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.
Properties define various physical and mathematical characteristics of parts such as sheet metal, extruded, and simplified
representations of parts. The assignment and unassignment of properties have a specific set of rules based on the
solver interface being used.
Materials definitions like properties quantitatively define physical characteristics. Many definitions exist like
isotropic, anisotropic, and orthotropic and other material laws that represent steel, plastics, composites, etc. The
assignment and unassignment of materials have a specific set of rules based on the solver interface being used.
Systems are available for assignment to properly control the orientation of entities like loads, transformations of
parts, model has degrees of freedom for movement during simulation among many other applications.
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.
Properties define various physical and mathematical characteristics of parts such as sheet metal, extruded, and simplified
representations of parts. The assignment and unassignment of properties have a specific set of rules based on the
solver interface being used.
Properties define various physical and mathematical characteristics of parts such as
sheet metal, extruded, and simplified representations of parts. The assignment and
unassignment of properties have a specific set of rules based on the solver interface being
used.
Solver interfaces allowing for the indirect (components) and direct (elements)
assignment:
OptiStruct
Nastran
Abaqus
Samcef
EXODUS
Note: If a property is directly assigned to an element, that property takes
priority over any indirect property assigned to the component that the element
may be contained within.
Solver interfaces allowing for only indirect (component) assignment:
LS-DYNA
Radioss
ANSYS
Permas
Marc
Feko
From the Model ribbon, click the Assign
Properties tool.
Optional: On the guide bar, click to enable selection filtering.
Assign or unassign properties.
Option
Description
Assign
Select a property to assign using the first selector.
Using the second selector, select the components or elements to
be assigned the property.
Click one of the following:
– Assign the property and
remain in the tool
– Assign the property and
exit the tool
– Exit the tool without
assigning
Both selectors need to be populated to for the assign
action buttons to be active.
Unassign
Using the second selector, select components or elements that
have a property assigned to them.
Click one of the following:
– Unassign the property and
remain in the tool
– Unassign the property and
exit the tool
– Exit the tool without
unassigning
Only the second selector can be populated to perform an
unassignment.