This section corresponds to the keyword parameterisation facility, which allows you to model a series of load case variations about a base model. Refer to Keyword Parameterisation for further details.
This section contains the following keywords:
•*COMBINATIONS is used to control the names and locations of generated keyword files, along with the required analysis combinations.
•*EXCEL VARIATIONS is used to generate keyword files based on a parameter matrix contained in an Excel workbook.
•*PARAMETERS is used to define parameters whose names may be referenced subsequently in the definition of other input variables.
•*VARIATION is used to define parameter or keyword variations.