Lately when I run the DataCheck for my model, it sometimes creates beam errors (e.g. beam supporting itself) that it didn't have before and are nowhere near the area I am working. Then upon running again, this error resolves itself without me changing anything.
For example, I was working on a roof level and ran DataCheck, I got an error on a beam on a lower level that I hadn't changed recently. I went to that level to look at it, but didn't click or do anything about it and ran the DataCheck again. Then the error was gone. Similarly, I was working in a basement level and got a temporary/fake error on a beam back at the roof level I had been working on previously.
I would like to understand why this is happening.
I have not seen that before. The beam supporting itself message came up for you recently, see: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/186592/ram-error-beam-supporting-itself, but it happens during the framing tables, not part of the DataCheck.
I really do get that error during Data Check, but it goes away if I run the check twice without changing anything in between. There must be a bug. I'll try to catch a screen shot next time it happens.
Perhaps an extra check was added for that recently. Does beam #461 really support itself, indirectly through some pinwheel framing configuration perhaps? Are you still using beam offsets? If you sent the model I could tell you more.
Yes, I am still using offsets.These 4 columns need to be set inward by 5". I got the configuration to work except for this randomly occurring/inconsistent error that comes and goes without me making any changes to this area.