VIEW: A modification of the RAVFAC view factor program for use with the NASTRAN thermal analyzer

The NASTRAN thermal analyzer will include the capability to perform complete thermal analyses on structures. One of the inputs to NASTRAN required to simulate radiative heat transfer between surfaces will be the view factors (also called shape factors, form factors, configuration factors) between those surfaces. The purpose of the VIEW program is to compute these view factors and produce appropriate RADMTX and RADLST output to be used as NASTRAN bulk data.