I have large input file that was exported from Femap. It has hundreds of properties and it has comments for each property. These comments include the name for each property. I want to get patran to recognize these property names so I don't have to spend hours naming all the properties using the wonderful patran GUI or trying to keep track of all those properties by number instead of name.
Please provide the syntax that Patran uses to import the property names from the nastran input file. Then I can just change the format so that Patran will accept the property and material names instead of only the numbers.
Or better yet please provide the ability in the future to read Femap formatted files with the comments.
This does not work at all for me. I have tried following your example and it does not work. I also greated a case and even sent in a sample of the input file with my material and property definitions. Patran refuses to recognize the property or material names. Please help.
This does not work at all for me. I have tried following your example and it does not work. I also greated a case and even sent in a sample of the input file with my material and property definitions. Patran refuses to recognize the property or material names. Please help.