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.
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry
is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing
parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.
Use the Contour tool to visualize result data by coloring entities by value, allowing for easy identification of maximums
and minimums throughout the model. Contour plots can be created using any scalar data, including components or invariants
of vector or tensor results (for example: vonMises stress, displacement magnitude).
Use the Vector tool to draw arrows such that the direction in which the arrow points is the direction of the vector
and the length of the arrow is its magnitude. Individual vector components, shear, and complete resultants can be
plotted for vector-based results (for example: X, Y, Z, Resultant).
Use the Deformed tool to specify parameters for deformation display. This displays the original structure and the
deformed shape to see the total amount of movement, or view the deformed shape by itself.
Use the Marker tool to visualize result data by adding text on entities by ID and value, allowing for easy reference
of result values on selected entities. Marker plots can be created using any scalar data, including components or
invariants of vector or tensor results (for example: vonMises stress, displacement magnitude).
Use the Legend entity to create, edit and assign custom legends to any contour, vector and tensor plot. Legends can
be numeric, or category based. It can be copied or saved to an external file and imported for re-use.
Once result files have been loaded in HyperMesh, use this tool to perform all types of queries, such as multiple load cases, components, different layers,
and systems.
The MinMax/Ranking/Envelope tool is an extension of the Results Query tool, and allows you to perform additional operations
on data and get dedicated reporting.
Create derived load cases in the form of linear
super-position and/or envelope.
Open the Derived Load cases tool in one of the following ways:
From the Post ribbon, click the satellite icon that appears when you hover over the
Results tool.
Right-click on a result or load case entity in the Results Browser and select Create Derived
Loadcase.
Load cases are available to select and move to the right-side of the tool to combine
them based on the following:
Envelope can be either min, max, or extreme and it requires, where available, the
definition of the relevant metric, for quantities such as vector and tensor.
Each newly created derived load case (DLC) is appended to the list and can be
reviewed by clicking the review icon. DLCs are then available in all of the other
result tools.
For envelopes, the complete data type is stored based on the data component metric.
In other words, a DLC created as an envelope among load cases based on Stress: von
Mises, max will store the complete tensor state which for each entity leads to the
max von Mises value. In this case, only the required data type is stored, and no
other data types are available.