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Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Model Verification
Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing process using the Verification and Comparison tools.
Configure Model Verification Settings
Overview of various settings that can be configured for Model Verification.
cad
Specify defaults for CAD model import file extensions.

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.
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.
- Manage Parts
- Manage Subsystems
- PostgreSQL Installation and Configuration
  Also referred to as Postgres, PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system with emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance.
- Section Library
  Use the automotive section library for rapid concept development in the early phases of the vehicle design process.
- Organize Entities
  Use the Organize tool to move or copy entities into their proper destinations.
- Match Parts
  Automatically group selected parts into part sets based on comparison method and criteria selected.
- Classify Parts
  Set up and use machine learning (ML) models to automatically classify parts under user-defined labels and into part sets.
- Renumber Entities
  Use the Renumber tool to review and organize the IDs of model entities.
- Reorder Entities
  Change the order of named entities in database.
- ID Management
  Manage the IDs for the entities that you create, and define ID ranges for the entities in each Include file in order to avoid ID duplication across files.
- Perform Representation Operations
  Use the Reps tool to perform representation operations for parts and subsystems.
- Manage Scenarios
  Scenarios are a mechanism to apply controls to engineering entities.
- Mechanism Browser
  Create and articulate a kinematic mechanism based on FE mesh using the Mechanism Browser.
- Model Verification
  Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing process using the Verification and Comparison tools.
  - Open the Verification Browser
    Use the Verification Browser to inspect CAD data supplied from your design or CAD team.
  - Open the Comparison Browser
    Use the Comparison Browser to compare and identify the topology difference between two models/part assemblies/parts.
  - Import Models
    Import a model using Model Verification.
  - Perform Model Checks
    Perform various model checks in the Verification Browser.
  - Configure Model Verification Settings
    Overview of various settings that can be configured for Model Verification.
    - log
      Specify default values for Model Verification .log file settings.
    - cad
      Specify defaults for CAD model import file extensions.
    - fe
      Specify defaults for FE model solver types, version and file extensions.
    - general
      General defaults for the Model Verification instance.
    - comparisonunified
      Defaults for the offset functionality of Model Verification.
    - offset
      Default values for the offset functionality of Model Verification.
    - Intersection
      Configurations for the intersection check functionality.
    - spotweld
      Specify defaults for the spotweld check functionality of Model Verification.
    - connection
      Connection check configurations.
    - spot comparison
      Spot comparison check configurations.
    - free part
      Free part check configurations.
    - csv-comparison
      CSV comparison tool compares CAD/FE attributes against CSV file column.
    - names
      Naming conventions used in various Model Verification Modules.
    - report
      Report outputs and visualization configuration.
  - Save Reps
    Save Representations in the input folder.
  - Configure Parts
    Configure any part.
  - Merge and Edit Excels
    Merge comparison Excel reports and append user-defined metadata values.
  - Review in HyperView Player
    Review the selected Part Assembly/Part in HyperView Player.
  - Review in HyperMesh
    Review the selected Part Assembly/Part in HyperMesh graphics.
  - Export Parts
    Export part representations.
  - Rename Parts
    Rename and set PIDs for all parts.
  - Renumber Parts
    Renumber PIDs for all parts.
  - Count Parts
    Get the count of the selected Part Representations.
  - Part Match
    Group parts based on AI code and shape-based approach.
  - Batch Mode
    Run Model Verification operations in batch mode.
  - Limitations
    Limitations of the Model Verification tool.
- Systems
  Local coordinate systems can be used for setting up loads/boundary conditions that do not act in the global axis direction, transforming results, defining material orientation, and many other operations.
- Create Vectors
  Define vectors in 3D space.
- Assign Properties and Materials
  Define physical and mathematical characteristics of parts.
- Load Materials From the AMDC
  Import materials directly from the Altair Material Data Center (AMDC).
- Create Mass Balance
  Automatically distribute masses on nodes, properties, or parts to match user-defined target mass and center of gravity (COG).
- Generate Contacts Automatically
  Use the Auto Contacts tool to determine contact interfaces between selections of components or elements. Based on the user-specified options like proximity tolerance, surface creation method, main surface type, and secondary type, the tool generates contacts based on set segments or node and element combinations.
- RBE2s, RBE3s, and MPCs
  Create, review, and edit RBE2/RBE3 elements and MPC equations.
- Create and Edit Curves
  Use the curve editor to create and plot XY curves.
- Analytical Rigid Surfaces
  The Abaqus solver offers the flexibility of modeling rigids as surfaces using primitive geometry.
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.

View All Altair HyperWorks Help

cad

Specify defaults for CAD model import file extensions.

Settings

type

Supported CAD file format.

Default allowed: catia, iges, jt, parasolid, proe, step, ug or hypermesh.

catia

File extension of CATIA children file. You can add many extensions.

extension: CATPart

iges

File extension of IGES children file.

extension: .igs or .iges

jt

File extension of JT children file.

extension: .jt

parasolid

File extension of Parasolid children file.

extension: .x_t, .x_b or .xml_txt

proe

File Extension of Creo children file.

extension: .prt

ug

File extension of UG children file

extension: .prt

step

File extension of STEP children file.

extension: .step or .stp

solidworks

File extension of SolidWorks

extension: .sldprt

hypermeshcad

File extension of HyperMesh children file.

extension: .hm

Import Settings

readMultipleParts: A single CAD file will be the input. Each part inside the file will be physically separated and exported to create part structure.; Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
Figure 1.
readmetadata: Reads metadata from the IGS file and displays information such as PID and Name in the Parts attribute column.; Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
readFileHeader: Reads information stored in the IGS file header and displays the information in the Part attribute column.; Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
readTransformation: Takes care of reading and managing transformation or part position information. It also takes care of the parts position while CAD offset. Parts will not be in the correct position if this option is OFF while executing surface offset.; Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
thickness-update: If this option is ON, the thickness value from the Offset function’s GUI will be used as the standard thickness for all parts during surface offset. This is done to assign clearance between parts while checking Intersection.; Default/Allowed: ON or OFF
splitAssemblyParts: Each component is converted to Part in cases where the Cad Assembly file is selected for the Comparison or Verification.; Default/Allowed : OFF/ON
readMatThkData: If the PDM attribute values are empty, the part attributes values from Metadata will be given preference and displayed in the browser and the report.; Default/Allowed : OFF/ON