Which MSC Nastran cards are not accepted in NX Nastran?
Which MSC Nastran cards are not accepted in NX Nastran?
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Hello,
After the split in 2002, both MSC and UGS/NX started developing their own respective versions of nastran. Therefore, NX Nastran 6 is equivalent to MSC Nastran 2001.
But what is their current status, in terms of similarity between the two? Although, both the nastrans have 90% of the same functions, I am looking for the differences in terms of which control cards are accepted in one and not in the other.
Thanks.
After the split in 2002, both MSC and UGS/NX started developing their own respective versions of nastran. Therefore, NX Nastran 6 is equivalent to MSC Nastran 2001.
But what is their current status, in terms of similarity between the two? Although, both the nastrans have 90% of the same functions, I am looking for the differences in terms of which control cards are accepted in one and not in the other.
Thanks.





RE: Which MSC Nastran cards are not accepted in NX Nastran?
You will have to go through NX Nastran Release Guides 3-7 to get an idea of the cards NX played with and changed. I had to do this and it was a nightmare. Fortunately we switched back to MSC Nastran when we realized this was going to kill us.
When MSC Nastran came out with a new card, NX Nastran would sometimes use the same new card name, but not always with the same field inputs.
Just be careful.
RE: Which MSC Nastran cards are not accepted in NX Nastran?
Thanks for your reply though.