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Invalid property value

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Hello community,


I have a problem when I run a simulation about particle tracing. Its about the particles in the laminar flow. I can compute the first step , laminar flow, with no problem. however after adding another physics, particle tracing, i cant compute and always receive a error message.


The error message is,
Invalid property value
-property: sphereradiusscale
"radius scale factor" is a real number.x>=0


because i can compute the first step, i think its not for the reason of the geometry. Does anybody have idea to solve this problem?


THe attachment is the pic of the problem.


best regards,


1 Reply Last Post 02.02.2017, 12:53 GMT-5
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Posted: 8 years ago 02.02.2017, 12:53 GMT-5
This might have happened due to not properly specifying your units.

I just had a similar error that occurred because I didn't properly specify the units in the parameter value list for a parametric sweep. For example, you want to use:

{1,2,...n} [m/s]

and not:

1,2,...,n [m/s]
This might have happened due to not properly specifying your units. I just had a similar error that occurred because I didn't properly specify the units in the parameter value list for a parametric sweep. For example, you want to use: {1,2,...n} [m/s] and not: 1,2,...,n [m/s]

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