{"id":392505,"date":"2024-11-03T23:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-aqwa-simple-floating-sphere-errors\/"},"modified":"2024-11-03T23:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T23:00:26","slug":"ansys-aqwa-simple-floating-sphere-errors","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-aqwa-simple-floating-sphere-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSYS AQWA &#8211; Simple Floating Sphere &#8211; Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to simulate a sphere that is floating on the surface of the water. However, when I go to solve the simulation in the hydrodynamic diffraction module, I get the error: &#8220;LIDGEN:MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ELEMENTS EXCEEDEDDURING INTERNAL LID GENERATION.&#8221; &#8220;LIDMES:FAILED TO CREATE INTERIOR LID FOR STRUCTURE#1 ; IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO USE SMALLER LID_SIZE.&#8221; &#8220;READING DECK 2:EXTERNAL GROUP NUMBER 40 HAS NO VALID ELEMENTS.&#8221; &#8220;MATERIAL GROUP# 98000 FOR STRUCTURE # 1 DOES NOT EXIST.&#8221; &#8220;GEOMETRY GROUP# 98000 FOR STRUCTURE # 1 DOES NOT EXIST.&#8221;. I have tried lid element size of 0.001 m through 5 m&nbsp;and none of them seem to work. I have also attached an image of the errors and the project files <a href=\"https:\/\/mstate-my.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/g\/personal\/as4934_msstate_edu\/EqosAHeRopRNiwT1aoPSkUsBTcjiBMxjgxIOakogp5uJog?e=gXSJRm\">here<\/a>. Any help is very appreciated. Thank you!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/03-11-2024-1730674554-aqwa_error.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-392505","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-aqwa","topic-tag-aqwa-errors","topic-tag-hydrodynamic-diffraction"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello,I am trying to simulate a sphere that is floating on the surface of the water. 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