Nodalmasses in many elements

[WhiteNoise]

Dear all, hope somebody knows the answer to the following:

1. How can I declare a large number of nodes having the same nodal mass?
Is there an abbreviation for:
mass 1 $Mass1 $Mass2 0
.
.
.
mass 500 $Mass1 $Mass2 0????

2. In a parallel case, how can I define a large number of elements having the same characteristics (element type, Area, E, etc...)??

Thank you!!

[fmk]

use tcl, it is a programming language,
e.g:

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for {set i 1} {$i<=500} {incr i 1} {
  mass $i $Mass1 $Mass2 0
}

[WhiteNoise]

Thank you very much!