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Bug in explicit.

swahlgren

Structural
Jul 1, 2015
12
So I am experiencing a strange and very annoying bug with 2021 explicit models.

The first time I run a job everything is fine. If I run it again, some of the settings don't "take".

I'm applying displacement to a reference point with kinematic coupling to a surface but the coupling isn't coupling, so the RP moves but the rest doesn't.

Also, I have defined a bunch of history outputs in intervals but they're only stored for t=0.

Repeating myself: It works the very first job run but not afterwards.

I have tried all sorts of hacks to avoid the issue: new job name, delete all associated files in temp dir etc.

Any ideas what's causing it and how to fix it?

It's 2021 so the obvious thing to try is updating to a newer version. Working on that but IT only has the 2021 files at the moment.
 
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It's 2021 so the obvious thing to try is updating to a newer version. Working on that but IT only has the 2021 files at the moment.
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