A part is an engineering representation of a physical part, and a part assembly is a group of part assemblies and/or
parts. Part Instances, which are recognized from PDM, are automatically converted to Part Instances on import into
HyperMesh.
The part assembly can be saved as a self-contained binary file, which will include the part assembly based hierarchy
and attributes such as components, properties, and materials.
Manage all of the IDs for the entities that you create, and define ID ranges for all of the entities in each Include
file in relation to the full model in order to avoid ID duplication.
Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing
process using the Verification and Comparison tools.
Use the Auto Contacts tool to determine contact interfaces between selections of components or elements. Based on
the user-specified options like proximity tolerance, surface creation method, main surface type, and secondary type,
the tool generates contacts based on set segments or node and element combinations.
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.
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.
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.
PDM parts and part
assemblies can be imported into HyperMesh via a PDM
generated PLMXML file.
From the menu bar, click File > Import > BOM.
Select a file that contains the parts, part assemblies,
and part instances to import.
Define additional options as needed.
Click Import.
Import PDM Data
Import metadata from CAD to part. This facilitates visualizing CAD-centric metadata
in the Part Browser and aids in the model build workflow.
From the Part Browser, right-click on a part and select Metadata > Update or Metadata > Settings.
Note: The Metadata option is only available when you right-click on
parts.
If you selected Update in the previous step:
From the sub-menu, select Part Data or
PDM Data.
Choose Part Data to update part metadata. The CAD
file is parsed to extract the metadata without having to load the CAD
representation into the session. After extraction, part metadata is
immediately visible in the metadata section of the entity editor.
Choose PDM Data to update PDM attributes. The
updates the PDM attributes for the selected map.
If you selected Settings in Step 1:
From the sub-menu, select Update or
Mapping.
The Update selection refers to the REM settings
for part data and PDM data. You can choose whether to import only incoming
data, or to keep both.
The Mapping selection refers to mapping CAD
metadata to PDM attributes. These settings can vary depending on the CAD
format. The following figure is an example of PDM mapping settings for the
JT CAD reader.
Note: You can also access these settings by right-clicking in the part browser
and selecting Representations > Settings > Load > CAD > Load Options.