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Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Results Data in HyperView
HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
Profiles
Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.
NVH Menu
The NVH menu provides you with access to various NVH utilities.
Mount Optimization
Predicts powertrain rigid body mode frequencies and kinetic energy distribution, which play a critical role in optimizing the mount stiffness and layout configuration, by decoupling powertrain rigid body modes and reducing vibration transmission.
Mount Optimization - Display Tab
Review rigid body mode frequencies and corresponding kinetic energy distribution. Right-click on the context menu to display and visualize rigid body modes.
Torque Roll Axis
Plots the Torque Roll Axis with respected to the crankshaft axis direction.

2021.2

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks 2021.2.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Video Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks functionality with interactive tutorials.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Sessions and Report Templates
Set up sessions and create report templates.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperWorks.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Meshing
Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Elements
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Composites
HyperMesh composites modeling.
Validate
Validate the model built before running solver analysis.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Airbag Solutions
Airbag solutions offer airbag folder utilities and exports a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.
Design Space
Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Aerospace
Essential utility tools developed using HyperWorks-Tcl.
Aeroelasticity
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Certification
Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.
Marine
Streamline the creation of properties and 1D stiffener mesh using the info read from Marine CAD tools.
Squeak and Rattle Director
Create evaluation lines, evaluate them, and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.
Geomechanics Director
A Packaged Solution Offering (PSO) that provides a flexible and customizable platform for building and analyzing geomechanical models.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
- Results Data in HyperMesh
  Direct integration of native results readers into HyperMesh allows you to perform results visualization on the model.
- Results Data in HyperView
  HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
  - Working with Models
    Open animation files, measure various distances and angles between entities, and use the Results Browser to view the model structure and find, display, and edit entities.
  - Animate and Visualize Results
    Create section cuts and explore the various result plotting tools.
  - Create Entities
    Create and edit user-defined data type expressions, derived load cases, and systems. You can also plot a forming limit diagram, generate streamlines, track entities during animation, and create and import/export sets of entities.
  - Query Data
    Query entities, create or edit free body diagrams, construct multiple curves and plots from a single result file, and create and plot stress linearization.
  - Annotate Models
    Annotate animation files using notes or trace various entities during animation.
  - Transform Models
    Define planes of symmetry/axisymmetry or explode a model.
  - Overlay Images/Videos
    Select and overlay images or videos in the modeling window for correlation and presentation purposes.
  - Rendering Models
    Select a graphics rendering mode and change the appearance of materials.
  - Additional Tools for Post-Processing
    The Tools menu provides you access to various panels and dialogs.
  - Profiles
    Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.
    - Aerospace Menu
      The Aerospace menu provides you with access to various aerospace tools.
    - NVH Menu
      The NVH menu provides you with access to various NVH utilities.
      - NVH Integrated Diagnostics Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
      - NVH Modal/Panel Participation Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
        Allows you to plot modal/panel participation curves from an OptiStruct .h3d file or an MSC Nastran .f06/.pch file.
      - Grid Participation
        The Grid Participation utility allows you to plot panel grid participation results and then use advanced scaling contour capabilities to isolate key contributing areas.
      - NVH Energy Distribution Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
        Visualize the distribution of energy within a full vehicle NVH model, as a way to understand what components are dominating the vehicle response.
      - NVH Transfer Path Analysis Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
        Identifies the complex contribution of the excited structure through attachment points to a response in the responding structure.
      - NVH Design Sensitivity Analysis (DSA) Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
        Design sensitivity represents a change in response with respect to a change in a design variable, which is typically used for optimization.
      - NVH Order Analysis Utility (HyperGraph 2D)
        Generates and post-processes engine order related data from an OptiStruct or Nastran frequency response analysis that contains either RPM-based loading subcases or order-based loading subcases.
      - Model Correlation
        The Model Correlation utility determines the degree of similarity or correlation between two sets of results.
      - Mount Optimization
        Predicts powertrain rigid body mode frequencies and kinetic energy distribution, which play a critical role in optimizing the mount stiffness and layout configuration, by decoupling powertrain rigid body modes and reducing vibration transmission.
        
        Access the Mount Optimization Utility
        
        Mount Optimization - Load Tab
        Enter the powertrain and mounting configuration data manually or load the data from a configuration file.
        
        Mount Optimization - Display Tab
        Review rigid body mode frequencies and corresponding kinetic energy distribution. Right-click on the context menu to display and visualize rigid body modes.
        
        Mount Displacements and Reaction Forces
        Plots mount displacements and reaction forces in various static, dynamic, and transient loading conditions, which aids in understanding the mount's load carrying capacity and the mount's interference with vehicle structure. Optionally, you can add custom static loadcases.
        
        Torque Roll Axis
        Plots the Torque Roll Axis with respected to the crankshaft axis direction.
        
        Mount Optimization - Study Tab
        Perform sensitivity studies for mount position and stiffness. You can also perform an optimization setup to calculate the optimized mount stiffness and location layout for decoupling powertrain rigid body modes and frequency spacing.
    - Safety Tools
      Use the Safety ribbon to access crash and safety post-processing tools.
  - Preferences Dialog
    From the Preferences dialog, you can access various HyperView display options.
  - Display/Visualization Options
    Explore the various display and visualization tools.
  - HyperView - Upfront Data Loader
    A new workflow emphasizing upfront data loading for standard crash post processing use cases.
Plot Data
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many CAE file formats.
Multibody Modeling
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
Media Files
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Text Files
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Tabulate Results
TableView creates an Excel-like spreadsheet in HyperWorks.
Publishing and Reporting
Create and export Document and Presentation reports with one click and also define your own report structure.

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2021.2

Home
Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Results Data in HyperView
HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
Profiles
Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.
NVH Menu
The NVH menu provides you with access to various NVH utilities.
Mount Optimization
Predicts powertrain rigid body mode frequencies and kinetic energy distribution, which play a critical role in optimizing the mount stiffness and layout configuration, by decoupling powertrain rigid body modes and reducing vibration transmission.
Mount Optimization - Display Tab
Review rigid body mode frequencies and corresponding kinetic energy distribution. Right-click on the context menu to display and visualize rigid body modes.
Torque Roll Axis
Plots the Torque Roll Axis with respected to the crankshaft axis direction.

Torque Roll Axis

Plots the Torque Roll Axis with respected to the crankshaft axis direction.

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