ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 219)

*NSET
14.15 *NSET: Assign nodes to a node set.
This option assigns nodes to a node set.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model or history data
Level: Part, Part instance, Assembly, Model, Step
Reference:
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“Node definition,” Section 2.1.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameter:
NSET
Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set to which the nodes will be assigned.
Optional parameters:
ELSET
Set this parameter equal to the name of a previously defined element set. The nodes that define the
elements that belong to this element set at the time this option is encountered will be assigned to
the node set specified. The UNSORTED parameter cannot be used with this parameter.
The ELSET and GENERATE parameters are mutually exclusive.
GENERATE
If this parameter is included, each data line should give a first node, ; a last node; ; and the
increment in node numbers between these nodes, i. Then, all nodes going from to in steps
of i will be added to the set. i must be an integer such that is a whole number (not a
fraction).
The ELSET and GENERATE parameters are mutually exclusive.
INSTANCE
Set this parameter equal to the name of the part instance that contains the nodes listed on the data
line. This parameter can be used only at the assembly level and is intended to be used as a shortcut
to the naming convention. It can be used only in a model defined in terms of an assembly of part
instances.
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