Meshman for Marc On-line Manual

2. Scope of Meshman/Limitations

Meshman consists of a mudule with agent functionality and a mesh generator module. MSC.Marc and MSC.Mentat are not part of this program.

2.1 Environment for using Meshman

<Hardware>
Compatibility checked Intel Celeron 500MHz, Mobile Pentium II 333MHz
Hardware that should be compatible but to be confirmed:Pentium III, Pentium IV and Intel compatibles like AMD
This info will be updated as soon as available.

<OS>
Compatibility checked:Windows NT Version 4.0 Service Pack 4 and 5, Windows 2000, Windows XP
OS that should be compatible but to be confirmed:Windows NT Version 4.0's other Service Packs.
This info will be updated as soon as available.
Note: Compaq alpha on Windows NT is not supported due to the installer's limitations. For more info contact support.


<HDD>
About 50 MB is required. JRE(Java Runtime Environment) will be installed together with the program. Moreover, storage for geometrical models, mesh files and work files for mesh generation are necessary.

<Memory>
More than 256MB recommended.

<Network>
Must be connected to network and the world wide web. Meshman will automatically obtain your machine's MAC address, which is a physical address of the ethernet adapter.

<MSC.Marc>
Even if MSC.Marc is not installed on the machine on which Meshman is installed, mesh data can be generated. But you cannot perform analysis. The format of the generated mesh data is for MSC.Marc.

<Supported versions of MSC.Marc>
Compatibility checked:MSC.Marc 2000
Versions that should be compatible but to be confirmed:Marc K6.2L and later

<MSC.Mentat>
If MSC.Mentat is not installed on the machine on which Meshman is installed, you cannot display analysis results and Meshman cannot support you in your manipulation of MSC.Mentat.

<Supported versions of MSC.Mentat>
Compatibility checked:MSC.Mentat 2000
Versions that should be compatible but to be confirmed:Mentat II 2.3.1 and later

2.2 About Evaluation license

　The evaluation license begins on the date you first use Meshman and ends after 60 days.