Change the unit of property/material in bulk (only Optistruct, Nastran inerface)

SuLin Shin
SuLin Shin
Altair Employee
edited December 10 in Altair Exchange

Overview:

The script allows you to change the units of variable values in the HyperMesh OptiStruct, Nastran user Interface.

Convertible unit systems :
in lb/386 lbf, in lb lbf, mm ton N, m kg N

Coverage:

  • Grid locations
  • PSHELL thickness , T
  • PBAR area and moments of inertia A,i1, i2, j
  • PROD A, J, NSM
  • Masses: “mass”
  • Mat1: Mat1 Material: E, G, Rho are updated
  • Mat2: Mat2 Material: G, Rho ,ST,SC,SS are updated
  • Systems: Systems are translated to the new location

Step 1) After running the script, in the 'Unit Conversion Utility GUI'.

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Step 2) Select the unit system you want to convert and click the Convert button .

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Step 3) Change the unit to the wanted unit.

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Release Version: 2024.1

Unit_Conversion.tcl

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