**translate

Description

This command is used to apply a rigid body translation of the mesh.

Syntax

The syntax consists of the command name followed by the 3 translation components:

**translate dx  dy  dz

The command also has an extended syntax that provides additional functionalities:

**translate \(~\,\) *x dx \(~\,\) *y dy \(~\,\) *z dz \(~\,\) *nset nset-name \(~\,\) *nodes node1 … nodeN \(~\,\) *elset elset-name

*x, *y, *z

specifies the translation

*nset (or *nset_name)

restricts the translation to the given nset

*nodes

restricts the translation to the given node ids

*elset (or *elset_name)

restricts the translation to nodes with given ids

Example

**translate 0. -5.5 -1.0