degenerated polygon slab?

[Anonymous]

I keep getting this error report of a degenerated polygon slab. how do I find this slab and correct it?

Beginning generation of Section/Elevation:
Start time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:07 AM
Polygon is degenerated. (Slab-06)
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Document name :
Processed : 241 walls 11 objects 0 columns 0 ncBeams
35 slabs 0 meshes 176 pitch roofs
Start time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:07 AM
End time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:11 AM
Elapsed time : 4 seconds
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Creating section
End time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:11 AM
Elapsed time : 0 seconds
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Projection : Front view
End time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:12 AM
Elapsed time : 1 seconds
Hidden polygon removal
Sun direction : vertical 45 horizontal 101.01
Start time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:12 AM
End time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:12 AM
Elapsed time : 0 seconds
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Finished generation of Section/Elevation.
End time : Feb 18, 2008 10:13:14 AM
Elapsed time : 7 seconds

[Anonymous]

Use 'Find & Select' to search for a slab with the id 'Slab-06' on each storey, then delete or edit to correct.

[Anonymous]

Peter wrote:
Use 'Find & Select' to search for a slab with the id 'Slab-06' on each storey, then delete or edit to correct.

and now for the interesting part...there IS no slab-06 ANYWHERE yet i still get the error...

[Thomas Holm]

Try to isolate the error. Turn off storeys, layers, etc and rebuild the offending view until you find it.

[TomWaltz]

aggie463 wrote:

Peter wrote:
Use 'Find & Select' to search for a slab with the id 'Slab-06' on each storey, then delete or edit to correct.

and now for the interesting part...there IS no slab-06 ANYWHERE yet i still get the error...

There is. You might not have found it yet, but you can count on it being in the file somewhere.

Turn on all layers and all stories, the do a Find & Select in the 3D window. It will be there somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Also check the spelling/format of the id. Mine are in the format of SLA - 001 including the spaces. It wont find it without the spaces for example. Yours may be different for some reason.

[Anonymous]

TomWaltz wrote:

aggie463 wrote:

Peter wrote:
Use 'Find & Select' to search for a slab with the id 'Slab-06' on each storey, then delete or edit to correct.

and now for the interesting part...there IS no slab-06 ANYWHERE yet i still get the error...

There is. You might not have found it yet, but you can count on it being in the file somewhere.

Turn on all layers and all stories, the do a Find & Select in the 3D window. It will be there somewhere.

still not there...may be the spelling

[Anonymous]

ah i see...its case sensitive...Slab-06 rather than slab-06

now i get to whittle it down because it selected about 12 slabs

[Erich]

Although 12 slabs are not a big deal, you can whittle it down quickly by deleting half and seeing if the problem persists. If not you then only have 6 slabs to check. Undo the first delete then delete half of the six suspect slabs, etc. until you find the problem.

Good luck.

[TomWaltz]

you could use the Element ID manager to re-number all the slabs, giving you an easier shot at selecting the offending one.