Question How can I interface between MATLAB and NASTRAN ?
Answer SDT FEMLink
contains nasread and naswrite functions that provide
complete bi-directional interfaces with NASTRAN BULK and binary
OUTPUT2 and OUTPUT4 formats.
This interface supports very large files (for example >1e6 DOF, >500e3 elements, etc. ) and also supports NASTRAN driving from MATLAB.
A typical application is the use of MATLAB to run parametric studies involving remeshing, parameters changes, etc. and involving multiple NASTRAN jobs that are started from MATLAB.