ENGEN, IINC
, ITIME
, NINC
, IEL1
, IEL2
, IEINC
, MINC
, TINC
, RINC
, CINC
, SINC
, DX
, DY
, DZ
Generates elements from an existing pattern.
IINC
Increment to be added to element numbers in pattern.
ITIME
, NINC
Do this generation operation a total of ITIME
s,
incrementing all nodes in the given pattern by NINC
each
time after the first. ITIME
must be > 1 if generation
is to occur. NINC
may be positive, zero, or negative.
IEL1
, IEL2
, IEINC
Generate elements from the pattern that begins with IEL1
to IEL2
(defaults
to IEL1
) in steps of IEINC
(defaults
to 1). If IEL1
is negative, IEL2
and IEINC
are
ignored and use the last |IEL1
| elements (in sequence
backward from the maximum element number) as the pattern to be repeated.
If IEL1
= ALL, IEL2
and IEINC
are
ignored and all selected elements [ESEL] are used as the
pattern to be repeated. If IEL1
= P, graphical
picking is enabled and all remaining command fields are ignored (valid only
in the GUI). A component name may also be substituted for IEL1
(IEL2
and IEINC
are ignored).
MINC
Increment material number of all elements in the given pattern
by MINC
each time after the first.
TINC
Increment type number by TINC
.
RINC
Increment real constant table number by RINC
.
CINC
Increment element coordinate system number by CINC
.
SINC
Increment section ID number by SINC
.
DX
, DY
, DZ
Define nodes that do not already exist but are needed by generated
elements (NGEN,ITIME,INC,NODE1,,,DX,DY,DZ
).
Zero is a valid value. If blank, DX
, DY
,
and DZ
are ignored.
Same as the EGEN command except it allows element
numbers to be explicitly incremented (IINC
) from
the generated set. Any existing elements already having these numbers will
be redefined.