diff --git a/src/SIM/SIMbase.C b/src/SIM/SIMbase.C
index 140020eb..599687fc 100644
--- a/src/SIM/SIMbase.C
+++ b/src/SIM/SIMbase.C
@@ -2354,7 +2354,9 @@ bool SIMbase::project (Matrix& ssol, const Vector& psol,
     if (myModel[i]->empty()) continue; // skip empty patches
 
     // Extract the primary solution control point values for this patch
-    extractPatchSolution(myProblem,Vectors(1,psol),i);
+    myProblem->initResultPoints(time.t);
+    if (!this->extractPatchSolution(myProblem,Vectors(1,psol),i))
+      return false;
 
     // Initialize material properties for this patch in case of multiple regions
     const_cast<SIMbase*>(this)->setPatchMaterial(i+1);
diff --git a/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.C b/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.C
index 90fb98b6..ad46015e 100644
--- a/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.C
+++ b/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.C
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ Vector SIMgeneric::getSolution (const Vector& psol, const double* par,
   return tmpVal.getColumn(1);
 }
 
-int SIMgeneric::evalPoint(const double* xi, Vec3& X, double* param, int patch) const
-{
-  ASMbase *pch = getPatch(patch-1);
 
-  double dummy[2];
-  if(param == nullptr)
-    return pch->evalPoint(xi, dummy, X);
-  else
-    return pch->evalPoint(xi, param, X);
+int SIMgeneric::evalPoint (const double* xi, Vec3& X, double* param,
+                           int patch) const
+{
+  patch = this->getLocalPatchIndex(patch);
+  if (patch < 1 || (size_t)patch > myModel.size())
+    return -1;
+
+  double dummy[3];
+  return myModel[patch-1]->evalPoint(xi, param ? param : dummy, X);
 }
diff --git a/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.h b/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.h
index ad32b662..f3fbcec4 100644
--- a/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.h
+++ b/src/SIM/SIMgeneric.h
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ public:
   //! \param[in] xi Dimensionless parameters in range [0,1] of the point
   //! \param[out] X The Cartesian coordinates of the point
   //! \param[out] param The parameters of the point in the knot-span domain
-  //! \param[in] patch The patch to evaluate
-  //! \return 0 if the evaluation went good
-  int evalPoint(const double* xi, Vec3& X, 
-                double* param=nullptr, int patch = 1) const;
+  //! \param[in] patch 1-based patch index contining the evaluation point
+  //! \return Local node number within the patch that matches the point
+  int evalPoint(const double* xi, Vec3& X,
+                double* param = nullptr, int patch = 1) const;
 };
 
 #endif