M Commands


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M - Defines master degrees of freedom (MDOFs) for superelement generation analyses.
MACOPT - Specifies modal assurance criterion (MAC) or frequency response function (FRF) correlation criteria calculation options for RSTMAC.
MAGOPT - Specifies options for a 3D magnetostatic field analysis.
MAGSOLV - Specifies magnetic solution options and initiates the solution.
MAP - Maps pressures from source points to target surface elements.
/MAP - Enters the mapping processor.
MAP2DTO3D - Initiates a 2D to 3D analysis and maps variables.
MAPSOLVE - Maps solved node and element solutions from an original mesh to a new mesh.
MAPVAR - Defines tensors and vectors in user-defined state variables for rezoning and in 2D to 3D analyses.
MASCALE - Activates scaling of the entire system matrix.
MASTER - Specifies "Master DOF" as the subsequent status topic.
MAT - Sets the element material attribute pointer.
MATER - Specifies "Material properties" as the subsequent status topic.
MAXCYCMODE - Computes the maximum results value of cyclic mode pairs at the same frequency or the amplitude of a single complex mode.
MCHECK - Checks mesh connectivity.
MCFOPT - Specifies options for the Modal Coordinates File (Jobname.mcf).
MDAMP - Defines the damping ratios as a function of mode.
MDELE - Deletes master degrees of freedom.
MDPLOT - Plots frequency-dependent modal damping coefficients calculated by DMPEXT.
MEMM - Allows the current session to keep allocated memory
/MENU - Activates the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
*MERGE - Merges two dense matrices or vectors into one.
MESHING - Specifies "Meshing" as the subsequent status topic.
*MFOURI - Calculates the coefficients for, or evaluates, a Fourier series.
*MFUN - Copies or transposes an array parameter matrix.
MGEN - Generates additional MDOF from a previously defined set.
MIDTOL - Sets midstep residual criterion values for structural transient analyses.
/MKDIR - Creates a directory.
MLIST - Lists the MDOF of freedom.
MMASS - Specifies the missing mass response calculation.
MMF - Calculates the magnetomotive force along a path.
MODCONT - Specify additional modal analysis options.
MODDIR - Enables remote read-only usage of modal analysis files or substructuring analysis files.
MODE - Specifies the harmonic loading term for this load step.
MODIFY - Changes the listed values of the data in a set.
MODMSH - Controls the relationship of the solid model and the FE model.
MODSELOPTION - Specifies the criteria for selecting the modes to be expanded.
MODOPT - Specifies modal analysis options.
MONITOR - Controls contents of variable fields in the nonlinear solution monitor file.
*MOPER - Performs matrix operations on array parameter matrices.
MOPT - Specifies meshing options.
MORPH - Specifies morphing and remeshing controls.
MOVE - Calculates and moves a node to an intersection.
MP - Defines a linear material property as a constant or a function of temperature.
MPAMOD - Modifies temperature-dependent secant coefficients of thermal expansion.
MPCHG - Changes the material number attribute of an element.
MPCOPY - Copies linear material model data from one material reference number to another.
MPDATA - Defines property data to be associated with the temperature table.
MPDELE - Deletes linear material properties.
MPDRES - Reassembles existing material data with the temperature table.
/MPLIB - Sets the default material library read and write paths.
MPLIST - Lists linear material properties.
MPPLOT - Plots linear material properties as a function of temperature.
MPREAD - Reads a file containing material properties.
MPRINT - Specifies that radiation matrices are to be printed.
MPTEMP - Defines a temperature table for material properties.
MPTGEN - Adds temperatures to the temperature table by generation.
MPTRES - Restores a temperature table previously defined.
MPWRITE - Writes linear material properties in the database to a file (if the LIB option is not specified) or writes both linear and nonlinear material properties (if LIB is specified) from the database to a file.
/MREP - Enables you to reissue the graphics command macro "name" during a replot or zoom operation.
MRPM - Defines the revolutions per minute (RPM) for a machine rotation.
MSAVE - Sets the solver memory saving option. This option only applies to the PCG solver (including PCG Lanczos).
*MSG - Writes an output message via the Mechanical APDL message subroutine.
MSHAPE - For elements that support multiple shapes, specifies the element shape to be used for meshing.
MSHCOPY - Simplifies the generation of meshes that have matching node element patterns on two different line groups (in 2D) or area groups (3D).
MSHKEY - Specifies whether free meshing or mapped meshing should be used to mesh a model.
MSHMID - Specifies placement of midside nodes.
MSHOPTIM - Optimizes a selected mesh based on predefined finite element specifications.
MSHPATTERN - Specifies pattern to be used for mapped triangle meshing.
MSOLVE - Starts multiple solutions for an acoustic analysis.
MSOPT - Specifies solution options for a multistage cyclic symmetry analysis.
/MSTART - Controls the initial GUI components.
MSTOLE - Adds two extra nodes from FLUID116 elements to SURF151 or SURF152 elements for convection analyses.
*MULT - Performs the matrix multiplication M3 = M1(T1)*M2(T2).
*MWRITE - Writes a matrix to a file in a formatted sequence.
MXPAND - Specifies modal or buckling analysis expansion options.