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Node Set

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This option allows you to define the *SURFACE, TYPE = NODE card for node sets. Engineering Solutions allows only one node set in a surface. It does not support combination of node sets and individual nodes in the same *SURFACE data line.

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The Node set: menu contains a list of the existing node sets.

The Node set option has the following buttons:

Review Set

Reviews the selected node sets by highlighting the nodes in the graphic area. Right-click on the Review button to clear the review selections.

Create/Edit Set

Opens the Entity Sets panel.  When you finish creating/editing the set, click return.  The Node Based Surface dialog is updated with the new set appearing in the node set list.

Area

This check box allows you to define the optional cross-sectional area at each nodes of the node set selected.

Update

Adds the selected node set into the current surface. Engineering Solutions does not create a display for surfaces defined with node sets.