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Error: Failed to connect to an IPC Port: The system cannot find the file specified

When you start the elastic analysis, you get the message:

[NL]: Kan geen verbinding met een IPC-poort tot stand brengen: Het systeem kan het opgegeven bestand niet vinden.

[FR]: Échec de la connexion à un port IPC: Le fichier spécifié est introuvable

[ES]: No se pudo instalar un puerto IPC: No se puede encontrar el archivo especificado.

Solution 1 – you were trying to run two elastic analysis at the same time

Solution 2

The calculation core of Diamonds ‘BuildSoft Server’ is no longer responding or not running:

  1. Keep Diamonds open.
  2. Open Windows Taskmanager.
  3. Go to the tab page Processes (or Backgroundprocesses).
  4. Look for BuildSoftServer.exe (if present).
  5. End the proces BuildSoftServer.exe (if present)
  6. Go back to Diamonds
  7. Click STOP in the calculation dialog
  8. Save your model.
  9. Close Diamonds.
  10. Start Diamonds again.

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