Welcome
What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2024.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Tutorials
Learn more about the Altair HyperWorks suite of products with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start and configure the applications.
Tool Finder
View a list of deprecated panels and their newer, equivalent workflows.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Sessions and Report Templates
Set up sessions and create report templates.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Browsers
Browsers provide a structured view of model data, which you can use to review, modify, create, and manage the contents of a model. In addition to visualization, browsers offer features like search, filtering, and sorting, which enhance your ability to navigate and interact with the model data.
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Topology
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
FE Geometry
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Meshing and Elements
Explore the different types of mesh you can create in HyperMesh and create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Composites
HyperMesh composites modeling.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.
Skeleton Modeling
Create a reduced ordered model to facilitate optimization at the concept phase.
Design Space
Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.
Optimization
Setup an Optimization in HyperMesh.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Validate
Validate the model built before running solver analysis.
Analyze
Models require loads and boundary conditions in order to represent the various physics and/or physical equivalents to bench and in-use testing.
Axisymmetry
Reduce a full 3D model with axisymmetric surfaces while accounting for imperfections.
Concept Modeling
Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Airbag
Use airbag folder utilities and export a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.
Aerospace
Essential utility tools developed using HyperMesh-Tcl.
Aeroelasticity
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Certification
Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.
PhysicsAI
Use PhysicsAI to build fast predictive models from CAE data. PhysicsAI can be trained on data with any physics or remeshing and without design variables.
Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
- Results Data in HyperMesh
  Direct integration of native results readers into HyperMesh allows you to perform results visualization on the model.
- Results Data in HyperView
  HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
  - Working with Models
    Open animation files, measure various distances and angles between entities, and use the Results Browser to view the model structure and find, display, and edit entities.
  - Animate and Visualize Results
    Create section cuts and explore the various result plotting tools.
  - Create Entities
    Create and edit user-defined data type expressions, derived load cases, and systems. You can also plot a forming limit diagram, generate streamlines, track entities during animation, and create and import/export sets of entities.
  - Query Data
    Query entities, create or edit free body diagrams, construct multiple curves and plots from a single result file, and create and plot stress linearization.
    - Live Query in Idle Mode
      Query and view key information about selected entities live when in idle mode.
    - Query
      Use the Query tool to view and export properties and other information for nodes, elements, components, and systems contained in the active model.
    - Copy to Clipboard
      Use the right-click menu to copy Contour, Vector, Tensor or Deformation data to the operating system's clipboard.
    - Free Body Diagrams (FBD)
      The Free Body Diagram (FBD) tool facilitates the extraction and post-processing of Grid Point Force (GPFORCE) results and can be used create and edit Free Body Diagrams (FBD).
    - Build Plots
      Use the Plots tool to construct multiple curves and plots from a single result file.
    - Extract and Linearize
      In version 2021, the Stress Linearization tool was renamed as Extract-Linearize and now supports both the Extract Data and Stress Linearization methods. Starting in version 2022.2, Strain Linearization will also be supported.
    - Hotspot Finder
      Use the Hotspot Finder tool to find critical regions of your model based on a plotted result, filter the entities based on selection set, threshold values, minimum separation, and load cases. In addition, you can plot the search results with annotations and selective amount of details displayed on screen.
    - Quick Hotspot Tool
      The Quick Hotspot tool helps you find the entity with the highest or lowest result value in a given selection and display this information in a Note.
  - Annotate Models
    Annotate animation files using notes or trace various entities during animation.
  - Transform Models
    Define planes of symmetry/axisymmetry or explode a model.
  - Overlay Images/Videos
    Select and overlay images or videos in the modeling window for correlation and presentation purposes.
  - Rendering Models
    Select a graphics rendering mode and change the appearance of materials.
  - Additional Tools for Post-Processing
    The Tools menu provides you access to various panels and dialogs.
  - Profiles
    Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.
  - Preferences Dialog
    From the Preferences dialog, you can access various HyperView display options.
  - Display/Visualization Options
    Explore the various display and visualization tools.
  - HyperView - MultiCore
    A new workflow emphasizing the multicore profile for standard crash post processing use cases.
Developer
The Developer ribbon contains tools for automation and customization.
Plot Data
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
Multibody Modeling
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
Media Files
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Tabulate Results
Use TableView to create an Excel-like spreadsheet.
Text Files
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Publishing and Reporting
Create, define, and export reports.
Collaboration Tools
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.

View All Altair HyperWorks Help

Review the Hotspot Search Results

Review the hotspot search results in a tabular form by clicking the table icon .
A table containing a hotspots list is displayed in the modeling area.

Figure 1.
Optional: Undock the table from the guide bar to drag and move it around the screen, by clicking the icon on top right corner of the table.
Show or hide the hotspots from the modeling window using the row highlighter.

Figure 2.
To show additional data in the hotspot review table, right-click on the column header in the table and select the required data about the hotspot.

Note: In the HyperView - MultiCore profile, you can run a hotspot search based on one result (for example, stress) and display additional results (for example, strain) at the hotspot locations. To do this, make sure you have cached all the desired results upfront.

Figure 3.
You can also hide the unwanted components from showing up in the hotspot tour, by clicking the icon on the guide bar to open the Show hide tool.
After selecting the components or elements to hide from screen, right-click twice to get back to the Hotspot Finder guide bar and hit the Play button.
Note: The entities hidden using this option will stay hidden as long as you are in the hotspot tour.
Change the hotspots viewing mode using the drop-down menu on the guide bar.

Figure 4.
The Global view category consists of view modes that will show the hotspots in the perspective of the entire (global) model. All hotspots from the current query will be shown and depending on the choice of mode, selected or entire details around the hotspots will be shown. The masked portions will be shown using transparency to provide a global perspective.
Navigate through the hotspots using the First, Previous, Next, or Last buttons located on the guide bar .