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      <h4 class="refClassification">Scalar Point Definition </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines scalar points. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">SPOINT </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID8 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">3 </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Alternate Format and Example: </div>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID1 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;THRU&rdquo; </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">ID2 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">5 </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">THRU </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">649 </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_td">Scalar point identification number.  (0 &lt; Integer &lt; 1000000; For &ldquo;THRU&rdquo; option, ID1 &lt; ID2) </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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               <p class="para_item">A scalar point defined by its appearance on the connection entry for a scalar element (see the CELASi, CMASSi, and CDAMPi entries) need not appear on an SPOINT entry. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">All scalar point identification numbers must be unique with respect to all other structural, scalar, and fluid points.  However, duplicate scalar point identification numbers are allowed in the input. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">This entry is used primarily to define scalar points appearing in single-point or multipoint constraint equations to which no scalar elements are connected. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">If the alternate format is used, all scalar points ID1 through ID2 are defined. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">For a discussion of scalar points, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('User/index.html?goto=User/06ref17515_19.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">&ldquo;Understanding Scalar Points&rdquo; </a>in the <em>NX Nastran User&rsquo;s Guide</em>. 
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