NSM (Subcase Information Entry)

Subcase Information Entry

NSM – Data Selection

Description

The NSM command can be used in the Subcase Information section to select a non-structural mass set for mass generation. The selector command must appear before the first SUBCASE statement.

Format

NSM = option

Argument

Options

Description

option

< SID >

No default

SID:

Set identification number of a NSMADD bulk data entry or, if NSMADD bulk data entry does not exist with this SID, the set identification of NSM, NSM1, NSML and NSML1 bulk data entries.

Comments

1.	Only one NSM subcase information entry can be present in the model.

2.	This subcase information entry must appear before the first SUBCASE statement.

3.	The value of the non-structural mass does not change during Topology Optimization.