Transparent Integration of SINDA/G into Patran

The purpose of this project is to produce a transparent integration of SINDA/G into the MSC.Patran FEA modeling system. This product will be oriented towards both the beginning thermal analyst and the advanced SINDA user. The transparent integration will allow a new user to use advanced features involving convection, surface-to-surface radiation, heaters, and other advanced thermal features without knowing the format of SINDA/G or thermal radiation codes. Experienced SINDA users will not be limited by the simple boundary conditions typically associated with FEA thermal codes, but will have the full power of SINDA/G. Because of the popularity of MSC.Patran in the aerospace world for building MSC.Nastran structural models, this graphical modeling environment is ideal for producing SINDA/G thermal models in order to enhance the concurrent engineering processes of aerospace hardware design. The popularity of Patran makes it available to a high percentage of thermal engineers in the aerospace community. Also many thermal engineers already know how to use Patran, reducing the learning curve for this product and eliminating the need to learn another modeling system.