A part is an engineering representation of a physical part, and a part assembly is a group of part assemblies and/or
parts. Part Instances, which are recognized from PDM, are automatically converted to Part Instances on import into
HyperMesh.
The part assembly can be saved as a self-contained binary file, which will include the part assembly based hierarchy
and attributes such as components, properties, and materials.
The CAD representation is typically the original source of information of what a physical part will look like. It
forms the basis of the Common representation, which in turn is the basis of all subsequent discipline specific mesh
representations. A part can contain multiple representations.
Create your own user defined representation. User defined representations are saved to the settings and will be available
in subsequent HyperMesh sessions.
All BOM-related information, including part/assembly hierarchy, part attributes, and representation information is organized
and displayed in the Part Browser.
Manage all of the IDs for the entities that you create, and define ID ranges for all of the entities in each Include
file in relation to the full model in order to avoid ID duplication.
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.
Use the Auto Contacts tool to determine contact interfaces between selections of components or elements. Based on
the user-specified options like proximity tolerance, surface creation method, main surface type, and secondary type,
the tool generates contacts based on set segments or node and element combinations.
About Representations
The CAD representation is typically the original source of information of what a physical part will look like. It forms the basis of the Common representation, which in turn is the basis of all subsequent discipline specific mesh representations. A part can contain multiple representations.
Define Representations
Create your own user defined representation. User defined representations are saved to the settings and will be available in subsequent HyperMesh sessions.
Add Representations
Part representations can be added from external sources such as solver decks and HyperMesh binary files or from the Part Library.
Sync Metadata To PDM
Sync PDM metadata (PDM PID, PDM Thickness, PDM Material, and PDM MID) based on a selected part or part's metadata (PID, Thickness, Material, MID).
Save Representations
After importing a BOM and creating respective representations, you can save the representations locally or in the Part Library.
Delete Representations
Part representations can be deleted from the current HyperMesh session and from the Part Library.