Error - Results database file not found... message is shown in AutoPIPE


Problem:

The following Error message was shown in AutoPIPE when trying to generate the Results Grids:

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Error
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Results database file not found.
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OK   
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Why and how to resolve it.?

Solution:

Suggest the following:

    1. With AutoPIPE opened, use Analysis Results (Analysis > Delete > Analysis Results) command.
    2. Next, press Analyze All (Analysis > Analyze > Analyze All) command.
    3. Be sure one or more have been analyzed: Static analysis, Modal analysis, Dynamic analysis, Seismic Anchor Motion
    4. Finally press Result Grid (Home > Results > Result Grid) command. 

AutoPIPE should take a little time to process before displaying the results grids.

If the "Results database file not found." error message displays again, then there is a problem with the model. Suggest to round trip the model, follow the above procedure again to see if this resolves the issue:

If yes, the issue is resolved, there was a corruption in the database that was fixed by round tripping the model.

If no, the "Results database file not found" error messages continues to appear after round tripping the model, then please log a new case and send your AutoPIPE APC model for review. 

Question: how did the model become corrupted?

Answer: That is the unknown, we do not possess a crystal ball to examine all the steps the user took that resulted in the model's corruption. Could it have been related to: 

Unless there is an exact set of steps to repeat an issue, the development team cannot fix the issue. Until such time when the issue can be addressed, the only tools we have are: