Engineering Solutions is a modeling and visualization environment for NVH, Squeak and Rattle Director, Crash, CFD, and Aerospace using
best-in-class solver technology.
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.
HyperWorks offers high quality tools for CFD applications enabling the engineer to perform modeling, optimization and post-processing
tasks efficiently.
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.
A part is an engineering representation of a physical part, and a part assembly is a group of part assemblies and/or
parts. Part Instances, which are recognized from PDM, are automatically converted to Part Instances on import into
HyperMesh.
The part assembly can be saved as a self-contained binary file, which will include the part assembly based hierarchy
and attributes such as components, properties, and materials.
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.
PDM parts and part
assemblies can be imported into HyperMesh via a PDM
generated PLMXML file.
From the menu bar, click File > Import > BOM.
The Import browser opens.
In the File field, navigate to the file that contains the parts, part assemblies,
and part instances to import.
Define additional options as needed.
Click Import.
Import PDM Data
Import metadata from CAD to part. This facilitates visualizing CAD-centric metadata
in the Part Browser and aids in the model build workflow.
From the Part Browser, right-click on a part and select Metadata > Update or Metadata > Settings.
Note: The Metadata option is only available when you right-click on
parts.
If you selected Update in the previous step:
From the sub-menu, select Part Data or
PDM Data.
Choose Part Data to update part metadata. The CAD
file is parsed to extract the metadata without having to load the CAD
representation into the session. After extraction, part metadata is
immediately visible in the metadata section of the entity editor.
Choose PDM Data to update PDM attributes. The
updates the PDM attributes for the selected map.
If you selected Settings in Step 1:
From the sub-menu, select Update or
Mapping.
The Update selection refers to the REM settings
for part data and PDM data. You can choose whether to import only incoming
data, or to keep both.
The Mapping selection refers to mapping CAD
metadata to PDM attributes. These settings can vary depending on the CAD
format. The following figure is an example of PDM mapping settings for the
JT CAD reader.
Note: You can also access these settings by right-clicking in the part browser
and selecting Representations > Settings > Load > CAD > Load Options.