When you try to open a certain file, ConCrete blocks or gives an error. Solution 1 ConCrete makes back-up’s from your files. These back-files have the extension *.cn$ and are stored in the same folder as the original file. If you change the extension from *.cn$ to *.con, you’ll be able…
What is ConCrete Plus? The purpose of ConCrete Plus is to translate for beams only the theoretical reinforcement quanties (mm²) into a real reinforcement plan. Transferring beams from Diamonds > ConCrete Plus Single (continuous) beam A single beam can be exported from Diamonds to ConCrete Plus in 2 ways: the…
A model in Diamonds can be rotated in 2 ways: either use the scroll bars on the right at bottom side of the windows either hold down SHIFT + SCROLL WHEEL and move the cursor around (3D Orbit function)
Template file with 1 soil layer present for importing soil layers from a Cone Penetration Test (CPT). This is a simple notepad file (*.TXT) with a header containing the variables and corrects units. Each line represents a new soil layer. The soil layers start from the initial ground level.
Small bars with stiffness similar to the rest of the structure show strange peak results. Solution In the dialog window Mesh: ‘Minimum element size for isolated beam element’. Enter a value comparable to the size of the little beams.
Set the reinforcement cover for all directions (top and bottom) to half of the thickness of the plate.
Error message on launching Diamonds or clicking the ‘Info license’ button. Solution Install a Diamonds version later then 2012.
Black prompt screen appears. On closing this, also Diamonds closes. This mainly occurs on NVIDIA graphics cards. Solution Install the latest driver of your NVIDIA graphics card, directly from the NVIDIA website, not using the automatic update function.
Error message on fire resistance calculation: floating point devision by zero. Solution Go to ‘Edit’ > Preferences and verify if the ‘Time step thermal analysis’ is not set to 0s. The recommended value is 5s according to Eurocode EN1993-1-2 §4.2.5.1(4).
This error can have 2 causes: BuildSoftServer.exe is blocked by the the FireWall or anti-virus. Solution: disable the FireWall or add the BuildSoftServer.exe to the list of trused programs. Files with a long name are saved over network in a number of nested folders. The path towards the file becomes…
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