Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m	(revision 4612)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m	(revision 4613)
@@ -213,5 +213,7 @@
 			error(['model not consistent: partition vector cannot have values more than md.npart-1']);
 		end
-
+		if max(md.part)>=md.npart,
+			error(['model not consistent: for qmu analysis, partitioning vector cannot go over npart, number of partition areas']);
+		end
 	end
 	if md.eps_rel>1.1*10^-5,