{"id":170631,"date":"2023-06-05T07:04:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:33:28","slug":"why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &#8220;Step Selection Mode&#8221; of the command snippet&#8217;s details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170631","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-command-objects","topic-tag-macros-scripting","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &quot;Step Selection Mode&quot; of the command snippet&#039;s details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &quot;Step Selection Mode&quot; of the command snippet&#039;s details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-05T07:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:33:28+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &quot;Step Selection Mode&quot; of the command snippet&#039;s details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the \\\"Step Selection Mode\\\" of the command snippet's details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-05T07:04:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:33:28+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the \"Step Selection Mode\" of the command snippet's details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"structural-mechanics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/#listItem","name":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/","name":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the \"Step Selection Mode\" of the command snippet's details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-06-05T07:04:53+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:33:28+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &quot;Step Selection Mode&quot; of the command snippet's details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step.","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/","article:published_time":"2023-06-05T07:04:53+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:33:28+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"The step at which the command snippet will be applied is defined in the &quot;Step Selection Mode&quot; of the command snippet's details view. By default, the step selection mode is set to the first step."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"170631","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-18 01:14:11","updated":"2026-07-30 00:47:22","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/\" title=\"structural-mechanics\">structural-mechanics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWhy is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"structural-mechanics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/"},{"label":"Why is the MAPDL command snippet only taken into account in the first step of the analysis?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-is-the-mapdl-command-snippet-only-taken-into-account-in-the-first-step-of-the-analysis\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2\/6\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["478"],"siebel_km_number":["2044300"],"product_version":[""],"km_published_date":["2016-10-19T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Mechanical"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/170631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}