HyperMesh Help Manual

2020.1

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Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Extract and Edit Midsurfaces
Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
CAD Interfaces
Browsers
Panels
Geometry
Meshing
Connectors
Model Build and Assembly
Model Verification
Crash and Safety
Composites
Model Setup
Morphing
Optimization
Conversion Between Solver Formats
XY Plotting
Post-Processing Analysis

2020.1

HyperMesh Help Manual

What's New
View new features for HyperMesh 2020.1.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Tutorials
Discover HyperMesh functionality with interactive tutorials.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
CAD Interfaces
Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.
Browsers
Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in HyperMesh 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.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
- Geometry Settings
  Overview of settings used when creating and editing geometry.
- Create, Edit, Query Geometry
  Create, edit, and query various geometric features, such as nodes, points, line, and surfaces.
- Dimensioning
  Change the dimensions of existing geometry, thus changing the basic shape of solids and other enclosed volumes.
- Extract and Edit Midsurfaces
  Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.
  - Extract Midsurfaces
    Midsurfaces can be extracted for sheet metal stampings, molded plastic parts with ribs, and other parts that have thickness clearly smaller than width and length.
  - Edit Plates, Base Surfaces, and Collapsed Lines
    Plates, base surfaces, and collapsed lines on the midsurface can be modified using the interim edit tools in the midsurface panel.
  - Repair Surfaces, Modify Targets, Imprint Surfaces
    After you have extracted the midsurface and do not need to make further changes that require the midsurface to be re-extracted, repair surfaces, modify targets, and imprint surfaces using the final edit tools in the midsurface panel.
  - Review and Modify Surface Thicknesses
    Review the thickness of surfaces (including midsurfaces) and assign new fixed, uniform thicknesses to surfaces.
  - Sort Midsurfaces
    Manually sort midsurfaces after extraction.
- Match Topology
  Fix gaps between stitched edges and vertices to make the actual geometry of the surfaces consistent with the model topology.
- Find Intersections and Penetrations
  Find intersections and penetrations between geometric surfaces and solids.
- Setup CAD Models with Metadata
  Use metadata generated as part of the CAD import process to setup CAE models.
Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize, and manage the CAE parts.
Model Verification
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.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Composites
HyperMesh composites and tools.
Model Setup
Overview of how to build a finite element model.
Morphing
Morph the shape of your finite element model.
Optimization
Setup an Optimization in HyperMesh.
Conversion Between Solver Formats
Convert finite element models to another solver format.
XY Plotting
Study relationships between data vectors in results files.
Post-Processing Analysis
Learn how to use post-processing functions.

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HyperMesh Help Manual

2020.1

Home
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Extract and Edit Midsurfaces
Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

What's New
Get Started
Tutorials
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
CAD Interfaces
Browsers
Panels
Geometry
Meshing
Connectors
Model Build and Assembly
Model Verification
Crash and Safety
Composites
Model Setup
Morphing
Optimization
Conversion Between Solver Formats
XY Plotting
Post-Processing Analysis

Extract and Edit Midsurfaces

Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

Extract Midsurfaces
Midsurfaces can be extracted for sheet metal stampings, molded plastic parts with ribs, and other parts that have thickness clearly smaller than width and length.
Edit Plates, Base Surfaces, and Collapsed Lines
Plates, base surfaces, and collapsed lines on the midsurface can be modified using the interim edit tools in the midsurface panel.
Repair Surfaces, Modify Targets, Imprint Surfaces
After you have extracted the midsurface and do not need to make further changes that require the midsurface to be re-extracted, repair surfaces, modify targets, and imprint surfaces using the final edit tools in the midsurface panel.
Review and Modify Surface Thicknesses
Review the thickness of surfaces (including midsurfaces) and assign new fixed, uniform thicknesses to surfaces.
Sort Midsurfaces
Manually sort midsurfaces after extraction.

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