PARAM, FIXRBE3

Bulk Data Entry Used to automatically fix invalid RBE3’s.

Parameter Values Description
FIXRBE3 <YES, NO> Used to automatically fix invalid RBE3's, which typically exhibit the following characteristics.
  1. RBE3’s that are attached to solids with rotational degrees of freedom defined on component fields for independent grids.
  2. RBE3 legs which are not attached to any structure.
YES
Invalid RBE3’s are automatically fixed.
NO (Default)
Invalid RBE3’s are not automatically fixed.

Comments

  1. For PARAM,FIXRBE3,YES, the fixed RBE3’s are printed in the .out file. Check these RBE3’s and make sure that the model behavior is not unexpected.