Reserved Entity Names

The following FEMGEN set names have a special meaning to the interface and should be used with caution; * can be any printable character:

• 'NHIS****' (Reserved for Node Time History Blocks)
• 'EHIS****' (Reserved for Element Time History Blocks)
• 'SLID****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'TIED****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'SIMF****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'SELF****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'NIMP****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'NTIE****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'SHEL****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'SPOT****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'TIEF****' (Reserved for Contact Definitions)
• 'NRBS****' (Reserved for Nonreflecting Boundary Segment Definitions)
• 'PTIM****' (Reserved for surfaces affected by pressure waves)
• 'NSET****' (Reserved for User Defined Node Sets)

The following FEMGEN names for Times Curves have a special meaning to the interface and should be used appropriately:

• 'TRC*****' (Reserved Time Curve names for Transient Dynamic analysis)
• 'DYC*****' (Reserved Time Curve names for Dynamic Relaxation analysis)
• 'DTC*****' (Reserved Time Curve names for both Transient Dynamic and Dynamic Relaxation)