to generate connections

I've used what I still call the bolt wizard to generate bolted connections in an assembly.  I've used this tool and procedure for years AND for weeks now on this same model (creating & re-creating bolts) and I've never seen the message that I'm getting now :  "K-Node Nearly Colinear" with some of the beam elements that make up all the bolted connections.

 

I know what that means but I don't know how to fix it, if I need to, or how I caused the situation to exist.  The message does point me to the Part and the element number but I don't know how to find those specific elements (it's not all of the bolt beam elements).

 

Any advice is much appreciated!

 

 

Bryan McNatt, P.E.
MRD Engineering
www.mrd-engineering.com
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marwan_azzam
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Hello Bryan,

 

Please try setting the beam orientation for the elements in question manually by changing the surface number.

 

Marwan

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