Error Percentage in Finite Element Analysis and Solutions
No structural element should have its length, thickness, or modulus of elasticity set to zero. Setting these values to zero causes the element to demand infinite displacement.
Finding Model Errors from Node (Joint) Displacements
After running the analysis, the following procedure can be followed to detect errors in element connections or in the finite element model.
Partial Error in Load Transfer
When an error occurs while transferring vertical loads in the program, the program warns on the Analysis screen with the message: partial error in load transfer, Partial Error Rate= %...
Preventing Reinforced Concrete Slab Calculations from Appearing in Reports and Drawings
If there are slabs for which you do not want reinforcement calculations to be performed in the drawings, right-click on the relevant slabs and click the delete slab calculation axis command in the options that appear.
Node/Joint Editing Operations
You can watch the video on editing nodes (element end-definition points) in the StatiCAD program.