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Topology
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Setup Topology
Explore the tools used to setup topology.
Mesh Controls
Mesh controls are used to automate and streamline the meshing process.
Mesh Control Types
You can create mesh controls specific to the different meshing types and refinement zones.
Regions
Regions store information used to facilitate and automate modeling practices and processes.
Create Regions from Metadata to CAE
Create regions from points, lines and surfaces with metadata.

Welcome
What's New
View new features for Altair HyperWorks 2025.1.
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.
- Topology Preferences
  Define topology preferences.
- Setup Topology
  Explore the tools used to setup topology.
  - Features
    Detect, review, and manage geometric holes, fillets, flanges, and logos.
  - Edit Criteria and Parameter Files
    Set the appropriate parameters/options to obtain the desired mesh by editing the criteria and parameter files.
  - Mesh Controls
    Mesh controls are used to automate and streamline the meshing process.
    - Mesh Control Types
      You can create mesh controls specific to the different meshing types and refinement zones.
      - BatchMesher Mesh Controls
        Model and local mesh controls for BatchMesh meshing.
      - Surface Meshing Mesh Controls
        Model, local, refinement, and feature mesh controls for surface meshing.
      - Edge Layer Mesh Controls
        Model, with edge layer and without edge layer, controls to generate layers from selected lines during surface meshing.
      - Adaptive Wrap Mesh Controls
        Model, local, proximity and leak detection mesh controls for adaptive wrap meshing.
      - Volume Meshing Mesh Controls
        Model, local and volume selector mesh controls for volume meshing.
      - Refinement Zone Mesh Controls
        Refinement zones are used to refine mesh with a defined size.
      - Regions
        Regions store information used to facilitate and automate modeling practices and processes.
        Create Basic Regions
        Create basic regions and define them in the Entity Editor.
        Create Regions from Features
        Create regions by selecting entities based on their feature type using the Regions from Feature Selection tool.
        Create Regions from Metadata to CAE
        Create regions from points, lines and surfaces with metadata.
    - Import/Export Mesh Controls
      Mesh controls can be saved and reused across different models by exporting them to a template file (*.xml) and then importing them into a new HyperMesh session from the Mesh Controls Browser.
    - Create and Edit Mesh Controls
      Mesh controls can be created for batch meshing, surface meshing, adaptive wrap meshing, volume meshing and refinement zones.
    - Enable Mesh Controls
      When a meshing job is submitted, enabled mesh controls are considered and used to automate the meshing process.
    - Create Mesh
      Once you are finished creating mesh controls, generate the mesh from the Mesh Controls Browser.
- Create Topology
  Explore the tools used to create topology.
- Edit Topology
  Explore the tools used to edit topology.
- Use Parasolid
  The Use Parasolid option, found in multiple Topology tools, helps you in creating/editing geometries using a parasolid geometry modeling kernel.
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 in HyperMesh and HyperView
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Developer
The Developer ribbon contains tools for automation and customization.
Plot Data in HyperMesh and HyperGraph
Plot data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperGraph.
Multibody Modeling in MotionView
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
Media Files in MediaView
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Tabulate Results in TableView
Use TableView to create an Excel-like spreadsheet.
Text Files in TextView
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Publishing and Reporting
Create, define, and export reports.

Create Regions from Metadata to CAE

Create regions from points, lines and surfaces with metadata.

In the Mesh Controls Browser, right-click on the Region folder and select Create > From Metadata to CAE from the context menu.
The Metadata to CAE dialog opens.
Set Create to Regions.
Set From to Points, Lines or Surfaces.
In the Metadata field, select a specific metadata name.
A list of entities is generated.
In the table, select entities from which to create regions.
Click Apply.