ansys.mapdl.core.Mapdl.mgen#

Mapdl.mgen(itime='', inc='', node1='', node2='', ninc='', **kwargs)#

Generates additional MDOF from a previously defined set.

Mechanical APDL Command: MGEN

Parameters:
itimestr

Do this generation operation a total of ITIME s, incrementing all nodes in the set by INC each time after the first. ITIME must be > 1 for generation to occur. All previously defined master degree of freedom directions are included in the set. A component name may also be substituted for ITIME.

incstr

Do this generation operation a total of ITIME s, incrementing all nodes in the set by INC each time after the first. ITIME must be > 1 for generation to occur. All previously defined master degree of freedom directions are included in the set. A component name may also be substituted for ITIME.

node1str

Generate master degrees of freedom from set beginning with NODE1 to NODE2 (defaults to NODE1 ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE1 = ALL, NODE2 and NINC are ignored and set is all selected nodes ( nsel ). If NODE1 = P, graphical picking is enabled and all remaining command fields are ignored (valid only in the GUI).

node2str

Generate master degrees of freedom from set beginning with NODE1 to NODE2 (defaults to NODE1 ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE1 = ALL, NODE2 and NINC are ignored and set is all selected nodes ( nsel ). If NODE1 = P, graphical picking is enabled and all remaining command fields are ignored (valid only in the GUI).

nincstr

Generate master degrees of freedom from set beginning with NODE1 to NODE2 (defaults to NODE1 ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE1 = ALL, NODE2 and NINC are ignored and set is all selected nodes ( nsel ). If NODE1 = P, graphical picking is enabled and all remaining command fields are ignored (valid only in the GUI).

Notes

Generates additional master degrees of freedom from a previously defined set. If used in SOLUTION, this command is valid only within the first load step.

For the free-interface ( cmsopt, FREE) and residual-flexible free-interface ( cmsopt, RFFB) CMS method analyses, pseudo-constraints could have been applied on some master degrees of freedom of the previously defined set (SUPPORT = ON in the m command). The master degrees of freedom generated from these with the mgen command are also defined with pseudo-constraints.

This command is also valid in PREP7.