Altair HyperView 2024 Release Notes

General

Highlights

  • Deformation scale factor on the View toolbar.
  • New expressions to query and display top/bottom contour results in a Note.
  • Save and Retrieve entity selection across tools.
  • Updated Animation toolbar.
  • HVTrans licensing update.
  • New Python classes for notes, planar and spherical section cuts.
  • HWC Session Browser support for copy/paste pages and windows.

Announcements

Starting with 2024, HyperView will no longer directly support AcuSolve log files. HyperMesh CFD will be the solution for supporting all CFD related workflows in the HyperMesh environment, including AcuSolve results.

New Features

  • Deformation scale factor on the View toolbar.
    An icon is added to the View toolbar to quickly modify the deformation scale factor.
    Figure 1.


  • New expressions for top/bottom contour results.

    New Templex expressions are introduced to query and display top/bottom contour results in a Note. Top, bottom values and top, bottom layer information can be queried separately and the values can be formatted.

  • Options menu in the Animation toolbar.
    The animation controls panel is retired, and all Animation Settings can be accessed by clicking on the animation toolbar.
    Figure 2.


  • Python API
    The Python API has been expanded for the HyperView and HyperGraph clients. For standard HyperView plotting (Notes, Sections) and HyperGraph Line Chart (XY curve import for single/multiple files, complex curves, query plot files channels as NumPy/Pandas arrays) have been updated:
    Figure 3.


    The framework has been updated to support logging of HWC in Python syntax:
    Figure 4.


    More information can be found in the Python API Reference Guide section of the API, Reference Guides.

  • Command Recording

    HWC (HyperWorks Command language) coverage, which allows you to record and playback workflows in HyperView, has been improved with a performance mode.

    New commands “hwd page copy/paste/overlay” and “hwd window copy/paste/overlay” are now recorded using the Session Browser. Multiple pages can be copied to a stack via “hwd page copy page=<id> append=true”, a feature supported via the HWC console only.
    Figure 5.


Enhancements

  • Save and Retrieve entity selection across tools.

    It is now possible to save an entity selection through any tool and retrieve it in a different tool. Previously, this was possible only between certain tools. For example, you can now select and save elements in Idle context and retrieve these in the Contour panel to apply contour.

  • HVTrans licensing update.

    HVTrans licensing draw is increased from 6 to 21 AUs.

  • The following settings listed in the Preferences dialog are now written out to the settings file on shutdown so that they will be remembered between sessions:
    • Video capture frame rate (Common > Capture > Output Quality)
    • Transparency (Common > Graphics > Display)
    • Animate during data loading (HyperView > Performance > General)
    • Drive mapping (HyperMesh > Drive Mapping AND HyperView > Drive Mapping)
    • Animation frame rate (Common > Application, newly added to the Preferences dialog)

Resolved Issues

  • Segmentation error when loading results in HyperView after loading results in HyperMesh.
  • Application error when executing “hwd exit” command in the HWC console.
  • Certain colors set through Measures > Options menu are not applied.
  • Application error when color icon is clicked in the Entity Editor after changing color via the Measures > Options menu.
  • 1D elements added via the AddModel command are not displayed in Screen capture.
  • Edit measure not working as expected for minimum distance measure between overlaid models.
  • Inconsistency in window selection behavior depending on the direction of window draw.
  • Save icon in the HyperView Results Ribbon will save the session instead of saving the model.

Solver Interfaces

Abaqus Interface

New Features

Abaqus 2024 ODB Support
The result file reader for Abaqus has been updated to read the latest Abaqus version, 2024. In this process, the support for Abaqus 2019 result file has been removed. If using a 2019 result file, you can upgrade to one of the versions after 2019.

LS-DYNA Interface

Resolved Issues

  • D3plot files created by third-party software (not original LS-DYNA d3plot files) are now readable.
  • TSHELL element results are now correctly read from Femzip compressed d3plot files.
  • Eroded elements from adaptive meshing are now deleted when reviewing the animations.
  • Part Internal Energy from MATSUM outputs is now shown on correct Parts.
  • Strains as well as Strain Energy Density on 3D elements are now read when *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY_COMP with ISTRA=1 and ISED=1 is activated in the model.
  • Strain Energy Density is now read from d3eigv file when *DATABASE_EXTENT_BINARY_COMP with ISED=1 is activated in the model.

Extensions

Enhancements

autoLoad
The new autoLoad entry can be used to load the extension automatically when the extension is added. This will replace the deprecated extends entry.
unloadable
The new unloadable entry can be used to disable the unloading of the extension:
Figure 6.


Support for Custom Documentation
Enhanced support for custom documentation is now supported for scripted contexts. Using the F1 key can be linked to the documentation packaged with the extension.
MacToExtension Tool
The command-line utility MacToExtension tool will convert a HyperMesh macro menu file (.mac) to an extension. Once the extension is loaded, a new menu will be created with the extension name.
Note: This tool will provide a functional drop-down menu with a flat hierarchy. To have a polished extension, additional work is required.