ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 365)

*RETAINED NODAL DOFS
17.17 *RETAINED NODAL DOFS: Specify the degrees of freedom that are to be retained as
external to a substructure.
This option is used to list degrees of freedom that are to be retained as external degrees of freedom on the
substructure. It can be used only in a *SUBSTRUCTURE GENERATE analysis.
Product: ABAQUS/Standard
Type: History data
Level: Step
Reference:
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“Defining substructures,” Section 10.1.2 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Optional parameter:
SORTED
Set SORTED=NO to prevent the retained nodes from being sorted. The ordering of the nodes when
using a substructure is then the same as the ordering used when specifying the retained nodes. The
default is SORTED=YES, the retained nodes are sorted into ascending numerical order.
Data lines to define the retained degrees of freedom:
First line:
1. Node number or node set label.
2. First degree of freedom to be retained.
3. Last degree of freedom to be retained.
If only the node number or node set label is given, all degrees of freedom will be retained.
Repeat this data line as often as necessary to list all degrees of freedom to be retained.
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