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How to model a thermal break
- 02/07/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object at Combination.Tcombination.Assign
- 25/06/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
When creating the combinations, you get the following error: Solution This error is given when you ask too many load combinations. The expected number of ULS combinations is explained in this article. It is advised to keep the number of ULS combinations below 5000 (on average – depending on your…
Error: Attempted to read or write protected memory when asking a print preview
- 13/05/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
When you try to make a print preview of the calculation details of the steel/timber verification, you get the error: [NL]: Poging tot het lezen of schrijven van beveiligd geheugen. Dit duidt er vaak op dat ander geheugen is beschadigd bij Borland.Vcl.Units.Windows.CreateIC(…) [EN]: Attempt to read or write protected memory….
Error: impossible to divide by zero.
- 08/05/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
When running the analysis in 12-build, you get the error: [NL]: Fout: deling door nul. Controleer het model van de structuur. [FR]: Erreur: division par zéro. Veuillez vérifier la modelisation de la structure. [EN]: Error: impossible to divide by zero. Check the structural model. Solution The model you made as…
Impossible to calculate connection
- 02/05/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
When sending a connection from Diamonds 2024 to PowerConnect, all the bolts, ends plates, welds, … seem to be gone. This is a bug related to Diamonds 2024. Solution 1 [temporarily fix] Close PowerConnect but keep Diamonds open. Select all the connections you’d like to calculate and click on ….
DLD 01: Mass-spring system with 2 degrees of freedom – eigen modes & modal information
- 15/04/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
Description Results Eigenfrequenties Eigenmodes 1. Eigenmodes are determined except for a proportionality factor. In Diamonds, the eigen modes are scaled using the units for displacement. In this example, the unit were set to mm. As the result, the eigen modes in Diamonds are scale so that, , while the reference…
Error: There are bars for which the code check did not succeed. Object reference not set to an instance of an object
- 28/03/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
After a steel verification , you get the error [EN]: ‘There are bars for which the code check did not succeed. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.’ [NL]: ‘Voor bepaalde staven kon de normcontrole niet uitgevoerd worden. De objectverwijzing is niet op een exemplaar van een object ingesteld.’ [FR]: ‘La…
Error: I/O error 103
- 26/03/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
When using the structure generator in 12-Build, you get the following error: Solution Reset the 12-Build preferences.
Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object at Buildsoft.TSection.get_SectionType() in PowerConnect
- 12/03/2024
- Dorien Elleboog
Starting from Diamonds, you want to calculate a connection using PowerConnect. At the moment the connection enters PowerConnect, you get the error: Cause: this error is caused by a bug in Diamonds 2024. Solution 1 [recommended] Use Diamonds 2024r01 or newer. Solution 2 [temporary solution] If you don’t need the…
About the Section factor
- Dorien Elleboog
After a thermal analysis , the ‘Section factor’ can be requested in the data table . But this value does not correspond to section factors that you can find in (most) tables (such as this one). This is because Diamonds shows the shadow factor ksh multiplied by the section factor…

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