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Automatic naming of components
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Automatic naming of components

Automatic naming of components

(OP)
Hi everyone!

I am trying to use components to organize my elements. It looks something like this:

*DO,i,1,10
ESEL,S,,,E_ARRAY(i),E2(i)
CMNAME='EL_i'  <---- i should change and be stored as char
CM,CMNAME,ELEM
ALLSEL,ALL
*ENDDO

The question is I would like CMNAME to be numbered inside the do loop. Any idea how to do this? Have I explained myself well?

Thanks in advance.

RE: Automatic naming of components

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You can substitute the values of parameters in ANSYS by putting % signs on each side (look for "parameter substitution" in the manual).  I think yours would look something like this:

*DO,i,1,10
ESEL,S,,,E_ARRAY(i),E2(i)
CMNAME='EL_%i%'
CM,CMNAME,ELEM
ALLSEL,ALL
*ENDDO

RE: Automatic naming of components

(OP)
It works!!! Thanks!!!
All the best,

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