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HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
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3D Chart Context Sensitive Menu
From the HyperGraph 3D3D Chart modeling window, right-click to display the context menu.

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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
- Bar Chart
- Complex Chart
- Polar Chart
- Vector Chart
- Radar Chart
- 3D Chart
  - Create Curves by File
    Loads Flux motor efficiency files in text format.
  - Define
    Edit existing curves or add new curves to the current plot.
  - Waterfall
    Create waterfall plots from XY force response data and input pulses.
  - Curve Style
    Define curve attributes.
  - Axes
    Add axes to plots.
  - Values
    Retrieve individual point data on any curve in the active window.
  - Data Query
    The Data Query panel uses vertical cutting surfaces for viewing and plotting non-planer cross sections.
  - Annotate
    Provides quick access to the Datums and Notes tools.
  - 3D Chart Context Sensitive Menu
    From the HyperGraph 3D3D Chart modeling window, right-click to display the context menu.
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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3D Chart Context Sensitive Menu

From the HyperGraph 3D3D Chart modeling window, right-click to display the context menu.

Figure 1. 3D Chart Context Menu

Axes

Choose from the following options from the Axes submenu:

Box: Displays the Box grid style. This is the default.
Lines: Displays the Line grid style. If you select Lines, and right-click on the axis again, a different context menu is displayed. This menu displays options also found on the Axes panel.; Figure 2.; Click Edit to display the Axes panel.; Click Label to display the Axis Label micro dialog. Edit the axis label and click OK.; Figure 3.; Click Min or Max to display the Axis Maximum or Minimum micro dialog. Enter a new value and click OK.; Figure 4.
Chart: Displays the chart grid style.
Cubical: The displayed length of each axis is the same.
Unscaled: The displayed length of each axis is based on the axes values.
Best Fit: Adjusts the length of the axes to maximize the graphics area.
Locked: Locks the lengths of the axes so that they are not rescaled.

Background

Select a color for the background of the 3D plot. Select Custom to customize the color.

Frame

Select a color for the area surrounding the 3D plot. Select Custom to customize the color.

Gridlines

Select a color for the gridlines of the 3D plot. Select Custom to customize the color.

Contour

Choose from the following options on the Contour submenu. On and Discrete are the defaults.

On/Off: Turn the contour on or off.; Off is the default.
Discrete/Blended: Select Discrete or Blended for the contour.; Discrete is the default.

Recalculate

Forces the plot to regenerate all calculated data and reread all file data.

Legend

You can turn the legend on or off. On is the default.

Shading

Choose from the following options on the Shading submenu:

Smooth: The edges are smooth. This is the default.
Flat: The edges are flat.

Fit

Zooms in or out to fit the curve's maximum and minimum values to the axes.