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About Hypermesh (Altair Website) Altair HyperMesh is a high-performance finite element pre- and postprocessor for popular finite element solvers - allowing engineers to analyze product design performance in a highly interactive and visual environment. HyperMesh's user-interface is easy to learn and supports many CAD geometry and finite element model files - increasing interoperability and efficiency. Advanced functionality within HyperMesh allows users to efficiently mesh high fidelity models. This functionality includes user defined quality criteria and controls, morphing technology to update existing meshes to new design proposals, and automatic mid-surface generation for complex designs with of varying wall thicknesses. Automated tetra-meshing and hexa-meshing minimizes meshing time while batch meshing enables large scale meshing of parts with no model clean up and minimal user input.
HyperMesh incorporates a variety of tools for seamless integration into any existing engineering process. Configure the HyperMesh interface: Customize the layout of HyperMesh's menu system through an easy to use interface Custom utilities: Users can take advantage of the power within the Tcl/Tk toolkit to build custom applications fully integrated with HyperMesh. Basic macros: Users can create macros that automate a process or series of steps Export templates: Export templates allow the HyperMesh database to be written out to formats that non-supported solvers and programs can import Input translators: Extend HyperMesh's interface support by adding your own input translators for reading different analysis data decks Geometry Interfacing and Clean Up HyperMesh provides direct access to a variety of industry-leading CAD data formats for generating finite element models. Moreover, HyperMesh has robust tools to clean (mend) import edgeometry containing surfaces with gaps, overlaps and misalignments which prevent automeshing and high quality mesh generation. By eliminating misalignments, holes and suppressing the boundaries between adjacent surfaces, users can mesh across larger, more logical regions of the model while improving overall meshing speed and quality. Boundary conditions can be applied to these surfaces for future mapping to underlying element data.
HyperMesh presents users with a sophisticated suite of easy-to-use tools to build and edit models. For 2D and 3D model creation, users have access to a variety of mesh generation panels besides HyperMesh's powerful automeshing module. Automatic mid-surface generation, a comprehensive laminate modeler and morphing (stretch existing FE meshes to new design geometries) offer new levels of model manipulation. The surface automeshing module in HyperMesh is a robust tool for mesh generation that provides users the ability to interactively adjust a variety of mesh parameters for each surface or surface edge. These parameters include element density, element biasing, mesh algorithm and more. Element generation can be automatically optimized for a set of quality criteria. HyperMesh can also quickly automesh a closed volume with high-quality first or second order tetrahedral elements. The tetra-mesh module uses the powerful AFLR algorithm. Users can control element growth options for structural or CFD modeling requirements, select tria or quad elements for tetrahedral generation and re-mesh local regions. Model set up and assembly is easy with HyperMesh. Weld models using connectors, create contacts, apply boundary conditions and set up solver runs quickly within the HyperMesh interface. CAE Solver Interfaces HyperMesh supports a host of different solver formats for both import and export. Along with fully-supported solvers, HyperMesh also provides the flexibility to support additional solvers via a complete export template language and C libraries for development of input translators.
HyperMesh adds value by directly integrating and communicating with the entire suite of Altair HyperWorks products. The functional capabilities of HyperWorks are directly accessible through the user interface. HyperView - post-processing HyperGraph - XY plotting OptiStruct - design optimization and analysis solver HyperStudy - parametric and multidisciplinary optimization HyperView Player - share CAE results within a 3D web environment and Microsoft Powerpoint MotionView - mechanical system simulation including flexbodies Process Manager - process automation and product integration solution |