Release Guide > General Enhancements > 2.11 Shareware
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2.11 Shareware
Shareware is found under the Utilities menu in Patran.
MechPat
Shareware to group geometric bodies in Patran and create Adams rigid bodies from them. Found under Applications – Mechpat – Adams Rigid Body Builder.
 
FEM-Elements -Regular Cube Mesher 2
Support for loops has been added such that more elements can be created while using a smaller "Number of Elements in Max Dim". This is beneficial for non-massive solids like hollow thick cylinders. Please see the article in Simcompanion: http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KB8018926
 
Solid Sphere Mesher
Found in Shareware – Utilities - FEM-Elements -Create Solid Sphere and Hex Mesh By specifying a radius and mesh seed, a Solid Sphere is created which is meshed with Hex8 elements. Please see the article in Simcompanion: http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KB8018925
 
Campbell Diagram Utility
The Campbell Diagram utility is found in the shareware under Utilities – Results – Campbell Diagram.