This option is used to define a spatial distribution.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Assembly
Set LOCATION=ELEMENT to define a distribution on elements.
Set LOCATION=NODE to define a distribution on nodes.
Set this parameter equal to the name of the distribution.
Set TYPE=ORIENTATION to define a distribution of local rectangular coordinate systems. The local system is defined by giving the coordinates of the two points 
and 
shown in Figure 4.23–1. An orientation distribution can be defined only on elements.
Set TYPE=SCALAR to define a distribution of floating point scalars.
Set TYPE=SHELL3D STIFFNESS to define a distribution of symmetric positive definite shell stiffness matrices. A distribution of shell stiffness matrices can be defined only on elements (LOCATION=ELEMENT).
Set this parameter equal to the name of the alternate input file containing the data lines for this option. See “Input syntax rules,” Section 1.2.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual, for the syntax of such file names. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the data follow the keyword line.
First line:
Element number or element set.
-coordinate of point .
-coordinate of point .
-coordinate of point .
-coordinate of point .
-coordinate of point .
-coordinate of point .
Repeat this data line as often as necessary.
First line:
Element number, element set, node number, or node set.
Floating point scalar.
Repeat this data line as often as necessary.
First line:
Element number or element set.
Symmetric half of the matrix 
in the order 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
.
Second line:
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
.
Third line:
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
.
Repeat these data lines as often as necessary.
