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 March 16, 1999

 MSC.Fatigue 8.0 Spot Weld Analyzer - SPOTW Update 

Description
This SPOTW executable fixes the following problem(s):

1.  Performance regression from Version 6 to Version 8. (CSR 35308)

     A representative spot weld model ran in:
         V6 code        V8 code        Updated code
         4 h 25 m        7 h 51 m        3 h 38 m

    The results are identical between versions.

Installation
1. Copy the correct compressed tar or zip file to your "<P3_HOME>" directory depending on the platform of interest.
        (i.e. -->  c:\msc\patran80)

2. For UNIX, gunzip the file and untar it.  For example:

    gunzip spotw_hpux.tar.gz
    tar xvf spotw_hpux.tar

3. For NT, unzip the file into the installation directory.

File Set
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mscfatigue_files/bin/spotw
mscfatigue_files/help/spotw.hqr
 
 
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