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Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Introduction to Sketching
Learn about sketching basics including the sketch plane, legend, constraints, context menu options, and construction geometry.
Sketch Plane
Select a sketch tool, then select a sketch plane to begin sketching.

2022

What's New
View new features for HyperWorks 2022.
Get Started
Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Video Tutorials
Discover HyperWorks functionality with interactive tutorials.
Startup Procedures and Customizations
Start HyperWorks and configure the applications.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Sessions and Report Templates
Set up sessions and create report templates.
Interface with External Products
Solver interfaces supported in HyperWorks.
Entities and Solver Interfaces
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
- Introduction to Sketching
  Learn about sketching basics including the sketch plane, legend, constraints, context menu options, and construction geometry.
  - Sketch Plane
    Select a sketch tool, then select a sketch plane to begin sketching.
  - Sketch Legend
    The Sketch Legend in the upper left corner of the modeling window indicates whether a sketch entity is Projected or Intersected, and whether a sketch curve is Underdefined, Fully Defined, or Overconstrained.
  - Sketch Constraints
    Apply geometric relationships such as tangency and perpendicularity to sketch curves.
  - Sketch Context Menu Options
    Create a sketch imprint, remove constraints, align axes, convert sketches to construction geometry, and show or hide grids, points, constraints, construction lines, dimensions, or intersection curves.
  - Construction Geometry
    Construction geometry is used as a reference to line up or define other geometry.
- Variables
  Create and assign variables to parameters when modeling.
- New Sketch
  Start a new sketch and select a sketch plane.
- Project
  Project selected geometry onto the sketch plane as construction geometry.
- Intersect
  Extract curves resulting from the intersection of the sketch plane with selected parts.
- Point/Lines
  Sketch and edit a point, line, polyline, or line-arc.
- Rectangles
  Sketch and edit a rectangle.
- Polygons
  Sketch and edit a parallelogram or a regular polygon.
- Circles
  Sketch and edit a circle.
- Ellipses
  Sketch and edit an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
- Arcs
  Sketch and edit an arc.
- Splines
  Sketch and edit a spline.
- Dimension
  Use the Dimension tool to define and/or constrain the dimensions of a sketch.
- Trim/Break
  Trim or split a sketch curve.
- Extend
  Extend or shorten an entity of a sketch curve.
- Fillet
  Round the corners of 2D sketch curves to create fillets with the same radius or different radii.
- Offset/Mirror
  Offset or mirror a sketch curve.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
FE Geometry
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Meshing
Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
Elements
Create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Composites
HyperMesh composites modeling.
Connectors
Create connections between parts of your model.
Morph
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.
Skeleton Modeling
Create a reduced ordered model to facilitate optimization at the concept phase.
Design Space
Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.
Design Explorer
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Validate
Validate the model built before running solver analysis.
Crash and Safety
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Airbag Solutions
Airbag solutions offer airbag folder utilities and exports a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.
Aerospace
Essential utility tools developed using HyperWorks-Tcl.
Aeroelasticity
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Certification
Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.
Marine
Streamline the creation of properties and 1D stiffener mesh using the info read from Marine CAD tools.
Squeak and Rattle Director
Create evaluation lines, evaluate them, and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.
Geomechanics Director
Explore the GeoD user interface.
Panels
Panels contains pre-processing and post-processing tools.
Results Data
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
Plot Data
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
Multibody Modeling
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
Media Files
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Tabulate Results
TableView creates an Excel-like spreadsheet in HyperWorks.
Text Files
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Publishing and Reporting
Create, define, and export reports.

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2022

Home
Sketching
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Introduction to Sketching
Learn about sketching basics including the sketch plane, legend, constraints, context menu options, and construction geometry.
Sketch Plane
Select a sketch tool, then select a sketch plane to begin sketching.

Sketch Plane

Select a sketch tool, then select a sketch plane to begin sketching.

A sketch plane can be a global plane, a user-created reference plane, or a planar face of an existing part.

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