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4.20.1 FEA File Formats

The FEA software types that are compatible with ANSYS FLUENT's FSI mapping capability include ABAQUS, I-deas, Mechanical APDL, NASTRAN, and PATRAN. For details about the kinds of files that can be read or written during this process, see Table  4.20.1.


Table 4.20.1: FEA File Extensions for FSI Mapping
Type Input File Output File
ABAQUS .inp .inp
I-deas .unv .unv
Mechanical APDL .cdb, .neu .cdb
NASTRAN .bdf .bdf
PATRAN .neu, .out, .pat .out

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