Can see MPC's / RBE's
Can see MPC's / RBE's
(OP)
Has anyone ever had a problem with not being able to see MPC's in Patran?
I'm working with a model that I'm been using for some time. I just upgraded to 2012 and now I can't see the RBE2's that are there. I can highlight and select them with the mouse, so I know they are there, but they won't display. I tried going to Display > Finite Elements > and checked "Display MPC Markers", but it didn't seem to do anything.
My coworker had this same problem a couple of months ago and he ended up importing the run deck to create a brand new model file. It resolved the issue, but in the process he lost the geometry and some of the group data. I'm hoping there a better solution.
Has anyone encountered this?
I'm working with a model that I'm been using for some time. I just upgraded to 2012 and now I can't see the RBE2's that are there. I can highlight and select them with the mouse, so I know they are there, but they won't display. I tried going to Display > Finite Elements > and checked "Display MPC Markers", but it didn't seem to do anything.
My coworker had this same problem a couple of months ago and he ended up importing the run deck to create a brand new model file. It resolved the issue, but in the process he lost the geometry and some of the group data. I'm hoping there a better solution.
Has anyone encountered this?





RE: Can see MPC's / RBE's
I just tried it myself and I got the same error as you. There is a new PLC command in Pat 2012.1 called mpc_marker, and I think this has resulted in a defect where you cannot properly view the MPCs in Patran 2012.1.
RE: Can see MPC's / RBE's
I found a solution at this link,
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=KI8008294
You would have to do this
RE: Can see MPC's / RBE's
Thanks again.
RE: Can see MPC's / RBE's
db_add_pref(453, 2, 0, true, 0, "")
db_set_pref_logical(453, TRUE)
Please backup any Patran files you modify, and the following is something I have not tried myself. If you don't want to type these two commands every time you start a Patran database, you can modify the following file
C:\MSC.Software\Patran_x64\20121\shareware\msc\unsupported\utilities\p3epilog.pcl
by adding this
FUNCTION user_db_open(x)
STRING x[]
$ mpc display bug 2012 fix
db_add_pref(453, 2, 0, true, 0, "")
db_set_pref_logical(453, TRUE)
END FUNCTION
More information about PCL can be found in these two documents,
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=DOC10146
http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&id=DOC10147