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    Strand7 import from Patran

    Thank you both very much. That worked a treat, I didn't realize it was as easy as renaming the bdf file.
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    Strand7 import from Patran

    Hi, I am interested to see if Strand7 can import file create by MSC.Patran. In Patran I have the option to export as *.out but in Strand7 I only have the option to import *.nas or *.dat. I am wondering if anyone knows the way around this? Thank You JBeng00
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    MSC Patran / Nastran Upgrade

    We generally do plate models of large materials handling machines and have found Patran to meet all of our needs quite well. I know there are other tools on the market but we haven't been put in a situation where we have been limited by Patran's capabilities so we are unlikely to change. There...
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    MSC Patran / Nastran Upgrade

    Hi All, I am interested to hear your opinions on the software we are using. We have MSC.FEA on 5 machines which is a bundle of MSC.Patran + MSC.Nastran, and one copy of MSC.AFEA which is a bundle of MSC.Patran + MSC.MARC. We are currently using MSC.FEA 2004r2 on 5 machines and MSC.AFEA 2005...
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    How to model uniformly distributed lane load in Space Gass

    Are you referring to a member distributed load? 1) left click select members 2) right click > member distributed forces 3) enter LC number 4) enter loading 5) click ok then type name of new load case (if new) Sorry if I have misunderstood the problem.

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