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  3. In a Modal Analysis of Mechanical, why aren’t the Participation Factors Summary under Solution Information displayed?

In a Modal Analysis of Mechanical, why aren’t the Participation Factors Summary under Solution Information displayed?

Tagged: Participation factor summary, PCG solver
    • June 6, 2022 at 9:58 am
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      Participant

      When PCG solver is used with Future Analyses set to None, the .full file is not written and mode participation factors are not extracted.
      Solution: change the Solver Type to be Direct or make Future Analysis to be MSUP Analyses. The worksheet summary should be back.

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