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\+ : Available for all users
AU : Available for academic users only
\- : Not available
### Available number of licenses{#license_limit}
The number of parallels/users available at the same time has a limit.
If an error due to insufficient licenses occur, we may request you to cooperate with the use of your licenses.
## Software Overview{#overview}
Patran is a function-rich, integrated-environment CAE pre- and post-software, which is easy to use for engineers who conduct simulations. It imports CAD forms accurately through its direct interface that supports major 3D CAD systems.
It also has high-standard mesh creation and visualization functions, as well as flexible customization capability.
### Areas of Application{#app_area}
* Aerospace
* Automobile
* Shipbuilding
* Medical
## How to Use{#usage}
Since Patran is a GUI application, it requires an X Window environment.
Login to the system using [FastX](/login/fastx), [NICE DCV](/login/nice-dcv) or using SSH client software that supports X11 Forwarding (e.g. [MobaXterm](/login/mobaxterm)) and X11 servers available on Windows, which can start GUI applications.
### Environment settings(Executing the module command){#env_set}
Execute the module command to set up the environment. (Load the version of the module file you want to use).
```nohighlight
$ module load patran
```
By configuring Patran, the job-management commands which are offered on the supercomputer system: **qstat** and **qkill** will compete with the Patran’s commands. Since the qstat and qkill are also offered as the **jobstat** and **jobkill**, please use the latter.
### How to Start up Patran{#start}
You can start Patran by executing the following command.
Please refer to [Interactive Processing](/run/interactive) for details on the**tssrun** command.
```nohighlight
$ tssrun --x11 patran
```
![](patran_example_01.png)
Click on **Quit** in **File** in the **Menu bar** to exit the Patran.
#### Use of threaded parallel computing{#parallel}
**※If you have a personal course queue or group course queue, please use the application with the aforementioned queues when using parallel calculations.**
When executing the tssrun command, specify the number of thread parallels with the --rsc option.
Example 1: 4 parallel execution...Specify a value of t and c as 4.
```nohighlight
$ tssrun --x11 --rsc t=4:c=4 patran
```
Example 2: When you want to increase the available memory... specify the value of m (if not specified, the value will be the default value for each system).
```nohighlight
$ tssrun --x11 --rsc t=4:c=4:m=10G patran
```
After starting the GUI and before running the analysis, make the following settings to specify the number of parallels. Please note that the parallelization is effective only for a fatigue calculation process. Therefore, if no fatigue calculation is performed (fatigue life calculation is not selected as output request for calculation results), the setting is ignored.
[Analysis]→[Solution Type]→[Solution Parameters]→[Fatigue Parameters]→[Number of Threads] (Enter 4 if you want to execute 4 parallel.)
![](patran_parallel.png)
## References{#references}
### References In Japanese{#ref_ja}
[Patran ドキュメント (MSC Software)](http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&cat=1OJD&channel=DOCUMENTATION)
### References In English{#ref_en}
[Patran Docs (MSC Software)](http://simcompanion.mscsoftware.com/infocenter/index?page=content&cat=PATRAN_DOCUMENTATION&channel=DOCUMENTATION)
## Links{#link}
### External Links{#ex_link}
[Patran (MSC Software)](http://www.mscsoftware.co.jp/products/patran/)
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