MSC Nastran 2018.2
MSC Nastran Quick Reference Guide
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MSC Nastran Quick Reference Guide
Contents
Contents
Table of Contents
List of MSC Nastran Books, xx
Technical Support, xxi
Training and Internet Resources, xxii
Executing MSC Nastran, 2
The NASTRAN Statement, 2
- NASTRAN, 3
- BUFFSIZE (1), 4
- F06 (2), 4
- NLINES (9), 4
- MAXLINES (14), 4
- METIME (20), 4
- APP (21), 4
- MACHTYPE (22), 4
- DIAGA (25), 4
- CONFIG (28), 4
- MESH (31), 4
- ADUMi (46 - 54), 4
- HEAT (56), 4
- DIAGB (61), 4
- PUNCH (64), 4
- MPYAD (66), 4
- DCMPOUT(69), 5
- DELFF (77), 5
- DBSET, 5
- DMAP (82), 5
- F04 (86), 5
- RADMTX (87), 5
- RADLST (88), 6
- SMP (107), 6
- NEWHESS (108), 6
- (109), 6
- BUFFPOOL (114), 6
- (119), 6
- ATTDEL (124), 6
- NOKEEP (125), 6
- SPARSE (126), 6
- UPDTTIM (128), 7
- SMPYAD67 (129), 7
- MAXDBSET, 7
- AUTOASGN (133), 7
- TSTAMP (135), 7
- QUADINT (141), 7
- SCR300 (142), 7
- LOCBULK (143), 8
- (144), 8
- BFGS (145), 8
- FBSMEM (146), 8
- UWM (147), 8
- DBVERCHK (148), 8
- SCR300DEL (150), 9
- (151), 9
- DBLAMKD (155), 9
- H5MDL (740), 9
- H5MTX (739), 9
- H5GM34 (751), 9
- (162), 10
- (166), 10
- LDQRKD (170), 11
- OLDQ4K (173), 11
- Q4TAPER (189), 11
- Q4SKEW (190), 11
- TETRAAR (191), 11
- SCRSAVE (196), 11
- MINFRONT (198), 11
- NSEGADD (200), 11
Table of Contents
Preface
1
Executing MSC Nastran
2
NASTRAN Statement
Main Index
- CORDM (204), 12
- (205), 12
- DCMPSEQ (206), 12
- USPARSE (209), 13
- PUNCHTYPE (210), 13
- CHEXAINT (212), 13
- DISTORT (213), 13
- T3SKEW (218), 13
- (219), 13
- (220), 13
- (221), 13
- (253 - 262), 13
- MAXSET (263), 14
- QUARTICDLM (270), 14
- (273), 14
- DBCFACT (274), 14
- (275), 14
- SPLINE_METRICS (281), 14
- MINDEF (303), 14
- MPERTURB (304), 14
- (309), 15
- OLDRBE3 (310), 15
- TBCMAG (311), 15
- INDEX (316), 15
- XMSG (319), 15
- OLDDAREA (320), 15
- RSEQCONT (357), 15
- QLHOUL (359), 16
- PRTPCOMP (361), 16
- STRICTUAI (363), 16
- STPFLG (366), 16
- QRMETH (370), 16
- PARAMCHK (372), 17
- TZEROMAX (373), 17
- NOLIN (386), 17
- KRYLOV1 (387), 17
- KRYLOV2 (388), 17
- KRYLOV3 (389), 17
- KRYLOV4 (390), 17
- KRYLOV5 (391), 18
- BARMASS (398), 18
- DPBLKTOL (402), 18
- OP2NEW (403), 18
- DEF_DENS (408), 18
- DEF_TECO (410), 19
- DEF_TEIJ (411), 19
- DEF_DAMP (412), 19
- OPTCOD (413), 19
- , 19
- (414), 19
- OLDTLDMTH (428), 19
- NONLRGAP (431), 19
- ESLNRO (443), 19
- (444), 19
- IFPSTAR, 20
- MNLQ4C (445), 20
- (446), 20
- PARSLAVE(449), 21
- (451), 21
- IFPBUFF(624), 21
- NONUPIV (653), 22
- GPU_MIN_FRONT (655), 22
- GPU_MIN_RANK (656), 22
- (662), 22
- SEGLOG(664), 23
- CNTBKCMP(666), 23
- (670), 23
- LMFBKCMP(676), 23
- FFOBKCMP(677), 24
- OLDLCNTR(678), 24
- (679), 24
- (684), 24
- RDBOTH(695), 25
- S2SDEF(701), 25
- HDF5 (702), 25
- H5NORDOF(730), 25
- OBEAMS (725), 26
- OLDCCONE (726), 26
- METS2S (727), 26
- DMP (728), 26
- N2SDOF (729), 26
- (738), 27
- (746), 27
- ACCSDLSZ(747), 27
- UDEFGRID(753), 27
- CNTBACK(758), 27
3
File Management Statements
Main Index
Key to Descriptions, 30
The File Management Section (FMS), 31
File Management Statement Summary, 31
File Management Statement Descriptions, 32
File Management Statements, 36
- $, 36
- ACQUIRE, 36
- ASSIGN, 37
- CONNECT, 44
- DBCLEAN, 48
- DBDICT, 48
- DBDIR, 61
- DBFIX, 61
- DBLOAD, 61
- DBLOCATE, 64
- DBSETDEL, 67
- DBUNLOAD, 69
4
Executive Control Statements
Key to Descriptions, 86
Executive Control Section, 87
Executive Control Statement Summary, 87
Executive Control Statement Descriptions, 88
- $, 88
- ALTER, 89
- APP, 93
- CEND, 93
- COMPILE, 94
- COMPILER, 97
- DIAG, 98
- DOMAINSOLVER, 101
- ECHO, 108
- ENDALTER, 108
- GEOMCHECK, 108
Key to Descriptions, 156
The Case Control Section, 157
Case Control Command Descriptions, 157
Case Control Command Summary, 159
Subcase Definition, 159
Data Selection, 160
Output Selection, 165
Superelement Control, 169
Miscellaneous, 170
Case Control Commands, 171
- $, 171
- $S700, 171
- A2GG (Case), 183
- ACCELERATION (Case), 184
- ACFPMRESULT (Case), 186
- ACPOWER (Case), 187
- ACTIVAT (Case), 188
- ACTRIM (Case), 189
- ADACT (Case), 189
5
Case Control Commands
Main Index
- DBUPDATE, 71
- DEFINE, 72
- ENDJOB, 75
- EXPAND, 75
- INCLUDE, 76
- INIT, 77
- MEMLIST, 81
- PROJ, 82
- RESTART, 83
- ID, 112
- INCLUDE, 112
- LINK, 113
- MALTER, 115
- MODEL_CHECK, 119
- SOL, 121
- SOL 600,ID, 123
- SOL 700,ID, 142
- SPARSESOLVER, 149
- TIME, 153
- ADAMSMNF* (Case), 190
- ADAPT (Case), 200
- AECONFIG (Case), 201
- AERCONFIG (Case), 202
- AEROF (Case), 202
- AESYMXY (Case), 203
- AESYMXZ (Case), 204
- AEUXREF (Case), 204
- ANALYSIS (Case), 205
- APRESSURE (Case), 213
- AUTOSPC (Case), 213
- AUXCASE (Case), 216
- AUXMODEL (Case), 216
- AVLEXB (Case), 217
- AXISYMMETRIC (Case), 222
- B2GG (Case), 223
- B2PP (Case), 225
- BC (Case), 226
- BCHANGE (Case), 226
- BCONCHK (Case), 227
- BCONTACT (Case), 227
- BCONTACT (Case), 230
- BCMOVE (Case), 233
- BEGIN BULK (Case), 234
- BENDL(Case), 236
- BOUTPUT (Case), 237
- BSQUEAL (Case), 239
- CAMPBELL (Case), 239
- CLOAD (Case), 240
- CMETHOD (Case), 240
- CMSENRGY (Case), 241
- CSSCHD (Case), 243
- DATAREC (Case), 243
- DBSAVE (Case), 244
- DEACTEL (Case), 245
- DEFORM (Case), 246
- DESGLB (Case), 246
- DESMOD (Case), 247
- DESOBJ (Case), 248
- DESSUB (Case), 248
- DESVAR (Case), 249
- DISPLACEMENT (Case), 250
- DIVERG (Case), 254
- DLOAD (Case), 254
- DRSPAN (Case), 255
- DSAPRT (Case), 256
- DSYM (Case), 258
- ECHO (Case), 258
- EDE (Case), 260
- EKE (Case), 261
- ELSDCON (Case), 263
- ELSENS (Case), 264
- ELSUM (Case), 266
- ENDSTEP (Case), 267
- ENDTIME (Case), 267
- ENDMODULE (Case), 268
- ENTHALPY (Case), 268
- EQUILIBRIUM (Case), 269
- ERP (Case), 270
- ESE (Case), 273
- EXPORTLD (Case), 276
- EXTDRIN (Case), 277
- EXTDROUT(Case), 286
- EXTSEOUT (Case), 288
- FATIGUE (Case), 299
- FBODYLD (Case), 305
- FEMCHECK (Case), 305
- FLSFSEL (Case), 306
- FLSPOUT (Case), 307
- FLSTCNT (Case), 310
- FLUX (Case), 312
- FMETHOD (Case), 312
- FORCE (Case), 313
- FREQUENCY (Case), 316
- FRF (Case), 317
- GPFORCE (Case), 332
- GPKE (Case), 334
- GPRSORT (Case), 335
- GPSDCON (Case), 336
- GPSTRAIN (Case), 337
- GPSTRESS (Case), 338
- GROUNDCHECK (Case), 339
- GUST (Case), 340
- GVECTOR (Case), 340
- HADAPT (Case), 341
- HARMONICS (Case), 342
- HDOT (Case), 343
- HISTOGRAM (Case), 343
- HOUTPUT (Case), 344
- HTFLOW (Case), 345
- IC (Case), 346
- ICF (Case), 348
- INCLUDE (Case), 349
- INTENSITY (Case), 350
- IRLOAD (Case), 351
- K2GG (Case), 351
- K2PP (Case), 352
- K42GG (Case), 353
- LABEL (Case), 354
- LINE (Case), 355
- LOAD (Case), 355
- LOADNAME (Case), 356
- LOADSET (Case), 356
- M2GG (Case), 357
- M2PP (Case), 358
- MASSSET (Case), 360
- MASTER (Case), 361
- MAXLINES (Case), 362
- MAXMIN (Case), 363
- MAXMIN (Case), 364
- MAXMIN(DEF) (Case), 366
- MCFRACTION (Case), 369
- MCHSTAT (Case), 372
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