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nastran .nas file format

nastran .nas file format

nastran .nas file format

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I'm looking for documentation on the .nas file format so I can write a simple translator to get 2 different FEA packages to share mesh files.
I am having zero success with a google search so any help with links to web pages ftp sits etc would be most helpful.
TIA
Mark

RE: nastran .nas file format

Why don't you use Femap's translator?

It speaks to many codes.

tg

RE: nastran .nas file format

The best recommendation is to either purchase the Nastran Quick Reference Guide, or else use a pre-processor to reverse-engineer the format.  This is not as simple of a task as it would seem--different codes have fundamentally different element formulations, and mapping them in a general sense is nontrivial.
Brad

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