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When I am trying to export an ADAMS plant, if the adams system has contact forces, the simulink block cannot initialize the system. But when I remove the contact between objects, the Simulink block works well. Any ideas where the problem comes from?

saberkazemi1992
The error message from .msg is as follows:
---- START: ERROR ----
Error: GRAPHICS/432, EXTERNAL has been illegally defined.
 External file = Robot10.xmt_txt Part = PART_233 Element = CYLINDER_432
 Error code = 1
 Please verify that the referenced file is correct, and the format 
 is supported by Adams. Check the spelling of the file name and 
 the file protections. Also note that some external geometry files 
 are not backward compatible.
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    At first I wondered how someone could not interprete the advice "Open the adm-file in a text editor, search for ".xmt_txt". "
     
    But then I remembered that most Windoze users don't have the slightest idea in which directory ADAMS is executed and thus they don't know where to find their files.
    Usually it's your home directory C:/users/<user-name>/, but you can also use the Windows file search and look for *.adm and sort them by date to find where the latest where created.
     
    Check for files with the ending .adm (usually referred to as "the adm-file"), right-click and choose "edit" (which is the most convenient way to edit a file).
    If everything was ok, all the other files should be there, too (like the .msg, .res, .xmt_txt, ...)
     
    BTW: Some people would argue that if you found your .msg, the .adm should be a no-brainer
     
    BTW 2: In one of your other posts, I saw that you use blank spaces in path names. That's something that is not always working in ADAMS. Try to run in places that don't use that fuss.
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    At first I wondered how someone could not interprete the advice "Open the adm-file in a text editor, search for ".xmt_txt". "
     
    But then I remembered that most Windoze users don't have the slightest idea in which directory ADAMS is executed and thus they don't know where to find their files.
    Usually it's your home directory C:/users/<user-name>/, but you can also use the Windows file search and look for *.adm and sort them by date to find where the latest where created.
     
    Check for files with the ending .adm (usually referred to as "the adm-file"), right-click and choose "edit" (which is the most convenient way to edit a file).
    If everything was ok, all the other files should be there, too (like the .msg, .res, .xmt_txt, ...)
     
    BTW: Some people would argue that if you found your .msg, the .adm should be a no-brainer
     
    BTW 2: In one of your other posts, I saw that you use blank spaces in path names. That's something that is not always working in ADAMS. Try to run in places that don't use that fuss.
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