HyperWorks: User's Guide

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Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality and create, edit, and apply shapes for subsequent design optimization studies.
Shapes
Shapes are collections of perturbations from the initial configuration of the FE mesh before the morph.
Shapes Tool
An overview of the Shapes tool.

What's New
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Model Verification
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HyperWorks: User's Guide

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks 2020.
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.
- Define Mesh Controls
  Edit the Parameter and Criteria files and define mesh controls using the Mesh Controls Browser.
- 1D Meshing
  1D mesh that allows accurate testing of connectors, such as bolts, and similar rod-like or bar-like objects that can be modeled as a simple line for FEA purposes.
- 2D Meshing
  A surface mesh or "shell mesh" represents model parts that are relatively two-dimensional, such as sheet metal or a hollow plastic cowl or case.
- 3D Meshing
  Volume mesh or "solid meshing" uses three-dimensional elements to represent fully 3D objects, such as solid parts or sheets of material that have enough thickness and surface variety that solid meshing makes more sense than 2D shell meshing.
- Morph
  Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality and create, edit, and apply shapes for subsequent design optimization studies.
  - Free Morph Mesh
    Use the Free Morph tool to morph mesh by moving nodes, faces, and edges or by mapping to geometry.
  - Shapes
    Shapes are collections of perturbations from the initial configuration of the FE mesh before the morph.
    - Create Shapes
      Create and apply morphing shapes.
    - Delete Shapes
      Delete selected shapes.
    - Record Node Movements
      Record node movements using other HyperWorks tools and save them as a shape.
    - Apply Scale Factors to Shapes
      Apply a scale factor to change to the magnitude of the morphed shape.
    - Convert Shapes
      Convert a shape to node perturbations, handle perturbations, an mvol shape, forces, temperatures, pressures, or displacements.
    - Import Shapes
      Import saved shapes from a file.
    - Export Shapes
      Export selected shapes.
    - Animate Shapes
      Animate selected shapes.
    - Shapes Tool
      An overview of the Shapes tool.
  - Domains
    Domain entities divide the model into different domains during morphing.
  - Handles
    Handle entities control the shape of domains during morphing.
  - Morph Constraints
    Morph constraint entities restrict the movements of nodes or force compliance with dimensional requirements during morphing.
  - Morph Volumes
    Morph volume entities are highly deformable six-sided prisms which surround a portion of the FE mesh, and can be used to manipulate a mesh by manipulating the shape of the morph volume.
  - Symmetries
    Symmetry entities define planes of symmetry within a model so that morphs can be applied in a symmetric fashion.
Elements
Create and edit 0D/1D entities and edit 2D elements.
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.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.

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HyperWorks: User's Guide

Home
Meshing
Learn about the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality and create, edit, and apply shapes for subsequent design optimization studies.
Shapes
Shapes are collections of perturbations from the initial configuration of the FE mesh before the morph.
Shapes Tool
An overview of the Shapes tool.

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
Crash and Safety
Design Explorer
Aerospace
Panels

Shapes Tool

An overview of the Shapes tool.

Use the Shapes tool to create and manage morphing shapes.

Access: Go to Mesh > Shapes.

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