Hi SIMULIA,

If I understood correctly, the UEL should allow any number of elemental nodes. I am trying to define a generic interface UEL element to integrate Abaqus with other programs for hybrid simulation. The element worked fine if its number of nodes is small. However, when the number of nodes is greater than 84, the pre.exe throws an error code 1073741819. It seems that the pre.exe exits without even running into the UEL script. I am wondering whether there is any limitation in UEL in terms of the number of nodes, dofs, etc.

Thanks in advance.