• Manufacturing Solutions Overview
• HyperWeld
  • User's Guide
    • Loading Friction Stir Welding
    • Friction Stir Welding Utility Menu
      • Select Units
    • Creating Mesh for Joints
    • Material Data
    • Creating and Assigning Boundary Conditions
    • Defining Process Parameters
    • Using Extract Points
    • Export/Launch the HyperXtrude Solver
• HyperXtrude
  • User's Guide
    • Components of HyperXtrude
    • Solution Methodology
    • Features and Capabilities
    • HyperXtrude User Profile
      • Launching the User Profile
      • Uses of the HyperXtrude User Profile
      • HyperXtrude Utility Menu
      • Importing HyperXtrude Data Decks
      • Extrusion Wizard
        • Select Model Units
        • Set Analysis Requirements
        • Select Press Data
        • Select and Assign Material
        • Generate Workpiece Mesh (Starting with Solids)
        • Improve Mesh
        • Set Component Information (Starting with Existing Mesh)
        • Generate Workpiece Mesh (Starting with Solids Using Automatic Mesh Size Estimation)
        • Generate Tool Mesh (Starting with Solids)
        • Generate Tool Mesh (Starting with Solids and Using Auto Mesh Size Estimation)
        • Generate Workpiece BCs (Set Process Conditions)
        • Generate Tool BCs
        • Create Bearing
        • Save and Export the Model
        • Generate Report
        • Tube Extrusion Wizard
          • Process Steps to Create a Tube Model with Concial Die
        • Tool Deflection Analysis
          • Process Steps in Tool Deflection Analysis
        • HX Job Manager
          • HX Job Manager Configuration Settings
            • Advanced Options
      • Boundary Conditions
      • Extract Points
      • Model Summary
      • Defining Process Parameters
      • Optimization
      • Exporting HyperXtrude Data Files
      • Create Billet
      • Quick Solid Edit
    • Polymer Processing User Profile
      • Plate Meshing Wizard
        • Select Model Units
        • Select Material Data
        • Set Analysis Requirements
        • Generate Polymer Mesh Starting from Solids
        • Generate Polymer BCs
        • Save and Export the Model
      • Coextrusion Analysis Wizard
        • Select Model Units
        • Select Material Data
        • Set Analysis Requirements
        • Generate Polymer Mesh (Starting with Solids)
        • Generate Polymer Boundary Conditions
        • Generate Insert Mesh
        • Generate Insert BCs
        • Generate Tool Mesh
        • Generate Tool BCs
        • Export the Model
      • Tire Extrusion Wizard
        • Project Information
        • Units
        • Materials
        • Extruder Selection
        • Inlet Sections
        • Contour Specs
        • Die Import
        • Process Conditions
        • Solver Parameters
        • Mesh and Create BCs
        • Export
      • Runner Balancing Analysis
        • Select Model Units
        • Select Material Data
        • Select Components
        • Set Process Conditions
        • Create Runner Mesh
        • Create Boundary Conditions
        • Export the Model
      • Melt Flow Analysis Wizard
        • Select Model Units
        • Select Material Data
        • Set Analysis Requirements
        • Generate Polymer Mesh (Starting with Solids)
        • Generate Polymer Boundary Conditions
        • Generate Insert Mesh
        • Generate Insert BCs
        • Start From Existing Mesh
        • Create Symmetry BCs
        • Improve Mesh
      • Layered Tetra Mesh
    • Metal Rolling User Profile
      • Launching the User Profile
      • Utility Menu
      • Importing HyperXtrude Data Decks
      • Material Database
        • Flow Stress/Viscosity Graph
        • Fitting Material Data
      • Boundary Conditions
      • Defining Process Parameters
      • Extract Points
      • Model Summary
      • Exporting Data Files
    • Boundary Conditions
      • Inflow Boundary
      • Outflow Boundary
      • Solid Wall Boundary
      • Solid Fluid Interface
      • Fluid Fluid Interface
      • Bearing Surface
      • Symmetry Surface
      • Free Surface
      • Tool Surface
      • Assign Boundary Conditions
      • Interior Surface
      • Friction Models
    • Process Parameters
      • Session Tab
      • Process Tab
      • Advanced Tab
    • Guidelines for Simulation
      • Checklist for Metal Extrusion Simulation
      • Guidelines for Non-Hex Meshes
      • Other Meshing Guidelines
      • Data Required for HyperXtrude Runs
      • Guidelines for Mismatched Mesh
      • Guidelines for Boundary Conditions
      • Convergence Criteria
      • Moving Boundary Analysis
      • Profile Deflection Analysis
      • Running Jobs in Parallel
    • Launching and Managing HyperXtrude Jobs
      • Launching a Job Using the HyperXtrude Interface
      • Launching a Job Using a Command Prompt
      • Key Rules for Launching HX Jobs
    • Introduction to the HX Solver
      • The Main Menu
      • Session
        • New
        • Load
        • Save
        • Save As
        • Command
        • Exit
      • Editors
        • The Mesh Editor
        • Set Editor
        • Bounding Box
      • Properties
        • Material Properties
        • Process Parameters
      • Solver
        • Algorithm Parameters
        • Linear Equation Solver
        • Relaxation Factors
        • Initial Guess
        • Mesh Update
      • Adaptation
        • Error Estimation Parameters
        • Adaptation Parameters
        • Mesh Conditioning
      • Stats
        • Model Stats
        • Solution Stats
      • Solve
      • Estimate
      • Adapt
      • View
      • Introduction to the HyperXtrude Post-processor
        • Main Viewport
          • Viewport Control Panel
          • View Form
          • Graphics Options
          • Color Editor
          • Set Selection
          • Load Results
          • Slice Editor
          • XY Plot Option
          • Isosurface Editor
          • Velocity Vectors
          • BC/Load Plot
          • Deformed Shape
          • Bearing Profile
          • Particle Tracer
          • Solution Probe
          • Hardcopy
          • Reset
          • Dismiss
      • Tcl Functions
  • Recommended Computer Hardware Specifications
  • License Setup
  • HyperXtrude Files
    • HyperXtrude Output Files
    • Typographical Conventions
    • The Gridfile (*.grf)
      • Geometry Information
      • Node Information
      • Element Information
      • Defining Functions
      • Solution Extract Function
    • The Command File (*.tcl)
      • Commands
        • Adapt
        • Enrich
        • Estimate
        • Exit
        • Interactive
        • Load
        • Pset
        • Refine
        • Save
        • Set Deformation Type
        • Set Variable Time Step
        • Solve
        • Source
• HyperForm
  • User's Guide
    • File Types
    • Settings and Configuration Files
    • Unit Selection
    • Material Variables
    • Optimization Studies
    • Output Results
    • HyperForm Settings
      • LS-DYNA Incremental
      • RADIOSS One Step
      • RADIOSS Incremental
    • Command Window
    • User Process
      • Multistage Setup
      • Optimization Setup
    • Tools
      • Auto Process (RADIOSS Incremental)
        • Details Tab
      • Auto Process (LS-DYNA Incremental)
        • Details tab
      • Autotipping
      • Bend
      • Blank Fit
      • Blank Nesting
        • Using Blank Nesting
      • Blank Shape
      • Blank Shape Predictor
      • Die Compensation
      • Distance Comparison
      • Hydro
      • Hydro Bend
      • Report Generator
      • Springback Positioner
      • Springback Comparison
      • Undercut Check
      • % Thinning
      • Formability
      • HyperForm Post Processing
    • Applications
      • Blank Fit Manager
    • Setup
      • Advanced Panels
        • Advanced (RADIOSS OneStep)
        • Advanced (LS-DYNA Incremental, Die Module)
      • Constraints
      • Contacts
      • Create and Edit Curves
      • Drawbeads Editor
      • Materials (RADIOSS One Step)
      • Materials Database
    • R-Mesh
    • Commands
      • Alphabetical List of HyperForm Commands
      • Incr RADIOSS Commands
        • *derigidpart
        • *rigidpart
      • One-Step Commands
        • *createblankholder
        • *createdrawbead
        • *createfldplots
        • *createhfmaterial
        • *createsimexcomponent
        • *hfdeleteloadcol
        • *hfsolverdeletedbset
        • *readFldFile
        • *readMaterialFile
        • *saveFldFile
        • *saveMaterialFile
        • *undercut_check
        • *updateblankholder
        • *updatedrawbead
        • *updatehfconstraint
        • *updatehfmaterial
        • *updatehfsolvermaterial
        • displayblankshape
        • hf_getautotippingangles
        • updatesimexcomponent
      • Incr DYNA Commands
        • *setup_gravity
        • *remove_gravity
        • *setup_implicitgravity
        • *remove_implicitgravity
        • *setup_springback
        • *remove_springback
        • *setup_trimming
        • *setup_coarsening
        • *remove_trimming
        • *remove_coarsening
        • *remove_mapping
        • *setup_mapping
    • FAQs
      • General FAQs
        • How do I interpret metal forming results?
        • What is undercut and how I can detect it in HyperForm?
      • 1Step Analysis FAQs
        • When should I turn on bending unbending effect in a 1Step simulation?
        • Should I use average or directional r values?
        • What are restraining and closure forces for drawbeads in HyperForm?
      • Incremental Analysis FAQs
        • How do I set up rotary action on forming tooling?
        • Why should I set up rigid body stoppers and how?
        • After forming, why do I see small dents within animation results?
        • What is the recommended tool mesh element quality for incremental analyses and how can I identify elements that need to be fixed?
        • Why doesn’t global energy remain the same in incremental analyses?
    • Technical Reference
      • HyperForm One-Step Input Cards
      • Glossary of Terms
      • Typical Material Properties
  • HyperForm Tutorials
    • Access the Model Files
    • HF-0010: Introduction to HF Macros
    • HF-0100: General Introduction
    • RADIOSS One Step Tutorials
      • HF-0150: Quick Setup
      • HF-0500: Model Preparation - Undercut Check and Autotipping
      • HF-1000: One-Step Stamping Simulation
      • HF-1010: Increasing Blankholder Pressures
      • HF-1020: Applying Drawbeads and Performing Circle Grid Analysis
      • HF-1030: Transferring Forming Results to Crash Analysis
      • HF-1040: Laser Weld
      • HF-1050: Trim Line Layout
    • RADIOSS Incremental Tutorials
      • HF-3000: Auto Process
      • HF-3010: User Process
      • HF-3020: Setting Up a Multistage Simulation with the User Process
      • HF-3030: Post-Processing Forming Results in HyperView
      • HF-3040: Redraw Forming Analysis from the User Process
      • HF-3050: Gravity Analysis
      • HF-3060: Trimming Analysis
      • HF-3070: Springback Analysis
      • HF-3080: Hot Stamping Analysis
      • HF-3090: Composite Forming Analysis
      • HF-3100: Post-Processing Composite Forming Results in HyperView
      • HF-3110: HydroForming Analysis
      • HF-3120: Tube Bending Analysis
      • HF-3130: Blank Shape Predictor
    • Optimization Tutorials
      • HF-4010: Mesh Morphing
      • HF-4020: Optimization Using RADIOSS One Step
      • HF-4040: Process and Shape Optimization Using Incremental RADIOSS
• HyperMold
  • User's Guide
    • Moldflow User Profile
      • Loading the Moldflow User Profile
      • Using the Moldflow Interface
      • Moldflow Utility Menu
        • Importing Data
        • Midplane Wizard
        • Flow 3D Wizard
        • Solid Meshing Wizard
        • Extract Axis
        • Working with Surfaces
        • Creating Lines
        • Generating Mesh
          • Layered Tet Mesh Submenu
        • Extracting Midsurface Thickness
        • Designing Circuits
        • Design Circuit Submenu
          • Feed System Wizard
          • Feed Design
          • Cooling Circuit Design
        • Edit Prop Cards Submenu
          • Editing Property Cards
        • Diagnostics Submenu
          • Data Conversion
          • Checking Quality
          • Supported Element Property Cards
          • Other Macro Tools
        • BC Submenu
          • Creating Inlet Locations
      • About Occurrence Numbers
      • Exporting Data
      • Visualizing Moldflow Results
    • Moldex3D Solid User Profile
      • Importing CAD Data
      • Moldex3D Solid Utility Menu
        • Extract Axis
        • Moldex3D Wizard
        • Solid Meshing Wizard
        • Runner Meshing Wizard
        • Create Property Cards Submenu
          • Solid Mesh Property Cards
          • Fast Cool Analysis
          • Points Property Cards
          • Boundary Condition Cards
      • Diagnostics
      • Moldex3D Solid MFE Export
    • Moldex3D Shell User Profile
      • Moldex3D Shell Utility Menu
        • Midplane Wizard
        • Generate Mesh
        • Create Property Cards Submenu
          • Assign Thickness
          • Shell Mesh
          • Create/Edit Runner
          • Coolant Channel
          • Points
          • Boundary Conditions
        • Diagnostics
        • Moldex3D MSH Export
    • RTM User Profile
      • RTM Utility Menu
      • RTM Solver Data Files
        • GRF Data File
          • Geometry
          • Nodal Coordinates
          • Element Connectivity
          • Material Data - Preform
          • Assigning Material Data
          • Boundary Conditions
            • Injector BC
            • Vent BC
            • Wall BC
            • NoFlow BC
          • Assigning Boundary Conditions
          • Specifying Functions
          • Solution Extract Function
          • Relative Permability Data
        • Input Command File
          • Functions of the TCL File
          • Available Commands
          • On/Off Switches
          • Session Parameters
          • Time and Nonlinear Loop Control Parameters
      • Molding-RTM Interface
        • Solid Meshing Wizard
        • Material Data - RTM Interface
          • Selecting a Material from the Database
          • Assign Materials to Components
          • Create a New Material
        • Create Table
        • Boundary Conditions for RTM
          • Creating Boundary Conditions
          • Assigning Boundary Conditions to Element Faces
        • Defining Process Parameters for RTM
        • Extracting Points
        • Estimate Time Step Size
        • Estimate Max Injection Pressure
        • Model Summary
• Results Mapper
• Manufacturing Solutions Tutorials
  • HyperForm Tutorials
    • Access the Model Files
    • HF-0010: Introduction to HF Macros
    • HF-0100: General Introduction
    • RADIOSS One Step Tutorials
      • HF-0150: Quick Setup
      • HF-0500: Model Preparation - Undercut Check and Autotipping
      • HF-1000: One-Step Stamping Simulation
      • HF-1010: Increasing Blankholder Pressures
      • HF-1020: Applying Drawbeads and Performing Circle Grid Analysis
      • HF-1030: Transferring Forming Results to Crash Analysis
      • HF-1040: Laser Weld
      • HF-1050: Trim Line Layout
    • RADIOSS Incremental Tutorials
      • HF-3000: Auto Process
      • HF-3010: User Process
      • HF-3020: Setting Up a Multistage Simulation with the User Process
      • HF-3030: Post-Processing Forming Results in HyperView
      • HF-3040: Redraw Forming Analysis from the User Process
      • HF-3050: Gravity Analysis
      • HF-3060: Trimming Analysis
      • HF-3070: Springback Analysis
      • HF-3080: Hot Stamping Analysis
      • HF-3090: Composite Forming Analysis
      • HF-3100: Post-Processing Composite Forming Results in HyperView
      • HF-3110: HydroForming Analysis
      • HF-3120: Tube Bending Analysis
      • HF-3130: Blank Shape Predictor
    • Optimization Tutorials
      • HF-4010: Mesh Morphing
      • HF-4020: Optimization Using RADIOSS One Step
      • HF-4040: Process and Shape Optimization Using Incremental RADIOSS
    •  Result Mapping Tutorials
      • HF-5000: Using Result Mapper in HyperCrash
  • HyperWeld Tutorials
    • FSW-0010: Introduction to Friction Stir Welding
    • FSW-0020: Butt Joint Analysis
  • HyperXtrude Tutorials
    • HX-0000: Introduction to HyperXtrude
    • Metal Extrusion Tutorials
      • HX-0001: Importing Die Geometry
      • HX-0002: Create and Edit 3D Solids
      • HX-0003: Creating Die Geometry for Solid Profiles
      • Guidelines for Non-Hex Meshes
      • HX-0052: Bearing from Nodes
      • HX-0053: Define Bearing Profile from Control Lines
      • HX-0054: Bearing Creation from 3D Bearing Curve
      • HX-0100: HyperXtrude Analysis - Extrusion Wizard
      • HX-0106: Indirect Extrusion - Solid Profile
      • HX-0107: Solid Profile Using Existing Mesh
      • HX-0109: Mesh Generation using Solid Map Option
      • HX-0452: Bearing Length Optimization using HyperXtrude and HyperStudy
    • Polymer Processing Tutorials
      • HX-1000: Overview of Polymer Processing Tutorials
      • HX-1001: Geometry Cleanup
      • HX-1003: Creating Solids for Meshing
      • HX-1022: Mesh Generation for Solid Profiles
      • HX-1151: Profile Extrusion using Plate Meshing Wizard - Single Holes
      • HX-1152: Free Surface Deformation Analysis
      • HX-1153: Profile Extrusion Using Plate Meshing Wizard - Multiple Holes
      • HX-1154: Boundary Conditions
      • HX-1201: Analysis of a Wire Coating Die
      • HX-1202: Coextrusion Analysis
      • HX-1251: Calibrator Analysis
      • HX-1301: Tool Deflection Analysis
      • HX-1351: Shape Optimization
      • HX-1401 Defining User Area
      • HX-1404: Fitting a New Material into the Database
      • HX-1501: Post Processing
  • HyperMold Tutorials
    • Moldflow Tutorials
      • MF-0010: Introduction to the Moldflow Macro Menu
      • MF-0020: Designing Feed Systems
      • MF-0030: Setting up a Basic Fusion Model
      • MF-0050: Creating a Solid 3D Mesh Starting from Solids for part
      • MF-0051: Creating a Solid 3D Mesh Starting from Surfaces
      • MF-0052: Creating a 3D Mesh Starting from a Surface Mesh
    • Moldex3D Tutorials
      • MX-0010: Extracting Thickness Data from Midsurface
      • MX-0020: Setting Up an MSH Model with Part Using Thickness Extraction
      • MX-0030: Setting Up an MSH Model having Part and Runner
      • MX-0040: Setting Up an MSH Model for Complete Injection Analysis
      • MX-1010: Setting Up an MFE Model by Manual Meshing
      • MX-1020: Settng Up an MFE Model Using the Moldex3D Wizard
      • MX-1030: Setting Up an MFE Model for Fast Cool Analysis
      • MX-1040: Creating a Runner Mesh Using the Runner Meshing Wizard
    • RTM Tutorial
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