Nastran error 4276

Anyone seen this error? FATAL MESSAGE 4276, EC 105? Anyone seen this error? FATAL MESSAGE 4276, EC 105? (OP) 18 Dec 09 05:18 Hi! I’m running a SOL 109 calculation with MSC Nastran that doesn’t work that well… I’m fairly certain that there is something wrong with the model as another model (with exactly the same input deck) runs fine. The same error occurs with version v2005r2a and v2007r1. *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 7559 (TRLGP)      THIS TRANSIENT RESPONSE ANALYSIS INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF EXCITATION —      * APPLIED LOADS      BIOMSG: ERROR    105 HAS OCCURRED IN ROUTINE PACK    , FILE INDEX =            0.      STATUS =          0  ********* NASTRAN FILE TABLE *********  [removed]  *** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 (PACK)      ERROR CODE      105 PID=   0  *** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE 4276 (PACK)      THE DIAG 44 RELATED A NASTRAN DUMP IS SENT TO LOG FILE. After that the .log-file is filled with junk and the calculation stops. Any ideas? Red Flag Submitted Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts. The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

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MD Nastran/MSC.Nastran Complete Error List Current Update: Jan
14, 2011 ——————————————This section
includes a description of all known errors and general limitations
in all releases of MSC.Nastran and MD Nastran. The «version is the
version on the f06 title page». Recent versions are sometimes
referred to by the CD id as follows: MSC.Nastran 2005R3 = 2005.5.0
MSC.Nastran 2005R3b = 20005.5.2 MD Nastran R1 = 2006.0.0 MD Nastran
R2 = 2007.0.0 MSC.Nastran 2007r1 = 2007.0.0 MD Nastran R2.1 =
2007.1.0 MD Nastran R3 = 2008.0.0 MD Nastran 2010 = 2010.1.0 MD
Nastran 2010.1.1 = 2010.1.1 MD_MSC Nastran 2010.1.3 = 2010.1.3 If
the Version = «GL» then this indicates a General Limitation which
indicates a fix is not planned. Continuous updates to the error
list are available to MD Nastran / MSC Nastran clients on the MSC
SimCompanion web page
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KI8008006
The MSC Support pages can also be used to search for keywords to
easily locate individual errors —
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com

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CR 399 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis — CEAD, QRG —
Unexpected Normalization Complex eigenvalue analysis with the
inverse power method of eigenvalue extraction will always normalize
to MAX. POINT normalization requests are ignored. The Version 70.5
Quick Reference Guide has been updated to indicate that point
normalization is only available for the det method. CR 785 MSC / MD
Nastran MSGMESH, MSGSTRESS, MSGVIEW — MSGMESH, DIAG 29 — Infinite
CPU Loop If MSGMESH is used with the link specification update
feature, an infinite loop occurs. An infinite loop no longer
occurs; UFM 53 will be issued indicating an incorrect format for
the mesh entries. CR 868 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — PUNCH —
Incorrect Format

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CR 868 STRESS(PUNCH) will not properly output the HEXA, PENTA,
BEND, BEAM, TRIA6, or QUAD8 elements. Element margins of safety
(ROD, CONROD, TUBE, and BAR elements) will produce poor punched
formats if stress allowables are not given on the referenced MATi
entries. CR 890 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Force — GPFDR — UFM
3008 The open core requirement for the GPFDR module can be as large
as (6 X BUFFSIZE + 14 X number of grids) if the grids use a
nonrectangular displacement coordinate system. For problems in
basic coordinates, the grid requirement drops to 8 X number of
grids. CR 1103 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response — TRD, TRD1, FRRD,
FRR — UFM 3005 If the MGIV method of real eigenvalue extraction
computes modes for massless DOF with uncoupled stiffness terms, the
eigenvalue is large (1.E+35) as it should be, but the generalized
stiffness is 0.0 (it should also be 1.E+35). Null eigenvectors may
be produced. An avoidance is to use PARAM,HFREQ or PARAM,LMODES to
discard these bad modes in dynamics. CR 1357 MSC / MD Nastran
Aeroelastic Analysis — GI — Poor Accuracy The linear splines used
to connect structural and aerodynamic degrees of freedom are
sensitive to modeling techniques, particularly on short-word
machines. This included all machines except CRAY, CDC and NEC. It
is good practice to have the spline axis coincide with the
structural grid points, and to avoid discontinuities in the lines
joining structural grid points by using separate splines on each
side of the discontinuity. CR 1575

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CR 1575 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response — VDR — No Output If
an OUTPUT(XYPLOT) command is in case control, but there are no
other XYPLOT commands, all printed output requests are ignored. An
avoidance is to put in XYPLOT requests or remove the OUTPUT(XYPLOT)
command. CR 1679 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — QUAD4,TRIA3 — Wrong
Answers When the MID4 option of the PSHELL card is used to simulate
offset of the element centerline from the grid point plane, the
element is somewhat too stiff. The error increases with the ratio
of offset to element width. An avoidance is to use RBAR elements to
model the offsets . CR 1712 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response
Analysis — RANDOM — SWM 3002, UWM 979 If a non-existent point is
referenced in an output request when there are multiple subcases,
the RANDOM module will cease processing at that point and issue
SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE 3002. The following user warning message is
now issued:

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0*** USER WARNING MESSAGE 979, AN XY-OUTPUT REQUEST FOR POINT OR
ELEMENT ID 2000 -ACCE- CURVE IS BEING PASSED OVER. THE ID COULD NOT
BE FOUND IN DATA BLOCK 102

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CR 1738 Grid Point Stress — Preface — UFM 603 If the SURFACE
Case Control card has a continuation card, and the first words that
appear on this card are OUTPUT SYSTEM, the error occurs. An
avoidance is to start the continuation with another word. CR 1739
MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — DIAG 4 — Addressing ERROR If DIAG 4 is used
on restart, the program may exit abnormally at the start of the
run. The DIAG 4 cross reference output for Label Names will be
incorrect if no labels exist in the DMAP, and the parameter section
of the cross reference will not contain any parameters although
parameters are present. An avoidance is to put a label in the DMAP.
CR 1758 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — Restarts — Various In
superelement static cyclic symmetry (SOL 81), some restart paths do
not function well. The following restart paths have been
demonstrated to work, using the indicated input and DMAP Alters.
Other types of restarts can be made, using these techniques. A.
Conventional Superelement Restarts.

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Use the same techniques applicable to noncyclic symmetry
superelement analysis. 1. Exit during Phase I. 2. Structural
Changes in a Superelement. 3. Load Change Restart

B. Time Limit in a Harmonic Loop SET N = 0, residual only

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CR 1758 SEMG = N PARAM,RESDUAL,-1 (bulk data) Input all bulk
data, or use PARAM,NODATA,-1 and delete all the bulk data except
PARAM entries.

C. Loads Change in One Tip Superelement, Same Number of Loading
Conditions, Sam Known Error Product Abstract CR 1759 MSC / MD
Nastran Plotting — RF24D20, Superelement — Wrong Labels If SPC
labels at grid points are requested for plotting («GSPC») and
resequencing is requested, the SPC labels are attached to the wrong
components. An avoidance is to make a separate run for these plots
without resequencing, and insert an EXIT after the RFAlter, or not
request the SEKR operation in superelements. CR 1765 MSC / MD
Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — CYCLIC2 — UFM 3005, UFM 4319, UWM 4359
There are two errors related to the use of the CYSUP Bulk Data
entry when rotational symmetry is applied to a model with three or
more segments. 1. If the rigid body rotations are to be supported,
but there exists no stiffness at the components specified on the
CYSUP entry, then UFM 3005 may be issued. But, if components 4 and
5 (out-of-plane rotations) are then constrained by an SPCi card or
a GRID card, in order to avoid UFM 3005, then UFM 4319 will be
issued. For components 4 and 5, an avoidance of UFM 4319 is to
define rotational springs to ground (e.g., CELAS2). For component 6
(in-plane rotation), an avoidance of UFM 3005 is to apply a
single-point constraint (e.g., SPCi), which is contrary to Remark 1
under the CYSUP Bulk Data entry description. b. The specif

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CR 1801 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting — PLOT — SFM 4276 If modern
plate elements are present, and SHRINK or DIAG 34 are requested,
the error may occur. CR 1802 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous —
Preface — CPU Loop If the THRU range on an input card is larger
than 131,071 for CDC/7600 and CYBER computers, or 8,388,608 for
CRAY computers, the error may occur. It has been observed on a
PLOAD2 card with a larger range. (Cyber,CDC 7600,CRAY only) An
avoidance is to split the THRU range into smaller sets, so that
none exceeds the limit. CR 1803 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — PQUAD4
— UFM 2010 If both PQUAD4 and PSHELL (and/or PCOMP) cards exist in
the same deck, the misleading message references PSHELL cards. The
PQUAD4 card is obsolete, and is removed from current documentation.
It should be replaced with the PSHELL card. The PQUAD4 card will be
deleted from the code on a future system. An avoidance is to
replace PQUAD4 card with PSHELL cards wherever they exist as they
cause various confusing errors. CR 1804 MSC / MD Nastran
Superelements — SELA — Wrong Answers

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CR 1804 For large problems, if the first several upstream load
vectors are null, the remaining upstream load vectors may be
ignored. This can be detected with DIAG 20. An avoidance is to
place a token load on all upstream superelements.

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CR 1805 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — PCOMP — Wrong Answers For
layered composite materials with an unsymmetric layup, the
generated transverse shear matrix MID3 is incorrect. CR 1806 MSC /
MD Nastran Database — LOAD/UNLOAD — Wrong Answers If a database is
unloaded to a sequential file using the DBMGR //3 command, then
restored to a direct access file using the load command, any
keywords stored in the database dictionary will be lost. Most
keywords are only for diagnostic use (i.e., «SEMGDONE»), and will
cause no further errors. The one exception at present is the
keyword «NOSETRUE», which appears when all grid points are in the
residual structure. This will cause the fatal message above on
PARAM,NODATA or PARAM,DLOAD restarts. An avoidance is to use the
following alter for this type of restart: ALTER 10 $ MSC/61B, AFTER
DBMGR //11 SETVAL //V,N,NOSE/-1 $ CR 1807 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix
Methods — FBS, Method 2 — Wrong Answers If a passive group appears
within the first 20 columns of a matrix, some terms may be dropped.
The error was first observed on a large static reduction. An
avoidance is to block Method 2 by using the NASTRAN card entry
FBSOPT=-1,

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CR 1807 when passive columns occur.

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CR 1808 MSC / MD Nastran Database — DBSTORE — DBM 288 This error
occurs when more than 32,768 GINO blocks are stored in a single
database, and a store of an equivalenced file is attempted. (IBM
only) An avoidance is to use several databases, none larger than
32,000 GINO blocks. CR 1809 MSC / MD Nastran Heat Transfer — HBDY —
Wrong Answers SOL 74 gives wrong answers for nonlinear HBDY types
AREA3 and AREA4. An avoidance is to use the POINT option instead.
CR 1810 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — Midside Nodes — Wrong Answers
The QUAD8, TRIA6, and HBDY elements use an incorrect average
temperature for material properties when the number of active grid
points is not the same for all elements of the same type. (Deleted
midside grid points are not active grid points; all connected grid
points are active.) An avoidance is to delete the same number of
nodes on all elements of the same type in the model. CR 1811 MSC /
MD Nastran Dynamic Response — SDR3 — UFM 4605 If DISP, VELO, or
ACCE are requested for a set of grid points and the

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CR 1811 set is empty, USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605 occurs. An
avoidance is to remove output requests for empty sets.

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CR 1812 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — Multiple Runs — ITRENT
1111 If two or more MSC/NASTRAN executions are made in the same
job, the error may occur. (Univac only) An avoidance is to submit
each run as a separate job. CR 1813 MSC / MD Nastran Response
Spectra — PARAM,RSPECTRA,0 — Wrong Answers The response spectra
option provided in transient analysis gives wrong answers for
acceleration spectra at high frequencies. The peak accelerations
for high frequency oscillators will not match the results of a
transient analysis where a stiff spring and small mass have been
attached to the structure to directly represent the oscillator. The
displacement and velocity from the response spectra results will
match those of the oscillator represented with spring and mass.
Avoidance: The user should set the value of delta t on the TSTEP
input such that 10 time steps occur during one cycle of oscillation
for the highest frequency of interest.

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CR 1814 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods — MPYAD — Overflow If
incompatible matrices are input to the MPYAD module, and one is of
form 3, an unclear diagnostic results. A good practice is not to
input form 3 matrices to MPYAD, as this capability will be removed
in a future system. The form 3 matrix [A] can be changed to form 6
by the following steps: ADD A, /A6 $ ADD WILL GENERATE PROPER
MATRIX EQUIV A6,A/ALWAYS $ A6 REPLACES A

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CR 1815 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response — XYPUNCH — Missing
Output The PCHRESP parameter described on p. 4.3-23 (2/15/82) of
the MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual is not implemented. The function it
was to perform (punch TABLED1 cards based on output data) can be
performed with a DMAP Alter. Delete the XYTRAN module statements,
and replace them with an identical statement except for the sixth
parameter. Set it to S,Y,PCHRESP=0. (MSC/62 only) CR 1816 MSC / MD
Nastran Material Nonlinearity — SOL 66 — Wrong Answers If the large
displacement option is used, and more than one rotation is enforced
at a grid point with SPCD cards, the transformations are incorrect
when increments are specified on the NLPARM card. An avoidance is
to use separate subcases, each with a single increment, rather than
many increments on a single subcase. (MSC/62 only) CR 1817 MSC / MD
Nastran Transient Response — TRD1 — UFM 3050 If an IC card is
selected in case control in SOL 31, which is illegal, the wrong
fatal message («insufficient time») is printed. The correct text
can be found under UFM 3051, listed in Section 6 of the U.M. CR
1819 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — EMG — EMGPOM If HEX8 and HEX20
elements are used with other elements, and there

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CR 1819 is insufficient memory available, unclear diagnostics
may result. (IBM, Cyber, CDC/7600, CRAY, Univac only) An avoidance
is to request more memory.

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CR 1820 MSC / MD Nastran Database — DBSTORE — SFM 4167 The
maximum number of database dictionary entries is influenced by the
fourth input parameter for the DBMGR command when creating the
database. The default value will almost always result in more than
one GINO block being used for the dictionary. If the dictionary has
only one block, the database will be unusable. (Univac only) An
avoidance is to insure that the dictionary is assigned more than
one block. This can be determined from SIM 4162, under the
«WRITTEN» entry. This number should be greater than 1 when the
database is created. If it is not, increase the fourth input
parameter to at least twice the value printed under the «NUMBER OF
ENTRIES MAXIMUM» for SIM 4162. CR 1821 MSC / MD Nastran
Superelements — Documentation — Wrong Answers The DMAP Alter
described in the Application Note of January 1982 titled «Inertia
Relief in Superelement Analysis» has a typographical error that
causes inertia loads of the wrong sign. The second to last
statement on page 7 should be changed from SOLVE QRR,QR/CRX/ $ etc.
to SOLVE QRR,QR/CRX//-1 $ Update pages for the application note
will be delivered with the next newsletter. CR 1822 MSC / MD
Nastran Material Nonlinearity — MID3 — Wrong Answers

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CR 1822 In SOL 66, the values output for transverse shear forces
for the QUAD4 and TRIA3 elements are incorrect if MID3 (field 7 on
the PSHELL card) is nonzero. An avoidance is to leave MID3 blank.
CR 1823 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — 1VARY — UFM, CARD TO VARY
NOT FOUND Multiple 1VARY cards for the same type of data card may
not sort correctly. CR 1824 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Routines —
Method 3 — Various GINO Messages If Method 3 matrix multiplication
is selected, and there is not sufficient memory available, various
system errors may occur. The method selected can be determined by
DIAG 19. Avoidances are to increase memory, or block Method 3. CR
1825 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — Punched Output — Extra Output If
output is requested in punched format, elements whose printed
formats include more than one element per line will also print the
last few elements, if they do not fill the line. CR 1826 MSC / MD
Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — SOL 77 — Parameter Print If illegal loads
are requested in buckling analysis using cyclic symmetry, the
program branches from the CYCLIC1 module to the PRTPARM module,
then prints all parameters. This condition can be detected by
noting that parameter GEOM3C has the value

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CR 1826 minus one. One such case was observed when GRAV entries
were selected. This user error now results in a meaningful fatal
message: 0*** USER FATAL MESSAGE 4342, THE LOAD BULK DATA CARD
GIVEN BELOW IS INCONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIED ANALYSIS HARMONICS OR
SEGMENTS OR SYMMETRY TYPE.

An avoidance is to check the load entry types against the
limitations described in Section 3.2 of the Application Manual.
Known Error Product Abstract CR 1827 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point
Stress — Branched Surface — Wrong Answers When requesting stresses
for a surface with branches using geometric interpolation without a
value for tolerance, some stresses at branch points may be
incorrect. An avoidance is to use the BRANCH option. CR 1828 MSC /
MD Nastran Heat Transfer — CFTUBE — Wrong Answers If the CFTUBE is
used in SOLs 24, 61, or 62, which is illegal, SOL 24 produces wrong
answers, and the others fatal error message GETSTB ERROR CODE 1604
or some equivalent message in the SSG3 module. CFTUBE elements are
supported only in SOL 74. CR 1829 MSC / MD Nastran Database —
DBMGR, DBSTORE — IO6600 F.E. 1203

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CR 1829 Any database file longer than 262, 143 PRUs may fail
with this error on restart. An avoidance is to restrict all
database files to be under this size. The size of a database is
specified in GINO blocks. A good approximation of the maximum
allowable number is one million/SYSBUF. (SYSBUF is the size of the
GINO buffer, which has a default of 1792.) Thus with default buffer
size, limit database files to about 8900 blocks. (CDC/Cyber running
under NOS only.)

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CR 1830 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis — FA1 — Wrong
Answers The ATEIG subroutine for eigenvalue solution has a limit of
30 iterations. If convergence is not achieved, the subroutine
continues with intermediate results without giving a warning
message. This yields incorrect eigenvalues for that condition. This
has been detected when implausible real eigenvalues were produced
when complex eigenvalues were expected. CR 1831 MSC / MD Nastran
Superelements — UMERGE — SFM 3007 In SOL 62, if a data recovery
restart is made while performing no Phase I operations, the error
will occur. An avoidance is to add PARAM,NORSET,-1 above the
subcase level. CR 1832 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis — RF24D13B
— SFM 4275 The error occurs when the RF Alter is used for restarts
where only output requests are changed, but not loading conditions.
The RF Alter should not be used for this condition. A standard
restart may be used.

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CR 1833 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity — SOL 66 — UFM
1105 If CHKPNT YES appears in the Executive Deck, the error may
occur at random places. If checkpointing is required, use the
alter: ALTER 1 $ PARAM //DIAGOFF//47 $ In general, it is more
efficient to recover the input data from the database rather than
use checkpointing. CR 1834 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — ROD,HEXA —
Wrong Answers In SOLS. 64, 66, and 99 the following errors occur:
A. ROD elements give wrong answers if they have torsion properties
(J>0.), and the element changes direction, even slightly, due to
large deflection effects. B. HEXA elements give wrong answers when
two of the axes X,Y, or Z (see U.M. p. 2.4-70) are of nearly equal
length (that is, the element has almost square faces) and are not
perpendicular. (Part B fixed in Version 62A) CR 1835 MSC / MD
Nastran Plotting — XYPLOT — Poor Efficiency If a plot is made of a
constant function, such that the maximum and minimum y values are
the same, the automatic scaling algorithm may converge very slowly.
This problem has been observed only on CYBER computers, where it
appeared to be a CP loop. An avoidance is to set one of the scales
manually with the plotting commands YMIN=0.0; YTMIN=0.0; YBMIN=0.0.
CR 1836 MSC / MD Nastran

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CR 1836 Restarts — Preface — IO66RD F.E. 314 For CYBER computers
using the SCOPE 3.4 operating system, the error will occur if the
buffer size is greater than 512 words, and the NPTP is sent
directly to TAPE. An avoidance is to use the «L» parameter on the
«REQUEST, NPTP…» card. CR 1837 MSC / MD Nastran Executive — SOL
76 — SFM 14 All of the solution sequences will compile in the
recommended default region of 200K octal except SOL 76. It will
compile with an RFL of 205K octal. (CYBER only) CR 1839 MSC / MD
Nastran Heat Transfer — SPCD — Wrong Answers If an enforced
temperature is input on SPC or SPCD cards in SOL 74, wrong answers
result. An avoidance is to place the degree of freedom on a SPC1
card, and set its value with a TEMP Bulk Data card. CR 1840 MSC /
MD Nastran Dynamic Response — OLOADs — Missing Output If plots or
print of OLOADs are requested in SOLs 70-72, 75, or 76, and there
are no extra points, the error occurs. An avoidance is to place the
following alter before the DMAP statement DBSTORE PGD, etc. For SOL
72, for example, the alter is: ALTER 974 $ MSC/62 EQUIV PP,
PGD/NOUE $

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CR 1841 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods — DECOMP — LOGIC ERROR
582 For unsymmetric decomposition with spill, the error may occur.
(CYBER only) Changes in region size sometime eliminates the
problem. CR 1842 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencing — SEQP — Various
System Errors If the resequencing module spills in the SEQMR
subroutine, various system errors occur. (CRAY, VAX, UNIVAC only).
Avoidances are to: A. Increase the memory request, or B. Use PARAM,
MPCX, -1. CR 1843 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — BEND — Wrong Answers
The BEND element produces incorrect element forces and stresses
when thermal loads are applied to them. CR 1844 MSC / MD Nastran
Elements — PCOMP — Wrong Answers The interlaminate shear stresses
are incorrect for laminae that have nonzero orientations. CR 1845
MSC / MD Nastran Virtual Mass — XYPLOT — Missing Plot Output

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CR 1845 XYPLOT requests for MPRES output are ignored. An
avoidance for SOL 31 is: ALTER 548 $ AFTER MDATA MSC/61, MSC/62
SDR3 OEP,,,,,/OEP2,,,,,/ $ XYTRAN
XYCDB,,,,OEP2,/XYPPLOT/SOLTYPE/DSET/S,N,PFILE/
S,N,CARDNO/S,N,NOPLOT $ COND NOPPLOT,NOPLOT $ XYPLOT XYPPLOT // $
LABEL NOPPLOT $ Other solution sequences may also use this alter if
appropriate changes are made to the alter line number. This error
is fixed in the sss solution sequences; however the xyplot request
is pres not mpres.

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CR 1846 MSC / MD Nastran Transient Nonlinear Analysis — XYPLOT —
Missing Plot Output In SOL 99, an XYPLOT requests may be ignored
when there is no printed output requested. An avoidance is to
request at least one grid point for printed output.

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CR 1847 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity — TABLES1 — Wrong
Answers In solutions 66 and 99, if the stress-strain curve does not
pass through the origin for FORM=1 the data is accepted, producing
unrealistic answers. On future systems, such input will cause a
fatal error. CR 1848 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — SEP2 — UFM
4222 If SEUSETi cards reference interior points, the error occurs.
They may be applied to exterior points. In

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CR 1848 future systems they may also be applied to interior
points.

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CR 1849 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — SEUSET — UFM 315 The
card description of this card in Section 2.4 of the User’s Manual
has fields 2 and 3 interchanged. The correct format is: SEUSET,
(SEID), (SNAME), …

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CR 1850 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — GPFDR — UWM 2342,2354
In SOL’s 81 through 83, the message results when GPF0RCE or ESE
output is requested. An avoidance is to delete the DMAP line number
for the GPFDR module, and change the APP parameter to APP1. For
example, ALTER 822,822 $ SOL 81, MSC/62 GPFDR
CASEDR,UGVS,KELM,KDICT,ECTS,EQEXINS,
GPECT,PG,QGS,BGPDTS,SILS,CSTMS,VELEM/ONRGY1, OGPFB1/APP1/V,Y, TINY
$

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CR 1851 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Routines — MPYTIM — Integer
divide by zero If large problems are run with small memory
requests, the error may occur. An avoidance is to increase the
memory request. CR 1852 MSC / MD Nastran

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CR 1852 Restart — Dynamics — No Damping If a restart is made
from SOL 24 to a dynamics solution sequence, any damping cards
present in SOL 24 (i.e. CVISC) may be ignored. An avoidance is to
delete one damping card on restart and reinsert it. CR 1853 MSC /
MD Nastran Executive — 3380 Disk Drives — Various System Errors
(21OCT82) Users may not run any version of MSC/NASTRAN prior to
MSC/62 on an IBM configuration that references 3380 disk drives. A
variety of I/O related fatal messages may result from the earlier
version’s inability to compute blocksize correctly on these drives.
The most likely messages are one or more of the SFM 4212 codes.
Some users have had limited success by using half-track blocking
with Version 61B. However, use of Version 62 is the recommended
procedure. Furthermore, users may not copy (using IBM utilities) a
MSC/NASTRAN database existing on non 3380 disks to a file usable by
MSC/NASTRAN on a 3380 disk. (IBM only) This procedure may be
accomplished however, by using a short MSC/NASTRAN DMAP sequence to
read the existing file from the non 3380 disk and then write a CR
1854 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity — EMG — SFM 3007 If a
SOL 66 run restarts from a prior run which had no updates of the
stiffness matrix, the recovered stiffness matrix may be incorrect.
An avoidance is to restart the run from the beginning. CR 1855 MSC
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CR 1855 Material Nonlinearity — Contour Plots — SFM 4276 In SOL
66, when contour plots are requested for both linear and nonlinear
elements, SFM 4276 will occur. Also, if all elements are linear,
SFM 3002 might occur. An avoidance is to make linear elements into
nonlinear elements by setting the yield stress very high. CR 1856
MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — Multiple File databa — Purge of
Upstream database If PARAM, DBSET1 is set to a value greater than
zero, the entire upstream database will be purged during the SEKR
operation. An avoidance is to repair two database purge statements
that are in error. For SOLUTION 61, the fixes are: ALTER 440,440 $
MSC/62 DBMGR //5/MODEL/SEID/0/DBSET1//GO$ ALTER 452,452 $ DBMGR
//5/MODEL/SEID/0/DBSET1//KTT$ The change involves inserting a «0»
parameter before DBSET1, and reducing the number of slashes after
DBSET1 from three to two. Two similar statements will be found in
all the superelement solution sequences, at different line numbers.
They can be found by use of DIAG 14, followed by a search for
statements of the form: DBMGR //5… GO $, and DBMGR //5….. KTT $
This error does not affect superelement run CR 1857 MSC / MD
Nastran Miscellaneous — RF24D40 — Various Fatal Messages or Wrong
Answers If a user-supplied DMAP loop is provided around this alter,
and the FBS module is within this loop it will result in various
fatal messages or wrong answer after the first pass. An avoidance
is to copy and modify the alter by inserting the following two DMAP
statements; After the first ALTER statement insert: PARAM
//STSR/V,N,SAVE74/74

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CR 1857 $ Just after the third occurrence of the SDR2 module
insert: PARAM //STSR/V,N,SAVE74/-74 $

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CR 1858 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — Demand Runs — FATAL
MESSAGE 202 If two or more MSC/NASTRAN executions are made in the
same demand session, the error may occur. (Univac only) An
avoidance is to free all MSC/NASTRAN files (i.e. PRIXX, and
SECXX’s) between executions in demand mode. CR 1859 MSC / MD
Nastran Miscellaneous — IBM — Compilation Errors The UTIL data set
which is the third data set on the IBM deliverable tape was
incorrectly blocked at 13030 bytes. This is acceptable except for
installations having only DASD devices which support shorter
maximum blocksizes (i.e. 3340 devices). At these sites the UTIL
data set, as issued, cannot be restored. The most heavily used
programs in the UTIL data set are DECKEDIT, NASTPLOT and TECKPLT.
Of these, DECKEDIT and NASTPLOT are available in the NASTRAN data
set which is the second file on the deliverable tape. TECKPLT is
identical with the program as issued in Version 61 and could be
obtained from that source. If any other programs are required from
the UTIL data set, or any of the above solutions are unacceptable,
please contact MSC. (IBM only) An avoidance, i CR 1860 MSC / MD
Nastran Material Nonlinearity — TA1 — Wrong Answers or Overflow

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CR 1860 In SOL 66 and 99, Orthotropic Materials defined by MAT2
or MAT9 do not work in SOL 66 or SOL 99 for any type of
elements.

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CR 1861 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity — EMA — Overflow
In SOL 64, 66, or 99, if the static displacement vector provided to
the second subcase for differential stiffness calculations is null,
the results of the second subcase may be implausibly large, or the
EMA module may first terminate due to overflow. An avoidance is to
request loads in the first subcase that will produce a nonnull
displacement vector. CR 1863 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements —
Dynamics — No Damping The Application Note of May 1981 describes a
method for obtaining differential stiffness effects in dynamic
analysis by performing a static analysis in SOL 64, followed by a
special restart into SOL 63, or SOL’s 67 through 72. At present,
damping is not computed in SOL 64, and may not be computed on the
restart run without erasing the differential stiffness matrix. The
following alter will provide damping: Alter for damping in SOL 64
/61B or /62 ALTER 62,62 $ MSC/61B/62, SOL 64 EMG
EST1,GCSTMS,GMPT,GDIT,GGEOM2,,,/
KELM1,KDICT1,MELM,MDICT,BELM,BDICT/
S,N,NOKGG=1/S,N,NOMGG=1/S,N,NOBGG=1/// V,Y,COUPMASS=-1 $ ALTER 68 $
EMA GPECT,BDICT,BELM,GBGPDT,GSILS, GCSTMS/BJJ, / $ DBSTORE
BJJ//MODEL/0 $ CR 1864

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CR 1864 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — Documentation — H/SEA
The following errors have been found in the Handbook for
Superelement Analysis, for Version 61. 1. Appendix J, page 3 Deck
SEH616A Add after «DBSTORE EQEXINS…» DBMGR //7/////-2/UGVS/ULV $
This statement is needed to provide the presence of ULV for the
next run, Deck SEH617. Its absence causes the data recovery run for
the external superelement to terminate without producing output. 2.
Appendix J, pages 4 and 5 Several decks use the DBMGR //3 and DBMGR
//4 commands. They use the default values for the third parameter,
used for «search control». The default value allows several blocks
with the same name to appear in the data base, which can lead to
baffling fatal errors or wrong answers. It is good practice to set
the third parameter CR 1865 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity
— SOL 66,99 — Wrong Answers If SOL 66 or 99 is used with only
LGDISP, the beam element has incorrect stress recovery output, if
I1 does not equal I2. Output (recovered) stresses are only
affected, and the solution is still correct. An avoidance is to
either: 1. Make a «Dummy» material nonlinear group (w/yield stress
set to a high value) 2. Run only with I1 equal to I2. CR 1866 MSC /
MD Nastran Material Nonlinearity — SOL 66, 99 — Wrong Answers In
SOL 66 or 99, a beam element with thermal loads and nonbasic
coordinates

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CR 1866 used by its end grid points gives incorrect results. An
avoidance is to use the basic coordinate system to define the beam
element grid points.

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CR 1867 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — Restarts — Missing
Modal Deformation Plots In SOL 48 restarts, requests for modal
deformation plots are ignored unless the requests were also made in
the cold start. The following alter is an avoidance: ALTER 197 $
MODTRL FCASEBK1 /////1// $

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CR 1868 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress — Subcases — Wrong
Answers When there are multiple subcases in a run and in a
particular subcase there is a stress request but not a grid point
stress request then the subsequent subcase grid point stress
results will be wrong. This is a stress recovery error only and
does not effect the solution. An avoidance is to put grid point
stress requests (even if for only one element) in every subcase. CR
1869 MSC / MD Nastran Geometric Nonlinearity — SSG1 — GINO Fatal
Message 3029 In SOL 64, if only GRAV Loading is being used, GINO
Fatal 3029 will occur in Subcase 2. An avoidance is to include a
dummy load. CR 1870 MSC / MD Nastran

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CR 1870 Miscellaneous — Composite Element wi — Incorrect
Resutlsts Thermal loading at grid points (using TEMP or TEMPD)
gives wrong temperature gradients and corresponding incorrect
results in composite elements. An avoidance is to apply TEMP loads
directly to elements. CR 1871 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry —
Thermal Loads — Wrong Answers or UFM 4587 Temperature load cases,
i.e., TEMP(LOAD)=j in SOL 81, combined with other types of loads
will provide incorrect force and stress output because the thermal
strains are not correctly handled. If temperature loading only is
requested, then UFM 4587 will occur. This situation arises because
the identification number of the temperature load «j» is not
included in the CASEDR data block output by the SEDR module. An
avoidance is to utilize the following alter: ALTER 642 $ MSC/63
$ALTER 653 $ MSC/62 TABEDIT CASEDR, CONT,,,/A1 $ EQUIV A1,
CASEDR/ALWAYS $ in the Executive Control Deck, and to include the
following DTI cards in the Bulk Data Deck: DTI, CONT, 1, CR, [1] ,
DW, 7, 7, 1, DTI1 +TI1, «j» ENDREC DTI, CONT, 2, ER, ENDREC The
number in brackets, i CR 1872 MSC / MD Nastran Matrix Methods —
MPYAD — Mode Error 1 This error condition may occur when
multiplying large matrices. It is further characterized by aborting
with a «P address» between 36000 and 37400. The P address is
printed out in the dump on the line that starts «P =»). This error
was reported to be fixed in Version 62A, in a prior report.

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CR 1872 Field usage of Versions 62A shows that the fix was not
fully effective. (CYBER, CDC/7600 only) Avoidances are to: 1. RFL
up or down by about half of the largest dimension of any input
matrix. 2. Set the REAL parameter on the NASTRAN card to core size
minus the largest dimension of any input matrix. Core size may be
determined from DIAG 13. 3. Deselect Method 1 and Method 1T. This
should be done locally using a DMAP Alter statement, rather than on
the NASTRAN c

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CR 1873 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — PARM Field — Incorrect
PARMs The PARM option provided in the PROC delivered with NASTRAN
allows up to 100 characters of input, based on inherent JCL limits.
(See Section 7.6.2.1 of the A.M.) Submitting more data results in
JCL fatal error messages. MSC/NASTRAN will process less data than
this, however, with the remaining data set to unpredictable values.
The equation for the limit of data properly processed by
MSC/NASTRAN is 4S*7+(OTHERS)*4 NGMAX where NGMAX = NCON + NDV

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and NAVC = # of active and violated constraints considered by
the DOT algorithm NASIPE = # of active side constraints NCON = # of
retained constraints passed to the optimizer NDV = # of design
variables Generally, DOT selects a small set of NCON for NAVC. In
the case that encountered the failure, there were a large number of
properties an

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CR 4469 MSC / MD Nastran Data Recovery — DTI,INDTA — Composite
Stress Sorting Composite ply results processing does not support
the DTI,INDTA Bulk Data entry.

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Avoidance: The following DMAP statement needs to be modified in
each applicable Unstructured Solution Sequence and in the subDMAP
SEDRCVR as follows:

Known Error

CR 4469 (old) STRSORT ES1C,/OES1C/V,Y,NUMOUT1=-2/V,Y,BIGER1=0.0
$ STRSORT EFIT,/OEFIT/V,Y,NUMOUT2=-2/V,Y,BIGER2=0.0 $ (corrected)
STRSORT ES1C,INDTA/OES1C/V,Y,NUMOUT1=-2/V,Y,BIGER1=0.0 $ STRSORT
EFIT,INDTA/OEFIT/V,Y,NUMOUT2=-2/V,Y,BIGER2=0.0 $ Alternatively, the
analyst may use the default ply sorting with parameters
NUMOUT1,NUMOUT2,BIGER1, and BIGER2. This gives sorting on the ply
stresses and strains.

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CR 4476 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — PSOLID — UWM 5460 If the
standard isoparametric integration (ISOP=FULL) is desired for the
CHEXA or CPENTA element with midside nodes, and the IN field is
blank on the PSOLID entry, then MSC/NASTRAN assumes that the user
wants to use bubble functions. «USER WARNING MESSAGE 5460, ILLEGAL
OPTION ON PSOLID ID = ***, FOR BUBBLE FUNCTION. ONLY REDUCED
INTEGRATION IS ALLOWED» is issued, and the run will proceed using
reduced integration. The same warning message is issued for CTETRA
elements if the IN field is blank even though bubble functions and
reduced integration are not supported by this element. The run will
continue with the default integration options. Avoidance: To
perform standard isoparametric integration on CHEXA and CPENTA
elements with midside nodes, IN must be set to 3 or THREE. To
avoid

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CR 4482 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — CONVEX Only —
Unacceptable Input Filenames MSC/NASTRAN on the CONVEX will not
accept the following filenames:

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t.dat at.dat dat.dat

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CR 4482 Avoidance: Do not use the above names.

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CR 4484 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — GPFORCE, GPFDR -SFM
3001, FILE 108 NOT IN FIST Grid point force output is not available
in upstream superelements in cyclic symmetry statics (SOLs 81 and
114). A GPFORCE request results in the message «SYSTEM FATAL
MESSAGE 3001 FILE 108 NOT IN FIST» being issued from the GPFDR
Module. Avoidance: A DMAP avoidance is under investigation. CR 4486
MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis — Hyperelastic, PLSOLID,
FORM=MIXED — No Convergence When a displacement coordinate system
(CD) is specified on any of the grid entries connecting a HEXA
hyperelastic (PLSOLID) element, results may either converge slowly
or no convergence occurs when FORM=MIXED is selected. Avoidance:
Use the default FORM=ISOP.

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CR 4491 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — DRMS1 — SFM 4276, EC 7777 The
message «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 7777» may occur
during data recovery of eigenvalues analysis in the DRMS1 module.
This error is due to numerical underflow or overflow and is highly
machine dependent. This error has only been observed on the DEC
VAX(VMS) release of MSC/NASTRAN. Avoidance: Run the job on another
machine.

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CR 4494 Acoustic Analysis — Wrong Answers — SFM 5401 When the
surfaces of the fluid cavity are connected to a structural surface
containing two or more distinct elements (i.e. the fluid is
interfacing with HEXA elements on one surface and QUAD elements on
the other surface ) then wrong answers may be produced for the
FL./STR. INTERFACE CHECK and/or SFM 5401 may occur. Avoidance :
This is a general limitation of MSC/NASTRAN. The acoustic cavity
must be surrounded by plate or solid elements but not both.

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CR 4496 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis — CHACAB — UFM 4422,
SFM 4276 EC 7777, Wrong Answers If the table input features of the
PACABS Bulk Data entry (TIDi fields) are used to define the
reactance for the CHACAB absorber element then, depending on the
machine, the job may fail and issue either the message «USER FATAL
MESSAGE 4422, NUMBER OF NULL ROWS IN THE DYNAMIC MATRICES IS NOT
EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF NULL COLUMNS» or «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276
EC 7777». Incorrect DB pressure values may also be produced.
Avoidance: Instead of using the TABLEDi features to calculate the
stiffness and mass values for the absorber element, specify the k,
m and b values explicitly on the PACABS Bulk Data entry.

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CR 4498 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — LINE, MAXLINES — SFM
3019 The message «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3019 MAXIMUM LINE COUNT
EXCEEDED IN SUBROUTINE PAGER LINE COUNT EQUALS ****» is misleading,
because the code is actually counting the pages. If the user
specifies LINE=X and MAXLINES=Y, then the max number of pages that
will be output is Y/X, regardless of how many lines are actually on
each page. When the code counts more pages than Y/X, it will issue
the message above. If the user specifies a value for LINE that is
greater than the actual number of lines per page, then the job
fails at a lower line count than MAXLINES.

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CR 4498 Avoidance: Specify a correct value for LINE.

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CR 4503 MSC / MD Nastran Case Control — SDR2, MODES — SFM 3002
In MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 if the MODES command references an
eigenvector that does not exist, the run fails and the message
«SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 3002 MODULE=SDR2 EOF ENCOUNTERED WHILE
READING DATA SET PHG» is output from the SDR2 module. Prior
versions of MSC/NASTRAN correctly ignore a MODES command that is
beyond the number of eigenvectors calculated. Avoidance: Remove the
additional subcase and MODES command. CR 4506 MSC / MD Nastran
Optimization/Design Sensitivity — UMERGE1 — SFM 4276, EC 1409. If
an optimization or design sensitivity analysis contains EPOINTs as
is required for the Lagrange multiplier large mass method, then the
execution fails in the UMERGE1 module and the message «SYSTEM FATAL
MESSAGE 4276 ERROR CODE 1409» is output.

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Avoidance: The UMERGE1 DMAP statements at lines 65, 66, and 67
of subDMAP DYNSEN must be ALTERed to set the IOPT parameter to 1 as
follows: from: UMERGE USETD,EGMG,,,/EGMP/’P’/’G’/’E’ $ to: UMERGE
USETD,EGMG,,,/EGMP/’P’/’G’/’E’/1 $

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CR 4525 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation/Optimization — DEQATN —
UFM 201, SFM 217, UFM 224, UFM 5199 Input errors on the DEQATN Bulk
Data entry often result in poor messages. The following messages
have been encountered when invalid symbols such as a «[» are used
or the restriction against large field format is violated on the
DEQATN entry: «USER FATAL MESSAGE 215 (PRER2O) BINARY OPERATORS

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CR 4525 CANNOT BE THE FIRST SYMBOL FOUND IN AN ARITHMETIC
LOGICAL EXPRESSION» or «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 233 (PRSPOP) UNDERFLOW
OCCURRED DURING PROCESSING OF OPERAND STACK» or «USER FATAL MESSAGE
5199. ON THE ABOVE BULK DATA FREE FIELD CARD AN INTEGER OR A BCD
FIELD HAD MORE THAN EIGHT CHARACTERS». Avoidance: Review the
requirements of the DEQATN entry documented in the MSC/NASTRAN
User’s Manual and modify the DEQATN entries as necessary.

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CR 4528 MSC / MD Nastran Parallel Matrix Methods — SPARSE,
PARALLEL — Segmentation Fault In Version 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN on the
CONVEX C3800 computer, if parallel sparse decomposition is
selected, the job fails and no message is printed to the F06 output
file. The log file indicates a «Segmentation Fault» error in the
routine relcpuu. Avoidance: Presently the only avoidance is to run
MSC/NASTRAN within csh and specify the csh command «limit
concurrency 4» before execution. The error will be fixed for
Version 68 by limiting the maximum number of CPUs to 4 when using
parallel sparse decomposition. CR 4529 MSC / MD Nastran Sequencer —
SEQP, PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 — SFM 4276 FILPOS EC 1044 An error exists in
the nested dissection option of the sequencer module. This option
is selected by setting PARAM,NEWSEQ,6 in Version 65E, 66, 66A, 66B,
67, or 67.5 of MSC/NASTRAN. The option is also available by setting
PARAM,NEWSEQ,8 in Version 67.5 whenever sparse decomposition is
also selected. This error causes the job to fail in the SEQP module
and the message «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 4276 FILPOS ERROR CODE 1044»
to be output. The error occurs only when superelement groups exist
in the model and when the number of grid points in any group is
more than 1/4 or less than 1/3 of the total number of grids.

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CR 4529 Avoidance: Other than selecting another sequencer
option, there is no avoidance.

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CR 4536 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — EQUIV, EQUIVX — UFM 1126 in CALL
SELR for datablock FPS (outputtwice) If the EQUIV or EQUIVX
statement appears immediately after a CALL statement then the
message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 1126» may be incorrectly issued in the
subsequent loop. This is an error in the Last-Time-Used (LTU)
logic. (Version 67, 67.5 and 67.7 only)

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Avoidance: An avoidance is to specify the PARAML module for the
offending datablock after the EQUIV (or EQUIVX statement). For
example, if UFM 1126 is issued for datablock PS then insert the
PARAML DMAP statement as in the following example. CALL XXXX
PG/PA,PS $ EQUIVX PA/PA1/-1 $ PARAML PS//’PRES’ $

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CR 4538 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Analysis — ASETi, OMITi —
Poor Message, SFM 2199, UWM 4698 If ASETi or OMITi entries are
specified in SOL 66 or 106 and there are no elements with linear
material properties, then SFM 2199 and UWM 4698 are issued. This
error has been corrected in MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 by issuing the
meaninful user fatal message 4423.

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Avoidance: This is a user error. The avoidance is to remove all
ASETi and OMITi entries since nonlinear degrees of freedom can not
be omitted. The correction to SOL 66 and SOL 106 DMAPs results in
the meaningful message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 4423 A NONLINEAR ELEMENT
IS ATTACHED TO AN OMITTED DEGREE OF FREEDOM» being output. CR 4539
MSC / MD Nastran

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CR 4539 Plotting — NEUPS — Missing Plot Output, Stack Error If a
plot file generated by the NEUPS utility can be displayed using the
SUN PageView utility or other utilities, but is not able to be
printed, then the Postscript file contains too many data points in
a single curve and the data overflows the printer’s memory.
Avoidance: Possible resolutions include: 1. Increase the printer’s
memory (may not be feasible); or try on other printers, 2. Break a
single long curve into a number of curves, 3. Modify the NEUPS
utility with the following changes.

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In subroutine PLOT, change the following lines: After subroutine
plot(x,y,i) Add save strkln After write (unit=ips,fmt=20) x, y,’
lineto’ Add strkln = strkln + 1 if( strkln.gt.50) then
write(unit=ips, fmt=10) ‘stroke’ write(unit=ips, fmt=10)
‘newpath’

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CR 4543 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — QUADR — Wrong Answers for
Non-Uniform Thickness The corner stress output for the QUADR and
TRIAR elements due to membrane forces are calculated and output for
the average thickness. Thus the corner stress output for
non-uniform thickness elements is wrong. Avoidance: In MSC/NASTRAN
Version 67.5, the STRESS(CORNER) option for the QUAD4 element may
be used.

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CR 4545 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section — INIT SCRATCH,
SCR300- UFM 4275 Logical names and their reference to physical
files must be unique across all INIT statements. Thus, if both
SCRATCH and SCR300 are assigned to the

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CR 4545 same physical file, then the job may fail and the
message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 4275» may be issued. Avoidance: ASSIGN
SCRATCH and SCR300 to different files.

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CR 4549 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — CTRIAX6, GPWG — Missing
Documentation For the axisymmetric TRIAX6 element, the Grid Point
Weight Generator outputs the c.g. for the modeled structure only .
The calculated mass is the mass for the entire structure of
revolution. This is design intent. This error has been addressed by
including a comment under the description of the PARAM,GRDPNT entry
in the 2nd printing of the MSC/NASTRAN Version 68 Quick Reference
Guide. CR 4551 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — Application Manual,
Section 7.7 — Installation Errors The following documentation
errors exist in the Version 67.5 Section 7.7 of the CRAY(UNICOS),
CONVEX, and VAX(VMS) MSC/NASTRAN Application Manuals: 1)
CRAY(UNICOS) p. 7.7-5 n67ins should be n675ins. p. 7.7-7 %1f should
be %1d. 2) CONVEX p. 7.7-5 n67ins should be n675ins. p. 7.7-9 The
documentation should say move the nastran.p file and the
nastran.man file into the /usr/man/catp directory. p. 7.7-20 nast67
should be nast675. 3) DEC VAX/VMS p. 7.7-14 The documentation on p.
7.7-14 should show «PRT=NO !» instead of «PRT=NO $». p. 7.7-36 5
should be 4 on the Step 5 line. p. 7.7-37 In the Step 7 section,
«Steps 2 through 7» should read «Steps 2 through 6» and «Step 4»
should be «Step 3»

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract

CR 4555 MSC / MD Nastran 68 Documentation — DTIIN — Incorrect
User’s Manual Documentation The MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual
documentation for the DTIIN entry is incorrect. The documentation
currently indicates: DTIIN
DTI,DTINDX/DTI1,DTI2,DTI3,DTI4,DTI5,DTI6,DTI7,DTI8,DTI9,DTI10/
PARM1/PARM2/PARM3,PARM4,PARM5,PARM6,PARM7,PARM8,PARM9/PARM10 $ This
should be changed to:

Description DTIIN
DTI,DTINDX/DTI1,DTI2,DTI3,DTI4,DTI5,DTI6,DTI7,DTI8,DTI9,DTI10/
PARM1/PARM2/PARM3/PARM4/PARM5/PARM6/PARM7/PARM8/PARM9/PARM10 $ This
error has been corrected in the Version 68 DMAP Module
Dictionary.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4559 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — GPSTR1, MODAC2 —
Missing Documentation, UWM 4605 The following two user messages
have the same number: «USER WARNING MESSAGE 4605. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
MESSAGES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY GPSTR1 MODULE.»

Corrected Version 69

Description

«USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605, INPUT MATRIX **** IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH
ITS ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LIST (I.E., TOL, FOL, LAMA, CLAMA).» The
latter message is correct since it is the one that is documented in
the MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual.

Known Error Product Abstract Description

CR 4561 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — OFP — Missing Output
Remark 2 of the MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual description of the OFP
DMAP

Corrected Version 68

Known Error

CR 4561 statement states that data blocks can be output by OFP.
However, parameter OP1 does not honor data blocks LAMA, OEIGS,
LAMX, CLAMA, and OGPWG. This error has been corrected in the
Version 68 DMAP Module Dictionary.

Avoidance: There is no known avoidance. Known Error Product
Abstract CR 4563 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts — SUBCOM, CBEAM —
Inefficient Restarts When the SUBCOM Case Control command is added
to a Structured Solution Sequence (SOL 101 through 200) data
recovery restart, and the model contains CBEAM elements, the SEKRRS
subDMAP is unnecessarily re-executed in the restart. (V67+ only).
Description Avoidance: The error may be avoided by using one of the
following actions: 1) Use PARAM,SERST,SEDR in the restart run, 2)
Replace the SUBCOM with a SUBCASE that references an equivalent
load. 3) Use an Unstructured Solution Sequence and perform a manual
restart.

Corrected Version 68

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4572 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — ACCT — Incorrect label
in Accounting file The header of the last field of the MSC
accounting file (created by the «acct» keyword) should indicate
«Min» not «Sec». Avoidance: The MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5 script
should be changed as follows

Corrected Version 68

Description

Original definition (line 521 on Sun): echo ‘
ACC3=»Monthly-Total-CPU-Sec»‘

Change to:

Known Error

CR 4572 echo ‘ ACC3=»Monthly-Total-CPU-Min»‘

Known Error Product Abstract Description Known Error Product
Abstract

CR 4573 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis — RESTART —
Inefficient Restart If an M, K aero pair is added to a restart run
in Solution 145 or 146, then the existing aerodynamic matrices are
unnecessarily recomputed. CR 4574 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear
Analysis — DBC, ESE — Missing Output On the CONVEX Version 67.5
release of MSC/NASTRAN if a nonlinear analysis contains a request
for element strain energy output, then no data recovery output is
written to the .XDB file. Avoidance: Remove the ESE request.

Corrected Version 68

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4575 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — CQUAD4, PSHELL — Poor
Answers A remark should be added to the MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual
description of the PSHELL entry. If transverse shear flexibility is
specified for a model with curved shells where the loading is
dominated by twist, the results for a coarse to medium mesh model
may be inaccurate and the results will diverge as the mesh is
refined.

Corrected Version 70

Description

Avoidance: MSC/NASTRAN Version 68.2 and later releases include
«Shell Normals» an enhancement which corrects this deficiency. This
enhancement is documented in the Version 69 Release Guide. Note
that by default shell normals are not activated they must be
explicitly requested. The Quick Reference Guide description of the
CQUAD4 and PSHELL entries should be updated to provide guidance for
the above situation. Permanent documentation, not release

Known Error

CR 4575 guides, should

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4576 MSC / MD Nastran Material Nonlinear Analysis — NLPCI,
RIKS, MRIKS — UWM 6195 When either the RIKS or MRIKS method is used
in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67 and later systems, the message «USER
WARNING MESSAGE 6195 SOLUTION HAS REGRESSED TO AN EARLIER LOAD
STEP» may be issued and the solution will not adapt. Avoidance:
Specify the CRIS method on the NLPCI entry.

Corrected Version GL

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4582 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — CMASSi, SEQP- Poor Message,
UFM 2012 If a CMASSi entry (and possibly other scalar elements)
specify the «0» degree of freedom of a grid point, the job fails
and the message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 2012 GRID POINT *** SAME AS
SCALAR POINT» is issued. Avoidance: Specify a valid degree of
freedom on the CMASSi entry. CR 4584 MSC / MD Nastran
Postprocessing — OUTPUT2, PARAM,POST — Segmentation Violation
Depending on the machine and operating system level, an error may
be encountered when writing very large unformatted OUTPUT2 and
OUTPUT4 files. This error causes the message «Segmentation
Violation = Signal 11 Code 3» to appear in the log file, with the
result that the OUTPUTi files are incorrect. This error has been
corrected in Version 67.5.01. Version 67.5.01 is delivered to all
new Sun clients and is available on request to all existing
clients. This error has been observed on the following
hardware/software combinations: MSC/NASTRAN SunOS Version Version
Machine Status V67.5 4.1.3 Ver. 3 SparcStation 2 Fails

Corrected Version GL

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 67.5.0.1

Description

Known Error

CR 4584 Sparcstation 10 Fails Sparc server

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4586 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section — ASSIGN, INIT,
— UFM 505 If an FMS statement begins with any blank space, then the
job fails and the message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 505 (XCSA) CONTROL
CARD ‘FMS STATEMENT’ IS ILLEGAL» is output. Avoidance: Enter the
FMS statement beginning in field 1.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract

CR 4606 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing — OUTPUT2 — SFM 1222 If
an OUTPUT2 neutral file is created and the ITAPE=-9 option is not
used to write an EOF, then the following messages appear in the
RCOUT2 job print when converting the file back to binary form: ***
SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1222 (LDRTRN) AN UNEXPECTED END OF FILE WAS
DETECTED ON A NEUTRAL FILE DURING A DBLOAD OPERATION USER
INFORMATION: THIS ERROR TERMINATES PROGRAM EXECUTION AND GENERALLY
OCCURS WHEN THE DBUNLOAD JOB FAILS DURING NEUTRAL FILE CREATION
USER ACTION: REVIEW NEUTRAL FILE CREATION JOB FOR FATAL
MESSAGES

Description *** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE RC0008 (RCOUT2) THE
END-OF-FILE FATAL MESSAGE WRITTEN ABOVE OCCURRED DURING DATA BLOCK
NAME PROCESSING. PROGRAMMER INFORMATION: 1. THIS ERROR GENERALLY
INDICATES THAT THE LAST OUTPUT2 OPTION USED WAS NOT -9 2. THE
OUTPUT2 FORTRAN BINARY FILE CREATED IS CORRECT AND REFLECTS THE
CONTENT OF THE NEUTRAL FILE.

Known Error

CR 4606 Avoidance: When creating neutral-format OUTPUT2 files,
the -9 option should be used as follows: OUTPUT2 ,,,,//-9/unit
number

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4609 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(INIT),
RESTARTS — Wrong Answers The following error with thermal loads may
occur in restarts with the superelement unstructured Solution
Sequences (61-99) or restarts with PARAM,SERST,SEMI (or SEDR) in
Solutions 101-200. If the initial temperature is not specified
(i.e., TEMP(INIT) is not present) in the initial run (cold start)
loads are not generated (i.e., SELG and SELR are not requested),
and in the restart run TEMP(LOAD), TEMP(BOTH) or TEMP is specified
but no SEMG requests are made (for the superelements processed in
the cold start), then the thermal loads are incorrect. This error
occurs because the EST data block, which is used in generating
thermal loads and depends on the TEMP(INIT), is not regenerated in
the restart. It is only generated if SEMG is requested. Avoidance:
Specify the same TEMP(INIT) in th

Corrected Version GL

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4610 MSC / MD Nastran Static Analysis — PARAM,MPCF,
PARAM,INREL — UFM 3055 If inertia relief is requested in SOL 101
(PARAM,INREL,-1) in conjunction with «PARAM,MPCF,YES» in
MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5, then the job fails and the message «USER
FATAL MESSAGE 3055 AN ATTEMPT TO MULTIPLY OR MULTIPLY AND ADD
NON-CONFORMABLE MATRICES TOGETHER WAS MADE IN MODULE MPYAD». This
is a version 67.5+ error only. Avoidance: If the model does not
contain superelements (i.e., residual only), the following DMAP
Alter may be applied to avoid this error: COMPILE SEDRCVR
SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 16,16 $ CHANGE PG TO PJ1

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error

CR 4610 UPARTN USET,PJ1/PM,,,/’G’/’M’/’N’/1 $ A DMAP avoidance
is under investigation for models that contain superelements.

Known Error Product

CR 4611 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — OUTPUT2, INPUTT2 — Neutral
Format, UWM 6444, SFM 1208, SFM 1214 Using the NEUTRAL FORMAT
option of OUTPUT2 and INPUTT2 in DMAP may cause the run to fail and
issue the following warning and fatal messages: «UWM 6444 (INPTYP)
— THE FILE ASSIGNED TO UNIT = CONTAINS DATA THAT IS INCONSISTENT
WITH FORM = FORMATTED», «SFM 1208 (LDSTR) — ERROR SETTING UP
TRANSLATE TABLE AT LOC = » and «SFM 1214 (LDRTRN) — ERROR
TRANSLATING DATA FROM NEUTRAL FILE READ FOR SUBROUTINE LDSTR».
Avoidance: Encountering this error is very unlikely and there is no
a priori avoidance. If the error is encountered, some possible ways
to workaround this problem are as follows: 1. Use the RCOUT2
utility to convert the neutral file to a binary file. Then use the
binary option of INPUTT2 to read the file. 2. Rerun the initial
OUTPUT2 job with a different neutral record le

Corrected Version 67.7 Abstract

Description

Known Error Product

CR 4612 MSC / MD Nastran Postprocessing — OUTPUT2, INPUTT2 — UWM
6444, SFM 1208, SFM 1214, SFM 2190 The INPUTT2 module may fail when
attempting to read an input file formatted with the new neutral
option in MSC/NASTRAN Version 67.5. Messages that are evidence of
this error include «USER WARNING MESSAGE 6444», «SYSTEM FATAL
MESSAGE 1208», «SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE 1214», and «SYSTEM FATAL
MESSAGE 2190 (INPTN2) ILLEGAL VALUE FOR KEY». Avoidance: Use the
RCOUT2 utility to convert the neutral file to a binary

Corrected Version 67.7 Abstract

Description

Known Error

CR 4612 file. Then use the binary option of the INPUTT2 module
to read the file.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4617 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — — Missing Completion
Time and Date The date and time that MSC/NASTRAN finishes is not
printed to the .log file on the DECstation ULTRIX Version 67R2
system.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Avoidance: Line 331 in the «.shl» should be modified. Remove the
«exec » command and replace as follows: echo «/bin/time
${LOC_EXE}/${EXE_NAME} ${asgf} {$mem}»

Known Error Product

CR 4618 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis — ACSRCE, CHACAB,
PACABS — Wrong Answers, Missing Output If an ACSRCE Bulk Data entry
has the same DAREA ID (field 3) for loads applied to structural
grid points then wrong answers or missing output may result.

Corrected Version 69 Abstract

Description

Avoidance: Define a RLOADi or TLOADi Bulk Data entry with an SID
(field 2) and DAREA ID (field 3) which is unique with respect to
the ACSRCE entry. Then define a DLOAD Bulk Data entry which is
referenced by the DLOAD Case Control command and combines the
RLOADi (or TLOADi) and ACSRCE entries. CR 4619 MSC / MD Nastran
Matrix Methods — SPARSE DECOMP, FBS — Wrong Answers If the sparse
solver and FBS are run more than once and 2 by 2 pivots are
necessary for some of the FBS operations, there may be wrong
answers. Positive definite matrices do not require pivoting
operations. Thus, this error is unlikely in the delivered solution
sequences. The DMAP alter RFLAG.V675 delivered with Version 67.5
does not encounter this problem if superelements are not
present.

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error

CR 4619 Avoidance: Do not use sparse decomposition with alters
such as the Lagrange multiplier method that may produce indefinite
matrices.

Known Error Product

CR 4620 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis — AMG, UFBS, ZONA
— Divide By Zero, Missing Data Blocks The supersonic aerodynamic
code (ZONA) contained in the Aero II option can fail when the
inverse Mach line emanating from a control point of one bax is
almost perfectly aligned with the leading edge of another box. On
some machines, the error is evidenced by a divide by zero check in
the AMG module. On others, it produces missing datablocks in the
UFBS module. Avoidance: Experience has shown that a slight change
in the requested Mach number (e.g., from M=2.4 to M=2.41) causes
the error to go away and good answers result.

Corrected Version 67.7.0.1 Abstract

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4621 MSC / MD Nastran Plotting — AERO1 — No Plottable
Structural Elements Exist If the user desires a plot of only the
aerodynamic model and specifies SET 1=AERO1, the following message
appears:

Corrected Version GL

Description

NO PLOTTABLE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS EXIST IN SET 1 Avoidance:
Adding any other element to the SET, such as SET 1=AERO1,QUAD4,
results in a plot of the aerodynamic model and the elements
specified.

Known Error Product Abstract Description

CR 4623 MSC / MD Nastran Dynamic Response Analysis — TRD1 — UWM
3045, Poor Message If a job fails in the TRD1 module due to
insufficient time the message «USER WARNING MESSAGE 3045
INSUFFICIENT TIME TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING ** SOLUTION(S) IN
MODULE TRD1» is output. This message gives no indication of the
amount

Corrected Version 70.5.2

Known Error

CR 4623 of time necessary to complete the module. This message
is also output by modules AMP, CEAD, FA2, FRRD1, and TRD2.
Avoidance: Increase the amount of time on the TIME command.

Known Error Product Abstract Description

CR 4626 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — LOAD — Limitation
Removed Remark 6 under the MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual and Quick
Reference Guide description of the LOAD entry is no longer
applicable. In MSC/NASTRAN Version 66 the limit of 300 Si, Li pairs
was removed. CR 4627 MSC / MD Nastran Eigenvalue Analysis — EIGRL,
LANCZOS — UFM 5429 The time estimated to complete a LANCZOS
iteration may be very conservative for large problems. Thus, a run
where ample time is specified may inappropriately encounter the
message «USER FATAL MESSAGE 5429, INSUFFICIENT TIME TO START
LANCZOS ITERATION». Avoidance: Specify a very large value on the
TIME entry. CR 4629 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — Application
Manual, Section 7.7.2 — Installation The command «dd if=/dev/extape
of=/tmp/MSC675 bs=8b» (documented on page 7.7-2 of the MSC/NASTRAN
Application Manual, Version 67.5 for CRAY UNICOS computers) which
is to load the file from the delivery tape when an expander tape
drive is used, does not work. ` Avoidance: Use the command «dd
if=/dev/extape of=/tmp/MSC675 bs=32768» as documented on the same
page.

Corrected Version 68

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 67.7

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4631 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — Shell Script — Data
File Not Found If the name of the .dat file happens to match the
beginning of the directory name, and that directory is included in
the 1st argument (jid), line 184 of the Convex script file will
remove the file name portion from the directory path, and thus the
data file will not be found: For example if you have a data file
named «abc.dat» in directory /usr1/jones/abc_dir, then submitting a
V675 job as: nast675 /usr1/jones/abc_dir/abc will yield: Data file
/usr1/jones_dir/abc.dat not found.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Avoidance: Change the the following (line 184) in the script:
(add a «$» sign after the «name») from jid_dir=`echo ${jid} | sed
«s;/$name;;»` to jid_dir=`echo ${jid} | sed «s;/$name$;;»` also
change the name into nametmp old line: jid_dir=`echo ${jid} |
se

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4634 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — EIGRL, CYSUP — Wrong
Answers In cyclic symmetry analysis, the Lanczos method of
eigenvalue extraction may incorrectly apply «SUPORT» logic which is
selected by the CYSUP Bulk Data entry. In one problem, the CYSUP
entry resulted in the first eigenvalue of the second Harmonic (a
flexible mode) being set to 0 incorrectly. The eigenvector for this
mode is correct. Avoidance: Do not use the CYSUP entry with the
Lanczos method of eigenvalue extraction.

Corrected Version 69

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4637 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — VECPLOT — Incorrect Matrix
Trailer, Wrong Answers When the VECPLOT module is used to generate
a matrix containing the geometry of the model, the resulting matrix
may have an incorrect trailer value for the number of rows. If this
is the case, subsequent modules that use the matrix may fail or
give incorrect results.

Corrected Version 70.7

Description

Avoidance: The following DMAP Alter demonstrates the use of the
VECPLOT module to generate a matrix called OUTGEOM with the model
geometry and uses the MODTRL module to correct the trailer. VECPLOT
,,BGPDT,EQEXIN,CSTM,,/OUTGEOM/0/3 $ MODTRL OUTGEOM///LUSET $

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4644 MSC / MD Nastran Acoustic Analysis — PARAM,FLUIDMP —
Missing Output The panel participation factors output are missing
when the modal participation factors are requested for panels in
acoustics, the request is for a selected set of grids, and the
model consists of only fluid elements. This error exists in Version
67.5 and 68. Version 67 users should refer to Error 3672 before
proceeding. Avoidance: To avoid this error in Version 67.5, apply
the DMAP Alter listed below. COMPILE SEMFREQ SOUIN=MSCSOU NOREF
ALTER 125,125 EQUIVX OG/OA/NOA $ IF (NOA>-1) UPARTN
USET,OG/OA,,,/’G’/’A’/’S’/1 $ ALTER 148 IF ( FLUIDMP MATGEN
,/FTMP/6/NFEIG/0/FLUIDMP $ PARTN UHFF,,FTMP/,UHFF1,,/1 $ EQUIVX
UHFF1/UHFF/-1 $ PARTN PHFA1,FTMP,/,,PHFA2,/1 $ ELSE $ EQUIVX
PHFA1/PHFA2/-1 $ ENDIF $ ALTER 155,162

Corrected Version 68.2

Description

Known Error

CR 4644 To a

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4654 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — PARAM,CURVPLOT —
Missing SORT1 Output The documentation for PARAM,CURVPLOT does not
indicate that it is a valid parameter for Solutions 71, 72, 111,
and 112. This parameter must be specified to obtain SORT1 output in
the aforementioned solution sequences. This documentation error is
corrected in the 2nd printing of the Version 68 Quick Reference
Guide. CR 4655 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — COMPILE, XREF — Missing
Output The MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual for the COMPILE statement
states that a cross-reference is available for an NDDL COMPILE. The
Version 67 documentation should be amended as follows to indicate
the specific circumstances when the NDDL X-REF is available. This
capability has been added to Version 68, please see error 2869.
[Add to Remark 6.]

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

Corrected Version 68

Description d. The cross-reference is produced only when the
NDDL source is provided directly in the input file. It is not
produced when the source is obtained from a SOUIN command. For
example, the following two-run sequence produces a cross-reference
of NDDLOLD. Note that the cross reference can be large. The
cross-reference produced for the NDDL of the Structured Solution
Sequences is more than 1000 pages in length. The cross reference
for NDDLOLD p Known Error Product Abstract Description CR 4656 MSC
/ MD Nastran DMAP — RESTART, DELETE — Wrong Answers The DELETE
module is skipped in an automatic restart if the datablock(s) to be
deleted exist on the database. Note that MSC/NASTRAN’s solution

Corrected Version 68

Known Error

CR 4656 sequences use the RESTART module to delete data blocks
from the database on a restart run. Thus, this error only affects
user DMAPs. Avoidance: Set system cell 109 to 1 before the DELETE
and back to 0 immediately after the DELETE. For example, to delete
data blocks A and B: PUTSYS(1,109) $ DELETE /A,B,,, $ PUTSYS(0,109)
$

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4663 MSC / MD Nastran Old Design Sensitivity — DSCMR — Wrong
Answers For large problems (many elements) with many design
variables, the DSCMR sensitivity coefficient matrix may have zero
values for design variables that should have non zero values of
sensitivity coefficients. This problem has been addressed by the
solution 200 material sensitivity project in Version 70.7.

Corrected Version GL

Description Avoidance: If the user suspects that there are zero
values in the sensitivity coefficient matrix that should be non
zero, then reduce the number of design variables requested and
compute a new DSCMR matrix.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4670 MSC / MD Nastran DMAP — DIAGONAL — Missing Documentation
There is no mention in the Version 67 «Nonupward Compatible
Features» that the DIAGONAL DMAP module changed and that these
changes may result in a nonupward compatibility for user DMAPs.
Starting with Version 67, the OPT parameter was changed from BCD to
a CHARACTER input. Thus, the values must be enclosed in quotes. If
a value is not enclosed in quotes, MSC/NASTRAN interprets the input
as a variable and sets the variable to the default value of
‘COLUMN’. Since the «Nonupward Compatible Features» for Version

Corrected Version 67.5

Description

Known Error

CR 4670 67 documentation will not be re-issued, this error is
considered addressed with this error report.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4677 MSC / MD Nastran Lagrange Multiplier — CVISCi, CDAMPi —
Wrong Answers The Lagrange Multiplier DMAP alter delivered in the
file RFLAG.V675 in Version 67.5 results in wrong answers for modal
frequency response analysis when the models contains viscous
dampers. Avoidance: Change RFLAG.V675 as follows:

Corrected Version 68

Description

COMPILE GKAMJR $ $ . . . . skip down about 20 lines, replace
following statement $ IF (YES2SET=-1) THEN $ insert next statement
in its place IF (false) THEN $

Further client information indicates that this alter still does
not work. Known Error Product Corrected Version Abstract Nonlinear
Analysis — NLEMG — Load Increment is Skipped In solution 106 if
param,lgdisp is set to 1 and no nonlinear elements exist, then
after a stiffness update the load increment will skip to the next
increment. Avoidance: Either add a nonlinear element or place yes
in 9th field of the NLPARM entry. Known Error Product Abstract CR
4687 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress — GPSTR1, QUAD4, TRIA3,
QUAD8, TRIA6 — Wrong Answers If grid point stress output is
requested and the edge point is attached to a linear plate element
(QUAD4 or TRIA3), the grid point stress calculation at this edge
point may be incorrect. The error only occurs when the other end of
the interior line segment connecting to the edge grid is attached
to a higher order shell element (QUAD8 or TRIA6). In this case, the
stress contribution of the interior grid point is not included in
the grid point CR 4684 MSC / MD Nastran

Description

Corrected Version GL

Description

Known Error

CR 4687 stress calculation at the edge point. Avoidance: If the
edge grid point is connected to a QUAD4 element, then requesting
corner output resolves this problem. Unfortunately, corner output
is only available starting with Version 67.5. If the edge point is
connected to a TRIA3 element or Version 67.5 is not available, then
there is no avoidance.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4692 MSC / MD Nastran Installation — Incorrect File
Permissions — No Access Allowed The delivery tape for MSC/NASTRAN
Version 67.5 for the CRAY Y-MP (UNICOS) was incorrectly written. In
particular, all file permissions for ‘other’ access are blank,
i.e., no access is allowed. The error is corrected for all new
installations by the tape labeled «V67.5 MSC/NASTRAN (r2)».
Avoidance: The error may be corrected by executing the following
commands: cd /msc # or the actual «repository» directory. cd bin
find . -perm 770 -exec chmod 777 {} ; find . -perm 660 -exec chmod
666 {} ; find . -perm 750 -exec chmod 755 {} ; find . -perm 640
-exec chmod 644 {} ; If the repository and installation
directories are not the same, execute the following additional
commands: cd /msc/nast675 # or the actual «installation» directory
find . -perm 770 -exec ch

Corrected Version 67.52

Description

Known Error Product

CR 4695 MSC / MD Nastran Grid Point Stress — ELSDCON — Missing
GPSTRESS Discontinuity Output, SWM 6247 When requesting grid point
stress discontinuities, and more than one type of element is in the
surface or volume, the following message is received: «SYSTEM
WARNING MESSAGE 6247 (STD2HD/S), THERE IS AN INCONSISTENT

Corrected Version 69 Abstract

Description

Known Error

CR 4695 POINTER TABLE FOR SCR4 FILE…CHECK POINTER TABLE 5 FOR
SCR4 FILE» The run then terminates. Avoidance: Only use one element
type in a surface or volume.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4696 MSC / MD Nastran Aeroelastic Analysis — SPLINE — UFM
2262 If a SPLINE Bulk Data entry specifies BOX1 and BOX2 or ID1 and
ID2 such that there are no aerodynamic boxes splined, the code does
not detect the user error. The job will subsequently fail and issue
the misleading messages «USER FATAL MESSAGE 2262 (GIPTSD) SPLINE
**** INCLUDES AERO BOX INCLUDED ON AN EARLIER SPLINE». Avoidance:
Correct the offending SPLINE entry.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4700 MSC / MD Nastran Elements — QUAD4(CORNER) — UWM 6418,
Missing Output If a Case Control data recovery request is made for
QUAD4 corner and center output within the same run, then the
message «USER WARNING MESSAGE 6418» is output to warn the user that
only one output type is supported per run. The hierarchy of the
request that takes precedence is documented in the MSC/NASTRAN
Release Notes for Version 67.5. The user warning message contains
null characters which may cause some editors to fail and all
subsequent output to be missing. Avoidance: Correct the Case
Control output requests so that they all request either corner or
center output.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract Description

CR 4701 MSC / MD Nastran Frequency Response Analysis — FRRD1 —
SFM 4276, EC 3012 Under unusual circumstances a frequency response
run (Solution 26) fails

Corrected Version 68

Known Error

CR 4701 in the FRRD1 module and the message «SYSTEM FATAL
MESSAGE 4276 QOPEN ERROR CODE 3012» is issued. This error occurs
when there are multiple calls to FRRD1 where the first call solves
for a single subcase (load case) or a single frequency and a
subsequent call solves for multiple frequencies and multiple
subcases (load cases). Avoidance: In Solution 26 the error may be
avoided by reordering subcases. The subcases that solve for
multiple frequencies and multiple subcases (load cases) must be
placed first in the Case Control Section.

Known Error Product

CR 4703 MSC / MD Nastran Nonlinear Transient Analysis — TSTEPNL,
TLOAD1 — UFM 4605, Wrong Answers If the «AUTO» method is selected
on the TSTEPNL entry for nonlinear transient analysis and the
excitation function on the TLOAD1 entry specifies an enforced
displacement, then the results are unpredictable. In some cases,
the job may fail with the following error message:

Corrected Version GL Abstract

Description

USER FATAL MESSAGE 4605. INPUT MATRIX PST IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH
ITS ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LIST (I.E., TOL,FOL,LAMA,CLAMA). In other
cases, the run may generate wrong answers. Furthermore, the results
may not be repeatable from run to run even on the same machine.
Avoidance: Use the «ADAPT» method, which is the default method.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4707 MSC / MD Nastran Restarts — MATi, PCOMP, PELAS — Wrong
Answers If a change is made to the upstream superelement structural
damping terms (GE field on MATi, PCOMP and PELASi entries), then
the structural damping matrix, K4GG is not reassembled to include
the upstream structural damping changes. This results in wrong
answers in dynamic response solution sequences.

Corrected Version 67.5

Description

Avoidance: Use Version 67.5 or higher for both the COLD start
and RESTART.

Known Error

CR 4707 If you must use Version 67 (or Version 67R2), then
insert the following alter which will force K4GG to be reassembled
on restart. COMPILE SEMRB SOUIN=MSCSOU NOLIST NOREF ALTER 5 PUTSYS
(1,109) ALTER 10 PUTSYS (0,109) ENDALTER

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4712 MSC / MD Nastran Cyclic Symmetry — RESTART — Wrong
Answers Restarts to compute modes for additional harmonics does not
work correctly. In the RESTART, MSC/NASTRAN calculates the
eigenvalues correctly but prints out the eigenvectors for the
harmonics from the initial run. Avoidance: To obtain the
eigenvectors for the additional harmonics, apply the following
alter:

Corrected Version 68.1

Description

COMPILE MODECYC SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 28 PUTSYS(1,109) $
…FORCE EXECUTION ALTER 30 PUTSYS(0,109) $ …RESET ENDALTER
COMPILE SEDISP SOUIN=MSCSOU LIST NOREF ALTER 130 PUTSYS(1,109) $
…FORCE EXECUTION ENDALTER

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4717 MSC / MD Nastran Superelements — RESTART, SEEXCLUDE —
Wrong Answers The automatic restart logic in the SSS does not
recognize the SEEX case control command. If the only change to a
model is to attempt to exclude a superelement (or set of
superelements) on a restart, then the program does not perform the
necessary operations and the answers from the original

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error

CR 4717 run are used. Avoidance: Make a change to the
superelement immediately downstream from the superelements affected
by the SEEX command. For example, add a disjoint GRID point to the
downstream superelement. The automatic restart logic then
reprocesses the downstream superelement and correctly processes the
SEEX command.

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4718 MSC / MD Nastran File Management Section — DBUNLOAD —
Infinite CPU Loop Attempting to DBUNLOAD a data block in the
neutral format that is not defined in the NDDL may result in the
program entering an infinite CPU loop.

Corrected Version 68

Description Avoidance: Do not use the DBUNLOAD neutral option
when outputting nonNDDL data blocks. Known Error Product Abstract
CR 4721 MSC / MD Nastran Miscellaneous — Shell Script Error —
Unidentified Keyword on IBM RS/6000 An error exists in the IBM
RS/6000 operating system that causes the NASTRAN shell script to
incorrectly translate keywords resulting in an «unidentified
keyword» error message being output during submittal of the NASTRAN
job. The problem lies with the translate function. If a keyword is
specified in uppercase in the nast675rc file, then it will be
transposed by one character. The following example of the «tr»
command illustrates the error: echo «FrEd» | tr ‘[a-z]’ ‘[A-Z]’
gRfD Thus, the valid keyword SDIR is translated to «tejs» and an
unidentified keyword entry error results. Avoidance: This error may
be overcome by using the «tr -A» option.

Corrected Version 68

Description

Known Error Product Abstract

CR 4723 MSC / MD Nastran Documentation — OUTPUT2, RCOUT2 — Poor
Message, SFM RC0005 The OUTPUT2 neutral option is driven by the
NDDL description for the datablock to be neutralized. An incorrect
NDDL description results in the following FATAL message during the
RCOUT2 run. 0*** SYSTEM FATAL MESSAGE RC0005 (RCOUT2) ILLEGAL KEY
VALUE DETECTED USER INFORMATION: EXPECTED KEY VALUE: GREATER THAN
OR EQUAL TO 2 DETECTED KEY VALUE: -3 FATAL ERROR CODE — INVALKEY
0004 FATAL ERROR Although the consequences of attempting to output
a non-NDDL data block using the neutral option is not documented,
the MSC/NASTRAN Release Notes for Version 67.5 clearly documents
that only NDDL data blocks may be output with the neutral option.
Avoidance: The new documentation for OUTPUT2 in Appendix C of the
MSC/NASTRAN Release N

Corrected Version GL

Description

Known