Toolbars

Toolbars contain groups of icons used to perform the most common tasks. Each toolbar can be docked to any of the toolbar locations. Toolbars can also be undocked or free-floating in the application window.

Toolbars can be turned on or off from the View menu. Check marks indicate the status of each toolbar, checked for on and unchecked for off. Clicking an item in the toolbar's sub-menu toggles the state between "on" and "off".

Toolbars can be moved and "docked" to any of several possible locations inside the BasicFEA environment.

Each toolbar has a toolbar handle; this is used to drag a toolbar on (docked) or off (undocked) a toolbar area. The available toolbar areas in the BasicFEA frameworks are shown in the BasicFEA User Interface topic. Within each of these areas a toolbar can be docked or undocked.

Move and re-dock a toolbar

1.	Move the curser over the toolbar handle:

The mouse pointer changes to a to indicate that you are over the toolbar handle

2.	Left-click-and-drag the toolbar, either within or completely off of a toolbar area.

3.	Release the mouse button once the mouse pointer is in the desired new toolbar location.

In order for a toolbar to be docked, it must be "dropped" over a valid toolbar area. To dock a toolbar on a toolbar area that is currently collapsed (that is there are no toolbars currently shown in that area) simply release the mouse button where the toolbar area would be if it were expanded.

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You can also drop a toolbar onto a non-toolbar area. In this case, the toolbar becomes a separate window unto itself. This gives you mode flexibility as to where to place the toolbar, and you can quickly turn the toolbar off by "closing" the window instead of using the View menu. This window can be moved just like any other. To re-integrate it into the BasicFEA environment, drag-and-drop the toolbar handle (not the window's title bar) into a valid toolbar area inside the BasicFEA environment. See Display Controls for more information about the viewing options available on the toolbar. You can use keyboard hot keys to access the same viewing options. See Keyboard for more information.

The BasicFEA toolbar provides shortcuts to various functionalities that follow the engineering process from geometry import to running analysis and also provides a shortcut to advanced post-processing in HyperWorks Desktop.

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The options in this toolbar deliver convenient shortcuts to the functions most commonly used.

Allows you to quickly measure the dimensions of your model.

Shortcut to the default and user defined material libraries.

Shortcut to creating a rigid body.

Shortcut to creating a sliding pin.

Shortcut to creating load distribution body.

Shortcut to creating a tied contact.

Shortcut to creating a sliding contact.

Adds a linear static loadstep.

Adds a normal modes loadstep.

Adds a buckling loadstep.

Adds a non-linear quasi-static loadstep.

Adds a fatigue loadstep.

Runs an analysis. If no mesh exists, this will mesh the entire model based on the mesh parameters and launch the solver. While in mesh mode this will only launch the solver.

Launches HyperWorks Desktop with the HyperView client and the results loaded. This option is only available after a solver run.

Exits BasicFEA and brings you into the full HyperMesh client under the OptiStruct user profile.

Opens the Quick Edit panel.

Opens the Auto Cleanup panel.

Sets the geometry to wireframe mode.

Sets the geometry to wireframe and surface lines.

Sets the geometry mode to shaded and surface edges.

Sets the geometry to shaded.

Sets the current element visual mode to wireframe (skin only). Internal mesh lines will not display.

Sets the current element visual mode to wireframe. Internal and surface mesh lines display.

Sets the current element visual mode to transparent with elements. Elements are shaded but transparent, no mesh lines display, but feature lines do.

Sets the current element visual mode to shaded and mesh lines. Elements are shaded and surface mesh lines display.

Sets the current element visual mode to shaded and feature lines. Elements are shaded but have no mesh lines, while feature lines display.

Sets the current element visual mode to shaded. Elements are shaded, but no lines display.

The Standard toolbar controls basic operations, including starting a new session, opening and saving .hm binary files, importing and exporting solver decks and geometry files, setting the current user profile and results files, and working with command and tcl files and utilities.

The detailed behavior of each toolbar icon is described in the table below. Note that some icons have different behavior depending on whether they are clicked with the left mouse button or the right mouse button.

Icon	Left-click	LEFT Behavior	Right-click	RIGHT Behavior
	New .hm file	Closes the current .hm file and opens a new blank .hm file.	Same
	Open .hm file	Opens the standard Open dialog; browse for .hm file to open.	Same
	Save .hm file	Save current .hm file.	Same
	Import Solver Deck Import Model Import Geometry Import Connectors	Opens the Import tab; Enter information to import connectors, FE models, geometry, or HM models.	Select option from Menu Or Left-click lower right arrow	Right-click to expand options; Left-click an icon to set new current icon and perform the icon’s left-click behavior.
	Export Solver Deck Export Model Export Geometry Export Connectors	Opens the Export tab; Enter information to export connectors, FE models, geometry, or H3D files.	Select option from Menu Or Left-click lower right arrow	Right-click to expand options; Left-click an icon to set new current icon and perform the icon’s left-click behavior.
	Publish session to PowerPoint or HTML	Opens the Publishing PowerPoint dialog. Opens the Publish Session file browser, which allows you to publish your session to an HTML file.
	Load User Profile	Opens the User Profile dialog; Select user profile to load.	Same
	Load Results File Load Solver Template	Opens the Load Results dialog; browse for results file to load. Opens the Load Solver dialog; browse for files to load.	Select option from Menu Or Left-click lower right arrow	Right-click to expand options; Left-click an icon to set new current icon and perform the icon’s left-click behavior.

The following page controls are displayed for all applications and are used to manage pages, change page layouts, and manipulate individual windows.

Button	Function	Behavior
/	Add page/Delete page	Adds a page to the end of the current session page and makes it the active page. Deletes the current page and makes the next page the active page.
	Window layout	Sets the current page window layout to the icon selected from the drop-down menu.
/	Expand/Reduce Windows	Expands the active window to full screen, or reduces the expanded window to normal page layout. When one is selected, the other icon immediately becomes the only available option.
	Left Only	Displays the Pick Target dialog, and swaps the current window with the selected option.
/	Window Synchronization	Displays the Select Windows to Synchronize dialog. Choose the windows to sync, and then select the Stop Windows Synchronization icon.

The Animation toolbar allows you to control animation without the presence of the Animation Controls panel. You can use the toolbar to control the animation when you switch to a full screen to view your model and the animation controls icon on the toolbar is no longer visible.

Button	Function	Behavior
/ /	Set the animation mode	Choose from either transient animation mode, modal animation mode, or linear animation mode.
	Rewind	Rewinds the animation to the beginning of the sequence.
	Rewind	Rewinds the animation in increments.
	Play	Starts the animation play.
	Fast forward	Forwards the animation play quickly, in increments.
	Fast forward	Forwards the animation to the end of the segment.
	Animation options	Opens the Animation Controls panel.

The Standard Views toolbar contains functionality for quickly changing the view of the model in the graphics area to a standard view including fitting the model in the graphics area.

The detailed behavior of each icon is described in the table below.

Icon	Left-click	LEFT Behavior	Right-click	RIGHT Behavior
	Fit Model	Fit Model	Fit all models	Fit all models
	Previous View	Set the view as the previous view	Same
	XY Top Plane View	Set the view to the xy top plane	Same
	XY Bottom Plane View	Set the view to the xy bottom plane	Same
	XZ Left Plane View	Set the view to the xz left plane	Same
	XZ Right Plane View	Set the view to the xz right plane	Same
	YZ Rear Plane View	Set the view to the yz rear plane	Same
	YZ Front Plane View	Set the view to the yz front view	Same
	Isometric view	Set the view to the isometric view	Same
	Reverse view	Set the view to the "reverse" of the current view	Same

The 3D View Controls toolbar provides enhanced options when viewing models in 3D.

Button	Function	Behavior
	Zoom	Zoom in/out with a factor of 2x
	Circle/Dynamic Zoom	Left-click: Circle zoom mode Right-click: Dynamic zoom mode
	Dynamic Rotate/Spin	Left-click: Dynamic rotate mode Right-click: Dynamic spin mode
	Pan	Left-click: Pan mode Right-click: Center model mode
	Rotate Left/Right	Left-click: Rotate left Right-click: Rotate right
	Rotate Up/Down	Left-click: Rotate up Right-click: Rotate down
	Rotate clockwise/counter-clockwise	Left-click: Rotate clockwise Right-click: Rotate counter-clockwise

To turn the Scripting toolbar on and off, click View > Toolbars > HyperWorks > Scripting.

The detailed behavior of each icon is described in the table below:

Icon	Function	Behavior
	Create Tcl/Tk script	Start a new HyperMath session.
/	Open Script/ Command file	Open a Tcl/Tk script in HyperMath, or open a command file in a text editor.
	Debug Tcl/Tk script	Prompts you to debug a selected script.
/	Run Tcl/Tk script/ Command file	Opens Run Tcl/Tk script dialog, prompting you to select script to open. Run an existing command file.
	New HyperMath Script	Start a new HyperMath session with a blank HyperMath script file.
	Open HyperMath Script	Select a HyperMath script to open and edit.
	Debug HyperMath Script	Select a HyperMath script and load HyperMath in debugging mode.
	Templex functions	Opens the Templex functions panel.

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