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Thissectiondescribesvarioustasksrelatedtothedirectgenerationofnodes.Topicsinclude:
Definingnodes
Generatingadditionalnodesfromexistingnodes
Maintaining(list,viewanddelete)nodes
Movingnodes
Rotatinganode'scoordinatesystem
Readingandwritingtextfilesthatcontainnodaldata
Youcanuseanyofthemethodsdescribedinthefollowingtabletodefinenodes.
Table9.1:DefiningNodes
Define
Command
GUI
individualnodesinthe
activecoordinate
system[ ]
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>InActiveCSor>OnWorkingPlane
anodeatanexisting
keypoint
NKPT
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>OnKeypoint
1.IfusingANSYSinteractively,youcandefineaworkingplanesnapincrementandusepicking
[N,P]togeneratenodesgraphically.(Formoreinformationontheworkingplane,see
.)
Using
WorkingPlanes
Onceyouhavecreatedaninitialpatternofnodes,youcangenerateadditionalnodesusingthe
methodsdescribedinthefollowingtable.
Table9.2:GeneratingAdditionalNodesfromExistingNodes
Command
GUI
generatealineof
nodesbetweentwo
existingnodes
FILL
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>FillbetweenNds
generateadditional
nodesfromapattern
ofnodes
NGEN
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Copy>
Nodes>Copy
Command
GUI
generateasetofnodes NSCALE
fromapatternof
nodes
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Copy>
Nodes>Scale&Copyor>Scale&Move
generateaquadratic
lineofnodesfrom
threenodes
QUAD
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>QuadraticFill
generateareflected
setofnodes
NSYM
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Reflect>
Nodes
transferapatternof
nodestoanother
coordinatesystem
TRANSFER MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>TransferCoord>Nodes
defineanodeatthe
CENTER
centerofacurvatureof
anarcofnodes[ ]
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Operate>
Scale>Nodes>Scale&Copyor>ScaleMove
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>AtCurvatureCtr
1.Ifalocalcylindricalcoordinatesystemisdefined[CS]atthecenterofcurvature,youcanuse
theFILLcommand(MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>Nodes>Fill
betweenNds)togenerateadditionalnodesonthearc.Ifaradiusofcurvatureisgiven,the
centerofcurvatureisautomaticallycalculatedtobealongtheperpendicularbisectorofthe
NODE1NODE2lineintheplaneofNODE1,NODE2,andNODE3.
Youcanuseanyofthemethodsdescribedinthefollowingtabletomaintainnodes.
Table9.3:MaintainingNodes
Maintenance
listnodes
1
deletenodes[2]
displaynodes[ ]
Command
NLIST
GUI
UtilityMenu>List>Nodes
UtilityMenu>List>PickedEntities>Nodes
NPLOT
UtilityMenu>Plot>Nodes
NDELE
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Delete>
Nodes
1.NodenumberswillalsobedisplayedinEPLOTdisplays(UtilityMenu>Plot>Elements)for
nodesattachedtoelements,ifyouhaveissuedtheproper/PNUMcommand(UtilityMenu>
PlotCtrls>Numbering).
2.Deletinganodealsodeletesanyboundaryconditions(suchasdisplacements,forces,etc.)as
wellasanycouplingorconstraintequationscontainingthedeletednode.
YoucanmoveanodebyoverwritingitwiththeNcommand(oranyothernodegenerating
command)orbyusingoneofthemethodsinthefollowingtable.
Table9.4:MovingNodes
Command
GUI
modifyoneorallofthe NMODIF
coordinatesdefininga
node
MainMenu>Modeling>Preprocessor>Create>
Nodes>RotateNodeCS>ByAngles
moveanodetoan
intersectionof
coordinatesystem
surfaces
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>Nodes>ToIntersect
MOVE
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>RotateNodeCS>ByAnglesor>
SetofNodesor>SingleNode
UsetheNDIST(MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>CheckGeom>NDdistances)
commandtocalculatethedistancebetweentwonodes.
Youcanuseanyofthemethodsdescribedinthefollowingtabletorotateanode'scoordinatesystem.
ThenodalcoordinatesystemisparalleltotheglobalCartesiancoordinatesystembydefault.See
formoreinformation.
NodalCoordinateSystems
Table9.5:RotatingaNode'sCoordinateSystem
RotateaNodal
CoordinateSystem
intotheactive
coordinatesystem
Command
NROTAT
GUI
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>RotateNodeCS>ToActiveCS
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>RotateNodeCS>ToActiveCS
bydirectioncosines
NANG
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>RotateNodeCS>ByVectors
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>RotateNodeCS>ByVectors
byangles
N,
NMODIF
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>InActiveCSor>OnWorkingPlane
MainMenu>Modeling>Preprocessor>Create>
Nodes>RotateNodeCS>ByAngles
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>
Move/Modify>RotateNodeCS>ByAnglesor>
SetofNodesor>SingleNode
9.1.1.ReadingandWritingTextFilesThatContainNodalData
Youcanreadatextfilecontainingnodaldata.ThisabilitycouldbeusefulifyouareimportingASCII
nodaldatafromanothermeshgenerator,aCAD/CAMprogram,oranotherANSYSsession.Youcan
alsowritesuchanASCIIfileforexporttoanotherprogram(whichmustbeabletoreadthisANSYS
file)ortoanotherANSYSsession.Youwillnotnormallyneedtoreadorwritenodaldataina
standardANSYSmodelgenerationsession.Ifyoudoneedtoreadorwritenodaldatayoucanuse
anyofthemethodsdescribedinthefollowingtable.
Table9.6:ReadingandWritingFilesContainingNodalData
Command
GUI
specifyarangeof
nodestobereadfrom
anodefile
NRRANG
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>ReadNodeFile
readnodesfromafile
NREAD
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>ReadNodeFile
writenodestoafile
NWRITE
MainMenu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>
Nodes>WriteNodeFile
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