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Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COURSE CONTENTS Day 1 1.0MSC.Patran Overview The MSC.Patran GUI On-Line Help Overview Geometric Modeling MSC.Patran Geometry (Part I) MSC.Patran Geometry (Part II) MSC.Patran Geometry (Part III) Exercise Viewing Display Meshing Exercise FEM Verification and Editing Exercise Fields Materials Element Properties Loads and Boundary Conditions Analysis Setup Lists Groups Exercise Viewports Results Insight (remove) X-Y Plotting26-1

Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COURSE CONTENTS Cont. Day Capabilities and Features of MSC.Thermal The MSC.Thermal Analysis Preference The Analysis Form Exercise Material Properties Form Exercise Utilities and Other Goodies Exercise Exercise Element Properties Form and Element Types36-1

Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COURSE CONTENTS Cont. Day Loads and Boundary Conditions Exercise LBCs Using Microfunctions Exercise Convection Configurations Exercise Advection Exercise Hydraulic Networks Exercise Patran Thermal Files and PATQ Exercise

Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COURSE CONTENTS Cont. Day User Supplied Subroutines Exercise Gap and Contact Modeling Exercise Exercise Results Post-processing Exercise Exercise MSC.Thermal Translators Exercise Radiation Overview59-1

Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation COURSE CONTENTS Cont. Day Patran Radiation LBCs Results and Files Computational Limitations Organizing a Viewfactor Job Enclosures and Convex Surfaces Collapse and Obstruction Flags Exercise Radiation Symmetry Participating Media and Ambient Node Waveband Dependence VFAC, VNEV & VTRA Templates Exercise Composing a Real World MSC.Thermal Analysis72-1

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