### 2.5.11. PATRAN

Imports a PATRAN Neutral file. The external import routine is `ImportPatran`. Reads packet 01 (nodes) as nodes, packet 02 (elements) as elements, and nodes (type 5) from packet 21 (named groups) as regions. A command line option is available to read packet 06 (loads) as regions also. All other packets are read, but not processed.

Available options are:

`-v` Verbose output. Echo additional data to `stdout` during the import.

`-l` Import packet 06 (distributed loads) as regions. The regions will be assigned the name PatranLoad`X` where the `X` is replaced by the load ID number.

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