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13 Appendix B HWCT v13 MR Dec10 2015
13 Appendix B HWCT v13 MR Dec10 2015
Appendix B
HyperWorks Collaboration
Tools, Model Build and
Assembly
The first step to use any part of the Collaboration tools is to setup a library. The library
will store all the files you wish to be part of that given library.
Note: If youve upgraded your HyperWorks Desktop to version 14.0, then is highly
recommended to remove C:\Users\<username>\.Altair folder before to open
HyperMesh Desktop.
4. Click the Repository: arrow and select Personal from the list.
7. Click OK.
3. In the Select Files/Folders dialog, click Add Folder icon in the List of
Files/Folders to Add section.
..\Model-Files\CH10-APP-B\B1\demos
5. Click OK.
8. When the indexing process has completed (will take few minutes), a confirmation
dialog will appear asking to refresh the Organize browser, click Yes.
Once your library has been populated with your CAE files, the Organize browser
provides a simple searching tool to find any files in a given library.
2. Click the Options for searching icon and click Use Wildcards.
4. Press Enter.
5. It should find and highlight the file: cleaned_up_geom.hm
Once you have found the proper file, you can quickly load in the model by simply right-
clicking on the file and click option to load in the file.
3. Right click on the cleaned_up_geom.hm file and from the Context menu click
Load HM model.
4. The model will load automatically into the HyperMesh graphics area to the right.
2. Click Show/Hide Properties icon from the Content browser tool bar.
3. A sub panel should appear below to the Content browser showing the
Properties panel.
On each instance when a file has been updated and checked-in; it will record a new
version number into a library. This feature helps to track the number instances of that file
has been checked-in. However, more importantly users can retrieve a particular version
of that same file to review what changes were made.
If this file has multiple in-checks, you will see the different version umbers under
the Version column.
5. To return back to the main Organize browser, click on the blue arrow icon .
Exercise
This exercise uses the following files, ..\Model-Files\CH10-APP-B\B2 folder
BOM_input.xml
Connectors.hm
Realizations.hm
Center_Rail_Conn_v1.xml
Center_Rail_Conn_v2.xml
Longitudinal_Rail_Connectors.xml
Step 1: Start HyperMesh Desktop and Load the OptiStruct User Profile
1. Start HyperMesh Desktop 14.0.
2. In the User Profile dialog, select OptiStruct.
3. Click OK.
6. Click OK. All available CAD representations are imported into the session.
10. In the BatchMesh dialog, click Yes to load the new representations for the eight
parts.
4. Click OK. A component containing connectors has been added to the part.
4. Click Export.
5. Save the model as frame_assembly.hm.
4. Click Import. Connector parts are imported and organized in the Part browser.
3. For the Master Model, enter 1,000,000 in the Min field and 1,500,000 in the Max
field.
4. Set the Correction option for Nodes and Elements to Insert in Gaps.
5. Correct ID overflow by right-clicking on the Master Model and selecting Correct >
Overflow from the context menu, close the ID Manager.