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      <h4 class="refClassification">Partitioning Vector Specifications </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Specifies a list of grid point identification numbers that will be partitioned with the DMAP module MATMOD (Option 17). In SOLs 111 and 200, the PARTN command specifies the points at which modal participation factors are to be computed. </p>
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      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">PARTN=10</pre></div>
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                     <p class="para_td">Set identification number of a previously appearing SET command. Only modal participation factors for points with identification numbers that appear on the SET=n command will be output. (Integer&gt;0) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The PARTN command and the DMAP module MATMOD provide a convenient method for building a partitioning vector for use in the DMAP modules such as PARTN and MERGE. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">Modal participation factors are computed automatically in SOLs 111 and 200 when coupled fluid-structure analysis is performed. See the <em>NX Nastran User&rsquo;s Guide</em>. 
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