HyperWorks: User's Guide

2020.1

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Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Objectives
Objectives are metrics to be minimized or maximized in an optimization exploration. Minimizing mass to find a lightweight design is a common example.

What's New
Get Started
Video Tutorials
Manage Files and Data
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
Model Verification
Model Build and Assembly
Geometry
Meshing
Elements
RBE2s, RBE3s, and MPCs
Composites
Crash and Safety
Design Explorer
Aerospace
Marine
Panels

2020.1

HyperWorks: User's Guide

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks 2020.1.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Video Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks functionality with interactive tutorials.
Manage Files and Data
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperWorks.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
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.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize, and manage the CAE parts.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Elements
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
RBE2s, RBE3s, and MPCs
Create, review, and edit RBE2/RBE3 elements and MPC equations.
Composites
HyperMesh composites and tools.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
- Explorations
  An exploration is a multi-run simulation. Each exploration includes input design variables, and output responses. Explorations may also include goals, consisting of an objective and constraints. Optimization explorations require an objective.
- Input Design Variables
  An input design variable is a system parameter that influences the system performance in the chosen output response. Typical design variables may be a part's thickness, shape, or material property. Ranges, with lower and upper bounds, are specified and the variable's value will vary within the exploration. The terms input, input design variable, and design variable are used interchangeably.
- Output Responses
  An output response is a measurement of system performances, such as mass, volume, displacement, stress, strain, or reaction forces.
- Objectives
  Objectives are metrics to be minimized or maximized in an optimization exploration. Minimizing mass to find a lightweight design is a common example.
  - Create Objectives
    Use the Objectives tool to create optimization objectives from existing responses.
  - Activate Objectives
    Select which objective is used in the Optimization exploration. Only one objective can be active at a time.
  - Delete Objectives
    Remove objectives from the model.
- Constraints
  Constraints need to be satisfied for an optimization to be acceptable. Constraints may also be associated with a DOE. While not used in the evaluation of the DOE, constraints can be useful while visualizing DOE results. Limits on displacement or stress are common examples.
- Evaluate
  Use the Evaluate tools to run the exploration and review reports.
- Examples
  Examples show how to use the design explorer.
Aerospace
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.
Marine
Use marine tools to create a stiffener mesh.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.

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HyperWorks: User's Guide

2020.1

Home
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Objectives
Objectives are metrics to be minimized or maximized in an optimization exploration. Minimizing mass to find a lightweight design is a common example.

What's New
Get Started
Video Tutorials
Manage Files and Data
Interface with External Products
Entities and Solver Interfaces
Model Verification
Model Build and Assembly
Geometry
Meshing
Elements
RBE2s, RBE3s, and MPCs
Composites
Crash and Safety
Design Explorer
Aerospace
Marine
Panels

Objectives

Objectives are metrics to be minimized or maximized in an optimization exploration. Minimizing mass to find a lightweight design is a common example.

Create Objectives
Use the Objectives tool to create optimization objectives from existing responses.
Activate Objectives
Select which objective is used in the Optimization exploration. Only one objective can be active at a time.
Delete Objectives
Remove objectives from the model.

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