CBUSH coincident nodes in hypermesh?

[Gardenfence]

Hi,

I am using Hypermesh. I am defining an ASET nodes for a model reduction, however, the nodes I am using are dependent nodes for an RBE3 element, so they cannot be used as my ASET.

I have defined coincident nodes at the same points as the nodes I want to define as my ASET and I want to use a CBUSH element to connect them, however, I cannot seem to get the CBUSH element to work. Here is a picture of my problem:



Every time I select the nodes and click apply, I get errors such as, "no receiving nodes found within tolerance" or "no springs created!" ect.

Does anybody know the process I am supposed to follow to fix this or get the CBUSH to work?

 

[SWComposites]

Do it in Excel.
Output all of the node definitions - ids and coordinates
Sort by coordinate locations.
Coincident nodes should be adjacent.
Create CBUSH cards in Excel using character strings.
Out CBUSH cards and read into Hypermesh.