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.
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.
It is convenient to apply aerospace loads and concentrated mass that is predefined at specific node ID’s from an Excel
file. This requires carefully numbering nodes with specific ID’s, which is a standard practice in aerospace.
Line loads allow total loads (forces and moments) to be applied in a distributed manner on nodes even though the load
is applied on geometry lines or set of nodes forming ordered edges.
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.
Translate, scale, reflect or rotate elements with multiple numbers of copies,
including properties and loads, attached to them.
Loads will also be copied to the new
transformed elements with the possibility to reverse them. ID's can also be assigned
with offset for the newly created elements. Multiple instances (number of copies) can
also be created.
From the Home tools, click the
Transformation Tool.
The Transformation Tool dialog opens.
In the Action field, select an action to perform on elements.
In the Entities field, select source elements, nodes, components, or
systems.
When components or elements are transformed, systems are also transformed if
they were created using nodes from those elements or components. If some anchor
nodes are not associated with the transformed element, the association is broken
and a new system is created while transforming using axis definitions rather
than node definitions.
If the system is not associated with elemental nodes that are being
transformed, select systems in the entity selector and it will be transformed as
an axis system.
To create multiple instances, select the Duplicate
checkbox.
In the Destination Component field, select where to organize elements after the
transformation.