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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">DTI,UNITS </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Specifies the system of units when creating an ADAMS MNF or RecurDyn RFI.</h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Specifies the system of units when creating an ADAMS MNF or RecurDyn RFI.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DTI </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">UNITS</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;1&rdquo;</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MASS&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FORCE&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">LENGTH&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TIME&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">DTI </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">UNITS </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">KG</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">N</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">M&nbsp;</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">S</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">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">MASS</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Defines the mass units in a MNF or RFI.</p>
                     <p class="para_td">Acceptable mass inputs are:</p>
                     <p class="para_td">KG - kilogram</p>
                     <p class="para_td">LBM &ndash; pound-mass </p>
                     <p class="para_td">SLUG &ndash; slug </p>
                     <p class="para_td">GRAM &ndash; gram </p>
                     <p class="para_td">OZM &ndash; ounce-mass </p>
                     <p class="para_td">KLBM &ndash; kilo pound-mass (1000.lbm) </p>
                     <p class="para_td">MGG &ndash; megagram </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FORCE</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Defines the force units in a MNF or RFI</p>
                     <p class="para_td">Acceptable force inputs are:</p>
                     <p class="para_td">N &ndash; Newton LBF &ndash; pound-force </p>
                     <p class="para_td">KGF &ndash; kilograms-force </p>
                     <p class="para_td">OZF &ndash; ounce-force </p>
                     <p class="para_td">DYNE &ndash; dyne </p>
                     <p class="para_td">KN &ndash; kilonewton </p>
                     <p class="para_td">KLBF &ndash; kilo pound-force (1000.lbf) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">LENGTH</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Defines the length units in a MNF or RFI</p>
                     <p class="para_td">Acceptable length inputs are:</p>
                     <p class="para_td">KM &ndash; kilometer </p>
                     <p class="para_td">M &ndash; meter </p>
                     <p class="para_td">CM &ndash; centimeter </p>
                     <p class="para_td">MM &ndash; millimeter </p>
                     <p class="para_td">MI &ndash; mile </p>
                     <p class="para_td">FT &ndash; foot </p>
                     <p class="para_td">IN &ndash; inch </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TIME</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Defines the time units in a MNF or RFI</p>
                     <p class="para_td">Acceptable time inputs are:</p>
                     <p class="para_td">H &ndash; hour </p>
                     <p class="para_td">MIN - minute </p>
                     <p class="para_td">S &ndash; second </p>
                     <p class="para_td">MS &ndash; millisecond</p>
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               <p class="para_item">Since DTI,UNITS determines all units for the MNF and RFI, the units defined in WTMASS, which are important for units consistency in NX Nastran, are ignored in the output to these files. For example, if the model mass is kilograms, force in Newtons, length in meters, and time in seconds, then WTMASS would equal 1 ensuring that NX Nastran works with the consistent set of kg, N, and m. The units written to the MNF or RFI would be: &ldquo;DTI,UNITS,1,KG,N,M,S&rdquo;.</p>
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