ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 185)

*NCOPY
14.1 *NCOPY: Create nodes by copying.
This option is used to copy a node set to create a new node set.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Part, Part instance
Reference:
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“Node definition,” Section 2.1.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameters:
CHANGE NUMBER
Set this parameter equal to an integer that will be added to each of the existing node numbers to
define the node numbers of the nodes being created.
OLD SET
Set this parameter equal to the name of the node set being copied. This set will be used for the copy
operation with the nodes that belong to it at the time this *NCOPY option appears in the input file.
Required, mutually exclusive parameters:
POLE
Include this parameter if the new nodes are created by projecting the nodes in the old set from
the pole node. Each new node will be located such that the corresponding old node is equidistant
between the pole node and the new node.
This parameter is particularly useful for creating nodes associated with infinite elements
(“Infinite elements,” Section 22.2.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual).
REFLECT
Set REFLECT=LINE to create the new nodes by reflection through a line.
Set REFLECT=MIRROR to create the new nodes by reflection through a plane.
Set REFLECT=POINT to create the new nodes by reflection through a point.
SHIFT
Include this parameter if the new nodes are to be created by translation and/or rotation of the nodes
in the old node set. If both translation and rotation are specified, the translation is applied once
before the rotation.
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