Integrate CAD and Thermal Analysis, 1 in a Series

By DE Editors

The SINDA/G for Patran v.2.5 plug-in fully integrates the thermal analysis features of SINDA/G by Network Analysis, Inc. (NAI; Chandler, AZ) with the FEA (finite element analysis) pre- and post-processing capabilities of MSC.Patran from MSC.Software (Santa Ana, CA).

 The SINDA/G for Patran plug-in allows for the seamless integration of the two programs with all major functions of both software programs supported, according to NAI. Further, the transparent integration lets you operate such thermal features as convection, surface-to-surface radiation, and heating, without having to know the format of SINDA/G or thermal radiation codes.

NAI describes SINDA/G for Patran as fully compatible with MSC.Patran and MSC.Nastran.  It supports thermal radiation and orbital heating industry standard programs, including Thermica, Nevada, and TRASYS. This is said to include a radiation super-element concept and true geometric primitives that are passed to thermal radiation codes. The thermal result generated by SINDA/G for Patran can be used by MSC.Nastran to calculate thermal stresses and distortions.

SINDA/G for Patran allows the thermal features of SINDA/G — convection equations, programming logic or entire subroutines — to be incorporated in Patran-generated models. The SINDA/G for Patran plug-in includes a Patran-style graphical user interface.

SINDA/G for Patran runs on Windows-compatible PCs and UNIX workstations. The plug-in alone costs $4000. SINDA/G itself is also $4,000. For further details, click here.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.