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<span class = "shortdesc">Import of groups from files in different group definition formats.</span>

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<p>This page discusses: </p><ul><li><a href = "#tso-r-cmd-groupImport__tso-r-cmd-groupImport-rmk" id = "toc_rg" title = "">Remarks</a></li><li><a href = "#tso-r-cmd-groupImport__tso-r-cmd-groupImpor-expl" id = "toc_rg" title = "">Examples</a></li></ul>
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<td class = "entry"><p><span class = "ph uicontrol">ID_NAME</span></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>=<code class = "ph codeph"> &lt;name_of_group_import&gt;</code></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>Name of Group import command.</p></td>
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<td class = "entry"><p><span class = "ph uicontrol">FORMAT</span></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>= <code class = "ph codeph">M4W</code></p>
                      
                      
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<td class = "entry"><p>Group import in <span class = "ph">MSC Nastran®</span> for <span class = "ph">Windows</span> neutral file format.</p>
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<td class = "entry"><p>= <code class = "ph codeph">FEMAP</code></p>
                      
                      
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<td class = "entry"><p>Group import in FEMAP neutral file format.</p>
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<td class = "entry"><p><code class = "ph codeph">= ONF</code></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>Optimization neutral file format.</p></td>
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<td class = "entry"><p><span class = "ph uicontrol">FILE_NAME</span></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>= <code class = "ph codeph">&lt;file_name&gt;</code></p></td>
<td class = "entry"><p>Name of the file from which the data is loaded.</p></td>
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<div class = "section" id = "tso-r-cmd-groupImport__tso-r-cmd-groupImport-rmk"><h2 class = "title sectiontitle">Remarks</h2>

<p>On using the file name (operator <code class = "ph codeph">FILE_NAME</code>):</p>
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<li class = "li">File names are used in the given style of writing. Using capital letters is not necessary.</li>
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<p>On loading the M4W neutral files:</p>
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<li class = "li">The complete model must be written in the file otherwise the allocation of group names will not occur.</li>
<li class = "li">Groups must be evaluated, that is, the group entities must exist in a list in a neutral file.</li>
<li class = "li">Group names are changed to group name_E and group name_N if the groups contain nodes and elements.</li>
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<p>Loading group information from the file <code class = "ph codeph">GROUPS.NEW</code>. The file is written in ASCII format in
<span class = "ph">MSC Nastran®</span> for <span class = "ph">Windows</span> and is given in the current directory.</p>
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GROUP_IMPORT
  FILE_NAME = <var class = "keyword varname varname">DESIGN.NEW </var>
  FORMAT    = M4W
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