Appendix E.2 - System Error Codes

View common troubleshooting steps for dealing with system error codes.

It is possible that an analysis using Helius PFA can crash unexpectedly, causing Abaqus to report a system error code within the .log file. The cause of the error may be from Abaqus or Helius PFA and is a result of an undefined error during the analysis. Known causes of system error codes are listed below. You should be aware that a specific error code number does not indicate a specific cause, as Abaqus reports a generalized system error code for multiple undefined errors. If you encounter unexpected behavior that you believe may be caused by Helius PFA you are encouraged to contact Autodesk support.

System Error Code 5

Possible Known Causes: Composite sections containing multiple Helius PFA materials may cause the program to crash unexpectedly during preprocessing. The specific cause is a varying number of requested state dependent variables (*DEPVAR keyword) throughout the layup. This problem occurs within Abaqus and is a known issue up through Abaqus 6.10. To alleviate the problem set all *DEPVAR values to the same number.