The newest version of Patran is now available in the Software Download Center.
You won’t want to miss Patran 2024.1, which expands Patran’s rotordynamics capabilities, and adds new MSC Nastran card support and HDF5 model import support. You can see the full list of enhancements and learn more about them on our SimCompanion page
Here are the highlights of Patran 2024.1
- Rotordynamics
- We have streamlined the job setup of rotor analysis for the solution sequences 101, 108, 109, 111, 128 and 129.
- Multiple rotor support has also been added.
- MSC Nastran card support:
- The high-performance nonlinear solver (NLPERF), introduced in the current MSC Nastran 2024.1 release, is based on a revamped SOL400 architecture optimized for efficiency and speed. The MSC Nastran flagship solution for non-linear analysis (SOL 400) has now extended support in Patran, including the NLMOPTS and NSSEL options.
- Cards ACCEL/ACCEL1, which represent static acceleration loads that remain constant over time, are now available in Patran.
- The MDLPRM Offset option is available under analysis/translation parameters in the user interface. With this option, users can conveniently define how element offsets will behave during the simulation.
- Graphical rendering update
- We have extended the support for graphical rendering beside the entity and group mode, and now also include property and material-based rendering.
- HDF5 Postprocessing:
- Fringe Post processing is supported for composite enveloping.
- HDF5 model imports are supported.