Msc. Patran pcl handbook In a Nutshell 7

All you really need to know is on this page!

Documentation

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  PCL and Customization - General programming guide for PCL. How to build forms, compile, manage libraries, access the database, read/write files, etc.
  
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  PCL Reference – Description of functions written to the session file.
  
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  Develop: The MSC.Patran Toolkit – Documentation of additional functions for database access, etc.
  

PCL for Everyone

Entering Equations

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  se of PCL when creating spatial fields:

  ‘X + ‘X**2 – sinr(‘X)

  The PCL interpreter interprets anything immediately following a ‘ symbol as a field variable as opposed to a PCL function, such as, sinr().
  

Entering Data

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  se of PCL when entering geometric coordinates:

  [ `5./16.` 0 0 ]

  
  
  The PCL interpreter “evaluates” expressions enclosed in back tics, “`”.
  

  Other examples:

  [ `radius/length` 0 0 ]
  < `cosr(theta)` 1 1 >
  [ `MyFunction(radius)` 0 1 ]
  

Session Files

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  Session and journal files are comprised entirely of PCL commands. Model changes (dimensions, mesh density, etc.) can be made quickly by editing and then replaying the session or journal files.
  

$# Recorded by: MSC.Patran 2001

STRING asm_create_patch_xy_created_ids[VIRTUAL]

asm_const_patch_xyz( "1", "<10 10 0>", "[0 0 0]", "Coord 0", @

asm_create_patch_xy_created_ids )

$# 1 Patch created: Patch 1

STRING sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids[VIRTUAL]

sgm_edit_surface_add_hole( 1, 1., TRUE, "", "[5 5 0]", "", "Surface 1", @

sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids )

$# 1 Surface Edited: Surface 1

$# Session file patran.ses.01 stopped recording at 16-Aug-01 14:34:52

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Rebuilding Models

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  The following session file creates a trimmed surface, 10” x10” with a 1” diameter hole at the center. Note that the parameter that controls the diameter of the hole is indicated below.
  

$# Session file patran.ses.01 started recording at 16-Aug-01 14:33:54

$# Recorded by: MSC.Patran 2001

STRING asm_create_patch_xy_created_ids[VIRTUAL]

asm_const_patch_xyz( "1", "<10 10 0>", "[0 0 0]", "Coord 0", @

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B.

$# 1 Patch created: Patch 1

STRING sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids[VIRTUAL]

sgm_edit_surface_add_hole( 1, 1., TRUE, "", "[5 5 0]", "", "Surface 1", @

sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids )

$# 1 Surface Edited: Surface 1

$# Session file patran.ses.01 stopped recording at 16-Aug-01 14:34:52

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   Create/Surface/XYZ
   
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   Edit/Surface/Add Hole
   

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  In the session file below, the previous session file is edited to change the hole diameter from 1” to 4”
  

$# Recorded by: MSC.Patran 2001

STRING asm_create_patch_xy_created_ids[VIRTUAL]

asm_const_patch_xyz( "1", "<10 10 0>", "[0 0 0]", "Coord 0", @

asm_create_patch_xy_created_ids )

$# 1 Patch created: Patch 1

STRING sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids[VIRTUAL]

sgm_edit_surface_add_hole( 1, 4., TRUE, "", "[5 5 0]", "", "Surface 1", @

sgm_edit_surface_add_h_edit_ids )

$# 1 Surface Edited: Surface 1

$# Session file patran.ses.01 stopped recording at 16-Aug-01 14:34:52

PCL for Everyone

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  If “Single Step” is selected, each command in the session file is written to the MSC.Patran command line. You must hit the enter key to execute the command. If it is not selected, then all of the PCL commands in the session file are executed automatically.
  If “Commit Commands” is selected, then each command in the session file being executed is also written to the session file which is currently being recorded. Otherwise, only the sf_play(…) command is written to the session file being recorded.
  ession files can be executed or “played” by selecting File/Session/Play … from the top menu.