ATA IMAT version 2.01:   Interface between Matlab, Analysis, and Test
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This product is a toolbox that allows Matlab to exchange data with
I-DEAS, NASTRAN, Abaqus, and other software pages.

Prerequisite:  Matlab R2006a

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After installing, please read the Changelog and Frequently Asked
Questions in the HTML documentation for important information about
this release (start with index.html in the doc directory of the
IMAT installation).
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Unix/Linux instructions:

The following commands will unpack the archive.  Note that you may need
to have root privileges to install this package.

    gzip -d imat_v201*.tar.gz
    tar -xvf imat_v201*.tar

Further installation instructions are in the file README.


Windows instructions:

The distribution comes in an InstallShield executable.  If you have any problems
with this installation process, please contact imat@ata-e.com to request a self-
extracting archive file.

Further installation instructions are in the file README.txt.

Technical questions, bug reports, or suggestions may be sent by e-mail to
imat@ata-e.com.


LICENSE INSTALLATION FOR IMAT
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IMAT licenses are supplied by ATA's license server, which is provided as a
separate installation.  You can download the latest version of the ATA license
server from

http://www.ata-imat.com/

Please follow the installation instructions that come with the server package
to install and configure the license server.  You will need to contact ATA
Engineering for a license file.

Assuming this is installed and configured correctly, all you need to do for IMAT
is to set the environment variable ATA_SERVER to point to the server hostname and
port number prior to starting Matlab.

On Unix, you can set this variable using the command

export ATA_SERVER=server:8211
or
setenv ATA_SERVER server:8211    ( C shell )

On Windows, you can define it in Settings | Control Panel | System.

Note that "server" listed above is the name of the machine where ATAServer is
installed.  Please see the IMAT README file for more details.