RUNNING THE PROGRAM

Execution of the interface program is initiated from a terminal (this can be altered to allow batch running). Before processing the data on the NASTRAN file, the program enters a question-and-answer sequence in which the user is asked to:

1.

specify the required processing option,

2.

specify the NASTRAN solution number,

3.

give the names of the input and output files,

4.

give a model name for FEMVIEW,

5.

specify how high order elements are to be treated,

6.

specify what results data is to be processed,

7.

apply an offset to loadcase numbers