ReadNastran

DESCRIPTION

This module reads a Nastran xdb file. If you are doing MODAL or BUCKLING, the node data is the displacement. IF you are doing STATICS, the 11 node data are : Normal (X,Y,Z), Shear (XY,YZ,ZX), Principal (1,2,3), Mean and vonMises Stress. For 2D elements, the Z component is zero.

INPUTS

Port: Multiplier
Type: Parameter
Optional: This port is optional
Multiplier for displacements

WIDGETS

Port: Filename
Type: Text
Input xdb filename

Port: Loadstep
Type: Slider
Selector for load step (subcase). This widget is hidden if there is only one DISPR record or analysis type is not STATICS

Port: Deform
Type: Radio Box
Menu Item: Deformed
Menu Item: Undeformed
Choose whether to output displaced or original coordinates

Port: Mode
Type: Slider
Selector for Mode number. This widget is hidden if there is only one mode or it is not a MODAL analysis

Port: Super
Type: Slider
The super element number (1-based). This is not the user defined super element, but a numerical selector from the set.

OUTPUTS

Port: Node
Type: Lattice
Constraints: 1-D.
float.
curvilinear.
2..3-cD.
This is the node lattice

Port: Pyramid
Type: Pyramid
Constraints: 0..3-layer.
optional-baseLat.
2..3-D compression.
n-compression type.
The output pyramid

PROBLEMS