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      <h4 class="refClassification">Rod Element Connection </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines a tension-compression-torsion element. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Element identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Property identification number of a PROD entry.  (Integer &gt; 0; Default = EID) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/14topic_4.html');return(false);">&ldquo;CONROD&rdquo; </a> for alternative method of rod definition. 
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks related to SOLs 601 and 701: </div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">CROD defines a truss element with no torsional stiffness, i.e., only axial force is transmitted by the element. </p><a name="ref42792"></a><div class="figure">
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