Normally the LSDYNA ID is set using the corresponding Patran entity ID. EG If a material is created that has a Patran ID of 1, then the ID of 1 will be used for the LSDYNA *MAT card in the deck.

However, the user can set the ID by using the naming convention "Name.ID" for the Patran entity. This applies for materials, property sets, fields and LBCs. If, for example, the user wants to manually set the IDs of the materials, then he/she must make sure that every Patran material name is followed by a unique ID ( 0 is not allowed ). Otherwise the IDs will not be changed. When the IDs are changed, a message is printed by the translator to the xterm.