There may be times when it is not desirable or required to submit a job through the Analysis Manager. In such a case, the user can temporarily disable the Analysis Manager and make use of Patran’s generic submittal capability for each analysis code supported. Disabling the Analysis Manager does not change the user interface at all, i.e., the Analysis Manager button remains on the Analysis form. However when the Apply button is pressed on the Analysis application form, the job will be submitted via Patran’s generic submit scripts.

To disable the Analysis Manager, type the following command in Patran’s command window and press the Return or Enter key:

analysis_manager.disable()

To enable the Analysis Manager after it has been disabled type this command:

analysis_manager.enable()

If a more permanent enabling or disabling of the Analysis Manager is required, the user may place these commands as necessary in a user’s p3epilog.pcl file. This file is invoked at startup from the user’s local directory, or home directory, or $P3_HOME in that order, if found.