1.1.4. Interfaces with Other Software

This table summarizes the availability of versions of other software in the Motion Preprocessor.

Figure 1.5: Available versions of other software in the Motion Preprocessor

CategorySoftware or ContentsTested Version

CAD Geometry

(Import)

ACIS Kernel (*.sat, *.sab)R1 ~ R25
STEP (*.stp, *.step)AP203, AP214
CATIA V5 (*.CATpart, *.CATProduct)R8 ~ R25 (V5-6R2015)
CATIA V6 (*.CATpart, *.CATProduct)~ V6R2015X
Parasolid (*.x_t, *.x_b)9.0* ~ 27.0*

CAD Geometry

(Export)

ACIS Kernel (*.sat, *.sab)R18 ~ R25
STEP (*.stp, *.step)AP203, AP214
CATIA V5 (*.CATpart)R15 ~ R25 (V5-6R2015)
Creation of a Nodal FE Body in a Mesh (Import FE Data) NASTRAN input data (*.dat, *.bdf)N/A
Workbench (*.inp)15 ~ 2019R3
Generating Modal Data in Motion MSC NASTRAN (*.out)2005, 2008, 2010
Mechanical APDL (*.rst)15 ~ 2019R3
Workbench (*.rst)18 ~ 2019R3
Tire MF/SWIFT (*.tir)6.2.0.3 (file version : 3.0)
FTIRE (*.tir)2011-1-4114 (file version : 7.0)
Road Data File (*.rdf) N/A (*.rdf)7.0
Co-simulator Matlab/Simulink InterfaceR2023a, R2023b, R2024a, R2024b
FMI Interface1.0, 2.0

  • NASTRAN is a trademark of MSC Software.

  • Ansys is a trademark of Ansys, Inc.

  • Matlab/Simulink is a trademark of Mathworks, Inc.