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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">POINTAX </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Conical Shell Point </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines the location of a point on an axisymmetric shell ring at which loads may be applied via the FORCE or MOMENT entries and at which displacements may be requested.  These points are not subject to constraints via MPCAX, SPCAX, or OMITAX entries. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">POINTAX </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PHI </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">30.0 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Point identification number.  (Unique Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">RID </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Identification number of a RINGAX entry.  (Integer &gt; 0) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">PHI </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Azimuthal angle in degrees.  (Real) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">This entry is allowed only if an AXIC entry is also present. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">POINTAX identification numbers must be unique with respect to all other POINTAX, RINGAX, and SECTAX identification numbers. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">For a discussion of the conical shell problem, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('QRG/linkInter_target_not_resolved.html#element:ref32336:-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">&ldquo;Conical Shell Element (RINGAX)&rdquo; </a>in the <em>NX Nastran Element Library</em>. 
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