Creating session file for pressure load mapping using PCL.

Hi,

I have a query regarding load and boundary conditions syntax using PCL.

Problem definition: I am creating a session file for GFEM to DFEM pressure mapping using PCL commands. My query is, how patran is writing PLOAD cards for a particular subcase as highlighted in below example.

Example : How these highlighted load ids are considered in Patran PCL. Kindly explain the load case id pattern being considered as this is required to loop for many load cases.

INTEGER loadsbcs_plot_scalar_table_id

lbc_create_scalar_table( "Pressure", 8, 0., "Top Surf Pressure", "Resultant", @

11, [4,5, 6, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49], 1, [3], @

loadsbcs_plot_scalar_table_id )

PS: An example file would be great if you can share the loads case selection pattern using pcl.

Many Thanks in advance.

Vishal

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0 vishal.kalkunte over 7 years ago

Hi Arthur,

Thanks for the suggestion.

Let me explain the problem in detail. I am creating a VBA macro to write a session file which will be used for pressure mapping as explained above. I need internal ids as input in my code so that once I run the session file in patran it should access the load case id and internal ids and map the pressure. But the problem here is internal ids are not in sequence.

I would like to know why the Patran starts internal LBCIds from 4 onwards. I have found something weird that if I select internal Ids to write dummy session file; Patran starts with 4,5,6 (for internal Ids having 4 digits) and then 8,14,20 with increment of 6 (for internal Ids having 5 digits). Any reason why is it like this?
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0 vishal.kalkunte over 7 years ago

Hi Arthur,

Thanks for the suggestion.

Let me explain the problem in detail. I am creating a VBA macro to write a session file which will be used for pressure mapping as explained above. I need internal ids as input in my code so that once I run the session file in patran it should access the load case id and internal ids and map the pressure. But the problem here is internal ids are not in sequence.

I would like to know why the Patran starts internal LBCIds from 4 onwards. I have found something weird that if I select internal Ids to write dummy session file; Patran starts with 4,5,6 (for internal Ids having 4 digits) and then 8,14,20 with increment of 6 (for internal Ids having 5 digits). Any reason why is it like this?
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