SELECT

SELECT, object, type, item, lab1, lab2, lab3


object	Specifies the object type:
	ALL	All object types.
	CS	Coordinate systems.
	ELEM	Elements.
	ELGR	Element groups.
	EPROP	Element properties.
	ETYPE	Element types.
	MAT	Material types.
	NDGR	Node groups.
	NODE	Nodes.
	NONE	Deactivates all currently selected objects (unselect).
	SOLID	Solids (primitives).
type	Selection type:
	S	Selection of a subset from the total set of this object type.
	R	Reselection from the current subset.
	A	Addition to the current subset.
	U	Subtraction from the current subset.
	ALL	Selects all specified objects.
	NONE	Selects none of the specified objects (unselect).
	INV	Switches the currently selected objects with the not selected objects.

object=ALL

No further specification is possible.

object=CS

SELECT, CS, type, item, lab1


item	CS	Coordinate system.
lab1	<`cs_name`>	Name of the Coordinate system.

object=ELEM

SELECT, ELEM, type, item, lab1, lab2, lab3


item	ELEM	The elements between `min_value` and `max_value` are selected by `increment`.
lab1	<`min_value`>	Lowest element ID.
lab2	<`max_value`>	Highest element ID.
lab3	<`increment`>	Increment.

SELECT, ELEM, type, item, lab1, lab2


item	LAYER	The elements are selected by layer starting from the active elements.
lab1	<`layer_number`>	Number of element layers.
lab2	The selection of the next layer is realized by common nodes, edges or faces:
	POINT	Common nodes.
	LINE	Common element edges.
	AREA	Common element faces.

SELECT, ELEM, type, item


item	ELGR	Selection of the elements of the active element groups.
	EPROP	Selection of the elements with the active element properties.
	ETYPE	Selection of the elements with the active element types.
	MAT	Selection of the elements with the active material types.
	ND_ALL	Selection of the elements in which all nodes are active.
	ND_ANY	Selection of the elements in which at least one node is active.

object=ELGR

SELECT, ELGR, type, item, lab1


item	ELGR	Selection of element groups by name.
lab1	<`el_group`>	Name of the element group.

object=EPROP

SELECT, EPROP, type, item, lab1


ITEM	EPROP	Selection of element properties by number.
lab1	<`value`>	Number of the element property.

SELECT, EPROP, type, item, lab1


ITEM	EPROP_NAME	Selection of element properties by name.
lab1	<`name_of_eprop`>	Name of the element property.

object=ETYPE

SELECT, ETYPE, type, item, lab1


item	ETYPE	Selection of element types by name.
lab1	<`name_of_etype`>	Name of the element type.

object=MAT

SELECT, MAT, type, item, lab1


item	MAT	Selection of materials by number.
lab1	<`value`>	Number of material.

SELECT, MAT, type, item, lab1


item	MAT_NAME	Selection of materials by name.
lab1	<`name_of_mat`>	Name of material.

object=NDGR

SELECT, NDGR, type, item, lab1


item	NDGR	Selection of node groups by name.
lab1	<`name_of_nd_group`>	Name of the node group.

object=NODE

SELECT, NODE, type, item


item	ELEM	Selection of the nodes of the active elements. (including midside nodes).
	ELGR	Selection of the nodes of the active element groups.
	FIX_ALL	Selection of all nodes which are fixed in all translational degrees of freedom.
	FIX_ANY	Selection of all nodes which are fixed in at least one translational degree of freedom.
	FIX_UX	Selection of all nodes which are fixed in x-direction.
	FIX_UY	Selection of all nodes which are fixed in y-direction.
	FIX_UZ	Selection of all nodes which are fixed in z-direction.
	CORNER_NODE	Selection of all corner nodes.
	MIDSIDE_NODE	Selection of all midside nodes.
	NDGR	Selection of all nodes of the active node groups.
	ND_ESF	Selection of the nodes on the boundary of the active elements (including inner surfaces).
	ND_SF	Selection of the active surface nodes.
	SOLID	Selection of the nodes in the active solids.

SELECT, NODE, type, item, lab1, lab2, lab3


item	NODE	The nodes between `min_value` and `max_value` are selected by `increment`.
lab1	<`min_value`>	Lowest node number.
lab2	<`max_value`>	Highest node number.
lab3	<`increment`>	Increment.

SELECT, NODE, type, item, lab1, lab2, lab3


item	DISP_DX	Nodes with enforced x-displacement (in `cs=lab3`) between `min_value` and `max_value`.
	DISP_DY	Nodes with enforced y-displacement (in `cs=lab3`) between `min_value` and `max_value`.
	DISP_DZ	Nodes with enforced z-displacement (in `cs=lab3`) between `min_value` and `max_value`.
	LOC_1 (or LOC_X)	Selection of the nodes with first coordinate value between `min_value` and `max_value` in `cs=lab3`.
	LOC_2 (or LOC_Y)	Selection of the nodes with second coordinate value between `min_value` and `max_value` in `cs=lab3`.
	LOC_3 (or LOC_Z)	Selection of the nodes with third coordinate value between `min_value` and `max_value` in `cs=lab3`.
lab1	<`min_value`>	Minimum value.
lab2	<`max_value`>	Maximum value.
lab3	<`cs_name`>	Name of the coordinate system.

object=SOLID

SELECT, SOLID, type, item, lab1, lab2, lab3


item	SOLID	Selection of solids by name.
lab1	<`name_of_solid`>	Name of the solid.

Examples

Select all surface nodes. Very useful for shape optimization. See also :

! Selecting all elements for surface identification
select,elgr,s,elgr,ALL_ELEMENTS
select,elem,s,elgr
SF_IDENT
! select surface nodes
select,node,s,ND_SF

All nodes inside the solid SOL_1 should be selected:

SELECT, SOLID, S, SOLID, SOL_1
SELECT, NODE, S, SOLID

Selection of all surface nodes of the elements in the design area. The elements in the design area have property 4.

SELECT, EPROP, S, EPROP, 4
SELECT, ELEM, S, EPROP
SELECT, NODE, S, ELEM
SELECT, NODE, R, ND_SF

Selection of all elements at least with one node of the node group design_nodes and two layers of elements around that element group.

SELECT, NDGR, S, NDGR, design_nodes
SELECT, NODE, S, NDGR
SELECT, ELEM, S, ND_ANY
SELECT, ELEM, A, LAYER, 2, POINT

Selection of all surface nodes of the automatically generated mesh smooth node group except for nodes of the node group no_mesh_smooth

SELECT,NDGR,S,NDGR,MESH_SMOOTH_NODE
SELECT,NODE,S,NDGR
SELECT,NODE,R,ND_SF
SELECT,NDGR,S,NDGR,NO_MESH_SMOOTH
SELECT,NODE,U,NDGR