Dhondtguido / CalculiX

This repository contains the source files of CalculiX, a three-dimensional Finite Element Program (www.calculix.de).
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*ERROR reading *SOLID SECTION: normal in direction 1 has zero size #29

Open victorkemp opened 1 year ago

victorkemp commented 1 year ago

For T3D2, T2D2, and T3D3

*NODE
1,0,0,0
2,9.99E-11,1,0
*ELEMENT,TYPE=T3D2,ELSET=Eall
1,1,2
*MATERIAL,NAME=Material
*ELASTIC,TYPE=ISOTROPIC
200000000000,0
*SOLID SECTION,ELSET=Eall,MATERIAL=Material
0.01
*STEP
*END STEP

It works OK if node 2's x-coordinate is 1e-10 or greater, or exactly 0.