This interface reads the model from an I-DEAS Universal File:

• all common element types
• axisymmetric models
• all kind of loading including inertia loads
• many linear kinematic constraints like 'rigid element' and 'coupled dofs'
• laminate material
• sets
• specifications of substructures
• variant definitions

The interface supports the following analysis types:

• linear and nonlinear statics
• contact analysis
• dynamic mode analysis
• thermal analysis

Even for acoustic and electromagnetic analyses the models can be prepared in I-DEAS.

The PERMAS command control can be made within I-DEAS. All necessary menus are available and may be adapted by the user to his needs. So, no exit of I-DEAS is necessary to perform a PERMAS run.