MSC.Patran 2005 R2 Direct Parasolid Translator Update January, 2005

S7-2 UG & Parasolid Support MSC.Patran 2005 r2 now supports: Unigraphics NX 3.0 Parasolid 16 Note: Unigraphics NX 3.0 does not support SGI IRIX. For the 2005 r2 release, the SGI IRIX platform will have UG NX 2.0 support only

S7-3 Direct Parasolid Translator R14 SP1 has been incorporated in Patran 2005 R2 Supports CATIA V5 R14. CATPart and.CATProduct files Supports I-DEAS 10.mf1 files Supports ACIS R14. sat files Direct Parasolid Translator

S7-4 New Pro/E Direct Parasolid translator Direct Parasolid Translator update UG NX3 & Parasolid 16 update CAD Access Update

S7-5 In Patran 2005 R2, initiative was taken to improve and enhance the speed and robustness of our CAD translator Previous Parasolid based Pro/E translator has been replaced The new translator provides a far superior performance both in speed and geometry accuracy when compare with previously available Parasolid based or SGM based translators New Pro/E Translator

S7-6 Functionality/dependency summary New Direct Parasolid translation route CAD dependency: None Support parts and assembly Support Pro/E 2001 and Wildfire 2.0 Previous Direct Parasolid translation route CAD dependency: Pro/E locally installed Support parts, no assembly Support up to Pro/E 2001 Existing SGM-based translation route CAD dependency: Pro/E locally installed Support parts, and assembly Support up to Pro/E 2001 and Wildfire 2.0 This translation is still available in Patran 2005 R2 New Pro/E Translator

S7-7 Import to Parasolid option is now available for Assembly file type You will encounter the following warning in previous releases Import of Pro/ENGINEER Assembly File contents to Parasolid format is not supported in this release of MSC.Patran. Parasolid Import Format has been turned off in order for import of a Pro/ENGINEER Assembly File to continue. New Pro/E Translator

S7-8 New Pro/E Translator

S7-9 Cell phone (2035-total-assm.asm.5) Contents: 60 solids (parts) Using new Direct Parasolid translator 60 solids in 12 minutes Using previous Direct Parasolid translator No access (assembly not supported) Using alternate SGM-based translator 60 solids in 31 minutes New Pro/E translator

S7-10 Smart phone (ad810_final.asm.9) Contents: 144 solids (parts) Using new Direct Parasolid translator 144 solids in 21 minutes Using previous Direct Parasolid translator No access (assembly not supported) Using alternate SGM-based translator 144 solids in 60 minutes New Pro/E translator

S7-11 CDROM (cdrom_msc.asm.1) Contents: 50 solids (parts) Using new Direct Parasolid translator 50 solids Using previous Direct Parasolid translator No access (assembly not supported) Using alternate SGM-based translator Only 43 solids (& surfaces) New Pro/E translator SGM route – 43 solids only Direct Parasolid route – 50 solids

S7-12 PC (ulysse-barebone-assy.asm) Contents: 79 solids (parts) Using new Direct Parasolid translator 79 solids Using previous Direct Parasolid translator No access (assembly not supported) Using alternate SGM-based translator Only 62 solids (& surfaces) New Pro/E translator SGM route – 62 solids only Direct Parasolid route – 79 solids

S7-13 GENSET (glib_base.asm) Contents: 84 solids (parts) Using new Direct Parasolid translator 84 solids in 15 seconds Using previous Direct Parasolid translator No access (assembly not supported) Using alternate SGM-based translator 84 solids in 1 minute 18 seconds New Pro/E translator

S7-14 Direct Parasolid Translator R14 SP1 has been incorporated in Patran 2005 R2 Supports CATIA V5 R14. CATPart and.CATProduct files Supports I-DEAS 10.mf1 files Supports ACIS R14. sat files Direct Parasolid Translator

MSC.Patran 2005 r2 Direct Parasolid Based IGES Translator March, 2005

S7-16 A Parasolid based IGES translator has been implemented This new translator provides a far superior robustness and geometry accuracy when compared to the current SGM based translator New IGES Translator

S7-17 New IGES Translator

S7-18 Advantages of the Parasolid based translator Overall better geometry transfer robustness Compared w/ SGM based translator Automatic geometry cleanup Built-in sewing and healing support Assembly support SubFigure Instance (Types 308, 408) Entity filtering Automatic group creation for individually labeled entity New IGES Translator

S7-19 Timing comparison Existing SGM based translator is faster But lack robustness No sewing/healing technology Not a true comparison Work underway to further improve the speed of the Parasolid based translator Should be ready in subsequent releases of Patran Added translation (from ACIS to Parasolid) will be eliminated New IGES Translator

S7-20 New IGES Translator Test scenario IGES file with an assembly (subfigure instances) Type 308, 408 Crashes the SGM based IGES translator Imports correctly using Direct Parasolid based translator If the geometry were to be imported using the SGM based translator The instances would not be supported The surfaces wouldn't be properly located

MSC.Patran 2005 R2 Import Attributes Option for CATIA December, 2004

S7-22 An option has been added to the CATIA V4 and V5 Import translator to turn On or OFF the import of Attributes Attributes typically include Layers for V4 and V5 and Feature Name/Publications for V5 Attributes were always imported in the previous release Option to turn off the attribute import to enhance the performance Import Attributes

S7-23 Import Attributes Previous releases

MSC.Patran 2005 R2 Repeat Import of Geometry January, 2005

S7-25 An option has been added to check for existence of a duplicate CAD model in the Patran database If activated, it will allow for import of a model with the same name into MSC.Patran Repeat Import of Geometry

S7-26 Repeat Geometry Import option is supported for the following CAD access CATIA V4 (Import to Parasolid) CATIA V5 I-DEAS Pro/E (Import to Parasolid) STEP(Import to Parasolid) ACIS Parasolid xmt Repeat Import of Geometry

S7-27 Repeat Import of Geometry Previous releases

S7-28 The default value of the toggle is Off which means that if a duplicate CAD Model is found, MSC.Patran will query the user to import the model or not: Repeat Import of Geometry

S7-29 If the user answers Yes, MSC.Patran will internally create a unique parasolid model name so that the transmit file can be imported. A warning message will be written: Repeat Import of Geometry $# Duplicate CAD model "angle_v13" was allowed to be imported into the current database and may result in duplicate geometry.

S7-30 If the toggle is On, then if a duplicate CAD Model is found the query modal form will not be displayed, but just a warning message will be written: Repeat Import of Geometry $# Warning reported from application FILE $# Duplicate CAD model "angle_v13" was allowed to be imported into the current database and may result in duplicate geometry. $# Warning reported from application FILE

Stop and Complete Workshop 8 CAD Integration

MSC.Patran 2005 r2 Parameterized Geometry Shapes January, 2005

S7-33 Patran Geometry has been enhanced to allow creation and editing of a selected set of parameterized shapes (P-Shape) 2D surfaces 3D solids The new P-Shape behave similar to existing Patran geometric entities Mesh Functional assignments Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes

S7-34 These P-Shape are automatically generated based on typical engineering parameters (e.g., diameter, start angle, end angle) The relevant P-Shape parameter definitions are stored in Patran database To support parametric design To allow quick editing To pass parameters to other products/solvers (e.g., orbital heating radiation codes) Mesh automatically updated on 2D P-Shape Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes

S7-35 The new Surface:P-Shape menu generates the following geometry types 2D surfaces Rectangle Triangle Cylinder Sphere Quadrilateral Disc Cone Paraboloid 3D solids Five-sided box Six-sided box Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes

S7-36 Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Rectangle Triangle Cylinder SphereQuadrilateral Disc Cone Paraboloid

S7-37 Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Six-sided box Five-sided box

S7-38 Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Parameterized Surfaces Definitions Cone Paraboloid

S7-39 Cone P-Shape creation Base diameter = 3 Apex diameter = 1 Height = 5 Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Height is defined by the length of the revolution axis

S7-40 Cone P-Shape editing Base diameter = 3 Apex diameter = 2 Height = 3 FEM is modified automatically Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Pick surface label to edit Screen pick to edit

S7-41 Pre-defined Parameterized Shapes Spherical P-Shape Segment Creation Diameter = 1.0 Axis of Rotation = coord 1.3 Start angle = 30 ; End angle = 150 Base trunc. = ; Apex trunc. = 0.4 Ref. Coord 1

S7-42 Parameterized Shapes Editing P-Shapes can be edited using standard Geometry Edit tool options P-Shape converted to regular surface once it is edited Warning issued: Editing Surface 3 ('Cone 3') will result in primitive types which can no longer be edited as primitives. e.g., add holes

Stop and Complete Workshop 9 Parameterized Shapes (P-Shapes)

MSC.Patran 2005 R2 Create Parameterized Solid During Import December, 2004

S7-45 Create Parameterized solids during import Refit all 5 or 6 sides B-rep solids to Parameterized Solids during import into MSC.Patran for the following import options CATIA V4 (Import to Parasolid) CATIA V5 I-DEAS Pro/E (Import to Parasolid) Unigraphics (Import to Parasolid) STEP(Import to Parasolid) ACIS Parasolid xmt Surface refit is already available Parameterized Solid

S7-46 Example: CATIA V5 CATProduct 9 solids No solid refit option in the previous releases of Patran Parameterized Solid

S7-47 Example: CATIA V5 CATProduct Imported as 9 white OrdinaryBody solids in previous releases of Patran Not triparametric so it cannot be meshed by IsoMesh Parameterized Solid

S7-48 Example: CATIA V5 CATProduct 9 solids Solid refit option is now available in Patran 2005 R2 Parameterized Solid

S7-49 Example: CATIA V5 CATProduct Imported as 9 blue TricubicNet solids in Patran 2005 R2 The solids can now be meshed by IsoMesh Parameterized Solid

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