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<span class = "shortdesc">This example shows you how to create a plane symmetry condition about the global coordinate
system in the y-axis for controller-based bead optimization.</span>

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LINK_BEAD
 ID_NAME    = MY_LINK_BEAD
 CS         = CS_0
 TYPE       = PLANE_SYM
 CLIENT_DIR = 0.,1.,0.
END_

DVCON_BEAD
 ID_NAME    = MY_DVCON_BEAD_SYM
 CHECK_BC   = NO
 ND_GROUP   = DESIGN_NODES
 CHECK_LINK = MY_LINK_BEAD
END_
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<p><ol class = "ol"><li class = "li">Select <span class = "ph menucascade"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Command</span><abbr title = "and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class = "ph uicontrol"> LINK_BEAD</span></span>.</li><li class = "li">Set up a symmetry restriction as shown in the following figure:</li></ol></p>
  
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