Nodes associated with keypoints
Nodes associated with keypoints
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Hi there,
I have a keypoint in space and I want to put a node in its place and associate the new node with the keypoint.
This is usefull for later NSLK operations and loading of the solid model.
Anyone any idea how to do this? NKPT does not associate the node and KMESH needs a one-node element (MASS21?), which you can't delete.
Thanks and Regards,
I have a keypoint in space and I want to put a node in its place and associate the new node with the keypoint.
This is usefull for later NSLK operations and loading of the solid model.
Anyone any idea how to do this? NKPT does not associate the node and KMESH needs a one-node element (MASS21?), which you can't delete.
Thanks and Regards,





RE: Nodes associated with keypoints
you can only associate geometry (kp,line,area,volu) with nodes and elements if are using kmesh,lmesh,amesh or vmesh to automatically generate nodes and elements onto the geometry.
NSLK will not work if you manually define a node on the same location of a keypoint. In such a case use node(nx(kp),ny(kp),nz(kp).
Regards,
Alex
RE: Nodes associated with keypoints
Problem is that I am not able to delete the MASS21 element because it "is linked to the keypoint". If I KCLEAR the keypoint it looses the association with the node in the PIPE16 element again.