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Open the Explore dialog from the Import Geometry panel in
HyperMesh.
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Click the Teamcenter repository, or add a new one, in the Explore dialog.
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Click Login.
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Select the Type of item to search for.
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Enter text to search on in the Query field and select which attribute to search
from the By list.
The items displayed in the Type field as well as the attributes in the By list
are configurable and can be modified based on a particular Teamcenter
installation or individual search needs. Default values are provided in the
pdmsysconfig.xml file located on each HyperWorks client in the
%USER_PROFILE%\.Altair\hwe\pdmconnector\config folder.
Contact your Altair account manager for more details
on configuration.
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Select the Latest only option to retrieve only the
latest version of items found by the query.
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Click Simple query.
Items matching the query criteria are returned.
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Select the desired item(s) or file(s) to review its properties. You can browse
the item structure and view individual files associated to item revisions by
expanding or collapsing items in the tree or by selecting Expand
all from the context menu.
You can also view additional properties of the selected item revision by
selecting More Properties from the context menu.
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Select a temporary folder to retrieve the files in the Select output directory
field.
Selecting an item revision results in all files associated to the selected
item revision and all files associated with the selected item's children being
retrieved. You can retrieve only specific file types by choosing from the list
in the Download file types field. Selecting individual files results in those
files being retrieved.
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Click Open.
CAD file(s) associated to the selected item, along with CAD file(s)
associated to any related items are retrieved to the specified output directory
and can now be imported into HyperMesh.