Error Message Question

Hello I am getting the Error “error no. 202 in program TVERS” when I attempt to run a load combination of 1.35dead+1.35roof+1.5wind+1.5snow, and I am unsure of how to resolve it. I am also getting this:

Please check hinges, moments on QUAD-nodes, chain of truss elements …
+++++ warning no. 195 in program PHI
Node 1 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1028
+++++ warning no. 195 in program PHI
Node 2 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1028
+++++ warning no. 195 in program PHI
Node 3 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1028
+++++ warning no. 195 in program PHI
Node 16 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1028
+++++ warning no. 195 in program PHI
Node 17 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1028
+++++ warning no. 129 in program PHI

Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated

Hello

Can you calculat the linear loadcases without warnings or error messages? Have you checked the support conditions and the hinges of the system? Perhaps they are not modelled correctly.
For further information, please have a look at our example files for the program MAXIMA. You can find the files within the TEDDY:

TEDDY > File > Examples > maxima > english > maxima1.dat

Best regards
Frederik Höller
Your SOFiSTiK Support Team

Hello, when I reduced the snow load, I was able to run the analysis of combined loads, however when I try to run the Design Steel Cross Sections Resistance (Beams) I get
“error no. 910 in program AQB
31. element selection31 0 0 1 has not found any elements or sections
or these elements are already selected by an other selection set
or only explicit forces without load case have been designed”

Could this be due to me not using the filters when inputting the loads on the Sofiplus model? I simply assigned the loads to their respective loadcases in the loadcase manager when inputting them into the sofiplus model

Have you followed the steps, described in the tutorial about steel structures?

www.sofistik.com > Infocenter - Overview > Documentation - Tutorials > Design of steel structures

I’m trying out SOFiSTiK for pretty much the first time after watching a few webinars.

I keep getting this error when I try to model plates and I can’t understand why - what am I missing?

Right now I just try to model a one-way slab using Revit, but all nodes except those with a boundary condition along two of the edges rotate around it’s axis. I’ve gotten the same error when I tried modelling a plate using SOFiPLUS the other week as well.

When modelling a simple frame with columns and a beam it works fine.

When running all three checks in Revit, there are no errors returned.

The error log from running the linear analysis (ASE) is attached below. One of the lines say:

Please check hinges, moments on QUAD-nodes, chain of truss elements

How do I do this? As far as I know, everything should be fixed in the system - but maybe the QUAD-elements has some setting I haven’t found that messes everything up? I only have self-weight applied.

Using Revit 2023 and SOFiSTiK 2023.

SOFiSTiK 2023-4.0.580    ASE   - ADVANCED SOLUTION ENGINE
   Output on file Testing.plb
   Project data base Testing.cdb          -    21. access
   Project: Testing
   load case     1

   Parameter of System of Equation   4
   (Parallel Sparse Direct Solver (Pardiso))
   Number of unknowns             1446
   +++++ error no.   197 in program VERS
   Displacements or rotations are too big.
   Please check hinges, moments on QUAD-nodes, chain of truss elements ...
   This error message can be switched to a warning with CTRL WARN 197.
   +++++ warning no.   195 in program PHI
   Node 1005 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1
   +++++ warning no.   195 in program PHI
   Node 1006 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1
   +++++ warning no.   195 in program PHI
   Node 1007 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1
   +++++ warning no.   195 in program PHI
   Node 1008 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1
   +++++ warning no.   195 in program PHI
   Node 1009 rotates more than one time around its axis in LC 1
   +++++ warning no.   129 in program PHI
   Further warnings of type no 195 are supressed

Can you upload the fresh cdb-file (after export from Revit) and the corresponding sofistik-file (SSD-file)? Please zip it before!
With these informations perhaps I can help.

Best regrads,
Jost

Thanks for your reponse!

I’m apparently too new to be trusted to upload files (and .zip are not allowed), so here is a link containing the .cdb and .sofistik file.

Hope it works :slight_smile:

Hi,

The plate has a thickness of only 0,3 mm. Therefore the displacements and rotations are very big. I assume, the thickness should be 300 mm. If you change this, the analysis works fine.

Best regards,
Nora

I was wondering why the plate had no thickness in the SSD view, thought it was a setting I had not found yet but that explains it!

Thank you so much! :slight_smile: