Altair HyperMesh

New Features

  • General axisymmetric CQAXIG/CTAXIG elements support has been added.
  • Plane Stress analysis has been added.
  • Strain life EN curve plot option from browser Material view for MATFAT materials has been added.
  • New Mass Balance Workflow has been added. The Mass Balance tool can be used to automatically distribute masses on nodes or properties, to match user-defined target mass and CoG of selected properties.
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Enhancements

  • 3D Rotor definition has been enhanced.
  • Slipring joint type support has been added in JOINTG elements.
  • Include Tied Contact and Rigidbodies support options have been added in Find Attached.
  • Nonlinear shape desvar creation through controllers has been added from the Optimize ribbon under Design Variables drop-down menu.
  • New convection CONVG set as default option has been added in the Convection ribbon.
  • Multiple TICA definition within a load collector has been enhanced.

Resolved Issues

  • The problem with incorrect export of MAT9OR material card has been resolved.
  • The problem with incorrect continuation line when PJOINTG defined with Friction option has been resolved
  • You are now able to edit values of DTABLE card from Entity Editor.
  • The problem with inconsistent visualization of MONPNT3 has been resolved.
  • The Measure tool Moment of Inertia sign convention has been corrected.