PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-1 Section 1 General Enhancements

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-2 Development Focus General enhancements in MSC.Patran 2005 General Enhancements MPC Numbering Externally defined Excel spreadsheet (in CSV format) into Field spreadsheet LBC Display Enhancement Geometry Integration CAD Import: Create Groups from Layers Pro/E Material Import Enhancement Direct Pro/E Mesh CAD Export

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-3 Development Focus General enhancements in MSC.Patran 2005 (Cont.) Post-Processing Results Title Editor Combined Component Plots Scalar Marker Tool Quick Plot Animation Results Type Naming Consolidation Plot Set Utility Advanced Surface Mesher Phase II

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-4 MPC Numbering The main purpose is to avoid any confusion when creating MPCs (RBE2) in MSC.Patran and then generates an input deck In MSC.Patran the default numbering system labels the first MPC as MPC 1 and then it might translate the input deck with the RBE being assigned an id 1025 Make sure that MPCs created by the user have the id which will appear in the input deck assigned to them from the beginning

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-5 MPC Numbering Warn the user if an attempt is made to renumber the MPCs or Elements in such a way as to cause a renumbering when translated to the MSC.Nastran Input deck

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-6 MPC Numbering Prior behavior 25 elements in the model Starting ID for MPC is still 1

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-7 MPC Numbering Prior behavior Inconsistent MPC nuimbering between Patran & Nastran MPC ID started at 1 in Patran database MPC ID was offset during the translation. $ Elements and Element Properties for region : prop PSHELL $ Pset: "prop" will be imported as: "pshell.1" CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD $ Referenced Material Records $ Material Record : alum $ Description of Material : Date: 28-Jan-04 Time: 13:51:45 MAT $ Multipoint Constraints of the Entire Model $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 1 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 2 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 3 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 4 RBE

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-8 MPC Numbering New behavior MSC.Patran forms simply request the next ID 25 elements in the model Starting ID for MPC is now default to 26 To make it happen please add the following lines to settings.pcl pref_env_set_logical( "elements_mpcs_share_id_space", TRUE ) pref_env_set_logical( "elements_mpcs_warn_if_ids_conflict", TRUE )

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-9 MPC Numbering New behavior

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-10 MPC Numbering New behavior Consistent MPC numbering between Patran & Nastran No MPC ID offset during the translation No more ID Conflict warning message $ Elements and Element Properties for region : prop PSHELL $ Pset: "prop" will be imported as: "pshell.1" CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD $ Referenced Material Records $ Material Record : alum $ Description of Material : Date: 29-Jan-04 Time: 15:49:04 MAT $ Multipoint Constraints of the Entire Model RBE RBE RBE RBE

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-11 MPC Numbering If an attempt is made to renumber MPC with a conflict ID 25 elements in the model 4 MPC with ID Starting ID for MPC is now 11 The following warning message will be issued in the command window $# Warning : $# You have created MPC ID 11 which conflicts with an element of the same ID $# Warning : $# You have created MPC ID 12 which conflicts with an element of the same ID $# Warning : $# You have created MPC ID 13 which conflicts with an element of the same ID $# Warning : $# You have created MPC ID 14 which conflicts with an element of the same ID $# 4 FEM entities renumbered. New IDs are: Mpc 11:14

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-12 MPC Numbering MPC ID was again offset during the translation. $ Elements and Element Properties for region : prop PSHELL $ Pset: "prop" will be imported as: "pshell.1" CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD CQUAD $ Referenced Material Records $ Material Record : alum $ Description of Material : Date: 28-Jan-04 Time: 15:39:48 MAT $ Multipoint Constraints of the Entire Model $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 11 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 12 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 13 RBE $ ID conflict : the PATRAN MPC ID was 14 RBE

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-13 Field Enhancement Import an externally defined excel spreadsheet (in CSV format) into a Patran Field spreadsheet Export the field spreadsheet out to an external excel spreadsheet

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-14 Field Enhancement The spreadsheet input forms now have a new "Import/Export..." button in the upper right For more detailed information and workshop, see Section 4: Field Import and Export

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-15 LBC Display Behavior In previous releases of Patran, LBC display performance could be slow depending on the model sizes For large models, the time to create an LBC on a large number of entities is usually dominated by the creation and rendering of the display data Patran automatically created display data when an LBC is created or modified This process could be very time consuming for large models

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-16 LBC Display Behavior There were also difficulties with creating or displaying an LBC applied to most/all of a large model Machine memory gets exhausted and the process aborted

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-17 LBC Display Behavior In MSC.Patran 2005, LBC display behavior has been enhanced Improve the memory management of the functions in the process For a model with loads applied to 300,000 elements, memory usage is now reduced by 500 MB

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-18 LBC Display Behavior Some LBC display behaviors have also been altered Only the requested LBCs will be plotted Example: 4 LBCs are in the current Loadcase Only 1 LBC is plotted Delete the plotted LBC Previous release of Patran will re-plot the 3 remaining LBCS In Patran 2005, remaining LBCs will not reappear

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-19 LBC Display Behavior In previous releases of Patran The current loadcase has SPC, Pressure, Force and Gravity Only Pressure is plotted Delete Pressure Other markers will appear

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-20 LBC Display Behavior In MSC.Patran 2005 The current loadcase has SPC, Pressure, Force and Gravity Only Pressure is plotted Delete Pressure Nothing re-plotted

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-21 LBC Display Behavior Other LBC display behaviors changes LBC marker data not created if Display/Load/BC/Elem.Props… Show LBC/El. Prop Vectors toggle is off Previous releases of Patran always created marker data for an LBC when the LBC was created, even if the toggle was off and the markers did not display. In Patran 2005, if the toggle is off, no marker data is created or displayed. A warning message is given, and the user can use LoadsBCs/Plot Markers to display markers at his discretion For large models, this can greatly speed up the LoadsBCs creation process

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-22 LBC Display Behavior In Patran 2005 Show LBC/EL. Prop. Vector OFF Apply Pressure to model

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-23 LBC Display Behavior Other LBC display behaviors changes LBC marker data not created if Display/Load/BC/Elem.Props… Show LBC/El. Prop Vectors toggle is off Some Patran users create session files which create hundreds or thousands of LBCs. In previous releases of Patran the creation of marker data for each LBC caused this process to eventually become very slow. In Patran 2005, if the toggle is off, no marker data is created or displayed. So the process does not slow down. Afterwards, the user can use LoadsBCs/Plot Markers to display markers at his discretion.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-24 LBC Display Behavior Other LBC display behaviors changes The broom (display_cleanup() command) really cleans up the LBC display In previous releases of Patran the broom removed LBC markers from display, but it left marker data on the database that was no longer being used.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-25 LBC Display Behavior Other LBC display behaviors changes The broom (display_cleanup() command) really cleans up the LBC display In Patran 2005, the broom erases the memory of what LBCs were plotted. In the previous scenario, only the new LBC would be plotted when created. Any set of LBCs may still be plotted from LoadsBCs/Plot Markers. The use of the broom before closing a database will result in a smaller database depending on the number of LBCs displayed. You may notice a longer delay when using the broom if many LBC markers are displayed. However, this time is recovered in the next LBC creation or display.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-26 LBC Display Behavior Other LBC display behaviors changes LBC application region highlighting control In previous releases of Patran when entities were added or removed from the LBC application region select databox to the textbox, the items in the textbox were always highlighted. For large models, this could take a significant amount of time. In Patran 2005, a settings.pcl preference can be used to control highlighting. If the number of entities in the textbox exceeds limit only the select databox items are highlighted. pref_env_set_integer( "lbc_app_reg_hilight_limit", limit ) Setting the limit to 0 (zero) will highlight any number of entities In Patran 2005, the PCL command may also be used to set limit. This command overrides the settings.pcl preference. loadsbcs_selapplreg.set_lbc_app_reg_hilight_lim( limit )

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-27 LBC Display Behavior In previous releases of Patran The items in the textbox were always highlighted In Patran 2005 pref_env_set_integer( "lbc_app_reg_hilight_limit", 2 ) Highlighted items are controlled

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-28 MSC.Patran Geometry Integration

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-29 CAD Import Create Groups from Layers The purpose of this enhancement is to automatically create Patran Groups from Layers when importing geometry The following CAD sources are supported CATIA V4 CATIA V5 Unigraphics Parasolid xmt I-DEAS ACIS IGES Express Neutral

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-30 CAD Import A new button on the Import Options forms Create Groups from Layers

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-31 CAD Import

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-32 CAD Import Clicking on Create Groups from Layers button will display a sub- form to allow the user to turn ON or OFF the automatic create of MSC.Patran groups from layers A databox is provided to allow the user to define the Group Name Prefix If left blank, the group name will be the same as the prefix of the file being imported

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-33 CAD Import If ON (Default), creates a Patran Group for each Layer and adds all geometry on a layer to the Patran Group The group name(s) will be the group name prefix with _L_n appended

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-34 CAD Import The IGES file has 6 layers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Group name prefix: DEMO_IGES

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-35 Pro/E Material Enhancement This enhancement will provide additional capability to transfer material data from a Pro/Engineer part (which may include multiple parts and materials from an assembly) to a Patran database Material data associativity to each part/solid will be maintained

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-36 Pro/E Material Enhancement The Pro/Engineer import mechanism will now transfer the following material data from a part: Material name (a standard PTC part parameter) Material properties(standard PTC part parameters) Material Reference (a customized extension, using a user defined parameter) Each solid will be associated with the proper material property via an element property record Access of assemblies with multiple parts and instances will be supported Creating all necessary material and element property information

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-37 Example Import 1 Standard Pro/E part No customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO The Pro/E part crankshaft.prt contains material, FE_MALL_MMNS, with the following material property values: Elastic Modulus = e+05 Poisson Ratio = 0.25 Density = e-09 Thermal Expansion Coeff = e-05 Reference Temperature = 0.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-38 Example Import 1 Standard Pro/E part No customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO One material extracted from Pro/E One material & one element property were created in Patran

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-39 Example Import 1 Standard Pro/E part No customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-40 Example Import 1 Standard Pro/E part No customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO One element property was created with appropriate solid association

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-41 Example Import 2 Standard Pro/E part With customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO An "Externally Defined" material will be created, with the following attributes: Name=material name associated with the Pro/E part Description="Material info extracted from Pro/Engineer on date- time-stamp -- [MATERIAL=material-name-here] and [PART_SPECIFICATION_NO=part-spec-here]." The Pro/E part tm_mirror_ftg2. prt contains material, ST4340, with the following standard part parameter defined in Pro/E PART_SPECIFICATION_NO And no no other material properties specified

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-42 Example Import 2 Standard Pro/E part With customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO One material extracted from Pro/E One material & one element property were created in Patran

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-43 Example Import 2 Standard Pro/E part With customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-44 Example Import 2 Standard Pro/E part With customized extension PART_SPECIFICATION_NO One element property was created with appropriate solid association

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-45 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Direct Pro/E access/mesh technology originally developed in MSC.GS-Mesher has been implemented in MSC.Patran 2005 For all Windows and Unix platforms Existing Run GS-Mesher option has been removed Core Patran implementation No local installation of MSC.GS-Mesher is needed No MSC.GS-Mesher license is needed Your existing ProENGINEER access license will activate this added feature

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-46 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh The Pro/ENGINEER import form now has two selectmenu icons Pro/ENGINEER geometry import Direct Access/Mesh No geometry import

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-47 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Pro/ENGINEER Geometry Import Existing capability SGM route Parasolid route

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-48 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Pro/ENGINEER Direct Access/Mesh Direct Access to Pro/E Geometry, without the need of translator Unnecessary to import the geometry model Model translation from CAD to CAE has a tendency to cause model error Revision work (healing etc.) takes so much effort Unnecessary to clean-up the model data No-healing & No-stitching Make a high quality element More effective for large-scale model Training free Assumptions and dependencies Pro/ENGINEER must be able to be executed from the machine where Patran will be run from in order to access the Pro/ENGINEER.prt files

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-49 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Pro/Toolkit Direct Access/Mesh Geometry Pro/ENGINEER MSC.Patran

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-50 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Pro/ENGINEER Direct Access/Mesh Option to import: Tri surface meshes only Tet solid meshes only Both tri & tet meshes Mesh size control Availability element topology

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-51 Direct Pro/E Access & Mesh Pro/ENGINEER Direct Access/Mesh elements were created/imported

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-52 CAD Export In addition to the Parasolid xmt, STEP, IGES and Patran Neutral, the following common geometry formats can now be exported from MSC.Patran 2005 CATIA V4.1.9 I-DEAS 10 ACIS 13.0 VDA STEP 214

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-53 CAD Export

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-54 CAD Export The translators all start with a parasolid transmit file as the input, which is created from within Patran. Then the parasolid transmit file is the input to the translators executable which first converts from parasolid to ACIS, then from ACIS to the above mentioned formats The geometric entities supported for export are Curves Surfaces Solids

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-55 CAD Export If the parasolid transmit file contains attributes, the attributes will also be translated. The supported attributes are: For CATIA V4 Parasolid AttributeCATIA AttributeRemarks SDL/TYSA_COLOUR Colour value from Element Directory Section Color attribute SDL/TYSA_NAMEString from Data sectionName attribute ATTRIB_XPARASOLID_LAYERLayer value from Element Directory section Layer attribute

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-56 CAD Export The supported attributes are: For I-DEAS For ACIS Parasolid AttributeI-DEAS AttributeRemarks SDL/TYSA_COLOUR OI_IdeasColor Color attribute SDL/TYSA_NAME OI_Root::UserAttributeData Name attribute ATTRIB_XPARASOLID_LAYER OI_Root::UserAttributeData Layer attribute Parasolid AttributeACIS AttributeRemarks SDL/TYSA_COLOUR ATTRIB_RGB Color attribute SDL/TYSA_NAMEATTRIB_XACIS_NAMEName attribute ATTRIB_XPARASOLID_LAYERATTRIB_XACIS_LAYERLayer attribute

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-57 CAD Export The supported attributes are: For STEP 214 Parasolid AttributeSTEP AP214 AttributeRemarks SDL/TYSA_COLOUR As colour_rgb entities stored in styled_itemsColor attribute SDL/TYSA_NAMEIn label field of representation_itemsName attribute

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-58 MSC.Patran Post Processing

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-59 Results Title Editor In MSC.Patran 2004, a number of keywords have been created which can be used for results title creation

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-60 Results Title Editor In MSC.Patran 2005, a comprehensive user interface is implemented to access the definition of title variables Provides access to all of the results variables and control variables User has the ability to interactively choose the content of the title Access to the Results Title Editor form is provided on each Results Display Attributes form For more detailed information and workshop, see Section 5: Results Title Editor

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-61 Combined Component Plots Generate vector marker plots of combined components (forces/stresses) Previous releases of Patran can only create plots of individual components (XX, YY, ZZ) or the resultants of all components Additional vector marker plots of force/stress component combinations are now available XX, YY, ZZ, XX+YY, YY+ZZ, ZZ+XX, XX+YY+ZZ

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-62 Combined Component Plots

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-63 Combined Component Plots Component plots XX & YY

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-64 Combined Component Plots Combined component plots XX + YY

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-65 Scalar Marker Tool A new result post-processing tool has been incorporated to display nodal or element based scalar data Scalars may be colored and scaled based on value Scalars may be displayed at various model locations Nodes, Elements faces, edges and centroid, and the models corners

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-66 Scalar Marker Tool Scalar Scale Scalar Style

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-67 Scalar Marker Tool

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-68 Quick Plot Animation There were several limitations in the Quick Plot animation prior to the 2005 release Only one plot could be made at a time Animation was limited to single result case/quantity Animation option will be ghosted out when multiple result cases are selected Animation was only a psuedo animation Slow performance with element nodal results

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-69 Quick Plot Animation In MSC.Patran 2005 Multiple result cases can be selected Performance enhancement for element nodal results Order of magnitude speed increase The number of passes through results data was reduced Additional Spectrum/Range control Constant Range Value option has been added MPEG file creation possible (2D animation and preview are other options) Fully handles adaptive meshes from Marc

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-70 Quick Plot Animation Animation option is available for multiple result cases

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-71 Quick Plot Animation

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-72 Quick Plot Animation Constant range/spectrum for each frame Variable range/spectrum for each frame

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-73 Results Type Naming Consolidation Results labeling within MSC.Patran was inconsistent with regard to the source of those results XDB, DBALL or OP2 In MSC.Patran 2005, the functional results labeling in MSC.Patran from all MSC.Nastran sources has been consolidated

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-74 Results Type Naming Consolidation Prior to 2005 From OP From XDB or OP2 Prior to 2005 From XDB

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-75 Results Type Naming Consolidation Prior to 2005 From OP From XDB or OP2 Prior to 2005 From XDB

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-76 Results Type Naming Consolidation Prior to 2005 release, CBEAM combined stresses were stored under the results label Bar Stresses, Bending This is incorrect since the combined CBEAM stresses include both bending and axial components When CBAR and CBEAM are used in the same model. Two different results types are displayed with the same label

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-77 Results Type Naming Consolidation In 2005, the following CBEAM results have been renamed Bar Stresses, Bending => Beam Stresses, Combined Bar Stresses, Maximum Combined=> Beam Stresses, Maximum Combined Bar Stresses, Minimum Combined => Beam Stresses, Minimum Combined Bar Stresses, Tension Safety Margin => Beam Stresses, Tension Safety Margin Bar Stresses, Compression Safety Margin=> Beam Stresses, Compression Safety Margin Bar Forces, Translational => Beam Forces, Translational Bar Forces, Rotational => Beam Forces, Rotational Bar Forces, Warping Torque => Beam Forces, Warping Torque Bar Strains, Maximum Combined => Beam Strains, Maximum Combined Bar Strains, Minimum Combined => Beam Strains, Minimum Combined Bar Strains, Tension Safety Margin => Beam Strains, Tension Safety Margin Bar Strains, Compression Safety Margin=> Beam Strains, Compression Safety Margin

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-78 Results Type Naming Consolidation Prior to 2005 From OP From XDB or OP2 Prior to 2005 From XDB

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-79 Plot Set Utility The Plot Set utility provides the ability to define and group many Patran post processing tools Drastically reduce the time and provide accurate repeatability of post-processing large complex engineering data sets Designed to capture the knowledge of a Company's domain experts and the relevant details of its engineering process Ensures a consistent and more importantly, a replicable engineering environment

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-80 Development Focus By using the concept of attribute iterators, the Plot Set utility allows users to define an almost unlimited number of result images can vary relative to any plot attribute with very few entries and/or user interaction Each tool definition is contained in a single row of the Plot Set Each cell within a row contains a portion of the tools definition Results Data and numerical process to be applied to the data, graphical attributes of the plot, and model entities where the plot will occur Plot Set iterators are then used to produce the plots formed by all the possible combinations of cell specifications

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-81 User Scenarios To generate all relevant result images with the following specifications: Two result cases Fringe plots for 4 Stress Tensor quantities Von Mises, X Component, Y Component & Max Principal Two unique graphics attribute sets Two unique plot target entity sets Thats 32 possible combinations Thats 32 possible combinations!!

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-82 User Scenarios Generate the Fringe templates first with desired attributes Graphics attribute 1 Display: Element Edges Element Shrink Factor: 0.35 Show Max/Min Label: Off Averaging Domain: None Extrapolation: Centroid Graphics attribute 2 Display: Free Edges Element Shrink Factor: 0 Show Max/Min Label: Off Averaging Domain: None Extrapolation: Shape Fn.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-83 User Scenarios Utilize Use Form Value to create the template Template name: Fringe_attribute_1

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-84 User Scenarios Repeat to create to create the second template Template name: Fringe_attribute_2

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-85 User Scenarios In order to input the Results Data and numerical process to be applied to the data, graphical attributes of the plot, and model entities where the plot will occur Blank Plot Set must be created first

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-86 User Scenarios Use the EDIT action to specify/modify plot data & attributes Use Edit… button to activate the EDIT Spreadsheet

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-87 User Scenarios Use Add Row… option to populate the spreadsheet

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-88 User Scenarios Row 1 is automatically populated With previously defined row name and plot row type Click on Results cell to specify values

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-89 User Scenarios Highlight desired results Two result cases 4 Stress Tensor quantities We will leave the Result Case Combination method to NONE, and Layer Location to At Z1.

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-90 User Scenarios Go back to main EDIT spreadsheet and click on Attributes cell to specify graphics attributes Use both Fringe Result Templates Set the view to Isometric View Use standard spectrum & range You have the flexibility to change the viewport, view, spectrum & range settings

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-91 User Scenarios Go back to main EDIT spreadsheet and click on Targets cell to specify plot target entities

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-92 User Scenarios Two targets will be created One with Current Viewport One with Element Specify only a small subset of the model

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-93 User Scenarios All Results Data and numerical process to be applied to the data, graphical attributes of the plot, and model entities where the plot will occur have been adequately defined Plots can be created in Patran viewport Using Preview Only As JPEG files Turning off Preview Only option Plot Sets are automatically saved in the database

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-94 User Scenarios Here are some examples of the 32 images created Result Case 1, von Mises, Fringe Template 1 & current viewport target Result Case 1, von Mises, Fringe Template 2 & current viewport target Result Case 1, von Mises, Fringe Template 1 & selected elements target Result Case 1, von Mises, Fringe Template 2 & selected elements target

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-95 User Scenarios Here are more examples of the 32 images created Result Case 1, X Component, Fringe Template 1 & current viewport target Result Case 1, X Component, Fringe Template 2 & current viewport target Result Case 1, X Component, Fringe Template 1 & selected elements target Result Case 1, X Component, Fringe Template 2 & selected elements target

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-96 Plot Sets For more detailed information and workshop, see Section 6: Plot Set

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-97 MSC.Patran ASM Phase II

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-98 Advanced Surface Mesher II Major new capabilities for MSC.Patran 2005 Extend Leading Edge Meshing Technology Advanced Surface Mesher – Phase 2 Create tessellated surfaces to represent facet geometries Ability to remesh tessellated surfaces repeatedly Mesh tessellated surfaces individually while maintaining congruency Maintain geometry association Support hard geometry & hard fem Support mesh seeding

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-99 Advanced Surface Mesher II ASM II is a pre-release item Activate with the following settings.pcl entry pref_env_set_logical( asm2_enable", TRUE ) For more detailed information and workshop see Section 7: Advanced Surface Meshing

PAT328, Section 1, September 2004 Copyright 2004 MSC.Software Corporation S1-100