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Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Create Geometry
Explore the tools used to create geometry.
Drag and Spin
Use the Drag/Spin tool to drag and spin lines, surfaces, and nodes in order to create surfaces or solids.

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Get Started
Video Tutorials
Manage Files and Data
Sessions and Report Templates
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
Model Build and Assembly
Geometry
Meshing
Elements
Morph
Connectors
Composites
Crash and Safety
Design Space
Design Explorer
Aerospace
Aeroelasticity
Marine
Squeak and Rattle Director
Panels
Results Data
Plot Data
Multibody Modeling
Media Files
Text Files
Tabulate Results
Publishing and Reporting

2021

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks 2021.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Video Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks functionality with interactive tutorials.
Manage Files and Data
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Sessions and Report Templates
Set up your sessions in HyperWorks 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 the CAE parts.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
- Create Geometry
  Explore the tools used to create geometry.
  - Points and Nodes
    Learn about creating, editing, and extracting points and nodes.
  - Shapes
    Create and edit circles and rectangles with the Shapes tool.
  - Lines
    A line represents a curve in space and is not attached to any surface or solid. A line is a one-dimensional geometric entity.
  - Surfaces
    A surface represents the geometry associated with a physical part. A surface is a two-dimensional geometric entity that may be used in automatic mesh generation.
  - Solids
    Solids are closed volume of surfaces that can take any shape. Solids are three-dimensional entities that can be used in automatic tetra and solid meshing.
  - Create Ruled Surfaces and Solids
    Use the Ruled tools to create surfaces/solids by interpolating lines and surfaces either linearly or smoothly.
  - Faces
    A face is a single Non-uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) and is the smallest area entity. It has a separate underlying mathematical definition, specified when it was created.
  - Drag and Spin
    Use the Drag/Spin tool to drag and spin lines, surfaces, and nodes in order to create surfaces or solids.
    - Drag Geometry
      Drag surfaces, nodes, or lines along their normal direction, a vector, or another line.
    - Spin Geometry
      Spin surfaces, nodes, or lines around a defined axis.
  - Midlines
    Use the Midlines tool to create midlines from existing lines, surface edges, or tube solids.
  - Midsurface
    Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.
- Edit Geometry
  Explore the tools used to edit geometry.
- Geometry Cleanup
  Clean up problematic areas on geometry.
Meshing
Learn about the 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 and create, edit, and apply shapes for subsequent design optimization studies.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Composites
HyperMesh composites modelings.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Design Space
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.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Aerospace
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.
Aeroelasticity
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Marine
Use the marine tool set to streamline the creation of properties and 1D stiffener mesh using the info read from Marine CAD tools.
Squeak and Rattle Director
Use Squeak and Rattle Director tool set to create evaluation lines, evaluate them and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
Results Data
HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
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

Home
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Create Geometry
Explore the tools used to create geometry.
Drag and Spin
Use the Drag/Spin tool to drag and spin lines, surfaces, and nodes in order to create surfaces or solids.

What's New
Get Started
Video Tutorials
Manage Files and Data
Sessions and Report Templates
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
Model Build and Assembly
Geometry
Meshing
Elements
Morph
Connectors
Composites
Crash and Safety
Design Space
Design Explorer
Aerospace
Aeroelasticity
Marine
Squeak and Rattle Director
Panels
Results Data
Plot Data
Multibody Modeling
Media Files
Text Files
Tabulate Results
Publishing and Reporting

Drag and Spin

Use the Drag/Spin tool to drag and spin lines, surfaces, and nodes in order to create surfaces or solids.

Drag Geometry
Drag surfaces, nodes, or lines along their normal direction, a vector, or another line.
Spin Geometry
Spin surfaces, nodes, or lines around a defined axis.

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