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Errors / Warnings
There are a number of error or warning messages which may be generated by the Patran ANSYS Application Preference.
In addition to the errors listed, a fatal error which cannot be trapped by the translator sometimes occurs. This error occurs when anspat3 is translating many results on a machine with a relatively small “/tmp” directory. When results are being translated into a Patran database, the Patran database must sort the results before they are stored permanently. In order to sort these results, it must create relatively large files in the /tmp directory of the working machine. The names of these files are gds_sort_xxx. If there is not enough room in the /tmp directory for these files, the sorting will fail and the results will not be sorted. This error is usually accompanied by messages such as, “write failed: file system full: directory /tmp” appearing in the console window. The Patran database needs to be instructed to create these gds_sort_xxx files elsewhere by declaring an environment variable TMP, and setting it to the targeted directory. For example, setenv TMP /myscratch.
Alternatively, augment the size of the current machines’ “/tmp” directory, or run the translation on a machine with a larger /tmp directory.
The following table describes the messages that may be generated while creating an input deck.
 
Message
Description
Unable to open the specified database, “...”.
The program was unable to open the Patran database specified. Check file permissions mode.
Unable to open the ANSYS input file “...”.
The program was unable to open the input file (*.prp) specified. Check file permissions mode.
WARNING: No element properties were detected in the database.
No element properties were found in the database. Without element properties, no elements can be created.
No materials were detected in the database.
No material properties were found in the database. This may not be a problem if the elements used do not require material properties.
WARNING: None of the element property regions have properties defined for them.
Element properties may have been created then deleted. Check the element properties definitions in Patran.
WARNING: No elements were detected in the database for group “...”. Translation continuing.
No elements were found in the database for the specified group. Translation will continue without creating elements.
No loads or boundary conditions were detected for load case “...”.
No loads or boundary conditions were found in the database associated with the specified load case name. Check the load case definition in Patran.
The loads or boundary conditions “...” is of a type that the PAT3ANS translator does not currently support.
The loads or boundary conditions specified is not currently supported by Patran ANSYS. Change the loads or boundary conditions to one that is supported.
Time dependent fields are currently not supported. The field referenced in the loads or boundary condition “...” will not appear in the input file.
Time dependent loads or boundary conditions are not supported by Patran ANSYS.
No material properties were defined for “...”.
A material name exists in the Patran database with no properties associated to it. Check Patran material definitions.
No load cases were specified for the analysis.
No load cases were specified for an analysis type that requires load cases to be defined.
The elements in region “...” are of a type that the PAT3ANS translator does not currently support.
The elements in the specified region are not currently supported by the Patran ANSYS interface.
The number of layers is set to INT which is not allowed for STIF number INT.
An illegal number of layers is specified for an ANSYS element.
The elements in region “...” are of STIF type INT which requires a laminated material.
The elements in the specified region require the use of a laminated material. 
The orientation node INT for element INT was not found in the database.
The orientation node for a bar element was not defined.
WARNING: A loading was applied to a
 face or edge that is not supported in ANSYS. LBCs case is “...”. Translation is continuing without this loading.
A loading was applied to an element in a manner that ANSYS does not support. 
WARNING: HEAT FLUX is not supported by ANSYS Release 4.X. You must have ANSYS Release 5.X to use HEAT FLUX. Translation is continuing without this loading.
The heat flux lbcs is not supported in ANSYS Revision 4.4A. To use this lbc, you must run ANSYS Revision 5. Translation will continue without this loading.
WARNING: Nonzero coefficients are ignored in MPC # INT.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
Error translating mpc # INT. Recheck mpc geometry.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
DOF was required at node INT for Patran MPC #.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
The number of total nodes in an “...” MPC must be INT times the number of dependent nodes.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
Unknown node INT referenced in “...” type MPC.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
Unknown coordinate frame INT referenced by MPC INT.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
MPC # INT not translated.
For future use with implicit MPCs.
An unrecognized degree-of-freedom was found while “...”.
A DOF was specified that is not recognized by Patran ANSYS. 
No independent term was found for MPC
 number INT, of type “...”.
The specified MPC did not contain a definition for the required independent term. Specify an independent term and resubmit.
No dependent term was found for MPC
 number INT, of type “...”.
The specified MPC did not contain a definition for the required dependent term. Specify a dependent term and resubmit.
More than the allowed number of INT were specified for the MPC set. The maximum number allowed for a “...” type mpc is INT.
ANSYS 4.4 restricts the number of terms in an MPC set to 199. Reduce the number of terms specified below the allowed number and resubmit.
WARNING: An unsupported MPC type was detected for MPC number INT. Translation continuing without this MPC.
The MPC type selected is not supported by Patran ANSYS. Translation will continue without creating this MPC type.
The translation must be resubmitted from the Analysis form.
The loads and boundary conditions applied to geometry were not evaluated onto the finite elements model. The analysis must be resubmitted from the analysis form to cause the evaluation of the loads and boundary conditions.
The following errors or warnings may be generated while reading the analysis results into the Patran database.
 
Message
Description
ANSYS element STIF# is not supported by the translator. Execution proceeding without this element type.
An element of the specified STIF number was detected in the ANSYS results file that is not supported by the Patran ANSYS interface. Translation is continuing without using this element type.
Input Results File is From Pre 4.2 Version of ANSYS. Translation Stopped.
The ANSYS results file was created with a version of ANSYS prior to Revision 4.2 and cannot be translated.
Illegal STIF number (#) detected in ANSYS results file. Execution stopped.
An element type number was detected that is not in the allowable range for an ANSYS element.
Error translating ANSYS Group 5 (Reaction Force) data block. Translation Stopped.
An error was encountered translating the Group 5 data block in the ANSYS results file.
Error Adding ANSYS Group 5 (Reaction Force) data to database. Translation Stopped.
An error was encountered while adding Group 5 data to the Patran database.
Error translating displacements. Translation Stopped.
An error was encountered translating the displacement data block (Group 3) of the ANSYS results file.
The element number# of type STIF No. =# with shape =”...” is not supported. Translation is continuing without this element.
The specified element with ANSYS STIF number and the specified shape is not supported by the Patran ANSYS interface. Translation will continue without this element.
Error while translating local coordinate
 systems. Translation Stopped.
An error occurred while translating local coordinate systems from the ANSYS results file.
An Unsupported Toroidal coordinate system (Number #) was encountered. It was translated as a rectangular coordinate system. NOTE: Results referring to this coordinate system may be improperly displayed.
The specified coordinate system number is a Toroidal coordinate system that is not currently supported by Patran. A rectangular coordinate system was created. This will cause results that reference this coordinate system to be improperly displayed.
An Unsupported Elliptical “...” coordinate system (Number #) was encountered. It was translated as a “...” coordinate system. NOTE: Results referring to this coordinate system may be improperly displayed.
An elliptical, cylindrical or spherical coordinate system of the specified number was found in the ANSYS results file. Patran does not support the elliptical systems. The coordinate system will be translated as a standard cylindrical or spherical coordinate system. This may cause the results to be improperly displayed.
The configuration of element # is currently not supported for STIF number #.
The topology specified in the ANSYS results file for the specified element is not supported for the element type specified.
WARNING: INT Nodes were not found while adding “...” results.
The specified number of nodes were not found in the model when trying to add the named results. These results will not appear in the database.
Error reading the ANSYS results file. Error occurred while “...”.
An error occurred while reading the ANSYS results file while attempting to perform the named function.
File “...” does not exist. Translation stopped.
The specified file does not exist in the users path. Translation will not continue.
Error while initializing ANSYS binary file using ANSYS BINSET routine.
An error occurred by initializing the ANSYS result file using the ANSYS BINSET routine. The translation will not continue.
Error while reading the ANSYS results file
 standard header. Translation stopped.
An error occurred while reading the standard header from the ANSYS results file. Translation will not continue.
The selected file, “...”, is not an ANSYS 5 results file. Translation stopped.
The specified file was not created by ANSYS Revision 5 and can not be translated.
Error while translating element results for
 “...” data.
An error occurred while translating the element results for the specified data. Translation will not continue.