General

New Features

View Cube
A new view cube near the global triad in HyperWorks gives you direct access to standard views along with many more variations and orientations of standard, isometric, and edge views. Configure the view cube in File > Preferences Appearance.


Figure 1.
Mirror
New HyperWorks Mirror workflow added for reflecting entities across a symmetry plane.
Scale
New HyperWorks Scale workflow added for scaling entities with respect to origin or user defined node.
New By Path selection options
The following new options are available when selecting nodes, lines, or elements By Path in HyperWorks, accessible via Spacebar, the Right-click > Select menu, or the button.
  • Multiple paths: Use Middle Mouse Button to finalize the current path and start a new one. Use Left Mouse Button to start or continue a path.
  • Fill Path Loops (elements only): When this option is enabled, finalizing the current path with Middle Mouse Button will automatically close the current path as a loop and select the visible area inside it.
Current collector widgets in status bar
New buttons in the Status Bar area show the name and ID of current collectors in the HyperWorks session.


Figure 2.
Right-click on any button to customize the status bar buttons area. You can show or hide any combination of available items.


Figure 3.
To assign or change a current collector, click on the respective button in the status bar and select it from the pop-up list or by picking it in the graphics area.

Enhancements

Scripting Toolbar
Scripting toolbar to run TCL script and command file in HyperMesh Desktop has been restored. This tool bar was removed in the 2020.1 release.
Undo/Redo
Undo/Redo support is extended to many TCL modify commands.
Marker Support
Marker support in Entity Editor.
Duplicate Tab Names
Support of duplicate Tab names.
Section Cuts
Cross Sections are now editable inside and outside of the Section Cut tool in HyperWorks. Drag the frame to translate or the inner edge to rotate.


Figure 4.
Legend
Following enhancements added to the element quality and thickness legends:
  • Supports divergent contour display mode, which is also the default contour mode
  • Slider can be split into a double slider to display elements within a particular range
  • Time step criteria added to the element quality legend display
Improved formatting of selector labels
Single named selections now also use the consistent format “name/label [id]”, and can now abbreviate name and id independently when exceeding maximum display length.


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Selector panels replaced
Entity selector is now used in place of selection panels for dialogs and custom scripts. This is the same selector used in all next generation tools and the Entity Editor. It appears nearest your cursor on invoke and contains all supported advanced selection methods, right-click menu options, and quick selection methods (Alt key).


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The following commands now invoke the entity selector: *createmarkpanel, *editmarkpanel, *createentitypanel, *createlistpanel, *createlistbypathpanel, hm_getfilename, hm_getdirectionpanel, hm_getplanepanel, hm_callcollectorpanel, hm_callincludepanel.
Simplified right-click Select menu
Removed additional sub-menus in HyperWorks so all available selection methods and actions are now available directly under Right-Click > Select.


Figure 7.
Apply, Ok, Cancel buttons for advanced selection from Entity Editor
Updated button behavior when using the advanced selection dialog from the Entity Editor, accessible via Spacebar, the Right-click > Select menu, or the button on any active selector.
  • Apply: Accepts dialog selections and returns to the interactive selector. Clicking or on the selector is required to confirm the final selections.
  • OK: Accepts current selections and immediately confirms and closes the interactive selector.
  • Cancel: Rejects current selections and immediately closes the interactive selector.
Language localization
A new Chinese language profile has been added to HyperWorks 2021 and can be switched on via the Preferences menu. Currently, most ribbon tools have been translated. Where no translation has been done yet, English will be used. Workflow will be translated in the next release cycle.
More than 4000 new strings have been translated for the Japanese language profile.

Resolved Issues

  • Crash associated with merging HyperMesh file in batch mode.
  • Improvements made in reading binary STL.
  • Export issue with very large coordinate values.