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Plot SRCOMPS in Patran?

I know this is an old question but I just want to make sure I have the most current information on it. I'd like to be able to post process fringe plot the SRCOMPS that I'm having Nastran calculate just like I can the Failure Indices (i.e. Tsai-Wu). The only advice that I have found thus far is that Patran cannot plot SRCOMPS like it can FI and so I have to note an offending element number and then dig into the F06 to find its correlating SR. I'm a fan of things "old school" but this is a bit much for me in 2018 and FEMAP (which I don't have) does plot SRCOMPS if requested.
 
So, can we now plot SRCOMPS in Patran just like FI's or not? Is there a workaround or alter that can get this done?
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  • Thanks Darrel & Sanjay. Maybe I've got something else amiss. All I see available to me are Failure Indices. I'm using Patran 2017.0.2, Nastran 2017.1. I have tried all the output formats you've suggested, the latest being HDF5. I do still have to request the SRCOMPS right? (I'm doing so with PARAM, SRCOMPS, YES) Any hints/thoughts you may have are much appreciated. I feel better knowing what I need is out there just not yet in my grasp.
     
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  • Thanks Darrel & Sanjay. Maybe I've got something else amiss. All I see available to me are Failure Indices. I'm using Patran 2017.0.2, Nastran 2017.1. I have tried all the output formats you've suggested, the latest being HDF5. I do still have to request the SRCOMPS right? (I'm doing so with PARAM, SRCOMPS, YES) Any hints/thoughts you may have are much appreciated. I feel better knowing what I need is out there just not yet in my grasp.
     
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