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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">GMSURF </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Surface Definition </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines geometric information that will be used in elements, surface definition, load definition, and boundary condition definition. </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">6 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">9 </p>
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                     <p class="para_th">10 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GMSURF </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SURFID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">GROUP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDIN </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDBC </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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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Evaluator </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Specific </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Data </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">and </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Format </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">GMSURF </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">101 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">MSCGRP0 </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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                     <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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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RPC, </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POINT </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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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0.0, 2.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">3.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">4.0,1.0 </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">0.0, 2.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">1.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">2.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">3.0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">4.0 </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_th"><b class="uiTerm">Default </b></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SURFID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Surface Identification number.  See Remark <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_29.html#ref77700');return(false);">42-2. </a></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">GROUP </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Group of curves/surfaces that this surface belongs to.  See Remarks <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_29.html#ref77894');return(false);">42-5</a> through <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/16topic_29.html#ref51291');return(false);">42-9. </a></p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Character </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Required </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDIN </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Coordinate system identification number used in defining the geometry of the curve.  The coordinate system must be rectangular. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">0 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">CIDBC </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of the coordinate system in which constraints specified on GMBC and GMSPC entries are defined. </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">0 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">All SURFIDs must be unique. </p>
            </li>
            <li><a name="ref77700"></a><p class="para_item">A  GMSURF entry is required if: </p>
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                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">the geometry of the surface defined by this entry is to be used by an element. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">output (global) coordinate system is assigned to a GMSURF. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li><a name="ref77894a"></a><p class="para_item">permanent constraints are specified for a GMSURF. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">loads are applied to a GMSURF. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">enforced boundary conditions are applied to a GMSURF. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">GMSURF is used to calculate geometric information only.  The edges of the finite elements that are connected to the surface will be parametric cubic curves that are calculated from the more complex surface geometry. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">On the continuation entries, no commas can appear in columns 1 through 8 and the data in fields 2 through 9 must be specified in columns 9 through 72. </p>
            </li>
            <li><a name="ref77894"></a><p class="para_item">The continuation entries are passed directly to the geometry evaluator indicated by the GROUP parameter. </p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The GROUP value is initialized by an CONNECT GEOMEVAL command in the FMS section.  This command specifies the evaluator that will be used for this surface. </p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">Two reserved names, MSCGRP0 and MSCGRP1, are provided for the GROUP parameter.  These need not be explicitly initialized in the FMS Section. </p>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">If the GROUP parameter is specified as MSCGRP0, the rational parametric cubic (MSCRPC) geometry evaluator is used for this surface.  In this case the evaluator specific data in lines 2 through 9 of this Bulk Data entry should be provided as given on the following page.  Spaces or a comma character may be used to delimit each value.  However, the comma character should not be used in the first field. </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">1 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">2 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">3 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">4 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">5 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">6 </p>
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                           <p class="para_th">7 </p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">8 </p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">9 </p>
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                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">10 </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">GMSURF </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">SURFID </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">MSCGRP0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">CIDIN </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">CIDOUT </p>
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                        <td align="center" bgcolor="gray" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" bgcolor="gray" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <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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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">RPC </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">REPRES </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(1) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(2) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(3) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(4) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(5) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(6) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(7) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(8) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(9) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(10) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(11) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(12) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(13) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(14) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(15) </p>
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                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(16) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(1) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(2) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(3) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(4) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(5) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(6) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(7) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(8) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(9) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(10) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(11) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(12) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(13) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(14) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(15) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">YW(16) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(1) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(2) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(3) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(4) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(5) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(6) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(7) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(8) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(9) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(10) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(11) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(12) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(13) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(14) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(15) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">ZW(16) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(1) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(2) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(3) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(4) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(5) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(6) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(7) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(8) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(9) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(10) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(11) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(12) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(13) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(14) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(15) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">W(16) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
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                     <col span="1" width="11.71*">
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                  <thead>
                     <tr>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Field </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Default </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">RPC </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Rational Parametric Cubic Surface. </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Character </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Required </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
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                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">REPRES </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Representation of the curve, (ALGEBRAIC, POINT, BEZIER). </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Character </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Required </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">XW(1) through XW(16) </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Data used to define the surface. </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Real </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Required </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
               </table><br><ul>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">A rational parametric surface is defined as </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ50.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ51.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ52.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ53.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ54.gif" border="0"></p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">For REPRES = &ldquo;ALGEBRAIC&rdquo;, the rational parametric surface is defined by the algebraic coefficient for rational cubic equations. </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">Expressed as a tensor product </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ55.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">for the Bulk Data input in algebraic form </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ56.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">and similarly for <em>yw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>), , <em>zw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>), and <em>w</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>). 
                     </p>
                     <p class="para_item">and </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ57.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">where <em>XW</em>(<em>i</em>), <em>YW</em>(<em>i</em>), <em>ZW</em>(<em>i</em>), and <em>W</em>(<em>i</em>) are the algebraic coefficients for the independent equations <em>xw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>), <em>yw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>), <em>zw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>), and <em>w</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>). 
                     </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">For REPRES = &ldquo;BEZIER&rdquo;, the surface is defined by 16 rational Bezier control points <em>V</em><sub class="subscript">11</sub> through <em>V</em><sub class="subscript">44</sub>.
                     </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-ufig08.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">and </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ58.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">where <em>B</em><sub class="subscript"><em>i</em>,4</sub><em>u</em> and <em>B</em><sub class="subscript"><em>j</em>,4</sub><em>v</em> are the Bernstein polynomials for curves of degree 3. 
                     </p>
                     <p class="para_item">For Bulk Data input defined as Bezier control points </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ59.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">where <em>XW</em>(1) through <em>XW</em>(16) are ordered to conform to the two-dimensional array for <em>V</em><em><sub class="subscript">ij</sub></em>; that is, XW(4 · (<em>i</em>−1) + <em>j</em>) corresponds to <em>xw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>) for <em>V</em><em><sub class="subscript">ij</sub></em>.  For example, <em>XW</em>(7) corresponds to <em>V</em><sub class="subscript">23</sub>. 
                     </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><em>yw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>);  <em>zw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>); and <em>w</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>) are solved in a similar fashion. 
                     </p>
                     <p class="para_item">and </p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-equ60.gif" border="0"></p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">When the point representation is used, the surface is defined by 16 uniformly spaced rational points lying on the surface.</p>
                     <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/bulkfgil-ufig09.gif" border="0"></p>
                     <p class="para_item">where <em>XW</em>(1) through <em>XW</em>(16) are ordered to contain to the two-dimensional mapping above for <em>V</em><em><sub class="subscript">ij</sub></em>; that is, <em>XW</em>(4 · (i − 1) + <em>j</em>) corresponds to <em>xw</em>(<em>u</em>, <em>v</em>) for <em>V</em><em><sub class="subscript">ij</sub></em>.  For example, <em>XW</em>(7) corresponds to <em>V</em><sub class="subscript">23</sub>. 
                     </p>
                  </li>
               </ul>
            </li>
            <li><a name="ref51291"></a><p class="para_item">If the GROUP parameter is specified as MSCGRP1, the generic equation (MSCEQN) geometry evaluator is used for this surface.  In this case the evaluator specific data should be on the continuation entries.  Spaces or a comma character may be used to delimit each value.  However, a comma must not be specified in the first field. </p>
               <table border="1" width="100%" align="center">
                  <colgroup span="1">
                     <col span="1" width="8.72*">
                     <col span="1" width="14.25*">
                     <col span="1" width="10.06*">
                     <col span="1" width="10.06*">
                     <col span="1" width="10.06*">
                     <col span="1" width="10.06*">
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                     <col span="1" width="6.63*">
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                  <thead>
                     <tr>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">1 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">2 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">3 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">4 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">5 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">6 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">7 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">8 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">9 </p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th">10 </p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">EQUATION </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">MINU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">MAXU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">MINV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">MAXV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDX </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDY </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDZ </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDYU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDZU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDYV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDZV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXU2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDYU2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDZU2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXV2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDYV2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDZV2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXUV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDYUV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDZUV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
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                     <col span="1" width="25*">
                     <col span="1" width="42*">
                     <col span="1" width="17*">
                     <col span="1" width="13*">
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                     <tr>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Field </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Contents </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Type </b></p>
                        </th>
                        <th align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                           <p class="para_th"><b class="uiTerm">Default </b></p>
                        </th>
                     </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">EQUATION </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">EQUATION method is to be used. </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Character </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">MINU, MAXU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Range of the first parameter describing the surface.  If MAXU is found less than MINU, the range for U is assumed to be [-∞,+∞]. </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Real </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0.0,1.0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">MINV, MAXV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Range of the second parameter describing the surface.  If MAXV is found less than MINV, the range is assumed to be [-∞,+∞]. </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Real </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0.0,1.0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDX, IDY, IDZ </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of DEQATN entries providing equations for the X,Y,Z coordinate of the surface in terms of two parameters <em>u</em> and <em>v</em>. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &gt; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Required </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXU, IDDYU, IDDZU </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of DEQATN entries providing equations for the first derivatives of X,Y,Z functions with respect to the first surface parameter <em>u</em>.  If a value of 0 is used, the derivatives are computed numerically. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXV, IDDYV, IDDZV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of an DEQATN entry describing the first derivatives of X, Y, Z functions with respect to the first surface parameter <em>v</em>.  If a value of 0 is used, the derivatives are computed numerically. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXU2, IDDYU2, IDDZU2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of an DEQATN entry describing the second derivatives of X,Y,Z functions with respect to the first surface parameter <em>u</em>.  If a value of 0 is used, the derivatives are computed numerically. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXV2, IDDYV2, IDDZV2 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of an DEQATN entry describing the second derivatives of X,Y,Z functions with respect to the second surface parameter <em>v</em>.  If a value of 0 is used, the derivatives are computed numerically. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">IDDXUV, IDDYUV, IDDZUV </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">ID of an DEQATN entry describing the mixed second derivatives of X,Y,Z functions with respect to the surface parameters <em>u,</em> and <em>v</em>.  If a value of 0 is used, the derivatives are computed numerically. 
                           </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">Integer &ge; 0 </p>
                        </td>
                        <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                           <p class="para_td">0 </p>
                        </td>
                     </tr>
                  </tbody>
               </table><br></li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">When an external geometry evaluator class is selected for this group (which is the case when the CONNECT GEOMEVAL statement selects an external geometry evaluator for the specified group), the data in Fields 1 to n will not be interpreted.  In this case an image of this entry is passed on to the evaluator modules provided by the user for the specific geometric package that being used.  These modules are connected with NX Nastran during execution.  If these modules are not provided, a User Fatal Message will be issued.  For example, if in the FMS Section, the following command is given: </p>
               <ul>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">CONNECT GEOMEVAL FENDER,CATIA,&rsquo;/u/kiz/data&rsquo;, Version=68 as of 1/3/94 </p>
                  </li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">then the GMSURF entry could use that geometry data base as follows: </p>
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                        <colgroup span="1">
                           <col span="1" width="10.92*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.23*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                           <col span="1" width="9.98*">
                        </colgroup>
                        <thead>
                           <tr>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">1 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">2 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">3 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">4 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">5 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">6 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">7 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">8 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">9 </p>
                              </th>
                              <th align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_th">10 </p>
                              </th>
                           </tr>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>
                           <tr>
                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">GMSURF </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">765 </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">FENDER </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                           </tr>
                           <tr>
                              <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">Extrude </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">/u/kiz </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">2.5 </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">arc </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">2.7 </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">66 </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                              <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                                 <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
                              </td>
                           </tr>
                        </tbody>
                     </table><br></li>
                  <li>
                     <p class="para_item">In this case, &ldquo;Extrude u/kiz 2.5 arc 2.7 66&quot; is passed to the geometry evaluator supplied by the user, and it is expected that the user-supplied routines interpret and use this record. </p>
                  </li>
               </ul>
            </li>
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