{"id":139,"date":"2017-03-23T15:25:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=139"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:28:33","slug":"impossible-to-calculate-structure-few-points-are-too-close","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/knowledge-base\/impossible-to-calculate-structure-few-points-are-too-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Error: Impossible to calculate structure: few points are too close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When starting the elastic analysis <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1292\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/KnopRekenmachine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\">, Diamonds gives the error<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"362\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN.png 362w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN-50x16.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN-60x19.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ErrorPuntenTeDichtEN-35x11.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>This message is shown because there are points closer too eachother than a defined tolerance.<br>The tolerance can be defined in the menu <em>Options<\/em> &gt; <em>Preferences<\/em> &gt; Tab page \u2018<em>Model<\/em>\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on &#8216;<i>OK&#8217;<\/i> until the message is gone.<br>Diamonds will automatically select the points that are too close to one another. So make sure <strong>not to click in the drawing area!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If cannot see the points between the rest of the elements in your model, click on <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1601\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KnopShowSelectionOnly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"27\" height=\"24\">. This hides everything, besides the selected points. Use the button<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-4835\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/KnopZoomAll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\">&nbsp;to center the points on the screen. If you cannot zoom in, read <a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/zoom-in-function-does-not-go-further\/\">this article.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the data table <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-10062\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KnopDataTabel.png\" alt=\"\">, the translation function\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1757\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ButtonTranslation.png\" alt=\"\"> or <a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-does-the-projection-function-work\/\">the projection function\u00a0<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"38\" height=\"35\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/KnopProjectie.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/KnopProjectie.png 38w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/KnopProjectie-35x32.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 38px) 100vw, 38px\" \/> (recommended) to merge the points.<br>Do not use the Model verification <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"33\" height=\"32\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-1125\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/KnopStructuurVerificatie.png\" alt=\"\">.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-alert\"><strong>Why is it so important that points are not too close to each other?<\/strong><br><br>Diamonds is made to calculate buildings. So it expects dimensions\/ distances that are relevant for buildings. If you model details (= things &lt; 10cm), possibly Diamonds doesn&#8217;t understand your model. Resulting in a corrupt model which gives <a href=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/vertical-reactions-are-zero\/\">faulty results<\/a> and\/ or errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When starting the elastic analysis , Diamonds gives the error Solution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[65],"ht-kb-tag":[1013,1348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31111,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/139\/revisions\/31111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}