ALL

 — 

All selected components, or all selected elements if no component is selected (default).

Name

 — 

Component name.

ADD

 — 

Add a criterion to the database.

LIST

 — 

List the criteria defined for the specified component(s).

DELETE

 — 

Delete the criteria defined for the specified component(s).

ON

 — 

Enable the defined criteria for the specified component(s) and specify how frequently and when to check them (via ON,,,VAL1,VAL2,VAL3):

VAL1 -- Checking frequency. If > 0, check criteria at every VAL1 substeps. If < 0, check criteria at each of the VAL1 points (approximately equally spaced) between VAL2 and VAL3. (Default = -1.)

VAL2 -- Checking start time, where VAL2 < VAL3. (Default is the start time of the load step.)

VAL3 -- Checking end time, where VAL3 > VAL2. (Default is the end time of the load step.)

OFF

 — 

Disable the defined criteria for the specified component(s).

CONTACT

 — 

Contact-based. (Valid only for Action = ADD, Action = LIST, or Action = DELETE.)

ENERGY

 — 

Energy-based. (Valid only for Action = ADD, Action = LIST, or Action = DELETE.)

BOX

 — 

A position-based criterion, defined by a box. (Valid only for Action = ADD, Action = LIST, or Action = DELETE.)

MESH

 — 

A mesh-quality-based criterion. (Valid only for Action = ADD, Action = LIST, or Action = DELETE.)

ALL

 — 

All criteria and options. (Valid only for Action = LIST or Action = DELETE. Option and all subsequent arguments are ignored.)

NUMELEM

 — 

For target elements only, defines the minimum number of contact elements to contact with each target element. If this criterion is not satisfied, the program refines the contact elements and the associated solid elements. For this option, VAL1 must be a positive integer. (Valid only for Criterion = CONTACT and Action = ADD, LIST, or DELETE.)

MEAN

 — 

Checks the strain energy of any element that is part of the defined component for the condition E_e ≥ c₁ * E_total / NUME (where c₁ = VAL1, E_total is the total strain energy of the component, and NUME is the number of elements of the component). If this criterion is satisfied at an element, the program refines the element. For this option, VAL1 must be non-negative and defaults to 1. (Valid only for Criterion = ENERGY and Action = ADD, LIST, or DELETE.)

XYZRANGE

 — 

Defines the location box in which all elements within are to be split or refined. Up to six values following the Option argument (representing the x1, x2, y1, y2, z1, and z2 coordinates) are allowed. An unspecified coordinate is not checked. (Valid only for Criterion = BOX and Action = ADD, LIST, or DELETE.)

SKEWNESS

 — 

Mesh-quality control threshold for element SOLID285. Valid values (VAL1) are 0.0 through 1.0. Default = 0.9. (Valid only for Criterion = MESH and Action = ADD, LIST, or DELETE.)

SHAPE

 — 

Mesh-quality control threshold for element PLANE182. (Valid only for Criterion = MESH and Action = ADD, LIST, or DELETE.)

VAL1 -- Maximum corner angle of an element in degrees. Valid values are 0 through 180. Default = 160. An element is remeshed when any of its corner angles reach the specified value.

WEAR

 — 

For contact elements having surface wear specified (TB,WEAR) only, defines VAL1 as a critical ratio of magnitude of wear to the average depth of the solid element underlying the contact element. Once this critical ratio is reached for any element, the program morphs the mesh to improve the quality of the elements. VAL1 must be a positive integer. (Valid only for Criterion = CONTACT and Action = ADD, Action = LIST, or Action = DELETE.) Cannot be combined with any other option during solution.

ALL

 — 

All options. (Valid only for Action = LIST or Action = DELETE. All subsequent arguments are ignored.)