2021
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
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.
The Tcl Console enables you to enter and execute Tcl/Tk commands instead of using the User Interface.
CurveEditor class, its member functions, and their use-cases are described here.
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The title bar displays the name of the file that is currently opened, along with the active product and user profile.
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.
Each toolbar contains a group of icon buttons that provide access to common tools.
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.
The main display area of the user interface is called a page. Each page can contain up to 16 windows.
The modeling window displays your model, geometry and plots.
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.
The Entity Editor enables you to quickly view and edit entities in a model and correctly setup solver information.
Overview of the HyperView commands that can be entered in the Tcl Console to manipulate the model.
Creates a curveEditor object.
Creates the curve on the given plot's page.
Captures the screen of the external window and saves it to a user-defined file.
Erases the content in the plot window.
Erases the curve in the plot page area.
Scales the x axis and/or the y axis to fit with the curve displayed.
Returns entity specific properties.
Gets number of curves
Gets value associated with the corresponding metadata.
Returns the plot type.
Changes the curve and axes' properties.
Adds metadata on curve based on the given index.
Sets the plot type for curve editor.
Shows or hides the legend. Value can be displayed on top of each bar for bar charts only.
The Intellisense window allows you to quickly locate commands for a given handle, as well as their parameters.
The HWC Console, with the command line, supports auto-completion and interactive help and allows easy modification and re-execution of commands.
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
The status bar displays information pertaining to the currently loaded model as well as descriptions of the pages and panels.
Input controls allow you to manipulate your methods of entering and controlling different aspects of HyperWorks Desktop.
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.
Default keyboard shortcuts.
Supported SpaceBall or SpaceMouse devices.
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish your HyperWorks Desktop session to HTML, PowerPoint, or Report files.
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes.
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
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.
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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