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

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What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2024.1.
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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
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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.
    - Supported Nastran Results in HyperGraph
  - 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.

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Supported Nastran Results in HyperGraph

hgnastpch_freq External Reader

HyperGraph directly reads Nastran SORT1, SORT2 and PSD punch file formats, SOL 108 and SOL 111 punch file, and supports the following result types:

Displacement (regular and PSD format)
Velocity (regular and PSD format)
Acceleration (regular and PSD format)
SPC and MPC forces

Element forces (CELAS1, CELAS2, CDAMP, CDAMP2, CBUSH).

Nastran .op2 and H5 Files

HyperGraph also reads Nastran OP2 files from the following solution and result types:

Solution Types: SOL 101; SOL 103; SOL 105; SOL 108; SOL 109; SOL 111; SOL 112; SOL 146
Result Types: Displacement; Rotation; Velocity; Acceleration; SPC Forces; Stress; Strain; 1D Forces (CBEAM, CELAS1, CGAP, CBAR); 2D Forces; Strain Energy

For Random Response and Random Gust Response, HyperGraph can read the following functions:

RMS and Cumulative RMS (CRMS)
PSD (PSDF)
Auto-Correlation (AUTO)
Positive Zero Crossing (N0)

Nastran F06 Files

HyperGraph reads Nastran .f06 files for the following results types:

SOL200: Design Variables and Design Objectives

SOL108, 111: Modal Participation Factors

Flutter data

HyperMesh RES Files

HyperGraph also reads HyperMesh .res files created by hmnast and hmnasto2.

Summary of Nastran Support in HyperGraph


Functionality	HyperGraph Support
Reads results file directly	PCH, OP2
Reads translated results	PCH (hmnast: HMRES) OP2 (hmnast02:HMRES)
Supported SOLs	PCH translated: 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 146
	PCH direct: 108, 109
	OP2 translated: 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
	OP2 direct: None in 7.0. OP2 direct: any SOLs with SA-006 patch.
Nastran version supported	2005

Nastran PCH Files

HyperGraph directly reads Nastran SORT2 file formats for the following result types:

Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
SPC and MPC Forces
Element Stresses
Element Strains
Element Forces
Modal Contributions (MCFRACTION), for Transient Response and Transient Gust Response

For Random Response and Random Gust Response, HyperGraph can read the following functions:

Cumulative RMS (CRMS)
PSD (PSDF) and Cross-PSD (CROSS-PSDF)
Auto-Correlation (AUTO) and Cross-Correlation (CROSS-CORRELATION)

Supported element types:

BAR
BEAM
CBUSH
CDAMP and CDAMP2
CELAS1 and CELAS2
HEXA
PENTA
QUAD4, QUAD8 and QUADR
ROD
TETRA
TRIA3, TRIA6 and TRIAR