Patran Install Guide Download Patran 2010 from the http://msc.seas.rochester.edu site Run the downloaded file: patran_2010.1.2_windows32.

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Nastran Install Guide Download Nastran 2010 from the http://msc.seas.rochester.edu site Run the downloaded file: mdnastran_2010_windows3264.exe

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Modify the Nastran section of the file: C:\MSC.Software\Patran\2010.1.2\P3_TRANS.INI To look like below

[Nastran] Host=LOCAL Hosttype=Windows Scratchdir= Alocalcommand2008=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\bin\mdnastran.exe Acommand2008=C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran\20101\bin\mdnastran.exe Version=2008 ; Sample definitions for remote host ; Host=lansing ; Hosttype=UNIX ; Scratchdir=/tmp ; Acommand2008=/tmp/msc/nastran/bin/nast2008 ; definitions for local host ; Alocalcommand2008=/tmp/msc/nastran/bin/nast2008 ; definitions for both local and remote hosts ; Version=2008 ; Outputfiles=op2 ; OutputTypes=b