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      <h4 class="refClassification">Transient Initial Condition </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines values for the initial conditions of variables used in structural transient analysis.  Both displacement and velocity values may be specified at independent degrees-of-freedom.  This entry may not be used for heat transfer analysis. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">TIC </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">G </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Set identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Grid, scalar, or extra point identification number.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Component numbers.  (Integer zero or blank for scalar or extra points, any one of the Integers 1 through 6 for a grid point.) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Initial displacement.  (Real) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Initial velocity.  (Real) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Transient initial condition sets must be selected with the Case Control command IC=SID.  Note the use of IC in the Case Control command versus TIC on the Bulk Data entry.  For heat transfer, the IC Case Control command selects TEMP or TEMPD entries for initial conditions and not the TIC entry. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If no TIC set is selected in the Case Control Section, all initial conditions are assumed to be zero. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Initial conditions for coordinates not specified on TIC entries will be assumed zero. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Initial conditions may be used only in direct formulation.  In a modal formulation the initial conditions are all zero. </p>
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