HyperWorks Desktop

2021.2

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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
User Interface
The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
Tcl Console
The Tcl Console enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
External Window Curve Editor
CurveEditor class, its member functions, and their use-cases are described here.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Manage Files and Data
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Sessions
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

2021.2

HyperWorks Desktop

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2021.2.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
- User Interface
  The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
  - Title Bar
    The title bar displays the name of the file that is currently opened, along with the active product and user profile.
  - Menu Bar
    The menu bar contains pull-down menus that provide access to standard functions such as New, Open, Save and Undo/Redo. This is also where you can access system preferences, and the help.
  - Toolbars
    Each toolbar contains a group of icon buttons that provide access to common tools.
  - Tab Area
    The tab area organizes browsers, Utility menus for the solver interfacing user profiles, and other functionality not shown in the panel area in different tabs.
  - Pages and Windows
    The main display area of the user interface is called a page. Each page can contain up to 16 windows.
  - Modeling Window
    The modeling window displays your model, geometry and plots.
  - Browsers
    Browsers list the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and provide controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.
  - Entity Editor
    The Entity Editor enables you to quickly view and edit entities in a model and correctly setup solver information.
  - Tcl Console
    The Tcl Console enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
    - HyperView Tcl Console Commands
      Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the Tcl Console to manipulate the model.
    - External Window Curve Editor
      CurveEditor class, its member functions, and their use-cases are described here.
      - Curve Editor
        Creates a curveEditor object.
      - Curve Related Functions
    - Intellisense
      The Intellisense window allows you to quickly locate commands for a given handle, as well as their parameters.
  - HWC Console
    The HWC Console, with the command line, supports auto-completion and interactive help and allows easy modification and re-execution of commands.
  - Panels
    Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
  - Status Bar
    The status bar displays information pertaining to the currently loaded model as well as descriptions of the pages and panels.
- Input Controls
  Input controls allow you to manipulate your methods of entering and controlling different aspects of HyperWorks Desktop.
- Mouse Controls
  The mouse attached to your system is integral to HyperWorks Desktop and can be used in almost every aspect of user input. Some operations require pressing a keyboard key in addition to using the mouse.
- Keyboard Shortcuts
  Default keyboard shortcuts.
- SpaceBall/SpaceMouse Devices
  Supported SpaceBall or SpaceMouse devices.
Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Display Controls
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Session Navigation
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish Sessions
Publish your HyperWorks Desktop session to HTML, PowerPoint, or Report files.
Parameterize Report Templates
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes.
Workflow Automation
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides
Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running HyperWorks in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.

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HyperWorks Desktop

2021.2

Home
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
User Interface
The user interface (UI) provides a consistent look and feel when you are working with the following: HyperMesh, HyperView, MotionView, HyperGraph, HyperGraph 3D, TextView or MediaView.
Tcl Console
The Tcl Console enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
External Window Curve Editor
CurveEditor class, its member functions, and their use-cases are described here.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Manage Files and Data
Display Controls
Session Navigation
Publish Sessions
Parameterize Report Templates
Workflow Automation
HyperWorks Collaboration Tools
HyperWorks Desktop Reference Guides

External Window Curve Editor

CurveEditor class, its member functions, and their use-cases are described here.

Curve Editor
Creates a curveEditor object.
Curve Related Functions

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