Nastran tutorial download

Who is eligible for the Student Edition program? Please note you will need an electronic version of your Student ID to upload when registering Once you have completed and submitted the form, click the link that is automatically sent to your email address to confirm your registration.

Once you have successfully registered, you will receive an email notification from MSC either approving or denying your registration. Why do the results vary among different software versions? These refinements can lead to small differences in the results when comparing the output of different software versions.

The images and animations within the tutorials are not necessarily revised to reflect insignificant changes in the results. You must download a dataset archive in order to complete a quick start tutorial.

The download link is provided within the tutorial instructions. Open or locally save the target zip file and extract the model files to the folder of your choice on your hard drive. The folder containing the model dataset will be your working folder for the quick start tutorial. When ribbon commands are referenced within a quick start tutorial, the following convention is used:.

To ensure that the tutorial steps remain valid, maintain the settings as shown below. Introduction Quick start tutorials have been specifically designed with the new user in mind. Note: Videos in the tutorials have not been updated to show the latest user interface, so Ribbon and Browser items for both Inventor and Inventor Nastran show older options, such as Physical Properties instead of the newer Idealizations. The general process has not changed, but text and graphics in the Help topics are more current than what appears in the videos.

Attention: The results you obtain when running a tutorial may differ slightly from those shown in the images and animations within these Help pages. Please disregard insignificant differences in the results. However, if you see significant discrepancies for example, in excess of 10 percent , double-check your work to ensure that you have exactly followed the outlined procedure.

Model Datasets You must download a dataset archive in order to complete a quick start tutorial. Default Settings Several program settings are global and influence the behavior of every model.