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New features have been added to the ABAQUS Preference for Patran in this release. This includes the ability to create pressure loads on 1D elements, support for inertial loads on 0D (point) inertia elements, and support for new MPC types RBE2 and RBE3.
1D Pressure Elements
The ABAQUS preference now has support for the *DLOAD ABAQUS entry to create pressure loads on 1D elements. This will let you to put distributed loads on beam elements.
Inertia Loads on 0D (point) Elements
The ABAQUS preference now has support for inertial loading on 0D (point) elements using the *DLOAD ABAQUS input entry. With this feature you can now apply inertial loading to lumped mass elements for dynamic analysis.
Support for RBE2 and RBE3
The ABAQUS preference now has support for RBE2 and RBE3 equivalents using the ABAQUS *KINEMATIC COUPLING and *DISTRIBUTING COUPLING entries.
