Altair HyperMesh 10.0 New Feature Highlights
Browsers
Model browser
- Consistent model browsers for FEA pre- and post- processor products (HyperMesh, HyperView, HyperGraph, and HyperCrash)
- Quickly create selections of entities for use in panels, view controls and many other tasks.
Optimization Browser
- This easy-to-use browser makes it easy to setup multiple optimization problem definitions
- Use drag and drop operations to add optimization definitions to an optimization problem
- Save multiple optimization setups to a HyperMesh (.hm) session
- Easy export for optimization problems
1D Element Visualization
Modeling information for 1D elements can be visually verified for accuracy instead of reviewing text details of element and property card images.
Mesh flow
Generate a more orthogonal and quad dominated mesh pattern with a better Quality Index using the new mesh flow align and size options.
Interactive Solid Map Meshing
- Fully interactive mesh editing control of solids before mesh is actually generated
- User controlled mesh density, element type, and meshing method
Shrink Wrap Meshing
In addition to the existing shrink wrap meshing capabilities, HyperMesh can now:
- Performance improvement for all shrink wrap meshing algorithms
- Generate a solid (all hexa element) mesh for either the Loose or Tight shrink wrap algorithms
- Control the solid element proximity to the original mesh by specifying the minimum jacobian
- Updated the Tight shrink wrap algorithm to capture even more features automatically
SPH Meshing
- New functionality for creating Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and Finite Point Method (FPM) elements
- Utilize a many different mesh control features including a partial fill of a volume and direction control of the partial fill
Midsurfacing
Improved control of midsurfacing complicated geometry sections such as T-Connetions and X-Connections yielding more accurate midsurface creation
Solid Bolt Hole (Connector)
This connector type streamlines the creation of solid bolt elements from solid boltconnectors that create solid elements and will attach every node within a solid hole.
Automesh using free lines
Remeshing regions with user specified edge (free) lines to tightly control mesh flow and density. Using this feature ensures that nodes will be placed on the free lines.
Full support for UG NX6
Mesh Morphing
New Kriging based morphing enables:
- Large performance improvement for multi-directional model morphing.
- Meshes can be smoothly morphed or 'fit' to a surface or group of nodes.