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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am introducing my construction database instead of the default one for simulations. Since my constructions are more than maximum allowable value for the ESP-r, I got this message during simulation:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>FAILURE: in ../../../databases/con_db_xml.a: 177<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>the no of composite constructions value (177) > allowable maximum 120!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Warning: Problem during reading of construction database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I changed the MMLC dimension from 120 to 200 in /include/building.h file. After compiling ESP-r I still had the error till I added the following line to /esrucom/edatabase.F:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WRITE (*,*) MMLC, NMLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After adding and deleting this line everything worked fine and warning disappeared. But another problem popped up. Now, if I want to use the ESP-r default construction file, the construction database in GUI interference shows only squares nothing is there. If I click on those squares it reports in text box what it is but it gives a warning: “corrected mlc”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now there are two questions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>why ESP-r needed the trick to understand the real dimension of MMLC?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>How can I get back my database without reducing the MMLC dimension? How can I have 200 spots for constructions and still see my default construction database?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By the way my ESP-r is installed on KUBUNTU 8.10.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Sara Nikoofard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Room C254A, Department of Mechanical Engineering, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Phone: (902)494-3165<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>email: <a href="mailto:s.nikoofard@dal.ca">s.nikoofard@dal.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>