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The user interface provides you with a consistent look and feel when you are working in any of the HyperWorks Desktop applications.
HyperGraph 2D Menus
The HyperGraph 2D menus provide quick access to panels and tools.
Tools
From the Tools menu, you can access panels to plot statistics and retrieve individual point data.
Readers, Writers, and Functions
Register import templates, external readers, external functions, and export templates in the current session or add them to the current preferences.mvw file.
External Readers
The HyperGraph 2D external readers read both binary and text files.
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- Supported Files in HyperGraph 2D
  HyperGraph 2D can read the following types of plot data files:
- User Interface
  The user interface provides you with a consistent look and feel when you are working in any of the HyperWorks Desktop applications.
  - HyperGraph 2D Menus
    The HyperGraph 2D menus provide quick access to panels and tools.
    - Plot Types
      From this menu, select one of four plot types: XY Plot, Bar Chart, Complex Plot, or Polar Plot. XY Plot is the default plot type.
    - Curves
      The Curves menu allows you quick access to commonly used panels and tools. The Curves menu options change, depending on the selected plot type (XY Plot, Bar Chart, Polar Plot, and Complex Plot).
    - Annotations
      The Annotations menu provides quick access to the Axes, Legends, Headers and Footers, and Notes panels. The panels available on the Annotations menu are the same for all plot type options.
    - Tools
      From the Tools menu, you can access panels to plot statistics and retrieve individual point data.
      - Replace Filenames
        Replace Filenames overwrites one plot data file with another plot data file in HyperGraph 2D windows.
      - Templex Functions
        Allows you to create and edit Templex functions.
      - Readers, Writers, and Functions
        Register import templates, external readers, external functions, and export templates in the current session or add them to the current preferences.mvw file.
        
        External Readers
        The HyperGraph 2D external readers read both binary and text files.
        
        abstat_mat
        
        ASAM-ODS
        
        dads_graph
        
        Dyna External Readers
        
        hgadams
        
        hgadams_xml
        
        hgares
        
        hgdacreader
        
        hgdaisy
        
        hgdyna_bndout
        
        hgdyna_elout
        
        hgdyna_glstat
        
        hgdyna_jntforc
        
        hgdyna_matsum
        
        hgdyna_nodfor
        
        hgdyna_nodout
        
        hgdyna_rcforc
        
        hgmrf
        
        hgnastpch_freq
        
        hgopt
        
        hgopt_abaqus
        
        hgopt_ansys
        
        hgradioss
        
        hgrpc3
        
        hgthp
        
        hmread
        
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        Supported Abaqus ODB History Results
        
        Supported Nastran Solutions
        
        External Writers
        DAC files can be imported to and exported from HyperGraph 2D.
      - Apply Style
        Select and apply attributes of the current plot to either every plot on every page or to every plot on the current page.
      - Templex Curve Names
        Within HyperWorks Desktop, Templex metadata can be used at any time.
      - Tag Curves with Metadata
      - Free Body Diagrams
        Create Shear-Moment-Torque (VMT) or Potato plots for subcase screening.
      - RAD2NOISE
        Use the RAD2NOISE dialog to create an input file based on your inputs.
      - Synchronize Window Animation in HyperGraph 2D
        Synchronize windows that contain animation results in different units and/or begin at different time steps.
    - Preferences
      From the Preferences menu, you can define file export settings and access the Options panel.
    - HyperGraph 2D Context Sensitive Menus
      From the HyperGraph 2D modeling window, right-click to display the HyperGraph 2D context-sensitive menu.
  - HyperGraph 2D Toolbars
    The HyperGraph 2D toolbars provide quick access to commonly used panels and tools.
  - Tab Area
    The Tab Area is the portion of the graphical user interface that contains the browsers, utilities, and other functionality not shown in the panel area.
  - Plot Browser
    The HyperGraph 2D Plot Browser is located in the tab area sidebar and allows you to view the HyperGraph 2D plot structure.
  - NVH
    From the HyperGraph 2D NVH menu, the following options are available.
  - Vehicle Safety Tools
    The Vehicle Safety Tools (VST) is a collection of over 200 macros, Templex functions, and external functions for use by a vehicle safety engineer.
  - Model Identification Tool
    The Model Identification Tool, known as MIT, is a profile in HyperGraph 2D for fitting test data from frequency- and amplitude-dependent bushings to analytical models.
Tutorials
Discover HyperGraph 2D and HyperGraph 3D functionality with interactive tutorials.
HyperGraph 2D
Powerful data analysis and plotting tool for all types of CAE data.
HyperGraph 3D
HyperGraph 3D offers a 3-D plotting environment that is fully integrated with HyperWorks, for managing, reviewing, and analyzing 3-D plots such as waterfall, surface, and 3-D line data.
HyperGraph Solver Interfacing
The following sections describe support for various solvers in HyperGraph.

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Home
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
User Interface
The user interface provides you with a consistent look and feel when you are working in any of the HyperWorks Desktop applications.
HyperGraph 2D Menus
The HyperGraph 2D menus provide quick access to panels and tools.
Tools
From the Tools menu, you can access panels to plot statistics and retrieve individual point data.
Readers, Writers, and Functions
Register import templates, external readers, external functions, and export templates in the current session or add them to the current preferences.mvw file.
External Readers
The HyperGraph 2D external readers read both binary and text files.
spline

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
HyperGraph 2D
HyperGraph 3D
HyperGraph Solver Interfacing

spline

Reads ADAMS spline data (usually in the form of an .adm file) into HyperGraph 2D.

This reader does not translate files.

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