Element unknown msg

mehdikia2519 · Post by **mehdikia2519** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:01 am

Hi,
I have added an element in OpenSees element library successfully without any error. Linking is carried out without any problem but OpenSees does not recognize my element and "unknown element type error message" appears. I have followed what Frank has instructed the OpenSees contributors. Under what conditions might this error be the case?
Why does not tcl recognize my new object? Is there any special way to have the pointer of my new class refferd to tcl class?
Thanks in advance,

Post by **fmk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:39 pm

1. it cannot find the .dll or shared lib
2. the procedure to create the object is not there or has incorrect name.
3. not all the methods required for the element are there.

i suggest you start with my example that works & then modify it bit by bit till you get what you want.

mehdikia2519 · Post by **mehdikia2519** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:21 am

Do you mean the powerpoint presentation you provided a while a go? or the pdf file u provided recently.
Does this work for all versions of OpneSees?

Post by **fmk** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:10 pm

the recent pdf and it only works with version 2.1.0 or above