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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">SUBCOM </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Combination Subcase Delimiter </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Delimits and identifies a combination subcase. </p>
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      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">SUBCOM = 125</pre></div>
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               <p class="para_item">The subcase identification number, n, must be greater than all previous subcase identification numbers. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">A SUBSEQ command must follow this command. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">SUBCOM may only be used in statics problems. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Output requests above the subcase level will be used. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If the referenced subcases contain thermal loads or element deformations, the user must define the temperature field in the SUBCOM with a TEMP(LOAD) command or the element deformations with a DEFORM command. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">SUBCOMs may be specified in superelement analysis with the following recommendations: </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">For each superelement, specify its SUBCASEs consecutively, directly followed by its SUBCOM(s). </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Specify a SUPER command with a new load sequence number under each SUBCOM command. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The following example is given for a model with one superelement and one load combination: </p><pre class="indent">SUBCASE 101
SUPER=1,1
LOAD=100
SUBCASE 102
SUPER=1,2
LOAD=200
SUBCOM 110
LABEL=COMBINE SUBCASES 101 AND 102
SUPER=1,3
SUBSEQ=1.,1.
SUBCASE 1001
SUBCASE 1002
SUBCOM 1010
LABEL=COMBINE SUBCASES 1001 AND 1002
SUBSEQ=1.,1.</pre></li>
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