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Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Create Geometry
Explore the tools used to create geometry.
Midsurface
Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

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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.
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
- Create Geometry
  Explore the tools used to create geometry.
  - Points and Nodes
    Learn about creating, editing, and extracting points and nodes.
  - Shapes
    Create and edit circles and rectangles with the Shapes tool.
  - Lines
    A line represents a curve in space and is not attached to any surface or solid. A line is a one-dimensional geometric entity.
  - Surfaces
    A surface represents the geometry associated with a physical part. A surface is a two-dimensional geometric entity that may be used in automatic mesh generation.
  - Solids
    Solids are closed volume of surfaces that can take any shape. Solids are three-dimensional entities that can be used in automatic tetra and solid meshing.
  - Create Ruled Surfaces and Solids
    Use the Ruled tools to create surfaces/solids by interpolating lines and surfaces either linearly or smoothly.
  - Faces
    A face is a single Non-uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) and is the smallest area entity. It has a separate underlying mathematical definition, specified when it was created.
  - Drag and Spin
    Use the Drag/Spin tool to drag and spin lines, surfaces, and nodes in order to create surfaces or solids.
  - Midlines
    Use the Midlines tool to create midlines from existing lines, surface edges, or tube solids.
  - Midsurface
    Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.
    - Specify Base Surfaces
      Use the Midsurfaces: Base Surfaces tool to specify a distance from the base surfaces of multiple solids that you wish to treat as if they were continuous. This will help generate separate-but-aligned midsurfaces during extraction.
    - Extract Midsurfaces
      Use the Midsurfaces: Automatic tool to extract the midsurface of sheet metal stampings, molded plastic parts with ribs, and other parts that have thickness clearly smaller than width and length.
    - Edit Midsurface Plates
      Use the Midsurfaces: Edit Plates tool to review and edit midsurface plates.
    - Imprint Lines or Surfaces on Midsurfaces
      Use the Midsurfaces: Pocket Imprint tool to imprint pockets, fillets, and other geometry features from the source geometry onto the midsurfaces.
- Edit Geometry
  Explore the tools used to edit geometry.
- Geometry Cleanup
  Clean up problematic areas on 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
Geometry
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
Create Geometry
Explore the tools used to create geometry.
Midsurface
Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

Midsurface

Extract the midsurface of thin solids, and review and edit midsurface plates.

Note: FE geometry is not supported for midsurface extraction.

Specify Base Surfaces
Use the Midsurfaces: Base Surfaces tool to specify a distance from the base surfaces of multiple solids that you wish to treat as if they were continuous. This will help generate separate-but-aligned midsurfaces during extraction.
Extract Midsurfaces
Use the Midsurfaces: Automatic tool to extract the midsurface of sheet metal stampings, molded plastic parts with ribs, and other parts that have thickness clearly smaller than width and length.
Edit Midsurface Plates
Use the Midsurfaces: Edit Plates tool to review and edit midsurface plates.
Imprint Lines or Surfaces on Midsurfaces
Use the Midsurfaces: Pocket Imprint tool to imprint pockets, fillets, and other geometry features from the source geometry onto the midsurfaces.

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