H5 output file does not show any subcase names when I load into Patran.

Right now I must use op2 or xdb format because those formats include the subcase names. For some reason I get no subcase names with h5. I just get the subcase number but no names in Patran. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. Surely someone at MSC knows the value of subcase names instead of just numbers. I would like to use h5 format since it is the latest and greatest. The name is supposed to come from the SUBTITLE command in the nastran input file.

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0 Martin MSC Nastran over 6 years ago

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0 Martin MSC Nastran over 6 years ago

Don, I see the OGEOM parameter does not mention CASECC. This indicates that .op2 files will still have enough information to show the TITLE, SUBCASE and LABEL information in Patran. If you do an enhancement request it seems all that is needed for options 2 and 3 is to add just the CASECC datablock.
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0 toby.t.norris over 6 years ago

It sounds like the short answer is that the output datablocks do not (and will not) include the load case names, only the load case numbers. So if I want the load case name to show up on my patran result plots, then I must include the “input” data in my h5 file. No problem. I added a note to my QRG so that in the future I won’t assume that the output data includes the load case names.
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