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"High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity"

I am trying to convert a BEopt file created in BEopt 2.3.0.2 to BEopt 2.8. However. I receive the following error message.

* InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductive, material name = UAROOFINS 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity = 7.853 [W/m-K] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material thermal diffusivity = 1.759E-004 [m2/s] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material with this thermal diffusivity should have thickness > 0.30821 [m] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * Fatal * Preceding conditions cause termination. 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 046.xml: Error: * Severe ** InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductivity

I would be grateful for any pointers towards how to convert the file given the above error notification.

"High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity"

I am trying to convert a BEopt file created in BEopt 2.3.0.2 to BEopt 2.8. However. I receive the following error message.

* InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductive, material name = UAROOFINS 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity = 7.853 [W/m-K] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material thermal diffusivity = 1.759E-004 [m2/s] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material with this thermal diffusivity should have thickness > 0.30821 [m] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * Fatal * Preceding conditions cause termination. 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 046.xml: Error: * Severe ** InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductivity

I would be grateful for any pointers towards how to convert the file given the above error notification. notification.

"High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity"

I am trying to convert a BEopt file created in BEopt 2.3.0.2 to BEopt 2.8. However. I receive the following error message.

* InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductive, material name = UAROOFINS 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity = 7.853 [W/m-K] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material thermal diffusivity = 1.759E-004 [m2/s] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material with this thermal diffusivity should have thickness > 0.30821 [m] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * Fatal * Preceding conditions cause termination. 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 046.xml: Error: * Severe ** InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductivity

I would be grateful for any pointers towards how to convert the file given the above error notification.

"High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity"

I am trying to convert a BEopt file created in BEopt 2.3.0.2 to BEopt 2.8. However. I receive the following error message.

* InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductive, material name = UAROOFINS 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity = 7.853 [W/m-K] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material thermal diffusivity = 1.759E-004 [m2/s] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material with this thermal diffusivity should have thickness > 0.30821 [m] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * Fatal * Preceding conditions cause termination. 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 046.xml: Error: * Severe ** InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductivity

I would be grateful for any pointers towards how to convert the file given the above error notification.

"High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity"

I am trying to convert a BEopt file created in BEopt 2.3.0.2 to BEopt 2.8. However. I receive the following error message.

I have noticed that this occurs when I add new (customized) PCMDrywall objects to the "thermal mass" options.

* InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductive, material name = UAROOFINS 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * High conductivity Material layers are not well supported by Conduction Finite Difference, material conductivity = 7.853 [W/m-K] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material thermal diffusivity = 1.759E-004 [m2/s] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * ~~~ * Material with this thermal diffusivity should have thickness > 0.30821 [m] 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 045.xml: Error: * Fatal * Preceding conditions cause termination. 8/3/2018 2:30 PM: 046.xml: Error: * Severe ** InitialInitHeatBalFiniteDiff: Found Material that is too thin and/or too highly conductivity

I would be grateful for any pointers towards how to convert the file given the above error notification.