# MATLAB Module coupling with FAST

**URL:** <https://forums.nlr.gov/t/matlab-module-coupling-with-fast/1406>\
**Category:** Computer-Aided Engineering Software Tools\
**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.nlr.gov/t/matlab-module-coupling-with-fast/1406 "2016-07-27T00:13:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zahid.Ullah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@Zahid.Ullah](https://forums.nlr.gov/u/Zahid.Ullah)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://forums.nlr.gov/t/matlab-module-coupling-with-fast/1406/1 "2016-07-27T00:13:39Z")

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Hello  
I am doing mooring dynamic analysis and developed a module for dynamic analysis in MATLAB. I dont have understanding background of FORTRAN. Is it possible for me to couple MATLAB module with FAST? Any suggestion, valuable comment, helpful material will be appreciated. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Bonnie.Jonkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/nrel/user_avatar/forums.nlr.gov/bonnie.jonkman/32/3230_2.png) [@Bonnie.Jonkman](https://forums.nlr.gov/u/Bonnie.Jonkman)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.nlr.gov/t/matlab-module-coupling-with-fast/1406/2 "2016-08-10T16:12:13Z")

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It is not easy to couple new modules to FAST if you do not understand Fortran. FAST isn’t set up to couple with MATLAB modules. You could probably set it up, but you’d have to change some of the Fortran code.

You might want to take a look at MoorDyn; it was a MATLAB module before being converted to Fortran for inclusion in FAST.