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PATRAN Pre-Post

Patran is a general-purpose, open-architecture, 3D Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering (MCAE) environment with an interactive graphic interface pre & post-processor.

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Start-up – Working Directories

Right click on the Patran shortcut on your desktop, select Properties.

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Transfer MSC Apex Model to Patran

MSC Apex offers significant time savings in geometry clean-up and meshing in comparison to most commercial pre-processors.

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Patran Start-Up Warning Messages

Patran 2003 r2 warning message "a older version of p3_user_menu.

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Copy Paste Data

Patran is limited to 43,000 characters for copy and paste.

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Utilities

The Patran utilities shareware menu contains many useful tools for pre and post-processing.

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MSC Patran Graph Utility

Patran Graph utility for plotting through the thickness stresses along a curve.

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Geometry

What is the difference between green and magenta colored surfaces, and blue and white solids?   There are two types of surfaces in MSC.

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Extracting Faces

Patran Extracting Faces from solid geometry, use the Geometry tab: Select -> Extract Read More...

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Iges

When you select "Import" from the File menu and define Object:Model, Source: IGES, click on the "IGES Options.

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