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Model with many joints fails to converge with many ‘LAG Multiplier not satisfied’ messages. Any suggestions for overcoming this issue.

Tagged: 18.2, General, mechanical, structural-mechanics
    • April 5, 2023 at 2:32 pm
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      Assuming the model is not over constrained (no shared entities between multiple joints), try relaxing the joint tolerance with the command: CNVTOL,JOINT, The default value is 1.e-7. In one customer case, 1e-4 proved to resolve a convergence issue. As with all adjustments to convergence tolerances, be sure to check results carefully.

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