"*** WARNING: You Cannot Do Structural Loads With This Database"


Q: What does the message "*** WARNING: You Cannot Do Structural Loads with This Database" mean?
REV 7.06

A: The message means that you imported a "Total hydrodynamic database" (you exported it using E_TOTAL command). By doing this you saved the total forces and drift forces only. This data is sufficient to assess rigid body dynamics but it is not sufficient to consider the structural response of the hull.