Browsers
Use the browsers in HyperWorks CFD to create, review, and manage the parts,setup parameters, and post-processing entities used in your simulation.
By default, browsers open on the left side of the application. However, you can undock browsers so that they appear as a free-floating dialogs. You can also re-dock browsers on the right-side or the bottom of the application.
Part Browser
Use the Part Browser to create, organize, and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.
To open the Part Browser, click from the menu bar.
The Part Browser displays the relationship between your model's parts/assemblies (), solid bodies (), and surface bodies ().
Solid bodies and surface bodies reflect the content within each part. Solid bodies contain a solid and surface bodies contain a group of surfaces. By reviewing the solid and surface bodies, you can get an idea of model.
Setup Browser
Use the Setup Browser to create, edit, and review your model's setup parameters.
To open the Setup Browser, click from the menu bar.
The Setup Browser contains the different categories of parameters that you can use to setup your simulation and any defined instances.
If you right-click on a parameter and select Create/Open, the corresponding ribbon and tool used to create that parameter are activated.
Once a parameter is defined, it is automatically added to the Setup Browser.
Similarly, you can right-click on a defined parameter in the browser and select Edit to quickly jump into the correct tool and change any options.
Post Browser
Use the Post Browser to create, edit, and review post-processing visualizations and measurements.
The Post Browser contains the model's parts, boundary visualizations, and defined post-processing entities.
You can use the following context menu options, in addition to standard functions like show/hide/isolate, while in the browser:
- Info
- Provides a summary of the number of nodes, elements, and maximum and minimum values of each variable on the surface or dataset.
- New Collection
- Available on the Boundary Collections heading.
- Make Current
- Controls which collection new boundary groups are added to.
- Delete Empty Boundary Groups
- Delete empty boundary groups in a collection.
- Edit
- Quickly jump into the entity's corresponding tool and change any options.
- Create Subcollection
- Available for boundary collections, boundaries, and boundary groups.
- Remove From Subcollection
- Remove selected from its current subcollection.
- Delete Empty Subcollection
- Delete subcollections that do not contain anything.
Multiple Datasets
Multiple sets of data can be imported into the same session. After opening the first dataset, use
to load others.All datasets are rendered in the browser. The datasets are visible in the modeling window and you can control the visibility of any item of any dataset using the browser.
However, only active dataset entities can be selected in the modeling window and in tools like Slice Planes, Streamlines, and so on. Make a dataset active by right-clicking on in it in the browser and selecting Make Current.
To delete a dataset, right-click on it and select Delete.
Particle Datasets
HyperWorks CFD Post supports the import of datasets that contain particles. The particles are automatically identified and classified as a separate data type in the Post Browser. Particle datasets have only two different display types available: Points and Vectors
Find and Search for Entities
The search bar can be used to find and filter entities in a browser.
- In the Post Browser, click to find entities without filtering the list. Click to search and filter. Use the icons besides the search search bar to navigate results and define options.
- Click on the right side of the search bar to view recent searches.