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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">EXTRN </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Partitioned External Superelement Connection </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines a boundary connection for an external superelement. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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                     <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">4 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">7 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">8 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">10 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EXTRN </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">GID1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">C1 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">GID2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">C2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GID3 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">C3 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">GID4 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">C4 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">GID6 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;THRU&rdquo; </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">GID7 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">C6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">-etc.- </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EXTRN </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1001 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">123 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1120 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">123456 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1201 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">123 </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">GIDi </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Grid identification number to which the exterior superelement matrices will be connected. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Ci </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Component numbers.  (Integer 0, blank, or 1 for scalar points; Integers 1 through 6 with no embedded blanks for grids.) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">EXTRN can only be specified in partitioned Bulk Data Sections and is ignored in the main Bulk Data Section. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Connection grids must be specified in the partitioned Bulk Data Section following BEGIN SUPER = SEID. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">&ldquo;THRU&rdquo; may be specified only in fields 3, 5, or 7. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Pairs of blank fields may be entered to allow easier modification of the EXTRN entry. </p>
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