Panel

Description

Addendum

Projects nodes to an imaginary line passing through two nodes.

Advanced (Incremental_Dyna)

Allows you to setup gravity run, springback analysis and create dynain file.

Advanced (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Provides a means of running analyses using several HyperForm solver options.

Animation subpanel

Controls the display of your model during animation.

Automesh

Interactively or automatically creates meshes on surfaces.

Automeshing module

A subpanel for most of the plate and shell meshing operations that allows you to work interactively on mesh parameters.

Autotipping

Autotips part to a formable orientation.

Binder

Creates a holding surface around a shape.

Blank Shape

Displays/writes initial and final blank shapes.

Blankholder

Creates and edits blankholder sets.

Card

Allows you to select the entities that are viewed in the card image panel.

Check Elems

Verifies the quality of elements. Checks warp, aspect, skew, angles, length,  jacobian, connectivity, and duplicates.

Circle Grid

Shows major and minor strains with respect to deformed mode by displaying circles.

Color 

Modifies the color attributes of collectors.

Colors subpanel

Located on the Options panel; controls user-interface colors.

Components (RADIOSS One Step)

Creates or edits components for 1Step analysis using HyperForm solver.

Components (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Creates or edits components for incremental analysis.

Constraints
(RADIOSS One Step)

Creates or updates constraints or enforced displacements on nodes for 1Step analysis using HyperForm solver.

Constraints (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Creates or updates constraints or enforced displacements on nodes for incremental analysis.

Contacts

Creates and edits contact.

Contour 

Creates contour or assignment plots of results.

Count

Sums the entities in the database.

Control Cards

Sets solver specific data.

Create Nodes

Creates nodes by specifying the x, y, z coordinates, picking on existing geometry, on line, or between nodes.

Curves

Creates and edits curves.

Deformed

Creates deformed plot based on displacement results.

Defeature

Remove surface features.

Delete

Deletes data from the database.

Distance

Finds the distance or angle between nodes.

Drag

Creates a surface or mesh by dragging nodes, lines, or elements.

Drawbeads
(RADIOSS One Step)

Create or edit drawbead for 1Step analysis using HyperForm solver.

Drawbeads (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Creates or edits drawbead sets for incremental analysis.

Edge Edit

Performs surface edge-specific geometry cleanup tasks.

Edit Element

Build, combine, and split elements.

Edges

Allows you to find the free edges in a group of elements, find "T" or discontinuous connections in a group of elements (any edges connected to three or more elements), display duplicate nodes, and equivalence duplicate nodes

Find

Finds entities (and IDs) in the database.

FLD Curves

Specify the forming limit curves

FLD Plots

Displays the FLD results.

Graphics subpanel

Determines the current graphics engine: standard or performance.

Length

Determine the length of a group of selected lines.

Line Design

Creates and edits lines for use in metal forming.

Line Edit

Combines lines, splits lines at a point, at a joint, at a line, or at a plane, and smoothes lines.

Line Mapping

The Line Mapping panel allows you to either track a line between the stamped part and the initial undeformed blank to minimize material wastage(part to blank) , or map trim lines between the intermediate stages of stamping such as between the final flanged stage and the prior drawn stage (part to part).

Lines

Create new line data between nodes or from existing geometry.

Loadcols

Creates/edits load collectors for incremental analysis.

Load Result

Allows you to directly launch HyperView and load the results from the incremental analysis.

Materials
(RADIOSS One Step)

Creates or edits materials or properties for 1Step analysis using HyperForm solver.

Materials (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Creates or edits materials for incremental analysis.

Mask

Masks entities from the display list.

Menu config subpanel

Located on the Options panel; changes the size of HyperMesh fonts, and specifies the macro menu.

Midsurface

Extract the midsurface representation representation of a solid part.

Modify Addendum

Allows you to parametrically modify the addendum via rib morphing.

Node Edit

Associates, moves, or places nodes on a surface.

Normals

Displays and adjusts the normal of elements or surfaces.

Numbers

Displays the IDs of entities.

Options

Determines tolerance, zoom factor, element shrink, pick handles, etc.

Organize

Moves or copies entities between components.

Part Outline

Allows you to study the effect of varying the stamped part boundary on the initial undeformed blank boundary and vice versa.

Penetration

Checks groups for initial penetration problems.

Point Edit

Performs many point-specific geometry cleanup tasks.

Position

Positions entities in space by selecting nodes.

Postscript subpanel

Located on the Options panel; produces PostScript images (also use function key F4).

Prep Geom

Allows you to quickly fill up cut outs on a surface or dents on a line with surface patches.

Project

Projects entities to a plane, vector, or surface.

Quick Edit

Rapid editing of model geometry.

Reflect

Mirrors entities about a plane.

Rename

Changes collector names.

Renumber

Renumbers entities.

Replace

Allows you to manually equivalence nodes.

Rotate

Rotate entities about a vector.

Ruled

Creates a surface or mesh from nodes or lines which are unconnected.

Run analysis (RADIOSS One Step)

Submits and monitors analysis runs.

Run analysis (Incremental_RADIOSS)

Allows you to submit a job for incremental analysis to the solver.

Scale

Modifies the size of entities.

Section

Creates/assigns section and thickness for incremental analysis.

Skin

Creates a surface or mesh skin across a set of lines.

Smooth

Improves element quality on a surface mesh.

Spin

Creates a surface or mesh by rotating nodes, lines, or elements about a vector.

Spline

Creates a surface or mesh with lines.

Split

Splits elements into pre-defined patterns.

Surface Edit

Trims surfaces with lines or surfaces, untrims surfaces, and creates surfaces that fill gaps in the model.

Systems

Creates local coordinate systems.

Temp Nodes

Adds or removes temporary nodes.

Tool Build

Automatically creates and positions tools.

Tool Loads

Prescribes forces on tools.

Tool Motion

Defines tool motion and time step.

Translate

Moves entities along a vector.

Undercut chk

Checks elements in die-lock condition.

Vectors

Create a vector entity.