XSETGENERATE

Degree of Freedom Set Generation

Description: ASET and ESET degree of freedom set generation.

Format:

XSETGENERATE, stype, method, gsid, ptol, component

Examples:

XSETGENERATE, ASET, SURFACE, , , 123

XSETGENERATE, ESET, INTER, , 0.1, 123456

Option	Definition	Type	Default
stype	Target output set type, one of the following character variables: ASET or ESET.	Character	Required
method	The search method used, one of the following character variables: SURFACE or SET for ASET or NEAR or INTER for ESET. See Remark 1.	Character	Required
gsid	Grid set identification number. Set identification of previously appearing SET command. Only grid points whose identification numbers appear on this SET command will be used.	Integer > 0	See Remark 2
ptol	Position tolerance used for ESET generation. Grid points defined in the XSET within a radius equal to ptol are moved into the ESET.	Real or blank	See Remark 3
component	Component number of global coordinate. (Up to six unique digits may be placed in the field with no embedded blanks.)	1 ≤ Integers ≤ 6 or blank	123456

Remarks:

1. The method field defines how the set will be generated. SURFACE and SET are only applicable to ASET generation. When method is set to SURFACE, only grid points on the exterior of the model will be included in the ASET. When method is set to SET, only grid points listed in the output set defined by setid are included. NEAR and INTER are applicable to ESET generation. Both methods look for grid points in the model near points defined in the XSET within a radius defined by ptol. The INTER method interpolates data in each component direction specified at the near point using the XSET data.
2. Required if method is equal to SET.
3. If ptol is blank or zero and method is set to INTER, all grid points not in the XSET will be moved into the ESET. If an ESET is already defined, the ESET will not be changed.