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Limitations
The default Spacar version distributed via Blackboard supports flexible multibody models with a maximum of 50 flexible deformation modes. For example, if fully flexible beams are considered (meaning there are six flexible deformation modes per beam), a maximum of 8 beam elements can be used. For problems with limited complexity, this should be sufficient.
Known bugs
Read/write errors When SPACAR Light (and also Spacar (full)) is called, it reads and writes an input and output file to the disk of your computer. When the program is called repeatedly in consecutive calls (for example in an optimization routine), this could result in read/write errors, which can cause the simulation to fail or MATLAB to crash (indicating a Fortran/Intel read/write error).
To prevent this problem, make sure your MATLAB working directory is not synchronized over the internet (e.g. in an active Dropxbox folder or another cloud service). Best practice is to use a physical (and internal) disk.
