I have files containing user table, prismatic which have run without any problems before, but if I try to run them now, I get this error:
**ERROR**: BASIC SECTION DIMENSONS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED. MEMBER # 1 CANNOT BE DESIGNED.
I tried to make a simple file just to see if that would work, but I get the same error message.
Is there anything new to the program, or what is it I am doing wrong?
Here is my test file input:
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 09-Nov-22END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT METER KNJOINT COORDINATES 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0MEMBER INCIDENCES 1 1 3 2 3 2SUPPORTS1 FIXED2 PINNEDUNIT MMS KNSTART USER TABLETABLE 1PRISMATIC150150B22500 4.21875e+07 4.21875e+07 7.13232e+07 20000 20000 150 150ENDUNIT METER KNDEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 2.05e+08POISSON 0.3DENSITY 76.8195ALPHA 1.2e-05DAMP 0.03G 7.88462e+07TYPE STEELSTRENGTH RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY1 UPTABLE 1 150150B2 UPTABLE 1 150150BCONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL MEMB 1MATERIAL STEEL MEMB 2LOAD 1 LOADTYPE None TITLE LOAD CASE 1SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LIST 1SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LIST 2LOAD 2 LOADTYPE None TITLE LOAD CASE 2JOINT LOAD3 FY -50LOAD COMB 4 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 41 1.3 2 1.3PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT ALLPARAMETER 1CODE NS3472TRACK 1 ALLBEAM 1 ALLFYLD 235 ALLMF 1.15CHECK CODE ALLFINISH
Answer Verified By: Geir Kvilhaug
Hi,
Thank you. We have always used NS3472 without any problems. But will this say it was supported before, but not anymore?
I am not very sure about it but check for you. Can you please confirm if the same file ran in older versions? Can you share any version number where you were able to run it?
I'm not sure which version ran it before. But we have used this NS3472 with prismatic sections for over 10 years, but suddenly the files wouldn't run. I am now trying to use EN 1993-1-1:2005, and it seems to be running. Thank you for your reply.