I was trying to use the internal solver to look at an analysis that included laminate shells with materials that have directional dependant properties. In the static analysis I did not modify the calculix input data so was not too surprised to see the first waring about E3 only being used in by the CCX solver -and i think the 3rd warning is indicating this value is just ignored -but the second warning about the shell thickness being less the 10 microns -concerned me. The analysis appeared to generate a sensible solution but I wonder if I have set up the laminate data incorrectly?
The next issue I came across was when I tried to run a buckling analysis on the same model. This then threw out some more errors - first that laminate material is not allowed, then the shell thickness is less than 10 microns and also that element orientation is not allowed nor is shell offset. Is it possible I have set up the material properties incorrectly or is this a known limitation of the internal solver- are there any known work arounds that someone can suggest.?
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Laminates, shell offset, and element orientation aren't supported for bucking with the internal solver. You would need to use CCX for that.
It's possible that laminates might work for buckling with the internal solver but I haven't properly tested it so they're marked as an error.