Error 1 : missing elements property

If you are new in ABAQUS, confronting different errors might be the most disappointing aspect of working with numerical software. But if you are patient enough, and continue working and thinking deeply, after a while these errors give you an amazing insight into numerical methods. In this seri of articles I will show you some of common errors and discuss the possible solutions.

Error number 1 : elements have missing property definitions

Sometimes, especially if you are a beginner, the analysis stops due to an error of material properties. As its is obvious from the error name, in this case some properties are not assigned to some parts.

You has forgotten either to create the material or to assign the related sections to part. If the user create the material properties after the section definition the same error appears. Another possibilty is that the user has forgotten to adjust the elements type correctly which causes the same Error.

My advice is to check all following steps and make sure they are carried out properly:

1. Create Material : always choose meaningful names, so you never get confused when you check.
2. Create section : be careful about the type of section.
3. Assign the section defined in step 2 to the related part.

If you want to know which part is the faulty one, go to Visualization module and open the obd file, and check the ‘Display groups’ item in the tree for ErrElemMissingSection.