For the Patran 2010 release, Patran’s context sensitive help is now on www.mscsoftware.com. The F1-context sensitive help works the same as it does when you have it installed locally, but with no installation required. To access the help, you will need to have an internet connection and access to www.mscsoftware.com. If you do not have an internet connection, you can still install help locally on your computer or network by downloading the help installer from the Solution Download Center at http://mscsoftware.subscribenet.com (a user account is required) and installing help.

Several previous versions of the Patran context sensitive help are also on www.mscsoftware.com. If you would like to use one of the previous versions you will need to edit your site_setup.pm or user_setup.pm file and add the following:

On Windows:

setEnv('P3_HELP_DIRECTORY','http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2010/html_patran/');

On Windows you can also set your browser preference. For Example:

setEnv('P3_BRW_HELP','C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe');

On Unix/Linux:

setEnv P3_HELP_DIRECTORY http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2010/html_patran/

On Unix/Linux you will also need to set your browser preference. For example:

setEnv P3_BRW_HELP firefox

Set the P3_BRW_HELP environment variable to your browser of choice.

 

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/current/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2010/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2008r2/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2008r1/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2007/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2005r3/html_patran/

http://www.mscsoftware.com/patran/patran_2005r2/html_patran/

If you would like to view the Patran 2010 help outside of Patran, you can access it using the following link: