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[MickMack]

Hi

I have developed a beam element model of a modular building. I created one module in Spaceclaim and copied it (linear pattern command), to create a structure 6 modules wide and 5 storey high, as shown in the snipper below. For some reason when i brought the model into Mechanical the floor of each module was duplicated,i.e. two copies of each floor was generated as shown in the tree menu snippet below.

I have overcome this issue by simply suppressing the extra shell elements, so the model is working, but i would like to understand how this happened.

If anyone had a similar experience i would appreciate any advice.

[HuiLiu]

Does the duplicate only show up in Mechanical, ie. no duplicate in SpaceClaim? Could you try this: 1, select all surface and beam bodies (use box selection, not selecting from the tree!), 2 Copy (ctrl C) and paste (ctrl V) to a new design, 3 transfer that new design into Mechanical and see if you still have duplicates. This will clear all the pattern relationships, and we can decide if that's what caused the duplicate.n

[MickMack]

Yes the duplication only appears in Mechanical. I have included two snippets below to demonstrate this, the first shows the surface component in Spaceclaim, and the second shows a duplicate in Mechanical.nnnI also attempted to copy and paste the model into a new spaceclaim design but it did not work and only the surfaces appeared in the new design.nnn

[MickMack]

ndid you ever get a chance to review the above? thanksn