Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running HyperWorks in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.
FE input readers are C programs that read information from ASCII or binary finite element models files into the HyperMesh database.
View new features for HyperWorks Desktop 2020.
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Discover HyperWorks Desktop functionality with interactive tutorials.
Start HyperWorks Desktop and configure the applications.
Learn how to create, open, import and save models.
Control the view and display of your model in the modeling window.
Use the Session Browser to view the current session and all the pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.
Publish your HyperWorks Desktop session to HTML, PowerPoint, or Report files.
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes with the Parameters Browser.
Automate common workflows using the Process Manager or Automate tool.
Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.
These provide an overview of all additions, updates, and changes to the HyperMesh APIs for each release.
Details on the core data that can be queried and manipulated.
This API allows external applications to link HyperMesh as a library and provides a limited set of functions and structures to access specific functionality.
hmlib is a library which contains a set of routines to aid you in writing a C program.
hminlib is a set of routines which allows you to write an external input translator.
hmmodlib is a library of C routines which allows you to perform results translation of more complex data types, such as integration point results or node-on-element results.
Determines the number of nodes associated with the configuration of the element.
Writes a 2-noded bar with property idpool to HyperMesh using a vector to define the bar local x axis.
Writes a 2-noded bar element with property idpool to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar y axis.
Writes a bar element with property idpool to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar z axis.
Writes a 3-noded bar with property idpool to HyperMesh using a vector to define the bar local x axis.
Writes a 3-noded bar element with property idpool to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar y axis.
Writes a gap element with property idpool to HyperMesh.
Writes a joint element with property idpool to HyperMesh.
Writes a mass element with property idpool to the HyperMesh database.
Writes a rod element with property idpool to HyperMesh.
Writes a 2-noded bar to HyperMesh using a vector to define the bar local x axis.
Writes a 2-noded bar element to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar y axis.
Writes a bar element to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar z axis.
Writes a 3-noded bar to HyperMesh using a vector to define the bar local x axis.
Writes a 3-noded bar element to HyperMesh using a node to define the local bar y axis.
Writes a gap element to HyperMesh.
Creates a master or slave element from an existing element in HyperMesh.
Writes an eight-noded brick solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a twenty-noded brick solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a joint element to HyperMesh.
Writes a mass element to the HyperMesh database.
Writes a three-noded master interface element to HyperMesh.
Writes a four-noded master interface element to HyperMesh.
Writes a five-noded solid pyramid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a six-noded wedge solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a thirteen-noded, second order solid pyramid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a fifteen-noded wedge solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a plot element to HyperMesh.
Writes a four-noded quadrilateral shell element to HyperMesh.
Writes an eight-noded quadrilateral shell element to HyperMesh.
Writes an RBE3 element to HyperMesh.
Writes an RBE3 element header to HyperMesh.
Writes the nodes that define the RBE3 element to HyperMesh.
Writes a rigid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a rigid link element to HyperMesh.
Writes a rigid link header to HyperMesh.
Writes the nodes that define the rigid link to HyperMesh.
Writes a rod element to HyperMesh.
Creates a slave element from an existing element in HyperMesh.
Writes a one-noded slave interface element to Writes a one-noded slave interface element to HyperMesh.
Writes a three-noded slave interface element to HyperMesh.
Writes a four-noded slave interface element to HyperMesh.
Writes a spring element to HyperMesh.
Writes a four-noded tetrahedral solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a ten-noded tetrahedral solid element to HyperMesh.
Writes a three-noded triangular shell element to HyperMesh.
Writes a six-noded triangular shell element to HyperMesh.
Writes a weld element to HyperMesh.
The list of deprecated hminlib functions, and the new functions to use.
The list of undocumented hminlib functions.
Details on the HMASCII format and associated commands.
This section contains details on general HyperWorks Desktop scripting concepts, along with documentation on the Tcl commands that can be used to query and modify the database and GUI.
Solver templates are ASCII data files containing HyperMesh Template Language Commands and HyperMesh Template Language Functions.
The Script Exchange is a database of freely accessible scripts posted by users and Altair engineers.
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