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If FEM generation involving solid/shell interfaces, RBE3s are generated with duplicate dependent degrees of freedom in creo Simulate 3.0

Modified: 12-Jan-2018   


Applies To

  • Creo Simulate 3.0

Description

  • If FEM generation involving solid/shell interfaces, instances occur where RBE3s are generated with duplicate dependent degrees of freedom, which is not allowed and will generate a fatal error in Ansys & Nastran
  • Example output contains elements 679 & 713 with dependent DOFs on node 3:
    Creo Mesh output:
    RBE3,679,,3,456,1.0,123
    ,313,441,305
    RBE3,713,,3,456,1.0,123
    ,313,491,305
     
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