[Paraview] ParaView Nastran Reader Guidelines

[Christoph Wölfle]

Hi all, I am trying to visualize a Nastran model with some basic results from a linear static analysis. Is there any documentation on how to set up appropriate output options in Nastran for ParaView’s Nastran reader?

Until now I tried:
1.) Writing the bulk echo and the results to the .f06  -> got „No data to operate on!“
2.) Writing the bulk echo and the results to standard .pch Punch file -> got the mesh loaded, but not the results
3.) Writing the bulk echo and the results to the .pch as above (loading the model in ParaView first) and the results to an .op2 POST file (default  procedure for Patran, Hyperview,...)
 -> ParaView freezes upon loading the .op2 (the model contains < 1000 grid points, so nothing very big)
4.) Combination of 1.) and 2.) -> again loading the mesh works, but loading the .f06 yields „No data to operate on!“

Could someone please give me a hint on how to load Nastran results? I can absolutely not find any further documentation on this.

Best regards,
Christoph