SECMODIF

SECMODIF, SECID, Keyword
Modifies a pretension or joint section.

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If Keyword = NORM, command format is:

SECMODIF,SECID, NORM, NX, NY, NZ, KCN

SECID

Unique section number. This number must already be assigned to a section.

NORM

Modify the pretension section normal direction.

NX, NY, NZ

The individual normal components to modify.

KCN

Coordinate system number: 0 = global Cartesian, 1 = global cylindrical), 2 = global spherical, 4 = working plane), 5 = global Y axis cylindrical, or n = an arbitrary reference number assigned to a coordinate system.

If Keyword = NAME, the command format is:

SECMODIF,SECID, NAME, Name

SECID

Unique section number. This number must already be assigned to a section.

NAME

Change the name of the specified pretension section.

Name

The new name to be assigned to the pretension section.

If Keyword = JOIN, the command format is:

SECMODIF,SECID, JOIN, Option, dispPnltVal, RotPnltVal

SECID

Unique section number (which must already be assigned to a section), or unspecified. If no section number is specified, the penalty factors are applied to all joint sections associated with penalty-based joint elements only.

JOIN

Set command actions to apply to joint sections only.

Option

PNLT -- Modify penalty factors for the specified section.

dispPnltVal

Penalty value for displacement-based constraints:

> 0 -- The number is used as a scaling factor to scale the internally calculated penalty values.
< 0 -- The absolute value of the number is used as the penalty factor in calculations.
RotPnltVal

Penalty value for rotation-based constraints.

> 0 -- The number is used as a scaling factor to scale the internally calculated penalty values.
< 0 -- The absolute value of the number is used as the penalty factor in calculations.

Notes

SECMODIF either modifies the normal for a specified pretension section, or changes the name of the specified pretension surface.

For joint sections associated with penalty-based joint elements, SECMODIF modifies the penalty factors of a previously defined joint section.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Sections>Pretension>Modify Name
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Sections>Pretension>Modify Normal