Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions

2022

  1. Home
  2. 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.

  3. Basic Browser Operations

    Learn the basics of working with browsers.

  4. Find and Search for

    The search bar can be used to find and filter in a browser.

  • 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
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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.

  • 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.

    • Basic Browser Operations

      Learn the basics of working with browsers.

      • Sort Entities

        Sort the entities within a folder.

      • Find and Search for

        The search bar can be used to find and filter in a browser.

      • Display Controls and Browser Modes

        These controls affect which entities display in the graphics area, and how they display, such as shaded or wireframe.

      • Context Menu

        A context menu of actions is available for any selected item in the browser.

    • Assembly Browser

      Use the Assembly Browser to manage parts and modules during the assembly building process.

    • Connector Browser

      Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.

    • Contact Browser

      Use the Contact Browser to create, review and modify contact interfaces and surfaces in a model.

    • Entity Editor

      The Entity Editor enables you to quickly view and edit entities in a model and correctly setup solver information.

    • Entity State Browser

      Use the Entity State Browser to set various states for entities in a model.

    • Loadsteps Browser

      Use the Loadsteps Browser to create, manage and display loadsteps (sub-cases) and the associated control cards.

    • Mask Browser

      In the Mask Browser, set the mask/unmask state for entities at the entity configuration level.

    • Mass Trimming Browser

      Use the Mass Trimming tool to create, define and realize mass entities.

    • Matrix Browser

      Use the Matrix Browser to explore the HyperMesh and HyperView data entities and export the entities to external files for further analysis.

    • Mechanism Browser

      Create and articulate a kinematic mechanism based on FE mesh using the Mechanism Browser.

    • Model Browser

      Use the Model Browser to view the model structure while providing full find, display and editing control of entities.

    • Model Checker

      Check the solver validity of the model, identify modeling issues, and fix modeling issues in an automatic or manual way.

    • Part Browser

      Use the Part Browser to create, organize and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.

    • Reference Browser

      The Reference Browser enables you to quickly understand complex relationships between different entities that constitute the model.

    • Solver Browser

      The Solver Browser provides a solver centric view of the model structure in a flat, listed tree structure.

    • Subsystem Browser

      Create, organize and manage the CAE subsystem level models using any entities.

    • Utility Menus

      The Utility menu contains options that allow you to customize the standard interface to include function buttons, radio options, and text that have Engineering Solutions-supplied and user-defined macros associated with them.

    • Visualization Controls

      Use the Visualization controls to change many of the visual states in Engineering Solutions and HyperView.

  • 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. ...
    • 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.

    • Basic Browser Operations

      Learn the basics of working with browsers.

  3. Find and Search for

    The search bar can be used to find and filter in a browser.

  • 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

ON THIS PAGE

  • Perform a Quick Search
  • Perform an Advanced Search Using Auto-Completion
  • Use Column Filters to Build a Search
  • Use Predefined Filters to Build a Search
  • Access Recent Search Strings

Find and Search for

The search bar can be used to find and filter in a browser.

Perform a Quick Search

  1. Enter the Name or ID directly in the browser search bar.


    Figure 1.
    Entering this query Returns this result
    shell All that contain shell in their name.
    "shell" All with the name shell.
    shell* All starting with the name shell.
    *shell All ending with the name shell.
    *shell* All that contain shell in their name.
    2 or "2" All with the ID 2.
    1-4 All with the IDs in range 1 to 4.
    1,5,9 All with the IDs 1, 5 and 9.
  2. Press Enter or click to execute the search.
  3. Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following ways:
    • Delete the search and press Enter.
    • Click x.
    • With the cursor's focus on the search bar, press Esc.
Tip: When the entry is alpha or alpha-numeric, the searched is performed on the names of . When the entry is only numeric, the searched is performed on the IDs of .

Perform an Advanced Search Using Auto-Completion

Interactively build search strings using a dynamic suggestion list.

  1. Access the list by clicking the text field of a browser search bar.


    Figure 2.
  2. Select attributes, operators, and values to append the correct syntax to the search string.
    The search syntax follows this basic form: <attribute> <operator> <value>.


    Figure 3.
    Note: The attributes available in the list are the same as the current active browser attributes (columns). If you don't see an expected attribute, make sure the corresponding browser column is turned on.
    Entering this query Returns this result
    Name~Bpillar All that contain Bpillar in their name.
    Name!~Bpillar All that do NOT contain Bpillar in their name.
    Name=Bpillar All with the name Bpillar.
    ID=10 All with an ID equal to 10.
    ID!=10 All with an ID not equal to 10.
    Entity=Components AND ID>10 Components with an ID greater than 10.
    Entity=Components OR ID>10 All Components and other entities with an ID greater than 10.
    ID>=10 AND ID=<20 AND Name~Bpillar All that contain Bpillar in their name and have an ID greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 20.
    Include=1 AND Material E=210000 OR Material E=220000 Materials with E=210000 under Include1 and Materials with E=220000 under all other includes.
    Include=1 AND (Material E=210000 OR Material E=220000) Materials with E=210000 and E=220000 under Include1.
    Include=1 AND Material E IN(210000,220000) Materials with E=210000 and E=220000 under Include1.
    Include=1 AND Property T NOT IN(1.5,3.5) Properties with Thickness not equal to 1.5 or 3.5 under Include1
  3. Press Enter or click to execute the search.
  4. Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following ways:
    • Delete the search and press Enter.
    • Click x.
    • With the cursor's focus on the search bar, press Esc.
Tip:
  • Press the Down Arrow key to scroll thought the list of attributes, operators, or values.
  • Press Tab or Enter to select the attributes, operators, or values
  • Press Esc to dismiss the list of attributes, operators, or values.
  • While searching for text with space or special characters, use quotes (“ ”).
  • To search multiple values with a single attribute entry, use a coma after the first value selection without a space.
  • Double-click on an attributes, operators, or values to invoke suggestion list.

Use Column Filters to Build a Search

Use column filters to quickly search any attribute that is added to a browser as a column.

Column filters are only supported in entity specific views.
  1. Hover over a column name then click the filter icon .
  2. Type a value or select from the suggestion list then press Enter or click .
    The value entered is converted to the correct syntax and shown in the search bar.


    Figure 4.
    You can also use operators in the column filter to refine the search.


    Figure 5.
    A column filter icon indicates the column on which the filter is applied.


    Figure 6.
    Multiple column filters can be applied. The search string is appended in the search bar.


    Figure 7.
  3. Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following ways:
    • Delete the search and press Enter.
    • Click x.
    • With the cursor's focus on the search bar, press Esc.

Use Predefined Filters to Build a Search

Use predefined filters to quickly filter the browser contents with selected or displayed entities

Predefined filters are supported in Model Browser entity views, the Part Browser, and the Subsystem Browser.

  1. Access the list of predefined filters by clicking the drop-down button next to the search icon.


    Figure 8.
    • Selected - Filters the browser with just the selected items. The Selected filter works for selection in both the browser and the graphics and should be reapplied after appending an existing selection.
    • Displayed - Filters the browser with entities that are displayed in the graphics. When the Displayed filter is applied in a browser, the filtered results are automatically updated upon changing the display state of the selected entities.
    • Current - Filters out the current collector.
  2. Clear the search and return to the default browser view in the following ways:
    • Delete the search and press Enter.
    • Click x.
    • With the cursor's focus on the search bar, press Esc.
Tip: After applying predefined filters, the search string can be further appended with more arguments to refine the search results.

Access Recent Search Strings

Click the text field of a browser search bar.
Your recent searches are indicated by the icon.


Figure 9.

Clicking on a recent search string auto-applies the filter and shows the search string in the search bar.

Clicking Remove removes the selected search string from recent history.
Note: A maximum of 5 recent searches are shown. Remove the latest strings to see previous search strings.

ON THIS PAGE

  • Perform a Quick Search
  • Perform an Advanced Search Using Auto-Completion
  • Use Column Filters to Build a Search
  • Use Predefined Filters to Build a Search
  • Access Recent Search Strings

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