Engineering Solutions is a modeling and visualization environment for NVH, Squeak and Rattle Director, Crash, CFD, and Aerospace using
best-in-class solver technology.
The Crash application offers a tailored environment in HyperWorks that efficiently steers the Crash CAE specialist in CAE model building, starting from CAD geometry and finishing with
a runnable solver deck in Radioss, LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASH 2G.
HyperWorks offers high quality tools for CFD applications enabling the engineer to perform modeling, optimization and post-processing
tasks efficiently.
Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality by listing the parts of a model in a tabular and/or tree-based
format, and providing controls inside the table that allow you to alter the display of model parts.
Connectors are geometric entities (not FE) used to create connections between components. Connectors are used to realize
FE idealizations of the physical connection. Just as you create an FE mesh on a surface, you create FE connections
by realizing a connector.
There are many advantages to the way connectors store information. Not only does this local storage allow you to edit
the connector definition, it also allows you to review connector details and the quality of the realization.
Most of the information stored in the connector entity can be exported to a master connectors file, which contains
connector entity information such as location, link entity, link entity state, link entity rules. The exported file
may also contain metadata information stored in the connector.
Create weld points at a predefined pitch distance so that the model build process can continue without the need to
wait for the published weld data from CAD. Autopitch is useful when working with elements, not geometry.
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.
Connector groups are created and organized under the root of the Part Browser. A part is automatically created to house the new
connector group. To create a connector group:
Select the connectors you want to contain in the new group.
Drag the selected connectors onto the target connector.
Note: If the
connectors are in different includes you will be prompted to create
either a single group or multiple groups. Figure 1.
Choose whether to create a single group or multiple groups.
Element Organization
Element organization is done through the Browser Configuration
dialog. You can set the element organization field to one of the following
options:
Connector group
Organizes the connector realization into components of the same name as
the connector group.
Automatic
Organizes the connector automatically based on its links. They can be
either general (all connector links are in the same subsystem or no
subsystem) or subsystem (one or more links are in multiple
subsystems).
Current include
Organizes the connectors into a current include when realizing a
connector.
Current component
Organizes the connectors to a current component on realizing.
Component ID
Organizes the connectors to a specified component ID on realizing.
To organize elements:
From the Connector Browser, right-click in white space
and select Configure Browser. The Browser
Configuration dialog opens.
Click the Local Options tab in the left pane to
display local options.
In the Element Organization field, select the appropriate option. Figure 2.
If you selected Automatic, in the Subsystem Organization field, select
either Paired (subsystem connectors create subsystems
to organize and realize based on connector links) or
Single (subsystem connectors create a single
subsystem to organize and realize).Figure 3.