Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions

2022

  1. Home
  2. CAD Interfaces

    Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.

  3. CAD Export

    Learn about the CAD readers supported by Engineering Solutions and the options available for exporting CAD geometry data.

  4. Supported CAD Writers

    CAD writers supported by Engineering Solutions.

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • NVH
  • Squeak and Rattle Director
  • Crash
  • CFD
  • Aerospace
  • Interface with External Products
  • Entities and Solver Interfaces
  • CAD Interfaces
  • Browsers
  • Panels
  • Geometry
  • Meshing
  • Connectors
  • Model Build and Assembly
  • Model Verification
  • Model Setup
  • Morphing
  • Optimization
  • Conversion Between Solver Formats
  • XY Plotting
  • Post-Processing Analysis
Index
Engineering Solutions

2022

Engineering Solutions
  • What's New

    View new features for Engineering Solutions 2022.

  • Get Started

    Engineering Solutions is a modeling and visualization environment for NVH, Squeak and Rattle Director, Crash, CFD, and Aerospace using best-in-class solver technology.

  • Tutorials

    Discover Engineering Solutions functionality with interactive tutorials.

  • NVH

    Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) is an important vehicle attribute that directly affects the customer experience.

  • Squeak and Rattle Director

    Use Squeak and Rattle Director tool to create evaluation lines, evaluate them and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.

  • Crash

    The Crash application offers a tailored environment in HyperWorks that efficiently steers the Crash CAE specialist in CAE model building, starting from CAD geometry and finishing with a runnable solver deck in Radioss, LS-DYNA and PAM-CRASH 2G.

  • CFD

    HyperWorks offers high quality tools for CFD applications enabling the engineer to perform modeling, optimization and post-processing tasks efficiently.

  • Aerospace

    Essential utility tools developed using HyperWorks-Tcl.

  • Interface with External Products

    Solver interfaces supported in Engineering Solutions.

  • Entities and Solver Interfaces

    A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.

  • CAD Interfaces

    Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.

    • CAD Import

      Learn about the CAD readers supported by Engineering Solutions and the options available for importing CAD geometry data.

    • CAD Export

      Learn about the CAD readers supported by Engineering Solutions and the options available for exporting CAD geometry data.

      • Supported CAD Writers

        CAD writers supported by Engineering Solutions.

        • CATIA Composites Link Writer

          Use the CATIA Composites Link option to export composite drape data.

        • FiberSim Writer

          Use the FiberSim option to export composite data.

        • IGES Writer

        • Inspire Writer

        • JT Writer

        • Multiscale Designer Writer

        • Parasolid Writer

        • STEP Writer

      • CAD Export Message Files

        When a CAD file is exported from Engineering Solutions, a .msg file is created, or appended to, in the current working directory.

    • CAD Update

      In this section you will learn about updating CAD metadata and parameters.

  • Browsers

    Browsers supply a great deal of view-related functionality in Engineering Solutions 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.

  • Panels

    Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.

  • Geometry

    Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.

  • Meshing

    Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.

  • Connectors

    Create connections between parts of your model.

  • Model Build and Assembly

    Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.

  • Model Verification

    Perform automatic checks on CAD models, and identify potential issues with geometry that may slow down the meshing process using the Verification and Comparison tools.

  • Model Setup

    Overview of how to build a finite element model.

  • Morphing

    Morph the shape of your finite element model.

  • Optimization

    Setup an Optimization in Engineering Solutions.

  • Conversion Between Solver Formats

    Convert finite element models to another solver format.

  • XY Plotting

    Study relationships between data vectors in results files.

  • Post-Processing Analysis

    Learn how to use post-processing functions.

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Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions

2022

  1. Home
  2. CAD Interfaces

    Support provided by the CAD readers and writers.

  3. CAD Export

    Learn about the CAD readers supported by Engineering Solutions and the options available for exporting CAD geometry data.

  4. Supported CAD Writers

    CAD writers supported by Engineering Solutions.

  • What's New
  • Get Started
  • Tutorials
  • NVH
  • Squeak and Rattle Director
  • Crash
  • CFD
  • Aerospace
  • Interface with External Products
  • Entities and Solver Interfaces
  • CAD Interfaces
  • Browsers
  • Panels
  • Geometry
  • Meshing
  • Connectors
  • Model Build and Assembly
  • Model Verification
  • Model Setup
  • Morphing
  • Optimization
  • Conversion Between Solver Formats
  • XY Plotting
  • Post-Processing Analysis
Index

Supported CAD Writers

CAD writers supported by Engineering Solutions.

Format Latest Version Supported File Extensions Supported
CATIA Composites Link .h5
FiberSim .h5
IGES
  • v6.0
  • JAMA-IS
  • .iges
  • .igs
Inspire 2021.2 .stmod
JT 10.5 .jt
Multiscale Designer Writer 2021 .h5
Parasolid v33.1.154
  • .x_t
  • .x_b
  • .xmt_txt
  • .xmt_bin
STEP AP214
  • .step
  • .stp

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