Nastran/Patran Insights

What is Nastran/Patran?

Nastran is a finite element analysis (FEA) software program widely used for stress, dynamics, and heat transfer analysis. Patran is a pre- and post-processing software used to prepare models for Nastran and visualize results. Together, Nastran/Patran are often used in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing to simulate the behavior of structures and components under various loading conditions, helping engineers optimize designs and ensure structural integrity.

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What other technologies are related to Nastran/Patran?

Nastran/Patran Competitor Technologies

ANSYS Classic

ANSYS Classic is a finite element analysis software package that competes directly with Nastran for structural analysis.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 10% (65) of relevant job posts

ANSYS Workbench

ANSYS Workbench is a finite element analysis software package that competes directly with Nastran/Patran for structural analysis.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 2% (86) of relevant job posts

FEMAP

FEMAP is a finite element analysis software package that competes directly with Patran as a pre- and post-processor and with Nastran as a solver.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 2% (95) of relevant job posts

Abaqus

Abaqus is a finite element analysis software package that competes directly with Nastran for structural analysis.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 1% (125) of relevant job posts

ANSYS

ANSYS, in general, is a finite element analysis software package and competes directly with Nastran for structural analysis.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 0% (96) of relevant job posts

NX

NX (Simcenter) includes FEA capabilities that compete with Nastran. Siemens acquired Nastran and it can be considered somewhat complementary, but ultimately it's now competitive in its Simcenter package.

mentioned alongside Nastran/Patran in 0% (81) of relevant job posts