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Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Named Entities
Entities which are given a name but are not collected or organized into containers.
Plies
Ply entity representations.
Stacking
Stacking plies in a laminate.

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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.
- Collectors and Collected Entities
  Collectors are named organizational containers for collected entities. Collected entities are nameless entities which must reside within one, and only one, collector. Collected entities are mutually exclusive to a collector.
- Named Entities
  Entities which are given a name but are not collected or organized into containers.
  - Accelerometers
    Accelerometer entities measure acceleration in the simulation.
  - Ale Fsi Projection
    Ale Fsi Projection entities provide a coupling method for simulating the interaction between a Lagrangian material set (structure) and ALE material set (fluid).
  - Ale Reference System Curve
    Ale Reference System Curve entities defines a motion and/or a deformation prescribed for a geometric entity, where a geometric entity may be any part, part set, node set, or segment set.
  - Ale Reference System Group
    Ale Reference System Group entities used to associate a geometric entity to a reference system type.
  - Ale Reference System Node
    Ale Reference System Node entities defines a group of nodes that control the motion of an ALE mesh.
  - Ale Reference System Switch
    Ale Reference System Switch entities allows for the time-dependent switches between different types of reference systems, that is, switching to multiple PRTYPEs at different times during the simulation.
  - Ale Smoothing
    Ale Smoothing entities constraint keeps an ALE slave node at its initial parametric location along a line between two other ALE nodes.
  - Ale Tank Test
    Ale Tank Test keyword provides curve through an engineering approximation when control volume airbags only require two engineering curves to define gas inflator and those two curves can be experimentally measured but the ALE inflator needs one additional state variable - the inlet gas velocity which is impractical to obtain.
  - Attachments
    Attachments facilitate the ease of joining subsystems.
  - Blocks
    Block entities are enclosed volumes represented by a "box" or block.
  - Bodies
    Body entities define a kinematic assembly made of FE parts or nodes.
  - Boxes
    Box entities are enclosed volumes, which are represented by a box.
  - Constrained Extra Nodes
    Constrained extra node entities define and store the keywords *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA_NODES_NODE and *CONSTRAINED_EXTRA _NODES_SET.
  - Constrained Rigid Bodies
    Constrained rigid bodies entities define and store the keyword *CONSTRAINED_RIGID_BODIES.
  - Constraints
    Constraint entities define kinematical constraints on a body at a specified node or point location.
  - Contact Surfaces
    Contact surface entities define and store contact definitions typically used in contact analysis.
  - Control Volumes
    Control volume entities define and store control volumes typically used in safety analysis.
  - Cross Sections
    Cross section entities store cross section definitions used in a crash analysis.
  - Curves
    Curve entities define and store xy data and are associated with a plot entity.
  - Damping
    In LS-DYNA, damping entities define damping applied on the parts and nodes in case of *DAMPING_GLOBAL. In Radioss, damping entities used to set Rayleigh mass and stiffness damping coefficients are applied to a set of nodes used to stabilize the results.
  - Dummy
    Dummy entities are defined by bodies representing the different kinematic assemblies of the dummy.
  - Element Clusters
    Element clusters are used to describe an assembly of elements for post-processing and failure control.
  - Failures
    Failures describe material failure criteria to be coupled to material models.
  - Features
    Feature entities track and manage certain geometric features.
  - Fields
    Field entities store spatially varying values, which can later be realized (mapped) to the element and node data of a new target mesh.
  - Frictions
    Frictions entities define friction coefficients between parts.
  - Groups
    Group entities define and store interfaces and rigid walls typically used in contact analysis.
  - Hourglass
    Hourglass entities define hourglass and bulk viscosity properties which are referenced via HGID in the *PART command.
  - Interface Component
    Interface Component entities create an interface in interface file for use in subsequent linking calculations.
  - Interface Linking
    Interface Linking Discrete keyword link node(s) to an interface in an existing interface file.
  - Joints
    Joint entities define the kinematic relationship between two bodies (for Ball, Cylinder, Revolute, Slider joints) or three bodies (for DoubleSlider joints).
  - Laminates
    Laminate entities define the list of stacked plies which make up a laminated structure.
  - Load Steps
    Load step entities define and store load cases for a given analysis.
  - Materials
    Material entities define and store material definitions for a model.
  - Mechanisms
    Mechanism entities are the root of the hierarchy in the Mechanism Browser.
  - Output Blocks
    Output block entities define and store solver output requests.
  - Parameters
    Parameter entities parameterize FE entity and geometric entity attributes.
  - Plies
    Ply entity representations.
    - Material and Thickness
      Material and thickness values of the ply.
    - Fiber Orientation
      The direction of fibers within a ply.
    - Shapes
      Shapes of an FEA ply and how they are defined.
    - Stacking
      Stacking plies in a laminate.
    - Supported Solver Cards
      Ply entity solver card support.
    - Visualization
      Visualizing ply properties.
  - Plots
    Plot entities associate and organize curve entities within a xy plot window.
  - Positions
    Position entities allow you to apply a Transformation sequence on set of nodes or SolverSubmodels.
  - Pretensioner
    Pretensioner entities define pretensioners.
  - Properties
    Property entities define and store 1D, 2D, and 3D property definitions for a model.
  - Regions
    Region entities store information used to facilitate and automate modeling practices and processes. It enables a selection which can be common across design changes or other models, provided region data is the same.
  - Retractors
    Retractor entities define retractors.
  - Rigid Bodies
    Rigid bodies entities define and store the keywords *RBODY and *RBADD.
  - Rigid Walls
    Rigid wall entities provide a method for treating a contact between a rigid surface and nodal points of a deformable body. In the LS-DYNA and Radioss user profiles, rigid walls can be created in the Model and Solver browsers.
  - Sensors
    Sensor entities define and store sensors typically used in safety analysis.
  - Sets
    Set entities define and store lists of entity IDs for entities, sets of sets, or lists of set IDs.
  - Slip Rings
    Slip ring entities define sliprings.
  - Solver Masses
    Solver masses are used to model lumped mass finite element mesh.
  - Tables
    Table entities collect data points.
  - Tags
    Tag entities tag a piece of information, called the body, onto a node, element, line, surface, point, or solid within the model.
  - Terminations
    Termination entities provides an alternative way to stop the calculation before the termination time is reached.
  - Titles
    Title entities attach a title box with text to the modeling window, or to a node, element, load, or system.
  - Transformations
    Transformation entities define solver transformations, and are used to define a transformation sequence in a Position entity, to be applied on a set of nodes or on a SolverSubmodel.
- Morphing Entities
  Entities used for morphing the shape of FE model.
- Optimization Entities
  Entities used to set up optimization problems.
- Control Cards
  Control card entities create solver control cards such as results file I/O options, CPU and memory limits, and others.
- Undefined Entities
  Undefined entities are entities that will not be written to the solver deck.
- Solver Encryption Entities
  The encryption of solver entities is used to translate entity data into an undisclosed language.
- Element Property and Material Assignment Rules
  Element property and material assignment rules are based on the current user profile (solver interface).
- Supported Cards
  Supported cards organized by solver.
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.
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
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Named Entities
Entities which are given a name but are not collected or organized into containers.
Plies
Ply entity representations.
Stacking
Stacking plies in a laminate.

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

Stacking

Stacking plies in a laminate.

Plies are stacked in a specific order in a Laminate Entity. It is possible to stack plies whether their shapes are defined by geometry or by elements.

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