The MscDytranExecute script file controls the execution of the Dytran analysis code.

This script file contains information specific to the local installation of Dytran. In order for the “Full Run” option to correctly spawn Dytran, this data must be edited into the script file after installation of Patran and must be updated any time the Dytran installation changes. The site specific parameters are:

Host=”

Scratchdir=”

Acommand=”

The Host parameter identifies the machine on which Dytran is installed. If Dytran is locally installed, set this parameter to LOCAL. If Dytran is installed on a remote machine, set the parameter to the name of the remote machine.

If the Hosts parameter is set to LOCAL, the Scratchdir parameter is not meaningful and should be left blank (“). If Dytran is installed on a remote machine, the Scratchdir parameter should be set to a directory on the remote machine that can be used to store the analysis files during analysis. If the Dytran host machine is remote, the submit script will copy the Dytran input file to the Scratchdir directory, run Dytran in the Scratchdir directory, copy the output files to the user’s working directory and then delete the files in the Scratchdir directory.

The Acommand parameter must be set to the executable command for Dytran.

If Dytran is locally installed on your machine, your submit script might be as follows:

Host=’LOCAL’

Scratchdir=’/tmp’

Acommand=’/msc/bin/mscdytran’

If Dytran is installed on a remote host, your submit script would look more like the following:

Host=’lansing’

Scratchdir=’/tmp’

Acommand=’/msc/bin/mscdytran’