Change Element Type
Change existing element types.
For more information on changing element types, see the Elem Types Panel topic.
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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.
Elements are FE idealizations for a portion of a physical part.
Create and edit masses, springs, gaps, and spotwelds.
Many of the methods to check and edit mesh are based around determining mesh quality, but others check for mesh penetration, detect holes, and locate edges or features.
Supported 2D elements.
Use the Normals tool to display and reverse the normals of elements or surfaces. The orientation of element normals can also be adjusted. The normal of an element is determined by following the order of nodes of the element using the right-hand rule.
Use the Orientation Review tool to display/review and modify frequently used coordinate systems used in CAE analysis.
Use the Element Quality view to review element quality while simultaneously editing your model.
Use the Auto Quality tool to automatically correct element quality.
Use the Edit Elements tools to smooth, move, split, replace, create, delete, and adjust the edge density of 2D elements.
Use the Replicate tool to replicate a mesh from one location to another, with options to keep the original mesh, as well as to replicate into multiple copies. The replicated elements replace the original elements, maintaining relevant information like properties, thicknesses, and other solver attributes.
Locally refine 2D elements and attached 1D elements using either the Auto Quads tool, the Box tool, or the Manual tool. These are most useful for aerospace and marine applications, where specific transition patterns are required from the refined mesh to the existing mesh.
Simplify a mesh by combining many small elements into a smaller number of larger ones.
Use the Detach tool to detach elements from the surrounding structure. You can detach elements from a portion of your model so that it can be translated or moved, or you can offset the new nodes by a specified value. You can also use this panel to detach and remove elements from your model.
Use the Imprint/Extend tool to extend a mesh to meet another mesh and form a good connection between them, or to imprint overlapping meshes so that they match one another.
Use the Fuse tool to connect close proximity, overlapping, and intersecting parts.
Use the Hole/Gap Fill tool to fill holes, gaps, and patches in first order and second order elements.
Use the Map Thickness tool to apply thickness values to shell elements on midsurfaced geometry.
Make changes to the configuration of existing elements.
Change existing element types.
Change a group of elements from second order elements to first order elements, or vice versa.
Use the Solid Mesh Optimization tool to improve the quality of a tetra, hexas, and second order meshes with respect to several element criteria.
Associate nodes to a point, line, or surface/solid face; move nodes along a surface; place a node at a point on a surface; remap a list of nodes to a line; or project nodes to an imaginary line passing through two nodes.
Use the Split panel to split plates or solid elements. In addition, hexa elements can also be split using a technique that moves progressively through a row of elements in the model
Stitch two unconnected meshes by adding elements between them, split elements at weld locations, and combine and split elements to fix connectivity in the transitional area between fine and coarse mesh areas.
Connect intersecting triangular and quadrilateral 2D elements.
Perform a model-based CAD-CAD, CAD-FE or FE-FE comparison between two models, or two selections of entities, and find and report geometrical/shape differences.
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.
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
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.
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
Many of the methods to check and edit mesh are based around determining mesh quality, but others check for mesh penetration, detect holes, and locate edges or features.
Change existing element types.
Change existing element types.
For more information on changing element types, see the Elem Types Panel topic.
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