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default_group

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Elements

Geometry

Total
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Ends

Current group

(posted)

Target group

, Remove entities

Display/Entity Color/Label/Render

Posted group

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default_group

Group

Group ,
Action

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Group/Create,
Action Create

Current Group
()

Group Contents
, Add Entity Selection, Add
All Geometry, Add All FEM, Add All
Orphans, Add All Entities

, , , ,

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Select Entity

Property Set

(), prop_1,
prop_2

Property Type

, 2D shell, 3D solid

Loads/BCs Set

, lbc_1, lbc_2

Loads/BCs Type

, displacement, force

Material

, matl_1, matl_2

Element Topology

, hex8, quad4

Element Shape

, 2D, 3D, bar

Element ID

, start ID = 1, End ID = 327

MPC Type

MPC, RBAR, RBE2

Boolean

, group_A
group_B

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Group/Post,
Action Post

<shift>

<ctrl>

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Target Group

Rename

Member List to Add/Remove

Global Add/Remove

Selectable Members
.,,

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To Group Move
From Group To Group
Copy
Selected Entities

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Set Current

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Transform

, Translate, Rotate

Select Group(s) Transform

MoveTransform

Move

Loads/BCs Element Properties

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Copy Transform

Copy ,
Original, New, Current
Loads/BCs Element Properties

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()

group display mode

(deformed shape = wireframe, Von

Mises Stress = fringe, etc.)

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File:New
Enter a name for the database and click OK
Click on Geometry and set Action/Object/Method to

Create/Surface/XYZ
Enter <1 1 0> under Vector Coordinates List and
set Origin Coordinates List to [0 0 0]
Click Apply

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Go to Display: Entity Color/Label/Render
Select Label box that corresponds to Surface under Entity

Type Colors and Labels and click Apply

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Go to Group:Modify and click on Rename

Enter group_1 under Rename As and
click Apply

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Under Groups, set action to Create
Enter group_2 under New Group Name and
click Apply
Repeat previous step to create group_3

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group_2
Go to Group:Set Current
Select group_2 and click Cancel

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Click on Geometry and set Action/Object/Method to

Create/Surface/XYZ
Enter <1 1 0> under Vector Coordinates List and set Origin
Coordinates List to [0 2 0]
Click Apply

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group_3
Go to Groups: Set Current
Select group_3 and click OK
Click on Geometry and go to

Create/Surface/XYZ
Enter <1 1 0> for the Vector
Coordinates List and [0 4 0] for
the Origin Coordinates List, and
click Apply

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group_1 group_3
Go to Group: Transform/Translate
Enter <5 0 0> for the Translation Vector
Click on Select Group(s) and hold

down the Control button and select

group_1 and group_3, then click OK
Click Apply

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group_1surface 1
Go to Groups : Post
Select group_1 and click Apply

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Point 1([0 0 0] + <5 0 0> = [5

0 0])
Click on Geometry and set Action/Object/Info to

Show/Point/Location
Click on Point 1(

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group_2 group_3surfaces 2 3

surfaces 2 3

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: Workshop 9 Anchor Geometry Creation

: Workshop 10 Tetmeshing Anchor Geometry and

Verifying Mesh Quality

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