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Node Set

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Use the Node set option to define the *SURFACE, TYPE = NODE card for node sets. Only one node set is allowed in a surface. A combination of node sets and individual nodes in the same *SURFACE data line is not supported.

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

Selecting Node set enables the following:

Button

Action

Review Set

Reviews the selected node sets by highlighting the nodes in the graphic area. Right-click Review 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

Select this check box to define the optional cross-sectional area at each node of the node set selected.

Note:The cross-sectional area data item is only supported for surfaces defined by node sets.

Update

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