Importing Patran Files

The command to import a mesh from an Patran format file is:

Import Patran '<neutral_filename>'

Import Patran Mesh Geometry '<neutral_filename>' [Use [Feature_Angle <angle>] [Linear|Gradient|Quadratic|Spline] ]

See Importing Exodus II Files for a description of the import options.

For more information on the Patran file format, see their website at www.mscsoftware.com.