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*SURFACE

Keyword type: model definition

This option is used to assign nodes to a surface. The parameter NAME containing the name of the surface is required. At present, surfaces are used to establish cyclic symmetry conditions. Internally, surfaces are treated as node sets.


First line:

Following line:

Repeat this line if needed.

Example:

*SURFACE,NAME=left
part,
1,
8

assigns the nodes with number 1, and 8 and the nodes belonging to node set part to a surface with name left.


Example files: segment, fullseg.



guido dhondt 2005-02-26