HyperMesh Help Manual

2020.1

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Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Edit Mesh
Modify your mesh by detect holes, locating edges or features, refining mesh pattern, and so on.

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.
Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
- Elements
  Elements are FE idealizations for a portion of a physical part.
- Criteria and Parameter Settings
  Configure criteria and parameter settings.
- SPH Meshing
  Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), Finite Point Method (FPM) is a technique used to analyze bodies that do not have high cohesive forces among themselves and undergo large deformation, such as liquids and gases.
- 1D Meshing
  1D mesh that allows accurate testing of connectors, such as bolts, and similar rod-like or bar-like objects that can be modeled as a simple line for FEA purposes.
- 2D Meshing
  A surface mesh or "shell mesh" represents model parts that are relatively two-dimensional, such as sheet metal or a hollow plastic cowl or case.
- 3D Meshing
  Volume mesh or "solid meshing" uses three-dimensional elements to represent fully 3D objects, such as solid parts or sheets of material that have enough thickness and surface variety that solid meshing makes more sense than 2D shell meshing.
- Mesh Controls
  Mesh controls are used to automate and streamline the meshing process.
- Check Mesh Quality
  Evaluate the overall quality of a mesh, and resolve criteria violations.
- Edit Mesh
  Modify your mesh by detect holes, locating edges or features, refining mesh pattern, and so on.
  - Detect Holes
    Locate holes in a model, and potentially all of them, define them, and add them as geometry to a new component or to the current one.
  - Refine Mesh by Pattern
    Create a regular orthogonal mesh.
  - Scale Element Thickness
    Scale the thickness of elements in your model.
  - Calculate and Assign Midmesh Thicknesses
    Calculate and assign the thickness of a midmesh from solid geometry using the Midmesh Thickness tool.
  - Coarsen Mesh
    Simplify a mesh by combining many small elements into a smaller number of larger ones.
  - Connect Intersecting 2D Elements
    Connect intersecting triangular and quadrilateral 2D elements.
  - Fuse Mesh
    Use the Fuse tool to connect close proximity, overlapping and intersecting parts.
  - Fill Holes, Gaps, Patches
    Fill holes, gaps, and patches in first order and second order elements.
- BatchMesher
  BatchMesher is a tool that performs geometry feature recognition, cleanup and automatic meshing in batch mode for given CAD files.
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
Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Edit Mesh
Modify your mesh by detect holes, locating edges or features, refining mesh pattern, and so on.

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

Edit Mesh

Modify your mesh by detect holes, locating edges or features, refining mesh pattern, and so on.

Detect Holes
Locate holes in a model, and potentially all of them, define them, and add them as geometry to a new component or to the current one.
Refine Mesh by Pattern
Create a regular orthogonal mesh.
Scale Element Thickness
Scale the thickness of elements in your model.
Calculate and Assign Midmesh Thicknesses
Calculate and assign the thickness of a midmesh from solid geometry using the Midmesh Thickness tool.
Coarsen Mesh
Simplify a mesh by combining many small elements into a smaller number of larger ones.
Connect Intersecting 2D Elements
Connect intersecting triangular and quadrilateral 2D elements.
Fuse Mesh
Use the Fuse tool to connect close proximity, overlapping and intersecting parts.
Fill Holes, Gaps, Patches
Fill holes, gaps, and patches in first order and second order elements.

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