S11-1 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005 SECTION 11 ANALYSIS SETUP

S11-2 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005

S11-3 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005 ANALYSIS SETUP Analysis form automatically customized to user- selected analysis code Analysis Parameters are selectable from this form Optionally can submit and monitor status of the analysis jobs across the network For MSC.Nastran, this form can also be used to read an existing bulk data file into the MSC.Patran database (MSC.Nastran files can also be read using File/Import)

S11-4 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005 SETTING UP THE ANALYSIS The analysis model may be prepared for the entire model or the current group Select Translation Parameters to specify the output format, solver version, etc. Select the Solution Type to specify the type of solver run, e.g. linear static Select Subcases Select Patran Load Case Select entities to be output to the print and results files, i.e. displacements, stresses Select the subcases already defined using Subcase Select The run-ready file can be submitted directly to the target analysis code

S11-5 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005 RESULTS TRANSLATION BACK INTO MSC.PATRAN Completed analysis results can be read back into MSC.Patran for post-processing Under the Object option menu, one may choose to Translate Results EntitiesStresses, deformation Model DataNodes, elements BothBoth model and results Be sure to click

S11-6 PAT318, Section 11, March 2005 READING A MSC.NASTRAN BULK DATA FILE Existing MSC.Nastran bulk data files can be read into MSC.Patran to verify and update models that were not created inside MSC.Patran The MSC.Nastran bulk data file reader is used to translate the model into MSC.Patran Any statement not recognized will be optionally displayed in a window by area: file management, executive deck, case control deck, or bulk data deck Numbering offsets can be set to none, automatic, or manually input for each entity type The Output 2 file reader will only import nodes, elements and coordinate systems. The bulk data reader will also read MPCs, material and element properties, load sets and subcases