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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;For more information on this topic please use the link below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/8</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 11:34:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Modestas</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 8 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Modestas on 5/4/2023 11:34:12 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;For more information on this topic please use the link below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a class="internal-link download-attachment" href="/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/269581/download"&gt;Connectivity problems and their solutions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/7</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:03:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 11/4/2020 5:03:41 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;For more information on this topic please use the link below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;a class="internal-link download-attachment" href="/products/ram-staad/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/269581/download"&gt;Connectivity problems and their solutions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/6</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:58:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 11/4/2020 3:58:29 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Additional information can be found here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/5</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:56:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 6/19/2020 12:56:45 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Additional information can be found here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/m/structural_analysis_and_design_gallery/269581&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:56:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 6/19/2020 12:56:03 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Additional information available here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/3</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:54:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 6/19/2020 12:54:45 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Additional information available at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Connectivity issues</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues/revision/2</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:01:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:5839b225-533b-45c4-907a-75b2a45adb64</guid><dc:creator>Sye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/20702/connectivity-issues#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to RAM | STAAD | ADINA Wiki by Sye on 1/3/2017 9:01:52 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: connectivity, Improperly connected plates, connectivity problem, improper connectivity, Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;I am having connectivity issues between the beams and plates and would like to know what causes these and how I could take care of the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Here are some points that you should pay attention to during the modeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;Improperly connected&amp;nbsp;plates&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For two adjacent plates to be properly connected to each other, they much meet at the corner nodes. To figure out if the plates are properly connected or not, you can go to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Improperly Connected Plates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt; which will provide a list of such plates. When a node that belongs to one of the plates, simply lies on the edge of an adjacent plate there is no connection between the plates at that node. You need to modify the mesh such that proper connectivity is maintained. You may refer to the document &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improperly_connected_plates.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain this document.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Beam Plate connectivity problem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;To establish proper connectivity between beams and adjacent plates, you need to ensure that the beams and plates are connected at their end nodes. The end nodes&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;beam elements&amp;nbsp;should be corner nodes for the plate elements for connectivity to be established. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Improper connections can be tracked if you go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Tools | Check Beam Plate Connectivity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;which would list out all the beams and plates that are not connected properly to each other. You may refer to the documents &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;improperly_connected_beam_and_plates.doc&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;examples of improper beam plate connectivity.doc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;for details on what causes these kind of problems and how to fix those.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;You may use the link at the end of this article to download a zip file that would contain these documents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;"&gt;It is important to note that to get a correct analysis, various structural entities need to be properly connected to each other. Else there will be no load transfer between these entities and you may also end up with instabilities in the model. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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