UG NX 3.0 supports only 64 bit machine for HP and SUNS platforms.
UG NX 4.0 supports only 64 bit machines for HP, SUNS, and IBM platforms.
UG 18 translator for 32 bit HP and SUNS platforms will also be available in the
MSC.Patran 2005r2 release.
Importing a Parasolid xmt file requires that at least one CAD access module be licensed.
Exporting a Parasolid xmt file requires the CAE Solid Modeling license feature.
UG NX 3.0 is not available on the SGI IRIX platform.
Note: MSC.Patran has three methods for importing CATIA models;
CATIA Access which runs from within interactive CATIA V4: creates a text .cat
file on the supported CATIA V4 machines listed above. This file can be ported to
all supported MSC.Patran machines for import.
CATDirect which runs from within interactive MSC.Patran: requires a CATIA V4
license to run on the machine where MSC.Patran is installed, therefore, the list
of platforms supporting this import method is the CATIA V4 supported machines.
Windows 2000, and LINUX are not supported platforms.
(On LINUX for Patran 2006, a CATIA CATXPRES (.cat) file can be imported. The CATIA to Parasolid translator is available. The CAT Direct Translator which runs CATIA in batch mode is not available.)
CATDirect (Import to Parasolid) which runs from within interactive MSC.Patran:
does not require a CATIA V4 license to run. Windows 2000, and LINUX are
supported platforms. SGI is not a supported platform.
Note: Does not require a CATIA V5 license to run.
SGI platform is frozen at V5R14 indefinitely.
Note: MSC.Patran has two methods for importing Pro/ENGINEER models;
Import to Native Patran Geometry which runs from within interactive MSC.Patran:
requires a Pro/ENGINEER license to run on the machine where MSC.Patran is
installed, therefore, the list of platforms supporting this import method is the
Pro/ENGINEER supported machines.
Import to Parasolid which runs from within interactive MSC.Patran: does not
require a Pro/ENGINEER license to run.
SGI is not a supported platform.
LINUX is a supported platform.
The following notes are applicable to the Import to Native Patran Geometry
method:
The Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire release introduced the following platform changes:
IBM AIX platform unsupported. Existing MSC.Patran translator is still available
for pre-Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire release.
Red Hat Linux 7.3 supported. MSC.Patran translator is not yet supported..
SGI5 supports 64-bit only. MSC.Patran translator compatible with pre-Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire release. If running Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire,
the SGI5 platform must be a 64-bit capable machine to run the MSC.Patran
translator.
The following steps are necessary for customers to use the MSC.Patran Pro/ENGINEER
translator with Pro/ENGINEER after January 10, 2004:
Download wildfire datecode 2003490 and follow PTC instructions.
The Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 release introduced the following platform
changes:
HP-UX and SUNS supports 64-bit only. MSC.Patran translator compatible with pre-Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire 2.0 and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 release. If running Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire 2.0, the HP-UX and/or SUNS platform must be a 64-bit capable machine to
run the MSC.Patran translator
The p3_ProE and p3_ProENGINEER executables are built using Pro/ENGINEER version 2000i and therefore will not work with earlier versions of Pro/ENGINEER.
p3_ProE and p3_ProENGINEER Access allows reading of .geo geometry transfer files generated from other OS installs of Pro/ENGINEER Access.
In 2006 release, Wildfile 3.0 does not work via the "Parasolid" method.
Note: I-DEAS 11 NX Series must be installed on the machine or network where MSC.Patran
is installed.
I-DEAS 11 NX Series must be running in Master Modeler Mode in order to give the
translator permission to open the .mf1 file.
The environment variable "IDEASROOT" must be set to the root installation
location of I-DEAS 11 NX Series.
When starting I-DEAS 11 NX Series, the option "-n OpenBatchDesign" must be used.
This translator will open I-DEAS 10 and 9 .mf1 files.
Note: Patran uses the Parasolid transmit file exported from SolidWorks as
the preferred method to interface with SolidWorks.
