Installation

1. Why am I not able to install the ADINA System on my HP-UX system? [QI-001]
    
   
2. Why am I not able to install the ADINA node-locked license on my PC? [QI-002]
    
   
3. Why does the ADINA Install License program report different system IDs when my PC is connected or not connected to the network? (node-locked license only) [QI-003]
    
   
4. Why am I not able to run ADINA using the floating license? [QI-004]
    
   
5. How does ADINA program licensing work? [QI-005]

ADINA-AUI

1. When I start ADINA-AUI, why is there no image on the icons? [QU-001]
    
   
2. When I print from ADINA-AUI, nothing comes out from the printer. What is the problem? [QU-002]
    
   
3. Why don't the AUI graphics function properly on my PC? [QU-003]
    
   
4. How can I change the magnification factor of the deformed plot? [QU-004]
    
   
5. How do I write the exponentiation operation in a resultant expression? [QU-005]
    
   
6. How do I improve the display of bodies in ADINA-AUI? [QU-006]
    
   
7. Why does the AVI movie created by ADINA-AUI look terrible when played back on Windows Media Player? [QU-007]
    
   
8. I can use the Next Solution, Previous Solution, First Solution and Last Solution icons to display the results for the time step of my choice. But is there an easier and faster way to do it, if I have many time steps in my model and I want to look at the results for some intermediate solution time? [QU-008]
    
   
9. Is it possible to view SCALE DISPLACEMENTS of various values other than the default one equal to 10%? [QU-009]
    
   
10. How do I create an EPS file with preview using the AUI? [QU-010]
     
    
11. When I am using the AUI, I get an error message similar to

    AUI Error
    Write to temporary database file was unsuccessful. 539016 bytes at record 278479703, record length = 32 bytes.

    What does this mean? [QU-011]

ADINA

1. How do I save the ADINA global stiffness and mass matrices into a file? [QA-001]

CAD Interfaces

1. Where can I find the TRANSOR for I-DEAS manual? [QC-001]
    
   
2. I get an error message from TRANSOR for I-DEAS that the number of element groups exceeds 200. What is the problem? [QC-002]
    
   
3. How can I specify the memory for AUI when starting AUI from Pro/ENGINEER? [QC-003]

General

1. How can I use user-supplied subroutines on the PC Windows version? [QG-001]
    
   
2. How can I run the ADINA programs in batch mode with the PC Windows version? [QG-002]
    
   
3. Why don't I receive printed copies of some manuals? [QG-003]
    
   
4. How do I access the ADINA ftp site? [QG-004]
    
   
5. When I try to run the ADINA analysis program on my IBM machine, why do I get an error that the program cannot be loaded? [QG-005]
    
   
6. How do I join or leave the ADINA News Group? [QG-006]
    
   
7. What is the version of Fortran compiler required for customization of user-supplied routines? [QG-007] 
   
   
8. When I compile an ADINA user supplied subroutine on Linux, the problem stops with the following error in the *.msg file:

   Initializing ... Stage 1
   Allocating 16000000 bytes of Memory ...
   Initializing ... Stage 2
   Initial ADINA memory allocation  - 16.0 mb  (or 4.0 mw)
   Starting Solution Process ...
   Computation starts ...
   Input phase...
   /home/adina832/adina8.3/adina.exe: relocation error:
   /home/adina832/adina8.3/libadusr.so: undefined symbol: for_open
   

   What is the cause of this error? [QG-008]

9. Can ADINA be used with Windows Vista? [QG-009]
   
   

10. When starting ADINA on a 64-bit computer, there is an AUI error message:

    Error: Unable to start the program c:\ADINA85\x64\aui.exe
    Please check ADINAHOME environment
    

    What is the cause of this error? [QG-010]