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Subject: Re: Corrupt Database
Author: John Crawford
Date: 1999-12-22 17:09:00

David,

How about explicitly creating the element using the EN command, and then
deleting it using EDEL? I've done this a few times in similar instances and
it worked for me. I think that if I had solid model geometry in the model I
had to do a MODM,DETACH or MODM,NOCHECK first.

Of course, as with all problems that deal with database corruption and hence
don't follow the usual Laws of ANSYS, the degree of success obtained from
the work around is often times dependent on whether it is accompanied by a
live animal sacrifice or not.

John Crawford
Honeywell Engines
Phoenix, AZ
john.crawford@a...

-----Original Message-----
To: 'ANSYS Mail List - QnA'
Sent: 12/22/99 2:32 PM

Hi out there in ANSYS-land!!

OK, here's the story.....

I run a model, it crashes.

I get the message (ok, I'm writing this from memory)
ERROR, element 97053 is not currently selected but was selected for
the first load case........

Hmmm....interesting since this WAS the first load case.

I tried to list the element.....ANSYS would not list it....
I tried to delete it...ANSYS wouldn't delete it....
I tried to NUMC, ELEM it out....no good...

Finally, at the suggestion of my ASD, I "unselected"
the element for the run.....It worked!

Obviously, the database is corrupt......

I tried CDWR & CDREAD. I got an error message when it got to
the corrupt element, saying all of it's nodes weren't selected.

So then I tried unselecting the "bad" element, then doing the CDWR
and CDREAD.....it SEEMS to have worked.

The question: Is there any other (or safe) way to "salvage" the
database?
Remove this "bad element? etc.....

Merry Christmas!

David W. Ballenger | Some men have thousands of reasons why they
cannot
do
Honeywell Plastics | what they want to, when all they need is one
reason they can.
248-324-4210 | - Willis R. Whitney

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