•  Release Guide
  •  Patran 2010.2 at a Glance
    •  1.1 Key Highlights
      • CAD Access
      • MD Nastran and MSC Nastran Support
      • Marc Preference Enhancements
      • General Enhancements
    • 1.2 Supported OS/Hardware Platforms
    • 1.3 Supported CAD Access
    • 1.4 Supported Analysis Preferences
    • 1.5 Technical Support
  •  General Enhancements
    • 2.1 Implicit Nonlinear (MD Nastran SOL 400)
    •  2.2 New Nastran DRA Capabilities
      • MD Nastran Solid Shell, 2D Axi-symmetric and Plane Strain Large Strain Element Support
      • NLSTEP and BOLT vs. MBOLTUS Bulk Data Entries
      • Contact Body Master-Slave Control Via Alphanumeric Name Ordering
      • NLPARM Convergence Control for Linear Contact
    • 2.3 Set Current Working Directory
    •  2.4 Shaded Background Used For Non-MD Patran
      • How to Control The Background Effects of New Databases
      • How to Change The Background Effects of the Current Viewport
    •  2.5 New GUI Skins
      • Overview
      • Application Icon Ribbons
      • Quick Access Bar
      • Skins Installation Options
    •  2.6 Native 64 Bit Port
      • Tips and Tricks for Manipulating Large Models in Patran
    • 2.7 SimManager 2010 Integration (Linux/Windows)
    • 2.8 Patran Help on the Web
    •  2.9 ABAQUS Preference Enhancements
      • 1D Pressure Elements
      • Inertia Loads on 0D (point) Elements
      • Support for RBE2 and RBE3
    • 2.10 Auto Select Picking
    •  2.11 Shareware
      • MechPat
      • FEM-Elements -Regular Cube Mesher 2
      • Solid Sphere Mesher
      • Campbell Diagram Utility
    • 2.12 MD Nastran Student Edition
    • 2.13 Customer Requests

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