The ribbon allows you to quickly access tools and standard functions, and is located along the top of HyperWorks. Click on an icon to open the related tool. Hovering over a group of icons may reveal additional tools.
Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in HyperWorks by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based format, and providing controls inside the table
that allow you to alter the display of model parts.
Context menus are floating menus that are accessed by right-clicking on elements in the user interface. They provides
immediate access to a short list of commands that are contextually relevant to the selection.
The Message Log lists the actions performed in the current session. The dialog also provides you with information about your file
(warnings, errors, and so on).
Quickly find and open the tools, panels, and browsers that are available from the ribbons or from the Utility
Browser, as well as create entities and solver cards.
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.
The status bar displays information pertaining to the currently
loaded model, active tools and
panels, current collectors, and snap filter
options.
The status bar is located at the bottom of HyperWorks
below the modeling window. It contains an area for messages
on the left and buttons to the right.
Message Area
The message area displays messages and descriptions of active features in the User
Interface.
When you are on one of the main panel menu pages, a description of the active menu
page name, for example, Geometry, displays.
When you are in a panel, the panel title and subpanel title display.
Errors messages and miscellaneous messages such as status updates, entity selections,
or completed operations also display and temporarily override the title and status
information.
Tip: If you have trouble completing an operation, check
that status bar for relevant information.
Button Area
The button area shows the name and ID of current collectors in the HyperWorks session, as well as snap filter options.
Right-click on any button to customize the status bar button area. You can show or
hide any combination of available items.
To assign or change a current collector, click the respective button on the status
bar and select it from the pop-up list or by picking it in the modeling window.
Tip: While choosing a current
collector, you can also create a new one directly from the pop-up list by using
the right-click menu (except for Current Part, which requires using the Part Browser).