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MSC Nastran 2013.0 doesn't perform the analyse

MSC Nastran 2013.0 doesn't perform the analyse

MSC Nastran 2013.0 doesn't perform the analyse

(OP)
Dear all,
I am completely new to Nastran software.
I have similar problem to thread824-266290: Failure in first example. The file *.f06 where i should search for FATAL is empty. I don't get any output files (i expect *op2 file).

I use Win 7 64bit, Intel Core i3-2310M @2.10 GHz. My files were solved on the other workstation. Is it possible to use Nastran on my computer? Or maybe I have to look around for the other nastran version? Is there any patch required? The pre-processing was done in HyperMesh. I have attached my beam01.bdf, maybe somebody experienced had such a problem already?

Nastran looks as if he would analyse but it takes ages (15 min for a very simple geometry).

Nastran Console looks like:
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MSC Nastran V2013.0 (Intel Windows 7 Home Premium 6.1 7601) Tue Nov 19 18:19:27
2013

*** SYSTEM INFORMATION MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: estimate_job_requirements)
Starting ESTIMATE, please wait...

*** USER INFORMATION MESSAGE (pgm: nastran, fn: estimate_job_requirements)
Estimated bpool=1760.5MB
Estimated DOF=500
Estimated memory=2036.0MB
Estimated disk=2.2MB
MSC Nastran beginning job beam01.
MSC Nastran started Tue Nov 19 18:19:28 CEST 2013
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Files generated:
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2013-11-19 18:19 0 beam01.f04
2013-11-19 18:19 0 beam01.f06
2013-11-19 18:19 4˙629 beam01.log
2013-11-19 18:19 10˙535 beam01.t8244_27.bat
2013-11-19 18:19 1˙521 beam01.T8244_27.rcf
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RE: MSC Nastran 2013.0 doesn't perform the analyse

I tried your model on my machine, and it works fine. What are the messages in the *.log file?

RE: MSC Nastran 2013.0 doesn't perform the analyse

Are you running your job using keywords such as bpool and smem?

If so, I would strongly suggest you to remove them (meaning they are set back to nastran defaults), and try your job again.

500dof is a very very light model, and per your earlier post, if nastran is taking ~15min or more to solve means that's the solver is going into spill mode, which is not desirable.

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