PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 1 MSC.PATRAN OVERVIEW

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-2 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COMPANY OVERVIEW The MSC.Software (MSC) has been supplying sophisticated computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools since 1963 MSC is the developer, distributor, and supporter of the most complete and widely-used structural analysis program in the world, MSC.Nastran MSC also is the developer, distributor, and supporter of the state of the art CAE analysis program, MSC.Patran MSC.Patran is an open architecture pre and post processor for all major finite element analysis (FEA) software, including MSC.Nastran

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-4 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation MSC.PATRAN IS A PRE- & POST-PROCESSOR MSC.Patran Geometric Representation of Model MSC.Patran MSC.Nastran MSC.Abaqus MSC.Advanced Fea MSC.Fea MARC ANSYS MSC.Dytran MSC.Thermal MSC.Structural Opt. MSC.Fatigue DYN3D SUPPORTED SOLVERS Pre-Processing Post-Processing Results Visualization

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation ANALYSIS PROCESS USING MSC.PATRAN & MSC.THERMAL

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation MSC.PATRAN DATABASE CONTENTS CAD Model UG, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA... IGES/STEP Entities Traditional Pre-processor Geometry Finite Elements Loads and Boundary Conditions Material Properties Element Properties Analysis Information Analysis type Subcases Time dependent loading Temperature dependent material properties Results Post-processor Analysis Results Code X Analysis Results Code Y Analysis Control Parameters CAD Direct Input M/VISION MSC.Patran Database

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation BUILDING A MODEL USING MSC.PATRAN The Main Form 2 - Import Geometry 1 - Select Analysis Code 2 - Build Geometry 3 - Create Analysis Model 5 - Evaluate Analysis Results 4 - Perform the Analysis

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 1 - ANALYSIS PREFERENCES Appears when creating a new database Also used for specifying global model tolerance Alternative method for specifying global model tolerance is Preferences/Global New Model Preferences

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-9 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 1 - ANALYSIS PREFERENCES (CONT.) Select/Revise Analysis Code Preference before defining Materials, Element Properties, or Load/Boundary Conditions Analysis Preferences eliminates the confusion

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-10 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation l Geometric Modeling: l Import a CAD model from l CATIA l Pro/ENGINEER l CADDS 5 l EUCLID-3 l Unigraphics l Import a CAD model via an IGES, ACIS, Parasolid-XMT, or STEP file l Build the geometry model entirely in MSC.Patran STEP 2 – IMPORT/BUILD GEOMETRY Imported CAD model

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-11 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 3 – CREATING AN ANALYSIS MODEL l Finite Element Mesh l Nodes and Elements (connectivity) can be created by: l Mapping Mesher (IsoMesher) l 3 or 4-sided surfaces (displayed as Green) l 5 or 6-faced solids (displayed as Blue) l Paver Mesher l N-sided (edged) trimmed surfaces (displayed as Magenta) l 3 or 4-sided surfaces (displayed as Green) l Auto TetMesher l N-faced solids, B-rep Solids (displayed as White) l 6-faced solids (displayed as Blue) l Sweeping Base Elements Mesher l Mesh Seeds are used to define the node density and spacing Quads swept to Hex Elements X Y Z Mapped Mesher Quad Elements X Y Z

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-12 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 3 – CREATING AN ANALYSIS MODEL (Cont.) l VERIFICATION l Check the quality of the finite element model l Element Boundary Checks (crack detection) l Element Nodal Connectivity (Normals, Negative Volume) l Element Distortion Checks (Aspect Ratio, Face Taper, etc.) l Elements are color-coded based on user-defined criteria

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-13 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 3 – CREATING AN ANALYSIS MODEL (Cont.) Material Properties The material properties can be manually input or accessed from the MSC.Patran Materials Selector. Manual InputMaterials Selector

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-14 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 3 – CREATING AN ANALYSIS MODEL (Cont.) Element Properties Element type and physical properties defined with the Properties application Once the analysis code preference is chosen only permitted physical properties are available If detailed information is needed, the interface manuals are on-line

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-15 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 3 – CREATING AN ANALYSIS MODEL (Cont.) Applied directly to the geometry or FE model Variations by fields XY Plots used to verify the field LEGEND Force Variation X Y Z

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-16 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 4 – PERFORM THE ANALYSIS Select code-specific solution procedures and parameters Submit directly from MSC.Patran

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-17 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 4 - ANALYSIS PREFERENCES EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT SOLUTION TYPES MSC.MarcMSC.NastranMSC.Thermal

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-18 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation STEP 5 – EVALUATE RESULTS Displayed with Results or Insight applications Filtered based on model attributes, numerical values or user-defined criteria Different results displayed concurrently using multiple viewports Time: 10:58:26 Date: 11/30/94 Isosurface Val= E+03 Node Scalar1 Color Index B A Min = E-01 Max = E+03 Min ID = 1730 Max ID = 950 Isos_1: STRESS COMPONENTS Von Mises (NON-LAYERED) Default Max DEFLECTION = 1.82E E E E E E E E E E E E E+03

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-19 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation WHERE TO GO FOR HELP MSC.Patran Product Coordinator at your company Technical Support for all MSC.Patran products support at MSC.Patran SUPPORT Hot Line ( ) Monday through Friday 7 am to 3 pm Pacific Standard Time MSC.Software Website ( MSC.Software Institute ( ) Training Classes offered for all MSC.Patran products support at Classes held regularly at domestic and international MSC.Software offices

PAT312, Section 1, December 2006 S1-20 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CUSTOMIZATION PCL - MSC.Patran Command Language PCL can be used to create custom-made menus and forms Use PCL to automate repetitive tasks and apply complicated Loads/BCs MSC Institutes PAT304 course shows how to do all of the above.