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- N - Defines a node.
 - NANG - Rotates a nodal coordinate system by direction cosines.
 - NAXIS - Generates nodes for general axisymmetric element sections.
 - NCNV - Sets the key to terminate an analysis.
 - NDELE - Deletes nodes.
 - NDIST - Calculates and lists the distance between two nodes.
 - NDSURF - Generates surface elements overlaid on the edge of existing elements and assigns the extra node as the closest fluid element node.
 - NEQIT - Specifies the maximum number of equilibrium iterations for nonlinear analyses.
 - /NERR - Limits the number of warning and error messages displayed.
 - NFORCE - Sums the nodal forces and moments of elements attached to nodes.
 - NGEN - Generates additional nodes from a pattern of nodes.
 - NKPT - Defines a node at an existing keypoint location.
 - NLADAPTIVE - Defines the criteria under which the mesh is refined or modified during a nonlinear solution.
 - NLDIAG - Sets nonlinear diagnostics functionality.
 - NLDPOST - Gets element component information from nonlinear diagnostic files.
 - NLGEOM - Includes large-deflection effects in a static or full transient analysis.
 - NLHIST - Specify results items to track during solution.
 - NLIST - Lists nodes.
 - NLMESH - Controls remeshing in nonlinear adaptivity.
 - NLOG - Forms the natural log of a variable.
 - NLOPT - Specifies "Nonlinear analysis options" as the subsequent status topic.
 - NMODIF - Modifies an existing node.
 - NODES - Specifies "Nodes" as the subsequent status topic.
 - /NOERASE - Prevents the screen erase between displays.
 - /NOLIST - Suppresses the data input listing.
 - NOOFFSET - Prevents the CDREAD command from offsetting specified data items
 - /NOPR - Suppresses the expanded interpreted input data listing.
 - NORA - Rotates nodal coordinate systems to surface normal
 - NORL - Rotates nodal coordinate systems perpendicular to line normal
 - /NORMAL - Allows displaying area elements by top or bottom faces.
 - NPLOT - Displays nodes.
 - NPRINT - Defines which time points stored are to be listed.
 - NREAD - Reads nodes from a file.
 - NREFINE - Refines the mesh around specified nodes.
 - NRLSUM - Specifies the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) sum mode combination method.
 - *NRM - Computes the norm of the specified matrix or vector.
 - NROPT - Specifies the Newton-Raphson options in a static or full transient analysis.
 - NROTAT - Rotates nodal coordinate systems into the active system.
 - NRRANG - Specifies the range of nodes to be read from the node file.
 - NSCALE - Generates a scaled set of nodes from a pattern of nodes.
 - NSEL - Selects a subset of nodes.
 - NSLA - Selects those nodes associated with the selected areas.
 - NSLE - Selects those nodes attached to the selected elements.
 - NSLK - Selects those nodes associated with the selected keypoints.
 - NSLL - Selects those nodes associated with the selected lines.
 - NSLV - Selects those nodes associated with the selected volumes.
 - NSMASS - Applies nonstructural mass to selected elements.
 - NSMOOTH - Smooths selected nodes among selected elements.
 - NSOL - Specifies nodal data to be stored from the results file.
 - NSORT - Sorts nodal data.
 - NSTORE - Defines which time points are to be stored.
 - NSUBST - Specifies the number of substeps to be taken this load step.
 - NSVR - Defines the number of variables for user-programmable element options.
 - NSYM - Generates a reflected set of nodes.
 - /NUMBER - Specifies whether numbers, colors, or both are used for displays.
 - NUMCMP - Compresses the numbering of defined items.
 - NUMEXP - Specifies solutions to be expanded from mode-superposition analyses or substructure analyses.
 - NUMMRG - Merges coincident or equivalently defined items.
 - NUMOFF - Adds a number offset to defined items.
 - NUMSTR - Establishes starting numbers for automatically numbered items.
 - NUMVAR - Specifies the number of variables allowed in POST26.
 - NUSORT - Restores original order for nodal data.
 - NWPAVE - Moves the working plane origin to the average location of nodes.
 - NWPLAN - Defines the working plane using three nodes.
 - NWRITE - Writes nodes to a file.