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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">MPCFORCES </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Multipoint Forces of Constraint Output Request </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Requests the form and type of multipoint force of constraint vector output. </p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
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      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">MPCFORCES=5
MPCFORCES(SORT2,PUNCH,PRINT,IMAG)=ALL
MPCFORCES(PHASE)=NONE</pre></div>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Describer </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Meaning </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SORT1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Output will be presented as a tabular listing of grid points for each load, frequency, eigenvalue, or time, depending on the solution sequence. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SORT2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Output will be presented as a tabular listing of frequency or time for each grid point. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PRINT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The printer will be the output medium. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PUNCH </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The punch file will be the output medium. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PLOT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Generates, but does not print, multipoint constraint forces. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">REAL or IMAG </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests rectangular format (real and imaginary) of complex output. Use of either REAL or IMAG yields the same output. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PHASE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests polar format (magnitude and phase) of complex output. Phase output is in degrees. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PSDF </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests the power spectral density function be calculated for random analysis post-processing. The request must be made above the subcase level and RANDOM must be selected in the Case Control. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ATOC </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests the autocorrelation function be calculated for random analysis post-processing. The request must be made above the subcase level and RANDOM must be selected in the Case Control. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CRMS </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests the cumulative root mean square function be calculated for random analysis post-processing. Request must be made above the subcase level and RANDOM must be made in the Case Control. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RALL</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Requests all of PSDF, ATOC, and CRMS be calculated for random analysis post-processing. The request must be made above the subcase level and RANDOM must be selected in the Case Control. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RPRINT</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Writes random analysis results to the print file. (Default) See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NORPRINT</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Disables the writing of random analysis results to the print file. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RPUNCH</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Writes random analysis results to the punch file. See remark 9.</p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ALL </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Multipoint forces of constraint for all points will be output. See Remarks <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/05ref73192_93.html#ref95199');return(false);">104-3</a> and <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/05ref73192_93.html#ref16533');return(false);">104-6.</a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">NONE </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Multipoint forces of constraint for no points will be output. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">n </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Set identification of a previously appearing SET command. Only multipoint forces constraint for points with identification numbers that appear on this SET command will be output. (Integer&gt;0) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">Both PRINT and PUNCH may be requested. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/05ref73192_40.html');return(false);">&ldquo;DISPLACEMENT&rdquo;</a> for a discussion of SORT1 and SORT2. In the SORT1 format only nonzero values will be output. 
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            <li><a name="ref95199"></a><p class="para_item">In a statics problem, a request for SORT2 causes loads at all points (zero and nonzero) to be output. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">MPCFORCES=NONE overrides an overall output request. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">In SORT1 format, MPCFORCEs recovered at consecutively numbered scalar points are printed in groups of six (sextets) per line of output. But if a scalar point is not consecutively numbered, then it will begin a new sextet on a new line of output. If a sextet can be formed and all values are zero, then the line will not be printed. If a sextet cannot be formed, then zero values may be output. </p>
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            <li><a name="ref16533"></a><p class="para_item">MPCFORCE results are output in the global coordinate system (see field CD on the GRID Bulk Data entry). </p>
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               <p class="para_item">MPCFORCE results are not available in SOL 129. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">In inertia relief analysis, the MPCFORCE output is interpreted differently for SOLs 1, 101, and 200: </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">In SOL 1, the MPCFORCE output reflects the effects due to the applied loads only and not the inertial loads. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">In SOLs 101 and 200, the MPCFORCE output includes both the effects of applied and inertial loads. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The option of PSDF, ATOC, CRMS, and RALL, or any combination of them can be selected for random analysis. The results can be either printed to the .f06 file, punched to the punch file, or output to both files using RPRINT and RPUNCH.</p>
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