{"id":397585,"date":"2024-12-16T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/397585\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T09:25:57","slug":"397585","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/397585\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: How can we consider specific modes in modal analysis for expansion in MSUP RV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;br&gt;Please check the MODSELOPTION command also. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You need to define the limit in the MXPAND command itself. Ansys Help page says:&lt;br&gt;&#8221;If &lt;em class=&#8221;replaceable&#8221;&gt;<code>dir1<\/code><\/em>&nbsp;= YES, then any mode in this direction is expanded if its modal&nbsp;effective&nbsp;mass divided by the total mass (modal&nbsp;effective&nbsp;mass ratio) is greater than&nbsp;&lt;em class=&#8221;replaceable&#8221;&gt;<code>SIGNIF<\/code><\/em>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;&lt;span class=&#8221;command&#8221;&gt;<strong><a title=\"MXPAND\" href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/public\/\/\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v242\/en\/ans_cmd\/Hlp_C_MXPAND.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">MXPAND<\/a><\/strong>&lt;\/span&gt; command.&#8221;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Regards,&lt;br&gt;Harshvardhan&lt;br&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/main_page.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Ansys Help<\/a>&lt;br&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/categories\/rules-guidelines\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ansys Learning Forum (Rules &amp; Guidelines)<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-397585","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi,Please check the MODSELOPTION command also. 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