Engineering Solutions

2022

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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.
Connector Browser
Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.
Column Filtering
Use browser columns to filter lists.

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Squeak and Rattle Director
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Browsers
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Geometry
Meshing
Connectors
Model Build and Assembly
Model Verification
Model Setup
Morphing
Optimization
Conversion Between Solver Formats
XY Plotting
Post-Processing Analysis

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.
- 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.
  - Link Entity Browser
    The Link Entity Browser displays all of the links that are connected using the connectors in the model.
  - Connector Entity Browser
    The middle section of the Connector Browser contains a list of all the connections contained in the model, and has its own set of tools similar to the ones found in the Link Entity Browser.
  - Connector Entity Editor
    Use the Connector Entity Editor to quickly view and modify attributes assigned to connector(s).
  - Column Filtering
    Use browser columns to filter lists.
  - Link Definition
    A link is a reference to a separate entity. One or more links are added to a connector. The entities to which the links refer are connected during realization.
  - Convert Style
    Convert connectors of one specific style into a different style, for example a spot connector into a bolt connector using the Convert option.
  - Combine
    Combine aligned single point connectors into line connectors or combine several aligned seam line connectors into larger one(s) using the Combine option.
  - Split
    Split spot or bolt line connectors into individual single point connectors using the Split option.
  - Position
    Place a connector in-between the center of the two farthest defined links or its source position using the Position option.
  - Add Link
    Add links (component, assembly, surface, element, tag, node) at a time to one or more connectors using the Add Link option.
  - Remove Links
    Remove links from one or more connectors at a time.
  - Update Links
    Update the attributes associated with a link, such as reconnection rule, link references, and link state.
  - Convert Links
    Existing connector links can be converted to one of the following link types: Part, Comp, or Prop. Connector link conversion requests a clear 1:1 relation between a component and a property, otherwise the conversion is not unique and will not be performed.
  - Find Connectors From Parts or Links
    Locate and isolate connectors that connect the selected entities/part(s) in the Link Entity Browser using the Find option.
  - Find Connectors From Realizations
  - Find Links From Connectors
    The find parts feature in the Connector Browser context menu finds the entities/part(s) connected by specific connector(s), and isolates them in the graphics area.
- 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

2022

Home
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.
Connector Browser
Use the Connector Browser to view and modify connectors in the current model.
Column Filtering
Use browser columns to filter lists.

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

Column Filtering

Use browser columns to filter lists.

The following image shows an example of column filtering.

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