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      <div class="title_refTopic" id="xps10_pagetitle">EBDSET </div>
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      <h4 class="refClassification">Element Birth/Death Set Definition (SOLs 601 and 701)</h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines element birth and death times for a set of elements.</p>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Format: </div>
      <div class="refCategoryContent">
         <table border="1" width="100%" align="center">
            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="1090*">
               <col span="1" width="991*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="1007*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
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                  <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>
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                  <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>
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                  <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>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EBDSET</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">BDID</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">TBIRTH</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">TDEATH</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID1</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID2</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID3</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID4</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID5</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" bgcolor="" colspan="1" height="24" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&nbsp; </p>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Continuation Format 1: </div>
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            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="1090*">
               <col span="1" width="991*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="1007*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
            </colgroup>
            <tbody>
               <tr>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID6</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID7</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID8</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">-etc-</p>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1"></td>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" height="19" rowspan="1"></td>
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      <div class="title_refCategory">Continuation Format 2 (&ldquo;THRU&rdquo; option is only available on a continuation line):  </div>
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         <table border="1" width="100%" align="center">
            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="1090*">
               <col span="1" width="991*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="1007*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="993*">
               <col span="1" width="980*">
            </colgroup>
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                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID6</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;THRU&rdquo;</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EID7</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">&ldquo;BY&rdquo;</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">INC</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
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            </tbody>
         </table><br></div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Example: </div>
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         <table border="1" width="100%" align="center">
            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="11.41*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="10*">
               <col span="1" width="8.59*">
            </colgroup>
            <tbody>
               <tr>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">EBDSET</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">3</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">0.2</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">0.5</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">101</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">201</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">300</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">400</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">450</p>
                  </td>
                  <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"> </p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">25</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">THRU</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
                     <p class="para_td">33</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
                  <td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
               </tr>
            </tbody>
         </table><br></div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Fields:</div>
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         <table cellpadding="9" width="100%" align="center">
            <colgroup span="1">
               <col span="1" width="16*">
               <col span="1" width="84*">
            </colgroup>
            <thead>
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                  <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>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">BDID</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Element birth/death set identification number. See Remark 2. (Integer &gt; 0)</p>
                  </td>
               </tr>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">TBIRTH</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Element birth time. (Real &ge; 0.0; Default = 0.0)</p>
                  </td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">TDEATH</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Element death time. (Real &gt; TBIRTH; Default = 1.0E+20)</p>
                  </td>
               </tr>
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">EIDi</p>
                  </td>
                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
                     <p class="para_td">Element identification numbers. See Remark 3. (Integer &gt; 0)</p>
                  </td>
               </tr>
            </tbody>
         </table><br></div>
      <div class="title_refCategory">Remarks: </div>
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            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The continuation line is optional.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">The &ldquo;THRU&rdquo; option is only available on a continuation line.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">BDID may be selected by Case Control command EBDSET. If other element birth/death sets are defined, the EBDADD entry must be used to combine all the EBDSET entries.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
               <p class="para_item">Element birth/death may be used with all elements, i.e., with all elements defined with CROD, CONROD, CBAR, CBEAM, CQUAD, CQUAD4, CQUAD8, CQUADR, CQUADX, CTRIA3, CTRIA6, CTRIAR, CTRIAX, CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA, CELAS1, CELAS2, CDAMP1, CDAMP2, CMASS1, CMASS2, CGAP, or CBUSH1D entry. </p>
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