Patran

Patran is the world’s most widely used pre/post-processing software for FEA. It has solid modeling, meshing, analysis setup and post-processing for multiple solvers including MSC Nastran, Marc, Abaqus, LS-DYNA, ANSYS and Pam-Crash.

Pre-processing for linear, nonlinear, explicit dynamics, thermal, and other finite element solutions. Functions present are, geometry cleanup tools to deal with gaps and slivers in CAD, meshing for surfaces and solids using fully automated meshing, manual methods that provide more control, or combinations of both, loads, boundary conditions and analysis setup for most popular FE solvers is built in.

Capabilities

Direct Access of CAD Geometry

Access to geometry from leading CAD systems for creating finite element models.

Support for many industry-standard geometry exchange formats is also provided. An option is also available for direct import from and export into Parasolid format supported by several CAD systems. All finite elements, loads, boundary conditions, and material properties can be associated to the geometry.

Advanced Geometry Creation, Editing and Feature Recognition

Patran also has a sophisticated feature recognition capability that allows users to delete or edit holes, fillets, and chamfers. For 3D solid geometry, existing meshes and loads will be automatically re-applied to the model after a change is made to the geometry.

Support for Multiple FEA Solvers

In addition to MSC Nastran, Patran also supports other solvers like, Marc, Dytran and MSC Sinda and third party solvers like Abaqus, Ansys, LS-Dyna and Pamcrash, enabling you to stay in a single graphical user environment even if you have to use multiple solvers for various analyses.

Post-processing and Reporting Tools for Easy Results Evaluation

Patran displays results for structural, thermal, fatigue, fluid, magnetic analyses, or in relation to any other application where the resultant values are associated with their respective finite elements or nodes. You can also export images and movies in many standard formats to include in documents and web-based reporting.

Patran Command Language

Patran Command Language (PCL) is the programming language at the heart of Patran. PCL is a high-level, block-structured language that provides many features found in traditional programming languages and is used to write application or site-specific commands and menus.