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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/205109/dummy-beam</link><description>Hello Everyone. 
 I create a dummy beam with density=0 and E=0 (Figure.1) then I assign the beam (Figure.2) then Staad Error occurs( ***ERROR*** MATERIAL NAME MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY BLANK SPACE )(Figure.3), What is the solution?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616743?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:23:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5a6daed5-e890-402f-99f3-26e0a864ad62</guid><dc:creator>Sulaiman Ade</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you a lot.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616740?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:00:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a910eac9-7445-4cc3-81e8-24cbec971131</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;If you use a very soft material ( low E) or a very stiff material ( high E) you are going to get the warnings.&amp;nbsp;These are aimed at making&amp;nbsp;the user aware that abnormally low&amp;nbsp;(or high)&amp;nbsp;values of material stiffness has been used. If such use is intentional, then you may simply ignore the warnings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616736?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:51:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:0ba50ab0-c1ef-4d6e-9e8b-a13e02d2ca01</guid><dc:creator>Sulaiman Ade</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Does this warning affect me? (** WARNING ** A SOFT MATERIAL WITH (1.0 / 2.172E+08) TIMES THE STIFFNESS OF)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616734?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:38:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:574fb4b1-cba7-4c43-a182-4d02a5cca6a1</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;If the intention is to use a dummy beam with negligible stiffness, use a small non zero value as opposed to 0.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616733?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:34:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c03863bf-642d-4546-a487-82f7b56cb59c</guid><dc:creator>Sulaiman Ade</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This error occurs when I assume E=0 (**ERROR** ELASTIC MODULUS (E) NOT ENTERED FOR MEMBER/ELEMENT/SOLID NO.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;34).&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;What is the solution?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Dummy beam</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/616725?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:05:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:411c8f6f-648f-4c8a-9769-a7fca9969021</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Spaces in material name is not allowed. You can rename the material as DUMMY instead of DUMMY BEAM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>