Importing material values

Question

Hello All,

I am trying to find a way how I can read a excel file into patran for my material creation.

Lets see in my excel file I have material values for Al 6061 (young's modulus, density and poisson's ratio) . how can I read them into patran so that I do not have input these values manually ?

Is there a specific excel format these values need to be in order for patran to read them and create the material tab?

Thank you in advance​

edwin.goei · Accepted Answer

To make anything into a Nastran card that can be read into Patran, such as MAT1, you'd have to follow the formatting definition as described by the Quick Reference Guide.

I took a screen shot of the page for MAT1 below.

In the Example, a material with a Young's Modulus of 3e7, Poisson's Ratio of 0.33, and other properties that are inserted into the proper field.

You would have to format your data in such a manner, following the spacing rules for the fields, or using commas to separate the fields.