Altair HyperMesh

Enhancements

Opening .hm files from versions 2021.2 and earlier that contain *Coupling Distributing and *Coupling Kinematic as elements will have those elements converted automatically into constraints and will have a part created automatically per component to keep the previous organization.
Opening .hm files from versions 2022 to 2023.1 that contain *Coupling Distributing and *Coupling Kinematic that were migrated to the constraint entity will have a part automatically created in order to have the constraints organized under parts.
Constraints are now supported in the Move, Mirror, Copy/Paste, and Scale tools.
Constraints are allowed to detach, like the behavior that exists for elements.
Model Checker enhancements have been made for constraints to identify free coupling, free nodes, and duplicate couplings.
Calculate/Recalculate the center node of the coupling.
Find tool enhancements to allow finding pass-through constraints to identify the attached elements.
Model Checker enhancement has been made to find common nodes of rigid bodies.
Auto Contact enhancements include:
- Avoiding contact creation on both sides of the element.
- No discontinuous Main/Secondary in the same contact pair.
- Avoids creating unwanted contact outside of specified tolerances.