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Latest Posts

  • Not Answered

    What is the difference between CPPs provided by Patran 2016 and Patran 2020?

    Category: Patran

    By xhu

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    updated over 5 years ago by Darrel Sinclair

    3 replies • 22 views
  • Answered

    Problems with SOL 111 and superelements

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By noravivian.yazdandoostkhosravi

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    updated over 5 years ago by Don.Graff

    1 replies • 13 views
  • Answered

    Format Problem of Example Input Files at User's Guide

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By karae16

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    updated over 5 years ago by takada.kou

    2 replies • 25 views
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    解析途中に生じるインサイドアウト要素について

    Category: Marc

    By Takeuchi

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    updated over 5 years ago by hideaki.sato1.304448096763313E12

    2 replies • 15 views
  • Not Answered

    Status shows "Running" but the analysis is stuck.

    Category: Marc

    By Palm_Tree

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    updated over 5 years ago by Zach Fata

    3 replies • 13 views
  • Not Answered

    String Length of db_get_beam_section_name()

    Category: Patran

    By mitch.greenberg

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    updated over 5 years ago by Arthur Hickson

    3 replies • 17 views
  • Not Answered

    In an aircraft loads model, element results pulled using the report function differ slightly from loads pulled using MSC Explore in Patran.

    Category: Patran

    By elijah.d.lamppin.civ

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    updated over 5 years ago by Arthur Hickson

    1 replies • 12 views
  • Not Answered

    I have an airplane and have done a gust response analysis - for a discrete vertical gust. I used the nastran example from chapter 9 section 1. How can I do a side gust analysis - gust 90 degree angle to gravity vector? Can you point me to an example.

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By tento.con

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    updated over 5 years ago by karae16

    6 replies • 30 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there a possible way to achieve optimized design or initial design from SOL200 that I can directly import on PATRAN and do analyses for different cases?

    Category: MSC Nastran

    By karae16

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    updated over 5 years ago by karae16

    3 replies • 31 views
  • Not Answered

    Is there a way to set a motion statement to rotate an object around each of it's own axis?

    Category: Adams

    By sarah.m.callan

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    updated over 5 years ago by Jesper Slattengren

    4 replies • 17 views
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