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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">PARAM </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Parameter Specification </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Specifies values for parameters. Parameters are described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/08ref24356_1.html');return(false);">Parameters </a>. 
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">PARAM,n,V1,V2 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Examples: </div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">PARAM,GRDPNT,0
PARAM,K6ROT,1.0</pre></div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Describers:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">n </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Parameter name (1 to 8 alphanumeric characters, the first of which is alphabetic). </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">V1, V2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Parameter value based on parameter type, as follows: </p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">V1 </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real, single precision </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real, double precision </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real, Double Precision </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Real, Double Precision </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The PARAM command is normally used in the Bulk Data Section and is described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/11ref48497_1.html');return(false);">Bulk Data Entries</a>. 
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               <p class="para_item">The parameter values that may be defined in the Case Control Section are described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/08ref24356_1.html');return(false);">Parameters</a>. Case Control PARAM commands in user-written DMAPs require the use of the PVT module, described in the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('QRG/linkInter_target_not_resolved.html#dmap:ref86112:-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);"><em>NX Nastran DMAP Programmer&rsquo;s Guide</em></a>. 
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