*HEADING BASIC VERIFICATION - MPC TYPE SLIDER ELEMENTS:B31 *NODE 1,0. 2,10.,10.,10. 3,20.,20.,20. 4,10.,0., *ELEMENT,TYPE=B31, ELSET=EALL 1,1,3 4,4,2 *BEAM SECTION,SECTION = RECT,MATERIAL=MAT, ELSET=EALL 1.,1. *NSET, NSET=ONE 1, *TRANSFORM, NSET=ONE ** 45 Deg. about Y axis, Then, 35.26 deg about Z axis ** Transformed X axis is along the bar 1.,1.,1.,-1.,2.,-1. *NSET,NSET=THREE 3, *TRANSFORM, NSET=THREE ** 60 deg. about Y axis 0.5,0.,-0.8660254,0.,1.0,0.0 *NSET, NSET=TWO 2, *TRANSFORM, NSET=TWO ** 45 about Z axis then 45 deg about Y axis 0.5,0.5,-0.7071,-0.7071,0.7071,0.0 *BOUNDARY 1,1,6 4,1,3 4,6,6 *MATERIAL,NAME=MAT *ELASTIC 3.E6, *MPC SLIDER,2,1,3 *restart, write *STEP,PERTURBATION *STATIC *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *NODE FILE U,RF *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT U,RF *NODE PRINT, GLO=YES U, RF, *BOUNDARY 1,6,6,0.3 *CLOAD 3,2,10.0 *ENDSTEP *STEP,NLGEOM *STATIC *BOUNDARY 1,6,6,0.3 *CLOAD 3,2,10.0 *CONTROLS, PARAM=FIELD 5E-4, *EL PRINT,FREQ=0 *NODE FILE U,RF,COORD *OUTPUT,FIELD *NODE OUTPUT U,RF,COORD *NODE PRINT, GLO=YES U, RF, COORD, *END STEP