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      <h4 class="refClassification">Multipoint Constraint Set Selection </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Selects a multipoint constraint set. </p>
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      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">MPC=17</pre></div>
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                     <p class="para_td">Set identification number of a multipoint constraint set. This set identification number must appear on at least one MPC or MPCADD Bulk Data entry. (Integer&gt;0) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">In cyclic symmetry analysis, this command must appear above the first SUBCASE command. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Multiple boundary (MPC sets) conditions are not allowed in superelement analysis. If more than one MPC set is specified per superelement (including the residual), then the second and subsequent sets will be ignored. </p>
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