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Happy thanksgiving to all.

How can I add or remove elements from an ABAQUS model.  Can I  
implement the procedure like ANSYS birth/death of elements.  I
need some light on this topic.  Currently I am able to delete the  
elements in the post process using *elset,elset=ok,v=mises,lt= a  
value, this criteria.  But is it possible to automate this.  Once I  
delete the elements like this, how can I take the distorted geometry  
for my final run?  Thanks in anticipation.


I can also use the *model change to add or remove elements.  But I  
want to remove elements based on a non-stefan boundary condition.   
Which user subroutine should I handle?


Kaiser


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