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MotionSolve Reference Guide
This manual provides a detailed list and usage information regarding command statements, model statements, functions and the Subroutine Interface available in MotionSolve.
NLFE Statements
NLFE Statements - Connector Elements

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MotionSolve Reference Guide
This manual provides a detailed list and usage information regarding command statements, model statements, functions and the Subroutine Interface available in MotionSolve.
- Notation and Syntax
- Creating MotionSolve XML Files
- Writing Custom Elements for MotionSolve
- Writing Custom Functions for MotionSolve
- Supported Versions - Third Party Software
- Command Statements
- Model Statements
- Functions
- The Subroutine Interface for MotionSolve
- ADM/ACF Entities
- NLFE Statements
  - NLFE Statements - Line Elements
  - NLFE Statements - Connector Elements
    - CONN0
      Connector ElementCONN0 lets you rigidify the gradient vectors of a single NLFE grid.
    - CONN1
      Connector ElementCONN1 lets you connect NLFE elements that have nonstructural discontinuity.
    - CONN2
      Connector ElementCONN2 lets you connect NLFE elements that have structural discontinuity.
    - CONN3
      Connector ElementCONN3 lets you define the motion at a reference NLFE grid as the weighted average of the motions at a set of other NLFE grids.
  - NLFE Statements - Concentrated Mass Elements
  - NLFE Statements - Material Properties
  - NLFE Statements - Geometric Properties
  - NLFE Statements - Model Element
- msolve API Statements

NLFE Statements - Connector Elements