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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">FEEDGE </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Finite Element Edge Definition </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines a finite element edge and associates it with a curve. </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">10 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">FEEDGE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EDGEID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GRID1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GRID2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDBC </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GEOMIN </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID2 </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">FEEDGE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">101 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">123 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">547 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMCURV </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">12 </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_th"><b class="uiTerm">Field </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">EDGEID </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Unique identification number. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GRIDi </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of end GRIDs definingthis edge. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDBC </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of the coordinate systemin which constraints specified on GMBC and GMSPC entries are defined.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_2.html#ref31392');return(false);">1-1. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GEOMIN </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Type of entry referenced by IDi; &ldquo;GMCURV&rdquo;or &ldquo;POINT&rdquo;.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_2.html#refylJIj167juli');return(false);">1-2. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POINT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">IDi </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of a POINT or GMCURV entry.  See Remarks <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_2.html#refylJIj167juli');return(false);">1-2</a>, <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_2.html#refKmJIj1ecjuli');return(false);">1-3</a>, and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_2.html#refSmJIj380juli');return(false);">1-4. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li><a name="ref31392"></a><p class="para_item">If CIDBC is not blank then it overrides the CIDBC specified on the GMSURF or FEFACE entries for this particular edge.  A fatal message will be issued when more than one CIDBC is associated with any entity. </p>
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            <li><a name="refylJIj167juli"></a><p class="para_item">The Bulk Data entries referenced by ID1 and ID2 depends on the GEOMIN field: </p>
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                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">GEOMIN </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">ID1 </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">ID2 </b></p>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">POINT </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">POINT </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">POINT </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">GMCURV </p>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">GMCURV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">not applicable </p>
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            <li><a name="refKmJIj1ecjuli"></a><p class="para_item">When GEOMIN = &ldquo;GMCURV&rdquo; </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">FEEDGE associates the finite element model and the geometric information. </p>
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                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">GRID1 and GRID2 are the end points of the edge, and the edge is on the CURVID curve.  A locally parametric cubic curve is fit to the geometric curve such that the two have the same tangent at GRIDi (C1 continuous). </p><a name="ref59736"></a><div class="figure">
                        <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-fig01.gif"></p>
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                     <div class="title_figure">Figure. Specifying Geometry Using GEOMIN=GMCURV Method </div>
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            <li><a name="refSmJIj380juli"></a><p class="para_item">When GEOMIN = &ldquo;POINT&rdquo; </p>
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                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">The edge passes through the points defined on the POINT entries referenced by ID1 and ID2. </p>
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                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">The shape of the edge is selected as follows: </p>
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                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">ID1 </b></p>
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                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">ID2 </b></p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Shape of the FEEDGE </b></p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Blank or 0 </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">Blank or 0 </p>
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                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">Linear </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">&gt;0 </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">Blank or 0 </p>
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                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">Quadratic </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&gt;0 </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&gt;0 </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">Cubic </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">Blank or 0 </p>
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                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&gt;0 </p>
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                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">Not allowed </p>
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                     </table><br><a name="ref31089"></a><div class="figure">
                        <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-fig02.gif"></p>
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                     <div class="title_figure">Figure. Specifying Geometry Using GEOMIN=POINT Method </div>
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            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">A local coordinate system can be associated with an edge using the GMCORD entry. </p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The hierarchy set to resolve the conflicts arising in the Global System input data is described in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_20.html');return(false);">&ldquo;GMBC&rdquo;</a> entry description. 
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