Basic Functions
Introduction to Patran
1.1 Introducing Patran
1.2 Patran Framework
1.3 Using Patran for Engineering Analysis
1.4 HTML Based Online Help
Patran Workspace
2.1 Modeling Window
2.2 The Menu Bar
Menu Bar Keywords
2.3 The Tool Bar
System Tool Palette
Mouse Function Tool Palette
Viewing Tool Palette
Display Tool Palette
Model Orientation Tool Palette
Labeling and Sizing Tool Palettes
2.4 The Applications Bar
Application Buttons
2.5 History Window and Command Line
Entering and Retrieving Data
3.1 Forms, Widgets, and Buttons
Commonly Used Widgets
Spreadsheets
3.2 Selecting Entities
Screen Picking
Select Menu
Geometry Select Icons
FEM Select Icons
3.3 The List Processor
Working with Files
4.1 File Types and Formats
Startup Files
4.2 The File Menu
4.3 File Commands
All About Groups
5.1 Group Concepts and Definitions
Group Names
Group Membership
Group Status
Group Attributes
Creating and Managing Groups
Group Transformations
5.2 The Group Menu
Menu Conventions
5.3 Hierarchical Groups (Hgroups)
Creating an Hgroup
Posting an Hgroup
Modifying Group Hierarchies
Deleting Hgroups
Changing the Current Hgroup
Exporting and Importing Hgroup Trees
Viewports
6.1 Viewport Concepts and Definitions
Viewport Names
Viewport Status
Viewport Display Attributes
Viewports and Groups
Named Views in Viewports
Common Viewport Features
Tiling Viewports
6.2 The Viewport Menu
6.3 Viewport Commands
Viewing a Model
7.1 View Concepts and Definitions
Current View
Named Views
Model Space
Screen Space
Viewing Coordinate System Parameters
Fitting a View
View Transformations
Perspective Views
View Parameters
7.2 The Viewing Menu
7.3 Viewing Commands
Fit View
Select Center
Select Corners
Managing the Parameters of Perspective Viewing
Display Control
8.1 Display Concepts and Definitions
Global and Local Display Features
Display Modes
Rendering Styles
Finite Element Display
Erasing and Plotting Entities
Shrinking Entities
Titles
Coordinate Frames
Named Attributes
Spectrums
Ranges
Color Palette
Light Sources
8.2 The Display Menu
8.3 Display Commands
Preferences
9.1 Preferences Concepts and Definitions
Analysis Codes
Model Tolerance
Warning Messages
Hardware Rendering
Representing Geometry
Model Units
9.2 The Preferences Menu
9.3 Preferences Commands
Mapping Functions
Tools
10.1 Tools Concepts and Definitions
Lists
Mass Properties
Beam Library
Named Application Regions
Design Studies and Design Optimization
Results Templates
Rebar Definitions
MSC.Fatigue
Random Analysis
MSC.Laminate Modeler
Analysis Manager
10.2 The Tools Menu
10.3 Tools Commands
Random Analysis
11.1 Introduction
Purpose
Features of MSC Random
Advantage over Utility version of MSC Random
Architecture of MSC Random
Limitations
11.2 Basic Random Analysis Theory
Introduction
Theory
Cross-Power Spectral Density and Cross-Correlation Functions
Cumulative Root Mean Square (CRMS)
Coherence Function or Schwarz's Inequality
Numerical Integration Using Log-Log Approximation
Von Mises Stress in Random Analysis
11.3 Random Analysis Process
Process Overview
Frequency Response Analysis Cycle
Frequency Response Analysis Setup
Random Analysis Cycle
11.4 Using MSC Random
Output Files:
11.5 Example 1: Cylinder subjected to base PSDF input.
Required Steps to Perform Random Analysis
FEM Model
Frequency Response Analysis
Frequency Response Analysis Setup
Random Analysis – XY Plot
Random Analysis – RMS Stress Fringe Plot
11.6 Example 2: Table - Subjected to Simultaneous Random Excitation in Three Directions
Random Input Profile
11.7 Example 3: Plate - Subjected to Pressure and Point Load with Cross Spectrum Input
Frequency Response Analysis Setup
References
11.8 Appendix A
11.9 Frequency Response Setup Using Patran Interface
Frequency Response Setup - Patran Interface(Contd)
File Formats
A.1 The Neutral System Concept
A.2 The Neutral File
Neutral File Applications
Neutral File Format
A.3 Session File/Journal File
A.4 IGES File
A.5 PATRAN 2.5 Results Files
Displacement or Force Results Files
Nodal Results Files
Element Results Files
Beam Results Files
PATRAN 2.5 Results Template Files
Printing Options
B.1 Introduction
B.2 Device-dependent Hardcopy File
B.3 Additional Information for Printers/Plotters
B.4 If Your Plot Does Not Turn Out as Expected
B.5 Hardware Setup
B.6 Supported Hardware for Patran Hardcopy
Mass Properties
C.1 Summary of Mass Properties
Overview
List Processor
D.1 Understanding the List Processor
Introduction
Geometry
Finite Elements
Miscellaneous
Basic Functions
Understanding the List Processor
HTOC_engineering_functionality
HTOC_sgm
HTOC_analysis_preferences
HTOC_on_line_help.fmumentatio
HTOC_patran_command_language
HTOC_user_customization
HTOC_geometry
HTOC_finite_element_meshing
HTOC_functional_assignments_lo
HTOC_analysis
HTOC_post_processing
firstpage
analysis_software_system
next_generation
special_chars
quickpick
system_icons
HTOC_repaint
mouse
HTOC_command_line_comments
apply_button
auto_apply
cancel_button
coordinate_frame
coord_frames
default_values
filter
ok_button
output_id_list
reset_button
scroll_bar
switch_button
toggle_button
spreadsheet_widget
select_any
select_vector
select_axis
select_geo_shell_bndry
select_asm
field_entity_select_menu
select_geo_nodal
select_assoc_point
select_point
select_assoc_curve
select_curve
select_solid
select_surface
select_mesh_sweep
select_decompose_vertex
select_fem
fem_fields_select_menu
select_fem_solid_bndry
select_fem_shell_bndry
select_cyclic_symmetry
select_elem_sweep
select_sliding_surface
select_element
select_elem2_sweep
type_patran_database
type_session_files
type_journal_files
type_hardcopy_files
type_neutral_files
type_iges_files
startup_files
HTOC_the_settings_pcl_file
HTOC_preference_environment_variables_for_hardcopy
HTOC_other_prefernece_environment_variables
HTOC_the_p3prolog_pcl_and_p3ep
HTOC_startup_session_files
HTOC_startup_using_system_files
HTOC_startup_from_command_line
template_database_file
database_template
new_model_preferences
new_model
msc_patran_db
database_import_options
import_filter_options
id_offsets
name_prefix
equivalence_options
preview_patran_databases
import_neutral
neutral_entity
offset_definition
import_msc_nastran_input
msc_nastran_input
msc_nastran_offset_definition
import_express_neutral
express_neutral_entity
import_preferences
preview_express_file
ex_neutral_group_classification
import_iges
query_iges
iges_entity
iges_entity_color
iges_entity_level
iges_group_class
show_iges_groups
delete_iges_group
create_groups_layers
cad_model_catia
catiav4_import_options
catiapara_access_filter
catia_import_options
catia_tree import
catiav4_group_classification
catia_group_classification
cad_model_proengineer
proepara_access_filter
proengineer_access_filter
primitive_geometry
cad_model_unigraphics
parasolid_option
attribute_import
preview_attributes
preview_components
parasolid_classification
unigraphics_access_filter
unigraphics_group_classification
importing_xmt
parasolid_xmt_options
para_model_units
importing_ACIS
ACIS_import_options
ACIS_group_class
stepap203_import_options
stepap209_import_options
step_group_classification
importing_vda_files
vda_import_options
import_results
import_res_tmpl
export_neutral
export_neutral_entity_options
neutral_file_title
acis_export
acis_export_options
file_export_parasolid
file_export_para_options
catiav4_export_options
export_entity_options
iges_file_start
global_section
export_iges
vda_export_options
undo_session
record_session
print_page_setup
postscript_options
HTOC_group_menu
group_create
group_post
group_modify
change_target_group
group_move_main
group_movecopy_sub
group_set_current
group_transform
translate
rotate
scale
mirror
mcoord
pivot
position
group_delete
group_attributes
create_hgroup
post_hgroup
modify_hgroup
delete_hgroup
set_current_hgroup
import_export_hgroup
viewport_create
viewport_post
viewport_modify
select_target_viewport
post/unpost_groups
select_view
background_effects
select_range
viewport_delete
model_space_def
screen_space_def
viewing_coord_system_def
clipping_def
orientation_vectors
focal_point
window_center
viewing_plane_location
observer_position
front_back_clipping_planes
screen_scale_factors
color_palette
corners
zoom_in/out
incremental
zoom_factor
view_angles
view_from/to
scale_factors
named_view
clipping/perspective
arbitrary_clipping
D_display_properties
D_display_color_table
entity_type_display
group_display
plot_erase
highlighting
geometric_properties
fem_properties
conn_attrib
fa_display
vector_properties
result_properties
display_properties
coordinate_frames
titles
spectrums
ranges
color_configurations
shade_properties
lighting_model
key_map_settings
pref_main_form
AnalysisPreferences
analysis_preferences
global_preferences
incremental_mouse
pick_preferences
report_preferences
geometry_preferences
FEM_preferences
list_create
target_listA
region_mass_properties
mass_properties_display
HTOC_the_mass_properties_report_file
beam_create
arbitrary_shape
beam_modify
beam_delete
create_named_region
create_vari_prop
create_vari_beam_dim
create_var_matl
create_design_study
define_design_variables
summary_design_study
design_cycle
design_objective
res_help_use_templates
res_help_tmpl_to_form
res_help_tmpl_edit
res_help_tmpl_delete
res_help_tmpl_copy
res_help_tmpl_create
res_help_tmpl_import
res_help_tmpl_export
bolt_preload
patran_random