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Meshing
Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
1D Meshing
1D mesh that allows accurate testing of connectors, such as bolts, and similar rod-like or bar-like objects that can be modeled as a simple line for FEA purposes.
Create and Edit 1D Mesh
Create 1D mesh, align, orient, and offset elements, and release degrees of freedom.

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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.
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.
- Define Mesh Controls
  Edit the Parameter and Criteria files and define mesh controls using the Mesh Controls Browser.
- 1D Meshing
  1D mesh that allows accurate testing of connectors, such as bolts, and similar rod-like or bar-like objects that can be modeled as a simple line for FEA purposes.
  - 1D Elements
    Supported 1D elements.
  - Beam Sections
    Use the Beam Sections tool to create and edit standard beam sections, cross beam sections, and HyperBeam sketches.
  - Create and Edit 1D Mesh
    Create 1D mesh, align, orient, and offset elements, and release degrees of freedom.
    - Create 1D Mesh
      Use the 1D Mesh: Create tool to create 1D elements on lines or nodes.
    - Align 1D Elements
      Use the 1D Mesh: Align tool to reorder the N1 to N2 sequence of 1D element nodes.
    - Orient Bar2 Elements
      Use the 1D Mesh: Orient tool to define bar2 orientation vectors or orientation nodes.
    - Offset Bar2 Elements
      Use the 1D Mesh: Offset tool to manually set offsets or adjust beams on plates.
    - Release Degrees of Freedom
      Use the 1D Mesh: Pins tool to edit and release degrees of freedom.
    - Beams From Lines
      These tools enable the creation of 1D elements from surface lines, organizing them into components. They also offset/orient these elements based on the attached shell elements and calculating properties of these 1D elements from 3D solid or shell FE element sections.
  - Review Section Properties of 1D Elements
    Use the 1D Mesh: Review tool to plot area moments of inertia and stiffness.
  - Update 1D Element Properties Using Cross Sections
    Use the Section Property tool to update properties assigned to bar2 or rod elements (target) using a cross section on various entities as the source.
- 2D Meshing
  A surface mesh or "shell mesh" represents model parts that are relatively two-dimensional, such as sheet metal or a hollow plastic cowl or case.
- 3D Meshing
  Volume mesh or "solid meshing" uses three-dimensional elements to represent fully 3D objects, such as solid parts or sheets of material that have enough thickness and surface variety that solid meshing makes more sense than 2D shell meshing.
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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Home
Meshing
Different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks.
1D Meshing
1D mesh that allows accurate testing of connectors, such as bolts, and similar rod-like or bar-like objects that can be modeled as a simple line for FEA purposes.
Create and Edit 1D Mesh
Create 1D mesh, align, orient, and offset elements, and release degrees of freedom.

Create and Edit 1D Mesh

Create 1D mesh, align, orient, and offset elements, and release degrees of freedom.

Create 1D Mesh
Use the 1D Mesh: Create tool to create 1D elements on lines or nodes.
Align 1D Elements
Use the 1D Mesh: Align tool to reorder the N1 to N2 sequence of 1D element nodes.
Orient Bar2 Elements
Use the 1D Mesh: Orient tool to define bar2 orientation vectors or orientation nodes.
Offset Bar2 Elements
Use the 1D Mesh: Offset tool to manually set offsets or adjust beams on plates.
Release Degrees of Freedom
Use the 1D Mesh: Pins tool to edit and release degrees of freedom.
Beams From Lines
These tools enable the creation of 1D elements from surface lines, organizing them into components. They also offset/orient these elements based on the attached shell elements and calculating properties of these 1D elements from 3D solid or shell FE element sections.

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