Importing Nastran SET data into femap

[LeonardoBer]

Does anyone know the best way to import Nastran SET data, example:

SET 1 = 7200001,7200412,7201617 THRU 7201619,
7201623 THRU 7201626,7202184 THRU 7202186,
7202188,7202254,7206841 THRU 7206848,
7212651 THRU 7212658,7218824 THRU 7218831,
7224882 THRU 7224889,7224906 THRU 7224936

into femap, As a group or something like that?

 

[ThomasH]

Hi

Unfortunately I have no direct solution. But out of curiosity, what is the purpose for doing it?

Thomas

 

[LeonardoBer]

Sorry I did not respond sooner! for some reason I cant get alerts to responses to my thread posts on this website.

I eventually made an excel VBA script and got it to work.

Basically I only have a Nastran bulk data file that I want to import into femap. These sets were specifically requested for outputs and I wanted to make a visible group in femap for visualization.

 

[rb1957]

can't you import the analysis model and then make groups of elements ?

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?

 

[LeonardoBer]

To make the groups, I would have to type in the element IDs in the set one by one. I was hoping for a more efficient solution.

 

[rb1957]

there are many ways to select elements for groups, entering individual element numbers is possibly the last way.

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?

 

[LeonardoBer]

Yes its the most sucky way. I was looking for a better way given the SET identification in the bulk data.