Marc and Mentat combine to deliver a complete solution (pre-processing solution and post-processing solution) for implicit nonlinear FEA. Marc provides the easiest to use and most robust capabilities for contact, large strain, and multiphysics analysis available today to solve static and quasi-static nonlinear problems.
Additional Help: Additional information can be found on the MSC Software Corporation website.
What are Marc and Mentat?
Marc is a general purpose finite element program capable of solving structural and thermal problems. Marc input is graphically generated using the program Mentat.
Where are Marc and Mentat?
These programs are available on the DECS Compute Servers.
Starting Marc and Mentat on the DECS Compute Servers
Mentat
Connect to the DECS Compute Servers with X2Go.
Source Mentat by opening a terminal window and entering:
source $SOFT/marc
After connecting, at the prompt type:
mentat
Marc
Marc can be run from the command line, or it can be started within Mentat. It doesn't require a GUI.
To run Marc, type:
marc
