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Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Results Data in HyperView
HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
Display/Visualization Options
Explore the various display and visualization tools.
Graphical Manipulator
A graphical manipulator allows you to modify specific items directly in the graphics area using interactive tools.
Section Cut Graphical Manipulators
Section cut graphical manipulators allow you to modify the definition of section cuts, as well as translate or rotate sections anywhere in 3-D space.

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.
- Results Data in HyperMesh
  Direct integration of native results readers into HyperMesh allows you to perform results visualization on the model.
- Results Data in HyperView
  HyperView is a complete environment to visualize, query, and process results data.
  - Working with Models
    Open animation files, measure various distances and angles between entities, and use the Results Browser to view the model structure and find, display, and edit entities.
  - Animate and Visualize Results
    Create section cuts and explore the various result plotting tools.
  - Create Entities
    Create and edit user-defined data type expressions, derived load cases, and systems. You can also plot a forming limit diagram, generate streamlines, track entities during animation, and create and import/export sets of entities.
  - Query Data
    Query entities, create or edit free body diagrams, construct multiple curves and plots from a single result file, and create and plot stress linearization.
  - Annotate Models
    Annotate animation files using notes or trace various entities during animation.
  - Transform Models
    Define planes of symmetry/axisymmetry or explode a model.
  - Overlay Images/Videos
    Select and overlay images or videos in the modeling window for correlation and presentation purposes.
  - Rendering Models
    Select a graphics rendering mode and change the appearance of materials.
  - Additional Tools for Post-Processing
    The Tools menu provides you access to various panels and dialogs.
  - Profiles
    Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.
  - Preferences Dialog
    From the Preferences dialog, you can access various HyperView display options.
  - Display/Visualization Options
    Explore the various display and visualization tools.
    - Graphical Manipulator
      A graphical manipulator allows you to modify specific items directly in the graphics area using interactive tools.
      - Section Cut Graphical Manipulators
        Section cut graphical manipulators allow you to modify the definition of section cuts, as well as translate or rotate sections anywhere in 3-D space.
      - Streamlines Graphical Manipulators
        Streamlines graphical manipulators allow you to scale, translate, or rotate the streamline rake that was used to create streamlines (defined by seed nodes on a line, plane, or area).
      - Image Plane Graphical Manipulators
        The Image Plane graphical manipulators allow you to interactively resize and reposition 2D image planes in the graphics area, and also allow free rotations and translations in a 3-D space for relocating and reorienting 3D image planes.
      - Display State of Graphical Manipulators
        Graphical manipulators are convenient for moving, changing orientations, and resizing entities where applicable.
    - 3D Stereoscopic View
      HyperView supports stereoscopic 3D viewing to visualize simulation data in 3D.
    - Use Scalable Fonts under Linux to Render Text
      HyperView uses scalable fonts for Linux to render text in the 3D window.
    - Graphics Area Context Menu
      A right-click in the graphics area displays a context menu which provides access to various options is available in HyperView.
  - HyperView - MultiCore
    A new workflow emphasizing the multicore profile for standard crash post processing use cases.
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.
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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Section Cut Graphical Manipulators

Section cut graphical manipulators allow you to modify the definition of section cuts, as well as translate or rotate sections anywhere in 3-D space.

Two Directional Manipulator

The Two Directional manipulator is available for X-Axis, Y-Axis, Z-Axis section cuts only.

Figure 1.

The graphical manipulator is created at the node specified for the Base (if specified), or at the base coordinates entered. The position of the manipulator on the gridline grid determines the grid values (X, Y).

The arrow can be left-clicked and dragged freely along a straight line that is parallel to the direction of the normal to the section cut. As the arrow is dragged, a dark line is drawn representing the base point's path. In addition, the base coordinates reported in the Section Cut panel automatically update upon release of the mouse button after dragging. The arrow base location on the plane can also be changed using the Base functionality in the Section Cut panel (node selector or coordinate table). You can also click anywhere on the section to drag the section in the normal direction.

Three Directional Manipulator

The Three Directional manipulator is available for N1,N2,N3 and Normal to screen section cuts. This manipulator allows free rotations and translations in a 3-D space for relocating and reorienting cross sections.

Figure 2.

Using the arrow, the section cut is dragged in its normal direction. The arc arrows can also be grabbed to allow rotation of the section cut. You can also click anywhere on the section to drag the section in the normal direction.

Spherical Manipulator

The Spherical manipulator is available for spherical section cuts only.

Figure 3.

The center of the sphere coincides with the center of the spherical section cut. The sphere manipulator has three axis (X,Y,Z). You can drag the sphere along these directions by clicking on a particular axis and dragging the mouse in the graphics area. This will re-position the center of the sphere.

You can also adjust the radius of the sphere itself by clicking anywhere on the sphere (other than an axis) and dragging the mouse.