ATA IMAT version 7.0.0:   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.

This version of the IMAT Toolbox has been tested with MATLAB R2017b and
R2015a.  It should also work with MATLAB R2017a, R2016b, R2016a, R2015b,
and R2015a.

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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/Mac instructions:

The following commands will unpack the archive.  Note that you may need
to have root privileges to install this package.  You will also need the Zip
file password, which you can obtain from ATA Engineering.

    unzip imat_v7*.zip
    tar -xvf imat_v7*.tar

Further installation instructions are in the file README.


Windows instructions:

The distribution comes in an InstallShield executable.  The executable is
packaged in a password-protected Zip file.  You can obtain the password from
ATA Engineering.

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 the Sentinel RMS server, which is provided as a
separate installation.  This version of IMAT requires Sentinel RMS 9.1 or
newer.  You can download the latest version of the license
server by following the links from

http://www.ata-e.com/software/license-server-ata-software

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 LSHOST or LSFORCEHOST to point to the server.
If you have a single Sentinel RMS license server on your network, ATA recommends
using LSFORCEHOST.  On Linux/Unix, you can set the environment variable using one
of the following commands: 

export LSHOST=no-net~server
or
setenv LSHOST=no-net~server      ( C shell )

If you set LSFORCEHOST, set it to the name of your license server.

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

Alternately, you can set the environment variable LSFORCEHOST to the name of your
license server.  This is necessary if your license server is on a different subnet,
and it should speed up initial license checkout slightly.