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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.
Animate and Visualize Results
Create section cuts and explore the various result plotting tools.
Nodal Averaging of Elemental Results
Nodal averaging of elemental results at a node refers to the average of all the element corner results passing through that node.
Variation Percentage Control
The variation is the relative difference at a node with respect to all nodes in the selected components.

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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.
- 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 and View Section Cuts
      Use the Section Cut tool to cut planar or spherical sections through a model.
    - Contour
      Use the Contour tool to create contour plots of a model and graphically visualize the analysis results.
    - Iso
      Use the Iso tool to display single iso values (iso surfaced for solids or iso line for shells) dependent on results data.
    - Vector
      Use the Vector tool to set options for a vector plot.
    - Tensor
      Use the Tensor tool to view tensor plots of stress and strain directions and magnitudes for various solvers from elemental values.
    - Refresh Results
      Refresh Results is a convenient way to quickly refresh a result plot (contour, vector, tensor, or iso) whenever the display changes.
    - Edit Legend
      The Edit Legend dialog allows you to change the legend properties.
    - Graphical Editing of the Legend and Iso-slider
      You can edit the contour, vector, or tensor plot legend in the graphics area.
    - Complex Results
      Results in some analysis types come as complex numbers.
    - Computed Results
      A listing of results that are computed in HyperView.
    - Nodal Averaging of Elemental Results
      Nodal averaging of elemental results at a node refers to the average of all the element corner results passing through that node.
      - Simple Averaging
        Simple averaging means that tensor and vector components are extracted, and the invariants are computed prior to averaging.
      - Advanced Averaging
        Advanced averaging means that tensor (or vector) results are transformed into a consistent system and then each component is averaged separately to obtain an average tensor (or vector).
      - Difference
        The nodal difference is the difference between the maximum and minimum corner results at a node.
      - Max of Corner
        Max of corner averaging means that the maximum value from all the corners of an element are extracted and the value is shown at the centroid of the element.
      - Min of Corner
        Min of corner averaging means that the minimum value from all the corners of an element are extracted and the value is shown at the centroid of the element.
      - Extreme of Corner
        Extreme of corner averaging means that the extreme value from all the corners of an element are extracted and the value is shown at the centroid of the element.
      - Maximum Averaging
        Maximum averaging extracts the maximum values from the surrounding elements attached to a node.
      - Minimum Averaging
        Minimum averaging extracts the minimum values from the surrounding elements attached to a node.
      - Variation Percentage Control
        The variation is the relative difference at a node with respect to all nodes in the selected components.
    - Averaging Options
      The averaging options allow you to limit the averaging of results to only a group of elements that are considered to be bound by same feature angle or face.
    - Multi-model Result Plotting
      HyperView allows for plotting (contour, iso, vector, or tensor) across multiple overlaid models.
    - Fatigue Manager
      The fatigue manager allows you to write stress and strain results from a finite element analysis to an external file that can be used to set up a fatigue analysis.
    - Fatigue Configuration File
      The fatigue configuration file is a user-defined external ASCII-file through which the data groups from results of static/modal/transient analysis of different solvers can be read.
  - 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 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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Variation Percentage Control

The variation is the relative difference at a node with respect to all nodes in the selected components.

The formula is described as follows:

Variation percentage at a node = (Difference at that node/Difference in all nodes from the selected components) x 100

In the example shown below, the nodal variation (%) of tensor component xx at node 400 is:

Figure 1.

You can activate Use variation (%) in the Contour and Iso panels and select a specific variation percentage to control the nodal averaging calculation.

If Use variation (%) is off, the average results are calculated for all nodes. In this case, the results are node bound, meaning you can query results at a node from the Query panel.

If Use variation (%) is on, the average results are calculated for only some nodes, depending on the variation (%) you have defined. If the variation percentage is below the designated value at a node, nodal average at that node is calculated. Otherwise, corresponding element corner results at that node are used for contour plotting. 100% variation indicates all nodes will have average results; 0% variation indicates no nodes will have average results. In this case, the results are element bound, meaning you can only query results at an element from the Query panel.