Browsers

Use the Part Browser to create, organize, and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.

To open the Part Browser, click View > Part Browser from the menu bar.

The Part Browser displays the relationship between your model's parts/assemblies (), solid bodies (), and surface bodies ().

Solid bodies and surface bodies reflect the content within each part. Solid bodies contain a solid and surface bodies contain a group of surfaces. By reviewing the solid and surface bodies, you can get an idea of model.

New bodies are added to the browser when creating a new solid or surface. When you are ready to validate the model, all bodies should be solid bodies.

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Use the Setup Browser to create, edit, and review setup parameters related to AcuSolve.

To open the Setup Browser, click View > Setup Browser from the menu bar.

The Setup Browser contains the different categories of parameters that you can use to setup your simulation and any defined instances.

If you right-click on a parameter and select Create/Open, the corresponding ribbon and tool used to create that parameter are activated.

Once a parameter is defined, it is automatically added to the Setup Browser.

Similarly, you can right-click on a defined parameter in the browser and select Edit to quickly jump into the correct tool and change any options.

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Use the Post Browser to create, edit, and review post-processing visualizations and measurements.

The Post Browser contains the model's parts, boundary visualizations, and defined post-processing entities.

You can use the following context menu options, in addition to standard functions like show/hide/isolate, while in the browser:

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Multiple Datasets

Multiple sets of data can be imported into the same session. After opening the first dataset, use File > Import to load others.

All datasets are rendered in the browser. The datasets are visible in the modeling window and you can control the visibility of any item of any dataset using the browser.

However, only active dataset entities can be selected in the modeling window and in tools like Slice Planes, Streamlines, and so on. Make a dataset active by right-clicking on in it in the browser and selecting Make Current.

To delete a dataset, right-click on it and select Delete.

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Particle Datasets

HyperMesh CFD Post supports the import of datasets that contain particles. The particles are automatically identified and classified as a separate data type in the Post Browser. Particle datasets have only two different display types available: Points and Vectors

The size of the points can be controlled through the top-most options menu in the display properties microdialog.

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Similar to the Part Browser, the Model Browser displays and organizes all entities related to aerodynamic/aeroacoustic setup.

To open the Model Browser, first load the Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustics setup environment, then click View > Model Browser from the menu bar, or press F2.

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The Property Editor shows all the properties of a selected entity and enables you to edit them.

Properties that are not editable appear grayed out. Properties such as a name and color can be assigned to various objects, such as parts, or to an entire model. If multiple objects are selected, the values of properties which are the same for the selected objects are displayed in the Property Editor, and the values of properties which are not the same are left blank. If you change a value in the Property Editor, the new value is assigned to all selected objects.

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