Preference Files
If Full Run is set, the Apply selection in the Analysis form will create the appropriate interface files and execute the solver. The interface files created include:
• A neutral file
• The analysis control files qin.dat and vf.ctl
• The script for executing the model patq.inp
• The material property file mat.dat and template.dat
• The field definition file micro.dat
The user has control of which files are created and how the execution is to proceed through the parameters in the Submit Options form. These submit parameters have been defaulted for new jobs. With Patran Thermal, multiple jobs can be created from the same Patran database. The model files will appear in subdirectories named with the jobname that was entered in the Analysis form.
Patran Thermal is designed to support the functionality in P/THERMAL including the View factor code, the coupled thermal/hydraulic networks, creation of a SINDA input deck, both forward and reverse translation of enclosure tria and quad surfaces to the TRASYS and NEVADA codes.