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Plot Data
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
Line Chart
Create Curves by File
Plot curves for multiple runs and multiple subcases for a component.
Preview Curves
Quickly review curves before plotting them in the session.

Welcome
What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2024.1.
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.
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.
- Working with Plots
  Learn how to manipulate plot data using the Plot Browser and other user interface tools and options.
- Line Chart
  - Create Curves by File
    Plot curves for multiple runs and multiple subcases for a component.
    - Multiple Inputs
      From the Create Curves by File dialog, click Multiple Inputs to select multiple files with intersecting data (for example, multiple runs of a test) and plot the data from all files simultaneously in the current HyperGraph session.
    - X Source
      Use the X Source tab to select the X Type, Request, and Component data.
    - Y Source
      After making selections on the X Source tab, from the Y Source tab, select the Y type, request, and components to plot the data in HyperGraph.
    - Plot Options
      Use Plot Options to apply many options to the session at once during plotting.
    - Preview Curves
      Quickly review curves before plotting them in the session.
  - Define
    Create and edit curves.
  - Math
    Create macros that produce curves and notes for plots.
  - Edit
    Edit curves within a specified range and orientation.
  - Values
    Retrieves individual point data on any curve in the active window. When a point is selected, the point data is displayed in the dialog.
  - Statistics
    Calculates statistics over a specified range on a curve.
  - Datums
    Add horizontal and vertical datum lines to plots.
  - Notes
    Annotate plots using notes.
  - Move
    Curve scaling, offsets, and axis assignments can be applied to multiple curves using the Move panel.
- Bar Chart
- Complex Chart
- Polar Chart
- Vector Chart
- Radar Chart
- 3D Chart
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.

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Preview Curves

Quickly review curves before plotting them in the session.

Activated from the Create Curves by File dialog, this function is designed to work with a single file or multiple files.

Figure 1.

When the Preview option is enabled, HyperGraph will:

Automatically plot the selected information in the active window when enough data is selected (type, request, component).
In the Legend tag, the curves are tagged as “Preview" curves. The curves will remain tagged as such until you perform one of the following actions:
- Apply the curves in the session.
- Change the X or Y type (thus clearing the request and component sections).
- Deactivate the Preview checkbox.
- Leave the panel.
Support the preview curves in image and animation capturing.
Ignore all Advanced Options settings and layout options until the curves are applied to the session.

When the Preview option is enabled, the following functionality is not available for preview curves:

Access through the Browser.
Access through the command layer.
Access to graphical context functionality.
Animation cursor.
Writing to session files or template files.
Math operations and scaling using Advanced Options.

The Preview option can be turned off by any of the following methods:

Deactivating the check box.
Clicking the Apply button.
Leaving the panel.
Selecting a different Y type with different requests and components.

Once you are finished previewing a curve(s) and click the Apply button, all selected curves are applied to the current window. The layout option and Advanced Options settings are ignored until the curves are applied to the session and the Preview checkbox is reset.