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I'm having a similar problem that may have the same solution.
I've created a BAR2 element from two nodes and assigned it a material/property.
I need to rotate and copy this element around several times to make a full 360degree revolution (to make a full ring).
When I use the...
After some testing I realized that the error was associated with loading a bdf file off of a network drive.
Apparently, every time you want to import a bdf file into the Patran interface, the bdf file must be located locally on the C:\ drive.
If not, you will crash Patran with an error and...
Hello. I've been using Patran/Nastran for the past month or two and am relatively new to all things FEA.
One of the members of industry I was corresponding with sent me a .dbf file that had a fix for my model constraint/geometry/meshes that I opened up in notepad. Everything looked normal so I...
