Beginner in MSC NASTRAN v4.5

[padhu1027]

hello everyone,
I am interested to learn msc nastran..but i am new to this software..but somehow learned how to work in nastran. so i tried woeking out so many simple problems but i am not gettting any results for them. below i mention step by step procedure for the problems i tried to worked out..if there are any problems in my procedure pls correct me..
1.Created required geometry
2.created model material and model properties(do i need to assign model's material properties to the model or it automatically assigned ??)
3.created mesh
4.applied constraints and loads, then
5.file is saved and file-->analysis-->run analysis
6.message window shows no error
after this i dont know how to view results..

pls help me...thanks in advance..

 

[franc11HD]

For your point no2, yes, you do need to assign material properties to your elements. If you haven't done that, I am surprise no error such as elements without properties was displayed.

Anyhow, in the same folder where you have you model file (.bdf) you should also have a results file (.f06) and a Patran post-processing file (.xdb or .op2). If there was an error in the analysis, .f06 file should show a "fatal" message. See that message and pray that it means something usefull. You can find on MSC software website simple tutorial that will teach you step by step how to make a model.

Good luck.