Running Analysis in NEiNastran using API script automatically

[Tekiti]

Hello,

I wrote a script in Femap using API. In this script there is running a static linear analysis for many times (for example for 200 times) because using this script i want to solve some stress redistribution. I am using NEI Nastran Editor as a solver. I have a problem, that when the script runs an analysis Femap wants me to write a model to Nastran - there is a window, where I name it, click save and then NEi Editor starts an analysis. My question - is there any possibility how to for example write a model before running script ? For example using NX Nastran solver it is possible to run it fully automatically using this:

Sub Main()
Dim femap As Object
Set femap = GetObject(, "femap.model")

Dim am As Object
Set am = femap.feAnalysisMgr

Dim amID As Long

am.Title = "Static Analysis"
am.Solver = 36
am.AnalysisType = 1
am.BCSet(0) = 1
am.BCSet(2) = 1
am.output(8) = -1
am.output(15) = -1
am.output(16) = -1
am.CornerOutput = -1
amID = 3
am.Put (amID)
am.Analyze (amID)

End Sub

I need to run script fully automatically because it is impossible and user unfriendly to save it before every of 200 analysis manually . I hope, that my description is clear enough.

 

[mrfemap]

If you create and environment variable NENAST_EXE=.... pointing to the NE Nastran executable, am.Analyze should then launch and run NE Nastran for you.

Mark.