How do I access the spreadsheet program available in Patran as shareware?
See answer to the question Q17.1 on how to load the shareware first. Then once Patran is up you will see Utilities menu on the top line. Click on it. From the menu select General and then Spreadsheet…. This will bring up the spreadsheet. To enter numbers directly click on a box, enter the number and press RETURN. Once all the data has been entered click on all the rows and columns which contain the data to be plotted (hold the left mouse down and sweep through the rows and columns. This would display all these cells in the pressed down position.). Now click on the XY Plot icon (second icon) and the plot should be displayed in a Results window. Instead of typing in the data it is also possible to read the data from an ascii file. To do that click on the Read File icon (first icon). Alternatively click on File and select Read Data… menu option. In the new form select the ascii file from the File List and then click on the OK button. This should read the data and display it on the spr
