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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.
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.
Results Browser
The Results Browser allows you to view the model structure while providing find, display, and editing control of entities.
Local Display Tools
The Local Display Controls affect the visual style of individual entities (such as shaded or wireframe).

Welcome
What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2025.
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.
    - Opening Animation Files
      Animation files are opened using the Load Model panel.
    - Measure
      Use the Measure tool to measure various distances and angles between entities.
    - Results Browser
      The Results Browser allows you to view the model structure while providing find, display, and editing control of entities.
      - Entity Views in the Results Browser
        Entity specific views are available within the Results Browser for the following entities: Assembly, Components, Load Cases, Models (Files), Includes, Results, Sets, and Parts.
      - Results Browser Filter
        The Results Browser contains several ways to filter results data to display specific entities in the browser.
      - Local Display Tools
        The Local Display Controls affect the visual style of individual entities (such as shaded or wireframe).
      - Browser Context-Sensitive Menu
        Clicking the right mouse button on a folder or entity/item within the browser’s tree structure allows you to change a variety of options using the browser context-sensitive menu.
      - Entity Editor
        Use the Entity Editor section of the Results Browser to view and edit various entity conditions/properties.
    - Parameters Browser
      Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes.
    - Entity Selection
      Entities can be selected using input collectors or the quick window selection method.
  - 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.
  - HyperView - MultiCore
    A new workflow emphasizing the multicore profile for post processing results from certain solvers and crash 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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Local Display Tools

The Local Display Controls affect the visual style of individual entities (such as shaded or wireframe).

These controls are located within the tree list, and each affects the specific entity that it appears beside.

Entity Display Icons

Entities are displayed or hidden by toggling the corresponding icons (located next to each line item in the tree view). The following rule applies:

A bold icon next to an entity (components/parts, systems, etc.) represents that the entity is currently displayed.
A dimmed icon represents that the entity is turned off from display.
For section cuts - the graphical manipulator is linked to the entity display. Therefore if a section cut or streamline rake is not displayed; the display of the graphical manipulator is also turned off.

Colors

Certain entities can be colored individually. The Results Browser allows you to set each entity’s color without using the Entity Attributes panel. The currently assigned color displays in the

column.

To change an entity's color: click the current color box in the Results Browser, select a theme from the drop-down menu (Default, Median, or Rainbow), and pick a color from the palette.

Figure 1. Color Picker

Tip:

You can also change an entity's color from themodeling window context menu or the Entity Editor.
Click in the color palette to assign and save custom colors using the Color Picker dialog.
Figure 2.

Display Mode

Components (parts) and Sets have several display states. You can select these display modes by left-clicking the small icons in the column for each component or set.

Left-clicking opens a pop-up menu from which you can choose the new style.

Depending on which option you select, the entity displays differently:

Components: Wireframe elements; Shaded elements and mesh lines; Transparent elements (no mesh); Shaded elements and feature lines (no mesh); Shaded elements (no mesh)
Sets: Shaded; Wire; Point; Sphere