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Exporting Studies

You can export a study to other FEA programs. To export a study, right-click its study name in the Simulation study tree and select Export. The following table lists available programs:

FEA Program

File extension

GEOSTAR

GEO

ANSYS

ANS (Prep 7 file)

ABAQUS

INP

MSC NASTRAN

DAT

PATRAN

NEU (Neutral file)

I-DEAS

UNV (Universal file)

Exodus

TXT

Only the GEOSTAR translator is available with the SolidWorks Simulation Standard. All translators are provided with the SolidWorks Simulation Professional and SolidWorks Simulation Premium editions of the software.



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