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      <h4 class="refClassification">Case Control Delimiter </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Delimits the various types of commands for the structure plotter, curve plotter, grid point stress, and MSGSTRESS. </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Examples: </div>
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OUTPUT(PLOT)
OUTPUT(XYOUT)</pre></div>
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                     <p class="para_td">PLOT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Beginning of the structure plotter request. This command must precede all structure plotter control commands. Plotter commands are described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/06ref39218_1.html');return(false);">&ldquo;OUTPUT(PLOT) Commands&rdquo; </a>. 
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                     <p class="para_td">POST </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Beginning of grid point stress SURFACE and VOLUME commands. This command must precede all SURFACE and VOLUME commands. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">XYOUT or XYPLOT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Beginning of curve plotter request. This command must precede all curve plotter control commands. XYPLOT and XYOUT are entirely equivalent. Curve plotter commands are described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('QRG/07ref78402_1.html');return(false);">&ldquo;X-Y PLOT Commands&rdquo; </a>. 
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                     <p class="para_td">The OUTPUT(CARDS) packet is used by the MSGSTRESS program. These commands have no format rules. This package must terminate with the command ENDCARDS (starting in column 1). </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The structure plotter request OUTPUT(PLOT), the curve plotter request OUTPUT(XYOUT or XYPLOT), and the grid point stress requests (OUTPUT(POST)) must follow the standard Case Control commands. </p>
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