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Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
HyperGraph Solver Interfacing
Supported solvers in HyperGraph.
Interfacing with Abaqus
This section discusses how HyperGraph interfaces with the Abaqus solver.

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.
- Change Solver Interfaces
  Load a different solver interface in the application.
- HyperMesh Solver Interfacing
  Supported solvers in HyperMesh.
- HyperView Solver Interfacing
  Supported solvers in HyperView.
- HyperGraph Solver Interfacing
  Supported solvers in HyperGraph.
  - Interfacing with Abaqus
    This section discusses how HyperGraph interfaces with the Abaqus solver.
  - Interfacing with Nastran
    This section discusses how the HyperGraph applications interface with the Nastran solver.
  - Interfacing with LS-DYNA
    HyperGraph can read the following ASCII files and the corresponding information in binary format in binout from the LS-DYNA solver.
  - Interfacing with OptiStruct
    This section discusses how the HyperGraph applications interface with the OptiStruct solver.
  - Interfacing with PAM-CRASH 2G
    This section discusses how the HyperGraph applications interface with the PAM-CRASH 2G solver.
  - Interfacing with Radioss
    This section discusses how the HyperGraph applications interface with the Radioss solver.
- MotionView Solver Interfacing
  Solvers and translators supported in MotionView.
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.
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.

Interfacing with Abaqus

This section discusses how HyperGraph interfaces with the Abaqus solver.

ODB History Results in the HyperView Plot Window

The Abaqus ODB reader in the HyperView and HyperGraph plot windows reads both field and history results from the Abaqus ODB file. The current release supports Abaqus ODB versions Abaqus 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. The history result names are post-fixed with (Time History). Results without this postfix are field data. Time history results have two components (or columns): Time and Value.

Time is the first column of the result. The value can be time steps, frequency, or mode number, depending on the analysis types. Value is the actual value for the result type. Time data for different result types can be different. It is recommended to use both the Time and Value from the same result type.

Note: .ODB files are not supported on MAC OS.