Error Importing *DLOAD from .inp File

General Questions
1

Hello,

I’m getting an error when importing a CalculiX .inp file containing a *DLOAD card .

I am using Prepomax 2.3.9 dev

The error is:
Error: Failed to import distributed load: *Dload
ELEM_FACE_Y_MIN, EDNOR1, -1

The relevant section of the .inp file is:
*DLOAD
ELEM_FACE_Y_MIN, EDNOR1, -1

The core issue seems to be with the PrePoMax importer. Here’s why:

  1. An analysis created manually inside PrePoMax with this user-defined load works perfectly.
  2. However, if I export that working model to an .inp file and then try to re-import it, I get the exact same error.

Is there a recommended syntax workaround for the .inp file to make it importable?

This is a link to a zip file with the script-generated .inp, the working .pmx, and the exported-from-PrePoMax .inp for testing.

Thanks for any help.

2

Check this thread: Import DLOAD error - #3 by Cean

Here EDNOR is a label used by normal shell edge load. Apparently, it’s not yet supported by the .inp file importer and the load has to be redefined in PrePoMax after import.

3

Ok, noted, thanks for letting me know