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Work with discrete geometry like FE Geometry and floating elements.
Edit 2D Surface Mesh Elements
Use the Edit tools to manually improve the quality of surface mesh elements and nodes.

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2022.3

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks CFD 2022.3.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Learning Center
Discover HyperWorks CFD functionality with interactive tutorials and community resources.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Discrete Geometry
Work with discrete geometry like FE Geometry and floating elements.
- Cap Holes and Fill Gaps
  Use the Cap tools to close openings and gaps between parts/surfaces.
- Connect Geometry
  Use the Connect tools to trim, fuse, and stitch your discrete geometry.
- Wrap
  In CFD modeling, input parts can have topology issues, like free surfaces and self-intersections, and part assembly issues, such as parts with very close proximity and intersecting parts. Manually connecting these parts can be time consuming and require expertise in certain tools. The Wrap tool can generate a watertight manifold model from dirty input with considerably less manual work.
- Remesh Tessellated Models
  Use the Remesh to create new surface mesh on converted geometry.
- Smooth Mesh
  Use the Smooth tool to optimize the mesh quality of parts or surfaces.
- Refine Mesh
  Use the Refine tool to split elements and optimize the mesh quality of parts and surfaces.
- Decimate Mesh
  Use the Decimate tool to coarsen mesh based on a defined element size.
- Convert Elements and Update FE Geometry
  Convert elements that aren't associated with geometry into FE geometry, or update existing FE geometry.
- Organize Entities
  Use the Organize tool to move or copy entities into their proper destinations.
- Repair Surface Mesh
  Use the Repair tool to find, review, and fix issues in the mesh.
- Automatically Fix Mesh Quality
  The Auto Fix tool is useful for cleaning up non-manifold edges, free edges, intersections, high aspect ratio elements, and proximity distance.
- Edit 2D Surface Mesh Elements
  Use the Edit tools to manually improve the quality of surface mesh elements and nodes.
  - Smooth Elements
    Use the Edit: Smooth tool to optimize the quality of selected elements.
  - Move Elements
    Use the Edit: Move tool to move nodes, drag tria elements, modify holes and washers, and automatically optimize nodes and elements.
  - Split, Swap, Combine Elements
    Use the Edit: Split tool to split quad elements and edges, combine tria elements, and swap element edges. Second order 2D elements are also supported.
  - Replace Nodes
    Use the Edit: Replace tool to relocate and replace the positions of nodes.
  - Create and Delete Elements
    Use the Edit: Create tool to create new 1D/2D/3D elements and delete elements.
  - Associate Nodes to Geometry
    Use the Edit Elements: Associate tool to find non-associated nodes, review them, and associate to target geometry.
- Fix Normals
  Use the Normals tool to fix element normals using different methods.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Flow
Set up the simulation model, materials, domains, and boundaries.
Radiation
Define radiation conditions and create emissivity models.
Motion
Define direct, derived, and constrained mesh motion.
Meshing
Generate surface/volume mesh by defining mesh controls, or interactively create and edit 2D surface mesh.
Solution
Define output conditions, run the simulation, and view the results.
Manage Automation Templates
Use the Template Manager to define rule-based logic for groups, geometric operations, and setup and automate simulation processes.
Post-Processing
Post-process the simulation results by creating visualizations and measurements.
AcuTrace
AcuTrace is particle tracer that runs as a post-processor to AcuSolve.
AcuSolve Help
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2022.3

Home
Discrete Geometry
Work with discrete geometry like FE Geometry and floating elements.
Edit 2D Surface Mesh Elements
Use the Edit tools to manually improve the quality of surface mesh elements and nodes.

What's New
Get Started
Learning Center
Manage Files and Data
Sketching
Geometry
Discrete Geometry
Model Build and Assembly
Flow
Radiation
Motion
Meshing
Solution
Manage Automation Templates
Post-Processing
AcuTrace
AcuSolve Help

Edit 2D Surface Mesh Elements

Use the Edit tools to manually improve the quality of surface mesh elements and nodes.

Smooth Elements
Use the Edit: Smooth tool to optimize the quality of selected elements.
Move Elements
Use the Edit: Move tool to move nodes, drag tria elements, modify holes and washers, and automatically optimize nodes and elements.
Split, Swap, Combine Elements
Use the Edit: Split tool to split quad elements and edges, combine tria elements, and swap element edges. Second order 2D elements are also supported.
Replace Nodes
Use the Edit: Replace tool to relocate and replace the positions of nodes.
Create and Delete Elements
Use the Edit: Create tool to create new 1D/2D/3D elements and delete elements.
Associate Nodes to Geometry
Use the Edit Elements: Associate tool to find non-associated nodes, review them, and associate to target geometry.

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