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D -- LEASE AND MAINTENANCE OF MSC/PATRAN SOFTWARE POC NASA Langley Research Center, Industry Assistance Office, Mailstop 144, Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001. NASA/LaRC is hereby soliciting information for the lease, purchase, and maintenance of a general purpose computer-aided engineering software system. The Proprietary Software Package, MSC/PATRAN3 bundle, and the P3/ANALYSIS MANAGER, the P3/THERMAL, P3/FEA, P3/ADVANCED FEA, P3/LAMINATE, P3/FATIGUE, and the MVISION analysis modules, the MIL-HDBK-5E, MIL-HDBK-17, and PMC-90 materials databases, and the IGES, PRO/ENGINEER, UNIGRAPHICS, CATIA, MSC/NASTRAN, SINDA, and TRASYS translators are marketed by MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation. The software called MSC/PATRAN is a mechanical computer-aided engineering package that uses interactive graphics to link engineering design, analyses, and results evaluation functions. The software executes on the following workstations and operating systems: SGI with IRIX, SUN with Solaris, IBM with AIX, Digital with Digital UNIX, HP with HP-UX. The software requirements include pre- and post- processing of finite element analyses data, as well as integrated advanced finite element, thermal, fatigue, materials, and composite analysis packages. MVISION, a material database evaluator, interfaces with PRO/ENGINEER or MSC/PATRAN3 to allow quick selection of material data from the following standard databases: MIL-HDBK-5E, MIL-HDBK-17, and PMC-90. MVISION also allows a user to create and access a custom made database. The software includes parametric cubic representation of the Bezier surface, a thermal module which solves multidimensional steady state and transient combined-mode heat transfer problems, an advanced finite-element module that performs both linear and non-linear static analyses, modal, buckling, transient dynamic and frequency response analyses, a fatigue module which uses results from finite-element analyses to perform fatigue analyses, a materials module which allows graphical display and organization of user generated material properties, as well as materials in MIL-HDBK-5E, MIL-HDBK-17, PMC-90, and interfaces to PRO/ENGINEER, UNIGRAPHICS, CATIA, IGES, MSC/NASTRAN, SINDA, and TRASYS. The software also includes a programming language to allow user customization of the graphical interface and routines to link to the program's database. The software provides a graphical interface to the p-elements used in MSC/NASTRAN and a beam section library to enable the quick calculation and visualization of beam cross-sectional properties. The software also provides support for heat-transfer analysis done with MSC/NASTRAN. The required services include all updates and bug fixes to the software, a user hot-line consultation service during normal business hours, and online documentation. Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in "Note A". [INTERNET ONLY (commercial product definition). This synopsis is for information and planning purposesand is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. Firms responding should indicate whether they are a socially or economically disadvantaged business firm, an 8(a) firm, a small business, and/or woman-owned business. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based on responses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to identified point of contact no later than 14 days from the date of publication of this announcement. In responding reference SS268. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm (0034)

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