Supported Nastran Results in HyperGraph

hgnastpch_freq External Reader

HyperGraph directly reads Nastran SORT1, SORT2 and PSD punch file formats, SOL 108 and SOL 111 punch file, and supports the following result types:
  • Displacement (regular and PSD format)
  • Velocity (regular and PSD format)
  • Acceleration (regular and PSD format)
  • SPC and MPC forces

Element forces (CELAS1, CELAS2, CDAMP, CDAMP2, CBUSH).

Nastran .op2 Files

HyperGraph also reads Nastran .op2 files from the following solution and result types:
Solution Types
SOL101
SOL103
SOL105
SOL108
SOL109
SOL111
SOL112
Result Types
Displacement
Rotation
Velocity
Acceleration
SPC Forces
Stress
Strain
1D Forces (CBEAM, CELAS1, CGAP, CBAR)
2D Forces
Strain Energy

Nastran .f06 Files

HyperGraph reads Nastran .f06 files for the following results types:

SOL200: Design Variables and Design Objectives

SOL108, 111: Modal Participation Factors

HyperMesh .res Files

HyperGraph also reads HyperMesh .res files created by hmnast and hmnasto2.

Summary of Nastran Support in HyperGraph

Functionality HyperGraph Support
Reads results file directly PCH, OP2
Reads translated results PCH (hmnast: HMRES)

OP2 (hmnast02:HMRES)
Supported SOLs PCH translated: 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
  PCH direct: 108, 109
  OP2 translated: 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
  OP2 direct: None in 7.0.

OP2 direct: any SOLs with SA-006 patch.
Nastran version supported 2005