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            <p class="defObject">Boundary condition set</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">The function of the I-deas boundary condition set is replaced by the <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/constraint_container.gif" border="0">constraint container and the <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/subcase_container.gif" border="0">subcase container within the <img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/solution_container.gif" border="0">solution container.
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            <p class="defObject">Group</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Node and element sets</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Node and element sets can be defined to group nodes and elements for selection or display.</p>
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            <p class="defObject">Model simplification</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Idealization</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To remove small features from the model, you will work on an idealized copy of the design part.</p>
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            <p class="defObject">Node</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Grid point</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Since the primary solver is NX Nastran, you will see the term &ldquo;grid point&rdquo; used instead of &ldquo;node&rdquo; in solver-specific documentation.</p>
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            <p class="defObject">Restraint</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">NX Digital Simulation uses the NX Nastran term constraint. The specific NX Nastran term is a single point constraint, or SPC.</p>
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            <p class="defObject">Section meshing</p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">Abstraction</p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Abstraction tools are used on the .fem geometry to modify and combine surfaces similar to using section meshing in I-deas.</p>
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