2021
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multi-body Dynamics.
Explore data entry in MotionView.
View new features for HyperWorks 2021.
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Discover HyperWorks functionality with interactive tutorials.
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Set up your sessions in HyperWorks and create report templates.
Solver interfaces supported in HyperWorks.
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Create, organize, and manage the CAE parts.
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality and create, edit, and apply shapes for subsequent design optimization studies.
Create connections between parts of your model.
HyperMesh composites modelings.
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
The Design Space environment is dedicated to topology optimization model build and setup. It facilitates rapid model creation by generating the voxel design space for a number of different use cases.
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Many essential utility tools using HyperWorks-Tcl have been developed over the years to support Aerospace customers. A few tools have been collected and upgraded to be compatible with this release.
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Use the marine tool set to streamline the creation of properties and 1D stiffener mesh using the info read from Marine CAD tools.
Use Squeak and Rattle Director tool set to create evaluation lines, evaluate them and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many CAE file formats.
A multibody system study generally involves the following broad steps. The following sections give a brief introduction on using MotionView and the related HyperWorks products to conduct such a study:
Open and save model files, import/export models, and import/export a solver deck.
Learn more about MotionView model entities.
MotionView supports and encourages a modular model building approach. Different entities can be aggregated into containers, thereby arranging a model into a collection of different assemblies or sub-systems.
A collector is a yellow button on a panel that enables you to select an entity type either graphically or from the topics/motionview/collectors_select_entity_dialog_r.html.
Make a property a function of other properties in your model by entering a mathematical expression in a text box. A mathematical expression functions like a cell formula in a spreadsheet. Press Enter to automatically evaluate the expression and display the computed value in the text box.
Template expressions allow you to define properties using the syntax for specific solvers.
The expression builder allows you to enter expressions in text boxes without extensive typing and memorization. It can be used to construct mathematical expressions that are a function of the model parameters.
MotionView contains an implicit variable called SolverMode. In MDL, SolverMode can be used in an "if" context to define topology (include Templex templates). MotionView retains the "if" result for both cases so that when you toggle the solver type, the associated text becomes active within the user interface.
The Select an "Entity" dialog allows you to change the entity in a collector.
Batch mode allows you to generate a solver input model file from an MDL model file and run the solver job without starting the MotionView user interface.
The Export Data dialog allows you to export your data to an Excel or text file.
The Data Summary dialog displays model data in a table.
Coordinate systems in MotionView can be oriented using a variety of methods.
Implicit graphics can be displayed for all applicable entities, allowing you to visualize their location and orientation.
Check Model searches for unresolved references and invalid data in the model. If errors in the model are detected, it is reported in the message window that is displayed when the check is completed.
The Create Deformable Surface From FEM macro enables you to quickly create a matrix of explicit markers to be used in defining a deformable surface.
Explore the various panels and tools in MotionView.
The Command Sets panel allows you to create command sets for the solver-command file. The command sets for a model are order dependent, since they define the contents of the solver command file.
Use the Forms tool to edit general data entry forms.
Use the Deformable Curves tool to create and edit deformable curves.
The Model Browser allows you to view the MotionView model structure while providing display and editing control of entities.
The MotionView ribbons allows you to quickly access tools and standard functions, and is located along the top of MotionView.
MotionView supports the importing of several types of CAD and FE formats.
MotionView has many pre-processing and post-processing capabilities with regards to flexible bodies, or flexbodies, for multi-body dynamics models.
From the Preferences menu, you can access the Options dialog.
Explore the various vehicle modeling tools.
Reference material for the HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface which is a set of Tcl/Tk commands.
Reference materials for the MotionView MDL Language, Tire Modeling, and the MDL Library.
Reference material detailing command statements, model statements, functions and the Subroutine Interface available in MotionSolve.
Reference material for Templex (a general purpose text and numeric processor) and additional mathematical functions and operators.
Reference materials for the MotionView Python Language.
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
TableView creates an Excel-like spreadsheet in HyperWorks.
Create and export Document and Presentation reports with one click and also define your own report structure.
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