Patran -> Natran output dirctory
Patran -> Natran output dirctory
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I work with MSC.Patran 2005 and and MD Nastran as a solver on Windows XP. Can anybody tell me how to specify/change the output directory in Patran for jobs submitted to Nastran (.f06, .bdf, .xdb files). In my case it's always written to ~\MSC.Patran\bin. I find it quite unlogically and would prefer to keep it always in the same directory as the Patran database file (.db).
Thanks in advance!!
Thanks in advance!!





RE: Patran -> Natran output dirctory
Other way is in EXECUTE of the the start menu, write "CMD" and appears a MS-DOS console. With Ms-Dos commands, go to the working directory and write "NASTRAN" or "PATRAN". Check that the NASTRAN and PATRAN directories are included in the "path" of windows.
RE: Patran -> Natran output dirctory
RE: Patran -> Natran output dirctory
thank you very much for your answers!! I expected it is possible to do this inside of Patran and didn't think about this option.
The point is that I open Patran sometimes from the desktop, the Windows start menu or in the working directory. Then I got confused why the output was written somewhere. Now it's clear.