Importing Patran mesh into Gambit

September 25, 2005, 22:55

We've got a mesh that was created in CATIA, then exported to Patran as a .dat file. We are now trying to get this mesh from Patran into Gambit. The Fluent site says you can import Patran files, and in Gambit it asks for a "Neutral" file (.neu), but we can't get Patran to produce this.

Has anyone successfully imported a mesh from Patran (or CATIA!) into Gambit?

Thanks, Trac

September 29, 2005, 10:32

I'm importing Patran meshes to Gambit/Fluent with out any problem. If you can create a neutral file (with either *.out or *.neu name). Just use import option to read this patran neutral file to get the mesh there.

Babu

September 25, 2005, 22:55	Importing Patran mesh into Gambit	#1
Trac Guest Posts: n/a	We've got a mesh that was created in CATIA, then exported to Patran as a .dat file. We are now trying to get this mesh from Patran into Gambit. The Fluent site says you can import Patran files, and in Gambit it asks for a "Neutral" file (.neu), but we can't get Patran to produce this. Has anyone successfully imported a mesh from Patran (or CATIA!) into Gambit? Thanks, Trac

September 29, 2005, 10:32	Re: Importing Patran mesh into Gambit	#2
Babu Guest Posts: n/a	I'm importing Patran meshes to Gambit/Fluent with out any problem. If you can create a neutral file (with either .out or .neu name). Just use import option to read this patran neutral file to get the mesh there. Babu

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