Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions

2021.2

  1. Home
  2. Browsers

    Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in Engineering Solutions by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and providing controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.

  3. Connector Browser

    Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.

  4. Find Connectors From Parts or Links

    Locate and isolate connectors that connect the selected entities/part(s) in the Link Entity Browser using the Find option.

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • NVH
  • Squeak and Rattle Director
  • Crash
  • CFD
  • Aerospace
  • Interface with External Products
  • Entities and Solver Interfaces
  • CAD Interfaces
  • Browsers
  • Panels
  • Geometry
  • Meshing
  • Connectors
  • Model Build and Assembly
  • Model Verification
  • Model Setup
  • Morphing
  • Optimization
  • Conversion Between Solver Formats
  • XY Plotting
  • Post-Processing Analysis
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Engineering Solutions

2021.2

Engineering Solutions
  • What's New

    View new features for Engineering Solutions 2021.2.

  • Get Started

    Engineering Solutions is a modeling and visualization environment for NVH, Squeak and Rattle Director, Crash, CFD, and Aerospace using best-in-class solver technology.

  • Tutorials

    Discover Engineering Solutions functionality with interactive tutorials.

  • NVH

    Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) is an important vehicle attribute that directly affects the customer experience.

  • Squeak and Rattle Director

    Use Squeak and Rattle Director tool to create evaluation lines, evaluate them and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.

  • Crash

    The Crash application offers a tailored environment in HyperWorks that efficiently steers the Crash CAE specialist in CAE model building, starting from CAD geometry and finishing with a runnable solver deck in Radioss, LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASH 2G.

  • CFD

    HyperWorks offers high quality tools for CFD applications enabling the engineer to perform modeling, optimization and post-processing tasks efficiently.

  • Aerospace

    Essential utility tools developed using HyperWorks-Tcl.

  • Interface with External Products

    Solver interfaces supported in Engineering Solutions.

  • Entities and Solver Interfaces

    A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.

  • CAD Interfaces

    Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.

  • Browsers

    Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in Engineering Solutions by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and providing controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.

    • Basic Browser Operations

      Learn the basics of working with browsers.

    • Assembly Browser

      Use the Assembly Browser to manage parts and modules during the assembly building process.

    • Connector Browser

      Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.

      • Link Entity Browser

        The Link Entity Browser displays all of the links that are connected using the connectors in the model.

      • Connector Entity Browser

        The middle section of the Connector Browser contains a list of all the connections contained in the model, and has its own set of tools similar to the ones found in the Link Entity Browser.

      • Connector Entity Editor

        Use the Connector Entity Editor to quickly view and modify attributes assigned to connector(s).

      • Column Filtering

        Use browser columns to filter lists.

      • Link Definition

        A link is a reference to a separate entity. One or more links are added to a connector. The entities to which the links refer are connected during realization.

      • Convert Style

        Convert connectors of one specific style into a different style, for example a spot connector into a bolt connector using the Convert option.

      • Combine

        Combine aligned single point connectors into line connectors or combine several aligned seam line connectors into larger one(s) using the Combine option.

      • Split

        Split spot or bolt line connectors into individual single point connectors using the Split option.

      • Position

        Place a connector in-between the center of the two farthest defined links or its source position using the Position option.

      • Add Link

        Add links (component, assembly, surface, element, tag, node) at a time to one or more connectors using the Add Link option.

      • Remove Links

        Remove links from one or more connectors at a time.

      • Update Links

        Update the attributes associated with a link, such as reconnection rule, link references, and link state.

      • Convert Links

        Existing connector links can be converted to one of the following link types: Part, Comp, or Prop. Connector link conversion requests a clear 1:1 relation between a component and a property, otherwise the conversion is not unique and will not be performed.

      • Find Connectors From Parts or Links

        Locate and isolate connectors that connect the selected entities/part(s) in the Link Entity Browser using the Find option.

      • Find Connectors From Realizations

      • Find Links From Connectors

        The find parts feature in the Connector Browser context menu finds the entities/part(s) connected by specific connector(s), and isolates them in the graphics area.

    • Contact Browser

      Use the Contact Browser to create, review and modify contact interfaces and surfaces in a model.

    • Entity Editor

      The Entity Editor enables you to quickly view and edit entities in a model and correctly setup solver information.

    • Entity State Browser

      Use the Entity State Browser to set various states for entities in a model.

    • Loadsteps Browser

      Use the Loadsteps Browser to create, manage and display loadsteps (sub-cases) and the associated control cards.

    • Mask Browser

      In the Mask Browser, set the mask/unmask state for entities at the entity configuration level.

    • Mass Trimming Browser

      Use the Mass Trimming tool to create, define and realize mass entities.

    • Matrix Browser

      Use the Matrix Browser to explore the HyperMesh and HyperView data entities and export the entities to external files for further analysis.

    • Mechanism Browser

      Create and articulate a kinematic mechanism based on FE mesh using the Mechanism Browser.

    • Model Browser

      Use the Model Browser to view the model structure while providing full find, display and editing control of entities.

    • Model Checker

      Check the solver validity of the model, identify modeling issues, and fix modeling issues in an automatic or manual way.

    • Part Browser

      Use the Part Browser to create, organize and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.

    • Reference Browser

      The Reference Browser enables you to quickly understand complex relationships between different entities that constitute the model.

    • Solver Browser

      The Solver Browser provides a solver centric view of the model structure in a flat, listed tree structure.

    • Subsystem Browser

      Create, organize and manage the CAE subsystem level models using any entities.

    • Utility Menus

      The Utility menu contains options that allow you to customize the standard interface to include function buttons, radio options, and text that have Engineering Solutions-supplied and user-defined macros associated with them.

    • Visualization Controls

      Use the Visualization controls to change many of the visual states in Engineering Solutions and HyperView.

  • Panels

    Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.

  • Geometry

    Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.

  • Meshing

    Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.

  • Connectors

    Create connections between parts of your model.

  • Model Build and Assembly

    Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.

  • Model Verification

    Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing process using the Verification and Comparison tools.

  • Model Setup

    Overview of how to build a finite element model.

  • Morphing

    Morph the shape of your finite element model.

  • Optimization

    Setup an Optimization in Engineering Solutions.

  • Conversion Between Solver Formats

    Convert finite element models to another solver format.

  • XY Plotting

    Study relationships between data vectors in results files.

  • Post-Processing Analysis

    Learn how to use post-processing functions.

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Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions

2021.2

  1. Home
  2. Browsers

    Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in Engineering Solutions by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and providing controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.

  3. Connector Browser

    Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.

  4. Find Connectors From Parts or Links

    Locate and isolate connectors that connect the selected entities/part(s) in the Link Entity Browser using the Find option.

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • NVH
  • Squeak and Rattle Director
  • Crash
  • CFD
  • Aerospace
  • Interface with External Products
  • Entities and Solver Interfaces
  • CAD Interfaces
  • Browsers
  • Panels
  • Geometry
  • Meshing
  • Connectors
  • Model Build and Assembly
  • Model Verification
  • Model Setup
  • Morphing
  • Optimization
  • Conversion Between Solver Formats
  • XY Plotting
  • Post-Processing Analysis
Index

Find Connectors From Parts or Links

Locate and isolate connectors that connect the selected entities/part(s) in the Link Entity Browser using the Find option.

The found connectors are also highlighted in the browser making it easy to perform further operation. Find also isolates the realized welds of a connector if the realization view options button is activated in the Link browser tool set.

Find connectors from components can be accessed from the Link Entity Browser's right-click context menu.

Find Connectors From Supported Entities/Parts

  1. Ensure that the Linked Connector view option toggle () is active.
    If the realized welds of the connectors also need to be displayed in graphics then activate the button.
  2. Either:
    • Ensure that the Show/Hide button () is active in Show mode, and then click the desired link entity, or
    • Use the selector to pick the desired link entities, and then left-click the Show/Hide button.

Find Connectors Between Two or More Supported Entities/Parts

  1. Select two or more supported entities from the link entity table to find their connecting connectors.
    The entities can be easily located in the browser table list by using the Selector icon in the action mode tools. Click the button and select the entities in the graphics area to highlight it in the table.

    If the realized welds of the connectors also need to be displayed in graphics then activate the icon.

  2. Use the Link Entity Browser advanced action buttons to show or isolate the shared connectors.

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