HyperFEA with NEI

[FEAUser]

I'm using HyperFEA with NEI Nastran V10.1 and am getting the following message: "The FEA results file was found, but element forces were not located."  It is reading the initial result file "static.els" in fine, but isn't finding the forces in the "static_i.els" file.  And, the static and static_i files are exactly the same size.  Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

[Ryan]

What version of HyperSizer are you using?

I think HyperFEA is performing its own check for element forces in this version. I believe it is mistakenly looking in the *.OUT file for results. If you can print forces to the *.OUT file (as well as the *.ELS file) it should work.

-Ryan

[FEAUser]

I'm using Hypersizer version 6.2.40.  Do you know how to request the forces to be included in the .out file?

[Ryan]

Try the following in the case control. You should get forces in OUT file, and as long as you have NORANBINARY selected you should get the ELS file.

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CEND
  DISPLACEMENT(PRINT) = ALL
  FORCE(PRINT) = ALL
SUBCASE 101
  SUBTITLE = UNIFORM PRESSURE
  SPC = 1
  LOAD = 1
.....

[FEAUser]

That got it working.  Thanks for the help!