The Analysis toggle located on the main form for Patran brings up The Analysis Form (p. 8) in the MSC.Patran Reference Manual. This form is used to request an analysis of the model with the ABAQUS finite element program. It can also be used to incorporate the contents of an ABAQUS results file into the database. See Read Results.

The following page gives an introduction to the Analysis form used to prepare an ABAQUS analysis. This is followed by detailed descriptions of the subordinate forms that can be displayed from the
Analysis form.

Setting the Action option menu on the Analysis Form to Analyze indicates that an analysis run is
being prepared.

The Object indicates which part of the model is to be analyzed. It can be set to either Entire Model or Current Group. If the whole model is to be analyzed, select Entire Model. If only a part of the model is to be analyzed, create a group of that part, set that as the current group, then select Current Group as
the Object.

The Method indicates how far the translation is to be taken. Currently only Analysis Deck is supported. The method generates an ABAQUS input deck.