Patran Hints ESA

1 PATRAN Pre-Post
2 Start-up – Working Directories
3 Transfer MSC Apex Model to Patran
4 Patran Start-Up Warning Messages
5 Copy Paste Data
6 Utilities
7 MSC Patran Graph Utility
8 Geometry
8.1 Extracting Faces
8.2 Iges
8.3 Verify Surface Boundary
8.4 Parasolids x_t
8.5 Element Faces – Geometry not Associated to the FEM
9 Scaling Entities
10 Verifying Orthotropic Material Orientation
11 Model Data – PARAM,OGEOM,NO
12 Animating Superelements
13 Applying a pressure load in Patran
14 Nastran Subcase Selection
15 Tet Meshing a Solid
16 Jacobian Ratio – Surface Mesh Quality
17 Cyclic Symmetry
17.1 Rotating Nodal coordinate frames
18 Multi-Point Constraints MPC
18.1 RIGID
18.2 RBE2
18.3 RBE3
18.4 Example 1 – RBE3 used to prevent rigid body displacement
18.5 RBE3 Usage Example: More Flexible Attachments
18.6 MPC’s used in Random Vibration Analysis
19 Mpc Forces, Resultant Forces & Reaction Forces
19.1 Resultant Force Check
19.2 How To Compute The Total Force Out Of Reaction Forces In A Model
19.3 Patran FreeBody Tool
20 Display
20.1 Hiding Element Outlines
20.2 Colors, Ranges, Shading and Light Sources with White Background
20.3 Background Color
20.4 Transparent Solids
20.5 Clean Edge Lines For Post-Processing
20.6 Patran – Display Failing Elements
21 Analysis Manager – Running Outside Patran
22 Analysis
22.1 Non-Linear Static – Large Displacement
23 Modifying / Scaling Results
23.1 Scaling stresses
23.2 Creating Relative Displacement Results
23.3 Golf Ball / Baseball Spin
24 Export Time History Plot To Excel
25 Animations
26 Linearizing Stresses
27 ANSYS
28 Patran Thermal
28.1 Importing Patran Thermal Temperature Data to NASTRAN
28.2 Thermal to Structural temperature interpolation
28.3 Thermal translation to Ansys
28.4 Error Codes
28.5 Convergence Issues
28.6 Reducing Long Run Times
28.7 QUAD4 Shell Elements: Offsetting the Midplane
28.8 QUAD 4 Shells: Obtaining Accurate Stress Results