mdele

MasterDof.mdele(node='', lab1='', nend='', ninc='', lab2='', lab3='', lab4='', lab5='', lab6='', support='', **kwargs)

Deletes master degrees of freedom.

Mechanical APDL Command: MDELE

Parameters:

nodestr

Delete master degrees of freedom in the Lab1 direction ( m ) from NODE to NEND (defaults to NODE ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE = ALL, NEND and NINC are ignored and masters for all selected nodes ( nsel ) are deleted. If Lab1 = ALL, all label directions will be deleted. If NODE = 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 NODE.

lab1str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

nendstr

Delete master degrees of freedom in the Lab1 direction ( m ) from NODE to NEND (defaults to NODE ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE = ALL, NEND and NINC are ignored and masters for all selected nodes ( nsel ) are deleted. If Lab1 = ALL, all label directions will be deleted. If NODE = 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 NODE.

nincstr

Delete master degrees of freedom in the Lab1 direction ( m ) from NODE to NEND (defaults to NODE ) in steps of NINC (defaults to 1). If NODE = ALL, NEND and NINC are ignored and masters for all selected nodes ( nsel ) are deleted. If Lab1 = ALL, all label directions will be deleted. If NODE = 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 NODE.

lab2str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

lab3str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

lab4str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

lab5str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

lab6str

Delete masters in these additional directions.

supportstr

Pseudo-constraints key for the free-interface ( cmsopt,FREE) and residual-flexible free- interface ( cmsopt,RFFB) CMS method analyses:

OFF - delete selected master degrees of freedom and any pseudo-constraints applied on them with SUPPORT = ON in the m command (default).

ON - only delete any pseudo-constraints applied on selected master degrees of freedom.

Notes

Deletes master degrees of freedom. If used in SOLUTION, this command is valid only within the first load step.

The SUPPORT argument is ignored for the fixed-interface CMS method analysis ( cmsopt,FIX).

This command is also valid in PREP7.