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Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Manage Parts
Manage Representations
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Part representations can be loaded from your current HyperMesh session or from the Part Library.

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.
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.
- Manage Parts
  - Open the Part Browser
    Use the Part Browser to create, organize and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.
  - About Parts, Part Assemblies, Part Instances
    A part is an engineering representation of a physical part, and a part assembly is a group of part assemblies and/or parts. Part Instances, which are recognized from PDM, are automatically converted to Part Instances on import into HyperMesh.
  - Create Parts, Part Assemblies, and Part Instances
    Only CAE parts and part assemblies can be manually created in HyperMesh. PDM parts and part assemblies must be imported into HyperMesh.
  - Import Parts, Part Assemblies, and Part Instances
  - Organize Part Assemblies and Parts
    Organize part assemblies, parts, and components in your model.
  - Transform Parts Assemblies and Parts
    Translate, rotate, reflect, scale, and position selected parts and part assemblies.
  - Save Assemblies as HyperMesh Binary Files
    The part assembly can be saved as a self-contained binary file, which will include the part assembly based hierarchy and attributes such as components, properties, and materials.
  - Manage Representations
    - About Representations
      The CAD representation is typically the original source of information of what a physical part will look like. It forms the basis of the Common representation, which in turn is the basis of all subsequent discipline specific mesh representations. A part can contain multiple representations.
    - Create Representations
    - Define Representations
      Create your own user defined representation. User defined representations are saved to the settings and will be available in subsequent HyperMesh sessions.
    - Add Representations
      Part representations can be added from external sources such as solver decks and HyperMesh binary files or from the Part Library.
    - Browse Library Content
      Review library content using the Library Viewer.
    - Load Representations
      Part representations can be loaded from your current HyperMesh session or from the Part Library.
      - Load Representations from Current HyperMesh Session
      - Load Representations from the Part Library
        After importing a BOM that has representations saved in the Part library, you can load the saved representations.
    - Reload Representations
      Restore part representations to their original state.
    - Unload Representations
      Unload part representations from a session.
    - Update Metadata From PDM
    - Sync Metadata To PDM
      Sync PDM metadata (PDM PID, PDM Thickness, PDM Material, and PDM MID) based on a selected part or part's metadata (PID, Thickness, Material, MID).
    - Save Representations
      After importing a BOM and creating respective representations, you can save the representations locally or in the Part Library.
    - Delete Representations
      Part representations can be deleted from the current HyperMesh session and from the Part Library.
    - Representation Load Settings
      Settings to configure the representation entity management behavior.
  - Manage Part Revisions
    Manage, control and update Major, Study and Library Part revisions using the Part Library.
  - Manage Configurations
    Group common and unique parts/part assemblies together in part sets, and organize parts and part sets that are unique to a configuration.
  - PDM Live Connection
    Using PDM live connection, on-demand downloading of datasets from external PDM systems such as Teamcenter is possible
  - Teamcenter - HyperMesh Integration
    All BOM-related information, including part/assembly hierarchy, part attributes, and representation information is organized and displayed in the Part Browser.
- Manage Subsystems
- PostgreSQL Installation and Configuration
  Also referred to as Postgres, PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system with emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance.
- Section Library
  Use the automotive section library for rapid concept development in the early phases of the vehicle design process.
- Organize Entities
  Use the Organize tool to move or copy entities into their proper destinations.
- Match Parts
  Automatically group selected parts into part sets based on comparison method and criteria selected.
- Renumber Entities
  Use the Renumber tool to review and organize the IDs of model entities.
- ID-Management
  Manage all of the IDs for the entities that you create, and define ID ranges for all of the entities in each Include file in relation to the full model in order to avoid ID duplication.
- Features
  Detect, review, and manage geometric holes, fillets, flanges, and logos.
- Mechanism Browser
  Create and articulate a kinematic mechanism based on FE mesh using the Mechanism Browser.
- 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.
- Assign Properties, Materials, and Systems
  Define physical and mathematical characteristics of parts.
- Generate Contacts Automatically
  Use the Auto Contacts tool to determine contact interfaces between selections of components or elements. Based on the user-specified options like proximity tolerance, surface creation method, main surface type, and secondary type, the tool generates contacts based on set segments or node and element combinations.
- RBE2s, RBE3s, and MPCs
  Create, review, and edit RBE2/RBE3 elements and MPC equations.
- Analytical Rigid Surfaces
  The Abaqus solver offers the flexibility of modeling rigids as surfaces using primitive geometry.
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
Model Build and Assembly
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
Manage Parts
Manage Representations
Load Representations
Part representations can be loaded from your current HyperMesh session or from the Part Library.

Load Representations

Part representations can be loaded from your current HyperMesh session or from the Part Library.

Load Representations from Current HyperMesh Session
Load Representations from the Part Library
After importing a BOM that has representations saved in the Part library, you can load the saved representations.

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