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Thermal analysis is covered in detail in the MSC.Patran Thermal User’s Guide, Volume 1: Thermal/Hydraulic Analysis. You are referred there for a complete discussion of thermal analysis using the Patran Plus family of products.
The basic procedure is to enter the PATQ program and choose menu pick number 4, Generate a new QTRANFOR. After exiting PATQ, you submit the thermal analysis for compilation, linking, and execution by the Patran Thermal command QTRAN. Status and progress of the thermal analysis may be monitored using the Patran Thermal command QS.
Note: | These commands are computer system dependent. They are the standard commands on a VAX/VMS system. If you have a different system or have customized your installation, then your commands may be different. Refer to the MSC.Patran Thermal User’s Guide, Volume 1: Thermal/Hydraulic Analysis or your system manager. |