3D Connexion Version 6.6

*NCOPY

14.1 *NCOPY: Create nodes by copying.

This option is used to copy a node set to create a new node set.

Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit

Type: Model data

Level: Part, Part instance

Reference:

•“Node deﬁnition,” Section 2.1.1 ofthe ABA QUS AnalysisU ser’sManual

Required parameters:

CHANGE NUMBER

Set this parameter equal to an integer that will be added to each of the existing node numbers to

deﬁne the node numbers of the nodes being created.

OLD SET

Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set being copied . This set will be used for the copy

operation with the nodes that belong to it at the time this *NCOPY option appears in the i nput ﬁle.

Required, mutually exclusive parameters:

POLE

Include this parameter if the new nodes are created by projecting the nodes in the old se t from

the pole node. Each new no de will be located such that the corresponding old node is equidistant

between the pole node and the new node.

This parameter is particularly useful for creating nodes associated with inﬁnite elements

(“Inﬁnite elements,” Section 22.2.1of the ABAQUS Analysis User ’sManual).

REFLECT

Set REFLECT=LINE to create the new nodes by reﬂection througha line.

Set REFLECT=MIRROR to create the new nodes by reﬂectionthrough a plane.

Set REFLECT=POINT to create the new nodes by reﬂection through a point.

SHIFT

Include this parameter ifthe new nodes are to be created by translation and/or rotation of the nodes

in the old node set. If both translation and rotation are speciﬁed, the translation is applied once

before the rotation.

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