I tried all the steps above and thanks a lot for all the help.
Closest to my success was the following :
Converted the file to *.BDF
Everything went well except the constraints got lost while importing the file into Patran.
Am I missing anything here. why are constraints getting lost in the...
Thankyou all. Since I dont have patran lic. I cannot check if I am sending the right files to my customer, said that can my customer directly open *.pat file generated in femap and view the files or do they have to follow certain steps in patran to access the files.
I saw this thread below
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=252817&page=4
I need more description on how to convert a FEMAP analysis model with Plates, bars and RBE's to a Patran user.
My user/customer wants a list of commands/clicks they would like to perform so they could easily open...