ERROR [2009]: FAILED TO DETERMINE MATERIAL AXIS BY PROJECTION IN ELEMENT ID=#

Cause

This error is generated when the material coordinate system defined in a layered solid element cannot be projected.  The material coordinate system of a layered solid element assumes the X-axis as the principal axis of the material by projecting the user-defined coordinate system onto the mid-plane of the element.  The error is generated when the X-axis of the material coordinate system cannot be projected onto the mid- plane of a layered solid element; in other words, when the X-axis is perpendicular to the mid-plane.

Analysis Type

All types of analyses

Related Menu

[Not Applicable in FEA NX]

Mesh >> Attribute >> Property >> 3D >> Composite Solid...

Static/Heat Analysis >> Attribute/CSys/Function >> Property >> 3D >> Composite Solid...

Dynamic/Trans.Heat/CFD Analysis >> Attribute/CSys/Function >> Property >> 3D >> Composite Solid...

Remedy

Revise so that the X-axis of the defined material coordinate system can be projected onto the mid-plane of the layered solid element; that is, the X-axis is not perpendicular to the mid-plane.